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Nevada Statutes § 304.060 Definitions

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As used in NRS 304.060 to [ 304.120, ] 304.095 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Block" means the smallest geographical unit whose boundaries were designated by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce in its topographically integrated geographic encoding and referencing system.
2. "Block group" means a combination of blocks whose numbers begin with the same digit.
3. "Census tract" means a combination of block groups.
4. [ "Census voting district" means the voting district:
(a) Based on the geographic and population databases compiled by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce as revised by the State Demographer pursuant to NRS 360.288 and validated and incorporated into the geographic information system by the Legislative Counsel Bureau for use by the Nevada Legislature; and
(b) Designated in the maps filed with the Office of the Secretary of State pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 304.070 .
5. ] "State Demographer" means the demographer employed by the Department of Taxation pursuant to NRS 360.283 .

Source

Added to NRS by 1981, 926 [Ch. 475]; A 1991, 1046 [Ch. 400]; 2001 Special Session, 383 [Ch. 23]; 2019, 986 [Ch. 186 ]

History

Amended by 2021SP1 , Ch. 1 , § 10 , eff. (a) upon passage and approval for the purposes of creating each petition district within the State and for determining pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293.127563 the number of signatures required to be gathered from each petition district within the State for a petition for initiative or referendum that proposes a state constitutional amendment or other statewide ballot measure and, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, apply to each such petition that is filed with the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 295.015: (1) On or after 11/16/2021; or (2) On or after 8/1/2021, and before 11/16/2021, if the petition is amended and the revised petition is filed with the Secretary of State on or after 11/16/2021; (b) upon passage and approval for all purposes relating to the members of the State Board of Education; (c) on 1/1/2022, for the purposes of filing for office and for nominating and electing Representatives in the Congress of the United States, and at 9:00 a.m. on 1/3/2023, for all other purposes .

Amended by 2019 , Ch. 186 , § 8 , eff. 7/1/2019 .

Added to NRS by 1981, 926; A 1991, 1046; 2001 Special Session, 383

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