Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.0082 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.0082
Suspension of certification for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of certification
Status: in_force

<See notes for changes to this section effective under certain conditions.>

1. If the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator receives a copy of a court order issued pursuant to NRS 425.540 that provides for the suspension of all professional, occupational and recreational licenses, certificates and permits issued to a person who has been certified by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator, the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall deem that person's certification to be suspended at the end of the 30th day after the date on which the court order was issued unless the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator receives a letter issued by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 to the person who has been certified by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator stating that the person has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560 .

2. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall reinstate the certification of a person that has been suspended by a district court pursuant to NRS 425.540 if the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator receives a letter issued by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 to the person whose certification was suspended stating that the person whose certification was suspended has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.0045 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.0045
Establishment of categories of and fees for membership in institutions; fees for admission and train rides; policies and charges for use of property
Status: in_force

The Board shall establish:

1. Categories of memberships in the institutions and the fees to be charged for the memberships.

2. Fees for admission to the institutions. Children under the age of 18 years must be admitted free of charge.

3. Fees for train rides provided by an institution.

4. Policies and charges for the incidental use, rental and lease of the buildings, equipment, fixtures and other property of the Division and its institutions.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 380.060 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 380 / Section 380.060
Librarian: Appointment; salary
Status: in_force

The board of law library trustees, by a majority vote recorded in the minutes with ayes and noes at length, may appoint a librarian and fix the salary of the librarian.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 380.040 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 380 / Section 380.040
Seal
Status: in_force

The board may adopt and use an official seal.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 383.125 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 383 / Section 383.125
Programs by certain nonprofit organizations to raise money to benefit historic places; prohibitions; regulations
Status: in_force

1. A nonprofit organization that has as its primary purpose the raising of money to benefit historic places in this State that are listed in the State Register of Historic Places or the National Register of Historic Places, or programs conducted pursuant thereto, may, with the approval of the Administrator, engage in a program to raise money to benefit such a historic place or program pursuant to which a donor of money is allowed to name such a historic place, or any portion thereof, that receives any part of its funding from or through this State.

2. The Administrator shall not approve a program pursuant to which a donor is allowed to rename a historic place or any portion thereof.

3. The Administrator may adopt such regulations as he or she determines are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 383.540 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 383 / Section 383.540
Fund for the Preservation and Promotion of Cultural Resources
Status: in_force

1. There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Fund for the Preservation and Promotion of Cultural Resources. The Commission is responsible for the administration of the Fund. All money received and held by the State Treasurer for that purpose must be deposited in the Fund. The Commission shall account separately for money received from the proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to NRS 383.530 .

2. The Commission may expend money in the Fund only: (a) For projects identified in the Commission's plan to promote and preserve the State's cultural resources pursuant to NRS 383.500 to 383.540 , inclusive. In addition to the amount of financial assistance granted from the proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to NRS 383.530 , the Commission may grant as financial assistance not more than $750,000 each calendar year of the interest earned on the deposit or investment of the money in the Fund; and (b) For any administrative services provided by the Commission. The Commission may not use more than 5 percent of the proceeds from any particular issuance of bonds to pay for the administrative services.

3. The money in the Fund must be invested as the money in other state funds is invested. All interest on the deposit or investment of the money in the Fund must be credited to the Fund.

4. Claims against the Fund must be paid as other claims against the State are paid.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378.130 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378 / Section 378.130
Legislative appropriations
Status: in_force

Funds to carry out the provisions of this chapter must be provided by legislative appropriation from the General Fund, and must be paid out on claims as other claims against the State are paid. All claims must be approved by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator before they are paid.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 383.510 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 383 / Section 383.510
Plan for preservation and promotion of cultural resources
Status: in_force

1. The Commission shall maintain, and revise at least once every 2 years, a 10-year plan to: (a) Preserve and promote Nevada's cultural resources; and (b) Develop a network of cultural centers and activities in this State.

2. The plan must include: (a) A description of the means by which a statewide network of cultural centers and activities is to be developed; (b) A program for awarding financial assistance to pay the actual expenses of preserving or protecting historical buildings to be used to develop a network of cultural centers and activities; and (c) A detailed list of the initial projects to be undertaken.

3. The plan must be submitted to: (a) The Governor; (b) The Legislative Commission; and (c) The State Board of Examiners.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 383.021 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 383 / Section 383.021
Office of Historic Preservation: Creation; duties; inclusion of Comstock Historic District Commission
Status: in_force

1. The Office of Historic Preservation is hereby created.

2. The Office shall: (a) Encourage, plan and coordinate historic preservation and archeological activities within the State, including programs to survey, record, study and preserve or salvage cultural resources. (b) Carry out the provisions of NRS 383.440 . (c) Compile and maintain an inventory of cultural resources in Nevada deemed significant by the Administrator. (d) Designate repositories for the materials that comprise the inventory. (e) Provide staff assistance to the Commission. (f) Assist the State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration in conducting the evaluation required by NRS 701B.925 with respect to a building that is at least 50 years old, including, without limitation, making a recommendation regarding the use of an alternative to window replacement based upon whether the use of the alternative is consistent with the goal of historic preservation.

3. An Indian tribe may be designated as a repository to receive prehistoric native Indian human remains or funerary objects pursuant to paragraph (d) of subsection 2 if agreed to by the Indian tribe.

4. The Comstock Historic District Commission is within the Office.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.00785 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.00785
Petition for review of criminal history; fee
Status: in_force

1. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall develop and implement a process by which a person with a criminal history may petition the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator to review the criminal history of the person to determine if the person's criminal history will disqualify the person from obtaining a certification pursuant to NRS 379.0073 .

2. Not later than 90 days after a petition is submitted to the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator pursuant to subsection 1, the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall inform the person of the determination of the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator of whether the person's criminal history will disqualify the person from obtaining a certification. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator is not bound by his or her determination of disqualification or qualification and may rescind such a determination at any time.

3. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator may provide instructions to a person who receives a determination of disqualification to remedy the determination of disqualification. A person may resubmit a petition pursuant to subsection 1 not earlier than 6 months after receiving instructions pursuant to this subsection if the person remedies the determination of disqualification.

4. A person with a criminal history may petition the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator at any time, including, without limitation, before obtaining any education or paying any fee required to obtain a certification from the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator.

5. A person may submit a new petition to the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator not earlier than 2 years after the final determination of the initial petition submitted to the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator.

6. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator may impose a fee of up to $50 upon the person to fund the administrative costs in complying with the provisions of this section. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator may waive such fees or allow such fees to be covered by funds from a scholarship or grant.

7. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator may post on its Internet website: (a) The requirements to obtain a certification from the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator; and (b) A list of crimes, if any, that would disqualify a person from obtaining a certification from the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator.

8. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator may request the criminal history record of a person who petitions the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator for a determination pursuant to subsection 1. To the extent consistent with federal law, if the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator makes such a request of a person, the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall require the person to submit his or her criminal history record which includes a report from: (a) The Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History; and (b) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.

9. A person who petitions the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator for a determination pursuant to subsection 1 shall not submit false or misleading information to the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator.

10. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall, on or before the 20th day of January, April, July and October, submit to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau in an electronic format prescribed by the Director, a report that includes: (a) The number of petitions submitted to the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator pursuant to subsection 1; (b) The number of determinations of disqualification made by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator pursuant to subsection 1; (c) The reasons for such determinations; and (d) Any other information that is requested by the Director or which the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator determines would be helpful.

11. The Director shall transmit a compilation of the information received pursuant to subsection 10 to the Legislative Commission quarterly, unless otherwise directed by the Commission.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378.230 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378 / Section 378.230
Declaration of legislative intent
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature that the Division, in carrying out its functions, follow accepted:

1. Standards of archival practice to assure maximum accessibility for the general public; and

2. Procedures for the management of records to increase the efficiency of the system of governmental records and reduce the administrative costs associated with the maintenance, use, retention and disposition of records.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 383.160 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 383 / Section 383.160
Duties of Office of Historic Preservation
Status: in_force

The Office shall:

1. Upon application by: (a) An interested landowner, assist the landowner in contacting the Indian tribe which has the closest cultural affiliation to an Indian burial site and any artifacts and human remains associated with the site so that the landowner may directly consult with the Indian tribe, if any, concerning the treatment and disposition of the Indian burial site and any artifacts and human remains associated with the site; and (b) Either party, mediate a dispute arising between a landowner and an Indian tribe relating to the treatment and disposition of an Indian burial site and any artifacts and human remains associated with the site.

2. In performing its duties pursuant to NRS 383.150 to 383.190 , inclusive, endeavor to: (a) Protect Indian burial sites and any associated artifacts and human remains from excavation, vandalism and destruction; and (b) In consultation with the closest culturally affiliated Indian tribe, provide for the sensitive treatment and disposition of Indian burial sites and any associated artifacts and human remains consistent with the planned use of land. 3. Determine which Indian tribe has the closest cultural affiliation to the Indian burial site and any artifacts and human remains associated with the site.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378.270 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378 / Section 378.270
Furnishing copies of archival material; fee
Status: in_force

1. Subject to the provisions of NRS 378.310 and subsection 4 of NRS 239.090 , the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall furnish, on request, to a person who has paid the proper fees for it, a copy of material not deemed confidential in the archives, and may certify it if required.

2. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator may charge a reasonable fee for searching archives of the State and for producing copies of and for certifying copies of material in the archives.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 380.155 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 380 / Section 380.155
Payment in advance for books and materials
Status: in_force

The price for the purchase of books or library materials by subscription may be paid in advance of the receipt of such books or materials.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.020 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.020
Trustees of county library: Appointment; terms; vacancies; compensation; expenses; removal
Status: in_force

1. The board of county commissioners shall appoint five competent persons who are residents of the county to serve as county library trustees. Three trustees shall hold office for the terms of 1, 2 and 3 years respectively, and two trustees shall hold office for terms of 4 years. Annually thereafter, the board of county commissioners shall appoint one trustee who shall hold office for a term of 4 years, except that in those years in which the terms of two trustees expire, the board of county commissioners shall appoint two trustees for terms of 4 years. County library trustees shall hold office until their successors are appointed and qualified.

2. No trustee may be appointed to hold office for more than two consecutive 4-year terms.

3. All vacancies which may occur at any time in the office of county library trustee must be filled by appointment by the board of county commissioners.

4. County library trustees serve without compensation, except that the board of county commissioners may provide for compensation in an amount of not more than $40 per meeting, with a total of not more than $80 per month, and may provide travel expenses and subsistence allowance for the members in the same amounts as are allowed for employees of the county library.

5. The board of county commissioners may remove any trustee who fails, without cause, to attend three successive meetings of the trustees.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.150 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.150
Agreements with State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator for improvement of services
Status: in_force

A library operated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may enter into agreements with the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator, where the objective of the agreements is the improvement of library service.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 380.150 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 380 / Section 380.150
Facility to be furnished by board of county commissioners
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners shall provide an adequate facility for the use of a law library established under the provisions of this chapter whenever such a facility is demanded by a board of law library trustees of that county or as the need for such a facility may otherwise appear.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.146 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.146
Regional library board: Appointment; terms; number
Status: in_force

1. Each regional library shall be governed by a regional library board appointed in accordance with a method jointly agreed upon by the governing bodies of the participating political subdivisions, for a term of not more than 4 years.

