SB 552 — Revises provisions governing the administration of the legislative process. (BDR 17-1277)
Last action — Chapter 524.
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Summary
AN ACT relating to the Legislative Department of the State Government; revising provisions governing the allowances for certain expenses incurred by a Legislator; authorizing the Legislative Commission to adopt regulations governing the methods of submitting certain reports to the Legislature and Legislative Counsel Bureau; revising provisions governing meetings of legislative studies and investigations; eliminating the duty of the Legislative Commission to adopt regulations relating to the collection of certain information relating to the offices of district attorneys and public defenders; revising the description of certain parcels of land reserved for the Legislature; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
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EXEMPTSenate (ReprintedBill withNo. amendments adopted on May 30, 2019) FIRST REPRINT S.B.
552552–Committee SENATEon BILLLegislative NOperations O.and Elections CHAPTER..........
552–COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE OPERATIONS AND ELECTIONS (O N BEHALF OF THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ) M AY 27, 2019 ____________ Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing the administration of the legislative process.
(BDR 17-1277) FISCAL NOTE:
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~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
LegExistingLegiExisting law entitles a Legislator to receive an allowance for the payment of tolls and charges for telephone service incurred in the performance of official business during each regular and special Legislative Session.
(NRS 218A.645, 218A.665) Sections 1 and 3 of this bill remove the expenses incurred by a Legislator for tolls and charges for land line telephone service from such an Additionally,allowance sections 1 and 2require ofthese thisexpenses billto eliminatebe thepaid requirementfrom in existing law of the considerationLegislative ofFund. the availability of state-owned automobiles in determining - *SB552_R1* – 2 – the allowance a Legislator is entitled to receive for expenses incurred for travel under certain circumstances.
of the consideration of the availability of state-owned automobiles in determininglaw the allowance a Legislator is entitled to receive for expenses incurred for travel under certain circumstances.
(NRS 218A.750) Section 4 of this bill authorizes the Legislative Commission to reports.byprovide by regulation for additional requirements for the submission of such Underreports. existing law, a legislative committee or subcommittee established to conduct a study or investigation assigned to the Legislative Commission is required to meet not earlier than January 1 of the even-numbered year and not later than June 30 of that year, unless otherwise ordered by the Legislative Commission.
conduct a study or investigation assigned to the Legislative Commission is required to meet not earlier than January 1 of the even-numbered year and not later than June 30 of that year, unless otherwise ordered by the Legislative Commission.
Existing law also requires certain legislative committees created in existing law to meet not earlier than November 1 of each odd-numbered year.
(NRS 218E.515,ing218E.515, law to 218E.560, 218E.610, 218E.710, 218E.755, 218E.810, 439B.210, 459.0085) Sections 6-11, 13 and 14 of this bill change the earliest date for these legislative committees to meet to September 1 of each odd-numbered year.
(NRS 218E.300, 218E.305) Section 15 conformingof change.natesthis bill eliminates this requirement and section 12 of this bill makes a Existingconforming lawchange. reserves for the supervision and control of the Legislature certain parcels of land in Carson City, generally located in and around the Legislative Building.
- 80th Session (2019) – 2 – parcels of land in Carson City, generally located in and around the Legislativetain Building.
EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
(a) A per diem expense allowance, not to exceed the maximum rate established by the Federal Government for the Carson City area, - *SB552_R1* – 3 – for 1 day’s travel to and 1 day’s travel from the regular or special session, presession orientation conference or training session.
