From 1961 through 1997, the length of the legislature sessions in Nevada depended upon the time required to process propsed legislation, review the spending proposals of state agencies, and adopt a biennial state budget. At the 1998 General Election, Nevada voters approved a constitutional amendment limiting future regular biennial sessions to 120 days. The amendment also requires the governor to submit the executive budget to the Legislature two weeks before the start of the session. Both the 1999 and 2001 regular sessions ran for the full 120 days.

A special session of the Legislature may also be called by the governor. In 2001 a 1-day special session was only the 17th special

The Legislative Counsel Bureau is the legislature's ongoing staff agency. It provide support for the Legislature and is comprised of the Fiscal, Legal, and Research Divisions. It also includes the Audit Division whose job consists of auditing the accounts of state agencies, and an Administrative Division, which provides accounting, security and vrious "housekeeping" functions.

Every member of the Legislature is invovled in interim subcommittee work between sessions. In addition, several statutory committees meet regularly, including the Committees on Education, Heatlh Care, High-Level Radioactive Waste, and Public Lands. The Legislature passes several bills and resolutions directing the Legislative Commission, during each regular session, to study particular subjects and report when the Legislature reconvenes. The commission accomplishes its task by creating subcommittees

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