2. The regional library board shall consist of not less than 5 nor more than 11 members.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 383.170 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 383 / Section 383.170
Procedure upon discovery of Indian burial site; permissible excavation; treatment of prehistoric native Indian human remains and funerary objects; exceptions
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3: (a) A person who disturbs the cairn or grave of a native Indian through inadvertence while engaged in a lawful activity such as construction, mining, logging or farming or any other person who discovers the cairn or grave of a native Indian that has not been previously reported to the Office shall immediately report the discovery and the location of the Indian burial site to the Office. (b) Upon receiving a report pursuant to paragraph (a), the Office shall immediately notify, in writing, and initiate consultation with any Indian tribe: (1) Who is or is likely to be culturally affiliated with the Indian burial site; (2) On whose aboriginal lands the Indian burial site was discovered; or (3) Who is reasonably known to have a direct cultural relationship to the Indian burial site. (c) The written notice must include a proposed time and place for the consultation with the Office. (d) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (e), within 10 days after the notice is given by the Office, the landowner shall consult with the Indian tribe which has the closest cultural affiliation to the Indian burial site, as determined by the Office, concerning the treatment and disposition of the site and all artifacts and human remains associated with the site. The Indian tribe may, with the permission of the landowner, inspect the site. Within 10 days after the inspection, if any, the Indian tribe may recommend an appropriate means for the treatment and disposition of the site and all artifacts and human remains associated with the site. Those recommendations may include, without limitation, that any human remains or artifacts associated with the site are: (1) Preserved in place; (2) Reinterred at another location that is determined in consultation with the Indian tribe which has the closest cultural affiliation to the human remains or artifacts associated with the site; or (3) Returned to the closest culturally affiliated Indian tribe, in accordance with the repatriation process adopted pursuant to NRS 383.440 , if a request for repatriation is made. Within 10 days after receiving the recommendations, if any, for the treatment and disposition of the site and all artifacts and human remains associated with the site, the landowner may appeal the recommendations to the Office. (e) Failure of an Indian tribe to respond within 10 days after notice has been given to the Indian tribe pursuant to paragraph (b) shall be deemed a waiver of the requirement for consultation with the Indian tribe. (f) If the Indian burial site is located on private land and: (1) The Office fails to identify the closest culturally affiliated Indian tribe or consultation with the closest culturally affiliated Indian tribe is waived pursuant to paragraph (e); or (2) The landowner rejects the recommendation made pursuant to paragraph (d) and mediation conducted pursuant to NRS 383.160 fails to provide measures acceptable to the landowner, the landowner shall, at his or her own expense, reinter with appropriate dignity all artifacts and human remains associated with the site in a location not subject to further disturbance. (g) If the Indian burial site is located on public land and action is necessary to protect the burial site from immediate destruction, the Office may cause a professional archeologist to excavate the site and remove all artifacts and human remains associated with the site for subsequent reinterment, under the supervision of the closest culturally affiliated Indian tribe, if any. (h) Any other excavation of an Indian burial site may be conducted only: (1) By a professional archeologist; (2) After written notification to the Administrator; and (3) With the prior written consent of the closest culturally affiliated Indian tribe, if any. Failure of an Indian tribe to respond to a request for permission within 60 days after its mailing by certified mail, return receipt requested, shall be deemed consent to the excavation. All artifacts and human remains removed during such an excavation must be reinterred under the supervision of the closest culturally affiliated Indian tribe, if any, except that the Indian tribe may, by explicit written consent, authorize the public display of a particular artifact if the public display is respectful, as determined in consultation with the Indian tribe. The archeologist, closest culturally affiliated Indian tribe, if any, and landowner shall negotiate an agreement to determine who will pay the expenses related to the interment. (i) The Office shall determine which Indian tribe has the closest cultural affiliation to an Indian burial site and all artifacts and human remains associated with the site. (j) Prehistoric native Indian human remains or funerary objects discovered at an Indian burial site: (1) Must not be subjected to scientific study unless the Office reasonably determines that scientific study is necessary for the limited purpose of determining which Indian tribe has the closest cultural affiliation to the prehistoric native Indian human remains or funerary objects; and (2) Must not be separated when the prehistoric native Indian human remains and funerary objects are reinterred. (k) Nondestructive analysis on any other artifacts removed from an Indian burial site may be conducted only with the explicit written consent of the closest culturally affiliated Indian tribe, if any.

2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply, with respect to prehistoric Indian burial sites, to a permit issued pursuant to NRS 381.196 .

3. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply, with respect to prehistoric native Indian human remains or funerary objects, if the person who disturbed the cairn or grave of a native Indian through inadvertence while engaged in a lawful activity is subject to an existing agreement with: (a) The closest culturally affiliated Indian tribe that relates to the discovery of prehistoric native Indian human remains or a funerary object; or (b) A federal agency that was executed pursuant to federal law and that relates to the discovery of prehistoric native Indian human remains or a funerary object.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.1473 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.1473
Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

The Legislature declares:

1. That the State recognizes the desirability of supporting the extension of library services beyond the jurisdiction of any single library;

2. That the formation of a regional network of libraries is an effective means of providing services beyond local boundaries; and

3. That all public libraries in this State should be linked to regional networks to form a system of communications and provision of services which will encourage cooperation and maximum use of available resources.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 384.110 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 384 / Section 384.110
Certificate of appropriateness: Application; considerations in deliberations by Commission and staff
Status: in_force

1. No structure may be erected, reconstructed, altered, restored, moved or demolished within the historic district until after an application for a certificate of appropriateness as to exterior architectural features has been submitted to and approved by the Commission, or by its staff pursuant to NRS 384.115 . The application for a certificate of appropriateness must be in such form and accompanied by such plans, specifications and other material as the Commission may from time to time prescribe.

2. In its deliberations under the provisions of NRS 384.010 to 384.210 , inclusive, the Commission and its staff shall not consider interior arrangement or use and shall take no action under NRS 384.010 to 384.210 , inclusive, except for the purpose of preventing the erection, reconstruction, restoration, alteration, moving or razing of buildings in the district obviously incongruous with the historic aspects of the district.

3. The provisions of NRS 384.010 to 384.210 , inclusive, do not prevent: (a) The ordinary maintenance or repair of any exterior architectural feature in the historic district which does not involve a change of design or material or the outward appearance thereof; (b) The construction, reconstruction, alteration or demolition of any such feature which the building inspector or similar authority certifies is required by the public safety because of an unsafe or dangerous condition; or (c) The construction, reconstruction, alteration or demolition of any such feature under a permit issued by a building inspector or similar authority prior to the effective date of the establishment of such district.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378.110 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378 / Section 378.110
Disposition of fines
Status: in_force

Money collected by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator from fines must be deposited in the appropriated fund of the State Library, Archives and Public Records, and may be credited to those budgeted items designated by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 383.091 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 383 / Section 383.091
Program for historical markers
Status: in_force

1. The Administrator shall: (a) Establish the qualifications and standards for a historical markers program, designate a qualified site when the owner consents and make an inventory of qualified sites on both public and privately owned lands. (b) Establish a state historical marker registry system. (c) Consult with the Nevada Historical Society to determine the content of the legend on all markers. Upon request by any state agency or political subdivision, the Administrator shall prepare the legend for any new historical marker identified in the inventory of qualified sites not already included in the State Historical Marker Registry. (d) Solicit the cooperation of owners of private property for the installation of historical markers on eligible properties and structures in order that they may be included in the State Historical Marker Registry.

2. When the owner of private property consents to the placement by a nonprofit organization of a historical marker in or on a structure located on his or her property, the owner shall be deemed to have consented to the maintenance of the historical marker in or on the structure for as long as the structure remains standing unless the owner notifies the nonprofit organization and requests the organization to remove the historical marker. The owner shall notify any person to whom he or she sells or otherwise transfers ownership of the structure of the duty to maintain the historical marker. The purchaser of a structure in or on which a historical marker has been placed by a nonprofit organization shall maintain the historical marker on the structure for as long as he or she owns the structure and shall notify any person to whom he or she sells or otherwise transfers ownership of the structure of the duty to maintain the historical marker unless the purchaser notifies the nonprofit organization and requests the organization to remove the historical marker. If the structure in or on which a historical marker is placed by a nonprofit organization is renovated or remodeled in such a manner as to require the removal of the historical marker, the owner shall ensure that the marker is reattached to the structure in the same place or in a place of similar prominence as soon as practicable after the completion of the renovation or remodeling project.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378.090 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378 / Section 378.090
Gift Fund for the State Library, Archives and Public Records: Money to be deposited therein; nature of Fund; disposition of interest and income
Status: in_force

Any gift of money to the State Library, Archives and Public Records or to the State of Nevada for its library or archives which the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator is authorized to accept must be deposited in the State Treasury in a fund to be known as the Gift Fund for the State Library, Archives and Public Records. This Fund is a continuing fund without reversion, and money in the Fund must be used for those purposes only and expended in accordance with the terms of the gift. Any interest and income earned on the money in the Fund, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the Fund.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 383.500 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 383 / Section 383.500
Creation; members; Chair; rules; meetings; quorum; allowances and expenses
Status: in_force

1. The Commission for Cultural Centers and Historic Preservation is hereby created. The Commission is advisory to the Department and consists of: (a) The Chair of the Board of Trustees of Nevada Humanities or a member of the Board of Trustees of Nevada Humanities designated by the Chair; (b) The Chair of the Board of the Nevada Arts Council of the Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs or a member of the Board of the Nevada Arts Council designated by the Chair; (c) The Chair of the Advisory Board or a member of the Advisory Board designated by the Chair; (d) A member of the Advisory Board appointed by the Governor; (e) A member of the Advisory Board appointed by the Governor after giving consideration to any recommendation of an enrolled member of a Nevada Indian tribe which is submitted by the Nevada Indian Commission, after consultation with the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada, Inc., or its successor organization; (f) One representative of the general public who has a working knowledge of the promotion of tourism in Nevada and who is appointed by the Governor; and (g) The Chair of the State Council on Libraries and Literacy or a member of the State Council on Libraries and Literacy designated by the Chair.

2. The Commission shall: (a) Elect from its membership a Chair who shall serve for a term of 2 years. A vacancy occurring in this position must be filled by election of the members of the Commission for the remainder of the unexpired term. (b) Prescribe rules for its own management and government. (c) Meet biannually, or at more frequent times if it deems necessary, and may, within the limitations of its budget, hold special meetings at the call of the Chair.

3. Four members of the Commission constitute a quorum, but a majority of the members of the Commission is necessary to consider particular business before it and to exercise the power conferred on the Commission.