(2) Travel to and from the Legislator’s home or temporary residence or for traveling to and from legislative committee and subcommittee meetings or hearings or for individual travel within the State which relates to legislative business;
(3) If the Legislator rents furniture for the Legislator’s temporary residence rather than moving similar furniture from the Legislator’s home, the cost of renting that furniture not to exceed the- amount80th thatSession it(2019) would– have3 cost– to move the furniture to and from the Legislator’s home;
andave cost to move the furniture to and from (4) If:
For the purposes of this subparagraph, any day before the first day of the regular session or after the day of the adjournment sine die of the regular session may not be counted as a day for which the LegislatorLegislatorthe actually maintained such temporary quarters;
- *SB552_R1* – 4 – (a) For each day that the Legislature is in a regular or special session, a presession orientation conference or a training session conducted pursuant to NRS 218A.285;
and (b) For each day that the Legislator attends a meeting of a standing committee of which the Legislator is a member when the LegislatureLeg5.latEach Legislator who maintains temporary quarters in or near Carson City for which the Legislator has adjournedentered into a lease or other agreement for continuous occupancy for the duration of a regular or special session is entitled to receive a lodging allowance equal to that portion of the expense allowance which the Legislative Commission designates by rule as being allocated to lodging, for not more than 414 days.days in each period in which:
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Each Legislator who maintains temporary quarters in or near Carson City for which the Legislator has entered into a lease or other agreement for continuous occupancy for the duration of a regular or special session is entitled to receive a lodging allowance equal to that portion of the expense allowance which the Legislative Commission designates by rule as being allocated to lodging, for not more than 14 days in each period in which:
and (b)- The80th LegislatorSession is(2019) not– 4 – pursuant to subsection 4.not entitled to a per diem allowance pursuant6. to subsection 4.
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Each Legislator is entitled to receive a lodging allowance equal to that portion of the expense allowance which the Legislative Commissionmore designatesthan by6 ruledays asin beingeach allocatedperiod in which:located to lodging, for not more(a) thanThe 6Legislature dayshas inadjourned eachfor periodmore inthan which:4 days;
(a) The Legislature has adjourned for more than 4 days;
- *SB552_R1* – 5 – (a) Not more than $2,800 [for the payment of tolls and charges incurred by the Legislator in the performance of official business] during each regular session;
and (b) NotAny moreexpense thanincurred $300by a Legislator during each regular and special session.session from tolls and charges for the use of a land line telephone service must be paid from the Legislative Fund.
Any expense incurred by a Legislator during each regular and special session from tolls and charges for the use of a land line telephone service must be paid from the Legislative Fund.
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Claims for per diem expense allowances authorized by subsection 4 and lodging allowances authorized by subsections 5, 6 and 7 must be paid once each week during a regular or special session and upon completion of a presession orientation conference or a11. training session conducted pursuant to NRS 218A.285.
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218A.655218A.645, 1.each Legislator is entitled to receive an allowance forS travel in the transaction of legislative business authorized by specific statute or the Legislative Commission, whether within or outside of the municipality or other area in which the Legislator’s principal office is located.
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ExceptTransportation asmust otherwisebe provided in NRS 218A.645, each Legislator is entitled to receive an allowance for travel in the transaction of legislative business authorized by specific statute or the Legislativemost Commission,economical whethermeans, withinconsidering ortotal outsidecost of[,] theand municipalitytime orspent other area in whichtransit the. Legislator’s principal office is located.
Transportation must be by the most - *SB552_R1* – 6 – economical means, considering total cost [,] and time spent in transit .
Claims for expenses made pursuant to this section must be paid from the Legislative Fund unless otherwise provided by - 80th Session (2019) – 6 – specific statute.
and (b) The places of departure and arrival and, if the travel is by private conveyance, the actualclaim milesmust traveled.include a receipt or otheris not by evidence of the expenditure.
If the travel is not by private conveyance, the claim must include a receipt or other evidence of the expenditure.
Sec.218A.750 NRS1.
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NRS 218A.750 is hereby amended to read as follows:
218A.750 1.
- *SB552_R1* – 7 – [2.] (b) Submitting the report in electronic format satisfies the law or resolution.
- 80th Session (2019) – 7 – (a) Shall fix the work priority of all studies and investigations assigned to it by a statute or concurrent resolution or directed by an order of the Legislative Commission, within the limits of available time, money and staff.
(b) Shall not make studies or investigations directed by a resolution of only one House or studies or investigations proposed but not approved during the preceding regular session.
Except as otherwise provided by a specific statute, the staff of the Legislative Counsel Bureau shall not serve as primary administrative or professional staff for a committee established by a statute, concurrent resolution or order of the Legislative Commission to conduct a study or investigation, unless the chair of the committee is required by the statute, concurrent resolution or order of the Legislative Commission to be a Legislator.Legislator.solution or 6.
