2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 218F - Legislative Counsel Bureau
NRS 218F.710 - General powers and duties; legal opinions on questions of law; authority of Legislative Counsel and General Counsel to act on behalf of each other regarding certain matters; separation of legal functions required regarding certain matters.

1. The Legislative Counsel and the General Counsel each have:

(a) The powers and duties assigned by this title and any law or resolution; and

(b) Such other powers and duties as may be assigned by the Director, the Legislature and the Legislative Commission.

2. Upon the request of the Director or any member or committee of the Legislature or the Legislative Commission, the Legislative Counsel or the General Counsel may give a legal opinion orally or in writing upon any question of law, including, without limitation, existing law and suggested, proposed and pending legislation.

3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if the Legislative Counsel or the General Counsel, as applicable, is unavailable or otherwise unable to carry out his or her powers and duties regarding a particular matter for any reason, the Legislative Counsel or the General Counsel, as applicable, may carry out those powers and duties on behalf of the other legal counsel regarding that particular matter.

4. If any particular matter requires an appropriate separation of legal functions within the Legal Division, the Legislative Counsel and the General Counsel shall take necessary and proper actions to ensure that the appropriate separation of legal functions is established and maintained within the Legal Division.

(Added to NRS by 1963, 1016; A 1965, 1456; 1985, 1132; 2011, 3244; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 16)