4. The members of the Commission are not entitled to be paid a salary, but are entitled, while engaged in the business of the Commission, to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 383.075 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 383 / Section 383.075
Stewardship program: Establishment; selection, training and certification of volunteers; powers of program; coordination of activities with other entities; administrative services; acceptance of gifts and grants
Status: in_force

1. The Administrator shall, by regulation, establish a stewardship program to: (a) Protect cultural resources located on public land in this State; (b) Increase public awareness of the significance and value of cultural resources and the damage done to cultural resources by an act of vandalism; (c) Discourage acts of vandalism and the unlawful sale and trade of artifacts, including, without limitation, archeological and paleontological materials; (d) Support and encourage improved standards for investigating and researching cultural resources in this State; (e) Promote cooperation among governmental agencies, organizations, private industries, Native American tribes and persons who wish to protect cultural resources and enter into agreements with those agencies, organizations, private industries, Native American tribes and persons to promote the protection of cultural resources; and (f) Increase the inventory of cultural resources maintained pursuant to NRS 383.021 .

2. The Administrator shall select, train and certify volunteers to serve in the stewardship program based upon the requirements established by the Administrator.

3. The stewardship program may: (a) In cooperation with governmental agencies, organizations, private industries, Native American tribes and persons specified in paragraph (e) of subsection 1, submit a proposed list to the Administrator for approval setting forth any sites that are or may include cultural resources located on public land in this State; (b) Schedule periodic monitoring activities by volunteers of sites included on the list approved pursuant to paragraph (a); (c) Establish requirements for reporting any act of vandalism to appropriate authorities as determined by the Administrator; and (d) Establish programs for educating the members of the public concerning the significance and value of cultural resources and the loss to the members of the public resulting from damage to cultural resources.

4. The Administrator shall coordinate the activities of federal agencies, private industries, Native American tribes and state and local governmental agencies, as necessary, to carry out the stewardship program.

5. The Administrator and the Office shall provide administrative services to assist in carrying out the stewardship program.

6. Volunteers selected for the stewardship program serve without compensation and are not entitled to receive any per diem allowance or travel expenses.

7. The Administrator may accept gifts, grants, donations or contributions from any source to assist the Administrator in carrying out the stewardship program.

8. As used in this section, “ act of vandalism ” means to damage, destroy or commit or threaten to commit any other act that defaces or harms any cultural resources without the consent of the owner or appropriate governmental agency, including, without limitation, inscribing, marking, etching, scratching, drawing, painting on or affixing to the cultural resources any mark, figure or design.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.1475 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.1475
Agreement to form regional network of libraries
Status: in_force

1. The governing bodies of two or more libraries may enter into an agreement to form a regional network of libraries for the purpose of facilitating regional cooperation, improved communications and sharing of resources. The purposes of the regional network may be furthered by such activities as: (a) Developing and operating interlibrary systems to improve access to dispersed library and information services. (b) Applying new technologies for improved efficiency in the use and availability of resources. (c) Improving access to advanced research which will help increase productivity and solve emerging problems of common concern.

2. An agreement to form a regional network of libraries is subject to the provisions of the Interlocal Cooperation Act.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 384.210 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 384 / Section 384.210
Appeal to district court from determination of Commission or Board of Museums and History
Status: in_force

1. Any person aggrieved by a determination of the Commission, or of the Board of Museums and History made pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 384.150 , may, within 30 days after the making of the determination, appeal to the district court of the county where the property in question is located.

2. The court may reverse the determination of the Commission if it finds that the reasons given for the determination are unsupported by the evidence or contrary to law. The proceeding in the district court is limited to the record made before the Commission.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 383.400 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 383 / Section 383.400
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 383.400 to 383.440 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 383.405 to 383.425 , inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.221 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.221
Enforcement by Division of State Parks, sheriffs and other peace officers
Status: in_force

The Division of State Parks of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and personnel thereof, the sheriffs in their respective counties, the Nevada Highway Patrol, and all other peace officers shall be charged with the enforcement of NRS 381.195 to 381.227 , inclusive. Those persons charged with the enforcement of NRS 381.195 to 381.227 , inclusive, may, within their established jurisdiction:

1. At any time, examine the permit of any person claiming privileges granted under NRS 381.197 and may fully examine all work done under the permit; and

2. Examine the permit of a person claiming privileges under a permit issued pursuant to NRS 381.196 in the manner set forth in the regulations adopted pursuant to that section.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 384.190 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 384 / Section 384.190
Powers of building inspector or similar authority employed by Commission; order to stop work
Status: in_force

1. The building inspector or similar authority employed by the Commission may investigate, inspect and examine any structure, place or area in the District, either in connection with an application for a certificate of appropriateness, or at any time to determine whether it is in violation of any provision of NRS 384.010 to 384.210 , inclusive, or any regulation or order adopted or issued under authority of NRS 384.010 to 384.210 , inclusive.

2. Whenever any work is being done contrary to the provisions of NRS 384.010 to 384.210 , inclusive, the building inspector or similar authority may order the work stopped by notice in writing served on any person engaged in the doing or causing such work to be done, and any such person shall forthwith stop such work until authorized by the Commission to proceed with the work.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 383.081 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 383 / Section 383.081
Preparation and contents of plan for statewide historic preservation; federal financial assistance
Status: in_force

1. The Administrator shall prepare and maintain a comprehensive statewide historic preservation plan. The plan must contain: (a) An evaluation of the needs for preservation of historic sites; (b) A program for carrying out the plan; and (c) Other information which the Administrator determines to be necessary.

2. The plan must: (a) Take into account relevant federal resources and programs; and (b) Be correlated insofar as practicable with other state, regional and local plans.

3. The Administrator, subject to approval by the Director, may represent and act for the State in dealing with the Federal Government or any of its agencies, instrumentalities or officers for the purposes of receiving financial assistance for planning, acquisition or development of historic preservation projects pursuant to the provisions of federal law.

4. The Administrator, subject to approval by the Director, may administer and disburse to other state agencies, political subdivisions, eleemosynary organizations, nonprofit organizations and private persons and enterprises money paid by the Federal Government to the State of Nevada as financial assistance for planning, acquisition or development of historic preservation projects, and the Administrator shall, on behalf of the State, keep such records as the Federal Government prescribes and as will facilitate an effective audit, including records which fully disclose: (a) The amount and the disposition by the State of the proceeds of that assistance; (b) The total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with such assistance as given or used; and (c) The amount and nature of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources.

5. Authorized representatives of the Federal Government have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers and records of the State that are pertinent to financial assistance received by the State pursuant to federal law for planning, acquisition or development of historic preservation projects.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.225 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.225
Acts of vandalism unlawful; penalty
Status: in_force

1. It is unlawful for any person to commit vandalism upon any historic or prehistoric sites, natural monuments, speleological sites and objects of antiquity, or to write or paint or carve initials or words, or in any other way deface, any of those objects, Indian paintings or historic buildings.

2. Unless a greater penalty is provided in NRS 206.125 or 206.330 , a person violating the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a public offense proportionate to the value of the property damaged or destroyed as set forth in NRS 193.155 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.0051 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.0051
“Consolidated library” defined
Status: in_force

“Consolidated library” means a library established pursuant to NRS 379.0221 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378.005 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378 / Section 378.005
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

1. “ Administrator ” means the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator.

2. “ Department ” means the Department of Administration.

3. “ Director ” means the Director of the Department.

4. “ Division ” means the Division of State Library, Archives and Public Records of the Department.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.239 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.239
Endowment Fund for the Historic Preservation of the Nevada State Prison: Creation; deposits; uses
Status: in_force

1. The Endowment Fund for the Historic Preservation of the Nevada State Prison is hereby created as a trust fund in the State Treasury.

2. The State Treasurer shall deposit in the Fund: (a) Any money received from any commercial or tourist enterprises relating to the use of the historic structures, buildings and other property of the Nevada State Prison as a historical, cultural, educational and scientific resource, except for any administrative expenses of a nonprofit corporation retained by the corporation pursuant to NRS 381.241 . (b) At the end of each fiscal year, the money required by subsection 6 of NRS 209.194 to be transferred from the Silver State Industries Endowment Fund created by that section. (c) Any other gifts, grants or donations of money the State Treasurer receives from any person who wishes to contribute to the Fund.

3. The interest and income earned on the money in the Fund must be credited to the Fund.

4. The Fund must be administered by the agency to which the historic structures, buildings and other property of the Nevada State Prison are assigned for administration pursuant to NRS 321.004 , in consultation with the Board and the Nevada State Prison Preservation Society or its successor.

5. The money in the Fund must only be used for the purposes of the operation, maintenance and preservation of the historic structures, buildings and other property of the Nevada State Prison as a historical, cultural, educational and scientific resource. The agency that administers the Fund may use not more than 10 percent of the interest earned on the principal of the Fund to pay administrative costs.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.0222 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.0222
Trustees of consolidated library district: Appointment; terms; compensation; removal; executive director
Status: in_force

1. After the consolidation of a city into a county library district, the board of county commissioners and the governing body of the city shall each appoint five competent persons who are residents of the new consolidated library district to serve as trustees.

2. The terms of office of the trustees appointed pursuant to subsection 1 are as follows: (a) Three persons appointed by each governing body must be appointed for terms of 4 years. (b) Two persons so appointed must be appointed for terms of 2 years. Thereafter the offices of trustees must be filled for terms of 4 years in the order in which the terms expire. No person may be appointed to hold office for more than two consecutive terms.

3. A vacancy in the office of trustee which occurs because of the expiration of the term must be filled by appointment for a term of 4 years. A vacancy which occurs other than by expiration of the term must be filled by appointment for the unexpired term.

4. The trustees are entitled to receive a salary of $40 per meeting, but not more than $80 per month, in addition to the travel and subsistence allowances in the same amounts as are provided for employees of the consolidated library district.

5. The board of county commissioners or governing body of the city, as the case may be, may remove any trustee appointed by it: (a) For cause, as described in NRS 283.440 ; or (b) Who fails, without good cause, to attend three successive meetings of the trustees.

6. The trustees shall appoint an executive director for the consolidated library district who serves at the pleasure of the trustees.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 380.090 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 380 / Section 380.090
Reports to board of county commissioners
Status: in_force

1. At the first meeting of the board of county commissioners in each year, the board of law library trustees shall make a report to the board on the condition for the past year of the board's trust, including: (a) A full statement of all the board's property and money received, whence derived, how used and how expended. (b) The number of books, periodicals and other publications on hand. (c) The number of books, periodicals and other publications added by purchase, gift or otherwise during the year. (d) The number of books, periodicals and other publications lost or missing. (e) Such other information as might be of interest.

2. At the same time, a financial report showing all receipts and disbursements of money must be made by the secretary or law librarian if the duty was so delegated.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.0078 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.0078
Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for certification; grounds for denial of certification; duty of State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator
Status: in_force

<See notes for changes to this section effective under certain conditions.>

1. An applicant for the issuance or renewal of certification shall submit to the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator the statement prescribed by the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 425.520 . The statement must be completed and signed by the applicant.

2. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall include the statement required pursuant to subsection 1 in: (a) The application or any other forms that must be submitted for the issuance or renewal of the certification; or (b) A separate form prescribed by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator.

3. A certificate may not be issued or renewed by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator if the applicant: (a) Fails to submit the statement required pursuant to subsection 1; or (b) Indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that the applicant is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order.

4. If an applicant indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that the applicant is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order, the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall advise the applicant to contact the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order to determine the actions that the applicant may take to satisfy the arrearage.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 384.115 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 384 / Section 384.115
Certificate of appropriateness: Authorization by Commission for staff to issue certificates under certain circumstances
Status: in_force

1. The Commission may authorize its staff to issue certificates of appropriateness on behalf of the Commission for specific categories and types of applications if those applications comply substantially with the requirements and public policy set forth in NRS 384.010 to 384.210 , inclusive.