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A committee or subcommittee established to conduct a study or investigation assigned to the Legislative Commission by a statute or concurrent resolution or directed by an order of the Legislative - *SB552_R1* – 8 – Commission must, unless otherwise ordered by the Legislative Commission, meet not earlier than [January] November 1 of the [even-] odd-numbered year and not later than June 30 of [that] the following even-numbered year.
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Except as otherwise ordered by the Legislative Commission, the members of the Committee shall meet not earlier than [November] September 1 of each odd-numbered year and not later than August 31 of the following even-numbered year at the times and places specified by a call of the Chair or a majority of the Committee.
The member of the Committee who represents a local political subdivision is entitled to receive the subsistence allowances and travel expenses provided by law for his or her position for eacheachces day of attendance at a meeting of the Committee and while engaged in the business of the Committee, to be paid by the local political subdivision.
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Any recommended legislation proposed by the Committee must be approved by a majority of the members of the Senate and by a majority of the members of the Assembly appointed to thethend Committee.
The Director or the Director’s designee shall act as the nonvotingnon3.tiFive recordingmembers Secretary of the Committee constitute a quorum, and a quorum may exercise all the power and authority conferred on the Committee.
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Five members of the Committee constitute a quorum, and a quorum may exercise all the power and authority conferred on the Committee.
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Except as otherwise ordered by the Legislative Commission, the members of the Committee shall meet not earlier than [November] September 1 of each odd-numbered year and not later than August 31 of the following even-numbered year at the times and places specified by a call of the Chair or a majority of the Committee.
Except as otherwise ordered by the Legislative Commission, the members of the Committee shall meet not earlier than [November] September 1 of each odd-numbered year and not later than August 31 of the following even-numbered year at the times and places specified by a call of the Chair or by a majority of the Committee.
and - 80th Session (2019) – 11 – (c) Travel expenses provided pursuant to NRS 218A.655.
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218E.810Commission, 1.the members of the Committee shall meet not earlierve than [November] September 1 of each odd-numbered year and not later than August 31 of the following even-numbered year at the times and places specified by a call of the Chair or a majority of the Committee.
Except as otherwise ordered by the Legislative Commission, the members of the Committee shall meet not earlier than [November] September 1 of each odd-numbered year and not later than August 31 of the following even-numbered year at the times and places specified by a call of the Chair or a majority of the Committee.
180.080 1.
The State Public Defender shall submit:
(b)- To80th eachSession participating(2019) county,– on12 or– before December 1 of each even-numbered year, the total proposed budget of the State Public Defender for that county, including the projected number of - *SB552_R1* – 12 – cases and the projected cost of services attributed to the county for the next biennium.
(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 [Street,] and Plaza Streets, and on the north by the sidewalk along the south fence of the capitol grounds, north situated in a portion of the Capitol Complex, as shown on the Record of Survey Map No.
Thence N 001426 E, along that sidewalk, a distance of [270.00] 173.16 feet, more or less, to the north line of aaof sidewalk;
(c)- The80th entireSession parcel(2019) of– land13 bounded– on the north by Fifth Street, on the south by Sixth Street, on the east by Stewart Street and on the west by Plaza Street, also described as blocks 2 and 3, Pierson and Goodridge Addition;
Also the entire - *SB552_R1* – 13 – 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.
(e) The entire parcel of land bounded on the north by Fourth Street, on the west by Stewart Street, on the south by Fifth Street, and on the east by the abandoned right-of-way of Valley Street, also described as block 39 of Sears, Thompson and Sears Division of Carson City;
Excepting therefrom that portion of Stewart Street deeded to the State of Nevada through its Department of Transportation as recorded in book 283, page 208, of Deeds, Carson City, Nevada.
2.- 80th Session (2019) – 14 – (a) Shall provide an individual office for each Legislator whose position as an officer or as a chair of a committee does not otherwise entitle the Legislator to occupy an assigned office.
The Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau:
(a) Shall provide an individual office for each Legislator whose position as an officer or as a chair of a committee does not otherwise entitle the Legislator to occupy an assigned office.
For this - *SB552_R1* – 14 – purpose he or she may, in addition to the general power of the Director to employ or contract for the services of personnel, contract with any private enterprise or governmental agency for the provision of appropriate services.
