NV Const., Article 4, Section 18

Reading of bill; voting on final passage; number of members necessary to pass bill or joint resolution; signatures; referral of certain measures to voters; consent calendar. 1. Every bill, except a bill placed on a consent calendar adopted as provided in subsection 4, must be read by sections on three several days, in each House, unless in case of emergency, two thirds of the House where such bill is pending shall deem it expedient to dispense with this rule. The reading of a bill by sections, on its final passage, shall in no case be dispensed with, and the vote on the final passage of every bill or joint resolution shall be taken by yeas and nays to be entered on the journals of each House. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a majority of all the members elected to each House is necessary to pass every bill or joint resolution, and all bills or joint resolutions so passed, shall be signed by the presiding officers of the respective Houses and by the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the Assembly. 2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, an affirmative vote of not fewer than two-thirds of the members elected to each House is necessary to pass a bill or joint resolution which creates, generates, or increases any public revenue in any form, including but not limited to taxes, fees, assessments and rates, or changes in the computation bases for taxes, fees, assessments and rates. 3. A majority of all of the members elected to each House may refer any measure which creates, generates, or increases any revenue in any form to the people of the State at the next general election, and shall become effective and enforced only if it has been approved by a majority of the votes cast on the measure at such election. 4. Each House may provide by rule for the creation of a consent calendar and establish the procedure for the passage of uncontested bills. [Amended in 1976 and 1996 erates, or increases any revenue in any form to the people of the State at the next general election, and shall become effective and enforced only if it has been approved by a majority of the votes cast on the measure at such election. 4. Each House may provide by rule for the creation of a consent calendar and establish the procedure for the passage of uncontested bills. [Amended in 1976 and 1996. The first amendment was proposed and passed by the 1973 Legislature; agreed to and passed by the 1975 Legislature; and approved and ratified by the people at the 1976 General Election. See: Statutes of Nevada 1973, p. 1946 ; Statutes of Nevada 1975, p. 1900 . The second amendment was proposed by initiative petition and approved and ratified by the people at the 1994 and 1996 General Elections.] Section 19. Manner of drawing money from treasury. No money shall be drawn from the treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law. [Amended in 1954. Proposed and passed by the 1951 legislature; agreed to and passed by the 1953 legislature; and approved and ratified by the people at the 1954 general election. See: Statutes of Nevada 1951, p. 584 ; Statutes of Nevada 1953, p. 717 .] Section 20. Certain local and special laws prohibited. The legislature shall not pass local or special laws in any of the following enumerated cases—that is to say: Regulating the jurisdiction and duties of justices of the peace and of constables, and fixing their compensation; For the punishment of crimes and misdemeanors; Regulating the practice of courts of justice; Providing for changing the venue in civil and criminal cases; Granting divorces; Changing the names of persons; Vacating roads, town plots, streets, alleys, and public squares; Summoning and impaneling grand and petit juries, and providing for their compensation; Regulating county and township business; Regulating the election of county and township officers; For the assessment and collection of taxes for state, county, and township purposes; Providing for opening and conduct Changing the names of persons; Vacating roads, town plots, streets, alleys, and public squares; Summoning and impaneling grand and petit juries, and providing for their compensation; Regulating county and township business; Regulating the election of county and township officers; For the assessment and collection of taxes for state, county, and township purposes; Providing for opening and conducting elections of state, county, or township officers, and designating the places of voting; Providing for the sale of real estate belonging to minors or other persons laboring under legal disabilities; Giving effect to invalid deeds, wills, or other instruments; Refunding money paid into the state treasury, or into the treasury of any county; Releasing the indebtedness, liability, or obligation of any corporation, association, or person to the state, or to any county, town, or city of this state; but nothing in this section shall be construed to deny or restrict the power of the legislature to establish and regulate the compensation and fees of county officers, to authorize and empower the boards of county commissioners of the various counties of the state to establish and regulate the compensation and fees of township officers in their respective counties, to establish and regulate the rates of freight, passage, toll, and charges of railroads, tollroads, ditch, flume, and tunnel companies incorporated under the laws of this state or doing business therein. [Amended in 1889, 1922 and 1926. The first amendment was proposed and passed by the 1885 Legislature; agreed to and passed by the 1887 Legislature; and approved and ratified by the people at a special election held February 11, 1889. See: Statutes of Nevada 1885, p. 152 ; Statutes of Nevada 1887, p. 166 . The second amendment was proposed and passed by the 1919 Legislature; agreed to and passed by the 1921 Legislature; and approved and ratified by the people at the 1922 General Election. See: Statutes of Nevada 1919, p. 486 ; Statutes of Nevada 1921, p. 410 ratified by the people at a special election held February 11, 1889. See: Statutes of Nevada 1885, p. 152 ; Statutes of Nevada 1887, p. 166 . The second amendment was proposed and passed by the 1919 Legislature; agreed to and passed by the 1921 Legislature; and approved and ratified by the people at the 1922 General Election. See: Statutes of Nevada 1919, p. 486 ; Statutes of Nevada 1921, p. 410 . The third amendment was proposed and passed by the 1923 Legislature; agreed to and passed by the 1925 Legislature; and approved and ratified by the people at the 1926 General Election. See: Statutes of Nevada 1923, p. 411 ; Statutes of Nevada 1925, p. 357 .]