2. If an application for a certificate of appropriateness submitted to the Commission: (a) Does not fall within a category or type for which the Commission has authorized its staff to issue certificates of appropriateness pursuant to subsection 1; or (b) Is determined by the staff of the Commission as not being in substantial compliance with the requirements and public policy set forth in NRS 384.010 to 384.210 , inclusive, the staff shall forward the application to the Commission for a hearing and determination by the Commission pursuant to NRS 384.120 and 384.130 .

3. If the staff forwards an application to the Commission pursuant to subsection 2 because the application does not comply substantially with the requirements and public policy set forth in NRS 384.010 to 384.210 , inclusive, the staff shall include a statement of the reasons for its determination.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 383.420 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 383 / Section 383.420
“State agency” defined
Status: in_force

“State agency” means the State of Nevada or any board, commission, department, division or other public agency of this State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.060 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.060
Extension of services of consolidated, county or district library: Contracts with counties, cities, towns and school districts
Status: in_force

1. The trustees of any consolidated, county or district library shall cooperate with and enter into contracts with the board of county commissioners of any other county, or with any city or town in any other county, or with any school district, when necessary to secure to the residents of the other county, or to the residents of the city or town in the other county, or to the pupils of the school district, the same privileges of the consolidated, county or district library as are granted to or enjoyed by the residents of the county or consolidated or county library district, or such privileges as may be agreed upon in the contract. The consideration agreed upon must be specified in the contract, and must be paid into the consolidated, county or district library fund or a special fund for library purposes of the county providing the service.

2. Any contracting county, city, town or school district may terminate any contract which may be entered into upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the parties thereto.

3. Any county, city or town wherein a library has been established may cooperate with and contract with the trustees of any consolidated, county, district or town library to obtain for the residents of the county, city or town an increase in library services or such privileges as may be agreed upon.

4. The trustees of any consolidated, county or district library may cooperate with and contract with the board of county commissioners of any other county, relative to any phase of library service.

5. Any county, city or town contracting for library service may at any time establish a library for the use of its inhabitants, whereupon its contract for service may be continued or terminated on such terms as may be agreed upon by the parties thereto.

6. The tax-levying body of any county, city or town contracting to receive library services may budget for and levy a tax to meet the terms of the contract. The board of trustees of a school district may budget to meet the terms of the contract.

7. The trustees of the consolidated, county or district library providing services may expend any amounts received in consideration of any such contract in addition to the amount budgeted for the consolidated, county or district library.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.213 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.213
Conditions for voiding
Status: in_force

Failure to begin work under the permit within 6 months after the effective date of a permit described in NRS 381.197 , or failure to prosecute diligently such work after it is begun, shall render the permit void without any order from the Board.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.245 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.245
Preservation of old and obsolete property and public records from Division of State Library, Archives and Public Records
Status: in_force

The Nevada Historical Society shall preserve as is deemed appropriate all old and obsolete property and obsolete and noncurrent public records presented to it by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator from the archives and records of the Division of State Library, Archives and Public Records of the Department of Administration.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 383.190 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 383 / Section 383.190
Civil remedy
Status: in_force

1. In addition to the imposition of any criminal penalty, an Indian tribe or an enrolled member of an Indian tribe may bring a civil action to secure an injunction, damages and other appropriate relief against a person who violates NRS 383.170 or 383.180 . The action must be brought within 2 years after the discovery of the action by the plaintiff. The action may be filed in the district court for the county in which the cairn, grave, artifacts or remains are located, or within which the defendant resides.

2. If the plaintiff prevails in the action: (a) The court may award reasonable attorney fees to the plaintiff. (b) The court may grant injunctive or such other equitable relief as is appropriate, including forfeiture of any artifacts or human remains acquired or equipment used in the violation. The court shall order the disposition of any forfeited equipment as it sees fit, and order the reinterment of the artifacts and human remains at the defendant's expense under the supervision of the Indian tribe. (c) The plaintiff may recover actual damages.

3. If the defendant prevails in the action, the court may award reasonable attorney fees to the defendant.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 380A.061 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 380A / Section 380A.061
Officers; records
Status: in_force

The Council shall elect a Chair and a Vice Chair at the first meeting held after July 1 of each year. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall serve as Secretary of the Council but is not entitled to a vote. The Secretariat is the State Library, Archives and Public Records, where all files and records of the Council must be maintained.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 383.435 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 383 / Section 383.435
Prohibited acts; penalties; exceptions; civil remedy
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who knowingly and willfully removes, mutilates, defaces, excavates, injures or destroys a historic or prehistoric site or resource on state land or who receives, traffics in or sells cultural property appropriated from state land without a valid permit, unless a greater penalty is provided by a specific statute: (a) For a first offense, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. (b) For a second offense, is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130 . (c) For a third or subsequent offense, 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 a person found guilty of any violation of this subsection to pay restitution for the cost of restoration, stabilization and interpretation of the site or cultural property, as applicable.

2. This section does not apply to any action taken: (a) In accordance with an agreement with the Office entered into pursuant to NRS 383.430 ; or (b) In accordance with the provisions of NRS 381.195 to 381.227 , inclusive, by the holder of a permit issued pursuant to those sections.

3. In addition to any other penalty, a person who violates a provision of this section is liable for civil damages to the state agency or political subdivision which has jurisdiction over the state land in an amount equal to the cost or, in the discretion of the court, an amount equal to twice the cost of the restoration, stabilization and interpretation of the site plus any court costs and fees.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 383.041 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 383 / Section 383.041
Administrator: Duties; employment of personnel
Status: in_force

The Administrator, subject to administrative supervision by the Director, is responsible for carrying out all provisions of law relating to the functions of the Office. The Administrator may employ, within the limits of available money, any clerical and operational personnel necessary for the administration of the Office.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.0225 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.0225
Issuance of bonds by consolidated or county library district
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the trustees of a consolidated or county library district may propose the issuance of general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed 10 percent of the total last assessed valuation of the taxable property of the district for the purpose of acquiring, constructing or improving buildings and other real property to be used for library purposes or for purchasing books, materials or equipment for newly constructed libraries. The trustees of a consolidated library district shall not propose an issuance of bonds or any other form of indebtedness unless a public hearing on the proposal is first held before the board of county commissioners and the governing body of the city that initially formed the consolidated library district pursuant to NRS 379.0221 . After such a public hearing has been held, the board of county commissioners and the governing body of the city may each: (a) Adopt a resolution that supports or opposes in whole or in part the proposal of the trustees of the consolidated library district; and (b) Transmit the resolution to the debt management commission of the county in which the district is situated.

2. A proposal for the issuance of bonds pursuant to subsection 1 must be submitted to the debt management commission of the county in which the district is situated for its approval or disapproval, pursuant to the provisions of NRS 350.011 to 350.0165 , inclusive. If the debt management commission approves the proposed issuance, the question of issuing the bonds must be submitted to the registered electors of the district in accordance with the provisions of NRS 350.020 to 350.070 , inclusive. If a majority of the electors voting on the question favors the proposal, the board of county commissioners shall issue the bonds as general obligations of the consolidated or county library district pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government Securities Law.

3. Any bond issued for purchasing books, materials or equipment for newly constructed libraries must be redeemed within 5 years after its issuance.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378.255 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378 / Section 378.255
Management and retention of records; provision of microfilming and digital imaging services; inspection of confidential or privileged governmental records; recovery of records
Status: in_force

The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator may:

1. Adopt regulations and establish standards, procedures and techniques for the effective management of records.

2. Make continuing surveys of current practices for the management of records and recommend improvements in those practices, including the use of space, equipment and supplies to create, maintain and store records.

3. Establish standards for the preparation of schedules providing for the retention of state records of continuing value and for the prompt and orderly disposition of state records which no longer possess sufficient administrative, fiscal, legal or research value to warrant their further retention.

4. Establish, maintain and operate a center for storing and retrieving records for state agencies pending the acceptance of the records by the Division or the disposition of the records in any other manner prescribed by law.

5. Establish a program for providing microfilming and digital imaging services for the records of the Legislative and Judicial Branches of State Government, upon request.

6. Establish a program of planning and preparation to assist state agencies and local governments in providing protection for records essential for the continuation or re-establishment of government in the event of a disaster.

7. Provide advice and technical assistance to state agencies, local governmental agencies and, if requested, the Legislative and Judicial Branches of State Government concerning any aspect of managing records.

8. Through the Division, inspect the physical nature of, and information contained in, governmental records in the custody of a state or local governmental agency which are not confidential or privileged.

9. Through the Division, inspect the physical nature of, and information contained in, confidential or privileged governmental records in the custody of a state or local governmental agency if the inspection is necessary to carry out the provisions of subsection 3, 5, 6 or 7 and if the inspection is not prohibited by any federal law or regulation. Inspections must be logged as required pursuant to NRS 239C.230 . The Division shall not disclose any confidential or privileged information in governmental records inspected pursuant to this subsection, and such inspection does not alter, affect, abrogate or waive the confidential or privileged status of the information.

10. With the approval of the Committee to Approve Schedules for the Retention and Disposition of Official State Records created pursuant to NRS 239.073 , bring an action to obtain possession of the records of a state or local governmental agency which are: (a) Of historical value and are not being properly cared for; or (b) Privately held.

In an action to recover a record which is privately held, it is rebuttably presumed that a governmental record which appears to be the original of a document received or the file copy of a document made by a governmental agency is governmental property.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.007 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.007
Purpose of certification; certificate revocable
Status: in_force

The purpose of certifying the personnel of public libraries is to protect the general welfare of the people of this State. Any certificate issued by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator is a revocable privilege and no holder of a certificate acquires any vested right therein.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.144 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.144
Transfer of money to regional library
Status: in_force

The treasurer or other fiscal officer of the other participating political subdivisions shall transfer to the treasurer of the regional library all moneys collected for regional public library purposes in their respective political subdivisions, in accordance with a joint agreement.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378.320 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378 / Section 378.320
Destruction of records transferred to Division by agency of State
Status: in_force

Except for documents which have been accepted into the archives and over which the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator is vested with the right of control and possession, the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall not destroy a record transferred to the Division by a state agency unless:

1. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator first consults with the proper official of the transferring agency; and

2. The destruction is carried out in accordance with a schedule for retention and disposal which has been approved by the Committee to Approve Schedules for the Retention and Disposition of Official State Records created pursuant to NRS 239.073 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 380.170 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 380 / Section 380.170
Distribution of state publications by Director of Legislative Counsel Bureau to law library
Status: in_force

Upon request, the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau shall distribute without charge to the county clerk of each county, for the use of the law library established therein pursuant to the provisions of this chapter:

1. A copy of each publication provided in NRS 345.050 .

2. A copy of the Statutes of Nevada theretofore published.

3. A copy of each other publication of the Legislative Counsel Bureau.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 380.190 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 380 / Section 380.190
Discontinuance of law library: Procedure; disposition of books and money
Status: in_force

1. Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county in which a law library has been established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter desires to discontinue the law library, the board of county commissioners shall discontinue the law library by the enactment of an ordinance. The ordinance must provide for: (a) The discontinuance of the law library. (b) The transfer of the law library books to the chambers of the district judge or judges of the county or to other appropriate locations in the county. (c) The keeping thereafter of such books in the judges' chambers or other locations. (d) The transfer of all money in the law library fund to the county school district fund. (e) The abolishment of the offices of law library trustees, if any.

