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Senate Bill No. 404Senators Denis; Hammond and Manendo
Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen ONeill and Silberkraus
CHAPTER 326
[Approved: June 2, 2015]
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; providing for the registration of mopeds; requiring a fee for such registration; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsels Digest:
Under existing law, certain motor-driven cycles and scooters are considered mopeds if the engine produces not more than 2 gross brake horsepower, has a displacement of not more than 50 cubic centimeters or produces not more than 1500 watts final output, and is not capable of exceeding 30 miles per hour on a flat surface. (NRS 482.069) Such a moped is not required to be registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles and the owner or operator is not required to provide liability insurance. (NRS 482.210, 485.185) Section 1 of this bill requires the owner of a moped to register the moped once with the Department. The owner must bring the moped to the Department or, in a county where no office of the Department is located, to either the sheriff of that county or a location of the Department in another county, for an inspection to verify that the moped meets the definition of a moped. The fee for registration is $33, the same as that for a motorcycle. There is also a license plate fee and an inspection fee, and the owner must pay for 1 year of the governmental services tax based on the value of the moped at the time of registration. A moped registration is valid until the owner transfers the ownership of the moped or cancels the registration and surrenders the license plate to the Department. Section 3 of this bill removes the exemption of mopeds from the requirement to register a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer intended to be operated upon any highway in this State. Existing law requires the owner or operator of any motor vehicle which is registered or required to be registered to maintain liability insurance. (NRS 485.185) Section 14 of this bill exempts mopeds from the requirement to maintain liability insurance. Existing law makes failure to register a vehicle which is required to be registered a misdemeanor. (NRS 482.555)
Section 5 of this bill requires the Department to issue a license plate to the owner of a moped upon registration of the moped. Section 6 of this bill requires that the license plate for a moped be distinct in appearance from the license plate for a motorcycle. Sections 9 and 13 of this bill make provisions that allow disabled vehicle owners to obtain and use special license plates and parking stickers applicable to mopeds. (NRS 482.384, 484B.467) Sections 15.2-15.6 of this bill provide for the calculation and imposition of the 1 year of governmental services tax that must be paid upon the registration of a moped. (NRS 371.040, 371.060, 371.070) Section 15.8 of this bill exempts mopeds from the requirements for emissions testing of certain vehicles. (NRS 445B.760)
EXPLANATION Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between
brackets [omitted material] is material to be
omitted.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 482 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. The owner of a moped shall, before the moped may be operated upon any highway in this State, apply to the Department for and obtain registration thereof.
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obtain registration thereof. The application must be made upon the appropriate form as prescribed by the Department.
2. An application for the registration of a moped pursuant to this section must include:
(a) The signature and residential address of the owner of the moped.
(b) The owners declaration of the county where he or she intends the moped to be based, unless the moped is deemed to have no base. The Department shall use this declaration to determine the county to which the governmental services tax is to be paid.
(c) A brief description of the moped to be registered, including the name of the maker, the engine, identification or serial number, whether new or used, and, upon the registration of a new moped, the date of sale by the manufacturer or franchised and licensed dealer in this State for the make to be registered to the person first purchasing or operating the moped.
(d) Proof of ownership satisfactory to the Department.
3. An application for the registration of a moped pursuant to subsection 2 must be accompanied by:
(a) The registration fee required pursuant to NRS 482.480.
(b) The governmental services tax imposed pursuant to chapter 371 of NRS, as provided in NRS 482.260.
(c) The fees for a license plate and an inspection required pursuant to this section.
4. An applicant for the registration of a moped pursuant to this section who resides in a county where an office of the Department is located must, at an office of the Department in that county, allow the Department to inspect the moped for verification that the moped meets the definition of moped as provided in NRS 482.069. The Department may by regulation establish a fee for such an inspection.
5. An applicant for the registration of a moped pursuant to this section who resides in a county where no office of the Department is located must allow the Department to inspect the moped, as specified in subsection 4, at an office of the Department in another county or, in lieu of an inspection by the Department, allow a sheriff or deputy sheriff of the county in which the applicant resides to inspect the moped for verification that the moped meets the definition of moped as provided in NRS 482.069. A sheriff or deputy sheriff shall, upon the request of the applicant, conduct such an inspection and transmit his or her determination, in writing, to the Department and may collect the fee established by the Department pursuant to subsection 4 for such an inspection. All fees collected pursuant to this subsection must be accounted for as provided in subsection 6 of NRS 248.275.
6. As soon as practicable after the Department:
(a) Receives the application and fees required by this section; and
(b) Conducts the inspection required by subsection 4 or 5 or receives the alternative written determination from a sheriff or deputy sheriff that is authorized by subsection 5,
Κ the Department shall, if the inspection or written determination confirms that the moped meets the definition of moped as provided in NRS 482.069, issue a license plate and certificate of registration to the owner of the moped.
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7. The fee for the issuance of a license plate pursuant to this section is $5, which must be allocated to the Revolving Account for the Issuance of Special License Plates, created by NRS 482.1805, to defray the costs of manufacturing license plates pursuant to this section.
8. The registration issued pursuant to this section is not renewable or transferable, and a moped that is registered pursuant to this section is registered until the date on which the owner of the moped:
(a) Transfers the ownership of the moped; or
(b) Cancels the registration of the moped and surrenders the license plate to the Department.
9. The Department may, upon proof of ownership satisfactory to it, issue a certificate of title before the registration of a moped pursuant to this section. A certificate of title issued pursuant to this subsection is valid until cancelled by the Department upon the transfer of interest therein.
Sec. 1.5. NRS 482.087 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.087 Passenger car means a motor vehicle designed for carrying 10 persons or less, except a motorcycle , an electric bicycle or [motor-driven cycle.] a moped.
Sec. 2. NRS 482.1825 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.1825 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, any voluntary contributions collected pursuant to subsection [11] 12 of NRS 482.480 must be distributed to each county based on the county of registration of the vehicle for which the contribution was made, to be used as provided in NRS 244.2643, 277A.285 or 403.575, as applicable. The Department shall remit monthly the contributions directly:
(a) In a county in which a regional transportation commission exists, to the regional transportation commission.
(b) In a county whose population is 100,000 or more and in which a regional transportation commission does not exist, to the board of county commissioners.
(c) In a county whose population is less than 100,000 and in which a regional transportation commission does not exist, to the board of county highway commissioners created pursuant to NRS 403.010.
2. The Department shall certify monthly to the State Board of Examiners the amount of the voluntary contributions collected pursuant to subsection [11] 12 of NRS 482.480 for each county by the Department and its agents during the preceding month, and that the money has been distributed as provided in this section.
3. The Department shall deduct and withhold 1 percent of the contributions collected pursuant to subsection 1 to reimburse the Department for its expenses in collecting and distributing the contributions.
4. As used in this section, regional transportation commission means a regional transportation commission created and organized in accordance with chapter 277A of NRS.
Sec. 2.5. NRS 482.206 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.206 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 482.2065, every motor vehicle, except for a motor vehicle that is registered pursuant to the provisions of NRS 706.801 to 706.861, inclusive, and except for a full trailer or semitrailer that is registered pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 482.483 [,] or a moped registered pursuant to section 1 of this act, must be registered for a period of 12 consecutive months beginning the day after the first registration by the owner in this State.
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2. Except as otherwise provided in [subsection] subsections 7 and 8 and NRS 482.2065, every vehicle registered by an agent of the Department or a registered dealer must be registered for 12 consecutive months beginning the first day of the month after the first registration by the owner in this State.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7 and NRS 482.2065, a vehicle which must be registered through the Motor Carrier Division of the Department, or a motor vehicle which has a declared gross weight in excess of 26,000 pounds, must be registered for a period of 12 consecutive months beginning on the date established by the Department by regulation.
4. Upon the application of the owner of a fleet of vehicles, the Director may permit the owner to register the fleet on the basis of a calendar year.
5. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 6 , [and] 7 [,] and 8, when the registration of any vehicle is transferred pursuant to NRS 482.399, the expiration date of each regular license plate, special license plate or substitute decal must, at the time of the transfer of registration, be advanced for a period of 12 consecutive months beginning:
(a) The first day of the month after the transfer, if the vehicle is transferred by an agent of the Department; or
(b) The day after the transfer in all other cases,
Κ and a credit on the portion of the fee for registration and the governmental services tax attributable to the remainder of the current period of registration must be allowed pursuant to the applicable provisions of NRS 482.399.
6. When the registration of any trailer that is registered for a 3-year period pursuant to NRS 482.2065 is transferred pursuant to NRS 482.399, the expiration date of each license plate or substitute decal must, at the time of the transfer of the registration, be advanced, if applicable pursuant to NRS 482.2065, for a period of 3 consecutive years beginning:
(a) The first day of the month after the transfer, if the trailer is transferred by an agent of the Department; or
(b) The day after the transfer in all other cases,
Κ and a credit on the portion of the fee for registration and the governmental services tax attributable to the remainder of the current period of registration must be allowed pursuant to the applicable provisions of NRS 482.399.
7. A full trailer or semitrailer that is registered pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 482.483 is registered until the date on which the owner of the full trailer or semitrailer:
(a) Transfers the ownership of the full trailer or semitrailer; or
(b) Cancels the registration of the full trailer or semitrailer and surrenders the license plates to the Department.
8. A moped that is registered pursuant to section 1 of this act is registered until the date on which the owner of the moped:
(a) Transfers the ownership of the moped; or
(b) Cancels the registration of the moped and surrenders the license plate to the Department.
Sec. 3. NRS 482.210 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.210 1. The provisions of this chapter requiring the registration of certain vehicles do not apply to:
(a) Special mobile equipment.
(b) Implements of husbandry temporarily drawn, moved or otherwise propelled upon the highways.
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(c) Any mobile home or commercial coach subject to the provisions of chapter 489 of NRS.
(d) Electric bicycles.
(e) Golf carts which are:
(1) Traveling upon highways properly designated by the appropriate city or county as permissible for the operation of golf carts; and
(2) Operating pursuant to a permit issued pursuant to this chapter.
(f) [Mopeds.
(g)] Towable tools or equipment as defined in NRS 484D.055.
[(h)] (g) Any motorized conveyance for a wheelchair, whose operator is a person with a disability who is unable to walk about.
2. For the purposes of this section, motorized conveyance for a wheelchair means a vehicle which:
(a) Can carry a wheelchair;
(b) Is propelled by an engine which produces not more than 3 gross brake horsepower, has a displacement of not more than 50 cubic centimeters or produces not more than 2250 watts final output;
(c) Is designed to travel on not more than three wheels; and
(d) Can reach a speed of not more than 30 miles per hour on a flat surface with not more than a grade of 1 percent in any direction.
Κ The term does not include a tractor.
Sec. 3.3. NRS 482.215 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.215 1. [All] Except as otherwise provided in section 1 of this act, all applications for registration, except applications for renewal of registration, must be made as provided in this section.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.294, applications for all registrations, except renewals of registration, must be made in person, if practicable, to any office or agent of the Department or to a registered dealer.
3. Each application must be made upon the appropriate form furnished by the Department and contain:
(a) The signature of the owner, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NRS 482.294, if applicable.
(b) The owners residential address.
(c) The owners declaration of the county where he or she intends the vehicle to be based, unless the vehicle is deemed to have no base. The Department shall use this declaration to determine the county to which the governmental services tax is to be paid.
(d) A brief description of the vehicle to be registered, including the name of the maker, the engine, identification or serial number, whether new or used, and the last license number, if known, and the state in which it was issued, and upon the registration of a new vehicle, the date of sale by the manufacturer or franchised and licensed dealer in this State for the make to be registered to the person first purchasing or operating the vehicle.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, if the applicant is not an owner of a fleet of vehicles or a person described in subsection 5:
(1) Proof satisfactory to the Department or registered dealer that the applicant carries insurance on the vehicle provided by an insurance company licensed by the Division of Insurance of the Department of Business and Industry and approved to do business in this State as required by NRS 485.185; and
(2) A declaration signed by the applicant that he or she will maintain the insurance required by NRS 485.185 during the period of registration. If the application is submitted by electronic means pursuant to NRS 482.294, the applicant is not required to sign the declaration required by this subparagraph.
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the application is submitted by electronic means pursuant to NRS 482.294, the applicant is not required to sign the declaration required by this subparagraph.
(f) If the applicant is an owner of a fleet of vehicles or a person described in subsection 5, evidence of insurance provided by an insurance company licensed by the Division of Insurance of the Department of Business and Industry and approved to do business in this State as required by NRS 485.185:
(1) In the form of a certificate of insurance on a form approved by the Commissioner of Insurance;
(2) In the form of a card issued pursuant to NRS 690B.023 which identifies the vehicle or the registered owner of the vehicle; or
(3) In another form satisfactory to the Department.
Κ The Department may file that evidence, return it to the applicant or otherwise dispose of it.
(g) If required, evidence of the applicants compliance with controls over emission.
(h) If the application for registration is submitted via the Internet, a statement which informs the applicant that he or she may make a nonrefundable monetary contribution of $2 for each vehicle registered for the Complete Streets Program, if any, created pursuant to NRS 244.2643, 277A.285 or 403.575, as applicable, based on the declaration made pursuant to paragraph (c). The application form must state in a clear and conspicuous manner that a contribution for a Complete Streets Program is nonrefundable and voluntary and is in addition to any fees required for registration, and must include a method by which the applicant must indicate his or her intention to opt in or opt out of making such a contribution.
4. The application must contain such other information as is required by the Department or registered dealer and must be accompanied by proof of ownership satisfactory to the Department.
5. For purposes of the evidence required by paragraph (f) of subsection 3:
(a) Vehicles which are subject to the fee for a license and the requirements of registration of the Interstate Highway User Fee Apportionment Act, and which are based in this State, may be declared as a fleet by the registered owner thereof on his or her original application for or application for renewal of a proportional registration. The owner may file a single certificate of insurance covering that fleet.
(b) Other fleets composed of 10 or more vehicles based in this State or vehicles insured under a blanket policy which does not identify individual vehicles may each be declared annually as a fleet by the registered owner thereof for the purposes of an application for his or her original or any renewed registration. The owner may file a single certificate of insurance covering that fleet.
(c) A person who qualifies as a self-insurer pursuant to the provisions of NRS 485.380 may file a copy of his or her certificate of self-insurance.
(d) A person who qualifies for an operators policy of liability insurance pursuant to the provisions of NRS 485.186 and 485.3091 may file evidence of that insurance.
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Sec. 3.7. NRS 482.216 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.216 1. [Upon] Except as otherwise provided in section 1 of this act, upon the request of a new vehicle dealer, the Department may authorize the new vehicle dealer to:
(a) Accept applications for the registration of the new motor vehicles he or she sells and the related fees and taxes;
(b) Issue certificates of registration to applicants who satisfy the requirements of this chapter; and
(c) Accept applications for the transfer of registration pursuant to NRS 482.399 if the applicant purchased from the new vehicle dealer a new vehicle to which the registration is to be transferred.
2. A new vehicle dealer who is authorized to issue certificates of registration pursuant to subsection 1 shall:
(a) Transmit the applications received to the Department within the period prescribed by the Department;
(b) Transmit the fees collected from the applicants and properly account for them within the period prescribed by the Department;
(c) Comply with the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection [4;] 5; and
(d) Bear any cost of equipment which is necessary to issue certificates of registration, including any computer hardware or software.
3. A new vehicle dealer who is authorized to issue certificates of registration pursuant to subsection 1 shall not:
(a) Charge any additional fee for the performance of those services;
(b) Receive compensation from the Department for the performance of those services;
(c) Accept applications for the renewal of registration of a motor vehicle; or
(d) Accept an application for the registration of a motor vehicle if the applicant wishes to:
(1) Obtain special license plates pursuant to NRS 482.3667 to 482.3823, inclusive; or
(2) Claim the exemption from the governmental services tax provided pursuant to NRS 361.1565 to veterans and their relations.
4. The provisions of this section do not apply to the registration of a moped pursuant to section 1 of this act.
5. The Director shall adopt such regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. The regulations adopted pursuant to this subsection must provide for:
(a) The expedient and secure issuance of license plates and decals by the Department; and
(b) The withdrawal of the authority granted to a new vehicle dealer pursuant to subsection 1 if that dealer fails to comply with the regulations adopted by the Department.
Sec. 4. NRS 482.255 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.255 1. Upon receipt of a certificate of registration, the owner shall place it or a legible copy in the vehicle for which it is issued and keep it in the vehicle. If the vehicle is a motorcycle, moped, trailer or semitrailer, the owner shall carry the certificate in the tool bag or other convenient receptacle attached to the vehicle.
2. The owner or operator of a motor vehicle shall, upon demand, surrender the certificate of registration or the copy for examination to any peace officer, including a constable of the township in which the motor vehicle is located or a justice of the peace or a deputy of the Department.
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peace officer, including a constable of the township in which the motor vehicle is located or a justice of the peace or a deputy of the Department.
3. No person charged with violating this section may be convicted if the person produces in court a certificate of registration which was previously issued to him or her and was valid at the time of the demand.
Sec. 4.5. NRS 482.260 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.260 1. When registering a vehicle, the Department and its agents or a registered dealer shall:
(a) Collect the fees for license plates and registration as provided for in this chapter.
(b) Collect the governmental services tax on the vehicle, as agent for the State and for the county where the applicant intends to base the vehicle for the period of registration, unless the vehicle is deemed to have no base.
(c) Collect the applicable taxes imposed pursuant to chapters 372, 374, 377 and 377A of NRS.
(d) Issue a certificate of registration.
(e) If the registration is performed by the Department, issue the regular license plate or plates.
(f) If the registration is performed by a registered dealer, provide information to the owner regarding the manner in which the regular license plate or plates will be made available to the owner.
2. Upon proof of ownership satisfactory to the Director, the Director shall cause to be issued a certificate of title as provided in this chapter.
3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 371.070 and subsections 6 , [and] 7 [,] and 8, every vehicle being registered for the first time in Nevada must be taxed for the purposes of the governmental services tax for a 12-month period.
4. The Department shall deduct and withhold 2 percent of the taxes collected pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 1 and remit the remainder to the Department of Taxation.
5. A registered dealer shall forward all fees and taxes collected for the registration of vehicles to the Department.
6. A trailer being registered pursuant to NRS 482.2065 must be taxed for the purposes of the governmental services tax for a 3-year period.
7. A full trailer or semitrailer being registered pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 482.483 must be taxed for the purposes of the governmental services tax in the amount of $86. The governmental services tax paid pursuant to this subsection is nontransferable and nonrefundable.
8. A moped being registered pursuant to section 1 of this act must be taxed for the purposes of the governmental services tax for only the 12-month period following the registration. The governmental services tax paid pursuant to this subsection is nontransferable and nonrefundable.
Sec. 5. NRS 482.265 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.265 1. The Department shall furnish to every owner whose vehicle is registered two license plates for a motor vehicle other than a motorcycle or moped and one license plate for all other vehicles required to be registered hereunder. [Upon] Except as otherwise provided in section 1 of this act, upon renewal of registration, the Department may issue one or more license plate stickers, tabs or other suitable devices in lieu of new license plates.
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2. The Director shall have the authority to require the return to the Department of all number plates upon termination of the lawful use thereof by the owner under this chapter.
3. Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, for the issuance of each special license plate authorized pursuant to this chapter:
(a) The fee to be received by the Department for the initial issuance of the special license plate is $35, exclusive of any additional fee which may be added to generate funds for a particular cause or charitable organization;
(b) The fee to be received by the Department for the renewal of the special license plate is $10, exclusive of any additional fee which may be added to generate financial support for a particular cause or charitable organization; and
(c) The Department shall not design, prepare or issue a special license plate unless, within 4 years after the date on which the measure authorizing the issuance becomes effective, it receives at least 250 applications for the issuance of that plate.
4. The provisions of subsection 3 do not apply to NRS 482.37901.
Sec. 6. NRS 482.272 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.272 1. Each license plate for a motorcycle or moped may contain a number of characters, including numbers and letters, as determined necessary by the Director. Only one plate may be issued for a motorcycle [.] or moped.
2. The Department shall ensure that the license plate for a moped is distinct in appearance from the license plate for a motorcycle. Such distinction may be provided by, without limitation, the size, color or design of the plate. A license plate produced pursuant to this subsection is not required to have displayed upon it the month and year the registration expires.
Sec. 7. NRS 482.275 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.275 1. The license plates for a motor vehicle other than a motorcycle , moped or motor vehicle being transported by a licensed vehicle transporter must be attached thereto, one in the rear and, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, one in the front. The license plate issued for all other vehicles required to be registered must be attached to the rear of the vehicle. The license plates must be so displayed during the current calendar year or registration period.
2. If the motor vehicle was not manufactured to include a bracket, device or other contrivance to display and secure a front license plate, and if the manufacturer of the motor vehicle provided no other means or method by which a front license plate may be displayed upon and secured to the motor vehicle:
(a) One license plate must be attached to the motor vehicle in the rear; and
(b) The other license plate may, at the option of the owner of the vehicle, be attached to the motor vehicle in the front.
3. The provisions of subsection 2 do not relieve the Department of the duty to issue a set of two license plates as otherwise required pursuant to NRS 482.265 or other applicable law and do not entitle the owner of a motor vehicle to pay a reduced tax or fee in connection with the registration or transfer of the motor vehicle. If the owner of a motor vehicle, in accordance with the provisions of subsection 2, exercises the option to attach a license plate only to the rear of the motor vehicle, the owner shall:
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(a) Retain the other license plate; and
(b) Insofar as it may be practicable, return or surrender both plates to the Department as a set when required by law to do so.
4. Every license plate must at all times be securely fastened to the vehicle to which it is assigned so as to prevent the plate from swinging and at a height not less than 12 inches from the ground, measuring from the bottom of such plate, in a place and position to be clearly visible, and must be maintained free from foreign materials and in a condition to be clearly legible.
5. Any license plate which is issued to a vehicle transporter or a dealer, rebuilder or manufacturer may be attached to a vehicle owned or controlled by that person by a secure means. No license plate may be displayed loosely in the window or by any other unsecured method in any motor vehicle.
Sec. 8. NRS 482.280 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.280 1. [The] Except as otherwise provided in section 1 of this act, the registration of every vehicle expires at midnight on the day specified on the receipt of registration, unless the day specified falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. If the day specified on the receipt of registration is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the registration of the vehicle expires at midnight on the next judicial day. The Department shall mail to each holder of a certificate of registration a notification for renewal of registration for the following period of registration. The notifications must be mailed by the Department in sufficient time to allow all applicants to mail the notifications to the Department or to renew the certificate of registration at a kiosk or authorized inspection station or via the Internet or an interactive response system and to receive new certificates of registration and license plates, stickers, tabs or other suitable devices by mail before the expiration of their registrations. An applicant may present or submit the notification to any agent or office of the Department.
2. A notification:
(a) Mailed or presented to the Department or to a county assessor pursuant to the provisions of this section;
(b) Submitted to the Department pursuant to NRS 482.294; or
(c) Presented to an authorized inspection station or authorized station pursuant to the provisions of NRS 482.281,
Κ must include, if required, evidence of compliance with standards for the control of emissions.
3. The Department shall include with each notification mailed pursuant to subsection 1:
(a) The amount of the governmental services tax to be collected pursuant to the provisions of NRS 482.260.
(b) The amount set forth in a notice of nonpayment filed with the Department by a local authority pursuant to NRS 484B.527.
(c) A statement which informs the applicant:
(1) That, pursuant to NRS 485.185, the applicant is legally required to maintain insurance during the period in which the motor vehicle is registered which must be provided by an insurance company licensed by the Division of Insurance of the Department of Business and Industry and approved to do business in this State; and
(2) Of any other applicable requirements set forth in chapter 485 of NRS and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
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(d) A statement which informs the applicant that, if the applicant renews a certificate of registration at a kiosk or via the Internet, he or she may make a nonrefundable monetary contribution of $2 for each vehicle registration renewed for the Complete Streets Program, if any, created pursuant to NRS 244.2643, 277A.285 or 403.575, as applicable, based on the declaration made pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 3 of NRS 482.215. The notification must state in a clear and conspicuous manner that a contribution for a Complete Streets Program is nonrefundable and voluntary and is in addition to any fees required for registration.
4. An application for renewal of a certificate of registration submitted at a kiosk or via the Internet must include a statement which informs the applicant that he or she may make a nonrefundable monetary contribution of $2, for each vehicle registration which is renewed at a kiosk or via the Internet, for the Complete Streets Program, if any, created pursuant to NRS 244.2643, 277A.285 or 403.575, as applicable, based on the declaration made pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 3 of NRS 482.215. The application must state in a clear and conspicuous manner that a contribution for a Complete Streets Program is nonrefundable and voluntary and is in addition to any fees required for registration, and must include a method by which the applicant must indicate his or her intention to opt in or opt out of making such a contribution.
5. An owner who has made proper application for renewal of registration before the expiration of the current registration but who has not received the license plate or plates or card of registration for the ensuing period of registration is entitled to operate or permit the operation of that vehicle upon the highways upon displaying thereon the license plate or plates issued for the preceding period of registration for such a time as may be prescribed by the Department as it may find necessary for the issuance of the new plate or plates or card of registration.
Sec. 8.2. NRS 482.285 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.285 1. If any certificate of registration or certificate of title is lost, mutilated or illegible, the person to whom it was issued shall immediately make application for and obtain a duplicate or substitute therefor upon furnishing information satisfactory to the Department and upon payment of the required fees.
2. If any license plate or plates or any decal is lost, mutilated or illegible, the person to whom it was issued shall immediately make application for and obtain:
(a) A duplicate number plate or a substitute number plate;
(b) A substitute decal; or
(c) A combination of both (a) and (b),
Κ as appropriate, upon furnishing information satisfactory to the Department and payment of the fees required by NRS 482.500.
3. If any license plate or plates or any decal is stolen, the person to whom it was issued shall immediately make application for and obtain:
(a) A substitute number plate;
(b) A substitute decal; or
(c) A combination of both (a) and (b),
Κ as appropriate, upon furnishing information satisfactory to the Department and payment of the fees required by NRS 482.500.
4. The Department shall issue duplicate number plates or substitute number plates and, if applicable, a substitute decal, if the applicant:
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(a) Returns the mutilated or illegible plates to the Department or signs a declaration that the plates were lost, mutilated or illegible; and
(b) Complies with the provisions of subsection 6.
5. The Department shall issue substitute number plates and, if applicable, a substitute decal, if the applicant:
(a) Signs a declaration that the plates were stolen; and
(b) Complies with the provisions of subsection 6.
6. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an applicant who desires duplicate number plates or substitute number plates must make application for renewal of registration. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7 or 8 of NRS 482.260, credit must be allowed for the portion of the registration fee and governmental services tax attributable to the remainder of the current registration period. In lieu of making application for renewal of registration, an applicant may elect to make application solely for:
(a) Duplicate number plates or substitute number plates, and a substitute decal, if the previous license plates were lost, mutilated or illegible; or
(b) Substitute number plates and a substitute decal, if the previous license plates were stolen.
7. An applicant who makes the election described in subsection 6 retains the current date of expiration for the registration of the applicable vehicle and is not, as a prerequisite to receiving duplicate number plates or substitute number plates or a substitute decal, required to:
(a) Submit evidence of compliance with controls over emission; or
(b) Pay the registration fee and governmental services tax attributable to a full period of registration.
Sec. 8.4. NRS 482.3667 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.3667 1. The Department shall establish, design and otherwise prepare for issue personalized prestige license plates and shall establish all necessary procedures not inconsistent with this section for the application and issuance of such license plates.
2. The Department shall issue personalized prestige license plates, upon payment of the prescribed fee, to any person who otherwise complies with the laws relating to the registration and licensing of motor vehicles or trailers for use on private passenger cars, motorcycles, trucks or trailers, except that such plates may not be issued for a full trailer or semitrailer that is registered pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 482.483 [.] or a moped registered pursuant to section 1 of this act.
3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.2065, personalized prestige license plates are valid for 12 months and are renewable upon expiration. These plates may be transferred from one vehicle or trailer to another if the transfer and registration fees are paid as set out in this chapter.
4. In case of any conflict, the person who first made application for personalized prestige license plates and has continuously renewed them by payment of the required fee has priority.
5. The Department may limit by regulation the number of letters and numbers used and prohibit the use of inappropriate letters or combinations of letters and numbers.
6. The Department shall not assign to any person not holding the relevant office any letters and numbers denoting that the holder holds a public office.
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Sec. 8.5. NRS 482.381 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.381 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.2655, the Department may issue special license plates and registration certificates to residents of Nevada for any motor vehicle which is a model manufactured more than 40 years before the date of application for registration pursuant to this section.
2. License plates issued pursuant to this section must bear the inscription Old Timer, and the plates must be numbered consecutively.
3. The Nevada Old Timer Club members shall bear the cost of the dies for carrying out the provisions of this section.
4. The Department shall charge and collect the following fees for the issuance of these license plates, which fees are in addition to all other license fees and applicable taxes:
(a) For the first issuance............................................................................... $35
(b) For a renewal sticker.................................................................................. 10
5. In addition to the fees required pursuant to subsection 4, the Department shall charge and collect a fee for the first issuance of the license plates for those motor vehicles exempted pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 445B.760 from the provisions of NRS 445B.770 to 445B.815, inclusive. The amount of the fee must be equal to the amount of the fee for a form certifying emission control compliance set forth in paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 445B.830.
6. Fees paid to the Department pursuant to subsection 5 must be accounted for in the Pollution Control Account created by NRS 445B.830.
Sec. 8.52. NRS 482.3812 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.3812 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.2655, the Department may issue special license plates and registration certificates to residents of Nevada for any passenger car or light commercial vehicle:
(a) Having a manufacturers rated carrying capacity of 1 ton or less; and
(b) Manufactured not later than 1948.
2. License plates issued pursuant to this section must be inscribed with the words STREET ROD and a number of characters, including numbers and letters, as determined necessary by the Director.
3. If, during a registration period, the holder of special plates issued pursuant to this section disposes of the vehicle to which the plates are affixed, the holder shall retain the plates and:
(a) Affix them to another vehicle which meets the requirements of this section and report the change to the Department in accordance with the procedure set forth for other transfers; or
(b) Within 30 days after removing the plates from the vehicle, return them to the Department.
