1. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section or the provisions of NRS 218E.500 to 218E.525, inclusive, the provisions of NRS 218E.320, 218E.325 and 218E.330:

   1. (a) Apply to the Committee in the same manner as a Joint Interim Standing Committee, including, without limitation, providing the Committee with any powers, privileges and immunities set forth in those provisions; and
   2. (b) Control the Committee’s formation, organization and operations, including, without limitation, its membership, officers, management, government, budget, compensation, allowances, expenses, meetings and proceedings, but the Committee shall not be deemed a Joint Interim Standing Committee for the purposes of the number of requests that it may submit for the drafting of legislative measures pursuant to NRS 218D.160. If there is a conflict between the provisions of NRS 218E.320, 218E.325 and 218E.330 and the provisions of a specific statute that applies to the Committee, the provisions of the specific statute control.
2. 2. A majority of the members of the Committee constitutes a quorum, and a quorum may exercise all the power and authority conferred on the Committee.

3. 3. Except during a regular or special session, for each day or portion of a day during which members of the Committee who are Legislators attend a meeting of the Committee or are otherwise engaged in the business of the Committee, the members are entitled to receive:

   1. (a) The compensation provided for a majority of the Legislators during the first 60 days of the preceding regular session;
   2. (b) The per diem allowance provided for state officers and employees generally; and
   3. (c) The travel expenses provided pursuant to NRS 218A.655.
4. 4. All such compensation, per diem allowances and travel expenses of the members of the Committee who are Legislators must be paid from the Legislative Fund.
5. 5. The member of the Committee who represents a local political subdivision is entitled to receive the subsistence allowances and travel expenses provided by law for his or her position for each day of attendance at a meeting of the Committee and while engaged in the business of the Committee, to be paid by the local political subdivision.
6. 6. While engaged in the business of the Committee, to the extent of legislative appropriation, the member of the Committee who represents tribal governments is entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally.

(Added to NRS by 1979, 5; A 1981, 170; 1983, 209; 1985, 398, 1131; 1987, 1208; 1989, 426, 1217, 1222; 2009, 1151, 1561; 2011, 3225; 2019, 3125; 2021, 478, 2511; 2025, 2922)