2. After such an ordinance takes effect, the county clerk shall not set aside the fees provided for in NRS 380.110 .

3. The discontinuance of a law library does not alter the duty of the board of county commissioners to provide, at a publicly accessible location, all legal books and materials which the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator has determined, pursuant to NRS 380.153 , must be available in every county.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 383.180 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 383 / Section 383.180
Prohibited acts; penalties; exceptions
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 383.170 , a person who willfully removes without obtaining any required permit, mutilates, defaces, injures or destroys the cairn or grave of a native Indian: (a) For a first offense, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. (b) For a second offense, is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130 . (c) For a third or subsequent offense, 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 a person found guilty of any violation of this subsection to pay restitution for the cost to reinter with appropriate dignity all artifacts and human remains associated with the cairn or grave.

2. A person who fails to notify the Office of the discovery and location of an Indian burial site in violation of NRS 383.170 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of $500 for the first offense, or by a fine of not more than $1,500 for a second or subsequent offense, and may be further punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 364 days.

3. A person who: (a) Possesses any artifact or human remains taken from the cairn or grave of a native Indian on or after October 1, 1989, in a manner other than that authorized by NRS 383.170 ; (b) Publicly displays or exhibits any of the human remains of a native Indian, except during a funeral ceremony; or (c) Sells any artifact or human remains taken from the cairn or grave of a native Indian, is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130 .

4. This section does not apply to: (a) The possession or sale of an artifact: (1) Discovered in or taken from a location other than the cairn or grave of a native Indian; or (2) Removed from the cairn or grave of a native Indian by other than human action; or (b) Action taken by a peace officer in the performance of his or her duties.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.0087 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.0087
Regulations setting forth standards for approval of courses of study or training
Status: in_force

1. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall adopt regulations setting forth standards for the approval of a course of study or training offered by an educational institution to qualify a person for certification.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall, upon the application of an educational institution or as the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator determines necessary, review and evaluate a course of study or training offered by an educational institution to qualify a person for certification. If the course of study or training meets the standards established by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator, it must be approved by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator.

3. In lieu of reviewing and evaluating a course of study or training, the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator may approve a course of study or training which is approved by a national agency for accreditation.

4. If the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator denies or withdraws approval of a course of study or training, the educational institution is entitled to a hearing and judicial review of the decision of the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.030 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.030
Payment of claims against library fund
Status: in_force

1. All claims for indebtedness incurred or created by the trustees of any consolidated, county, district or town library must: (a) Be audited and approved by a majority of the trustees; (b) Be presented to and acted upon by the board of county commissioners, unless a separate account has been established pursuant to NRS 354.603 ; and (c) Be paid out of the appropriate library fund in the same manner as claims against the county are presented, acted upon and paid.

2. In no case may any claim except for a library and reading room be allowed or paid out of the appropriate library fund.

3. Any money remaining in the county library fund on June 30 of any year reverts to the general fund of the county.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 384.170 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 384 / Section 384.170
Creation and use of Account for the Comstock Historic District; acceptance of gifts, donations, devises and bequests; sale and lease of property; no power of eminent domain
Status: in_force

1. The Commission may accept gifts, donations, devises or bequests of real or personal property for the purpose of enabling it to carry out a program of historic preservation and restoration within the District, and it may expend the same for that purpose. The Commission may sell, or lease for periods not to exceed 20 years, real or personal property for use within the District which it may acquire.

2. The Commission shall deposit gifts or donations of money and any money acquired from selling or leasing the items described in subsection 1 in the Account for the Comstock Historic District which is hereby created in the State General Fund. The Account must be administered by the Commission. Any interest earned on the money in the Account must be credited to the Account. The money deposited in the Account and all interest paid thereon may be expended only for the maintenance of the Commission or to carry out the program of historic preservation and restoration within the District.

3. The Commission has no power of eminent domain.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378.300 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378 / Section 378.300
Period of confidentiality of confidential public records
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115 , public records acquired by the Division which have been declared by law to be confidential must remain confidential for 30 years or, if the record relates to a natural person, until the death of the natural person, whichever is later, unless another period has been fixed by specific statute.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 383.530 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 383 / Section 383.530
Determination of annual amount of financial assistance to be granted by Commission; notice to State Board of Examiners and State Board of Finance; issuance of bonds
Status: in_force

1. The Commission shall determine annually the total amount of financial assistance it will grant from the proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to this section in that calendar year pursuant to NRS 383.500 to 383.540 , inclusive. The Commission shall notify the State Board of Examiners and the State Board of Finance of that amount.

2. After receiving the notice given pursuant to subsection 1, the State Board of Finance shall issue general obligation bonds of the State of Nevada in the amount necessary to generate the amount to be granted by the Commission from the proceeds of the bonds issued pursuant to this section, to pay the expenses related to the issuance of the bonds and to pay for the administrative services of the Commission. The expenses related to the issuance of bonds pursuant to this section must be paid from the proceeds of the bonds, and must not exceed 2 percent of the face amount of the bonds sold. In no case may the total face amount of the bonds issued pursuant to this section exceed $3,000,000 per year. No public debt is created, within the meaning of Section 3 of Article 9 of the Nevada Constitution , until the issuance of the bonds.

3. The proceeds from the sale of the bonds authorized by this section, after deducting the expenses relating to the issuance of the bonds, must be deposited with the State Treasurer and credited to the Fund for the Preservation and Promotion of Cultural Resources created by NRS 383.540 .

4. The provisions of the State Securities Law, contained in chapter 349 of NRS , apply to the issuance of bonds pursuant to this section.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.0053 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.0053
“County library” defined
Status: in_force

“County library” means a library established pursuant to NRS 379.010 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.1495 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.1495
Compliance with Open Meeting Law; availability of records; exemption from certain taxes; service of certain persons on governing body; nondisclosure of contributors
Status: in_force

1. A library foundation: (a) Shall comply with the provisions of chapter 241 of NRS if the library foundation is a public body, as defined in NRS 241.015 ; (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, shall make its records public and open to inspection pursuant to NRS 239.010 ; (c) Is exempt from the taxes imposed by NRS 375.020 , 375.023 and 375.026 pursuant to subsection 14 of NRS 375.090 ; and (d) May allow a trustee or the executive director or other head administrator, or a designee thereof, of the library which it supports to serve as a member of its governing body.

2. A library foundation is not required to disclose the name of any contributor or potential contributor to the library foundation, the amount of his or her contribution or any information which may reveal or lead to the discovery of his or her identity. The library foundation shall, upon request, allow a contributor to examine, during regular business hours, any record, document or other information of the library foundation relating to that contributor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.0085 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.0085
Account for Improving Access to State Museums for Persons with Disabilities: Creation; administration; use; deposit of gifts, donations, bequests and grants; interest and income; nonreversion
Status: in_force

1. There is hereby created the Account for Improving Access to State Museums for Persons with Disabilities in the State General Fund. The Account shall be administered by the Administrator.

2. The money in the Account must be expended only to improve access at institutions of the Division that are established pursuant to NRS 381.004 for persons with disabilities, including, without limitation, persons who are blind or visually impaired.

3. The Administrator may apply for and accept any gift, donation, bequest, grant or other source of money for deposit in the Account.

4. The interest and income earned on money in the Account from any gift, donation, bequest or appropriation, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the Account.

5. Money from any gift, donation, bequest or appropriation that remains in the Account at the end of the fiscal year does not revert to the State General Fund, and the balance in the Account must be carried forward to the next fiscal year.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.009 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.009
Acquisition or repatriation of abandoned property held by institution
Status: in_force

1. Any property held by an institution for 3 years or more, to which no person has made claim, shall be deemed to be abandoned and, except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, becomes the property of the Division if the Administrator complies with the provisions of subsection 2.

2. The Administrator shall cause to be published in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the institution is located at least once a week for 2 consecutive weeks a notice and listing of the property. The notice must contain: (a) The name and last known address, if any, of the last known owner of the property; (b) A description of the property; and (c) A statement that if proof of a claim is not presented by the owner to the institution and if the owner's right to receive the property is not established to the Administrator's satisfaction within 60 days after the date of the second published notice, the property will be considered abandoned and become the property of the Division.

3. If no claim has been made to the property within 60 days after the date of the second published notice, title, including literary rights, to the property vests in the Division, free from all claims of the owner and of all persons claiming through or under the owner.

4. If property deemed to be abandoned pursuant to subsection 1 is native Indian human remains or another cultural item of an Indian tribe, the Administrator shall: (a) Provide notice to and consult with each applicable Indian tribe in the manner provided by NRS 381.0066 ; (b) Determine which Indian tribe has the closest cultural affiliation to the human remains or other cultural item, in the manner provided by NRS 381.0067 ; and (c) Return the human remains or other cultural item to the closest culturally affiliated Indian tribe in the manner provided by the repatriation process adopted pursuant to NRS 381.0069 , if a request for repatriation is made.

5. To be deemed an object of cultural significance, an object must have ongoing historical, traditional or cultural importance central to an Indian tribe or culture itself, rather than property owned by a member of an Indian tribe, and which, therefore, cannot be alienated, appropriated or conveyed by any person, regardless of whether the person is a member of the Indian tribe. The object must have been considered inalienable by the Indian tribe at the time the object was separated from such group.

6. As used in this section: (a) “ Cultural item ” means human remains, a funerary object, a sacred object or an object of cultural significance. (b) “ Object of cultural significance ” means an object which meets the qualifications of subsection 5. (c) “ Sacred object ” means a historic or prehistoric object that was or is needed by traditional religious leaders of an Indian tribe for the practice of the traditional religion of an Indian tribe.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.0033 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.0033
Budgeting, expenditure and accounting of money in Dedicated Trust Fund
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2: (a) The private money must be budgeted and expended, within any limitations which may have been specified by particular donors, at the discretion of the Board. (b) The Board or its designee shall submit a report to the Interim Finance Committee semiannually concerning the investment and expenditure of the private money in such form and detail as the Interim Finance Committee determines is necessary. (c) A separate statement concerning the anticipated amount and proposed expenditures of the private money must be submitted to the Chief of the Budget Division of the Office of Finance for his or her information at the same time and for the same fiscal years as the proposed budget of the Department submitted pursuant to NRS 353.210 . The statement must be attached to the proposed budget of the Department when it is submitted to the Legislature.