4. The fee for the special license plates is $35, in addition to all other applicable registration and license fees and governmental services taxes. The fee for an annual renewal sticker is $10.
5. In addition to the fees required pursuant to subsection 4, the Department shall charge and collect a fee for the first issuance of the special license plates for those motor vehicles exempted pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 445B.760 from the provisions of NRS 445B.770 to 445B.815, inclusive. The amount of the fee must be equal to the amount of the fee for a form certifying emission control compliance set forth in paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 445B.830.
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6. Fees paid to the Department pursuant to subsection 5 must be accounted for in the Pollution Control Account created by NRS 445B.830.
Sec. 8.54. NRS 482.3814 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.3814 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.2655, the Department may issue special license plates and registration certificates to residents of Nevada for any passenger car or light commercial vehicle:
(a) Having a manufacturers rated carrying capacity of 1 ton or less; and
(b) Manufactured not earlier than 1949, but at least 20 years before the application is submitted to the Department.
2. License plates issued pursuant to this section must be inscribed with the words CLASSIC ROD and a number of characters, including numbers and letters, as determined necessary by the Director.
3. If, during a registration year, the holder of special plates issued pursuant to this section disposes of the vehicle to which the plates are affixed, the holder shall retain the plates and:
(a) Affix them to another vehicle which meets the requirements of this section and report the change to the Department in accordance with the procedure set forth for other transfers; or
(b) Within 30 days after removing the plates from the vehicle, return them to the Department.
4. The fee for the special license plates is $35, in addition to all other applicable registration and license fees and governmental services taxes. The fee for an annual renewal sticker is $10.
5. In addition to the fees required pursuant to subsection 4, the Department shall charge and collect a fee for the first issuance of the special license plates for those motor vehicles exempted pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 445B.760 from the provisions of NRS 445B.770 to 445B.815, inclusive. The amount of the fee must be equal to the amount of the fee for a form certifying emission control compliance set forth in paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 445B.830.
6. Fees paid to the Department pursuant to subsection 5 must be accounted for in the Pollution Control Account created by NRS 445B.830.
Sec. 8.56. NRS 482.3816 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.3816 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.2655, the Department may issue special license plates and registration certificates to residents of Nevada for any passenger car or light commercial vehicle:
(a) Having a manufacturers rated carrying capacity of 1 ton or less;
(b) Manufactured at least 25 years before the application is submitted to the Department; and
(c) Containing only the original parts which were used to manufacture the vehicle or replacement parts that duplicate those original parts.
2. License plates issued pursuant to this section must be inscribed with the words CLASSIC VEHICLE and a number of characters, including numbers and letters, as determined necessary by the Director.
3. If, during a registration period, the holder of special plates issued pursuant to this section disposes of the vehicle to which the plates are affixed, the holder shall retain the plates and:
(a) Affix them to another vehicle which meets the requirements of this section and report the change to the Department in accordance with the procedure set forth for other transfers; or
(b) Within 30 days after removing the plates from the vehicle, return them to the Department.
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4. The fee for the special license plates is $35, in addition to all other applicable registration and license fees and governmental services taxes. The fee for an annual renewal sticker is $10.
5. In addition to the fees required pursuant to subsection 4, the Department shall charge and collect a fee for the first issuance of the special license plates for those motor vehicles exempted pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 445B.760 from the provisions of NRS 445B.770 to 445B.815, inclusive. The amount of the fee must be equal to the amount of the fee for a form certifying emission control compliance set forth in paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 445B.830.
6. Fees paid to the Department pursuant to subsection 5 must be accounted for in the Pollution Control Account created by NRS 445B.830.
Sec. 8.6. NRS 482.3824 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.3824 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.38279, with respect to any special license plate that is issued pursuant to NRS 482.3667 to 482.3823, inclusive, and for which additional fees are imposed for the issuance of the special license plate to generate financial support for a charitable organization:
(a) The Director shall, at the request of the charitable organization that is benefited by the particular special license plate:
(1) Order the design and preparation of souvenir license plates, the design of which must be substantially similar to the particular special license plate; and
(2) Issue such souvenir license plates, for a fee established pursuant to NRS 482.3825, only to the charitable organization that is benefited by the particular special license plate. The charitable organization may resell such souvenir license plates at a price determined by the charitable organization.
(b) The Department may, except as otherwise provided in this paragraph and after the particular special license plate is approved for issuance, issue the special license plate for a trailer, motorcycle or other type of vehicle that is not a passenger car or light commercial vehicle, excluding vehicles required to be registered with the Department pursuant to NRS 706.801 to 706.861, inclusive, [and] full trailers or semitrailers registered pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 482.483 [,] and mopeds registered pursuant to section 1 of this act, upon application by a person who is entitled to license plates pursuant to NRS 482.265 or 482.272 and who otherwise complies with the requirements for registration and licensing pursuant to this chapter or chapter 486 of NRS. The Department may not issue a special license plate for such other types of vehicles if the Department determines that the design or manufacture of the plate for those other types of vehicles would not be feasible. In addition, if the Department incurs additional costs to manufacture a special license plate for such other types of vehicles, including, without limitation, costs associated with the purchase, manufacture or modification of dies or other equipment necessary to manufacture the special license plate for such other types of vehicles, those additional costs must be paid from private sources without any expense to the State of Nevada.
2. If, as authorized pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1, the Department issues a special license plate for a trailer, motorcycle or other type of vehicle that is not a passenger car or light commercial vehicle, the Department shall charge and collect for the issuance and renewal of such a plate the same fees that the Department would charge and collect if the other type of vehicle was a passenger car or light commercial vehicle.
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type of vehicle was a passenger car or light commercial vehicle. As used in this subsection, fees does not include any applicable registration or license fees or governmental services taxes.
3. As used in this section:
(a) Additional fees has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.38273.
(b) Charitable organization means a particular cause, charity or other entity that receives money from the imposition of additional fees in connection with the issuance of a special license plate pursuant to NRS 482.3667 to 482.3823, inclusive. The term includes the successor, if any, of a charitable organization.
Sec. 9. NRS 482.384 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.384 1. Upon the application of a person with a permanent disability, the Department may issue special license plates for a vehicle, including a motorcycle [,] or moped, registered by the applicant pursuant to this chapter. The application must include a statement from a licensed physician certifying that the applicant is a person with a permanent disability. The issuance of a special license plate to a person with a permanent disability pursuant to this subsection does not preclude the issuance to such a person of a special parking placard for a vehicle other than a motorcycle or moped or a special parking sticker for a motorcycle or moped pursuant to subsection 6.
2. Every year after the initial issuance of special license plates to a person with a permanent disability, the Department shall require the person to renew the special license plates in accordance with the procedures for renewal of registration pursuant to this chapter. The Department shall not require a person with a permanent disability to include with the application for renewal a statement from a licensed physician certifying that the person is a person with a permanent disability.
3. Upon the application of an organization which provides transportation for a person with a permanent disability, disability of moderate duration or temporary disability, the Department may issue special license plates for a vehicle registered by the organization pursuant to this chapter, or the Department may issue special parking placards to the organization pursuant to this section to be used on vehicles providing transportation to such persons. The application must include a statement from the organization certifying that:
(a) The vehicle for which the special license plates are issued is used primarily to transport persons with permanent disabilities, disabilities of moderate duration or temporary disabilities; or
(b) The organization which is issued the special parking placards will only use such placards on vehicles that actually transport persons with permanent disabilities, disabilities of moderate duration or temporary disabilities.
4. The Department may charge a fee for special license plates issued pursuant to this section not to exceed the fee charged for the issuance of license plates for the same class of vehicle.
5. Special license plates issued pursuant to this section must display the international symbol of access in a color which contrasts with the background and is the same size as the numerals and letters on the plate.
6. Upon the application of a person with a permanent disability or disability of moderate duration, the Department may issue:
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(a) A special parking placard for a vehicle other than a motorcycle [.] or moped. Upon request, the Department may issue one additional placard to an applicant to whom special license plates have not been issued pursuant to this section.
(b) A special parking sticker for a motorcycle [.] or moped.
Κ The application must include a statement from a licensed physician certifying that the applicant is a person with a permanent disability or disability of moderate duration.
7. A special parking placard issued pursuant to subsection 6 must:
(a) Have inscribed on it the international symbol of access which is at least 3 inches in height, is centered on the placard and is white on a blue background;
(b) Have an identification number and date of expiration of:
(1) If the special parking placard is issued to a person with a permanent disability, 10 years after the initial date of issuance; or
(2) If the special parking placard is issued to a person with a disability of moderate duration, 2 years after the initial date of issuance;
(c) Have placed or inscribed on it the seal or other identification of the Department; and
(d) Have a form of attachment which enables a person using the placard to display the placard from the rearview mirror of the vehicle.
8. A special parking sticker issued pursuant to subsection 6 must:
(a) Have inscribed on it the international symbol of access which complies with any applicable federal standards, is centered on the sticker and is white on a blue background;
(b) Have an identification number and a date of expiration of:
(1) If the special parking sticker is issued to a person with a permanent disability, 10 years after the initial date of issuance; or
(2) If the special parking sticker is issued to a person with a disability of moderate duration, 2 years after the initial date of issuance; and
(c) Have placed or inscribed on it the seal or other identification of the Department.
9. Before the date of expiration of a special parking placard or special parking sticker issued to a person with a permanent disability or disability of moderate duration, the person shall renew the special parking placard or special parking sticker. If the applicant for renewal is a person with a disability of moderate duration, the applicant must include with the application for renewal a statement from a licensed physician certifying that the applicant is a person with a disability which limits or impairs the ability to walk, and that such disability, although not irreversible, is estimated to last longer than 6 months. A person with a permanent disability is not required to submit evidence of a continuing disability with the application for renewal.
10. The Department, or a city or county, may issue, and charge a reasonable fee for, a temporary parking placard for a vehicle other than a motorcycle or moped or a temporary parking sticker for a motorcycle or moped upon the application of a person with a temporary disability. Upon request, the Department, city or county may issue one additional temporary parking placard to an applicant. The application must include a certificate from a licensed physician indicating:
(a) That the applicant has a temporary disability; and
(b) The estimated period of the disability.
11. A temporary parking placard issued pursuant to subsection 10 must:
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(a) Have inscribed on it the international symbol of access which is at least 3 inches in height, is centered on the placard and is white on a red background;
(b) Have an identification number and a date of expiration; and
(c) Have a form of attachment which enables a person using the placard to display the placard from the rearview mirror of the vehicle.
12. A temporary parking sticker issued pursuant to subsection 10 must:
(a) Have inscribed on it the international symbol of access which is at least 3 inches in height, is centered on the sticker and is white on a red background; and
(b) Have an identification number and a date of expiration.
13. A temporary parking placard or temporary parking sticker is valid only for the period for which a physician has certified the disability, but in no case longer than 6 months. If the temporary disability continues after the period for which the physician has certified the disability, the person with the temporary disability must renew the temporary parking placard or temporary parking sticker before the temporary parking placard or temporary parking sticker expires. The person with the temporary disability shall include with the application for renewal a statement from a licensed physician certifying that the applicant continues to be a person with a temporary disability and the estimated period of the disability.
14. A special or temporary parking placard must be displayed in the vehicle when the vehicle is parked by hanging or attaching the placard to the rearview mirror of the vehicle. If the vehicle has no rearview mirror, the placard must be placed on the dashboard of the vehicle in such a manner that the placard can easily be seen from outside the vehicle when the vehicle is parked.
15. Upon issuing a special license plate pursuant to subsection 1, a special or temporary parking placard, or a special or temporary parking sticker, the Department, or the city or county, if applicable, shall issue a letter to the applicant that sets forth the name and address of the person with a permanent disability, disability of moderate duration or temporary disability to whom the special license plate, special or temporary parking placard or special or temporary parking sticker has been issued and:
(a) If the person receives special license plates, the license plate number designated for the plates; and
(b) If the person receives a special or temporary parking placard or a special or temporary parking sticker, the identification number and date of expiration indicated on the placard or sticker.
Κ The letter, or a legible copy thereof, must be kept with the vehicle for which the special license plate has been issued or in which the person to whom the special or temporary parking placard or special or temporary parking sticker has been issued is driving or is a passenger.
16. A special or temporary parking sticker must be affixed to the windscreen of the motorcycle [.] or moped. If the motorcycle or moped has no windscreen, the sticker must be affixed to any other part of the motorcycle or moped which may be easily seen when the motorcycle or moped is parked.
17. Special or temporary parking placards, special or temporary parking stickers, or special license plates issued pursuant to this section do not authorize parking in any area on a highway where parking is prohibited by law.
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18. No person, other than the person certified as being a person with a permanent disability, disability of moderate duration or temporary disability, or a person actually transporting such a person, may use the special license plate or plates or a special or temporary parking placard, or a special or temporary parking sticker issued pursuant to this section to obtain any special parking privileges available pursuant to this section.
19. Any person who violates the provisions of subsection 18 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
20. The Department may review the eligibility of each holder of a special parking placard, a special parking sticker or special license plates, or any combination thereof. Upon a determination of ineligibility by the Department, the holder shall surrender the special parking placard, special parking sticker or special license plates, or any combination thereof, to the Department.
21. The Department may adopt such regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
Sec. 9.3. NRS 482.399 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.399 1. Upon the transfer of the ownership of or interest in any vehicle by any holder of a valid registration, or upon destruction of the vehicle, the registration expires.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 of NRS 482.483, and section 1 of this act, the holder of the original registration may transfer the registration to another vehicle to be registered by the holder and use the same regular license plate or plates or special license plate or plates issued pursuant to NRS 482.3667 to 482.3823, inclusive, or 482.384, on the vehicle from which the registration is being transferred, if the license plate or plates are appropriate for the second vehicle, upon filing an application for transfer of registration and upon paying the transfer registration fee and the excess, if any, of the registration fee and governmental services tax on the vehicle to which the registration is transferred over the total registration fee and governmental services tax paid on all vehicles from which he or she is transferring ownership or interest. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.294, an application for transfer of registration must be made in person, if practicable, to any office or agent of the Department or to a registered dealer, and the license plate or plates may not be used upon a second vehicle until registration of that vehicle is complete.
3. In computing the governmental services tax, the Department, its agent or the registered dealer shall credit the portion of the tax paid on the first vehicle attributable to the remainder of the current registration period or calendar year on a pro rata monthly basis against the tax due on the second vehicle or on any other vehicle of which the person is the registered owner. If any person transfers ownership or interest in two or more vehicles, the Department or the registered dealer shall credit the portion of the tax paid on all of the vehicles attributable to the remainder of the current registration period or calendar year on a pro rata monthly basis against the tax due on the vehicle to which the registration is transferred or on any other vehicle of which the person is the registered owner. The certificates of registration and unused license plates of the vehicles from which a person transfers ownership or interest must be submitted before credit is given against the tax due on the vehicle to which the registration is transferred or on any other vehicle of which the person is the registered owner.
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4. In computing the registration fee, the Department or its agent or the registered dealer shall credit the portion of the registration fee paid on each vehicle attributable to the remainder of the current calendar year or registration period on a pro rata basis against the registration fee due on the vehicle to which registration is transferred.
5. If the amount owed on the registration fee or governmental services tax on the vehicle to which registration is transferred is less than the credit on the total registration fee or governmental services tax paid on all vehicles from which a person transfers ownership or interest, no refund may be allowed by the Department.
6. If the license plate or plates are not appropriate for the second vehicle, the plate or plates must be surrendered to the Department or registered dealer and an appropriate plate or plates must be issued by the Department. The Department shall not reissue the surrendered plate or plates until the next succeeding licensing period.
7. If application for transfer of registration is not made within 60 days after the destruction or transfer of ownership of or interest in any vehicle, the license plate or plates must be surrendered to the Department on or before the 60th day for cancellation of the registration.
8. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NRS 371.040 and [subsection] subsections 7 and 8 of NRS 482.260, and section 1 of this act, if a person cancels his or her registration and surrenders to the Department the license plates for a vehicle, the Department shall, in accordance with the provisions of subsection 9, issue to the person a refund of the portion of the registration fee and governmental services tax paid on the vehicle attributable to the remainder of the current calendar year or registration period on a pro rata basis.
9. The Department shall issue a refund pursuant to subsection 8 only if the request for a refund is made at the time the registration is cancelled and the license plates are surrendered, the person requesting the refund is a resident of Nevada, the amount eligible for refund exceeds $100, and evidence satisfactory to the Department is submitted that reasonably proves the existence of extenuating circumstances. For the purposes of this subsection, the term extenuating circumstances means circumstances wherein:
(a) The person has recently relinquished his or her drivers license and has sold or otherwise disposed of his or her vehicle.
(b) The vehicle has been determined to be inoperable and the person does not transfer the registration to a different vehicle.
(c) The owner of the vehicle is seriously ill or has died and the guardians or survivors have sold or otherwise disposed of the vehicle.
(d) Any other event occurs which the Department, by regulation, has defined to constitute an extenuating circumstance for the purposes of this subsection.
Sec. 10. NRS 482.451 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.451 1. The Department shall, upon receiving an order from a court to suspend the registration of each motor vehicle that is registered to or owned by a person pursuant to NRS 484C.520, suspend the registration of each such motor vehicle for 5 days and require the return to the Department of the license plates of each such motor vehicle.
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2. If the registration of a motor vehicle of a person is suspended pursuant to this section, the person shall immediately return the certificate of registration and the license plates to the Department.
3. The period of suspension of the registration of a motor vehicle that is suspended pursuant to this section begins on the effective date of the suspension as set forth in the notice thereof.
4. The Department shall reinstate the registration of a motor vehicle that was suspended pursuant to this section and reissue the license plates of the motor vehicle only upon the payment of the fee for reinstatement of registration prescribed in subsection [10] 11 of NRS 482.480.
5. The suspension of the registration of a motor vehicle pursuant to this section does not prevent the owner of the motor vehicle from selling or otherwise transferring an interest in the motor vehicle.
Sec. 11. NRS 482.480 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.480 There must be paid to the Department for the registration or the transfer or reinstatement of the registration of motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers, fees according to the following schedule:
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, for each stock passenger car and each reconstructed or specially constructed passenger car registered to a person, regardless of weight or number of passenger capacity, a fee for registration of $33.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3:
(a) For each of the fifth and sixth such cars registered to a person, a fee for registration of $16.50.
(b) For each of the seventh and eighth such cars registered to a person, a fee for registration of $12.
(c) For each of the ninth or more such cars registered to a person, a fee for registration of $8.
3. The fees specified in subsection 2 do not apply:
(a) Unless the person registering the cars presents to the Department at the time of registration the registrations of all the cars registered to the person.
(b) To cars that are part of a fleet.
4. For every motorcycle, a fee for registration of $33 and for each motorcycle other than a trimobile, an additional fee of $6 for motorcycle safety. The additional fee must be deposited in the State General Fund for credit to the Account for the Program for the Education of Motorcycle Riders created by NRS 486.372.
5. For every moped, a one-time fee for registration of $33.
6. For each transfer of registration, a fee of $6 in addition to any other fees.
[6.] 7. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6 of NRS 485.317, to reinstate the registration of a motor vehicle that is suspended pursuant to that section:
(a) A fee as specified in NRS 482.557 for a registered owner who failed to have insurance on the date specified by the Department, which fee is in addition to any fine or penalty imposed pursuant to NRS 482.557; or
(b) A fee of $50 for a registered owner of a dormant vehicle who cancelled the insurance coverage for that vehicle or allowed the insurance coverage for that vehicle to expire without first cancelling the registration for the vehicle in accordance with subsection 3 of NRS 485.320,
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Κ both of which must be deposited in the Account for Verification of Insurance which is hereby created in the State Highway Fund. The money in the Account must be used to carry out the provisions of NRS 485.313 to 485.318, inclusive.
[7.] 8. For every travel trailer, a fee for registration of $27.
[8.] 9. For every permit for the operation of a golf cart, an annual fee of $10.
[9.] 10. For every low-speed vehicle, as that term is defined in NRS 484B.637, a fee for registration of $33.
[10.] 11. To reinstate the registration of a motor vehicle that is suspended pursuant to NRS 482.451 or 482.458, a fee of $33.
[11.] 12. For each vehicle for which the registered owner has indicated his or her intention to opt in to making a contribution pursuant to paragraph (h) of subsection 3 of NRS 482.215 or subsection 4 of NRS 482.280, a contribution of $2. The contribution must be distributed to the appropriate county pursuant to NRS 482.1825.
Sec. 12. (Deleted by amendment.)
Sec. 13. NRS 484B.467 is hereby amended to read as follows:
484B.467 1. Any parking space designated for persons who are handicapped must be indicated by a sign:
(a) Bearing the international symbol of access with or without the words Parking, Handicapped Parking, Handicapped Parking Only or Reserved for the Handicapped, or any other word or combination of words indicating that the space is designated for persons who are handicapped;
(b) Stating Minimum fine of $250 for use by others or equivalent words; and
(c) The bottom of which must be not less than 4 feet above the ground.
2. In addition to the requirements of subsection 1, a parking space designated for persons who are handicapped which:
(a) Is designed for the exclusive use of a vehicle with a side-loading wheelchair lift; and
(b) Is located in a parking lot with 60 or more parking spaces,
Κ must be indicated by a sign using a combination of words to state that the space is for the exclusive use of a vehicle with a side-loading wheelchair lift.
3. If a parking space is designed for the use of a vehicle with a side-loading wheelchair lift, the space which is immediately adjacent and intended for use in the loading and unloading of a wheelchair into or out of such a vehicle must be indicated by a sign:
(a) Stating No Parking or similar words which indicate that parking in such a space is prohibited;
(b) Stating Minimum fine of $250 for violation or similar words indicating that the minimum fine for parking in such a space is $250; and
(c) The bottom of which must not be less than 4 feet above the ground.
4. An owner of private property upon which is located a parking space described in subsection 1, 2 or 3 shall erect and maintain or cause to be erected and maintained any sign required pursuant to subsection 1, 2 or 3, whichever is applicable. If a parking space described in subsection 1, 2 or 3 is located on public property, the governmental entity having control over that public property shall erect and maintain or cause to be erected and maintained any sign required pursuant to subsection 1, 2 or 3, whichever is applicable.
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5. A person shall not park a vehicle in a space designated for persons who are handicapped by a sign that meets the requirements of subsection 1, whether on public or privately owned property, unless the person is eligible to do so and the vehicle displays:
(a) A special license plate or plates issued pursuant to NRS 482.384;
(b) A special or temporary parking placard issued pursuant to NRS 482.384;
(c) A special or temporary parking sticker issued pursuant to NRS 482.384;
(d) A special license plate or plates, a special or temporary parking sticker, or a special or temporary parking placard displaying the international symbol of access issued by another state or a foreign country; or
(e) A special license plate or plates for a veteran with a disability issued pursuant to NRS 482.377.
6. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a person shall not park a vehicle in a space that is reserved for the exclusive use of a vehicle with a side-loading wheelchair lift and is designated for persons who are handicapped by a sign that meets the requirements of subsection 2, whether on public or privately owned property, unless:
(a) The person is eligible to do so;
(b) The vehicle displays the special license plate, plates or placard set forth in subsection 5; and
(c) The vehicle is equipped with a side-loading wheelchair lift.
Κ A person who meets the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) may park a vehicle that is not equipped with a side-loading wheelchair lift in such a parking space if the space is in a parking lot with fewer than 60 parking spaces.
7. A person shall not park in a space which:
(a) Is immediately adjacent to a space designed for use by a vehicle with a side-loading wheelchair lift; and
(b) Is designated as a space in which parking is prohibited by a sign that meets the requirements of subsection 3,
Κ whether on public or privately owned property.
8. A person shall not use a plate, sticker or placard set forth in subsection 5 to park in a space designated for persons who are handicapped unless he or she is a person with a permanent disability, disability of moderate duration or temporary disability, a veteran with a disability or the driver of a vehicle in which any such person is a passenger.
9. A person with a permanent disability, disability of moderate duration or temporary disability to whom a:
(a) Special license plate, or a special or temporary parking sticker, has been issued pursuant to NRS 482.384 shall not allow any other person to park the vehicle , [or] motorcycle or moped displaying the special license plate or special or temporary parking sticker in a space designated for persons who are handicapped unless the person with the permanent disability, disability of moderate duration or temporary disability is a passenger in the vehicle or on the motorcycle [,] or moped, or is being picked up or dropped off by the driver of the vehicle , [or] motorcycle [,] or moped, at the time that the vehicle , [or] motorcycle or moped is parked in the space designated for persons who are handicapped.
(b) Special or temporary parking placard has been issued pursuant to NRS 482.384 shall not allow any other person to park the vehicle which displays the special or temporary parking placard in a space designated for persons who are handicapped unless the person with the permanent disability, disability of moderate duration or temporary disability is a passenger in the vehicle, or is being picked up or dropped off by the driver of the vehicle, at the time that it is parked in the space designated for persons who are handicapped.
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displays the special or temporary parking placard in a space designated for persons who are handicapped unless the person with the permanent disability, disability of moderate duration or temporary disability is a passenger in the vehicle, or is being picked up or dropped off by the driver of the vehicle, at the time that it is parked in the space designated for persons who are handicapped.
10. A person who violates any of the provisions of subsections 5 to 9, inclusive, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished:
(a) Upon the first offense, by a fine of $250.
(b) Upon the second offense, by a fine of $250 and not less than 8 hours, but not more than 50 hours, of community service.
(c) Upon the third or subsequent offense, by a fine of not less than $500, but not more than $1,000 and not less than 25 hours, but not more than 100 hours, of community service.
Sec. 14. NRS 485.185 is hereby amended to read as follows:
485.185 [Every]
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, every owner of a motor vehicle which is registered or required to be registered in this State shall continuously provide, while the motor vehicle is present or registered in this State, insurance provided by an insurance company licensed by the Division of Insurance of the Department of Business and Industry and approved to do business in this State:
[1.] (a) In the amount of $15,000 for bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident;
[2.] (b) Subject to the limit for one person, in the amount of $30,000 for bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident; and
[3.] (c) In the amount of $10,000 for injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident,
Κ for the payment of tort liabilities arising from the maintenance or use of the motor vehicle.
2. The provisions of this section do not apply to a moped.
Sec. 15. NRS 485.317 is hereby amended to read as follows:
485.317 1. The Department shall verify that each motor vehicle which is registered in this State is covered by a policy of liability insurance as required by NRS 485.185.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Department may use any information to verify whether a motor vehicle is covered by a policy of liability insurance as required by NRS 485.185. The Department may not use the name of the owner of a motor vehicle as the primary means of verifying that a motor vehicle is covered by a policy of liability insurance.
3. If the Department is unable to verify that a motor vehicle is covered by a policy of liability insurance as required by NRS 485.185, the Department shall send a request for information by first-class mail to the registered owner of the motor vehicle. The owner shall submit all the information which is requested to the Department within 15 days after the date on which the request for information was mailed by the Department. If the Department does not receive the requested information within 15 days after it mailed the request to the owner, the Department shall send to the owner a notice of suspension of registration by certified mail. The notice must inform the owner that unless the Department is able to verify that the motor vehicle is covered by a policy of liability insurance as required by NRS 485.185 within 10 days after the date on which the notice was sent by the Department, the owners registration will be suspended pursuant to subsection 4.
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NRS 485.185 within 10 days after the date on which the notice was sent by the Department, the owners registration will be suspended pursuant to subsection 4.
4. The Department shall suspend the registration and require the return to the Department of the license plates of any vehicle for which the Department cannot verify the coverage of liability insurance required by NRS 485.185.
5. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, the Department shall reinstate the registration of the vehicle and reissue the license plates only upon verification of current insurance and compliance with the requirements for reinstatement of registration prescribed in paragraph (a) of subsection [6] 7 of NRS 482.480.
6. If the Department suspends the registration of a motor vehicle pursuant to subsection 4 because the registered owner of the motor vehicle failed to have insurance on the date specified in the form for verification, and if the registered owner, in accordance with regulations adopted by the Department, proves to the satisfaction of the Department that the owner was unable to comply with the provisions of NRS 485.185 on that date because of extenuating circumstances or that the motor vehicle was a dormant vehicle and the owner failed to cancel the registration in accordance with subsection 3 of NRS 485.320, the Department may:
(a) Reinstate the registration of the motor vehicle and reissue the license plates upon payment by the registered owner of a fee of $50, which must be deposited in the Account for Verification of Insurance created by subsection [6] 7 of NRS 482.480; or
(b) Remove the suspension of the registration without the payment of a fee or administrative fine.
Κ The Department shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this subsection.
Sec. 15.19. NRS 248.320 is hereby amended to read as follows:
248.320 [No] Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5 of section 1 of this act, no other fees shall be charged by sheriffs than those specifically set forth in this chapter, nor shall fees be charged for any other services than those mentioned in this chapter.
Sec. 15.2. NRS 371.040 is hereby amended to read as follows:
371.040 1. Except as otherwise provided in [subsection] subsections 2 [,] and 3, the annual amount of the basic governmental services tax throughout the State is 4 cents on each $1 of valuation of the vehicle as determined by the Department.
2. A full trailer or semitrailer registered pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 482.483 is subject to the basic governmental services tax in the nonrefundable amount of $86 each time such a full trailer or semitrailer is registered pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 482.483.
3. The amount of the basic governmental services tax imposed on a moped registered pursuant to section 1 of this act is 4 cents on each $1 of valuation of the moped as determined by the Department at the time of registration.
