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Nevada Revised Statutes Title 17. State Legislative Department § 218D.805. Procedure for revising enrolled joint resolution proposing constitutional amendment before second passage to account for intervening amendments ratified by voters

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

1. The Legislature finds and declares that the provisions of Section 1 of Article 16 of the Constitution of the State of Nevada require for the amendment of the Constitution that:

(a) Two successive Legislatures respectively propose and approve the identical change; and

(b) The people ratify by majority vote the change so proposed and approved.

2. If an enrolled joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution which is returned by the Secretary of State to the next ensuing session of the Legislature contains one or more sections of the Constitution to which an amendment has been ratified since the proposal of the amendment to be considered, the Legislature shall, if it approves the proposed amendment:

(a) Conform the text of each section of the Constitution so affected to include the amendment so ratified; and

(b) Make no substantive change in the amendment proposed and approved.

3. The Legislative Counsel shall prepare any amendment or amendments to the text of an enrolled joint resolution required by this section, and submit them to the proper House at the time such enrolled joint resolution is delivered by the Secretary of State.

4. The joint resolution shall be submitted to the people for ratification in its amended form, so that the people may know in voting upon it:

(a) The text of each affected section of the Constitution as presently effective; and

(b) The change proposed and approved by the successive Legislatures.

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