2. Any private money which the Board authorizes for use in funding all or part of a classified or unclassified position or an independent contractor must be included in the budget prepared for the Department pursuant to chapter 353 of NRS . The Board shall transfer to the State Treasurer for deposit in the appropriate general fund budget account of the Division any money necessary to pay the payroll costs for the positions that it has agreed to partially or fully fund from private money. The money must be transferred on a regular basis at such times as the State Treasurer determines is necessary.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378A.030 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378A / Section 378A.030
Creation; membership; Secretary; recommendations to Legislature
Status: in_force

The State Historical Records Advisory Board, consisting of the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator and nine members appointed by the Governor, is hereby created. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall serve as a nonvoting member of the Board and Secretary to the Board. The Board is responsible to the Governor and may make recommendations to the Legislature.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.0067 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.0067
Museum directors: Criteria for determining cultural affiliation of Indian tribe with artifact or site
Status: in_force

The museum director of an institution shall use the criteria for determining cultural affiliation set forth in 43 C.F.R. § 10.14 to determine which Indian tribe has the closest cultural affiliation, if any, with regard to a particular artifact or site.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 383.111 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 383 / Section 383.111
Contracts: Historic preservation and archeological activities; expenses for overhead
Status: in_force

1. The Administrator, subject to the approval of the Director, may negotiate contracts for: (a) Historic preservation activities. (b) Archeological activities.

2. Any contract for services may include a charge sufficient to cover overhead expenses.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 384.040 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 384 / Section 384.040
Comstock Historic District Commission: Creation; number of members
Status: in_force

The Comstock Historic District Commission, consisting of nine members appointed by the Governor, is hereby created.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 384.060 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 384 / Section 384.060
Meetings of Commission; quorum
Status: in_force

1. Meetings of the Commission shall be held at such times and places as the Chair or a majority of the commissioners may designate, or as shall be established by the regulations adopted by the Commission.

2. Five members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for all purposes and the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present shall be necessary for the adoption or promulgation of any regulation or order of the Commission.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.227 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.227
Penalty
Status: in_force

Unless a greater penalty is provided by a specific statute and except as otherwise provided in NRS 381.225 , any person violating any of the provisions of NRS 381.195 to 381.227 , inclusive, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.199 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.199
Applicant required to secure state and federal permits
Status: in_force

1. An applicant is required to secure, from the Museum Director, or an agent designated by the Museum Director, a permit described in NRS 381.197 for the investigation, exploration or excavation of any state or federal lands within the boundaries of the State of Nevada.

2. If the land to be investigated, explored or excavated is owned or held by the United States, the applicant is also required to secure a permit from the proper authorities in accordance with the provisions of 16 U.S.C. §§ 431 to 433 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.209 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.209
Limitations and conditions
Status: in_force

The Museum Director may limit a permit described in NRS 381.197 as to time and location. Such a permit may not be granted:

1. For a period of more than 1 year.

2. For investigation, exploration or excavation in a larger area than the applicant can reasonably be expected to explore fully and systematically within the time limit set in the permit.

3. For the removal of any ancient monument, structure or site which can be permanently preserved under the control of the State of Nevada in situ, and remain an object of interest, if desired by the State, for a park, landmark or monument for the benefit of the public.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.0056 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.0056
“Library foundation” defined
Status: in_force

“ Library foundation ” means a nonprofit corporation, association or institution or a charitable organization that is:

1. Organized and operated primarily for the support of a public library;

2. Formed pursuant to the laws of this State; and

3. Exempt from taxation pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.004 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.004
Creation; composition; general duties of institutions
Status: in_force

1. The Division of Museums and History is hereby created in the Department.

2. The Division consists of the Office of the Administrator and a state system of museums consisting of the following museums and historical societies, which are hereby established as institutions of the Division: (a) The Nevada State Museum; (b) The Lost City Museum; (c) The Nevada State Museum Las Vegas; (d) The Nevada Historical Society; (e) The East Ely Depot Museum; (f) The Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City; and (g) The Nevada State Railroad Museum in Boulder City.

3. Each institution shall, in accordance with the duties assigned to it by the Administrator, collect, preserve and interpret the history, prehistory and natural history of this State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 380A.101 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 380A / Section 380A.101
Deposit and expenditure of gifts of money
Status: in_force

All gifts of money which the Council is authorized to accept must be deposited in the State Treasury in a nonreverting gift fund and expended in accordance with the budget laws of the State of Nevada upon properly itemized and verified claims approved by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator and the Council.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.205 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.205
Notice to certain officers when granted
Status: in_force

Upon granting a permit described in NRS 381.197 , the Museum Director shall immediately notify the Office of Historic Preservation, the sheriff in the county in which the permit is to be exercised, and personnel of the Nevada Highway Patrol controlling the state roads of the district embracing the site in which the permit is to be exercised.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.145 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.145
Division of property on withdrawal
Status: in_force

If one of the participating political subdivisions withdraws from the agreement, it is entitled to a division of the property of the regional library on the basis of its contribution.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.1483 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.1483
Governing board of regional network of libraries: Duty to establish policies and procedures to govern programs and activities for libraries
Status: in_force

The governing board of a regional network of libraries has primary responsibility for, and shall establish policies and procedures to govern, library programs and activities which extend beyond the jurisdiction of any single participating library. These programs and activities include but are not limited to libraries, interlibrary loans, development of databases and utilization of new technologies for communication among libraries.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.0075 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.0075
Prohibition on denying application for certification solely on immigration or citizenship status; submission of alternative personally identifying number instead of social security number; confidentiality of social security number or alternative personally identifying number
Status: in_force

1. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall not deny the application of a person for certification by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator pursuant to the regulations adopted pursuant to NRS 379.0073 based solely on his or her immigration or citizenship status.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 379.0077 , an applicant for certification by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator who does not have a social security number must provide an alternative personally identifying number, including, without limitation, his or her individual taxpayer identification number, when completing an application for a certification.

3. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall not disclose to any person who is not employed by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator the social security number or alternative personally identifying number, including, without limitation, an individual taxpayer identification number, of an applicant for a license for any purpose except: (a) Tax purposes; (b) Licensing purposes; and (c) Enforcement of an order for the payment of child support.

4. A social security number or alternative personally identifying number, including, without limitation, an individual taxpayer identification number, provided to the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator is confidential and is not a public record for the purposes of chapter 239 of NRS .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378.170 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378 / Section 378.170
Creation; regulations
Status: in_force

1. There is hereby created within the State Library, Archives and Public Records a State Publications Distribution Center.

2. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator: (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), may adopt such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the Center. (b) Shall adopt regulations prescribing the procedures for submitting an electronic version of a publication to the Center pursuant to NRS 378.180 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.0079 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.0079
Renewal of certification; information required of applicant; grounds for nonrenewal
Status: in_force

1. In addition to any other requirements set forth in this chapter, an applicant for the renewal of certification by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator must indicate in the application submitted to the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator whether the applicant has a state business license. If the applicant has a state business license, the applicant must include in the application the business identification number assigned by the Secretary of State upon compliance with the provisions of chapter 76 of NRS.

2. Certification may not be renewed by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator if: (a) The applicant fails to submit the information required by subsection 1; or (b) The State Controller has informed the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 353C.1965 that the applicant owes a debt to an agency that has been assigned to the State Controller for collection and the applicant has not: (1) Satisfied the debt; (2) Entered into an agreement for the payment of the debt pursuant to NRS 353C.130 ; or (3) Demonstrated that the debt is not valid.

3. As used in this section: (a) “ Agency ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 353C.020 . (b) “ Debt ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 353C.040 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.0223 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.0223
Consolidated library district: Name
Status: in_force

The name of any consolidated library district established pursuant to NRS 379.0221 must be selected by the trustees and include the name of the city having the largest population located within the boundaries of the consolidated library district.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 384.010 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 384 / Section 384.010
Short title
Status: in_force

NRS 384.010 to 384.210 , inclusive, may be cited as the Comstock Historic District Act.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378A.050 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378A / Section 378A.050
Meetings; salaries of members
Status: in_force

1. The Board shall meet regularly at least three times a year and, within the limits of legislative appropriations, may hold additional meetings upon the call of the Chair.

2. Each member of the Board who is not an employee of the State is entitled to receive a salary of $80 for each day's attendance at a meeting of the Board.

3. Payments of salaries must be made upon itemized and verified claims approved by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator from money appropriated to the State Library, Archives and Public Records.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.0035 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.0035
Private money exempt from statutory requirements governing expenditure of public money; independent contractors
Status: in_force

1. The statutory requirements on the expenditure of public money in chapters 333, 338 and 341 of NRS do not apply to the expenditure of private money.

2. The Board may authorize independent contractors which may be funded in whole or in part from private money.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.027 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.027
Powers and duties of librarian
Status: in_force

The librarian of any consolidated, county, district or town library shall administer all functions of the library, employ assistants and carry out the policies established by the trustees of the library, and may recommend policies to the trustees.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.002 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.002
Goal of public libraries and information centers
Status: in_force

It is the goal of the State's publicly supported libraries and information centers to provide the resources and trained staff to meet the informational needs of all citizens.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.050 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.050
Transfer of property of district library to new county library in certain counties; merger of county library districts in certain counties; merger or consolidation of city or town library with county library district
Status: in_force

1. Whenever a new county library is provided for in any county whose population is 52,000 or more, the trustees of any district library in the county previously established may transfer all books, funds, equipment or other property in the possession of such trustees to the new library upon the demand of the trustees of the new library.

2. Whenever there are two or more county library districts in any county whose population is 52,000 or more, the districts may merge into one county library district upon approval of the library trustees of the merging districts.

3. Whenever there is a city or a town library located adjacent to a county library district, the city or town library may: (a) Merge with the county library district upon approval of the trustees of the merging library and district; or (b) Subject to the limitations in NRS 379.0221 , consolidate with the county library district.

4. All expenses incurred in making a transfer or merger must be paid out of the general fund of the new library.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 384.200 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 384 / Section 384.200
Penalty; jurisdiction of district court; injunctive relief
Status: in_force

1. Any person who violates any of the provisions of NRS 384.010 to 384.210 , inclusive, or any regulation or order adopted or issued pursuant to the provisions of NRS 384.010 to 384.210 , inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 for each offense. Each day of the violation constitutes a separate offense.

2. The district court of the county in which any property subject to the provisions of NRS 384.010 to 384.210 , inclusive, is located has jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of NRS 384.010 to 384.210 , inclusive, and any regulations or orders adopted or issued pursuant to the provisions of NRS 384.010 to 384.210 , inclusive, and may restrain by injunction violations thereof.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378.083 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378 / Section 378.083
Powers and duties of State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator: Development of standards and statewide master plan for public libraries
Status: in_force

The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall develop:

1. Standards for public libraries which will serve as recommendations for those libraries with respect to services, resources, personnel and programs to provide sources of information to persons of all ages, including persons with disabilities and disadvantaged persons, and encourage continuing education beyond the years of formal education. The standards must take into account the differences in size and resources among the public libraries of the State.

2. A statewide master plan for public libraries, including plans for levels of library services and resources, which is developed through a continuing process of planning in which representatives from public libraries throughout the State participate. The master plan must be designed to extend 5 years into the future and must be made current at least every 2 years.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378A.070 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378A / Section 378A.070
Account for Historical Records: Creation; use; deposits; payment of claims
Status: in_force

1. The Account for Historical Records is hereby created in the State General Fund to be administered by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator. Money in the Account may be expended only for grants to promote and preserve historical recordkeeping and for carrying out the provisions of this chapter.

2. All money received by the Board from any source must be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Account.

3. All claims against the Account must be paid as other claims against the State are paid.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.005 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.005
Administrator: Appointment; qualifications; classification; employment of staff
Status: in_force

1. The Administrator is appointed by the Director. The Director shall consult with the Board before making the appointment.