Sec. 15.4. NRS 371.060 is hereby amended to read as follows:
371.060 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and subsection 2 of NRS 371.040 [,] and section 1 of this act, each vehicle must be depreciated by the Department for the purposes of the annual governmental services tax according to the following schedule:
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Percentage of
Age Initial Value
New............................................................................................... 100 percent
1 year.............................................................................................. 95 percent
2 years............................................................................................ 85 percent
3 years............................................................................................ 75 percent
4 years............................................................................................ 65 percent
5 years............................................................................................ 55 percent
6 years............................................................................................ 45 percent
7 years............................................................................................ 35 percent
8 years............................................................................................ 25 percent
9 years or more............................................................................. 15 percent
2. Except as otherwise provided in [subsection] subsections 2 and 3 of NRS 371.040, each bus, truck or truck-tractor having a declared gross weight of 10,000 pounds or more and each trailer or semitrailer having an unladen weight of 4,000 pounds or more must be depreciated by the Department for the purposes of the annual governmental services tax according to the following schedule:
Percentage of
Age Initial Value
New............................................................................................... 100 percent
1 year.............................................................................................. 85 percent
2 years............................................................................................ 69 percent
3 years............................................................................................ 57 percent
4 years............................................................................................ 47 percent
5 years............................................................................................ 38 percent
6 years............................................................................................ 33 percent
7 years............................................................................................ 30 percent
8 years............................................................................................ 27 percent
9 years............................................................................................ 25 percent
10 years or more........................................................................... 23 percent
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the minimum amount of the governmental services tax:
(a) On any trailer having an unladen weight of 1,000 pounds or less is $3; and
(b) On any other vehicle is $16.
4. For the purposes of this section, a vehicle shall be deemed a new vehicle if the vehicle has never been registered with the Department and has never been registered with the appropriate agency of any other state, the District of Columbia, any territory or possession of the United States or any foreign state, province or country.
Sec. 15.6. NRS 371.070 is hereby amended to read as follows:
371.070 Except as otherwise provided in [subsection] subsections 2 and 3 of NRS 371.040, upon the registration for the first time in this State after the beginning of the period of registration of a vehicle which is registered pursuant to the provisions of NRS 706.801 to 706.861, inclusive, or which has a declared gross weight in excess of 26,000 pounds, the amount of the governmental services tax must be reduced one-twelfth for each month which has elapsed since the beginning of the period of registration.
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Sec. 15.8. NRS 445B.760 is hereby amended to read as follows:
445B.760 1. The Commission may by regulation prescribe standards for exhaust emissions, fuel evaporative emissions and visible emissions of smoke from mobile internal combustion engines on the ground or in the air, including, but not limited to, aircraft, motor vehicles, snowmobiles and railroad locomotives. The regulations must provide for the exemption from such standards of [a] :
(a) A moped registered pursuant to section 1 of this act; and
(b) A vehicle for which special license plates have been issued pursuant to NRS 482.381, 482.3812, 482.3814 or 482.3816 if the owner of such a vehicle certifies to the Department of Motor Vehicles, on a form provided by the Department of Motor Vehicles, that the vehicle was not driven more than 5,000 miles during the immediately preceding year.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, standards for exhaust emissions which apply to a:
(a) Reconstructed vehicle, as defined in NRS 482.100; and
(b) Trimobile, as defined in NRS 482.129,
Κ must be based on standards which were in effect in the year in which the engine of the vehicle was built.
3. A trimobile that meets the definition of a motorcycle in 40 C.F.R. § 86.402-78 or 86.402-98, as applicable, is not subject to emissions standards under this chapter.
4. Any such standards which pertain to motor vehicles must be approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles before they are adopted by the Commission.
Sec. 15.9. As soon as practicable, upon determining that sufficient resources are available to enable the Department of Motor Vehicles to carry out the amendatory provisions of this act, the Director of the Department shall notify the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau of that fact, and shall publish on the Internet website of the Department notice to the public of that fact.
Sec. 16. This act becomes effective:
1. Upon passage and approval for the purposes of adopting regulations and performing any other preparatory administrative tasks that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act; and
2. For all other purposes, on:
(a) January 1, 2017; or
(b) The date on which the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles, pursuant to section 15.9 of this act, notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that sufficient resources are available to enable the Department to carry out the amendatory provisions of this act,
Κ whichever occurs first.
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Assembly Bill No. 239Assemblymen Elliot Anderson, Ohrenschall, Hansen, Spiegel, Wheeler; Araujo, Benitez-Thompson, Bustamante Adams, Carrillo, Diaz, Flores, Joiner, Neal and Sprinkle
Joint Sponsor: Senator Manendo
CHAPTER 327
[Approved: June 2, 2015]
AN ACT relating to aircraft; regulating operators of unmanned aerial vehicles in this State; revising the definition of aircraft to include unmanned aerial vehicles; prohibiting the operation or use of an unmanned aerial vehicle under certain circumstances or for certain purposes; authorizing a law enforcement agency to operate an unmanned aerial vehicle at certain locations without a warrant under certain circumstances and for any other lawful purpose; prohibiting a law enforcement agency from operating an unmanned aerial vehicle without first obtaining a warrant under certain circumstances; authorizing a public agency to operate an unmanned aerial vehicle only under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Public Safety, to the extent that money is available, to establish and maintain a registry of unmanned aerial vehicles that are operated by public agencies in this State; requiring the Department to report certain information to the Legislature with respect to the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles by public agencies in this State; requiring the Department to adopt regulations prescribing the public purposes for which a public agency may operate an unmanned aerial vehicle in this State; providing certain criminal and civil penalties for the unlawful operation or use of an unmanned aerial vehicle in this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsels Digest:
Existing law provides for the regulation of aeronautics, including the operation of aircraft, in this State. (Title 44 of NRS) This bill revises the definition of aircraft to include unmanned aerial vehicles for the purpose of regulating unmanned aerial vehicles. This bill generally regulates the operators of unmanned aerial vehicles in this State in a manner similar to that of traditional aircraft by: (1) establishing the right to operate an unmanned aerial vehicle in this State, with certain exceptions; (2) clarifying that the provisions of this bill are not to be interpreted in a manner inconsistent with federal law or apply to unmanned aerial vehicles owned or operated by the Federal Government; (3) clarifying the applicability of state law to torts and crimes resulting from the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles; and (4) prohibiting a person from operating or using an unmanned aerial vehicle under certain circumstances or for certain purposes.
Section 18 of this bill prohibits a person from weaponizing an unmanned aerial vehicle. Section 18.5 of this bill prohibits a person from operating an unmanned aerial vehicle within a certain distance from critical facilities or an airport except under certain circumstances in which the person obtains the consent of the owner of a critical facility or the airport authority of an airport or authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration. Section 19 of this bill authorizes a person who owns or lawfully occupies real property to bring an action for trespass against the owner or operator of an unmanned aerial vehicle under certain circumstances and provides certain exceptions to bringing such an action. Sections 20-22 of this bill prescribe certain restrictions on the operation and use of unmanned aerial vehicles by law enforcement agencies and public agencies.
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enforcement agencies and public agencies. Section 20 specifically prohibits, with limited exceptions, a law enforcement agency from operating an unmanned aerial vehicle for the purpose of gathering evidence or other information at any location or upon any property in this State at which a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy without first obtaining a warrant. Section 20 authorizes a law enforcement agency to operate an unmanned aerial vehicle without a warrant: (1) if exigent circumstances exist and there is probable cause to believe that a person has committed, is committing or is about to commit a crime; (2) if a person consents in writing to the activity; (3) for the purpose of conducting search and rescue operations; (4) if the law enforcement agency believes that an imminent threat exists to the life and safety of an individual person or to the public at large, including the threat of an act of terrorism; and (5) upon the declaration of a state of emergency or disaster by the Governor. Section 21 authorizes a public agency, other than a law enforcement agency, to operate an unmanned aerial vehicle for certain public purposes as prescribed by regulations adopted by the Department of Public Safety if the public agency registers the unmanned aerial vehicle with the Department. Sections 20 and 21 provide that any photograph, image, recording or other information acquired unlawfully by a law enforcement agency or public agency, or otherwise acquired in a manner inconsistent with section 20, and any evidence that is derived therefrom, is inadmissible in any judicial, administrative or other adjudicatory proceeding and may not be used to establish reasonable suspicion or probable cause as the basis for investigating or prosecuting a crime or offense. Section 22 requires the Department, to the extent that money is available for this purpose, to establish and maintain a registry of unmanned aerial vehicles that are operated by public agencies in this State and requires the Department to adopt regulations prescribing the public purposes for which an agency may operate an unmanned aerial vehicle. Section 22 further requires the Department to prepare and submit an annual report to the Legislature outlining the activities of public agencies with respect to the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles in this State. Section 24.4 of this bill revises provisions relating to the liability of the operator of an aircraft, including an unmanned aerial vehicle, with respect to the operation of the aircraft over heavily populated areas or public gatherings. Section 24.8 of this bill prohibits a person from operating an unmanned aerial vehicle while intoxicated or in a careless or reckless manner so as to endanger the life or property of another person.
EXPLANATION Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between
brackets [omitted material] is material to be
omitted.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 493 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2 to 22, inclusive, of this act.
Secs. 2-17. (Deleted by amendment.)
Sec. 18. 1. A person shall not weaponize an unmanned aerial vehicle or operate a weaponized unmanned aerial vehicle. A person who violates this section is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
2. A person who weaponizes an unmanned aerial vehicle in violation of subsection 1 and who discharges the weapon is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
Sec. 18.5. 1. A person shall not operate an unmanned aerial vehicle within:
(a) A horizontal distance of 500 feet or a vertical distance of 250 feet from a critical facility without the written consent of the owner of the critical facility.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, 5 miles of an airport.
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2. A person may operate an unmanned aerial vehicle within 5 miles of an airport only if the person obtains the consent of the airport authority or the operator of the airport, or if the person has otherwise obtained a waiver, exemption or other authorization for such operation pursuant to any rule or regulation of the Federal Aviation Administration. A person who is authorized to operate an unmanned aerial vehicle within 5 miles of an airport pursuant to this subsection shall, at all times during such operation, maintain on his or her person documentation of any waiver, exemption, authorization or consent permitting such operation.
3. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
4. As used in this section, airport means any area of land or water owned, operated or maintained by or on behalf of a city, county, town, municipal corporation or airport authority that is designed and set aside for the landing and taking off of aircraft and that is utilized in the interest of the public for such purposes.
Sec. 19. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person who owns or lawfully occupies real property in this State may bring an action for trespass against the owner or operator of an unmanned aerial vehicle that is flown at a height of less than 250 feet over the property if:
(a) The owner or operator of the unmanned aerial vehicle has flown the unmanned aerial vehicle over the property at a height of less than 250 feet on at least one previous occasion; and
(b) The person who owns or occupies the real property notified the owner or operator of the unmanned aerial vehicle that the person did not authorize the flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle over the property at a height of less than 250 feet. For the purposes of this paragraph, a person may place the owner or operator of an unmanned aerial vehicle on notice in the manner prescribed in subsection 2 of NRS 207.200.
2. A person may not bring an action pursuant to subsection 1 if:
(a) The unmanned aerial vehicle is lawfully in the flight path for landing at an airport, airfield or runway.
(b) The unmanned aerial vehicle is in the process of taking off or landing.
(c) The unmanned aerial vehicle was under the lawful operation of:
(1) A law enforcement agency in accordance with section 20 of this act.
(2) A public agency in accordance with section 21 of this act.
(d) The unmanned aerial vehicle was under the lawful operation of a business licensed in this State or a land surveyor if:
(1) The operator is licensed or otherwise approved to operate the unmanned aerial vehicle by the Federal Aviation Administration;
(2) The unmanned aerial vehicle is being operated within the scope of the lawful activities of the business or surveyor; and
(3) The operation of the unmanned aerial vehicle does not unreasonably interfere with the existing use of the real property.
3. A plaintiff who prevails in an action for trespass brought pursuant to subsection 1 is entitled to recover treble damages for any injury to the person or the real property as the result of the trespass. In addition to the recovery of damages pursuant to this subsection, a plaintiff may be awarded reasonable attorneys fees and costs and injunctive relief.
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Sec. 20. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, nothing in this section shall be deemed to otherwise prohibit the operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle by a law enforcement agency for any lawful purpose in this State.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a law enforcement agency shall not operate an unmanned aerial vehicle for the purpose of gathering evidence or other information within the curtilage of a residence or at any other location or upon any property in this State at which a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy, unless the law enforcement agency first obtains a warrant from a court of competent jurisdiction authorizing the use of the unmanned aerial vehicle for that purpose. A warrant authorizing the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle must specify the period for which operation of the unmanned aerial vehicle is authorized. A warrant must not authorize the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle for a period of more than 10 days. Upon motion and a showing of probable cause, a court may renew a warrant after the expiration of the period for which the warrant was initially issued.
3. A law enforcement agency may operate an unmanned aerial vehicle without obtaining a warrant issued pursuant to subsection 2:
(a) If the law enforcement agency has probable cause to believe that a person has committed a crime, is committing a crime or is about to commit a crime, and exigent circumstances exist that make it unreasonable for the law enforcement agency to obtain a warrant authorizing the use of the unmanned aerial vehicle.
(b) If a person provides written consent to the law enforcement agency authorizing the law enforcement agency to acquire information about the person or the real or personal property of the person. The written consent must specify the information to be gathered and the time, place and manner in which the information is to be gathered by the law enforcement agency.
(c) For the purpose of conducting search and rescue operations for persons and property in distress.
(d) Under circumstances in which the law enforcement agency believes that an imminent threat exists to the life and safety of an individual person or to the public at large, including, without limitation, the threat of an act of terrorism. A law enforcement agency that operates an unmanned aerial vehicle pursuant to this paragraph shall document the factual basis for its belief that such an imminent threat exists and shall, not later than 2 business days after initiating operation, file a sworn statement with a court of competent jurisdiction describing the nature of the imminent threat and the need for the operation of the unmanned aerial vehicle.
(e) Upon the declaration of a state of emergency or disaster by the Governor. A law enforcement agency that operates an unmanned aerial vehicle pursuant to this paragraph shall not use the unmanned aerial vehicle outside of the geographic area specified in the declaration or for any purpose other than the preservation of public safety, the protection of property, or the assessment and evaluation of environmental or weather-related damage, erosion or contamination.
4. Any photograph, image, recording or other information that is acquired by a law enforcement agency through the operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle in violation of this section, or that is acquired from any other person or governmental entity, including, without limitation, a public agency and any department or agency of the Federal Government, that obtained the photograph, image, recording or other information in a manner inconsistent with the requirements of this section, and any evidence that is derived therefrom:
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limitation, a public agency and any department or agency of the Federal Government, that obtained the photograph, image, recording or other information in a manner inconsistent with the requirements of this section, and any evidence that is derived therefrom:
(a) Is not admissible in and must not be disclosed in a judicial, administrative or other adjudicatory proceeding; and
(b) May not be used to establish reasonable suspicion or probable cause as the basis for investigating or prosecuting a crime or offense.
Sec. 21. 1. A public agency:
(a) May operate an unmanned aerial vehicle only if:
(1) Before the operation of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the public agency registers the unmanned aerial vehicle with the Department pursuant to subsection 2 of section 22 of this act.
(2) The public agency operates the unmanned aerial vehicle in accordance with the regulations adopted by the Department pursuant to subsection 4 of section 22 of this act.
(b) Must not operate an unmanned aerial vehicle for the purposes of assisting a law enforcement agency with law enforcement or conducting a criminal prosecution.
2. Any photograph, image, recording or other information that is acquired by a public agency through the operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle in violation of this section, and any evidence that is derived therefrom:
(a) Is not admissible in, and must not be disclosed in, a judicial, administrative or other adjudicatory proceeding; and
(b) May not be used to establish reasonable suspicion or probable cause as the basis for investigating or prosecuting a crime or offense.
Sec. 22. 1. The Department shall, to the extent that money is available for this purpose, establish and maintain a registry of unmanned aerial vehicles that are operated by public agencies in this State. The Department shall include on its Internet website the information that is maintained in the registry.
2. A public agency shall, for each unmanned aerial vehicle the public agency intends to operate, submit to the Department, on a form provided by the Department, for inclusion in the registry:
(a) The name of the public agency;
(b) The name and contact information of each operator of the unmanned aerial vehicle;
(c) Sufficient information to identify the unmanned aerial vehicle; and
(d) A statement describing the use of the unmanned aerial vehicle by the public agency.
3. The Department shall, on or before February 1 of each year, prepare and submit to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for submission to the Legislature, or to the Legislative Commission when the Legislature is not in regular session, a report outlining the activities of public agencies with respect to the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles in this State.
4. The Department shall adopt regulations prescribing the public purposes for which a public agency may operate an unmanned aerial vehicle that is registered with the Department pursuant to this section, including, without limitation:
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(a) The provision of fire services.
(b) The provision of emergency medical services.
(c) The protection of a critical facility that is public property.
(d) Search and rescue operations conducted for persons and property in distress.
Sec. 22.5. NRS 493.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:
493.010 NRS 493.010 to 493.120, inclusive, and sections 18 to 22, inclusive, of this act may be cited as the Uniform State Law for Aeronautics.
Sec. 23. NRS 493.020 is hereby amended to read as follows:
493.020 As used in NRS 493.010 to 493.120, inclusive, and sections 18 to 22, inclusive, of this act, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. Aircraft includes a balloon, airplane, hydroplane , unmanned aerial vehicle and any other vehicle used for navigation through the air. A hydroplane, while at rest on water and while being operated on or immediately above water, is governed by the rules regarding water navigation. A hydroplane while being operated through the air other than immediately above water, is an aircraft.
2. Critical facility means a petroleum refinery, a petroleum or chemical production, transportation, storage or processing facility, a chemical manufacturing facility, a pipeline and any appurtenance thereto, a wastewater treatment facility, a water treatment facility, a mine as that term is defined in NRS 512.006, a power generating station, plant or substation and any appurtenances thereto, any transmission line that is owned in whole or in part by an electric utility as that term is defined in subsection 5 of NRS 704.187, a county, city or town jail or detention facility and any prison, facility or institution under the control of the Department of Corrections. The term does not include any facility or infrastructure of a utility that is located underground.
3. Department means the Department of Public Safety.
4. Law enforcement agency means an agency, office, bureau, board, commission, department or division of this State or a political subdivision of this State, the primary duty of which is to enforce the law.
5. Operator includes aviator, pilot, balloonist and any other person having any part in the operation of aircraft while in flight.
[3.] 6. Passenger includes any person riding in an aircraft, but having no part in its operation.
7. Public agency means an agency, office, bureau, board, commission, department or division of this State or a political subdivision of this State other than a law enforcement agency.
8. Unmanned aerial vehicle means a powered aircraft of any size without a human operator aboard the vehicle and that is operated remotely or autonomously.
Sec. 24. (Deleted by amendment.)
Sec. 24.2. NRS 493.050 is hereby amended to read as follows:
493.050 1. Flight [in] of an aircraft over the lands and waters of this state is lawful:
(a) Unless at such a low altitude as to interfere with the then existing use to which the land or water, or the space over the land or water, is put by the owner.
(b) Unless so conducted as to be imminently dangerous to persons or property lawfully on the land or water beneath.
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(c) Unless specifically prohibited by the provisions of NRS 493.010 to 493.120, inclusive, and sections 18 to 22, inclusive, of this act, or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
2. The landing of an aircraft on the lands or waters of another, without his or her consent, is unlawful, except in the case of a forced landing. For damages caused by a forced landing, the owner, lessee or operator of the aircraft is liable as provided in NRS 493.060.
Sec. 24.4. NRS 493.100 is hereby amended to read as follows:
493.100 1. Any operator or passenger, while an aircraft is in flight over a heavily populated area or over a public gathering within this state, who:
[1. Engages]
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, engages in trick or acrobatic flying, or in any acrobatic feat;
[2.] (b) Except while in landing or taking off, flies at such a low level as to endanger the persons on the surface beneath; or
[3.] (c) Drops any object [except loose water or loose sand ballast,] with reckless disregard for the safety of other persons and willful indifference to injuries that could reasonably result from dropping the object,
Κ is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. The provisions of paragraph (a) of subsection 1 do not apply to the operator of an unmanned aerial vehicle in a park unless the operator is operating the unmanned aerial vehicle with reckless disregard for the safety of other persons and with willful indifference to injuries that could reasonably result from such operation.
Sec. 24.6. NRS 493.120 is hereby amended to read as follows:
493.120 NRS 493.010 to 493.120, inclusive, and sections 18 to 22, inclusive, of this act shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate their general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact them, and to harmonize, as far as possible, with federal laws and regulations on the subject of aeronautics. They shall not be interpreted or construed to apply in any manner to aircraft owned and operated by the Federal Government.
Sec. 24.8. NRS 493.130 is hereby amended to read as follows:
493.130 1. Any person operating an aircraft in the air, or on the ground or water:
[1.] (a) While under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance, unless in accordance with a lawfully issued prescription; or
[2.] (b) In a careless or reckless manner so as to endanger the life or property of another,
Κ is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
2. As used in this section:
(a) Aircraft includes an unmanned aerial vehicle as that term is defined in subsection 8 of NRS 493.020.
(b) Controlled substance has the meaning ascribed to it in 21 U.S.C. § 802(6).
(c) Prescription has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 453.128.
Sec. 25. The provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 218D.380 do not apply to any provision of this act which adds or revises a requirement to submit a report to the Legislature.
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Sec. 26. This act becomes effective:
1. Upon passage and approval for the purpose of adopting regulations and performing any other preparatory administrative tasks necessary to carry out the provisions of this act; and
2. On October 1, 2015, for all other purposes.
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Senate Bill No. 175Senators Roberson, Lipparelli, Hammond, Brower, Settelmeyer; Farley, Goicoechea, Gustavson, Hardy, Harris and Kieckhefer
Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Hambrick, Wheeler and Shelton
CHAPTER 328
[Approved: June 2, 2015]
AN ACT relating to public safety; revising provisions governing justifiable homicide; prohibiting a person convicted in this State or any other state of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence from owning or having in his or her possession or under his or her custody or control any firearm; requiring the Department of Public Safety to make certain determinations before issuing a list of states for purposes of reciprocity; prohibiting a person against whom an extended order for protection against domestic violence is issued from subsequently purchasing or otherwise acquiring any firearm during the period the extended order is in effect; revising provisions governing civil liability in actions involving the use of force; expanding the rights and powers reserved for the Legislature relating to the regulation of firearms and ammunition; requiring the governing bodies of certain political subdivisions of this State to repeal certain ordinances and regulations; authorizing a person adversely affected by the enforcement of such an ordinance or regulation to seek declarative and injunctive relief and damages; providing that such a person is entitled to certain damages; deleting certain provisions relating to the registration of firearms capable of being concealed; revising the applicability of certain provisions pertaining to the regulation of firearms by local governments; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsels Digest:
Existing law provides that justifiable homicide is the killing of a human being in necessary self-defense, or in defense of habitation, property or person against a person who manifestly intends or endeavors to commit a felony or to enter the habitation of another for the purpose of assaulting a person who is in the habitation. (NRS 200.120) Section 1 of this bill revises the definition of justifiable homicide to include specifically the killing of a person in defense of an occupied motor vehicle or in defense against any person who manifestly intends and endeavors to enter the occupied motor vehicle of another for the purpose of assaulting a person who is in the motor vehicle.
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Existing law also provides that a killing is justifiable if the circumstances were sufficient to excite the fears of a reasonable person and the person killing really acted under the influence of those fears and not in a spirit of revenge. (NRS 200.130) Section 2 of this bill establishes a rebuttable presumption that a killing is justifiable under the standard set forth in NRS 200.130 if the person killing: (1) knew or reasonably believed that the person who was killed was entering unlawfully and with force, or attempting to enter unlawfully and with force, the habitation or property of another; (2) knew or reasonably believed that the person who was killed was committing or attempting to commit a crime of violence; and (3) did not provoke the person who was killed.
Existing law prohibits certain persons from owning or having in their possession or under their custody or control any firearm. A person who violates such a provision is guilty of a category B felony. (NRS 202.360) Section 3 of this bill adds to such a list of persons a person who has been convicted in this State or any other state of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence as defined in federal law.
Existing law authorizes a court to issue an extended order for protection against domestic violence. (NRS 33.030) Section 5 of this bill provides that if such an extended order is issued, the adverse party is prohibited from purchasing or otherwise acquiring any firearm during the period that the extended order is in effect. A person who violates such a provision is guilty of a category B felony.
Existing law provides that in a civil action brought by or on behalf of a person against whom force which is intended or likely to cause death or bodily injury was used: (1) there is a presumption that the person who used such force had a reasonable fear of imminent death or bodily injury to himself or herself or another person if the person against whom such force was used was committing burglary or invasion of the home; and (2) that presumption must be overcome by clear and convincing evidence to the contrary for the civil action to be maintained. (NRS 41.095) Section 7 of this bill extends that presumption to circumstances in which the person who used such force was in his or her motor vehicle and the other person was committing grand larceny of the motor vehicle with the use or threatened use of a deadly weapon. Section 7 also enacts a provision, based upon Texas law, which provides that a person is immune to civil liability for using force which is intended or likely to cause death or bodily injury if the person was justified in using such force under the applicable provisions of Nevada criminal law. (Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 83.001)
Existing law requires the Department of Public Safety to prepare annually a list of states that have: (1) requirements for the issuance of a permit to carry a concealed firearm that are substantially similar to or more stringent than the requirements set forth in this State; and (2) an electronic database which identifies each individual who possesses a valid permit to carry a concealed firearm by that state and which a law enforcement officer in this State may access at all times. Additionally, a state may only be included in the list if the Nevada Sheriffs and Chiefs Association agrees with the Departments inclusion of the state. (NRS 202.3689) Existing law also authorizes a person who possesses a permit to carry a concealed firearm that was issued by a state included in the list to carry a concealed firearm in this State in accordance with the laws of this State unless the person: (1) becomes a resident of this State; and (2) has not been issued a permit from the sheriff of the county in which he or she resides within 60 days after becoming a resident of this State. (NRS 202.3688) Section 4.5 of this bill requires the Department to determine whether each state requires a person to complete any training, class or program for purposes of preparing the list.
Existing law provides that, except as otherwise provided by specific statute, the Legislature reserves for itself such rights and powers as are necessary to regulate the transfer, sale, purchase, possession, ownership, transportation, registration and licensing of firearms and ammunition in this State, and further provides that no county, city or town may infringe upon those rights and powers. (NRS 244.364, 268.418, 269.222) Sections 8-10 of this bill expand such rights and powers of the Legislature to include those necessary to: (1) regulate the carrying and storage of firearms, firearm accessories and ammunition; and (2) define all such terms.
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firearms, firearm accessories and ammunition; and (2) define all such terms. Sections 8-10 provide that certain ordinances or regulations which are inconsistent with these rights and powers of the Legislature are null and void and require the governing bodies of certain political subdivisions of this State to repeal any such ordinance or regulation. Sections 8-10 also authorize any person who is adversely affected by the enforcement of any such ordinance or regulation on or after October 1, 2015, to file suit in the appropriate court for declarative and injunctive relief and damages. Such a person is entitled to certain damages depending on whether and when the relevant governing body of a political subdivision repeals such an ordinance or a regulation.
Existing law also requires certain political subdivisions of this State in a county whose population is 700,000 or more (currently Clark County), which adopted ordinances or regulations before June 13, 1989, that require the registration of firearms capable of being concealed, to make certain amendments to such registration provisions. (NRS 244.364, 268.418, 269.222) Sections 8-10 additionally delete the provisions requiring certain political subdivisions of this State to make such amendments.
Assembly Bill No. 147 of the 1989 Legislative Session (A.B. 147) reserved for the Legislature the rights and powers necessary to regulate the transfer, sale, purchase, possession, ownership, transportation, registration and licensing of firearms and ammunition in this State. (Chapter 308, Statutes of Nevada 1989, p. 652) However, section 5 of A.B. 147 provided that the preemptive effect of the bill applied only to ordinances or regulations adopted by certain political subdivisions on or after June 13, 1989. Section 11 of this bill amends section 5 of A.B. 147 to include and preempt ordinances or regulations adopted by certain political subdivisions before June 13, 1989.
EXPLANATION Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between
brackets [omitted material] is material to be
omitted.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. NRS 200.120 is hereby amended to read as follows:
200.120 1. Justifiable homicide is the killing of a human being in necessary self-defense, or in defense of an occupied habitation, [property] an occupied motor vehicle or person, against one who manifestly intends or endeavors [, by violence or surprise,] to commit a [felony,] crime of violence, or against any person or persons who manifestly intend and endeavor, in a violent, riotous, tumultuous or surreptitious manner, to enter the occupied habitation or occupied motor vehicle, of another for the purpose of assaulting or offering personal violence to any person dwelling or being therein.
2. A person is not required to retreat before using deadly force as provided in subsection 1 if the person:
(a) Is not the original aggressor;
(b) Has a right to be present at the location where deadly force is used; and
(c) Is not actively engaged in conduct in furtherance of criminal activity at the time deadly force is used.
3. As used in this section:
(a) Crime of violence means any felony for which there is a substantial risk that force or violence may be used against the person or property of another in the commission of the felony.
(b) Motor vehicle means every vehicle which is self-propelled.
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Sec. 2. NRS 200.130 is hereby amended to read as follows:
200.130 1. A bare fear of any of the offenses mentioned in NRS 200.120, to prevent which the homicide is alleged to have been committed, [shall not be] is not sufficient to justify the killing. It must appear that the circumstances were sufficient to excite the fears of a reasonable person and that the [party] person killing really acted under the influence of those fears and not in a spirit of revenge.
2. There is a rebuttable presumption that the circumstances were sufficient to excite the fears of a reasonable person and that the person killing really acted under the influence of those fears and not in a spirit of revenge if the person killing:
(a) Knew or reasonably believed that the person who was killed was entering unlawfully and with force, or attempting to enter unlawfully and with force, the occupied habitation or occupied motor vehicle, of another;
(b) Knew or reasonably believed that the person who was killed was committing or attempting to commit a crime of violence; and
(c) Did not provoke the person who was killed.
3. As used in this section:
(a) Crime of violence means any felony for which there is a substantial risk that force or violence may be used against the person or property of another in the commission of the felony.
(b) Motor vehicle means every vehicle which is self-propelled.
