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Nevada State Question 1, Local and Special Laws Amendment (1926)
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| Topic State legislatures measures |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Nevada Question 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nevada on November 2, 1926. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported prohibiting the legislature from passing local or special laws in specified cases, including judicial procedures, taxation, elections, and public infrastructure. |
A "no" vote opposed prohibiting the legislature from passing local or special laws in specified cases, including judicial procedures, taxation, elections, and public infrastructure. |
Election results
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Nevada Question 1 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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13,554 | 69.45% | ||
| No | 5,963 | 30.55% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 1 was as follows:
| “ | QUESTION No. 11— Shall the following be approved and ratified: (Assembly Joint Resolution No. 12 of the Thirty-first Session of the Legislature of the State of Nevada (Assembly Joint Resolution Number 4 of the Thirty-second Session of the Legislature of the State of Nevada), introduced by Mr. Kennedy, February 26, 1923.) Assembly Joint Resolution, proposing to amend section 20 of article 4 of the constitution of the State of Nevada. Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That section 20 of article 4 of the constitution of the State of Nevada be amended so as to read as follows: Section 20. The legislature shall not pass local or special laws in any of the following enumerated cases— that is to say: Regulating the jurisdiction and duties of justices of the peace and constables and fixing their compensation. For the punishment of crimes and misdemeanors. Regulating the practice of courts of justice. Providing for changing the venue in civil and criminal cases. Granting divorces. Changing names of persons. Vacating roads, town plots, streets, alleys, and public squares. Summoning and impaneling grand and petit juries. Regulating county and township business. Regulating the election of county and township officers. For the assessment and collection of taxes for state, county, and township purposes. Providing for opening and conducting elections of state, county, or township officers, and designating the places of voting. Providing for the sale of real estate belonging to minors or other persons laboring under legal disabilities. Giving effect to invalid deeds, wills, or other instruments. Refunding money paid into the state treasury, or into the treasury of any county. Releasing the indebtedness, liability, or obligation of any corporation, association, or person to the state or to any county, town, or city of this state; but nothing in this section shall be construed to deny or restrict the power of the legislature to establish and regulate the compensation and fees of county officers, to authorize and empower the boards of county commissioners of the various counties in this state to establish and regulate the compensation of officers in their respective counties, to establish and regulate the rates of freight, passage, toll, and charges of railroads, toll-roads, ditches, flumes, and other companies exercising franchises in the laws of this state or doing business therein. | ” |
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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State of Nevada Carson City (capital) |
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