- 1. The Nevada Youth Legislature is hereby created, consisting of 21 members.
- 2. Each member of the Senate shall, taking into consideration any recommendations made by a member of the Assembly, appoint a person who submits an application and meets the qualifications set forth in NRS 219A.140. A member of the Assembly may submit recommendations to a member of the Senate concerning the appointment.
- 3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, appointments to the Youth Legislature must be made by each member of the Senate before April 30 of each odd-numbered year. The term of each member of the Youth Legislature begins June 1 of each odd-numbered year.
- 4. If a member of the Senate does not make an appointment to the Youth Legislature by April 30 of an odd-numbered year, the members of the Assembly whose assembly districts are at least partially located within the senatorial district of that member of the Senate must collaborate to appoint a person who submits an application and meets the qualifications set forth in NRS 219A.140.
- 5. Each member of the Youth Legislature serves a term of 2 years and may be reappointed to one successive 2-year term if the member continues to meet the qualifications set forth in NRS 219A.140.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 838; A 2009, 252; 2011, 1054; 2013, 22)