Nevada Code § 293.253

Publication of certain statewide measures: Duties of Secretary of State and county clerk; costs
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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.

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