Sec. 3. NRS 202.360 is hereby amended to read as follows:
202.360 1. A person shall not own or have in his or her possession or under his or her custody or control any firearm if the person:
(a) Has been convicted in this State or any other state of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(33);
(b) Has been convicted of a felony in this State or any other state, or in any political subdivision thereof, or of a felony in violation of the laws of the United States of America, unless the person has received a pardon and the pardon does not restrict his or her right to bear arms;
[(b)] (c) Is a fugitive from justice; or
[(c)] (d) Is an unlawful user of, or addicted to, any controlled substance.
Κ A person who violates the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 6 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $5,000.
2. A person shall not own or have in his or her possession or under his or her custody or control any firearm if the person:
(a) Has been adjudicated as mentally ill or has been committed to any mental health facility; or
(b) Is illegally or unlawfully in the United States.
Κ A person who violates the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
3. As used in this section:
(a) Controlled substance has the meaning ascribed to it in 21 U.S.C. § 802(6).
(b) Firearm includes any firearm that is loaded or unloaded and operable or inoperable.
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Sec. 4. NRS 202.3688 is hereby amended to read as follows:
202.3688 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person who possesses a permit to carry a concealed firearm that was issued by a state included in the list prepared pursuant to NRS 202.3689 may carry a concealed firearm in this State in accordance with the requirements set forth in NRS 202.3653 to 202.369, inclusive.
2. A person who possesses a permit to carry a concealed firearm that was issued by a state included in the list prepared pursuant to NRS 202.3689 may not carry a concealed firearm in this State if the person:
(a) Becomes a resident of this State; and
(b) Has not been issued a permit from the sheriff of the county in which he or she resides within 60 days after becoming a resident of this State.
[3. A person who carries a concealed firearm pursuant to this section is subject to the same legal restrictions and requirements imposed upon a person who has been issued a permit by a sheriff in this State.]
Sec. 4.5. NRS 202.3689 is hereby amended to read as follows:
202.3689 1. On or before July 1 of each year, the Department shall:
(a) [Examine the requirements for the] Determine whether each state requires a person to complete any training, class or program before the issuance of a permit to carry a concealed firearm in [each] that state . [and determine whether the requirements of each state are substantially similar to or more stringent than the requirements set forth in NRS 202.3653 to 202.369, inclusive.]
(b) Determine whether each state has an electronic database which identifies each individual who possesses a valid permit to carry a concealed firearm issued by that state and which a law enforcement officer in this State may access at all times through a national law enforcement telecommunications system.
(c) Prepare a list of states that meet the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b). A state must not be included in the list unless the Nevada Sheriffs and Chiefs Association agrees with the Department that the state should be included in the list.
(d) Provide a copy of the list prepared pursuant to paragraph (c) to each law enforcement agency in this State.
2. The Department shall, upon request, make the list prepared pursuant to subsection 1 available to the public.
Sec. 5. Chapter 33 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. If a court issues an extended order pursuant to NRS 33.030, the adverse party shall not subsequently purchase or otherwise acquire any firearm during the period that the extended order is in effect.
2. A person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 6 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $5,000.
Sec. 6. NRS 33.017 is hereby amended to read as follows:
33.017 As used in NRS 33.017 to 33.100, inclusive, and section 5 of this act, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. Extended order means an extended order for protection against domestic violence.
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2. Temporary order means a temporary order for protection against domestic violence.
Sec. 7. NRS 41.095 is hereby amended to read as follows:
41.095 1. For the purposes of NRS 41.085 and 41.130, any person who uses [, while] :
(a) While lawfully in his or her residence , [or] in transient lodging [,] or in a motor vehicle that is not his or her residence, force which is intended or likely to cause death or bodily injury is presumed to have had a reasonable fear of imminent death or bodily injury to himself or herself or another person lawfully in the residence , [or] transient lodging or motor vehicle if the force is used against a person who is committing burglary , [or] invasion of the home or grand larceny of the motor vehicle with the use or threatened use of a deadly weapon and the person using the force knew or had reason to believe that burglary , [or] invasion of the home or grand larceny of the motor vehicle with the use or threatened use of a deadly weapon was being committed. An action to recover damages for personal injuries to or the wrongful death of the person who committed burglary , [or] invasion of the home or grand larceny of the motor vehicle with the use or threatened use of a deadly weapon may not be maintained against the person who used such force unless the presumption is overcome by clear and convincing evidence to the contrary.
(b) Force which is intended or likely to cause death or bodily injury is immune from civil liability in an action to recover damages for personal injuries to or the wrongful death of a person against whom such force was used if the use of such force was justified under the applicable provisions of chapter 200 of NRS relating to the use of such force.
2. As used in this section [, residence] :
(a) Deadly weapon has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 193.165.
(b) Motor vehicle means every vehicle which is self-propelled.
(c) Residence means any house, room, apartment, tenement or other building, vehicle, vehicle trailer, semitrailer, house trailer or boat designed or intended for occupancy as a residence.
Sec. 8. NRS 244.364 is hereby amended to read as follows:
244.364 1. The Legislature hereby declares that:
(a) The purpose of this section is to establish state control over the regulation of and policies concerning firearms, firearm accessories and ammunition to ensure that such regulation and policies are uniform throughout this State and to ensure the protection of the right to keep and bear arms, which is recognized by the United States Constitution and the Nevada Constitution.
(b) The regulation of the transfer, sale, purchase, possession, carrying, ownership, transportation, storage, registration and licensing of firearms, firearm accessories and ammunition in this State and the ability to define such terms is within the exclusive domain of the Legislature, and any other law, regulation, rule or ordinance to the contrary is null and void.
(c) This section must be liberally construed to effectuate its purpose.
2. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, the Legislature reserves for itself such rights and powers as are necessary to regulate the transfer, sale, purchase, possession, carrying, ownership, transportation, storage, registration and licensing of firearms , firearm accessories and ammunition in Nevada [,] and [no] to define such terms. No county may infringe upon those rights and powers. [As used in this subsection, firearm means any weapon from which a projectile is discharged by means of an explosive, spring, gas, air or other force.
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means any weapon from which a projectile is discharged by means of an explosive, spring, gas, air or other force.
2.] 3. A board of county commissioners may proscribe by ordinance or regulation the unsafe discharge of firearms.
[3. If a board of county commissioners in a county whose population is 700,000 or more has required by ordinance or regulation adopted before June 13, 1989, the registration of a firearm capable of being concealed, the board of county commissioners shall amend such an ordinance or regulation to require:
(a) A period of at least 60 days of residency in the county before registration of such a firearm is required.
(b) A period of at least 72 hours for the registration of a pistol by a resident of the county upon transfer of title to the pistol to the resident by purchase, gift or any other transfer.
4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1, as]
4. Any ordinance or regulation which is inconsistent with this section or which is designed to restrict or prohibit the sale, purchase, transfer, manufacture or display of firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition that is otherwise lawful under the laws of this State is null and void, and any official action taken by an employee or agent of a county in violation of this section is void.
5. A board of county commissioners shall repeal any ordinance or regulation described in subsection 4, and any such ordinance or regulation that is posted within the county must be removed.
6. A board of county commissioners shall cause to be destroyed any ownership records of firearms owned by private persons which are kept or maintained by the county or any county agency, board or commission, including, without limitation, any law enforcement agency, for the purposes of compliance with any ordinance or regulation that is inconsistent with this section. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to the ownership records of firearms purchased and owned by any political subdivision of this State.
7. Any person who is adversely affected by the enforcement of an ordinance or regulation that violates this section on or after October 1, 2015, may file suit in the appropriate court for declarative and injunctive relief and damages attributable to the violation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such a person is entitled to:
(a) Reimbursement of actual damages, reasonable attorneys fees and costs which the person has incurred if, within 30 days after the person commenced the action but before a final determination has been issued by the court, the board of county commissioners repeals the ordinance or regulation that violates this section.
(b) Liquidated damages in an amount equal to two times the actual damages, reasonable attorneys fees and costs incurred by the person if, more than 30 days after the person commenced the action but before a final determination has been issued by the court, the board of county commissioners repeals the ordinance or regulation that violates this section.
(c) Liquidated damages in an amount equal to three times the actual damages, reasonable attorneys fees and costs incurred by the person if the court makes a final determination in favor of the person.
8. This section must not be construed to prevent:
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(a) A law enforcement agency or correctional institution from promulgating and enforcing its own rules pertaining to firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition that are issued to or used by peace officers in the course of their official duties.
(b) A court or administrative law judge from hearing and resolving a case or controversy or issuing an opinion or order on a matter within its jurisdiction.
(c) A public employer from regulating or prohibiting the carrying or possession of firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition during or in the course of an employees official duties.
(d) The enactment or enforcement of a county zoning or business ordinance which is generally applicable to businesses within the county and thereby affects a firearms business within the county, including, without limitation, an indoor or outdoor shooting range.
(e) A county from enacting and enforcing rules for the operation and use of any firearm range owned and operated by the county.
(f) A political subdivision from sponsoring or conducting a firearm-related competition or educational or cultural program and enacting and enforcing rules for participation in or attendance at any such competition or program.
(g) A political subdivision or any official thereof with appropriate authority from enforcing any statute of this State.
9. As used in this section:
(a) Ammunition includes, without limitation, fixed cartridge ammunition and the individual components thereof, shotgun shells and the individual components thereof, projectiles for muzzle-loading firearms and any propellant used in firearms or ammunition.
(b) Firearm [means] includes, without limitation, a pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, submachine gun, black powder weapon, muzzle-loading firearm or any device which is designed to [be used as a weapon from which] , able to or able to be readily converted to expel a projectile [may be expelled] through the barrel by the [force] action of [any explosion or] an explosive, other form of combustion [.
(b) Firearm capable of being concealed includes all firearms having a barrel less than 12 inches in length.
(c) Pistol means a firearm capable of being concealed that is intended to be aimed and fired with one hand.] or expanding gases.
(c) Firearm accessories means:
(1) Devices specifically designed or adapted to enable the wearing or carrying of a firearm or the storing in or mounting on a conveyance of a firearm; or
(2) Attachments or devices specifically designed or adapted to be inserted into or affixed on a firearm to enable, alter or improve the functioning or capability of the firearm.
(d) Person includes, without limitation:
(1) Any person who has standing to bring or maintain an action concerning this section pursuant to the laws of this State.
(2) Any person who:
(I) Can legally possess a firearm under state and federal law;
(II) Owns, possesses, stores, transports, carries or transfers firearms, ammunition or ammunition components within a county; and
(III) Is subject to the county ordinance or regulation at issue.
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(3) A membership organization whose members include a person described in subparagraphs (1) and (2) and which is dedicated in whole or in part to protecting the legal, civil or constitutional rights of its members.
(e) Political subdivision includes, without limitation, a state agency, county, city, town or school district.
(f) Public employer has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 286.070.
Sec. 9. NRS 268.418 is hereby amended to read as follows:
268.418 1. The Legislature hereby declares that:
(a) The purpose of this section is to establish state control over the regulation of and policies concerning firearms, firearm accessories and ammunition to ensure that such regulation and policies are uniform throughout this State and to ensure the protection of the right to bear arms, which is recognized by the United States Constitution and the Nevada Constitution.
(b) The regulation of the transfer, sale, purchase, possession, carrying, ownership, transportation, storage, registration and licensing of firearms, firearm accessories and ammunition in this State and the ability to define such terms is within the exclusive domain of the Legislature, and any other law, regulation, rule or ordinance to the contrary is null and void.
(c) This section must be liberally construed to effectuate its purpose.
2. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, the Legislature reserves for itself such rights and powers as are necessary to regulate the transfer, sale, purchase, possession, carrying, ownership, transportation, storage, registration and licensing of firearms , firearm accessories and ammunition in Nevada [,] and [no] to define such terms. No city may infringe upon those rights and powers. [As used in this subsection, firearm means any weapon from which a projectile is discharged by means of an explosive, spring, gas, air or other force.
2.] 3. The governing body of a city may proscribe by ordinance or regulation the unsafe discharge of firearms.
[3. If the governing body of a city in a county whose population is 700,000 or more has required by ordinance or regulation adopted before June 13, 1989, the registration of a firearm capable of being concealed, the governing body shall amend such an ordinance or regulation to require:
(a) A period of at least 60 days of residency in the city before registration of such a firearm is required.
(b) A period of at least 72 hours for the registration of a pistol by a resident of the city upon transfer of title to the pistol to the resident by purchase, gift or any other transfer.
4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1, as]
4. Any ordinance or regulation which is inconsistent with this section or which is designed to restrict or prohibit the sale, purchase, transfer, manufacture or display of firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition that is otherwise lawful under the laws of this State is null and void, and any official action taken by an employee or agent of a city in violation of this section is void.
5. The governing body of a city shall repeal any ordinance or regulation described in subsection 4, and any such ordinance or regulation that is posted within the city must be removed.
6. The governing body of a city shall cause to be destroyed any ownership records of firearms owned by private persons which are kept or maintained by the city or any city agency, board or commission, including, without limitation, any law enforcement agency, for the purposes of compliance with any ordinance or regulation that is inconsistent with this section.
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without limitation, any law enforcement agency, for the purposes of compliance with any ordinance or regulation that is inconsistent with this section. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to the ownership records of firearms purchased and owned by any political subdivision of this State.
7. Any person who is adversely affected by the enforcement of an ordinance or regulation that violates this section on or after October 1, 2015, may file suit in the appropriate court for declarative and injunctive relief and damages attributable to the violation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such a person is entitled to:
(a) Reimbursement of actual damages, reasonable attorneys fees and costs which the person has incurred if, within 30 days after the person commenced the action but before a final determination has been issued by the court, the governing body of the city repeals the ordinance or regulation that violates this section.
(b) Liquidated damages in an amount equal to two times the actual damages, reasonable attorneys fees and costs incurred by the person if, more than 30 days after the person commenced the action but before a final determination has been issued by the court, the governing body of the city repeals the ordinance or regulation that violates this section.
(c) Liquidated damages in an amount equal to three times the actual damages, reasonable attorneys fees and costs incurred by the person if the court makes a final determination in favor of the person.
8. This section must not be construed to prevent:
(a) A law enforcement agency or correctional institution from promulgating and enforcing its own rules pertaining to firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition that are issued to or used by peace officers in the course of their official duties.
(b) A court or administrative law judge from hearing and resolving a case or controversy or issuing an opinion or order on a matter within its jurisdiction.
(c) A public employer from regulating or prohibiting the carrying or possession of firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition during or in the course of an employees official duties.
(d) The enactment or enforcement of a city zoning or business ordinance which is generally applicable to businesses within the city and thereby affects a firearms business within the city, including, without limitation, an indoor or outdoor shooting range.
(e) A city from enacting and enforcing rules for the operation and use of any firearm range owned and operated by the city.
(f) A political subdivision from sponsoring or conducting a firearm-related competition or educational or cultural program and enacting and enforcing rules for participation in or attendance at any such competition or program.
(g) A political subdivision or any official thereof with appropriate authority from enforcing any statute of this State.
9. As used in this section:
(a) Ammunition includes, without limitation, fixed cartridge ammunition and the individual components thereof, shotgun shells and the individual components thereof, projectiles for muzzle-loading firearms and any propellant used in firearms or ammunition.
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(b) Firearm [means] includes, without limitation, a pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, submachine gun, black powder weapon, muzzle-loading firearm or any device which is designed to [be used as a weapon from which] , able to or able to be readily converted to expel a projectile [may be expelled] through the barrel by the [force] action of [any explosion or] an explosive, other form of combustion [.
(b) Firearm capable of being concealed includes all firearms having a barrel less than 12 inches in length.
(c) Pistol means a firearm capable of being concealed that is intended to be aimed and fired with one hand.] or expanding gases.
(c) Firearm accessories means:
(1) Devices specifically designed or adapted to enable the wearing or carrying of a firearm or the storing in or mounting on a conveyance of a firearm; or
(2) Attachments or devices specifically designed or adapted to be inserted into or affixed on a firearm to enable, alter or improve the functioning or capability of the firearm.
(d) Person includes, without limitation:
(1) Any person who has standing to bring or maintain an action concerning this section pursuant to the laws of this State.
(2) Any person who:
(I) Can legally possess a firearm under state and federal law;
(II) Owns, possesses, stores, transports, carries or transfers firearms, ammunition or ammunition components within a city; and
(III) Is subject to the city ordinance or regulation at issue.
(3) A membership organization whose members include a person described in subparagraphs (1) and (2) and which is dedicated in whole or in part to protecting the legal, civil or constitutional rights of its members.
(e) Political subdivision includes, without limitation, a state agency, county, city, town or school district.
(f) Public employer has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 286.070.
Sec. 10. NRS 269.222 is hereby amended to read as follows:
269.222 1. The Legislature hereby declares that:
(a) The purpose of this section is to establish state control over the regulation of and policies concerning firearms, firearm accessories and ammunition to ensure that such regulation and policies are uniform throughout this State and to ensure the protection of the right to keep and bear arms, which is recognized by the United States Constitution and the Nevada Constitution.
(b) The regulation of the transfer, sale, purchase, possession, carrying, ownership, transportation, storage, registration and licensing of firearms, firearm accessories and ammunition in this State and the ability to define such terms is within the exclusive domain of the Legislature, and any other law, regulation, rule or ordinance to the contrary is null and void.
(c) This section must be liberally construed to effectuate its purpose.
2. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, the Legislature reserves for itself such rights and powers as are necessary to regulate the transfer, sale, purchase, possession, carrying, ownership, transportation, storage, registration and licensing of firearms , firearm accessories and ammunition in Nevada [,] and [no] to define such terms. No town may infringe upon those rights and powers. [As used in this subsection, firearm means any weapon from which a projectile is discharged by means of an explosive, spring, gas, air or other force.
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means any weapon from which a projectile is discharged by means of an explosive, spring, gas, air or other force.
2.] 3. A town board may proscribe by ordinance or regulation the unsafe discharge of firearms.
[3. If a town board in a county whose population is 700,000 or more has required by ordinance or regulation adopted before June 13, 1989, the registration of a firearm capable of being concealed, the town board shall amend such an ordinance or regulation to require:
(a) A period of at least 60 days of residency in the town before registration of such a firearm is required.
(b) A period of at least 72 hours for the registration of a pistol by a resident of the town upon transfer of title to the pistol to the resident by purchase, gift or any other transfer.
4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1, as]
4. Any ordinance or regulation which is inconsistent with this section or which is designed to restrict or prohibit the sale, purchase, transfer, manufacture or display of firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition that is otherwise lawful under the laws of this State is null and void, and any official action taken by an employee or agent of a town in violation of this section is void.
5. A town board shall repeal any ordinance or regulation described in subsection 4, and any such ordinance or regulation that is posted within the town must be removed.
6. A town board shall cause to be destroyed any ownership records of firearms owned by private persons which are kept or maintained by the town or any town agency, board or commission, including, without limitation, any law enforcement agency, for the purposes of compliance with any ordinance or regulation that is inconsistent with this section. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to the ownership records of firearms purchased and owned by any political subdivision of this State.
7. Any person who is adversely affected by the enforcement of an ordinance or regulation that violates this section on or after October 1, 2015, may file suit in the appropriate court for declarative and injunctive relief and damages attributable to the violation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such a person is entitled to:
(a) Reimbursement of actual damages, reasonable attorneys fees and costs which the person has incurred if, within 30 days after the person commenced the action but before a final determination has been issued by the court, the town board repeals the ordinance or regulation that violates this section.
(b) Liquidated damages in an amount equal to two times the actual damages, reasonable attorneys fees and costs incurred by the person if, more than 30 days after the person commenced the action but before a final determination has been issued by the court, the town board repeals the ordinance or regulation that violates this section.
(c) Liquidated damages in an amount equal to three times the actual damages, reasonable attorneys fees and costs incurred by the person if the court makes a final determination in favor of the person.
8. This section must not be construed to prevent:
(a) A law enforcement agency or correctional institution from promulgating and enforcing its own rules pertaining to firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition that are issued to or used by peace officers in the course of their official duties.
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firearm accessories or ammunition that are issued to or used by peace officers in the course of their official duties.
(b) A court or administrative law judge from hearing and resolving a case or controversy or issuing an opinion or order on a matter within its jurisdiction.
(c) A public employer from regulating or prohibiting the carrying or possession of firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition during or in the course of an employees official duties.
(d) The enactment of enforcement of a town zoning or business ordinance which is generally applicable to businesses within the town and thereby affects a firearms business within the town, including, without limitation, an indoor or outdoor shooting range.
(e) A town from enacting and enforcing rules for the operation and use of any firearm range owned and operated by the town.
(f) A political subdivision from sponsoring or conducting a firearm-related competition or educational or cultural program and enacting and enforcing rules for participation in or attendance at any such competition or program.
(g) A political subdivision or any official thereof with appropriate authority from enforcing any statute of this State.
9. As used in this section:
(a) Ammunition includes, without limitation, fixed cartridge ammunition and the individual components thereof, shotgun shells and the individual components thereof, projectiles for muzzle-loading firearms and any propellant used in firearms or ammunition.
(b) Firearm [means] includes, without limitation, a pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, submachine gun, black powder weapon, muzzle-loading firearm or any device which is designed to [be used as a weapon from which] , able to or able to be readily converted to expel a projectile [may be expelled] through the barrel by the [force] action of [any explosion or] an explosive, other form of combustion [.
(b) Firearm capable of being concealed includes all firearms having a barrel less than 12 inches in length.
(c) Pistol means a firearm capable of being concealed that is intended to be aimed and fired with one hand.] or expanding gases.
(c) Firearm accessories means:
(1) Devices specifically designed or adapted to enable the wearing or carrying of a firearm or the storing in or mounting on a conveyance of a firearm; or
(2) Attachments or devices specifically designed or adapted to be inserted into or affixed on a firearm to enable, alter or improve the functioning or capability of the firearm.
(d) Person includes, without limitation:
(1) Any person who has standing to bring or maintain an action concerning this section pursuant to the laws of this State.
(2) Any person who:
(I) Can legally possess a firearm under state and federal law;
(II) Owns, possesses, stores, transports, carries or transfers firearms, ammunition or ammunition components within a town; and
(III) Is subject to the town ordinance or regulation at issue.
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(3) A membership organization whose members include a person described in subparagraphs (1) and (2) and which is dedicated in whole or in part to protecting the legal, civil or constitutional rights of its members.
(e) Political subdivision includes, without limitation, a state agency, county, city, town or school district.
(f) Public employer has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 286.070.
Sec. 11. Section 5 of chapter 308, Statutes of Nevada 1989, as amended by chapter 320, Statutes of Nevada 2007, at page 1291, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 5. [1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the provisions of this act apply to ordinances or regulations adopted on or after June 13, 1989.
2.] The provisions of this act [, as amended on October 1, 2007,] apply to ordinances or regulations adopted before, on or after June 13, 1989.
Sec. 12. 1. The provisions of NRS 202.360, as amended by section 3 of this act, apply to an offense committed before, on or after the effective date of this act.
2. The provisions of section 5 of this act apply to an extended order pursuant to NRS 33.030 issued on or after the effective date of this act.
Sec. 12.5. Records relating to the registration of any firearm capable of being concealed pursuant to any ordinance or regulation adopted by a political subdivision before June 13, 1989, must be destroyed within 1 year after the effective date of this act.
Sec. 13. (Deleted by amendment.)
Sec. 14. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.
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Senate Bill No. 240Senators Roberson, Hardy, Brower, Lipparelli, Farley; Gustavson, Hammond, Harris, Kieckhefer and Settelmeyer
Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Wheeler, Dickman and Paul Anderson
CHAPTER 329
[Approved: June 2, 2015]
AN ACT relating to public safety; requiring a court to transmit within 5 business days certain records of adjudication concerning a persons mental health to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for certain purposes relating to the purchase or possession of a firearm; authorizing the inclusion, correction and removal of the information in such records in each appropriate database of the National Crime Information Center; requiring each agency of criminal justice to submit information relating to records of criminal history within 60 days after the date of the conviction; requiring the Central Repository, upon request, to conduct a background check without charge on a person who wishes to acquire a firearm; prohibiting certain persons from having possession, custody or control of a firearm; prohibiting certain persons from selling a firearm under certain circumstances; revising the functions of the Department of Health and Human Services; requiring a mental health professional to apply for the emergency admission of a patient to a mental health facility or notify certain persons when a patient makes certain explicit threats of imminent serious physical harm or death; revising the applicability of certain provisions pertaining to the regulation of firearms by local governments; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsels Digest:
Existing law requires a court to transmit to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History a record of any court order, judgment, plea or verdict concerning the involuntary admission of a person to a mental health facility, the appointment of a guardian for a person with a mental defect, a finding that a person is incompetent to stand trial, a verdict acquitting a defendant by reason of insanity or a plea or finding of guilty but mentally ill, along with a statement that the record is being transmitted for inclusion in all appropriate databases of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. (NRS 159.0593, 174.035, 175.533, 175.539, 178.425, 433A.310) Sections 1-4, 13 and 17 of this bill require such records to be transmitted to the Central Repository within 5 business days.
Existing law requires the inclusion, correction and removal of information in records of criminal history in each appropriate database of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. (NRS 179A.163, 179A.165, 179A.167, 433A.310) Sections 8-10 of this bill also authorize or require, as appropriate, the inclusion, correction and removal of such information in each appropriate database of the National Crime Information Center. Section 5 of this bill defines National Crime Information Center to mean the computerized information system created and maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 534.
Existing law requires each agency of criminal justice to submit information relating to records of criminal history within the period described by the Director of the Department of Public Safety. (NRS 179A.075) Section 7 of this bill requires the submission of such information within 60 days after the date of the conviction.
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Existing law authorizes a private person who wishes to transfer a firearm to another person to request the Central Repository to perform a background check on the person who wishes to acquire the firearm. (NRS 202.254) Section 14 of this bill prohibits the Central Repository from charging a fee to perform a background check for such a transfer. Section 14 further provides immunity from civil and criminal liability to a person who does not request a background check or who requests a background check for any act or omission that was taken in good faith and without malicious intent. Finally, section 14 allows the Director of the Department of Public Safety to request an allocation from the Contingency Account in the State General Fund if necessary to cover the cost of providing background checks without the imposition of a fee.
Existing law prohibits a person who has been adjudicated as mentally ill, has been committed to any mental health facility or is illegally or unlawfully in the United States from possessing or having custody or control of a firearm. (NRS 202.360) Section 15 of this bill also prohibits a person who has entered a plea of guilty but mentally ill, has been found guilty but mentally ill or has been acquitted by reason of insanity from possessing or having custody or control of a firearm.
Existing law prohibits a person from selling or otherwise disposing of any firearm or ammunition to another person if he or she has actual knowledge that the other person: (1) is under indictment for, or has been convicted of, a felony; (2) is a fugitive from justice; (3) has been adjudicated as mentally ill or has been committed to a mental health facility; or (4) is illegally or unlawfully in the United States. (NRS 202.362) Section 16 of this bill prohibits a person from selling, transferring or otherwise disposing of any firearm or ammunition to another person or purchasing a firearm on behalf of or for another person with the intent to transfer the firearm to that person if he or she has reasonable cause to believe that the other person meets any of those listed conditions, if the other person is otherwise prohibited from possessing a firearm or if the other person is a member of a criminal gang.
Existing law provides that, except as otherwise provided by specific statute, the Legislature reserves for itself such rights and powers as are necessary to regulate the transfer, sale, purchase, possession, ownership, transportation, registration and licensing of firearms and ammunition in this State, and further provides that no county, city or town may infringe upon those rights and powers. (NRS 244.364, 268.418, 269.222) Sections 16.3-16.7 of this bill expand such rights and powers of the Legislature to include those necessary to: (1) regulate the carrying and storage of firearms, firearm accessories and ammunition; and (2) define all such terms. Sections 16.3-16.7 provide that certain ordinances or regulations which are inconsistent with these rights and powers of the Legislature are null and void and require the governing bodies of certain political subdivisions of this State to repeal any such ordinance or regulation. Sections 16.3-16.7 also authorize any person who is adversely affected by the enforcement of any such ordinance or regulation on or after the effective date of these sections to file suit in the appropriate court for declarative and injunctive relief and damages. Such a person is entitled to certain damages depending on whether and when the relevant governing body of a political subdivision repeals such an ordinance or a regulation.
Existing law also requires certain political subdivisions of this State in a county whose population is 700,000 or more (currently Clark County), which adopted ordinances or regulations before June 13, 1989, that require the registration of firearms capable of being concealed, to make certain amendments to such registration provisions. (NRS 244.364, 268.418, 269.222) Sections 16.3-16.7 additionally delete the provisions requiring certain political subdivisions of this State to make such amendments.
Existing law provides that a patient has a privilege to refuse to disclose and to prevent any other person from disclosing confidential communications between the patient and the patients psychologist or doctor. (NRS 49.209, 49.225) Sections 11 and 12 of this bill provide exceptions to the privilege for certain determinations which are now required pursuant to this bill.
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Existing law: (1) designates the Department of Health and Human Services as the official state agency for developing and administering outpatient mental health services; and (2) requires the Department to perform certain functions relating to mental health. (NRS 433C.130) Section 18 of this bill requires the Department to also assist and consult with local governments and all local law enforcement agencies in this State in providing community mental health services.
Existing law imposes various requirements and duties on certain health care professionals. (Chapter 629 of NRS) Section 19 of this bill provides that if a patient of a mental health professional makes an explicit threat of imminent serious physical harm or death to a person, and the mental health professional believes the patient has the intent and ability to carry out the threat, the mental health professional must: (1) apply for the emergency admission of the patient to a mental health facility; or (2) notify the threatened person and the appropriate law enforcement agency. A mental health professional who exercises reasonable care in determining whether or not to provide notice of such a threat is not subject to civil or criminal liability or disciplinary action by a professional licensing board for disclosing confidential or privileged information or for any damages caused by the actions of a patient.
Assembly Bill No. 147 of the 1989 Legislative Session (A.B. 147) reserved for the Legislature the rights and powers necessary to regulate the transfer, sale, purchase, possession, ownership, transportation, registration and licensing of firearms and ammunition in this State. (Chapter 308, Statutes of Nevada 1989, p. 652) However, section 5 of A.B. 147 provided that the preemptive effect of the bill applied only to ordinances or regulations adopted by certain political subdivisions on or after June 13, 1989. Section 20 of this bill amends section 5 of A.B. 147 to include and preempt ordinances or regulations adopted by certain political subdivisions before June 13, 1989.
