Nevada Revised Statutes 266.200 – Mayor is presiding officer of city council; vote; veto; approval of contracts, resolutions and ordinances
1. The mayor:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 266.200
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.
(a) Shall preside over the city council when in session, and shall preserve order and decorum among the members and enforce the rules of the city council and determine the order of business, subject to those rules and appeal to the city council, or as provided by ordinance.
(b) Is not entitled to a vote except in case of a tie, when the mayor has a casting vote, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
2. The mayor may exercise the right of veto upon all matters passed by the city council. To pass any matter receiving the mayor’s veto requires a five-sevenths vote of a city council composed of seven members, a four-fifths vote of a city council composed of five members, and a unanimous vote of a city council composed of three members.
3. No resolution or contract requiring the payment of money nor any ordinance may go into force or have any effect until approved in writing by the mayor, unless passed over the mayor’s veto. If the mayor does not approve the resolution, contract or ordinance so submitted, the mayor shall, within 5 days after the receipt thereof, return it to the city clerk with his or her reasons in writing for not approving it. If the mayor does not so return it, the resolution or contract thereupon goes into effect and the ordinance becomes a law, in like manner and with the same effect as if it had been approved by the mayor.