Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to architecture; revising provisions for practice in groups; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 623 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. Architects, registered interior designers, residential designers, professional engineers and landscape architects may join or form a partnership, corporation, limited-liability company or other business organization or association with registrants outside of their field of practice, or with nonregistrants, if control and two-thirds ownership of the business organization or association is held by persons registered in this state pursuant to the applicable provisions of this chapter, chapter 623A or chapter 625 of NRS.
2. If a partnership, corporation, limited-liability company or other form of business organization or association wishes to practice pursuant to the provisions of this section, it must:
(a) Demonstrate to the board that it is in compliance with all provisions of this section.
(b) Pay the fee for a certificate of registration pursuant to NRS 623.310.
(c) Qualify to do business in this state.
(d) If it is a corporation, register with the board and furnish to the board a complete list of all stockholders when it first files with the board and annually thereafter within 30 days after the annual meeting of the stockholders of the corporation, showing the number of shares held by each stockholder.
(e) If it is a partnership, limited-liability company or other form of business organization or association, register with the board and furnish to the board such information analogous to that required by paragraph (d) as the board may prescribe by regulation.
3. A partnership, corporation, limited-liability company or other form of business organization or association practicing under the provisions of this section may not perform, promote or advertise the services of a registrant unless that registrant is an owner of the business organization or association.
4. As used in this section, "control" means the direct or indirect possession of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a business organization or association.
Sec. 2. NRS 623.350 is hereby amended to read as follows:
623.3501. [This chapter does not prevent firms, partnerships, corporations or associations of architects, registered interior designers, professional engineers and landscape architects, or any combination thereof, from practicing as such, if each director, stockholder and officer of the corporation and each partner or associate of the firm, partnership or association is registered pursuant to the applicable provisions of this chapter, chapter 623A or chapter 625 of NRS.
2.] Every office or place of business of any [firm,] partnership, corporation , limited-liability company or other business organization or association engaged in the practice of architecture [must] pursuant to the provisions of section 1 of this act shall have an architect who is a resident of this state and holds a certificate of registration issued pursuant to this chapter regularly working in the office or place of business and directly responsible for the administration of the architectural work conducted in the office or place of business.
[3.] The provisions of this subsection [2] do not apply to [firms,] partnerships, corporations , limited-liability companies or other business organization or associations engaged in the practice of architecture at offices established for construction administration.
2. A registrant practicing in a business organization or association which holds a certificate issued pursuant to section 1 of this act remains subject to NRS 89.220.
3. If a nonregistrant, or a registrant who is not an owner, employed by or affiliated with a business organization or association which holds a certificate issued pursuant to section 1 of this act is found by the board to have violated a provision of this chapter or a regulation of the board, the board may hold the business organization or association and the registrants who are owners responsible for the violation.
Sec. 3. Chapter 278 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
A city or county building inspector, or other officer performing the functions of that position, shall notify the state board of architecture, interior design and residential design in writing if a registered architect, interior designer or residential designer:
1. Submits plans for a project which are substantially incomplete; or
2. Submits plans for the same project which are rejected by the city or county officer at least three times.
Sec. 4. Chapter 338 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
A public body shall notify the state board of architecture, interior design and residential design in writing if a registered architect, interior designer or residential designer:
1. Submits plans for a project which are substantially incomplete; or
2. Submits plans for the same project which are rejected by the public body at least three times.