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Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 May 2009 01:08 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 6 May 2009 01:08
From the Las Vegas Sun:
The part-time Legislature wants the power to call itself into special session.
Now only the governor can convene a special session, and he sets its agenda.
In 2006 voters turned down a proposed constitutional amendment to allow the legislators to convene special sessions and determine the subjects. The vote was 52.3 percent against and 47.6 percent for giving the lawmakers the extra power. It lost in every county.
The Legislative Operations & Elections Committee heard testimony Tuesday in support of a new proposed constitutional amendment. Assemblyman Tick Segerblom, D-Las Vegas, told the committee this power would be used only in “the most extreme circumstances.”