AB588 - Revises provisions relating to members of the Assembly of the Nevada Legislature. (BDR 17-1235)

- 83rd Session (2025) Assembly Bill No. 588–Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections CHAPTER.......... AN ACT relating to legislators; revising the title of a member of the Assembly to “Assemblymember” in conformance with the Assembly Standing Rules and the Joint Standing Rules of the Senate and Assembly; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel’s Digest: The Assembly Standing Rules and the Joint Standing Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 83rd Session of the Legislature change the title of a member of the Nevada Assembly to “Assemblymember,” regardless of the gender of the member. (Assembly Resolution No. 1 of the 2025 Legislative Session, Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 1 of the 2025 Legislative Session) Consistent with the Rules, this bill revises references to the title of a member of the Assembly to “Assemblymember.” Section 1 of this bill eliminates the provision authorizing a female member of the Assembly to have “Assemblywoman” precede her name on official stationary and business cards. Sections 2-15 of this bill replace the terms “Assemblyman” and “Assemblywoman” with “Assemblymember.” EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. NRS 218A.670 is hereby amended to read as follows: 218A.670 1. At each regular session, each Legislator is entitled to receive at the expense of the Legislative Fund: (a) Not to exceed 2,000 letterheads, 8 1/2 inches x 11 inches, and 2,000 half size, or 4,000 of either variety; (b) Not to exceed 2,000 No. 10 envelopes and 2,000 No. 6 3/4 envelopes, or 4,000 of either variety; and (c) Not to exceed 2,000 business cards and 1,000 memorandum sheets, 500 each of the small and large type or 1,000 of either type. 2. [Each female member of the Assembly is entitled to have the word “Assemblywoman” precede the inscription of her name on her official stationery and business cards. 3.] All orders for the printing specified in subsection 1 must be placed by Legislators with the Director, who shall approve those claims which comply with the provisions of this section and shall pay the claims from the Legislative Fund. [4.] 3. A Legislator may purchase official stationery, cards and other material appropriate to the Legislator’s official duties in – 2 – - 83rd Session (2025) excess of that specified in subsection 1 at the Legislator’s own expense and may purchase stationery, cards or other material for use after the Legislator leaves office if the stationery, cards or other material clearly identifies the person as a former Legislator or retired Legislator. Sec. 2. NRS 35.010 is hereby amended to read as follows: 35.010 A civil action may be brought in the name of the State: 1. Against a person who usurps, intrudes into, or unlawfully holds or exercises, a public office, civil or military, except the office of [Assemblyman, Assemblywoman] Assemblymember or State Senator, or a franchise, within this state, or an officer in a corporation created by the authority of this state. 2. Against a public officer, civil or military, except the office of [Assemblyman, Assemblywoman] Assemblymember or State Senator, who does or suffers an act which, by the provisions of law, works a forfeiture of the office. 3. Against an association of persons who act as a corporation within this state without being legally incorporated. Sec. 3. NRS 35.050 is hereby amended to read as follows: 35.050 A person claiming to be entitled to a public office, except the office of [Assemblyman, Assemblywoman] Assemblymember or State Senator, unlawfully held and exercised by another may, by himself or herself or by an attorney and counselor at law, bring an action therefor in the name of the State, as provided in this chapter. On filing the complaint, such person shall enter into an undertaking with two sufficient sureties, to be approved by the judge, or any judge of the court in which the action is brought, conditioned that such person will pay any judgment for costs or damages recovered against the person, and all costs and expenses incurred in the prosecution of the action, which undertaking shall be filed with the clerk of the court. Sec. 4. NRS 293.109 is hereby amended to read as follows: 293.109 “State officer” means: 1. The Governor; 2. The Lieutenant Governor; 3. The Secretary of State; 4. The State Treasurer; 5. The State Controller; 6. The Attorney General; 7. A justice of the Supreme Court; 8. A judge of the Court of Appeals; 9. A State Senator; – 3 – - 83rd Session (2025) 10. A State [Assemblyman or Assemblywoman;] Assemblymember; 11. A regent of the University of Nevada; 12. A member of the State Board of Education; or 13. A district judge. Sec. 5. NRS 293.166 is hereby amended to read as follows: 293.166 1. A vacancy occurring in a party nomination for the office of State Senator [, Assemblyman] or [Assemblywoman] Assemblymember from a legislative district comprising more than one county may be filled as follows, subject to the provisions of subsections 2, 3 and 4. The county commissioners of each county, all or part of which is included within the legislative district, shall meet to appoint a person who is of the same political party as the former nominee and who actually, as opposed to constructively, resides in the district to fill the vacancy, with the chair of the board of county commissioners of the county whose population residing within the district is the greatest presiding. Each board of county commissioners shall first meet separately and determine the single candidate it will nominate to fill the vacancy. Then, the boards shall meet jointly and the chairs on behalf of the boards shall cast a proportionate number of votes according to the percent, rounded to the nearest whole percent, which the population of its county is of the population of the entire district. Populations must be determined by the last decennial census or special census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce. The person who receives a plurality of these votes is appointed to fill the vacancy. If no person receives a plurality of the votes, the boards of county commissioners of the respective counties shall each as a group select one candidate, and the nominee must be chosen by drawing lots among the persons so selected. 2. If a vacancy occurs in a party nomination for the office of State Senator [, Assemblyman] or [Assemblywoman] Assemblymember from a legislative district comprising more than one county after the primary election and before 5 p.m. on the fourth Friday in July of the year in which the general election is held and: (a) The vacancy occurs because the nominee dies or is adjudicated insane or mentally incompetent, the vacancy may be filled pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1. (b) The vacancy occurs for a reason other than the reasons described in paragraph (a), the nominee’s name must remain on the ballot for the general election and, if elected, a vacancy exists. – 4 – - 83rd Session (2025) 3. No change may be made on the ballot for the general election after 5 p.m. on the fourth Friday in July of the year in which the general election is held. If, after that time and date: (a) A nominee dies or is adjudicated insane or mentally incompetent; or (b) A vacancy in the nomination is otherwise created,  the nominee’s name must remain on the ballot for the general election and, if elected, a vacancy exists. 