NRS 218D.800 Delivery to Secretary of State of enrolled joint resolution proposing constitutional amendment; return to Legislature; placement on ballot after second passage; notations in history of resolution; publication in Statutes of Nevada.

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1. After its first approval by the Legislature, an enrolled joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Nevada must be delivered with the official engrossed copy to the Secretary of State or such deputy or clerk as the Secretary of State designates in writing.

2. The Secretary of State shall cause the enrolled joint resolution and engrossed copy to be filed in the Secretary of State’s office and shall deliver them to the presiding officer of the House in which the proposed amendment originated at the next regular session of the Legislature unless, before that regular session, the Governor or the members of the Legislature make the proposed amendment a matter of legislative business at a special session.

3. After they have been returned by the Secretary of State, the enrolled joint resolution and engrossed copy must be laid before the House of origin for action, and if approved by the Legislature a second time pursuant to Section 1 of Article 16 of the Nevada Constitution, the enrolled joint resolution and engrossed copy must again be deposited with and filed by the Secretary of State so that the proposed amendment may be placed upon the ballot at the next general election or at a special election authorized by the Legislature for that purpose.

4. The history of the joint resolution, including a notation that it has been returned to the House of origin by the Secretary of State, must be noted on both the enrolled copy and engrossed copy.

5. The enrolled copy must bear the original signatures of the presiding officers of the Houses and the Secretary of the Senate and Chief Clerk of the Assembly, or an authorized assistant, for both sessions of the Legislature at which the proposed amendment to the Constitution was considered.

6. The Secretary of State shall cause all proposed amendments to the Constitution to be published in the printed volume of the statutes for each session at which the proposed amendments have been considered by the Legislature.