439B.210Commission, 1.the members of the Committee shall meet not earliere than [November] September 1 of each odd-numbered year and not later than August 31 of the following even-numbered year at the times and places specified by a call of the Chair or a majority of the Committee.
Except as otherwise ordered by the Legislative Commission, the members of the Committee shall meet not earlier than [November] September 1 of each odd-numbered year and not later than August 31 of the following even-numbered year at the times and places specified by a call of the Chair or a majority of the Committee.
Except during a regular or special session of the Legislature, members of the Committee are entitled to receive the compensation provided for a majority of the members of the Legislature during the first 60 days of the preceding regular session for each day or portion of a day during which the member attends a meeting of the Committee or is otherwise engaged in the business of the Committee plus the per diem allowance provided for state officers and employees generally and the travel expenses provided pursuant to NRS 218A.655.
Sec.- 80th Session (2019) – 15 – follows:14.
14.NRS 459.0085 is hereby amended to read as 459.0085 1.
NRS 459.0085 is hereby amended to read as follows:
459.0085 1.
(a)of Informationa andfacility policiesfor regarding the locationdisposal inof thishigh-level Stateradioactive waste;State (b) Any potentially adverse effects from the construction and operation of a facility forand the disposalways of high-levelmitigating radioactivethose waste;effects;
- *SB552_R1* – 15 – (b) Any potentially adverse effects from the construction and operation of a facility and the ways of mitigating those effects;
The Committee shall report the results of its studies and evaluations to the Legislative Commission and the Interim Finance Committee at such times as the Legislative Commission or the Int6.Interim Finance Committee may require.
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7.provide a Secretary for the Committee on High-Level Radioactive Waste.
The Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau shall provide a Secretary for the Committee on High-Level Radioactive Waste.
Except during a regular or special session of the Legislature, each member of the Committee is entitled to receive the compensation provided for a majority of the members of the Legislature during the first 60 days of the preceding regular session for each day or portion of a day during which the member attends a Committee meeting or is otherwise engaged in the work of the Committee plus the per diem allowance provided for state officers - 80th Session (2019) – 16 – and employees generally and the travel expenses provided pursuant to NRS 218A.655.
TEXT~~~~~ OF19 REPEALED- SECTIONS80th 218E.300Session Legislative(2019) findings.
The Legislature finds that:
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The discharge of its duties to provide for the prosecution of public offenses and the defense of indigent persons charged with public offenses requires the collection of statistical information upon the operation of the several district attorneys’ and public defenders’ offices which are reasonably accurate and are comparable from county to county.
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There exists no agency outside the Legislative Department which is appropriate for the collection of such information.
218E.305 Compilation of records and reports;
limitations on use;
disclosure of information.
(a) The kinds of records to be kept by each district attorney and public defender for the information of the Legislature, and may classify such requirements by population of the county if appropriate.
(b) The reports to be made of the contents of such records, including the period to be covered and the date of submission of eac2.reEach report prescribed pursuant to this section is for the use of the Legislature, the Legislative Commission and the staff of the Legislative Counsel Bureau only.
Statistical summaries may be published, but information upon the qualifications or salary of any particular person shall not be disclosed outside the Legislative Department.
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Action History
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Chapter 524.
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Approved by the Governor.
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Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
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In Senate. To enrollment.
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From committee: Do pass. Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Vacant: 1.) To Senate.
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From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To committee.
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From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 1020.) To printer.
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From printer. To committee.
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Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To printer.
Sponsors
- Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections · Primary
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Sponsors (1)
- Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (66)
66 members have not signed on to this bill.
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- What does SB 552 do?
- AN ACT relating to the Legislative Department of the State Government; revising provisions governing the allowances for certain expenses incurred by a Legislator; authorizing the Legislative Commission to adopt regulations governing the methods of submitting certain reports to the Legislature and Legislative Counsel Bureau; revising provisions governing meetings of legislative studies and investigations; eliminating the duty of the Legislative Commission to adopt regulations relating to the collection of certain information relating to the offices of district attorneys and public defenders; revising the description of certain parcels of land reserved for the Legislature; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
- Who sponsors SB 552?
- SB 552 is sponsored by Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections.
- What is the current status of SB 552?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced May 27, 2019. Enacted.
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