NRS 218D.430 Fiscal note required for certain bills and joint resolutions affecting State Government.

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1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the Fiscal Analysis Division shall obtain a fiscal note on:

(a)Any bill or joint resolution which creates or increases any fiscal liability or decreases any revenue which appears to be in excess of $2,000; and

(b)Any bill or joint resolution which increases or newly provides for a term of imprisonment in the state prison or makes release on parole or probation from the state prison less likely,

Ê before a vote is taken on such a bill or joint resolution by a committee of the Assembly or the Senate.

2. The fiscal note must contain a reliable estimate of the anticipated change in appropriation authority, fiscal liability or state revenue under the bill or joint resolution, including, to the extent possible, a projection of such changes in future biennia.

3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 218D.400 to 218D.495 , inclusive, or a joint rule, the estimates must be made by the affected agency or agencies.

4. The fiscal note is not required on any bill or joint resolution relating exclusively to the proposed executive budget. For the purposes of this subsection, the “proposed executive budget” is the proposed budget that, pursuant to NRS 353.230 , the Governor submits to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Legislature.