4. Each designation of a candidate provided for in this section must be filed with the appropriate filing officer before 5 p.m. on the fourth Friday in July of the year in which the general election is held. In each case, the candidate must file a declaration of candidacy with the appropriate filing officer and pay the filing fee required by NRS 293.193 before 5 p.m. on the date the designation is filed. Sec. 6. NRS 293.181 is hereby amended to read as follows: 293.181 1. A candidate for the office of State Senator [, Assemblyman] or [Assemblywoman] Assemblymember must execute and file, with his or her declaration of candidacy, a declaration of residency which must be in substantially the following form: I, the undersigned, do swear or affirm under penalty of perjury that I have been a citizen resident of this State as required by NRS 218A.200; that I understand that knowingly and willfully filing a declaration of residency which contains a false statement is a crime punishable as a gross misdemeanor and also subjects me to a civil action disqualifying me from entering upon the duties of the office; and that I have actually, as opposed to constructively, resided at the following residence or residences since November 1 of the preceding year: ......................................... ........................................ Street Address Street Address ......................................... ........................................ City or Town City or Town ......................................... ........................................ State State From ............ To ........... From ........... To ............ Dates of Residency Dates of Residency – 5 – - 83rd Session (2025) ......................................... ........................................ Street Address Street Address ......................................... ........................................ City or Town City or Town ......................................... ........................................ State State From ............ To ........... From ........... To ............ Dates of Residency Dates of Residency (Attach additional sheet or sheets of residences as necessary) 2. Each address of a candidate which must be included in the declaration of residency pursuant to subsection 1 must be the street address of the residence where the candidate actually, as opposed to constructively, resided or resides in accordance with NRS 281.050, if one has been assigned. The declaration of residency must not be accepted for filing if any of the candidate’s addresses are listed as a post office box unless a street address has not been assigned to the residence. 3. Any person who knowingly and willfully files a declaration of residency which contains a false statement in violation of this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. Sec. 7. NRS 293.185 is hereby amended to read as follows: 293.185 A declaration of candidacy must be filed with the appropriate filing officer, during regular office hours, as follows: 1. For United States Senator, Representative in Congress, statewide offices, State Senators [, Assemblymen] and [Assemblywomen] Assemblymembers to be elected from districts comprising more than one county, and all other offices whose districts comprise more than one county, with the Secretary of State. 2. For Representative in Congress and district offices voted for wholly within one county, State Senators [, Assemblymen] and [Assemblywomen] Assemblymembers to be elected from districts comprising but one or part of one county, county and township officers, with the county clerk. Sec. 8. NRS 293.193 is hereby amended to read as follows: 293.193 1. Fees as listed in this section for filing declarations of candidacy must be paid to the filing officer by cash, cashier’s check or certified check. United States Senator ....................................................... $500 Representative in Congress ................................................ 300 Governor ............................................................................. 300 – 6 – - 83rd Session (2025) Justice of the Supreme Court ............................................ $300 Any state office, other than Governor or justice of the Supreme Court .................................................... 200 District judge ...................................................................... 150 Justice of the peace ............................................................. 100 Any county office ............................................................... 100 State Senator ....................................................................... 100 [Assemblyman or Assemblywoman] Assemblymember .......................................................... 100 Any district office other than district judge .......................... 30 Constable or other town or township office ......................... 30 For the purposes of this subsection, trustee of a county school district, hospital or hospital district is not a county office. 2. No filing fee may be required from a candidate for an office the holder of which receives no compensation. 3. The county clerk shall pay to the county treasurer all filing fees received from candidates. The county treasurer shall deposit the money to the credit of the general fund of the county. 4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.194, a filing fee paid pursuant to this section is not refundable. Sec. 9. NRS 293.207 is hereby amended to read as follows: 293.207 1. Election precincts must be established on the basis of the number of registered voters therein, with a maximum of 5,000 registered voters who are not designated inactive pursuant to NRS 293.530 per precinct in those precincts in which a mechanical voting system is used. 2. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4, the county clerk may consolidate two or more contiguous election precincts into a single voting district to conduct a particular election as public convenience, necessity and economy may require. 3. If a county clerk proposes to consolidate two or more contiguous election precincts, in whole or in part, pursuant to subsection 2, the county clerk shall, at least 14 days before consolidating the precincts, cause notice of the proposed consolidation to be: (a) Posted in the manner prescribed for a regular meeting of the board of county commissioners; and (b) Mailed to each [Assemblyman, Assemblywoman,] Assemblymember, State Senator, county commissioner and, if applicable, member of the governing body of a city who represents residents of a precinct affected by the consolidation. – 7 – - 83rd Session (2025) 4. A person may file a written objection to the proposed consolidation with the county clerk. 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