EXPLANATION Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between
brackets [omitted material] is material to be
omitted.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. NRS 174.035 is hereby amended to read as follows:
174.035 1. A defendant may plead not guilty, guilty, guilty but mentally ill or, with the consent of the court, nolo contendere. The court may refuse to accept a plea of guilty or guilty but mentally ill.
2. If a plea of guilty or guilty but mentally ill is made in a written plea agreement, the agreement must be in substantially the form prescribed in NRS 174.063. If a plea of guilty or guilty but mentally ill is made orally, the court shall not accept such a plea or a plea of nolo contendere without first addressing the defendant personally and determining that the plea is made voluntarily with understanding of the nature of the charge and consequences of the plea.
3. With the consent of the court and the district attorney, a defendant may enter a conditional plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill or nolo contendere, reserving in writing the right, on appeal from the judgment, to a review of the adverse determination of any specified pretrial motion. A defendant who prevails on appeal must be allowed to withdraw the plea.
4. A plea of guilty but mentally ill must be entered not less than 21 days before the date set for trial. A defendant who has entered a plea of guilty but mentally ill has the burden of establishing the defendants mental illness by a preponderance of the evidence. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, a defendant who enters such a plea is subject to the same criminal, civil and administrative penalties and procedures as a defendant who pleads guilty.
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5. The defendant may, in the alternative or in addition to any one of the pleas permitted by subsection 1, plead not guilty by reason of insanity. A plea of not guilty by reason of insanity must be entered not less than 21 days before the date set for trial. A defendant who has not so pleaded may offer the defense of insanity during trial upon good cause shown. Under such a plea or defense, the burden of proof is upon the defendant to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that:
(a) Due to a disease or defect of the mind, the defendant was in a delusional state at the time of the alleged offense; and
(b) Due to the delusional state, the defendant either did not:
(1) Know or understand the nature and capacity of his or her act; or
(2) Appreciate that his or her conduct was wrong, meaning not authorized by law.
6. If a defendant refuses to plead or if the court refuses to accept a plea of guilty or guilty but mentally ill or if a defendant corporation fails to appear, the court shall enter a plea of not guilty.
7. A defendant may not enter a plea of guilty or guilty but mentally ill pursuant to a plea bargain for an offense punishable as a felony for which:
(a) Probation is not allowed; or
(b) The maximum prison sentence is more than 10 years,
Κ unless the plea bargain is set forth in writing and signed by the defendant, the defendants attorney, if the defendant is represented by counsel, and the prosecuting attorney.
8. If the court accepts a plea of guilty but mentally ill pursuant to this section, the court shall cause, within 5 business days after acceptance of the plea, on a form prescribed by the Department of Public Safety, a record of that plea to be transmitted to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History along with a statement indicating that the record is being transmitted for inclusion in each appropriate database of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
9. As used in this section:
(a) Disease or defect of the mind does not include a disease or defect which is caused solely by voluntary intoxication.
(b) National Instant Criminal Background Check System has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 179A.062.
Sec. 2. NRS 175.533 is hereby amended to read as follows:
175.533 1. During a trial, upon a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, the trier of fact may find the defendant guilty but mentally ill if the trier of fact finds all of the following:
(a) The defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of an offense;
(b) The defendant has established by a preponderance of the evidence that due to a disease or defect of the mind, the defendant was mentally ill at the time of the commission of the offense; and
(c) The defendant has not established by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant is not guilty by reason of insanity pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 174.035.
2. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, a defendant who is found guilty but mentally ill is subject to the same criminal, civil and administrative penalties and procedures as a defendant who is found guilty.
3. If the trier of fact finds a defendant guilty but mentally ill pursuant to subsection 1, the court shall cause, within 5 business days after the finding, on a form prescribed by the Department of Public Safety, a record of the finding to be transmitted to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History, along with a statement indicating that the record is being transmitted for inclusion in each appropriate database of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
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finding to be transmitted to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History, along with a statement indicating that the record is being transmitted for inclusion in each appropriate database of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
4. As used in this section:
(a) Disease or defect of the mind does not include a disease or defect which is caused solely by voluntary intoxication.
(b) National Instant Criminal Background Check System has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 179A.062.
Sec. 3. NRS 175.539 is hereby amended to read as follows:
175.539 1. Where on a trial a defense of insanity is interposed by the defendant and the defendant is acquitted by reason of that defense, the finding of the jury pending the judicial determination pursuant to subsection 2 has the same effect as if the defendant were regularly adjudged insane, and the judge must:
(a) Order a peace officer to take the person into protective custody and transport the person to a forensic facility for detention pending a hearing to determine the persons mental health;
(b) Order the examination of the person by two psychiatrists, two psychologists, or one psychiatrist and one psychologist who are employed by a division facility; and
(c) At a hearing in open court, receive the report of the examining advisers and allow counsel for the State and for the person to examine the advisers, introduce other evidence and cross-examine witnesses.
2. If the court finds, after the hearing:
(a) That there is not clear and convincing evidence that the person is a person with mental illness, the court must order the persons discharge; or
(b) That there is clear and convincing evidence that the person is a person with mental illness, the court must order that the person be committed to the custody of the Administrator of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services until the person is discharged or conditionally released therefrom in accordance with NRS 178.467 to 178.471, inclusive.
Κ The court shall issue its finding within 90 days after the defendant is acquitted.
3. The Administrator shall make the reports and the court shall proceed in the manner provided in NRS 178.467 to 178.471, inclusive.
4. If the court accepts a verdict acquitting a defendant by reason of insanity pursuant to this section, the court shall cause, within 5 business days after accepting the verdict, on a form prescribed by the Department of Public Safety, a record of that verdict to be transmitted to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History, along with a statement indicating that the record is being transmitted for inclusion in each appropriate database of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
5. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) Division facility has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 433.094.
(b) Forensic facility means a secure facility of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services for offenders and defendants with mental disorders. The term includes, without limitation, Lakes Crossing Center.
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(c) National Instant Criminal Background Check System has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 179A.062.
(d) Person with mental illness has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 178.3986.
Sec. 4. NRS 178.425 is hereby amended to read as follows:
178.425 1. If the court finds the defendant incompetent, and dangerous to himself or herself or to society and that commitment is required for a determination of the defendants ability to receive treatment to competency and to attain competence, the judge shall order the sheriff to convey the defendant forthwith, together with a copy of the complaint, the commitment and the physicians certificate, if any, into the custody of the Administrator or the Administrators designee for detention and treatment at a division facility that is secure. The order may include the involuntary administration of medication if appropriate for treatment to competency.
2. The defendant must be held in such custody until a court orders the defendants release or until the defendant is returned for trial or judgment as provided in NRS 178.450, 178.455 and 178.460.
3. If the court finds the defendant incompetent but not dangerous to himself or herself or to society, and finds that commitment is not required for a determination of the defendants ability to receive treatment to competency and to attain competence, the judge shall order the defendant to report to the Administrator or the Administrators designee as an outpatient for treatment, if it might be beneficial, and for a determination of the defendants ability to receive treatment to competency and to attain competence. The court may require the defendant to give bail for any periodic appearances before the Administrator or the Administrators designee.
4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, proceedings against the defendant must be suspended until the Administrator or the Administrators designee or, if the defendant is charged with a misdemeanor, the judge finds the defendant capable of standing trial or opposing pronouncement of judgment as provided in NRS 178.400.
5. Whenever the defendant has been found incompetent, with no substantial probability of attaining competency in the foreseeable future, and released from custody or from obligations as an outpatient pursuant to paragraph (d) of subsection 4 of NRS 178.460, the proceedings against the defendant which were suspended must be dismissed. No new charge arising out of the same circumstances may be brought after a period, equal to the maximum time allowed by law for commencing a criminal action for the crime with which the defendant was charged, has lapsed since the date of the alleged offense.
6. If a defendant is found incompetent pursuant to this section, the court shall cause, within 5 business days after the finding, on a form prescribed by the Department of Public Safety, a record of that finding to be transmitted to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History, along with a statement indicating that the record is being transmitted for inclusion in each appropriate database of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
7. As used in this section, National Instant Criminal Background Check System has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 179A.062.
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Sec. 5. Chapter 179A of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
National Crime Information Center means the computerized information system created and maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 534.
Sec. 6. NRS 179A.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:
179A.010 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 179A.020 to 179A.073, inclusive, and section 5 of this act have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Sec. 7. NRS 179A.075 is hereby amended to read as follows:
179A.075 1. The Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History is hereby created within the General Services Division of the Department.
2. Each agency of criminal justice and any other agency dealing with crime or delinquency of children shall:
(a) Collect and maintain records, reports and compilations of statistical data required by the Department; and
(b) Submit the information collected to the Central Repository in the manner approved by the Director of the Department.
3. Each agency of criminal justice shall submit the information relating to records of criminal history that it creates , [or] issues [,] or collects, and any information in its possession relating to the DNA profile of a person from whom a biological specimen is obtained pursuant to NRS 176.09123 or 176.0913, to the Division. The information must be submitted to the Division:
(a) Through an electronic network;
(b) On a medium of magnetic storage; or
(c) In the manner prescribed by the Director of the Department,
Κ within the [period prescribed by the Director of the Department.] 60 days after the date of the disposition of the case. If an agency has submitted a record regarding the arrest of a person who is later determined by the agency not to be the person who committed the particular crime, the agency shall, immediately upon making that determination, so notify the Division. The Division shall delete all references in the Central Repository relating to that particular arrest.
4. The Division shall, in the manner prescribed by the Director of the Department:
(a) Collect, maintain and arrange all information submitted to it relating to:
(1) Records of criminal history; and
(2) The DNA profile of a person from whom a biological specimen is obtained pursuant to NRS 176.09123 or 176.0913.
(b) When practicable, use a record of the personal identifying information of a subject as the basis for any records maintained regarding him or her.
(c) Upon request, provide the information that is contained in the Central Repository to the State Disaster Identification Team of the Division of Emergency Management of the Department.
(d) Upon request, provide, in paper or electronic form, the information that is contained in the Central Repository to a multidisciplinary team to review the death of the victim of a crime that constitutes domestic violence organized or sponsored by the Attorney General pursuant to NRS 228.495.
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review the death of the victim of a crime that constitutes domestic violence organized or sponsored by the Attorney General pursuant to NRS 228.495.
5. The Division may:
(a) Disseminate any information which is contained in the Central Repository to any other agency of criminal justice;
(b) Enter into cooperative agreements with repositories of the United States and other states to facilitate exchanges of information that may be disseminated pursuant to paragraph (a); and
(c) Request of and receive from the Federal Bureau of Investigation information on the background and personal history of any person whose record of fingerprints the Central Repository submits to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and:
(1) Who has applied to any agency of the State of Nevada or any political subdivision thereof for a license which it has the power to grant or deny;
(2) With whom any agency of the State of Nevada or any political subdivision thereof intends to enter into a relationship of employment or a contract for personal services;
(3) Who has applied to any agency of the State of Nevada or any political subdivision thereof to attend an academy for training peace officers approved by the Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission;
(4) For whom such information is required to be obtained pursuant to NRS 62B.270, 62G.223, 62G.353, 424.031, 432A.170, 432B.198, 433B.183, 449.123 and 449.4329; or
(5) About whom any agency of the State of Nevada or any political subdivision thereof is authorized by law to have accurate personal information for the protection of the agency or the persons within its jurisdiction.
Κ To request and receive information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation concerning a person pursuant to this subsection, the Central Repository must receive the persons complete set of fingerprints from the agency or political subdivision and submit the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report.
6. The Central Repository shall:
(a) Collect and maintain records, reports and compilations of statistical data submitted by any agency pursuant to subsection 2.
(b) Tabulate and analyze all records, reports and compilations of statistical data received pursuant to this section.
(c) Disseminate to federal agencies engaged in the collection of statistical data relating to crime information which is contained in the Central Repository.
(d) Investigate the criminal history of any person who:
(1) Has applied to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the issuance or renewal of a license;
(2) Has applied to a county school district, charter school or private school for employment; or
(3) Is employed by a county school district, charter school or private school,
Κ and notify the superintendent of each county school district, the governing body of each charter school and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, or the administrator of each private school, as appropriate, if the investigation of the Central Repository indicates that the person has been convicted of a violation of NRS 200.508, 201.230, 453.3385, 453.339 or 453.3395, or convicted of a felony or any offense involving moral turpitude.
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violation of NRS 200.508, 201.230, 453.3385, 453.339 or 453.3395, or convicted of a felony or any offense involving moral turpitude.
(e) Upon discovery, notify the superintendent of each county school district, the governing body of each charter school or the administrator of each private school, as appropriate, by providing the superintendent, governing body or administrator with a list of all persons:
(1) Investigated pursuant to paragraph (d); or
(2) Employed by a county school district, charter school or private school whose fingerprints were sent previously to the Central Repository for investigation,
Κ who the Central Repositorys records indicate have been convicted of a violation of NRS 200.508, 201.230, 453.3385, 453.339 or 453.3395, or convicted of a felony or any offense involving moral turpitude since the Central Repositorys initial investigation. The superintendent of each county school district, the governing body of a charter school or the administrator of each private school, as applicable, shall determine whether further investigation or action by the district, charter school or private school, as applicable, is appropriate.
(f) Investigate the criminal history of each person who submits fingerprints or has fingerprints submitted pursuant to NRS 62B.270, 62G.223, 62G.353, 424.031, 432A.170, 432B.198, 433B.183, 449.122, 449.123 or 449.4329.
(g) On or before July 1 of each year, prepare and present to the Governor a printed annual report containing the statistical data relating to crime received during the preceding calendar year. Additional reports may be presented to the Governor throughout the year regarding specific areas of crime if they are approved by the Director of the Department.
(h) On or before July 1 of each year, prepare and submit to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for submission to the Legislature, or to the Legislative Commission when the Legislature is not in regular session, a report containing statistical data about domestic violence in this State.
(i) Identify and review the collection and processing of statistical data relating to criminal justice and the delinquency of children by any agency identified in subsection 2 and make recommendations for any necessary changes in the manner of collecting and processing statistical data by any such agency.
7. The Central Repository may:
(a) In the manner prescribed by the Director of the Department, disseminate compilations of statistical data and publish statistical reports relating to crime or the delinquency of children.
(b) Charge a reasonable fee for any publication or special report it distributes relating to data collected pursuant to this section. The Central Repository may not collect such a fee from an agency of criminal justice, any other agency dealing with crime or the delinquency of children which is required to submit information pursuant to subsection 2 or the State Disaster Identification Team of the Division of Emergency Management of the Department. All money collected pursuant to this paragraph must be used to pay for the cost of operating the Central Repository.
(c) In the manner prescribed by the Director of the Department, use electronic means to receive and disseminate information contained in the Central Repository that it is authorized to disseminate pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
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8. As used in this section:
(a) Personal identifying information means any information designed, commonly used or capable of being used, alone or in conjunction with any other information, to identify a person, including, without limitation:
(1) The name, drivers license number, social security number, date of birth and photograph or computer-generated image of a person; and
(2) The fingerprints, voiceprint, retina image and iris image of a person.
(b) Private school has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 394.103.
Sec. 8. NRS 179A.163 is hereby amended to read as follows:
179A.163 1. Upon receiving a record transmitted pursuant to NRS 159.0593, 174.035, 175.533, 175.539, 178.425 or 433A.310, the Central Repository [shall] :
(a) Shall take reasonable steps to ensure that the information reported in the record is included in each appropriate database of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System [.] ; and
(b) May take reasonable steps to ensure that the information reported in the record is included in each appropriate database of the National Crime Information Center.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if the Central Repository receives a record described in subsection 1, the person who is the subject of the record may petition the court for an order declaring that:
(a) The basis for the adjudication reported in the record no longer exists;
(b) The adjudication reported in the record is deemed not to have occurred for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 922(d)(4) and (g)(4) and NRS 202.360; and
(c) The information reported in the record must be removed from the National Instant Criminal Background Check System [.] and the National Crime Information Center.
3. To the extent authorized by federal law, if the record concerning the petitioner was transmitted to the Central Repository pursuant to NRS 159.0593, 174.035, 175.533, 175.539, 178.425 or 433A.310, the petitioner may not file a petition pursuant to subsection 2 until 3 years after the date of the order transmitting the record to the Central Repository.
4. A petition filed pursuant to subsection 2 must be:
(a) Filed in the court which made the adjudication or finding pursuant to NRS 159.0593, 174.035, 175.533, 175.539, 178.425 or 433A.310; and
(b) Served upon the district attorney for the county in which the court described in paragraph (a) is located.
5. The Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure govern all proceedings concerning a petition filed pursuant to subsection 2.
6. The court shall grant the petition and issue the order described in subsection 2 if the court finds that the petitioner has established that:
(a) The basis for the adjudication or finding made pursuant to NRS 159.0593, 174.035, 175.533, 175.539, 178.425 or 433A.310 concerning the petitioner no longer exists;
(b) The petitioners record and reputation indicate that the petitioner is not likely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety; and
(c) Granting the relief requested by the petitioner pursuant to subsection 2 is not contrary to the public interest.
7. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the petitioner must establish the provisions of subsection 6 by a preponderance of the evidence.
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If the adjudication or finding concerning the petitioner was made pursuant to NRS 159.0593 or 433A.310, the petitioner must establish the provisions of subsection 6 by clear and convincing evidence.
8. The court, upon entering an order pursuant to this section, shall cause, on a form prescribed by the Department of Public Safety, a record of the order to be transmitted to the Central Repository.
9. Within 5 business days after receiving a record of an order transmitted pursuant to subsection 8, the Central Repository shall take reasonable steps to ensure that information concerning the adjudication or finding made pursuant to NRS 159.0593, 174.035, 175.533, 175.539, 178.425 or 433A.310 is removed from the National Instant Criminal Background Check System [.] and the National Crime Information Center, if applicable.
10. If the Central Repository fails to remove a record as provided in subsection 9, the petitioner may bring an action to compel the removal of the record. If the petitioner prevails in the action, the court may award the petitioner reasonable attorneys fees and costs incurred in bringing the action.
11. If a petition brought pursuant to subsection 2 is denied, the person who is the subject of the record may petition for a rehearing not sooner than 2 years after the date of the denial of the petition.
Sec. 9. NRS 179A.165 is hereby amended to read as follows:
179A.165 1. Any record described in NRS 179A.163 is confidential and is not a public book or record within the meaning of NRS 239.010. A person may not use the record for any purpose other than for a purpose related to criminal justice, including, without limitation, inclusion in the appropriate database of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System [.] and the National Crime Information Center, if applicable. The Central Repository may disclose the record to any agency of criminal justice.
2. If a person or governmental entity is required to transmit, report or take any other action concerning a record pursuant to NRS 159.0593, 174.035, 175.533, 175.539, 178.425, 179A.163 or 433A.310, no action for damages may be brought against the person or governmental entity for:
(a) Transmitting or reporting the record or taking any other required action concerning the record;
(b) Failing to transmit or report the record or failing to take any other required action concerning the record;
(c) Delaying the transmission or reporting of the record or delaying in taking any other required action concerning the record; or
(d) Transmitting or reporting an inaccurate or incomplete version of the record or taking any other required action concerning an inaccurate or incomplete version of the record.
Sec. 10. NRS 179A.167 is hereby amended to read as follows:
179A.167 1. The Central Repository shall permit a person who is or believes he or she may be the subject of information relating to records of mental health held by the Central Repository to inspect and correct any information contained in such records.
2. The Central Repository shall adopt regulations and make available necessary forms to permit inspection, review and correction of information relating to records of mental health by those persons who are the subjects thereof. The regulations must specify:
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(a) The requirements for proper identification of the persons seeking access to the records; and
(b) The reasonable charges or fees, if any, for inspecting records.
3. The Director of the Department shall adopt regulations governing:
(a) All challenges to the accuracy or sufficiency of information or records of mental health by the person who is the subject of the allegedly inaccurate or insufficient record;
(b) The correction of any information relating to records of mental health found by the Director to be inaccurate, insufficient or incomplete in any material respect;
(c) The dissemination of corrected information to those persons or agencies which have previously received inaccurate or incomplete information; and
(d) A reasonable time limit within which inaccurate or insufficient information relating to records of mental health must be corrected and the corrected information disseminated.
4. As used in this section, information relating to records of mental health means information contained in a record:
(a) Transmitted to the Central Repository pursuant to NRS 159.0593, 174.035, 175.533, 175.539, 178.425 or 433A.310; or
(b) Transmitted to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System or the National Crime Information Center pursuant to NRS 179A.163.
Sec. 11. NRS 49.213 is hereby amended to read as follows:
49.213 There is no privilege pursuant to NRS 49.209 or 49.211:
1. For communications relevant to an issue in a proceeding to hospitalize the patient for mental illness, if the psychologist in the course of diagnosis or treatment has determined that the patient requires hospitalization.
2. For communications relevant to any determination made pursuant to NRS 202.360.
3. For communications relevant to an issue of the treatment of the patient in any proceeding in which the treatment is an element of a claim or defense.
[3.] 4. If disclosure is otherwise required by state or federal law.
[4.] 5. For communications relevant to an issue in a proceeding to determine the validity of a will of the patient.
[5.] 6. If there is an immediate threat that the patient will harm himself or herself or other persons.
[6.] 7. For communications made in the course of a court-ordered examination of the condition of a patient with respect to the specific purpose of the examination unless the court orders otherwise.
[7.] 8. For communications relevant to an issue in an investigation or hearing conducted by the Board of Psychological Examiners if the treatment of the patient is an element of that investigation or hearing.
[8.] 9. For communications relevant to an issue in a proceeding relating to the abuse or neglect of a person with a disability or a person who is legally incompetent.
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Sec. 12. NRS 49.245 is hereby amended to read as follows:
49.245 There is no privilege under NRS 49.225 or 49.235:
1. For communications relevant to an issue in proceedings to hospitalize the patient for mental illness, if the doctor in the course of diagnosis or treatment has determined that the patient is in need of hospitalization.
2. For communications relevant to any determination made pursuant to NRS 202.360.
3. As to communications made in the course of a court-ordered examination of the condition of a patient with respect to the particular purpose of the examination unless the court orders otherwise.
[3.] 4. As to written medical or hospital records relevant to an issue of the condition of the patient in any proceeding in which the condition is an element of a claim or defense.
[4.] 5. In a prosecution or mandamus proceeding under chapter 441A of NRS.
[5.] 6. As to any information communicated to a physician in an effort unlawfully to procure a dangerous drug or controlled substance, or unlawfully to procure the administration of any such drug or substance.
[6.] 7. As to any written medical or hospital records which are furnished in accordance with the provisions of NRS 629.061.
[7.] 8. As to records that are required by chapter 453 of NRS to be maintained.
[8.] 9. If the services of the physician are sought or obtained to enable or aid a person to commit or plan to commit fraud or any other unlawful act in violation of any provision of chapter 616A, 616B, 616C, 616D or 617 of NRS which the person knows or reasonably should know is fraudulent or otherwise unlawful.
Sec. 13. NRS 159.0593 is hereby amended to read as follows:
159.0593 1. If the court orders a general guardian appointed for a proposed ward, the court shall determine, by clear and convincing evidence, whether the proposed ward is a person with a mental defect who is prohibited from possessing a firearm pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 922(d)(4) or (g)(4). If a court makes a finding pursuant to this section that the proposed ward is a person with a mental defect, the court shall include the finding in the order appointing the guardian and cause , within 5 business days after issuing the order, a record of the order to be transmitted to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History, along with a statement indicating that the record is being transmitted for inclusion in each appropriate database of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
2. As used in this section:
(a) National Instant Criminal Background Check System has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 179A.062.
(b) Person with a mental defect means a person who, as a result of marked subnormal intelligence, mental illness, incompetence, condition or disease, is:
(1) A danger to himself or herself or others; or
(2) Lacks the capacity to contract or manage his or her own affairs.
Sec. 14. NRS 202.254 is hereby amended to read as follows:
202.254 1. A private person who wishes to transfer a firearm to another person may, before transferring the firearm, request that the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History perform a background check on the person who wishes to acquire the firearm.
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Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History perform a background check on the person who wishes to acquire the firearm.
2. The person who requests the information pursuant to subsection 1 shall provide the Central Repository with identifying information about the person who wishes to acquire the firearm.
3. Upon receiving a request from a private person pursuant to subsection 1 and the identifying information required pursuant to subsection 2, the Central Repository shall within 5 business days after receiving the request:
(a) Perform a background check on the person who wishes to acquire the firearm; and
(b) Notify the person who requests the information whether the information available to the Central Repository indicates that the receipt of a firearm by the person who wishes to acquire the firearm would violate a state or federal law.
4. If the person who requests the information does not receive notification from the Central Repository regarding the request within 5 business days after making the request, the person may presume that the receipt of a firearm by the person who wishes to acquire the firearm would not violate a state or federal law.
5. The Central Repository may not charge a [reasonable] fee for performing a background check and notifying a person of the results of the background check pursuant to this section.
6. [The failure of a person to request the Central Repository to perform a background check pursuant to this section before transferring a firearm to another person does not give rise to any civil cause of action.] A private person who transfers a firearm to another person is immune from civil liability for failing to request a background check pursuant to this section or for any act or omission relating to a background check requested pursuant to this section if the act or omission was taken in good faith and without malicious intent.
7. The Director of the Department of Public Safety may request an allocation from the Contingency Account pursuant to NRS 353.266, 353.268 and 353.269 to cover the costs incurred by the Department to carry out the provisions of subsection 5 of this section.
Sec. 15. NRS 202.360 is hereby amended to read as follows:
202.360 1. A person shall not own or have in his or her possession or under his or her custody or control any firearm if the person:
(a) Has been convicted of a felony in this or any other state, or in any political subdivision thereof, or of a felony in violation of the laws of the United States of America, unless the person has received a pardon and the pardon does not restrict his or her right to bear arms;
(b) Is a fugitive from justice; [or]
(c) Is an unlawful user of, or addicted to, any controlled substance [.] ; or
(d) Is otherwise prohibited by federal law from having a firearm in his or her possession or under his or her custody or control.
Κ A person who violates the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 6 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $5,000.
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2. A person shall not own or have in his or her possession or under his or her custody or control any firearm if the person:
(a) Has been adjudicated as mentally ill or has been committed to any mental health facility [; or] by a court of this State, any other state or the United States;
(b) Has entered a plea of guilty but mentally ill in a court of this State, any other state or the United States;
(c) Has been found guilty but mentally ill in a court of this State, any other state or the United States;
(d) Has been acquitted by reason of insanity in a court of this State, any other state or the United States; or
(e) Is illegally or unlawfully in the United States.
Κ A person who violates the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
3. As used in this section:
(a) Controlled substance has the meaning ascribed to it in 21 U.S.C. § 802(6).
(b) Firearm includes any firearm that is loaded or unloaded and operable or inoperable.
Sec. 16. NRS 202.362 is hereby amended to read as follows:
202.362 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a person within this State shall not sell , transfer or otherwise dispose of any firearm or ammunition to another person or purchase a firearm on behalf of or for another person with the intent to transfer the firearm to that person if he or she has [actual knowledge] reasonable cause to believe that the other person:
(a) Is under indictment for, or has been convicted of, a felony in this or any other state, or in any political subdivision thereof, or of a felony in violation of the laws of the United States of America, unless the other person has received a pardon and the pardon does not restrict his or her right to bear arms;
(b) Is [a fugitive from justice;
(c) Has been adjudicated as mentally ill or has been committed to any mental health facility; or
(d) Is illegally or unlawfully in the United States.] prohibited from possessing a firearm pursuant to NRS 202.360; or
(c) Is a known member of a criminal gang as defined in NRS 193.168.
2. A person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 10 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.
3. This section does not apply to a person who sells or disposes of any firearm or ammunition to:
(a) A licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer or licensed collector who, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 925(b), is not precluded from dealing in firearms or ammunition; or
(b) A person who has been granted relief from the disabilities imposed by federal laws pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 925(c) or NRS 179A.163.
4. For purposes of this section, a person has reasonable cause to believe if, in light of all the surrounding facts and circumstances which are known or which reasonably should be known to the person at the time, a reasonable person would believe, under those facts and circumstances, that an act, transaction, event, situation or condition exists, is occurring or has occurred.
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a reasonable person would believe, under those facts and circumstances, that an act, transaction, event, situation or condition exists, is occurring or has occurred.
Sec. 16.3. NRS 244.364 is hereby amended to read as follows:
244.364 1. The Legislature hereby declares that:
(a) The purpose of this section is to establish state control over the regulation of and policies concerning firearms, firearm accessories and ammunition to ensure that such regulation and policies are uniform throughout this State and to ensure the protection of the right to keep and bear arms, which is recognized by the United States Constitution and the Nevada Constitution.
(b) The regulation of the transfer, sale, purchase, possession, carrying, ownership, transportation, storage, registration and licensing of firearms, firearm accessories and ammunition in this State and the ability to define such terms is within the exclusive domain of the Legislature, and any other law, regulation, rule or ordinance to the contrary is null and void.
(c) This section must be liberally construed to effectuate its purpose.
2. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, the Legislature reserves for itself such rights and powers as are necessary to regulate the transfer, sale, purchase, possession, carrying, ownership, transportation, storage, registration and licensing of firearms , firearm accessories and ammunition in Nevada [,] and [no] to define such terms. No county may infringe upon those rights and powers. [As used in this subsection, firearm means any weapon from which a projectile is discharged by means of an explosive, spring, gas, air or other force.
2.] 3. A board of county commissioners may proscribe by ordinance or regulation the unsafe discharge of firearms.
[3. If a board of county commissioners in a county whose population is 700,000 or more has required by ordinance or regulation adopted before June 13, 1989, the registration of a firearm capable of being concealed, the board of county commissioners shall amend such an ordinance or regulation to require:
(a) A period of at least 60 days of residency in the county before registration of such a firearm is required.
(b) A period of at least 72 hours for the registration of a pistol by a resident of the county upon transfer of title to the pistol to the resident by purchase, gift or any other transfer.
