2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 24 ELECTIONS
Chapter 293 Elections
NRS 293.127561 Establishment of petition districts; criteria.
NRS 293.127561 Establishment of petition districts; criteria.
1. The Legislature shall establish petition districts from which signatures for a petition for initiative that proposes a statute, an amendment to a statute or an amendment to the Constitution of this State must be gathered. The petition districts must be established in a manner that is fair to all residents of the State, represent approximately equal populations and ensure that each signature is afforded the same weight.
2. Petition districts must be:
(a) Based on the population databases compiled by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce as validated and incorporated into the geographic information system by the Legislative Counsel Bureau for use by the Nevada Legislature.
(b) Designated in the maps filed with the Office of the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 293.127562.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 2587)
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