Nevada § 293.253 Publication of certain statewide measures: Duties of Secretary of State and county clerk; costs

Nevada Statutes

§ 293.253 — Publication of certain statewide measures: Duties of Secretary of State and county clerk; costs

Nevada § 293.253

Title 24ELECTIONS

STATEWIDE MEASURES: PREPARATION OF ARGUMENTS; PUBLICATION

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Bluebook

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.253 (2026).

Text

1.The Secretary of State shall provide each county clerk with copies of any proposed constitution or constitutional amendment which will appear on the general election ballot, together with the copies of the condensations, explanations, arguments, rebuttals and fiscal notes prepared pursuant to NRS 218D.810 , 293.250 and 293.252 .

2.Whenever feasible, the Secretary of State shall provide those copies on or before the first Monday in August of the year in which the proposals will appear on the ballot. Copies of any additional proposals must be provided as soon after their filing as feasible.

3.Each county clerk shall cause a copy of the full text of any such constitution or amendment and its condensation, explanation, arguments, rebuttals and fiscal note to be published, in conspicuous d

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1. The Secretary of State shall provide each county clerk with copies of any proposed constitution or constitutional amendment which will appear on the general election ballot, together with the copies of the condensations, explanations, arguments, rebuttals and fiscal notes prepared pursuant to NRS 218D.810 , 293.250 and 293.252 .
2. Whenever feasible, the Secretary of State shall provide those copies on or before the first Monday in August of the year in which the proposals will appear on the ballot. Copies of any additional proposals must be provided as soon after their filing as feasible.
3. Each county clerk shall cause a copy of the full text of any such constitution or amendment and its condensation, explanation, arguments, rebuttals and fiscal note to be published, in conspicuous display advertising format of not less than 10 column inches, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county three times at intervals of not less than 7 days, the first publication to be on or before the first Monday in October. If no such newspaper is published in the county, the publication may be made in a newspaper of general circulation published in the nearest Nevada county.
4. If a copy of any such constitution or amendment is furnished by the Secretary of State too late to be published at 7-day intervals, it must be published three times at the longest intervals feasible in each county.
5. The portion of the cost of publication which is attributable to publishing the questions, explanations, arguments, rebuttals and fiscal notes of proposed constitutions or constitutional amendments is a charge against the State and must be paid from the Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account upon recommendation by the Secretary of State and approval by the State Board of Examiners.

Legislative History

(Added to NRS by 1960, 250 ; A 1967, 846 ; 1975, 938 ; 1977, 1010 ; 1981, 752 ; 1987, 111 ; 1991, 1760 ; 1997, 3065 ; 2003, 1691 ; 2015, 3149 ; 2019, 4068 )