SB 2 — Revises provisions relating to legislative affairs. (BDR 17-30)

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2–SELECT C OMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY PREFILED N OVEMBER 12, 2025 ____________ Referred to Select Committee on Public Safety and Security SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to legislative affairs.

(BDR 17-30) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

No.

Effect on the State:

No.

~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

Existinguse law:of the Legislative Department of the State Government;

(1)(2) createsprovides thethat Legislative Fund as a special revenue fund for the money in the Legislative Fund does not revert to the State General Fund;

(NRS 218F.410-218F.440) Section 2 of salesthis ofbill foodclarifies orthat otherproceeds itemsreceived inby the Legislative BuildingCounsel orBureau anyfrom buildingthe maintainedhe for the use of the Legislature or the Legislative Counsel Bureau must be similarlysimilarlyd deposited in the Legislative Fund.

Existing law reserves the powers and duties relating to the revision of statutes and the compilation, organization, revision and publication of the Nevada Revised Statutes to the Legislative Counsel and the Legal Division of the LegislativeisedLegislative -required *SB2_R1*to –classify 2and –arrange Counselthe Bureau.entire body of statute laws in logical order) throughout the volumes of the Nevada Revised Statutes to enable subjects of a kindred nature to be placed under one general head;

(Chapter 220 of NRS) Specifically, the Legislative Counsel is:

(1) required to classify and arrange the entire body of statute laws in logical order throughout the volumes of the Nevada Revised Statutes to enable subjects of a kindred nature to be placed under one general head;

(NRS 220.120) In prior opinions, the Nevada Supreme Court has recognized that, based on the separation-of-powers provision in the Nevada Constitution, each state office, agency, court or other entity “must have a primary connection to and derive its power to act from one of the three branches of Nevada government.” (Comm’n on Ethics v.

Whitehead v.v.n Nev.

Nev.

and each department is separate from the others.”)) However, in a recent opinion, the Nevada Supreme Court erroneously construed the Legislative Counsel’s decisions in organizing the Nevada Revised Statutes by title, distinguished by subject, as required by law, to be adaa - 36th Special Session (2025) – 2 – decision by the Legislature which “indicated its understanding” that certain agencies of the Executive Department of the State Government fall outside “the three departments of state government.” (Nev.

Miller,MilSection 1403 Nev.of this bill:

Adv.(1) clarifies that the Legislative Counsel’s decisions in organizing the Nevada Revised Statutes to effectuate the orderly and logical arrangement of the statutes and to classify the body of statute law by subject matter, as required by law, is not a decision by the Legislature as to which department of the State Government any state office, agency, court or other entity is located or to the State Government;

Op.and (2) prohibits construing the organization of the Nevadas of Revised Statutes in such a manner.

69, 558 P.3d 319, 327 (2024)) Section 3 of this bill:

(1) clarifies that the Legislative Counsel’s decisions in organizing the Nevada Revised Statutes to effectuate the orderly and logical as required by law, is not a decision by the Legislature as to which department ofter, the State Government any state office, agency, court or other entity is located or to exclude any state office, agency, court or other entity from the three departments of the State Government;

and (2) prohibits construing the organization of the Nevada Revised Statutes in such a manner.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

and (b) In any division approved for the sale of food, souvenirs or other items pursuant to NRS 218F.430, - *SB2_R1* – 3 –  in the sum of not more than $1,000 each for the minor expenses of the Legislative Counsel Bureau.

The Director shall fix reasonable fees for the items which must- in36th theSpecial aggregateSession at(2025) least– cover3 the– cost to the Legislative Counsel Bureau of purchasing and selling the items.items.e Legislative 2.

2.

The exercise of the Legislative Counsel’s duties as prescribed in chapter 220 of NRS relating to the compilation, organization, revision and publication of the Nevada Revised Statutes is performed in the interest of effectuating the orderly and logical arrangement of the statutes and shall not be construed as a decision by the Legislature as to which department of the State Government any state office, agency, court or other entity is located or to exclude any state office, agency, court or other entity from the three departments of the State Government pursuant to Section 1 of Article 3 of the Nevada Constitution.

(b) A portion of the parcel of land bounded on the west by Carson Street, on the south by Fifth Street, on the east by a portion of the abandoned Fall and Plaza Streets, and on the north by the sidewalk along the south fence of the capitol grounds, situated in a - *SB2_R1* – 4 – portion of the Capitol Complex, as shown on the Record of Survey Map3043, No.section 17, T.

297, Official Records of Carson City, Nevada, File No.

3043, section 17, T.

6 Beginning at the southwest corner of block 36, Sears, Thompson and Sears Division, as shown on that record of survey;

- 36th Special Session (2025) – 4 – east side of an existing sidewalk;ce of 327.16 feet to the Thence N 444745001426 W,E, along that sidewalk, a distance of 327.16173.16 feetfeet, more or less, to the eastnorth sideline of ana existing sidewalk;

Thence N 001426 E, along that sidewalk, a distance of 173.16 feet, more or less, to the north line of a sidewalk;

Also the entire parcel of land bounded on the north by the south boundary line of block 2, Pierson and Goodridge Addition, on the south by Seventh Street, on the east by Stewart Street and on the west by Fall Street, and further described as block 7, Pierson and Goodridge Addition.

Excepting therefrom that portion of Stewart and Fifth Streets deeded to the State of Nevada through its Department of Transportation as recorded in book 283, page 208, of Deeds, Carson City,Cit(f) Nevada.The entire parcel of land bounded on the north by Third Street, on the west by Stewart Street, on the south by Fourth Street, and on the east by Valley Street, also described as block 22 of Sears, Thompson and Sears Division of Carson City;