ARTICLE. 13. - Public Institutions.

Nev. Const.

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conditions; and other benevolent entities to be fostered and supported by the
State.
 2. State
prison: Establishment and maintenance; juvenile offenders.
 3. County
public welfare. [Repealed in 1937.]

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other benevolent entities to be fostered and supported by the State.  Entities
for the benefit of persons with significant mental illness, persons who are
blind or visually impaired, persons who are deaf or hard of hearing and persons
with intellectual disabilities or developmental disabilities, and such other
benevolent entities as the public good may require, shall be fostered and
supported by the State, subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by
law. 
 (Amended in 2024. Proposed and passed by the
2021 Legislature; agreed to and passed by the 2023 Legislature; and approved
and ratified by the voters at the 2024 General Election. See: Statutes of
Nevada 2021,
p. 4029; Statutes of Nevada 2023,
p. 3757.)
Sec: 2.  State prison: Establishment and maintenance; juvenile offenders.  A
State Prison shall be established and maintained in such manner as may be
prescribed by law, and provision may be made by law for the establishment and
maintainance [maintenance] of a House of Refuge for Juvenile Offenders.
Sec: 3.  County public welfare.  [Repealed in 1937.] 
 [Sec. 3 of the original constitution was
repealed by vote of the people at a special election held March 17, 1937. See:
Statutes of Nevada 1935,
p. 439; Statutes of Nevada 1937,
pp. 19, 50.
The original section read: “The respective counties of the State shall provide as
may be prescribed by law, for those inhabitants who, by reason of age and
infirmity or misfortunes, may have claim upon the sympathy and aid of
Society.”]