4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1, as]
4. Any ordinance or regulation which is inconsistent with this section or which is designed to restrict or prohibit the sale, purchase, transfer, manufacture or display of firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition that is otherwise lawful under the laws of this State is null and void, and any official action taken by an employee or agent of a county in violation of this section is void.
5. A board of county commissioners shall repeal any ordinance or regulation described in subsection 4, and any such ordinance or regulation that is posted within the county must be removed.
6. A board of county commissioners shall cause to be destroyed any ownership records of firearms owned by private persons which are kept or maintained by the county or any county agency, board or commission, including, without limitation, any law enforcement agency, for the purposes of compliance with any ordinance or regulation that is inconsistent with this section.
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inconsistent with this section. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to the ownership records of firearms purchased and owned by any political subdivision of this State.
7. Any person who is adversely affected by the enforcement of an ordinance or regulation that violates this section on or after the effective date of this section may file suit in the appropriate court for declarative and injunctive relief and damages attributable to the violation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such a person is entitled to:
(a) Reimbursement of actual damages, reasonable attorneys fees and costs which the person has incurred if, within 30 days after the person commenced the action but before a final determination has been issued by the court, the board of county commissioners repeals the ordinance or regulation that violates this section.
(b) Liquidated damages in an amount equal to two times the actual damages, reasonable attorneys fees and costs incurred by the person if, more than 30 days after the person commenced the action but before a final determination has been issued by the court, the board of county commissioners repeals the ordinance or regulation that violates this section.
(c) Liquidated damages in an amount equal to three times the actual damages, reasonable attorneys fees and costs incurred by the person if the court makes a final determination in favor of the person.
8. This section must not be construed to prevent:
(a) A law enforcement agency or correctional institution from promulgating and enforcing its own rules pertaining to firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition that are issued to or used by peace officers in the course of their official duties.
(b) A court or administrative law judge from hearing and resolving a case or controversy or issuing an opinion or order on a matter within its jurisdiction.
(c) A public employer from regulating or prohibiting the carrying or possession of firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition during or in the course of an employees official duties.
(d) The enactment or enforcement of a county zoning or business ordinance which is generally applicable to businesses within the county and thereby affects a firearms business within the county, including, without limitation, an indoor or outdoor shooting range.
(e) A county from enacting and enforcing rules for the operation and use of any firearm range owned and operated by the county.
(f) A political subdivision from sponsoring or conducting a firearm-related competition or educational or cultural program and enacting and enforcing rules for participation in or attendance at any such competition or program.
(g) A political subdivision or any official thereof with appropriate authority from enforcing any statute of this State.
9. As used in this section:
(a) Ammunition includes, without limitation, fixed cartridge ammunition and the individual components thereof, shotgun shells and the individual components thereof, projectiles for muzzle-loading firearms and any propellant used in firearms or ammunition.
(b) Firearm [means] includes, without limitation, a pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, submachine gun, black powder weapon, muzzle-loading firearm or any device which is designed to [be used as a weapon from which] , able to or able to be readily converted to expel a projectile [may be expelled] through the barrel by the [force] action of [any explosion or] an explosive, other form of combustion [.
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muzzle-loading firearm or any device which is designed to [be used as a weapon from which] , able to or able to be readily converted to expel a projectile [may be expelled] through the barrel by the [force] action of [any explosion or] an explosive, other form of combustion [.
(b) Firearm capable of being concealed includes all firearms having a barrel less than 12 inches in length.
(c) Pistol means a firearm capable of being concealed that is intended to be aimed and fired with one hand.] or expanding gases.
(c) Firearm accessories means:
(1) Devices specifically designed or adapted to enable the wearing or carrying of a firearm or the storing in or mounting on a conveyance of a firearm; or
(2) Attachments or devices specifically designed or adapted to be inserted into or affixed on a firearm to enable, alter or improve the functioning or capability of the firearm.
(d) Person includes, without limitation:
(1) Any person who has standing to bring or maintain an action concerning this section pursuant to the laws of this State.
(2) Any person who:
(I) Can legally possess a firearm under state and federal law;
(II) Owns, possesses, stores, transports, carries or transfers firearms, ammunition or ammunition components within a county; and
(III) Is subject to the county ordinance or regulation at issue.
(3) A membership organization whose members include a person described in subparagraphs (1) and (2) and which is dedicated in whole or in part to protecting the legal, civil or constitutional rights of its members.
(e) Political subdivision includes, without limitation, a state agency, county, city, town or school district.
(f) Public employer has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 286.070.
Sec. 16.5. NRS 268.418 is hereby amended to read as follows:
268.418 1. The Legislature hereby declares that:
(a) The purpose of this section is to establish state control over the regulation of and policies concerning firearms, firearm accessories and ammunition to ensure that such regulation and policies are uniform throughout this State and to ensure the protection of the right to bear arms, which is recognized by the United States Constitution and the Nevada Constitution.
(b) The regulation of the transfer, sale, purchase, possession, carrying, ownership, transportation, storage, registration and licensing of firearms, firearm accessories and ammunition in this State and the ability to define such terms is within the exclusive domain of the Legislature, and any other law, regulation, rule or ordinance to the contrary is null and void.
(c) This section must be liberally construed to effectuate its purpose.
2. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, the Legislature reserves for itself such rights and powers as are necessary to regulate the transfer, sale, purchase, possession, carrying, ownership, transportation, storage, registration and licensing of firearms , firearm accessories and ammunition in Nevada [,] and [no] to define such terms. No city may infringe upon those rights and powers. [As used in this subsection, firearm means any weapon from which a projectile is discharged by means of an explosive, spring, gas, air or other force.
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2.] 3. The governing body of a city may proscribe by ordinance or regulation the unsafe discharge of firearms.
[3. If the governing body of a city in a county whose population is 700,000 or more has required by ordinance or regulation adopted before June 13, 1989, the registration of a firearm capable of being concealed, the governing body shall amend such an ordinance or regulation to require:
(a) A period of at least 60 days of residency in the city before registration of such a firearm is required.
(b) A period of at least 72 hours for the registration of a pistol by a resident of the city upon transfer of title to the pistol to the resident by purchase, gift or any other transfer.
4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1, as]
4. Any ordinance or regulation which is inconsistent with this section or which is designed to restrict or prohibit the sale, purchase, transfer, manufacture or display of firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition that is otherwise lawful under the laws of this State is null and void, and any official action taken by an employee or agent of a city in violation of this section is void.
5. The governing body of a city shall repeal any ordinance or regulation described in subsection 4, and any such ordinance or regulation that is posted within the city must be removed.
6. The governing body of a city shall cause to be destroyed any ownership records of firearms owned by private persons which are kept or maintained by the city or any city agency, board or commission, including, without limitation, any law enforcement agency, for the purposes of compliance with any ordinance or regulation that is inconsistent with this section. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to the ownership records of firearms purchased and owned by any political subdivision of this State.
7. Any person who is adversely affected by the enforcement of an ordinance or regulation that violates this section on or after the effective date of this section may file suit in the appropriate court for declarative and injunctive relief and damages attributable to the violation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such a person is entitled to:
(a) Reimbursement of actual damages, reasonable attorneys fees and costs which the person has incurred if, within 30 days after the person commenced the action but before a final determination has been issued by the court, the governing body of the city repeals the ordinance or regulation that violates this section.
(b) Liquidated damages in an amount equal to two times the actual damages, reasonable attorneys fees and costs incurred by the person if, more than 30 days after the person commenced the action but before a final determination has been issued by the court, the governing body of the city repeals the ordinance or regulation that violates this section.
(c) Liquidated damages in an amount equal to three times the actual damages, reasonable attorneys fees and costs incurred by the person if the court makes a final determination in favor of the person.
8. This section must not be construed to prevent:
(a) A law enforcement agency or correctional institution from promulgating and enforcing its own rules pertaining to firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition that are issued to or used by peace officers in the course of their official duties.
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(b) A court or administrative law judge from hearing and resolving a case or controversy or issuing an opinion or order on a matter within its jurisdiction.
(c) A public employer from regulating or prohibiting the carrying or possession of firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition during or in the course of an employees official duties.
(d) The enactment or enforcement of a city zoning or business ordinance which is generally applicable to businesses within the city and thereby affects a firearms business within the city, including, without limitation, an indoor or outdoor shooting range.
(e) A city from enacting and enforcing rules for the operation and use of any firearm range owned and operated by the city.
(f) A political subdivision from sponsoring or conducting a firearm-related competition or educational or cultural program and enacting and enforcing rules for participation in or attendance at any such competition or program.
(g) A political subdivision or any official thereof with appropriate authority from enforcing any statute of this State.
9. As used in this section:
(a) Ammunition includes, without limitation, fixed cartridge ammunition and the individual components thereof, shotgun shells and the individual components thereof, projectiles for muzzle-loading firearms and any propellant used in firearms or ammunition.
(b) Firearm [means] includes, without limitation, a pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, submachine gun, black powder weapon, muzzle-loading firearm or any device which is designed to [be used as a weapon from which] , able to or able to be readily converted to expel a projectile [may be expelled] through the barrel by the [force] action of [any explosion or] an explosive, other form of combustion [.
(b) Firearm capable of being concealed includes all firearms having a barrel less than 12 inches in length.
(c) Pistol means a firearm capable of being concealed that is intended to be aimed and fired with one hand.] or expanding gases.
(c) Firearm accessories means:
(1) Devices specifically designed or adapted to enable the wearing or carrying of a firearm or the storing in or mounting on a conveyance of a firearm; or
(2) Attachments or devices specifically designed or adapted to be inserted into or affixed on a firearm to enable, alter or improve the functioning or capability of the firearm.
(d) Person includes, without limitation:
(1) Any person who has standing to bring or maintain an action concerning this section pursuant to the laws of this State.
(2) Any person who:
(I) Can legally possess a firearm under state and federal law;
(II) Owns, possesses, stores, transports, carries or transfers firearms, ammunition or ammunition components within a city; and
(III) Is subject to the city ordinance or regulation at issue.
(3) A membership organization whose members include a person described in subparagraphs (1) and (2) and which is dedicated in whole or in part to protecting the legal, civil or constitutional rights of its members.
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(e) Political subdivision includes, without limitation, a state agency, county, city, town or school district.
(f) Public employer has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 286.070.
Sec. 16.7. NRS 269.222 is hereby amended to read as follows:
269.222 1. The Legislature hereby declares that:
(a) The purpose of this section is to establish state control over the regulation of and policies concerning firearms, firearm accessories and ammunition to ensure that such regulation and policies are uniform throughout this State and to ensure the protection of the right to keep and bear arms, which is recognized by the United States Constitution and the Nevada Constitution.
(b) The regulation of the transfer, sale, purchase, possession, carrying, ownership, transportation, storage, registration and licensing of firearms, firearm accessories and ammunition in this State and the ability to define such terms is within the exclusive domain of the Legislature, and any other law, regulation, rule or ordinance to the contrary is null and void.
(c) This section must be liberally construed to effectuate its purpose.
2. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, the Legislature reserves for itself such rights and powers as are necessary to regulate the transfer, sale, purchase, possession, carrying, ownership, transportation, storage, registration and licensing of firearms , firearm accessories and ammunition in Nevada [,] and [no] to define such terms. No town may infringe upon those rights and powers. [As used in this subsection, firearm means any weapon from which a projectile is discharged by means of an explosive, spring, gas, air or other force.
2.] 3. A town board may proscribe by ordinance or regulation the unsafe discharge of firearms.
[3. If a town board in a county whose population is 700,000 or more has required by ordinance or regulation adopted before June 13, 1989, the registration of a firearm capable of being concealed, the town board shall amend such an ordinance or regulation to require:
(a) A period of at least 60 days of residency in the town before registration of such a firearm is required.
(b) A period of at least 72 hours for the registration of a pistol by a resident of the town upon transfer of title to the pistol to the resident by purchase, gift or any other transfer.
4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1, as]
4. Any ordinance or regulation which is inconsistent with this section or which is designed to restrict or prohibit the sale, purchase, transfer, manufacture or display of firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition that is otherwise lawful under the laws of this State is null and void, and any official action taken by an employee or agent of a town in violation of this section is void.
5. A town board shall repeal any ordinance or regulation described in subsection 4, and any such ordinance or regulation that is posted within the town must be removed.
6. A town board shall cause to be destroyed any ownership records of firearms owned by private persons which are kept or maintained by the town or any town agency, board or commission, including, without limitation, any law enforcement agency, for the purposes of compliance with any ordinance or regulation that is inconsistent with this section. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to the ownership records of firearms purchased and owned by any political subdivision of this State.
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provisions of this subsection do not apply to the ownership records of firearms purchased and owned by any political subdivision of this State.
7. Any person who is adversely affected by the enforcement of an ordinance or regulation that violates this section on or after the effective date of this section may file suit in the appropriate court for declarative and injunctive relief and damages attributable to the violation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such a person is entitled to:
(a) Reimbursement of actual damages, reasonable attorneys fees and costs which the person has incurred if, within 30 days after the person commenced the action but before a final determination has been issued by the court, the town board repeals the ordinance or regulation that violates this section.
(b) Liquidated damages in an amount equal to two times the actual damages, reasonable attorneys fees and costs incurred by the person if, more than 30 days after the person commenced the action but before a final determination has been issued by the court, the town board repeals the ordinance or regulation that violates this section.
(c) Liquidated damages in an amount equal to three times the actual damages, reasonable attorneys fees and costs incurred by the person if the court makes a final determination in favor of the person.
8. This section must not be construed to prevent:
(a) A law enforcement agency or correctional institution from promulgating and enforcing its own rules pertaining to firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition that are issued to or used by peace officers in the course of their official duties.
(b) A court or administrative law judge from hearing and resolving a case or controversy or issuing an opinion or order on a matter within its jurisdiction.
(c) A public employer from regulating or prohibiting the carrying or possession of firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition during or in the course of an employees official duties.
(d) The enactment of enforcement of a town zoning or business ordinance which is generally applicable to businesses within the town and thereby affects a firearms business within the town, including, without limitation, an indoor or outdoor shooting range.
(e) A town from enacting and enforcing rules for the operation and use of any firearm range owned and operated by the town.
(f) A political subdivision from sponsoring or conducting a firearm-related competition or educational or cultural program and enacting and enforcing rules for participation in or attendance at any such competition or program.
(g) A political subdivision or any official thereof with appropriate authority from enforcing any statute of this State.
9. As used in this section:
(a) Ammunition includes, without limitation, fixed cartridge ammunition and the individual components thereof, shotgun shells and the individual components thereof, projectiles for muzzle-loading firearms and any propellant used in firearms or ammunition.
(b) Firearm [means] includes, without limitation, a pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, submachine gun, black powder weapon, muzzle-loading firearm or any device which is designed to [be used as a weapon from which] , able to or able to be readily converted to expel a projectile [may be expelled] through the barrel by the [force] action of [any explosion or] an explosive, other form of combustion [.
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projectile [may be expelled] through the barrel by the [force] action of [any explosion or] an explosive, other form of combustion [.
(b) Firearm capable of being concealed includes all firearms having a barrel less than 12 inches in length.
(c) Pistol means a firearm capable of being concealed that is intended to be aimed and fired with one hand.] or expanding gases.
(c) Firearm accessories means:
(1) Devices specifically designed or adapted to enable the wearing or carrying of a firearm or the storing in or mounting on a conveyance of a firearm; or
(2) Attachments or devices specifically designed or adapted to be inserted into or affixed on a firearm to enable, alter or improve the functioning or capability of the firearm.
(d) Person includes, without limitation:
(1) Any person who has standing to bring or maintain an action concerning this section pursuant to the laws of this State.
(2) Any person who:
(I) Can legally possess a firearm under state and federal law;
(II) Owns, possesses, stores, transports, carries or transfers firearms, ammunition or ammunition components within a town; and
(III) Is subject to the town ordinance or regulation at issue.
(3) A membership organization whose members include a person described in subparagraphs (1) and (2) and which is dedicated in whole or in part to protecting the legal, civil or constitutional rights of its members.
(e) Political subdivision includes, without limitation, a state agency, county, city, town or school district.
(f) Public employer has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 286.070.
Sec. 17. NRS 433A.310 is hereby amended to read as follows:
433A.310 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 432B.6076 and 432B.6077, if the district court finds, after proceedings for the involuntary court-ordered admission of a person:
(a) That there is not clear and convincing evidence that the person with respect to whom the hearing was held has a mental illness or exhibits observable behavior such that the person is likely to harm himself or herself or others if allowed his or her liberty or if not required to participate in a program of community-based or outpatient services, the court shall enter its finding to that effect and the person must not be involuntarily admitted to a public or private mental health facility or to a program of community-based or outpatient services.
(b) That there is clear and convincing evidence that the person with respect to whom the hearing was held has a mental illness and, because of that illness, is likely to harm himself or herself or others if allowed his or her liberty or if not required to participate in a program of community-based or outpatient services, the court may order the involuntary admission of the person for the most appropriate course of treatment, including, without limitation, admission to a public or private mental health facility or participation in a program of community-based or outpatient services. The order of the court must be interlocutory and must not become final if, within 30 days after the involuntary admission, the person is unconditionally released pursuant to NRS 433A.390.
2. A court shall not admit a person to a program of community-based or outpatient services unless:
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(a) A program of community-based or outpatient services is available in the community in which the person resides or is otherwise made available to the person;
(b) The person is 18 years of age or older;
(c) The person has a history of noncompliance with treatment for mental illness;
(d) The person is capable of surviving safely in the community in which he or she resides with available supervision;
(e) The court determines that, based on the persons history of treatment for mental illness, the person needs to be admitted to a program of community-based or outpatient services to prevent further disability or deterioration of the person which is likely to result in harm to himself or herself or others;
(f) The current mental status of the person or the nature of the persons illness limits or negates his or her ability to make an informed decision to seek treatment for mental illness voluntarily or to comply with recommended treatment for mental illness;
(g) The program of community-based or outpatient services is the least restrictive treatment which is in the best interest of the person; and
(h) The court has approved a plan of treatment developed for the person pursuant to NRS 433A.315.
3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 432B.608, an involuntary admission pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 automatically expires at the end of 6 months if not terminated previously by the medical director of the public or private mental health facility as provided for in subsection 2 of NRS 433A.390 or by the professional responsible for providing or coordinating the program of community-based or outpatient services as provided for in subsection 3 of NRS 433A.390. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 432B.608, at the end of the court-ordered period of treatment, the Division, any mental health facility that is not operated by the Division or a program of community-based or outpatient services may petition to renew the involuntary admission of the person for additional periods not to exceed 6 months each. For each renewal, the petition must include evidence which meets the same standard set forth in subsection 1 that was required for the initial period of admission of the person to a public or private mental health facility or to a program of community-based or outpatient services.
4. Before issuing an order for involuntary admission or a renewal thereof, the court shall explore other alternative courses of treatment within the least restrictive appropriate environment, including involuntary admission to a program of community-based or outpatient services, as suggested by the evaluation team who evaluated the person, or other persons professionally qualified in the field of psychiatric mental health, which the court believes may be in the best interests of the person.
5. If the court issues an order involuntarily admitting a person to a public or private mental health facility or to a program of community-based or outpatient services pursuant to this section, the court shall, notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 433A.715, cause, within 5 business days after the order becomes final pursuant to this section, on a form prescribed by the Department of Public Safety, a record of [such] the order to be transmitted to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History, along with a statement indicating that the record is being transmitted for inclusion in each appropriate database of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
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History, along with a statement indicating that the record is being transmitted for inclusion in each appropriate database of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
6. As used in this section, National Instant Criminal Background Check System has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 179A.062.
Sec. 18. NRS 433C.130 is hereby amended to read as follows:
433C.130 The Department is designated as the official state agency responsible for developing and administering preventive and outpatient mental health services. The Department shall function in the following areas:
1. Assisting and consulting with local health authorities , local governments and all law enforcement agencies in this State in providing community mental health services, which services may include prevention, rehabilitation, case finding, diagnosis and treatment of persons with mental illness, and consultation and education for groups and individuals regarding mental health.
2. Coordinating mental health functions with other state agencies.
3. Participating in and promoting the development of facilities for training personnel necessary for implementing such services.
4. Collecting and disseminating information pertaining to mental health.
5. Performing such other acts as are necessary to promote mental health in the State.
Sec. 19. Chapter 629 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. If a patient communicates to a mental health professional an explicit threat of imminent serious physical harm or death to a clearly identified or identifiable person and, in the judgment of the mental health professional, the patient has the intent and ability to carry out the threat, the mental health professional shall apply for the emergency admission of the patient to a mental health facility pursuant to NRS 433A.160 or make a reasonable effort to communicate the threat in a timely manner to:
(a) The person who is the subject of the threat;
(b) The law enforcement agency with the closest physical location to the residence of the person; and
(c) If the person is a minor, the parent or guardian of the person.
2. A mental health professional who exercises reasonable care in determining that he or she:
(a) Has a duty to communicate a threat pursuant to subsection 1 is not subject to civil or criminal liability or disciplinary action by a professional licensing board for disclosing confidential or privileged information.
(b) Does not have a duty to communicate a threat pursuant to subsection 1 is not subject to civil or criminal liability or disciplinary action by a professional licensing board for any damages caused by the actions of a patient.
3. The provisions of this section do not:
(a) Limit or affect the duty of the mental health professional to report child abuse or neglect pursuant to NRS 432B.220; or
(b) Modify any duty of a mental health professional to take precautions to prevent harm by a patient:
(1) In the custody of a hospital or other facility where the mental health professional is employed; or
(2) Who is being discharged from such a facility.
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4. As used in this section, mental health professional includes:
(a) A psychiatrist licensed to practice medicine in this State pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS;
(b) A psychologist who is licensed to practice psychology in this State pursuant to chapter 641 of NRS;
(c) A social worker who:
(1) Holds a masters degree in social work;
(2) Is licensed as a clinical social worker pursuant to chapter 641B of NRS; and
(3) Is employed by the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services;
(d) A registered nurse who:
(1) Is licensed to practice professional nursing in this State; and
(2) Holds a masters degree in psychiatric nursing or a related field;
(e) A marriage and family therapist licensed pursuant to chapter 641A of NRS;
(f) A clinical professional counselor licensed pursuant to chapter 641A of NRS; and
(g) A person who is working in this State within the scope of his or her employment by the Federal Government and is:
(1) Licensed or certified as a physician, psychologist, marriage and family therapist, clinical professional counselor, alcohol and drug abuse counselor or clinical alcohol and drug abuse counselor in another state;
(2) Licensed as a social worker in another state and holds a masters degree in social work; or
(3) Licensed to practice professional nursing in another state and holds a masters degree in psychiatric nursing or a related field.
Sec. 20. Section 5 of chapter 308, Statutes of Nevada 1989, as amended by chapter 320, Statutes of Nevada 2007, at page 1291, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 5. [1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the provisions of this act apply to ordinances or regulations adopted on or after June 13, 1989.
2.] The provisions of this act [, as amended on October 1, 2007,] apply to ordinances or regulations adopted before, on or after June 13, 1989.
Sec. 21. Records relating to the registration of any firearm capable of being concealed pursuant to any ordinance or regulation adopted by a political subdivision must be destroyed within 1 year after the effective date of this section.
Sec. 22. 1. This section and sections 16.3, 16.5, 16.7, 20 and 21 of this act become effective upon passage and approval.
2. Sections 1 to 16, inclusive, 17, 18 and 19, of this act become effective on October 1, 2015.
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Senate Bill No. 443Committee on Judiciary
CHAPTER 330
[Approved: June 2, 2015]
AN ACT relating to gaming; revising provisions governing the acceptance of race book and sports pool wagers; authorizing the Nevada Gaming Commission to adopt regulations governing the acceptance of race book and sports pool wagers from certain entities; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsels Digest:
Under existing law, the Nevada Gaming Commission and the State Gaming Control Board are required to perform various acts relating to the regulation and control of gaming. (NRS 463.140) This bill authorizes certain business entities to place race book and sports pool wagers under certain circumstances. This bill also authorizes the Commission to adopt regulations governing the acceptance of such wagers.
EXPLANATION Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between
brackets [omitted material] is material to be
omitted.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 463 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2 and 3 of this act.
Sec. 2. (Deleted by amendment.)
Sec. 3. 1. A race book or sports pool may accept wagers from a business entity if the business entity has established a wagering account with the race book or sports pool and provided the information required pursuant to subsection 2. The business entity shall:
(a) Be deemed to be a patron for the purposes of this chapter and chapter 465 of NRS.
(b) Place wagers in compliance with all applicable state and federal laws.
2. A business entity that wishes to establish a wagering account with a race book or sports pool shall provide to the race book or sports pool:
(a) The name, residential address, copy of a valid photo identification which evidences that the person is at least 21 years of age, and social security number or individual taxpayer identification number, of each of the business entitys equity owners, holders of indebtedness, directors, officers, managers and partners, anyone entitled to payments based on the profits or revenues and any designated individuals;
(b) The business entitys formation documents and all filings with the Secretary of State pursuant to title 7 of NRS;
(c) Any other documentation or information the Commission may require; and
(d) Any other documentation or information the race book or sports pool may require.
3. A business entity shall update the information provided pursuant to subsection 2 within 5 business days after any change in the information or status.
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4. A business entity shall:
(a) In addition to the books and records required by law to be kept in this State, keep in this State originals or copies of the records received from the race book or sports pool for all wagers placed;
(b) Maintain an account in this State with a bank or other financial institution having a principal office, branch or agency located in this State, from which it shall transfer and receive all money used in wagering with an operator of a race book or sports pool; and
(c) Make any records pursuant to this subsection available for review by the Board or its agents.
5. Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 463.350, a race book or sports pool may accept wagers from a designated individual of a business entity which has established a wagering account with the race book or sports pool.
6. A business entity and any designated individual that places a wager with a race book or sports pool pursuant to this section must not be considered to be engaged in the unlawful accepting or facilitating of any bet or wager.
7. It is unlawful for any person either solely or in conjunction with others:
(a) To knowingly pay or distribute profits or any compensation to a designated individual or equity owner who is not disclosed to the race book or sports pool pursuant to subsection 2;
(b) To knowingly pay or distribute a percentage of revenue derived from the wagering activity of a business entity to a person who is not disclosed to the race book or sports pool pursuant to subsection 2;
(c) To wager with money received from a person who is not disclosed to the race book or sports pool pursuant to subsection 2;
(d) To place a wager on behalf of a person who is not disclosed to the race book or sports pool pursuant to subsection 2; or
(e) To knowingly submit any false information as required by this section.
8. The Commission may, with the advice and assistance of the Board, adopt regulations as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
9. As used in this section:
(a) Business entity means an entity organized and existing under the laws of this State.
(b) Designated individual means a person listed as an officer, director, partner or manager of a business entity in the business entitys filings with the Secretary of State pursuant to title 7 of NRS, and any other natural person authorized by the business entity in writing to place wagers.
Sec. 3.5. NRS 463.360 is hereby amended to read as follows:
463.360 1. Conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction of a person for a violation of, an attempt to violate, or a conspiracy to violate any of the provisions of this chapter or of chapter 463B, 464 or 465 of NRS may act as an immediate revocation of all licenses which have been issued to the violator, and, in addition, the court may, upon application of the district attorney of the county or of the Commission, order that no new or additional license under this chapter be issued to the violator, or be issued to any person for the room or premises in which the violation occurred, for 1 year after the date of the revocation.
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2. A person who willfully fails to report, pay or truthfully account for and pay over any license fee or tax imposed by the provisions of this chapter, or willfully attempts in any manner to evade or defeat any such license fee, tax or payment thereof is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, a person who willfully violates, attempts to violate, or conspires to violate any of the provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 463.160 or section 3 of this act is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 10 years, by a fine of not more than $50,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.
4. A licensee who puts additional games or slot machines into play or displays additional games or slot machines in a public area without first obtaining all required licenses and approval is subject only to the penalties provided in NRS 463.270 and 463.310 and in any applicable ordinance of the county, city or town.
5. A person who willfully violates any provision of a regulation adopted pursuant to NRS 463.125 is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
6. The violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, the penalty for which is not specifically fixed in this chapter, is a gross misdemeanor.
Sec. 4. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.
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Senate Bill No. 445Committee on Judiciary
CHAPTER 331
[Approved: June 2, 2015]
AN ACT relating to gaming; requiring the Nevada Gaming Commission to adopt regulations relating to certain risk management by an operator of a race book or sports pool; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsels Digest:
Existing law establishes various provisions for the licensing and control of gaming in this State. (Chapter 463 of NRS) This bill requires the Nevada Gaming Commission to adopt regulations relating to global risk management, which is defined as an operation, by a person who has been issued a license to operate a race book or sports pool, of certain risk management services between and among various jurisdictions through communications technology for the purposes of the management, or consultation or instruction in the management, of wagering pools and the transmission of information relating to wagering pools or other similar information.
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EXPLANATION
Matter in bolded italics is
new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be
omitted.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 463 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2 and 3 of this act.
Sec. 2. 1. As used in sections 2 and 3 of this act, unless the context otherwise requires, global risk management means the operation, by a person who has been issued a license to operate a race book or sports pool, of risk management services between and among permissible jurisdictions through communications technology for the purposes of providing the management, or consultation or instruction in the management, of wagering pools and the transmission of information relating to wagering pools or other similar information. The term:
(a) Includes, without limitation:
(1) The management of risks associated with a wagering pool for a race or sporting event or any other event for which a wager may be accepted.
(2) The setting or changing of bets or wagers, cutoff times for bets or wagers, acceptance or rejection of bets or wagers, pooling or laying off of bets or wagers, lines, point spreads, odds or other activity relating to betting or wagering.
(3) The use, transmittal and accumulation of information and data for the purpose of providing risk management services.
(b) Does not include:
(1) The transmission or placement of a bet or wager for a race or sporting event or any other event for which a wager may be accepted between or among permissible jurisdictions.
(2) The provision of any information service, as defined by NRS 463.01642.
2. As used in this section:
(a) Communications technology has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 463.016425.