2. To be qualified for appointment, the Administrator must have a degree in history or science and experience in public administration.

3. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 231.8133 , the Administrator is in the unclassified service of the State.

4. The Administrator may employ, within the limits of legislative appropriations, such staff as is necessary to the performance of his or her duties.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378A.040 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378A / Section 378A.040
Qualifications, appointment and terms of members; Chair
Status: in_force

1. The Governor shall appoint to the Board: (a) The person who is in charge of the archives and records of the Division of State Library, Archives and Public Records of the Department of Administration. This person is the State Historical Records Coordinator for the purposes of 36 C.F.R. § 1206.42 and shall serve as Chair of the Board. (b) A person in charge of a state-funded historical agency who has responsibilities related to archives or records, or to both archives and records. (c) Seven other members, at least three of whom must have experience in the administration of historical records or archives. These members must represent as broadly as possible the various public and private archive and research institutions and organizations in the State.

2. After the initial terms, the Chair serves for 4 years and each other appointed member serves for 3 years. Members of the Board may be reappointed.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 380.180 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 380 / Section 380.180
Supreme Court Law Librarian to furnish duplicates of books
Status: in_force

The Supreme Court Law Librarian shall distribute among the law libraries in this State established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter such duplicates of books as may be in the Supreme Court Law Library and not needed for the purposes of that Library.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 384.070 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 384 / Section 384.070
Establishment of office by Commission; inspection of records; copies of minutes or audio recordings of meetings; maintenance of library
Status: in_force

1. The Commission may establish and maintain an office in Virginia City, Storey County, Nevada, in which, except as otherwise provided in NRS 241.035 , there must be at all times open to public inspection a complete record of applications for certificates of appropriateness and their disposition, minutes and audio recordings or transcripts of the Commission's meetings, and any regulations adopted by the Commission. A copy of the minutes or audio recordings must be made available to a member of the public upon request at no charge pursuant to NRS 241.035 .

2. The Commission shall maintain a library in the office for the purpose of guiding applicants in their design or embellishment of the exterior of their buildings, new or remodeled. The library must consist of, but not be limited to, documents, paintings, photographs, drawings and histories descriptive of the period which are deemed appropriate guidelines to the applicant. A card index system must also be made and maintained for reference to more comprehensive information in libraries other than the one maintained by the Commission.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.0083 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.0083
Regulations establishing fees relating to issuance and renewal of certificate
Status: in_force

The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator may adopt regulations establishing fees:

1. Of not more than $5 for the issuance and renewal of a certificate. The fee for issuing a duplicate certificate must be the same as for issuing the original. The money received from such fees must be paid into the State General Fund.

2. To cover the amount charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for processing the fingerprints of an applicant. The money received from such fees must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the appropriate account of the Division of State Library, Archives and Public Records of the Department of Administration.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 380.110 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 380 / Section 380.110
Law library fund: Designation; allocation of certain fees; transfer of money from county general fund; use
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, any ordinance of a board of county commissioners establishing a law library under the provisions of this chapter must require that, from the fees received by the county clerk pursuant to NRS 19.013 , a sum established by the ordinance, not exceeding $30 in any case, must be allocated by the county clerk to a fund designated as the law library fund. These allocations may be made from the fees collected by the county clerk for the commencement in or removal to the district court of the county of any civil action, proceeding or appeal, on filing the first paper therein, or from the fees collected by the county clerk for the appearance of any defendant, or any number of defendants, answering jointly or separately, or from both of these sources as may be determined by the ordinance.

2. All money so set aside must be paid by the county clerk to the county treasurer, who shall keep it separate in the law library fund.

3. The board of county commissioners may transfer from the county general fund to the law library fund such amounts as it determines are necessary for purposes of the law library.

4. Money in the law library fund must be: (a) Expended for the purchase of law books, journals, periodicals and other publications. (b) Expended for the establishment and maintenance of the law library. (c) Drawn therefrom and used and applied only as provided in this chapter.

5. In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, the sum established by the ordinance must be no less than $15 nor more than $30 in any case.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 380A.021 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 380A / Section 380A.021
“Council” defined
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, “Council” means the State Council on Libraries and Literacy.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.217 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.217
Collections of petrified wood authorized; limitations
Status: in_force

A holder of a permit described in NRS 381.197 may collect specimens of petrified wood, subject to the limitations of NRS 206.320 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.197 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.197
Requirement; exceptions; applicability of penalties
Status: in_force

Except for action taken under an agreement with the Office of Historic Preservation of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources pursuant to NRS 383.430 , and except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall not investigate, explore or excavate an historic or prehistoric site on federal or state lands or remove any object therefrom unless the person is the holder of a valid and current permit issued pursuant to the provisions of NRS 381.195 to 381.227 , inclusive. Conduct that would otherwise constitute a violation of this section is not a violation of this section if it is also a violation of NRS 383.435 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.0031 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.0031
Private money; Dedicated Trust Fund
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, all money and the proceeds from property received by the Division or any institution of the Division through any grant other than a grant of federal money, bequest or devise, and the proceeds from memberships, sales, interest and dividends from any sources other than appropriation by the Legislature, admission charges and sales of tickets for train rides, are private money and not state money. The Board shall establish a Division of Museums and History Dedicated Trust Fund. All private money must be accounted for in that Fund. No other money may be accounted for in that Fund.

2. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all of the money in the Dedicated Trust Fund must be deposited in a financial institution to draw interest or be expended, invested and reinvested pursuant to the specific instructions of the donor, or, where no such specific instructions exist, in the sound discretion of the Board. The provisions of subsections 3 and 4 of NRS 356.011 apply to any accounts in financial institutions maintained pursuant to this section.

3. The Board shall account separately for the portions of the private money received by each institution of the Division but may combine all or any portion of the private money for the purposes of investment and reinvestment.

4. The Board shall adopt an investment policy for the private money.

5. The provisions of this section do not apply to any money received for deposit in the Account for Improving Access to State Museums for Persons with Disabilities created by NRS 381.0085 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.107 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.107
Powers and duties of librarian
Status: in_force

The librarian of any city library shall administer all functions of the library, employ assistants and carry out the policies established by the governing authority, and may recommend policies to the governing authority.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.0224 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.0224
Consolidated library district: Boundaries
Status: in_force

The boundaries of a consolidated library district include all of the area of:

1. Each city that is consolidated into the county library district;

2. The county library district at the time of the establishment of the consolidated library district, except for an area annexed by another city which: (a) Is not consolidated into the county library district; (b) Has established a city library pursuant to NRS 379.105 or created a municipal library district pursuant to the provisions of its charter; and (c) Is included in a county library district, that has not merged with the consolidated library district, pursuant to an interlocal agreement before May 2, 2001, or pursuant to NRS 379.065 ; and

3. Any other county library district which has merged with the county library district being consolidated.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.0062 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.0062
Museum directors: Appointment and establishment of powers and duties by Administrator; classification; duty to exercise and carry out assigned powers and duties
Status: in_force

1. The Administrator shall: (a) Appoint a museum director for each institution; and (b) Establish the powers and duties of each museum director as necessary for the efficient operation of the Division of Museums and History pursuant to the provisions of NRS 381.0063 .

2. Each museum director is in the classified service of the State. The Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration, in cooperation with the Administrator, shall classify the position of each museum director based on the powers and duties the museum director is required to carry out, the size and complexity of the programs the museum director is required to administer and such other considerations as are deemed relevant by the Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration.

3. Each museum director shall exercise such powers and carry out such duties as are assigned to the museum director by the Administrator pursuant to NRS 381.0063 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.0073 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.0073
Regulations establishing standards for certification
Status: in_force

1. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall adopt regulations establishing standards for the certification by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator of the personnel of public libraries in this State.

2. The regulations must include: (a) Standards for the certification of various categories of library personnel, based upon their educational backgrounds, work experience and job descriptions. (b) The qualifications required for certification, including the courses of study or training required for each category of certification.

3. The regulations may include: (a) Provisions governing the issuance of conditional certificates to personnel of public libraries before the completion of all courses of study or other requirements for certification. (b) Provisions governing the issuance of provisional certificates pursuant to NRS 379.0077 .

4. The regulations must provide that they do not apply to a public library unless the governing authority of the library has approved the regulations for use by the library.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.195 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.195
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 381.195 to 381.227 , inclusive:

1. “ Historic ” means from the middle of the 18th century until 50 years before the current year.

2. “ Historic site ” means a site, landmark or monument of historical significance pertaining to the history of the settlement of Nevada, or Indian campgrounds, shelters, petroglyphs, pictographs and burials.

3. “ Museum Director ” means the Museum Director of the Nevada State Museum.

4. “ Prehistoric ” means before the middle of the 18th century.

5. “ Prehistoric site ” means any archeological or paleontological site, ruin, deposit, fossilized footprints and other impressions, petroglyphs and pictographs, habitation caves, rock shelters, natural caves, burial ground or sites of religious or cultural importance to an Indian tribe.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.105 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.105
Governing authority of city library: Governing body of city or trustees; powers and duties of governing authority
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of the city shall determine whether: (a) To constitute itself the governing authority of the city library; or (b) To appoint a board of trustees as such governing authority.

2. If library trustees are appointed, they and their successors shall: (a) Establish, supervise and maintain a library. (b) Appoint a librarian. (c) Hold and possess the property and effects of the library in trust for the public. (d) Submit annual budgets to the governing body of the city, containing detailed estimates of the amount of money necessary for the operation and management of the library for the next succeeding year. (e) Establish bylaws and regulations for the management of the library and their own management. (f) Manage all the property, real and personal, of the library. (g) Acquire and hold real and personal property, by gift, purchase or bequest, for the library. (h) Administer any trust declared or created for the library. (i) Maintain or defend any action in reference to the property or affairs of the library.

3. If appointed, the library trustees may: (a) Make purchases and secure rooms. (b) Authorize the merger of a city library with a county library district. (c) Enter into a lease or lease-purchase agreement respecting real or personal property. (d) Convey property to a person where the purpose of the conveyance is the entering into of an agreement contemplated by paragraph (c). (e) Do all acts necessary for the orderly and efficient management and control of the library.

4. If a lease or lease-purchase agreement entered into pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 3 involves the construction, alteration, repair or remodeling of an improvement: (a) Any person or entity that executes one or more contracts or agreements for the actual construction, alteration, repair or remodeling of the improvement shall include in such a contract or agreement the contractual provisions and stipulations that are required to be included in a contract for a public work pursuant to the provisions of NRS 338.013 to 338.090 , inclusive. (b) The library trustees, the owner of the improvement or proposed improvement, any contractor who is awarded a contract or entered into an agreement to perform the construction, alteration, repair or remodeling of the improvement and any subcontractor on the project shall comply with the provisions of NRS 338.013 to 338.090 , inclusive, in the same manner as if the library trustees had undertaken the project or had awarded the contract.

5. The governing authority has all the powers and duties with respect to the city library that district library trustees have with respect to a district library.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378A.060 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378A / Section 378A.060
Duties
Status: in_force

The Board shall:

1. Examine and assess archives and public records programs and the facilities, professional staffs and auxiliary personnel that support such programs.

