ARTICLE. 3. - Distribution of

Section 1

powers; legislative review of administrative regulations.
 Section 1.  Three separate departments; separation of powers; legislative
review of administrative regulations. 
 1.  The powers of the Government of the
State of Nevada shall be divided into three separate departments,—the
Legislative,—the Executive and the Judicial; and no persons charged with the
exercise of powers properly belonging to one of these departments shall
exercise any functions, appertaining to either of the others, except in the
cases expressly directed or permitted in this constitution.
 2.  If the legislature authorizes the
adoption of regulations by an executive agency which bind persons outside the
agency, the legislature may provide by law for:
 (a) The review of these regulations by a
legislative agency before their effective date to determine initially whether
each is within the statutory authority for its adoption;
 (b) The suspension by a legislative agency of any
such regulation which appears to exceed that authority, until it is reviewed by
a legislative body composed of members of the Senate and Assembly which is
authorized to act on behalf of both houses of the legislature; and
 (c) The nullification of any such regulation by a
majority vote of that legislative body, whether or not the regulation was
suspended.
 [Amended in 1996. Proposed and passed by the
1993 legislature; agreed to and passed by the 1995 legislature; and approved and
ratified by the people at the 1996 general election. See: Statutes of Nevada 1993,
p. 3082; Statutes of Nevada 1995,
p. 2972.]