(b) Permissible jurisdiction means any jurisdiction in which global risk management or the betting or wagering on a race or sporting event is lawful or not otherwise expressly prohibited under the laws of that jurisdiction.
(c) Wagering pool means a pool or a combination of multiple pools for the placement of bets or wagers for a race or sporting event or any other event for which a wager may be accepted and which is located in a permissible jurisdiction.
Sec. 3. The Commission shall, with the advice and assistance of the Board, adopt regulations for global risk management. The regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to this section may include, without limitation:
1. Provisions which establish minimum internal and operational control standards for global risk management; and
2. Any additional provisions which the Commission deems necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions of this section and which are consistent with the public policy of this State pursuant to NRS 463.0129.
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Sec. 4. NRS 465.090 is hereby amended to read as follows:
465.090 1. It is unlawful for a person to furnish or disseminate any information in regard to racing or races, from any point within this state to any point outside the State of Nevada, by telephone, telegraph, teletype, radio or any signaling device, with the intention that the information is to be used to induce betting or wagering on the result of the race or races, or with the intention that the information is to be used to decide the result of any bet or wager made upon the race or races.
2. This section does not prohibit:
(a) A newspaper of general circulation from printing and disseminating news concerning races that are to be run or the results of races that have been run; [or]
(b) The furnishing or dissemination of information concerning wagers made in an off-track pari-mutuel system of wagering approved by the Nevada Gaming Commission [.] ; or
(c) Global risk management pursuant to sections 2 and 3 of this act.
3. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 6 years, or by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.
Sec. 5. NRS 465.094 is hereby amended to read as follows:
465.094 The provisions of NRS 465.092 and 465.093 do not apply to global risk management pursuant to sections 2 and 3 of this act or to a wager placed by a person for the persons own benefit or, without compensation, for the benefit of another that is accepted or received by, placed with, or sent, transmitted or relayed to:
1. A race book or sports pool that is licensed pursuant to chapter 463 of NRS, if the wager is accepted or received within this State and otherwise complies with all other applicable laws and regulations concerning wagering;
2. A person who is licensed to engage in off-track pari-mutuel wagering pursuant to chapter 464 of NRS, if the wager is accepted or received within this State and otherwise complies with subsection 3 of NRS 464.020 and all other applicable laws and regulations concerning wagering;
3. A person who is licensed to operate a mobile gaming system pursuant to chapter 463 of NRS, if the wager is accepted or received within this State and otherwise complies with all other applicable laws and regulations concerning wagering;
4. Any other person or establishment that is licensed to engage in wagering pursuant to title 41 of NRS, if the wager is accepted or received within this State and otherwise complies with all other applicable laws and regulations concerning wagering; or
5. Any other person or establishment that is licensed to engage in wagering in another jurisdiction and is permitted to accept or receive a wager from patrons within this State under an agreement entered into by the Governor pursuant to NRS 463.747.
Sec. 6. The Nevada Gaming Commission shall adopt the regulations required by section 3 of this act on or before September 30, 2015.
Sec. 7. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.
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Senate Bill No. 302Senator Hammond
CHAPTER 332
[Approved: June 2, 2015]
AN ACT relating to education; establishing a program by which a child who receives instruction from a certain entity rather than from a public school may receive a grant of money in an amount equal to the statewide average basic support per-pupil; providing for the amount of each grant to be deducted from the total apportionment to the school district; providing a child who receives a grant and is not enrolled in a private school with certain rights and responsibilities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsels Digest:
Existing law requires each child between the ages of 7 and 18 years to attend a public school of the State, attend a private school or be homeschooled. (NRS 392.040, 392.070) Existing law also provides for each school district to receive certain funding from local sources and to receive from the State an apportionment per pupil of basic support for the schools in the school district. (NRS 387.1235, 387.124) This bill establishes a program by which a child enrolled in a private school may receive a grant of money in an amount equal to 90 percent, or, if the child is a pupil with a disability or has a household income that is less than 185 percent of the federally designated level signifying poverty, 100 percent, of the statewide average basic support per pupil. Sections 7 and 8 of this bill allow a child to enroll part-time in a public school while receiving part of his or her instruction from an entity that participates in the program to receive a partial grant. Money from the grant may be used only for specified purposes.
Section 7 of this bill authorizes the parent of a child who is required to attend school and who has attended a public school for 100 consecutive school days to enter into an agreement with the State Treasurer, according to which the child will receive instruction from certain entities and receive the grant. Each agreement is valid for 1 school year but may be terminated early and may be renewed for any subsequent school year. Not entering into or renewing an agreement for any given school year does not preclude the parent from entering into or renewing an agreement for any subsequent year.
If such an agreement is entered into, an education savings account must be opened by the parent on behalf of the child. Under section 8 of this bill, for any school year for which the agreement is entered into or renewed, the State Treasurer must deposit the amount of the grant into the education savings account. Under section 16 of this bill, the amount of the grant must be deducted from the total apportionment to the resident school district of the child on whose behalf the grant is made. Section 8 provides that the State Treasurer may deduct from the amount of the grant not more than 3 percent for the administrative costs of implementing the provisions of this bill.
Section 9 of this bill lists the authorized uses of grant money deposited in an education savings account. Section 9 also prohibits certain refunds, rebates or sharing of payments made from money in an education savings account.
Under section 10 of this bill, the State Treasurer may qualify private financial management firms to manage the education savings accounts. The State Treasurer must establish reasonable fees for the management of the education savings accounts. Those fees may be paid from the money deposited in an education savings account.
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Section 11 of this bill provides requirements for a private school, college or university, program of distance education, accredited tutor or tutoring facility or the parent of a child to participate in the grant program established by this bill by providing instruction to children on whose behalf the grants are made. The State Treasurer may refuse to allow such an entity to continue to participate in the program if the State Treasurer finds that the entity fails to comply with applicable provisions of law or has failed to provide educational services to a child who is participating in the program. Section 16.2 of this bill authorizes a child who is participating in the program to enroll in a program of distance education if the child is only receiving a portion of his or her instruction from a participating entity.
Under section 12 of this bill, each child on whose behalf a grant is made must take certain standardized examinations in mathematics and English language arts. Subject to applicable federal privacy laws, a participating entity must provide those test results to the Department of Education, which must aggregate the results and publish data on the results and on the academic progress of children on behalf of whom grants are made. Under section 13 of this bill, the State Treasurer must make available a list of all entities who are participating in the grant program, other than a parent of a child. Section 13 also requires the Department to require resident school districts to provide certain academic records to participating entities.
Sections 15.1 and 16.4 of this bill provide that a child who participates in the program but who does not enroll in a private school is an opt-in child. Section 16.4 requires the parent or guardian of such a child to notify the school district where the child would otherwise attend or the charter school in which the child was previously enrolled, as applicable.
Existing law requires the parent of a homeschooled child who wishes to participate in activities at a public school, including a charter school, through a school district or through the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association to file a notice of intent to participate with the school district in which the child resides. (NRS 386.430, 386.580, 392.705) Section 16.5 of this bill enacts similar requirements for the parents of an opt-in child who wishes to participate with the school district. Sections 15.2 and 15.3 of this bill authorize an opt-in child to participate in the Nevada Youth Legislature. Sections 15.4-15.8 and 16.7 of this bill authorize an opt-in child to participate in activities at a public school, through a school district or through the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association if the parent files a notice of intent to participate. Section 16.6 of this bill requires an opt-in child who wishes to enroll in a public high school to provide proof demonstrating competency in courses required for promotion to high school similar to that required of a homeschooled child who wishes to enroll in a public high school.
Section 14 of this bill provides that the provisions of this bill may not be deemed to infringe on the independence or autonomy of any private school or to make the actions of a private school the actions of the government of this State. Section 15.9 of this bill exempts grants deposited in an education savings account from a prohibition on the use of public school funds for other purposes.
Existing law requires children who are suspended or expelled from a public school for certain reasons to enroll in a private school or program of independent study or be homeschooled. (NRS 392.466) Section 16.8 of this bill authorizes such a child to be an opt-in child.
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EXPLANATION
Matter in bolded italics is
new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be
omitted.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 385 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2 to 15, inclusive, of this act.
Sec. 2. As used in sections 2 to 15, inclusive, of this act, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in sections 3 to 6, inclusive, of this act have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Sec. 3. Education savings account means an account established for a child pursuant to section 7 of this act.
Sec. 3.5. Eligible institution means:
1. A university, state college or community college within the Nevada System of Higher Education; or
2. Any other college or university that:
(a) Was originally established in, and is organized under the laws of, this State;
(b) Is exempt from taxation pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3); and
(c) Is accredited by a regional accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education.
Sec. 4. Parent means the parent, custodial parent, legal guardian or other person in this State who has control or charge of a child and the legal right to direct the education of the child.
Sec. 5. Participating entity means a private school that is licensed pursuant to chapter 394 of NRS or exempt from such licensing pursuant to NRS 394.211, an eligible institution, a program of distance education that is not offered by a public school or the Department, a tutor or tutoring agency or a parent that has provided to the State Treasurer the application described in subsection 1 of section 11 of this act.
Sec. 5.5. Program of distance education has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 388.829.
Sec. 6. Resident school district means the school district in which a child would be enrolled based on his or her residence.
Sec. 7. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 10, the parent of any child required by NRS 392.040 to attend a public school who has been enrolled in a public school in this State during the period immediately preceding the establishment of an education savings account pursuant to this section for not less than 100 school days without interruption may establish an education savings account for the child by entering into a written agreement with the State Treasurer, in a manner and on a form provided by the State Treasurer. The agreement must provide that:
(a) The child will receive instruction in this State from a participating entity for the school year for which the agreement applies;
(b) The child will receive a grant, in the form of money deposited pursuant to section 8 of this act in the education savings account established for the child pursuant to subsection 2;
(c) The money in the education savings account established for the child must be expended only as authorized by section 9 of this act; and
(d) The State Treasurer will freeze money in the education savings account during any break in the school year, including any break between school years.
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2. If an agreement is entered into pursuant to subsection 1, an education savings account must be established by the parent on behalf of the child. The account must be maintained with a financial management firm qualified by the State Treasurer pursuant to section 10 of this act.
3. The failure to enter into an agreement pursuant to subsection 1 for any school year for which a child is required by NRS 392.040 to attend a public school does not preclude the parent of the child from entering into an agreement for a subsequent school year.
4. An agreement entered into pursuant to subsection 1 is valid for 1 school year but may be terminated early. If the agreement is terminated early, the child may not receive instruction from a public school in this State until the end of the period for which the last deposit was made into the education savings account pursuant to section 8 of this act, except to the extent the pupil was allowed to receive instruction from a public school under the agreement.
5. An agreement terminates automatically if the child no longer resides in this State. In such a case, any money remaining in the education savings account of the child reverts to the State General Fund.
6. An agreement may be renewed for any school year for which the child is required by NRS 392.040 to attend a public school. The failure to renew an agreement for any school year does not preclude the parent of the child from renewing the agreement for any subsequent school year.
7. A parent may enter into a separate agreement pursuant to subsection 1 for each child of the parent. Not more than one education savings account may be established for a child.
8. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 10, the State Treasurer shall enter into or renew an agreement pursuant to this section with any parent of a child required by NRS 392.040 to attend a public school who applies to the State Treasurer in the manner provided by the State Treasurer. The State Treasurer shall make the application available on the Internet website of the State Treasurer.
9. Upon entering into or renewing an agreement pursuant to this section, the State Treasurer shall provide to the parent who enters into or renews the agreement a written explanation of the authorized uses, pursuant to section 9 of this act, of the money in an education savings account and the responsibilities of the parent and the State Treasurer pursuant to the agreement and sections 2 to 15, inclusive, of this act.
10. A parent may not establish an education savings account for a child who will be homeschooled, who will receive instruction outside this State or who will remain enrolled full-time in a public school, regardless of whether such a child receives instruction from a participating entity. A parent may establish an education savings account for a child who receives a portion of his or her instruction from a public school and a portion of his or her instruction from a participating entity.
Sec. 8. 1. If a parent enters into or renews an agreement pursuant to section 7 of this act, a grant of money on behalf of the child must be deposited in the education savings account of the child.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4, the grant required by subsection 1 must, for the school year for which the grant is made, be in an amount equal to:
(a) For a child who is a pupil with a disability, as defined in NRS 388.440, or a child with a household income that is less than 185 percent of the federally designated level signifying poverty, 100 percent of the statewide average basic support per pupil; and
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of the federally designated level signifying poverty, 100 percent of the statewide average basic support per pupil; and
(b) For all other children, 90 percent of the statewide average basic support per pupil.
3. If a child receives a portion of his or her instruction from a participating entity and a portion of his or her instruction from a public school, for the school year for which the grant is made, the grant required by subsection 1 must be in a pro rata based on amount the percentage of the total instruction provided to the child by the participating entity in proportion to the total instruction provided to the child.
4. The State Treasurer may deduct not more than 3 percent of each grant for the administrative costs of implementing the provisions of sections 2 to 15, inclusive, of this act.
5. The State Treasurer shall deposit the money for each grant in quarterly installments pursuant to a schedule determined by the State Treasurer.
6. Any money remaining in an education savings account:
(a) At the end of a school year may be carried forward to the next school year if the agreement entered into pursuant to section 7 of this act is renewed.
(b) When an agreement entered into pursuant to section 7 of this act is not renewed or is terminated, because the child for whom the account was established graduates from high school or for any other reason, reverts to the State General Fund at the end of the last day of the agreement.
Sec. 9. 1. Money deposited in an education savings account must be used only to pay for:
(a) Tuition and fees at a school that is a participating entity in which the child is enrolled;
(b) Textbooks required for a child who enrolls in a school that is a participating entity;
(c) Tutoring or other teaching services provided by a tutor or tutoring facility that is a participating entity;
(d) Tuition and fees for a program of distance education that is a participating entity;
(e) Fees for any national norm-referenced achievement examination, advanced placement or similar examination or standardized examination required for admission to a college or university;
(f) If the child is a pupil with a disability, as that term is defined in NRS 388.440, fees for any special instruction or special services provided to the child;
(g) Tuition and fees at an eligible institution that is a participating entity;
(h) Textbooks required for the child at an eligible institution that is a participating entity or to receive instruction from any other participating entity;
(i) Fees for the management of the education savings account, as described in section 10 of this act;
(j) Transportation required for the child to travel to and from a participating entity or any combination of participating entities up to but not to exceed $750 per school year; or
(k) Purchasing a curriculum or any supplemental materials required to administer the curriculum.
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2. A participating entity that receives a payment authorized by subsection 1 shall not:
(a) Refund any portion of the payment to the parent who made the payment, unless the refund is for an item that is being returned or an item or service that has not been provided; or
(b) Rebate or otherwise share any portion of the payment with the parent who made the payment.
3. A parent who receives a refund pursuant to subsection 2 shall deposit the refund in the education savings account from which the money refunded was paid.
4. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit a parent or child from making a payment for any tuition, fee, service or product described in subsection 1 from a source other than the education savings account of the child.
Sec. 10. 1. The State Treasurer shall qualify one or more private financial management firms to manage education savings accounts and shall establish reasonable fees, based on market rates, for the management of education savings accounts.
2. An education savings account must be audited randomly each year by a certified or licensed public accountant. The State Treasurer may provide for additional audits of an education savings account as it determines necessary.
3. If the State Treasurer determines that there has been substantial misuse of the money in an education savings account, the State Treasurer may:
(a) Freeze or dissolve the account, subject to any regulations adopted by the State Treasurer providing for notice of such action and opportunity to respond to the notice; and
(b) Give notice of his or her determination to the Attorney General or the district attorney of the county in which the parent resides.
Sec. 11. 1. The following persons may become a participating entity by submitting an application demonstrating that the person is:
(a) A private school licensed pursuant to chapter 394 of NRS or exempt from such licensing pursuant to NRS 394.211;
(b) An eligible institution;
(c) A program of distance education that is not operated by a public school or the Department;
(d) A tutor or tutoring facility that is accredited by a state, regional or national accrediting organization; or
(e) The parent of a child.
2. The State Treasurer shall approve an application submitted pursuant to subsection 1 or request additional information to demonstrate that the person meets the criteria to serve as a participating entity. If the applicant is unable to provide such additional information, the State Treasurer may deny the application.
3. If it is reasonably expected that a participating entity will receive, from payments made from education savings accounts, more than $50,000 during any school year, the participating entity shall annually, on or before the date prescribed by the State Treasurer by regulation:
(a) Post a surety bond in an amount equal to the amount reasonably expected to be paid to the participating entity from education savings accounts during the school year; or
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(b) Provide evidence satisfactory to the State Treasurer that the participating entity otherwise has unencumbered assets sufficient to pay to the State Treasurer an amount equal to the amount described in paragraph (a).
4. Each participating entity that accepts payments made from education savings accounts shall provide a receipt for each such payment to the parent who makes the payment.
5. The State Treasurer may refuse to allow an entity described in subsection 1 to continue to participate in the grant program provided for in sections 2 to 15, inclusive, of this act if the State Treasurer determines that the entity:
(a) Has routinely failed to comply with the provisions of sections 2 to 15, inclusive, of this act; or
(b) Has failed to provide any educational services required by law to a child receiving instruction from the entity if the entity is accepting payments made from the education savings account of the child.
6. If the State Treasurer takes an action described in subsection 5 against an entity described in subsection 1, the State Treasurer shall provide immediate notice of the action to each parent of a child receiving instruction from the entity who has entered into or renewed an agreement pursuant to section 7 of this act and on behalf of whose child a grant of money has been deposited pursuant to section 8 of this act.
Sec. 12. 1. Each participating entity that accepts payments for tuition and fees made from education savings accounts shall:
(a) Ensure that each child on whose behalf a grant of money has been deposited pursuant to section 8 of this act and who is receiving instruction from the participating entity takes:
(1) Any examinations in mathematics and English language arts required for pupils of the same grade pursuant to chapter 389 of NRS; or
(2) Norm-referenced achievement examinations in mathematics and English language arts each school year;
(b) Provide for value-added assessments of the results of the examinations described in paragraph (a); and
(c) Subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g, and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto, provide the results of the examinations described in paragraph (a) to the Department or an organization designated by the Department pursuant to subsection 4.
2. The Department shall:
(a) Aggregate the examination results provided pursuant to subsection 1 according to the grade level, gender, race and family income level of each child whose examination results are provided; and
(b) Subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g, and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto, make available on the Internet website of the Department:
(1) The aggregated results and any associated learning gains; and
(2) After 3 school years for which examination data has been collected, the graduation rates, as applicable, of children whose examination results are provided.
3. The State Treasurer shall administer an annual survey of parents who enter into or renew an agreement pursuant to section 7 of this act. The survey must ask each parent to indicate the number of years the parent has entered into or renewed such an agreement and to express:
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survey must ask each parent to indicate the number of years the parent has entered into or renewed such an agreement and to express:
(a) The relative satisfaction of the parent with the grant program established pursuant to sections 2 to 15, inclusive, of this act; and
(b) The opinions of the parent regarding any topics, items or issues that the State Treasurer determines may aid the State Treasurer in evaluating and improving the effectiveness of the grant program established pursuant to sections 2 to 15, inclusive, of this act.
4. The Department may arrange for a third-party organization to perform the duties of the Department prescribed by this section.
Sec. 13. 1. The State Treasurer shall annually make available a list of participating entities, other than any parent of a child.
2. Subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g, and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto, the Department shall annually require the resident school district of each child on whose behalf a grant of money is made pursuant to section 8 of this act to provide to the participating entity any educational records of the child.
Sec. 14. Except as otherwise provided in sections 2 to 15, inclusive, of this act, nothing in the provisions of sections 2 to 15, inclusive, of this act, shall be deemed to limit the independence or autonomy of a participating entity or to make the actions of a participating entity the actions of the State Government.
Sec. 15. The State Treasurer shall adopt any regulations necessary or convenient to carry out the provisions of sections 2 to 15, inclusive, of this act.
Sec. 15.1. NRS 385.007 is hereby amended to read as follows:
385.007 As used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. Charter school means a public school that is formed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 386.490 to 386.649, inclusive.
2. Department means the Department of Education.
3. Homeschooled child means a child who receives instruction at home and who is exempt from compulsory attendance pursuant to NRS 392.070 [.] , but does not include an opt-in child.
4. Limited English proficient has the meaning ascribed to it in 20 U.S.C. § 7801(25).
5. Opt-in child means a child for whom an education savings account has been established pursuant to section 7 of this act, who is not enrolled full-time in a public or private school and who receives all or a portion of his or her instruction from a participating entity, as defined in section 5 of this act.
6. Public schools means all kindergartens and elementary schools, junior high schools and middle schools, high schools, charter schools and any other schools, classes and educational programs which receive their support through public taxation and, except for charter schools, whose textbooks and courses of study are under the control of the State Board.
[6.] 7. State Board means the State Board of Education.
[7.] 8. University school for profoundly gifted pupils has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 392A.040.
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Sec. 15.2. NRS 385.525 is hereby amended to read as follows:
385.525 1. To be eligible to serve on the Youth Legislature, a person:
(a) Must be:
(1) A resident of the senatorial district of the Senator who appoints him or her;
(2) Enrolled in a public school or private school located in the senatorial district of the Senator who appoints him or her; or
(3) A homeschooled child or opt-in child who is otherwise eligible to be enrolled in a public school in the senatorial district of the Senator who appoints him or her;
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 of NRS 385.535, must be:
(1) Enrolled in a public school or private school in this State in grade 9, 10 or 11 for the first school year of the term for which he or she is appointed; or
(2) A homeschooled child or opt-in child who is otherwise eligible to enroll in a public school in this State in grade 9, 10 or 11 for the first school year of the term for which he or she is appointed; and
(c) Must not be related by blood, adoption or marriage within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity to the Senator who appoints him or her or to any member of the Assembly who collaborated to appoint him or her.
2. If, at any time, a person appointed to the Youth Legislature changes his or her residency or changes his or her school of enrollment in such a manner as to render the person ineligible under his or her original appointment, the person shall inform the Board, in writing, within 30 days after becoming aware of such changed facts.
3. A person who wishes to be appointed or reappointed to the Youth Legislature must submit an application on the form prescribed pursuant to subsection 4 to the Senator of the senatorial district in which the person resides, is enrolled in a public school or private school or, if the person is a homeschooled child [,] or opt-in child, the senatorial district in which he or she is otherwise eligible to be enrolled in a public school. A person may not submit an application to more than one Senator in a calendar year.
4. The Board shall prescribe a form for applications submitted pursuant to this section, which must require the signature of the principal of the school in which the applicant is enrolled or, if the applicant is a homeschooled child [,] or opt-in child, the signature of a member of the community in which the applicant resides other than a relative of the applicant.
Sec. 15.3. NRS 385.535 is hereby amended to read as follows:
385.535 1. A position on the Youth Legislature becomes vacant upon:
(a) The death or resignation of a member.
(b) The absence of a member for any reason from:
(1) Two meetings of the Youth Legislature, including, without limitation, meetings conducted in person, meetings conducted by teleconference, meetings conducted by videoconference and meetings conducted by other electronic means;
(2) Two activities of the Youth Legislature;
(3) Two event days of the Youth Legislature; or
(4) Any combination of absences from meetings, activities or event days of the Youth Legislature, if the combination of absences therefrom equals two or more,
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Κ unless the absences are, as applicable, excused by the Chair or Vice Chair of the Board.
(c) A change of residency or a change of the school of enrollment of a member which renders that member ineligible under his or her original appointment.
2. In addition to the provisions of subsection 1, a position on the Youth Legislature becomes vacant if:
(a) A member of the Youth Legislature graduates from high school or otherwise ceases to attend public school or private school for any reason other than to become a homeschooled child [;] or opt-in child; or
(b) A member of the Youth Legislature who is a homeschooled child or opt-in child completes an educational plan of instruction for grade 12 or otherwise ceases to be a homeschooled child or opt-in child for any reason other than to enroll in a public school or private school.
3. A vacancy on the Youth Legislature must be filled:
(a) For the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment, except that, if the remainder of the unexpired term is less than 1 year, the member of the Senate who made the original appointment may appoint a person who:
(1) Is enrolled in a public school or private school in this State in grade 12 or who is a homeschooled child or opt-in child who is otherwise eligible to enroll in a public school in this State in grade 12; and
(2) Satisfies the qualifications set forth in paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 385.525.
(b) Insofar as is practicable, within 30 days after the date on which the vacancy occurs.
4. As used in this section, event day means any single calendar day on which an official, scheduled event of the Youth Legislature is held, including, without limitation, a course of instruction, a course of orientation, a meeting, a seminar or any other official, scheduled activity.
Sec. 15.4. NRS 386.430 is hereby amended to read as follows:
386.430 1. The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association shall adopt rules and regulations in the manner provided for state agencies by chapter 233B of NRS as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 386.420 to 386.470, inclusive. The regulations must include provisions governing the eligibility and participation of homeschooled children and opt-in children in interscholastic activities and events. In addition to the regulations governing eligibility [, a] :
(a) A homeschooled child who wishes to participate must have on file with the school district in which the child resides a current notice of intent of a homeschooled child to participate in programs and activities pursuant to NRS 392.705.
(b) An opt-in child who wishes to participate must have on file with the school district in which the child resides a current notice of intent of an opt-in child to participate in programs and activities pursuant to section 16.5 of this act.
2. The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association shall adopt regulations setting forth:
(a) The standards of safety for each event, competition or other activity engaged in by a spirit squad of a school that is a member of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association, which must substantially comply with the spirit rules of the National Federation of State High School Associations, or its successor organization; and
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comply with the spirit rules of the National Federation of State High School Associations, or its successor organization; and
(b) The qualifications required for a person to become a coach of a spirit squad.
3. If the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association intends to adopt, repeal or amend a policy, rule or regulation concerning or affecting homeschooled children, the Association shall consult with the Northern Nevada Homeschool Advisory Council and the Southern Nevada Homeschool Advisory Council, or their successor organizations, to provide those Councils with a reasonable opportunity to submit data, opinions or arguments, orally or in writing, concerning the proposal or change. The Association shall consider all written and oral submissions respecting the proposal or change before taking final action.
4. As used in this section, spirit squad means any team or other group of persons that is formed for the purpose of:
(a) Leading cheers or rallies to encourage support for a team that participates in a sport that is sanctioned by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association; or
(b) Participating in a competition against another team or other group of persons to determine the ability of each team or group of persons to engage in an activity specified in paragraph (a).
Sec. 15.5. NRS 386.462 is hereby amended to read as follows:
386.462 1. A homeschooled child must be allowed to participate in interscholastic activities and events in accordance with the regulations adopted by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association pursuant to NRS 386.430 if a notice of intent of a homeschooled child to participate in programs and activities is filed for the child with the school district in which the child resides for the current school year pursuant to NRS 392.705.
2. An opt-in child must be allowed to participate in interscholastic activities and events in accordance with the regulations adopted by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association pursuant to NRS 386.430 if a notice of intent of an opt-in child to participate in programs and activities is filed for the child with the school district in which the child resides for the current school year pursuant to section 16.5 of this act.
3. The provisions of NRS 386.420 to 386.470, inclusive, and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto that apply to pupils enrolled in public schools who participate in interscholastic activities and events apply in the same manner to homeschooled children and opt-in children who participate in interscholastic activities and events, including, without limitation, provisions governing:
(a) Eligibility and qualifications for participation;
(b) Fees for participation;
(c) Insurance;
(d) Transportation;
(e) Requirements of physical examination;
(f) Responsibilities of participants;
(g) Schedules of events;
(h) Safety and welfare of participants;
(i) Eligibility for awards, trophies and medals;
(j) Conduct of behavior and performance of participants; and
(k) Disciplinary procedures.
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Sec. 15.6. NRS 386.463 is hereby amended to read as follows:
386.463 No challenge may be brought by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association, a school district, a public school or a private school, a parent or guardian of a pupil enrolled in a public school or a private school, a pupil enrolled in a public school or private school, or any other entity or person claiming that an interscholastic activity or event is invalid because homeschooled children or opt-in children are allowed to participate in the interscholastic activity or event.
Sec. 15.7. NRS 386.464 is hereby amended to read as follows:
386.464 A school district, public school or private school shall not prescribe any regulations, rules, policies, procedures or requirements governing the:
1. Eligibility of homeschooled children or opt-in children to participate in interscholastic activities and events pursuant to NRS 386.420 to 386.470, inclusive; or
2. Participation of homeschooled children or opt-in children in interscholastic activities and events pursuant to NRS 386.420 to 386.470, inclusive,
Κ that are more restrictive than the provisions governing eligibility and participation prescribed by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association pursuant to NRS 386.430.
Sec. 15.8. NRS 386.580 is hereby amended to read as follows:
386.580 1. An application for enrollment in a charter school may be submitted to the governing body of the charter school by the parent or legal guardian of any child who resides in this State. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and subsection 2, a charter school shall enroll pupils who are eligible for enrollment in the order in which the applications are received. If the board of trustees of the school district in which the charter school is located has established zones of attendance pursuant to NRS 388.040, the charter school shall, if practicable, ensure that the racial composition of pupils enrolled in the charter school does not differ by more than 10 percent from the racial composition of pupils who attend public schools in the zone in which the charter school is located. If a charter school is sponsored by the board of trustees of a school district located in a county whose population is 100,000 or more, except for a program of distance education provided by the charter school, the charter school shall enroll pupils who are eligible for enrollment who reside in the school district in which the charter school is located before enrolling pupils who reside outside the school district. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if more pupils who are eligible for enrollment apply for enrollment in the charter school than the number of spaces which are available, the charter school shall determine which applicants to enroll pursuant to this subsection on the basis of a lottery system.
2. Before a charter school enrolls pupils who are eligible for enrollment, a charter school may enroll a child who:
(a) Is a sibling of a pupil who is currently enrolled in the charter school;
(b) Was enrolled, free of charge and on the basis of a lottery system, in a prekindergarten program at the charter school or any other early childhood educational program affiliated with the charter school;
(c) Is a child of a person who is:
(1) Employed by the charter school;
(2) A member of the committee to form the charter school; or
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(3) A member of the governing body of the charter school;
(d) Is in a particular category of at-risk pupils and the child meets the eligibility for enrollment prescribed by the charter school for that particular category; or
(e) Resides within the school district and within 2 miles of the charter school if the charter school is located in an area that the sponsor of the charter school determines includes a high percentage of children who are at risk. If space is available after the charter school enrolls pupils pursuant to this paragraph, the charter school may enroll children who reside outside the school district but within 2 miles of the charter school if the charter school is located within an area that the sponsor determines includes a high percentage of children who are at risk.
