Nevada Question 4, Legislative Compensation Amendment (1958)
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| Topic Salaries of government officials |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Nevada Question 4 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nevada on November 4, 1958. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported limiting legislator pay to 60 days for regular sessions and 20 days for special sessions, regardless of session length. |
A "no" vote opposed limiting legislator pay to 60 days for regular sessions and 20 days for special sessions, regardless of session length. |
Election results
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Nevada Question 4 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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41,684 | 70.53% | ||
| No | 17,420 | 29.47% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 4 was as follows:
| “ | Shall—Assembly Joint Resolution—Proposing an amendment to Section 33 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of Nevada. Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of Nevada, jointly, That Section 33 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended to read as follows: Section 33. The members of the legislature shall receive for their services a compensation to be fixed by law, and paid out of the public treasury [;], for not to exceed 60 days during any regular session of the legislature and not to exceed 20 days during any special session convened by the governor; but no increase of such compensation shall take effect during the term for which the members of either house shall have been elected; provided, that an appropriation may be made for the payment of such actual expenses as members of the legislature may incur for postage, express charges, newspapers and stationery, not exceeding the sum of sixty dollars for any general or special session, to each member; and furthermore provided, that the speaker of the assembly, and lieutenant-governor, as president of the senate, shall each, during the time of their actual attendance as such presiding officers, receive an additional allowance of two dollars per diem. —be approved? | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Nevada Constitution
A simple majority vote is required during two successive legislative sessions for the Nevada State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 22 votes in the Nevada State Assembly and 11 votes in the Nevada State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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Footnotes
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