Senate Bill No. 221–Senators Nolan, Rawson,
Care, Cegavske and Shaffer

 

Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Gibbons,
Mabey and Manendo

 

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AN ACT relating to lobbyists; prohibiting a lobbyist from misrepresenting authorization from a Legislator to request professional services from an employee of the Legislative Counsel Bureau; 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 218 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

thereto a new section to read as follows:

    1.  A lobbyist shall not:

    (a) Indicate that he has authorization from a Legislator to

request professional services from an employee of the Legislative

Counsel Bureau unless he has such authority; or

    (b) Misrepresent the scope of the authorization that he has

from a Legislator to request professional services from an

employee of the Legislative Counsel Bureau.

    2.  As used in this section, “professional services” means

conducting legal, fiscal or policy research or analysis, drafting a

bill, resolution or amendment, or otherwise engaging in work for

which an employee is professionally trained or qualified.

    Sec. 2. NRS 218.904 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    218.904  As used in NRS 218.900 to 218.944, inclusive, and

section 1 of this act, the terms defined in NRS 218.905 to 218.916,

inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

 

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