Κ If more pupils described in this subsection who are eligible apply for enrollment than the number of spaces available, the charter school shall determine which applicants to enroll pursuant to this subsection on the basis of a lottery system.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 8, a charter school shall not accept applications for enrollment in the charter school or otherwise discriminate based on the:
(a) Race;
(b) Gender;
(c) Religion;
(d) Ethnicity; or
(e) Disability,
Κ of a pupil.
4. If the governing body of a charter school determines that the charter school is unable to provide an appropriate special education program and related services for a particular disability of a pupil who is enrolled in the charter school, the governing body may request that the board of trustees of the school district of the county in which the pupil resides transfer that pupil to an appropriate school.
5. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, upon the request of a parent or legal guardian of a child who is enrolled in a public school of a school district or a private school, or a parent or legal guardian of a homeschooled child [,] or opt-in child, the governing body of the charter school shall authorize the child to participate in a class that is not otherwise available to the child at his or her school , [or] homeschool or from his or her participating entity, as defined in section 5 of this act, or participate in an extracurricular activity at the charter school if:
(a) Space for the child in the class or extracurricular activity is available;
(b) The parent or legal guardian demonstrates to the satisfaction of the governing body that the child is qualified to participate in the class or extracurricular activity; and
(c) The child is [a] :
(1) A homeschooled child and a notice of intent of a homeschooled child to participate in programs and activities is filed for the child with the school district in which the child resides for the current school year pursuant to NRS 392.705 [.] ; or
(2) An opt-in child and a notice of intent of an opt-in child to participate in programs and activities is filed for the child with the school district in which the child resides for the current school year pursuant to section 16.5 of this act.
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Κ If the governing body of a charter school authorizes a child to participate in a class or extracurricular activity pursuant to this subsection, the governing body is not required to provide transportation for the child to attend the class or activity. A charter school shall not authorize such a child to participate in a class or activity through a program of distance education provided by the charter school pursuant to NRS 388.820 to 388.874, inclusive.
6. The governing body of a charter school may revoke its approval for a child to participate in a class or extracurricular activity at a charter school pursuant to subsection 5 if the governing body determines that the child has failed to comply with applicable statutes, or applicable rules and regulations. If the governing body so revokes its approval, neither the governing body nor the charter school is liable for any damages relating to the denial of services to the child.
7. The governing body of a charter school may, before authorizing a homeschooled child or opt-in child to participate in a class or extracurricular activity pursuant to subsection 5, require proof of the identity of the child, including, without limitation, the birth certificate of the child or other documentation sufficient to establish the identity of the child.
8. This section does not preclude the formation of a charter school that is dedicated to provide educational services exclusively to pupils:
(a) With disabilities;
(b) Who pose such severe disciplinary problems that they warrant a specific educational program, including, without limitation, a charter school specifically designed to serve a single gender that emphasizes personal responsibility and rehabilitation; or
(c) Who are at risk.
Κ If more eligible pupils apply for enrollment in such a charter school than the number of spaces which are available, the charter school shall determine which applicants to enroll pursuant to this subsection on the basis of a lottery system.
Sec. 15.9. NRS 387.045 is hereby amended to read as follows:
387.045 Except as otherwise provided in sections 2 to 15, inclusive, of this act:
1. No portion of the public school funds or of the money specially appropriated for the purpose of public schools shall be devoted to any other object or purpose.
2. No portion of the public school funds shall in any way be segregated, divided or set apart for the use or benefit of any sectarian or secular society or association.
Sec. 15.95. NRS 387.1233 is hereby amended to read as follows:
387.1233 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, basic support of each school district must be computed by:
(a) Multiplying the basic support guarantee per pupil established for that school district for that school year by the sum of:
(1) Six-tenths the count of pupils enrolled in the kindergarten department on the last day of the first school month of the school district for the school year, including, without limitation, the count of pupils who reside in the county and are enrolled in any charter school on the last day of the first school month of the school district for the school year.
(2) The count of pupils enrolled in grades 1 to 12, inclusive, on the last day of the first school month of the school district for the school year, including, without limitation, the count of pupils who reside in the county and are enrolled in any charter school on the last day of the first school month of the school district for the school year and the count of pupils who are enrolled in a university school for profoundly gifted pupils located in the county.
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including, without limitation, the count of pupils who reside in the county and are enrolled in any charter school on the last day of the first school month of the school district for the school year and the count of pupils who are enrolled in a university school for profoundly gifted pupils located in the county.
(3) The count of pupils not included under subparagraph (1) or (2) who are enrolled full-time in a program of distance education provided by that school district or a charter school located within that school district on the last day of the first school month of the school district for the school year.
(4) The count of pupils who reside in the county and are enrolled:
(I) In a public school of the school district and are concurrently enrolled part-time in a program of distance education provided by another school district or a charter school or receiving a portion of his or her instruction from a participating entity, as defined in section 5 of this act, on the last day of the first school month of the school district for the school year, expressed as a percentage of the total time services are provided to those pupils per school day in proportion to the total time services are provided during a school day to pupils who are counted pursuant to subparagraph (2).
(II) In a charter school and are concurrently enrolled part-time in a program of distance education provided by a school district or another charter school or receiving a portion of his or her instruction from a participating entity, as defined in section 5 of this act, on the last day of the first school month of the school district for the school year, expressed as a percentage of the total time services are provided to those pupils per school day in proportion to the total time services are provided during a school day to pupils who are counted pursuant to subparagraph (2).
(5) The count of pupils not included under subparagraph (1), (2), (3) or (4), who are receiving special education pursuant to the provisions of NRS 388.440 to 388.520, inclusive, on the last day of the first school month of the school district for the school year, excluding the count of pupils who have not attained the age of 5 years and who are receiving special education pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 388.475 on that day.
(6) Six-tenths the count of pupils who have not attained the age of 5 years and who are receiving special education pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 388.475 on the last day of the first school month of the school district for the school year.
(7) The count of children detained in facilities for the detention of children, alternative programs and juvenile forestry camps receiving instruction pursuant to the provisions of NRS 388.550, 388.560 and 388.570 on the last day of the first school month of the school district for the school year.
(8) The count of pupils who are enrolled in classes for at least one semester pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 386.560, subsection 5 of NRS 386.580 or subsection 3 of NRS 392.070, expressed as a percentage of the total time services are provided to those pupils per school day in proportion to the total time services are provided during a school day to pupils who are counted pursuant to subparagraph (2).
(b) Multiplying the number of special education program units maintained and operated by the amount per program established for that school year.
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(c) Adding the amounts computed in paragraphs (a) and (b).
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if the enrollment of pupils in a school district or a charter school that is located within the school district on the last day of the first school month of the school district for the school year is less than or equal to 95 percent of the enrollment of pupils in the same school district or charter school on the last day of the first school month of the school district for the immediately preceding school year, the largest number from among the immediately preceding 2 school years must be used for purposes of apportioning money from the State Distributive School Account to that school district or charter school pursuant to NRS 387.124.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if the enrollment of pupils in a school district or a charter school that is located within the school district on the last day of the first school month of the school district for the school year is more than 95 percent of the enrollment of pupils in the same school district or charter school on the last day of the first school month of the school district for the immediately preceding school year, the larger enrollment number from the current year or the immediately preceding school year must be used for purposes of apportioning money from the State Distributive School Account to that school district or charter school pursuant to NRS 387.124.
4. If the Department determines that a school district or charter school deliberately causes a decline in the enrollment of pupils in the school district or charter school to receive a higher apportionment pursuant to subsection 2 or 3, including, without limitation, by eliminating grades or moving into smaller facilities, the enrollment number from the current school year must be used for purposes of apportioning money from the State Distributive School Account to that school district or charter school pursuant to NRS 387.124.
5. Pupils who are excused from attendance at examinations or have completed their work in accordance with the rules of the board of trustees must be credited with attendance during that period.
6. Pupils who are incarcerated in a facility or institution operated by the Department of Corrections must not be counted for the purpose of computing basic support pursuant to this section. The average daily attendance for such pupils must be reported to the Department of Education.
7. Pupils who are enrolled in courses which are approved by the Department as meeting the requirements for an adult to earn a high school diploma must not be counted for the purpose of computing basic support pursuant to this section.
Sec. 16. NRS 387.124 is hereby amended to read as follows:
387.124 Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 387.528:
1. On or before August 1, November 1, February 1 and May 1 of each year, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall apportion the State Distributive School Account in the State General Fund among the several county school districts, charter schools and university schools for profoundly gifted pupils in amounts approximating one-fourth of their respective yearly apportionments less any amount set aside as a reserve. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 387.1244, the apportionment to a school district, computed on a yearly basis, equals the difference between the basic support and the local funds available pursuant to NRS 387.1235, minus all the funds attributable to pupils who reside in the county but attend a charter school, all the funds attributable to pupils who reside in the county and are enrolled full-time or part-time in a program of distance education provided by another school district or a charter school , [and] all the funds attributable to pupils who are enrolled in a university school for profoundly gifted pupils located in the county [.]
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the funds attributable to pupils who reside in the county and are enrolled full-time or part-time in a program of distance education provided by another school district or a charter school , [and] all the funds attributable to pupils who are enrolled in a university school for profoundly gifted pupils located in the county [.] and all the funds deposited in education savings accounts established on behalf of children who reside in the county pursuant to sections 2 to 15, inclusive, of this act. No apportionment may be made to a school district if the amount of the local funds exceeds the amount of basic support.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 and NRS 387.1244, the apportionment to a charter school, computed on a yearly basis, is equal to the sum of the basic support per pupil in the county in which the pupil resides plus the amount of local funds available per pupil pursuant to NRS 387.1235 and all other funds available for public schools in the county in which the pupil resides minus the sponsorship fee prescribed by NRS 386.570 and minus all the funds attributable to pupils who are enrolled in the charter school but are concurrently enrolled part-time in a program of distance education provided by a school district or another charter school. If the apportionment per pupil to a charter school is more than the amount to be apportioned to the school district in which a pupil who is enrolled in the charter school resides, the school district in which the pupil resides shall pay the difference directly to the charter school.
3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 387.1244, the apportionment to a charter school that is sponsored by the State Public Charter School Authority or by a college or university within the Nevada System of Higher Education, computed on a yearly basis, is equal to the sum of the basic support per pupil in the county in which the pupil resides plus the amount of local funds available per pupil pursuant to NRS 387.1235 and all other funds available for public schools in the county in which the pupil resides, minus the sponsorship fee prescribed by NRS 386.570 and minus all funds attributable to pupils who are enrolled in the charter school but are concurrently enrolled part-time in a program of distance education provided by a school district or another charter school.
4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 387.1244, in addition to the apportionments made pursuant to this section, an apportionment must be made to a school district or charter school that provides a program of distance education for each pupil who is enrolled part-time in the program. The amount of the apportionment must be equal to the percentage of the total time services are provided to the pupil through the program of distance education per school day in proportion to the total time services are provided during a school day to pupils who are counted pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 387.1233 for the school district in which the pupil resides.
5. The governing body of a charter school may submit a written request to the Superintendent of Public Instruction to receive, in the first year of operation of the charter school, an apportionment 30 days before the apportionment is required to be made pursuant to subsection 1. Upon receipt of such a request, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may make the apportionment 30 days before the apportionment is required to be made. A charter school may receive all four apportionments in advance in its first year of operation.
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6. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 387.1244, the apportionment to a university school for profoundly gifted pupils, computed on a yearly basis, is equal to the sum of the basic support per pupil in the county in which the university school is located plus the amount of local funds available per pupil pursuant to NRS 387.1235 and all other funds available for public schools in the county in which the university school is located. If the apportionment per pupil to a university school for profoundly gifted pupils is more than the amount to be apportioned to the school district in which the university school is located, the school district shall pay the difference directly to the university school. The governing body of a university school for profoundly gifted pupils may submit a written request to the Superintendent of Public Instruction to receive, in the first year of operation of the university school, an apportionment 30 days before the apportionment is required to be made pursuant to subsection 1. Upon receipt of such a request, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may make the apportionment 30 days before the apportionment is required to be made. A university school for profoundly gifted pupils may receive all four apportionments in advance in its first year of operation.
7. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall apportion, on or before August 1 of each year, the money designated as the Nutrition State Match pursuant to NRS 387.105 to those school districts that participate in the National School Lunch Program, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1751 et seq. The apportionment to a school district must be directly related to the districts reimbursements for the Program as compared with the total amount of reimbursements for all school districts in this State that participate in the Program.
8. If the State Controller finds that such an action is needed to maintain the balance in the State General Fund at a level sufficient to pay the other appropriations from it, the State Controller may pay out the apportionments monthly, each approximately one-twelfth of the yearly apportionment less any amount set aside as a reserve. If such action is needed, the State Controller shall submit a report to the Department of Administration and the Fiscal Analysis Division of the Legislative Counsel Bureau documenting reasons for the action.
Sec. 16.2. NRS 388.850 is hereby amended to read as follows:
388.850 1. A pupil may enroll in a program of distance education unless:
(a) Pursuant to this section or other specific statute, the pupil is not eligible for enrollment or the pupils enrollment is otherwise prohibited;
(b) The pupil fails to satisfy the qualifications and conditions for enrollment adopted by the State Board pursuant to NRS 388.874; or
(c) The pupil fails to satisfy the requirements of the program of distance education.
2. A child who is exempt from compulsory attendance and is enrolled in a private school pursuant to chapter 394 of NRS or is being homeschooled is not eligible to enroll in or otherwise attend a program of distance education, regardless of whether the child is otherwise eligible for enrollment pursuant to subsection 1.
3. An opt-in child who is exempt from compulsory attendance is not eligible to enroll in or otherwise attend a program of distance education, regardless of whether the child is otherwise eligible for enrollment pursuant to subsection 1, unless the opt-in child receives only a portion of his or her instruction from a participating entity as authorized pursuant to section 7 of this act.
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pursuant to subsection 1, unless the opt-in child receives only a portion of his or her instruction from a participating entity as authorized pursuant to section 7 of this act.
4. If a pupil who is prohibited from attending public school pursuant to NRS 392.264 enrolls in a program of distance education, the enrollment and attendance of that pupil must comply with all requirements of NRS 62F.100 to 62F.150, inclusive, and 392.251 to 392.271, inclusive.
Sec. 16.3. Chapter 392 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto the provisions set forth as sections 16.35, 16.4 and 16.5 of this act.
Sec. 16.35. As used in this section and sections 16.4 and 16.5 of this act, unless the context otherwise requires, parent has the meaning ascribed to it in section 4 of this act.
Sec. 16.4. 1. The parent of an opt-in child shall provide notice to the school district where the child would otherwise attend or the charter school in which the child was previously enrolled, as applicable, that the child is an opt-in child as soon as practicable after entering into an agreement to establish an education savings account pursuant to section 7 of this act. Such notice must also include:
(a) The full name, age and gender of the child; and
(b) The name and address of each parent of the child.
2. The superintendent of schools of a school district or the governing body of a charter school, as applicable, shall accept a notice provided pursuant to subsection 1 and shall not require any additional assurances from the parent who filed the notice.
3. The school district or the charter school, as applicable, shall provide to a parent who files a notice pursuant to subsection 1, a written acknowledgement which clearly indicates that the parent has provided the notification required by law and that the child is an opt-in child. The written acknowledgment shall be deemed proof of compliance with Nevadas compulsory school attendance law.
4. The superintendent of schools of a school district or the governing body of a charter school, as applicable, shall process a written request for a copy of the records of the school district or charter school, as applicable, or any information contained therein, relating to an opt-in child not later than 5 days after receiving the request. The superintendent of schools or governing body of a charter school may only release such records or information:
(a) To the Department, the Budget Division of the Department of Administration and the Fiscal Analysis Division of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for use in preparing the biennial budget;
(b) To a person or entity specified by the parent of the child, or by the child if the child is at least 18 years of age, upon suitable proof of identity of the parent or child; or
(c) If required by specific statute.
5. If an opt-in child seeks admittance or entrance to any public school in this State, the school may use only commonly used practices in determining the academic ability, placement or eligibility of the child. If the child enrolls in a charter school, the charter school shall, to the extent practicable, notify the board of trustees of the resident school district of the childs enrollment in the charter school. Regardless of whether the charter school provides such notification to the board of trustees, the charter school may count the child who is enrolled for the purposes of the calculation of basic support pursuant to NRS 387.1233.
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calculation of basic support pursuant to NRS 387.1233. An opt-in child seeking admittance to public high school must comply with NRS 392.033.
6. A school shall not discriminate in any manner against an opt-in child or a child who was formerly an opt-in child.
7. Each school district shall allow an opt-in child to participate in all college entrance examinations offered in this State, including, without limitation, the SAT, the ACT, the Preliminary SAT and the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Each school district shall upon request, provide information to the parent of an opt-in child who resides in the school district has adequate notice of the availability of information concerning such examinations on the Internet website of the school district maintained pursuant to NRS 389.004.
Sec. 16.5. 1. The Department shall develop a standard form for the notice of intent of an opt-in child to participate in programs and activities. The board of trustees of each school district shall, in a timely manner, make only the form developed by the Department available to parents of opt-in children.
2. If an opt-in child wishes to participate in classes, activities, programs, sports or interscholastic activities and events at a public school or through a school district, or through the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association, the parent of the child must file a current notice of intent to participate with the resident school district.
Sec. 16.6. NRS 392.033 is hereby amended to read as follows:
392.033 1. The State Board shall adopt regulations which prescribe the courses of study required for promotion to high school, including, without limitation, English, mathematics, science and social studies. The regulations may include the credits to be earned in each course.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the board of trustees of a school district shall not promote a pupil to high school if the pupil does not complete the course of study or credits required for promotion. The board of trustees of the school district in which the pupil is enrolled may provide programs of remedial study to complete the courses of study required for promotion to high school.
3. The board of trustees of each school district shall adopt a procedure for evaluating the course of study or credits completed by a pupil who transfers to a junior high or middle school from a junior high or middle school in this State or from a school outside of this State.
4. The board of trustees of each school district shall adopt a policy that allows a pupil who has not completed the courses of study or credits required for promotion to high school to be placed on academic probation and to enroll in high school. A pupil who is on academic probation pursuant to this subsection shall complete appropriate remediation in the subject areas that the pupil failed to pass. The policy must include the criteria for eligibility of a pupil to be placed on academic probation. A parent or guardian may elect not to place his or her child on academic probation but to remain in grade 8.
5. A homeschooled child or opt-in child who enrolls in a public high school shall, upon initial enrollment:
(a) Provide documentation sufficient to prove that the child has successfully completed the courses of study required for promotion to high school through an accredited program of homeschool study recognized by the board of trustees of the school district [;] or from a participating entity, as applicable;
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(b) Demonstrate proficiency in the courses of study required for promotion to high school through an examination prescribed by the board of trustees of the school district; or
(c) Provide other proof satisfactory to the board of trustees of the school district demonstrating competency in the courses of study required for promotion to high school.
6. As used in this section, participating entity has the meaning ascribed to it in section 5 of this act.
Sec. 16.7. NRS 392.070 is hereby amended to read as follows:
392.070 1. Attendance of a child required by the provisions of NRS 392.040 must be excused when:
(a) The child is enrolled in a private school pursuant to chapter 394 of NRS; [or]
(b) A parent of the child chooses to provide education to the child and files a notice of intent to homeschool the child with the superintendent of schools of the school district in which the child resides in accordance with NRS 392.700 [.] ; or
(c) The child is an opt-in child and notice of such has been provided to the school district in which the child resides or the charter school in which the child was previously enrolled, as applicable, in accordance with section 16.4 of this act.
2. The board of trustees of each school district shall provide programs of special education and related services for homeschooled children. The programs of special education and related services required by this section must be made available:
(a) Only if a child would otherwise be eligible for participation in programs of special education and related services pursuant to NRS 388.440 to 388.520, inclusive;
(b) In the same manner that the board of trustees provides, as required by 20 U.S.C. § 1412, for the participation of pupils with disabilities who are enrolled in private schools within the school district voluntarily by their parents or legal guardians; and
(c) In accordance with the same requirements set forth in 20 U.S.C. § 1412 which relate to the participation of pupils with disabilities who are enrolled in private schools within the school district voluntarily by their parents or legal guardians.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 for programs of special education and related services, upon the request of a parent or legal guardian of a child who is enrolled in a private school or a parent or legal guardian of a homeschooled child [,] or opt-in child, the board of trustees of the school district in which the child resides shall authorize the child to participate in any classes and extracurricular activities, excluding sports, at a public school within the school district if:
(a) Space for the child in the class or extracurricular activity is available;
(b) The parent or legal guardian demonstrates to the satisfaction of the board of trustees that the child is qualified to participate in the class or extracurricular activity; and
(c) If the child is [a] :
(1) A homeschooled child, a notice of intent of a homeschooled child to participate in programs and activities is filed for the child with the school district for the current school year pursuant to NRS 392.705 [.] ; or
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(2) An opt-in child, a notice of intent of an opt-in child to participate in programs and activities is filed for the child with the school district for the current school year pursuant to section 16.5 of this act.
Κ If the board of trustees of a school district authorizes a child to participate in a class or extracurricular activity, excluding sports, pursuant to this subsection, the board of trustees is not required to provide transportation for the child to attend the class or activity. A homeschooled child or opt-in child must be allowed to participate in interscholastic activities and events governed by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association pursuant to NRS 386.420 to 386.470, inclusive, and interscholastic activities and events, including sports, pursuant to subsection 5.
4. The board of trustees of a school district may revoke its approval for a pupil to participate in a class or extracurricular activity at a public school pursuant to subsection 3 if the board of trustees or the public school determines that the pupil has failed to comply with applicable statutes, or applicable rules and regulations of the board of trustees. If the board of trustees revokes its approval, neither the board of trustees nor the public school is liable for any damages relating to the denial of services to the pupil.
5. In addition to those interscholastic activities and events governed by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association pursuant to NRS 386.420 to 386.470, inclusive, a homeschooled child or opt-in child must be allowed to participate in interscholastic activities and events, including sports, if a notice of intent of a homeschooled child or opt-in child to participate in programs and activities is filed for the child with the school district for the current school year pursuant to NRS 392.705 [.] or section 16.5 of this act, as applicable. A homeschooled child or opt-in child who participates in interscholastic activities and events at a public school pursuant to this subsection must participate within the school district of the childs residence through the public school which the child is otherwise zoned to attend. Any rules or regulations that apply to pupils enrolled in public schools who participate in interscholastic activities and events, including sports, apply in the same manner to homeschooled children and opt-in children who participate in interscholastic activities and events, including, without limitation, provisions governing:
(a) Eligibility and qualifications for participation;
(b) Fees for participation;
(c) Insurance;
(d) Transportation;
(e) Requirements of physical examination;
(f) Responsibilities of participants;
(g) Schedules of events;
(h) Safety and welfare of participants;
(i) Eligibility for awards, trophies and medals;
(j) Conduct of behavior and performance of participants; and
(k) Disciplinary procedures.
6. If a homeschooled child or opt-in child participates in interscholastic activities and events pursuant to subsection 5:
(a) No challenge may be brought by the Association, a school district, a public school or a private school, a parent or guardian of a pupil enrolled in a public school or a private school, a pupil enrolled in a public school or a private school, or any other entity or person claiming that an interscholastic activity or event is invalid because the homeschooled child or opt-in child is allowed to participate.
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a private school, or any other entity or person claiming that an interscholastic activity or event is invalid because the homeschooled child or opt-in child is allowed to participate.
(b) Neither the school district nor a public school may prescribe any regulations, rules, policies, procedures or requirements governing the eligibility or participation of the homeschooled child or opt-in child that are more restrictive than the provisions governing the eligibility and participation of pupils enrolled in public schools.
7. The programs of special education and related services required by subsection 2 may be offered at a public school or another location that is appropriate.
8. The board of trustees of a school district:
(a) May, before providing programs of special education and related services to a homeschooled child or opt-in child pursuant to subsection 2, require proof of the identity of the child, including, without limitation, the birth certificate of the child or other documentation sufficient to establish the identity of the child.
(b) May, before authorizing a homeschooled child or opt-in child to participate in a class or extracurricular activity, excluding sports, pursuant to subsection 3, require proof of the identity of the child, including, without limitation, the birth certificate of the child or other documentation sufficient to establish the identity of the child.
(c) Shall, before allowing a homeschooled child or opt-in child to participate in interscholastic activities and events governed by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association pursuant to NRS 386.420 to 386.470, inclusive, and interscholastic activities and events pursuant to subsection 5, require proof of the identity of the child, including, without limitation, the birth certificate of the child or other documentation sufficient to establish the identity of the child.
9. The Department shall adopt such regulations as are necessary for the boards of trustees of school districts to provide the programs of special education and related services required by subsection 2.
10. As used in this section [, related] :
(a) Participating entity has the meaning ascribed to it in section 5 of this act.
(b) Related services has the meaning ascribed to it in 20 U.S.C. § 1401.
Sec. 16.8. NRS 392.466 is hereby amended to read as follows:
392.466 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any pupil who commits a battery which results in the bodily injury of an employee of the school or who sells or distributes any controlled substance while on the premises of any public school, at an activity sponsored by a public school or on any school bus must, for the first occurrence, be suspended or expelled from that school, although the pupil may be placed in another kind of school, for at least a period equal to one semester for that school. For a second occurrence, the pupil must be permanently expelled from that school and:
(a) Enroll in a private school pursuant to chapter 394 of NRS , become an opt-in child or be homeschooled; or
(b) Enroll in a program of independent study provided pursuant to NRS 389.155 for pupils who have been suspended or expelled from public school or a program of distance education provided pursuant to NRS 388.820 to 388.874, inclusive, if the pupil qualifies for enrollment and is accepted for enrollment in accordance with the requirements of the applicable program.
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388.874, inclusive, if the pupil qualifies for enrollment and is accepted for enrollment in accordance with the requirements of the applicable program.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any pupil who is found in possession of a firearm or a dangerous weapon while on the premises of any public school, at an activity sponsored by a public school or on any school bus must, for the first occurrence, be expelled from the school for a period of not less than 1 year, although the pupil may be placed in another kind of school for a period not to exceed the period of the expulsion. For a second occurrence, the pupil must be permanently expelled from the school and:
(a) Enroll in a private school pursuant to chapter 394 of NRS , become an opt-in child or be homeschooled; or
(b) Enroll in a program of independent study provided pursuant to NRS 389.155 for pupils who have been suspended or expelled from public school or a program of distance education provided pursuant to NRS 388.820 to 388.874, inclusive, if the pupil qualifies for enrollment and is accepted for enrollment in accordance with the requirements of the applicable program.
Κ The superintendent of schools of a school district may, for good cause shown in a particular case in that school district, allow a modification to the expulsion requirement of this subsection if such modification is set forth in writing.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if a pupil is deemed a habitual disciplinary problem pursuant to NRS 392.4655, the pupil must be suspended or expelled from the school for a period equal to at least one semester for that school. For the period of the pupils suspension or expulsion, the pupil must:
(a) Enroll in a private school pursuant to chapter 394 of NRS , become an opt-in child or be homeschooled; or
(b) Enroll in a program of independent study provided pursuant to NRS 389.155 for pupils who have been suspended or expelled from public school or a program of distance education provided pursuant to NRS 388.820 to 388.874, inclusive, if the pupil qualifies for enrollment and is accepted for enrollment in accordance with the requirements of the applicable program.
4. This section does not prohibit a pupil from having in his or her possession a knife or firearm with the approval of the principal of the school. A principal may grant such approval only in accordance with the policies or regulations adopted by the board of trustees of the school district.
5. Any pupil in grades 1 to 6, inclusive, except a pupil who has been found to have possessed a firearm in violation of subsection 2, may be suspended from school or permanently expelled from school pursuant to this section only after the board of trustees of the school district has reviewed the circumstances and approved this action in accordance with the procedural policy adopted by the board for such issues.
6. A pupil who is participating in a program of special education pursuant to NRS 388.520, other than a pupil who is gifted and talented or who receives early intervening services, may, in accordance with the procedural policy adopted by the board of trustees of the school district for such matters, be:
(a) Suspended from school pursuant to this section for not more than 10 days. Such a suspension may be imposed pursuant to this paragraph for each occurrence of conduct proscribed by subsection 1.
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(b) Suspended from school for more than 10 days or permanently expelled from school pursuant to this section only after the board of trustees of the school district has reviewed the circumstances and determined that the action is in compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400 et seq.
7. As used in this section:
(a) Battery has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 200.481.
(b) Dangerous weapon includes, without limitation, a blackjack, slungshot, billy, sand-club, sandbag, metal knuckles, dirk or dagger, a nunchaku, switchblade knife or trefoil, as defined in NRS 202.350, a butterfly knife or any other knife described in NRS 202.350, or any other object which is used, or threatened to be used, in such a manner and under such circumstances as to pose a threat of, or cause, bodily injury to a person.
(c) Firearm includes, without limitation, any pistol, revolver, shotgun, explosive substance or device, and any other item included within the definition of a firearm in 18 U.S.C. § 921, as that section existed on July 1, 1995.
8. The provisions of this section do not prohibit a pupil who is suspended or expelled from enrolling in a charter school that is designed exclusively for the enrollment of pupils with disciplinary problems if the pupil is accepted for enrollment by the charter school pursuant to NRS 386.580. Upon request, the governing body of a charter school must be provided with access to the records of the pupil relating to the pupils suspension or expulsion in accordance with applicable federal and state law before the governing body makes a decision concerning the enrollment of the pupil.
Sec. 17. This act becomes effective on:
1. July 1, 2015, for the purposes of adopting any regulations and performing any other preparatory administrative tasks necessary to carry out the provisions of this act; and
2. January 1, 2016, for all other purposes.
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