2. Review and evaluate applications made by political subdivisions and private organizations for grants from the Account for Historical Records to improve the preservation of historical records.

3. Make recommendations to the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator for approval of applications for grants from the Account for Historical Records.

4. Publish any material pertaining to its work as it deems appropriate.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.023 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.023
Town library: Establishment and maintenance; levy of tax; town library fund
Status: in_force

1. Any free public library existing on July 1, 1967, which was established in an unincorporated town pursuant to the provisions of chapter 90, Statutes of Nevada 1895, or of NRS 379.070 to 379.120 , inclusive, may be maintained pursuant to NRS 379.005 to 379.040 , inclusive.

2. So long as such library is so maintained, the board of county commissioners of the county in which such library exists shall each year, at the time and in the manner other taxes are levied, levy a tax upon all taxable property in such unincorporated town for the purpose of maintaining a fund to be known as the town library fund.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 384.180 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 384 / Section 384.180
Recommendations of Commission to State and political subdivisions
Status: in_force

The Commission may recommend:

1. To the State and to political subdivisions within the District appropriate measures to effectuate, supplement, foster and promote the purposes of NRS 384.010 to 384.210 , inclusive.

2. To any political subdivision within the District appropriate zoning and traffic regulations, including but not limited to designating mobile home and trailer sites, parking, modes of public transportation, ingress and egress to public streets and alleys, and closing of such streets or alleys or restriction of vehicular traffic thereon in order to effectuate the purposes of NRS 384.010 to 384.210 , inclusive, such as restoration of historic modes of travel and safety of pedestrians.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378.160 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378 / Section 378.160
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 378.150 to 378.210 , inclusive:

1. “ Center ” means the State Publications Distribution Center created by NRS 378.170 .

2. “ Depository library ” means a library with which the Center has entered into an agreement pursuant to NRS 378.190 .

3. “ Local government ” means every political subdivision or other entity which has the right to levy or receive money from ad valorem or other taxes or any mandatory assessments, and includes, without limitation, counties, cities, towns, boards, school districts and other districts organized pursuant to chapters 244A, 318, 318A, 379, 474, 541, 543 and 555 of NRS, NRS 450.550 to 450.750 , inclusive, and any agency or department of a county or city which prepares a budget separate from that of the parent political subdivision. The term includes the Nevada Rural Housing Authority.

4. “ Publication ” includes any information in any format or medium that is produced pursuant to the authority of or at the total or partial expense of a state agency or local government, is required by law to be distributed by a state agency or local government, or is distributed publicly by a state agency or local government outside that state agency or local government. The term does not include: (a) Nevada Revised Statutes with annotations; (b) Nevada Reports; (c) Bound volumes of the Statutes of Nevada; (d) Items published by the University of Nevada Press and other information disseminated by the Nevada System of Higher Education which is not designed for public distribution; (e) Official state records scheduled for retention and disposition pursuant to NRS 239.080 ; or (f) Records of a local government which have been scheduled for disposition pursuant to NRS 239.124 or retention pursuant to NRS 239.125 .

5. “ State agency ” includes the Legislature, constitutional officers or any department, division, bureau, board, commission or agency of the State of Nevada.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378A.010 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378A / Section 378A.010
Policy of this State; purpose of chapter
Status: in_force

It is the policy of this State to foster and further the establishment and proper maintenance of superior archives and public records programs throughout the State including facilities, professional staffs and auxiliary personnel to support such programs. The purpose of this chapter is to provide the means for the overview and study of existing programs, facilities, resources and services and for the accumulation of recommendations to strengthen and expand these components.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 384.095 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 384 / Section 384.095
Board of Museums and History to serve as board of appeals for District
Status: in_force

The Board of Museums and History shall serve as a board of appeals for the Comstock Historic District.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.003 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.003
Master plan for libraries
Status: in_force

The governing body of every public library in this State shall develop, through a continuing process of planning, a master plan for the library or libraries for which it is responsible, including plans for levels of library services and resources, and shall submit the plan to the State Council on Libraries and Literacy. The master plan must be designed to extend 5 years into the future and must be made current at least every 2 years.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 384.020 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 384 / Section 384.020
Declaration of public policy
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the State of Nevada to promote the educational, cultural, economic and general welfare and the safety of the public through the preservation and protection of structures, sites and areas of historic interest and scenic beauty, through the maintenance of such landmarks in the history of architecture, and the history of the District, State and Nation, and through the development of appropriate settings for such structures, sites and District.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.142 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.142
“Political subdivision” defined
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 379.142 to 379.146 , inclusive, “political subdivision” means a consolidated, county, city, town, or county library district, or legally established libraries therein.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 384.005 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 384 / Section 384.005
Establishment of historic district by city or county
Status: in_force

1. Any county or city may establish a historic district, the boundaries of which do not include the Comstock Historic District, for the purpose of promoting the educational, cultural, economic and general welfare of the public through the preservation, maintenance and protection of structures, sites and areas of historic interest and scenic beauty.

2. Before establishing any historic district, the board of county commissioners of a county or the governing body of a city shall hold a public hearing after giving notice of the time and the place of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in that county or city. The notice must be published once a week for 3 consecutive weeks and include the purpose of the hearing and the boundaries of the proposed district. At the hearing any person may appear in support of or in opposition to the establishment of the proposed district.

3. Within 15 days after the hearing, the board or governing body shall: (a) Establish the historic district and fix its boundaries; or (b) Determine not to establish the historic district.

4. If the historic district is established, the board or governing body may adopt any ordinances it determines are in the best interest of the historic district in accordance with the purposes expressed in subsection 1. An ordinance establishing a historic district must: (a) Contain criteria which substantially achieve the preservation and rehabilitation of buildings of historic significance to the district; and (b) Provide for a designated review board with the power to review proposed alterations to structures within the district.

5. This section is not intended to discourage the exploration, development or extraction of mineral resources.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378.290 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378 / Section 378.290
Records of Governor's Office: Transfer to Division before Governor leaves office; availability for public inspection
Status: in_force

1. The records of the Governor's Office, which include correspondence sent or received by the Governor or employees of the office in the performance of governmental duties, are the property of the State of Nevada and must be transferred to the Division before the Governor leaves office.

2. The Division shall make the records of a former Governor available for inspection, except: (a) If that correspondence identifies or can be readily associated with the identity of any person other than a public officer or employee acting in an official capacity and has been in the possession of the Division for less than 10 years, the name and facts which identify that person must be deleted before the correspondence is disclosed, unless the person so named or identified is deceased or gives prior written permission for the disclosure. (b) Any records that have been declared by law to be confidential are not subject to the provisions of this subsection during the period of confidentiality specified in NRS 378.300 . (c) Any agreement between a former Governor and the Division made before the passage of this act which provides for a period of confidentiality is unaffected by the provisions of this section. (d) Records of the Governor's Office which are transferred to the Division during the Governor's term of office remain in the custody of the Governor and are not subject to the provisions of this subsection until after he or she leaves office.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378.020 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378 / Section 378.020
State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator: Qualifications
Status: in_force

The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator must:

1. Be a graduate of a library school accredited by the American Library Association or be certified by the Academy of Certified Archivists; and

2. Have at least 5 years of library or archival experience in an administrative capacity.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.022 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.022
Trustees of county library district: Appointment; terms; vacancies; compensation; expenses; removal; additional trustees if service extended
Status: in_force

1. After ordering the creation of a county library district and the establishment of a public library therein as provided in NRS 379.021 , the board of county commissioners shall appoint five competent persons who are residents of the county library district to serve as district library trustees.

2. The term of office of the trustees appointed pursuant to subsection 1 is as follows: (a) Three persons must be appointed for terms of 2 years. (b) Two persons must be appointed for terms of 4 years. Thereafter the offices of district library trustees must be filled for terms of 4 years in the order in which the terms expire. No person may be appointed to hold office for more than two consecutive 4-year terms.

3. A vacancy in the office of district library trustee which occurs because of expiration of the term of office must be filled by appointment by the board of county commissioners for a term of 4 years. A vacancy which occurs other than by expiration of the term must be filled by appointment by the board of county commissioners for the unexpired term.

4. The board of district library trustees may provide for compensation of members of the board in an amount of not more than $40 per meeting, with a total of not more than $80 per month, and may provide travel expenses and subsistence allowances for the members in the same amounts as are allowed for employees of the county library district.

5. The board of county commissioners may remove any district library trustee who fails, without cause, to attend three successive meetings of the trustees.

6. If the library trustees of any county library district have entered into a contract pursuant to NRS 379.060 with any city within the county, they may add to their number two additional library trustees who are appointed by the governing body of the city to represent the residents of the city. The terms of office of the two additional library trustees are 3 years or until the termination of the contract with the city for library services, if that termination occurs sooner. The additional library trustees have the same powers and duties as the trustees appointed pursuant to subsection 1.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 380A.081 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 380A / Section 380A.081
Powers and duties
Status: in_force

The Council may:

1. Examine and overview the whole state of libraries, librarianship, library education, library resources, and all allied and cognate activities and prepare a record of its findings.

2. Require public libraries to provide necessary library statistics and reports and to make recommendations for the advancement of libraries.

3. Report biennially to the Governor and Legislature. The report must be filed on or before January 1 of each odd-numbered year.

4. Publish material pertaining to its work that it may order issued.

5. Review plans and applications submitted by libraries and political subdivisions for state grants-in-aid and make recommendations to the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator concerning approval.

6. Examine and evaluate the programs for literacy in this State.

7. Establish a plan for coordinating programs and activities for promoting and increasing literacy in this State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 380A.071 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 380A / Section 380A.071
Meetings; compensation of members
Status: in_force

1. The Council may meet regularly at least twice each year and, within the limits of legislative appropriations, may hold additional meetings upon the call of the Chair.

2. Each member of the Council is entitled to receive a salary of not more than $80, as fixed by the Council, for each day's attendance at a meeting of the Council.

3. While engaged in the business of the Council, each member and employee of the Council is entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally.

4. Payments must be made upon itemized and verified claims approved by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator from money appropriated to the State Library, Archives and Public Records.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.207 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.207
Percentage of articles, implements and materials found or discovered and retained in possession by certain holders to be given to state institutions and political subdivisions; procedure for notice to and consultation with Indian tribes and repatriation of found or discovered prehistoric native Indian human remains and funerary objects upon request
Status: in_force

1. The holder of a permit described in NRS 381.197 , except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, who does work upon aboriginal mounds and earthworks, ancient burial grounds, prehistoric sites, deposits of fossil bones or other archeological and vertebrate paleontological features within the State shall give to the State 50 percent of all articles, implements and materials found or discovered of which the holder retained possession after completion of the process set forth in subsection 4, to be deposited with the Nevada State Museum, for exhibition or other use within the State as determined by the Museum Director. The Museum Director may accept less than 50 percent of such items. Upon receipt of items pursuant to this subsection, the Museum Director shall notify the Office of Historic Preservation.

2. The holder of a permit described in NRS 381.197 who does any such work within the State under the authority and direction of the Nevada Historical Society, the Nevada State Museum Las Vegas, or an institution or political subdivision of the State shall give 50 percent of all articles, implements and materials found or discovered of which the holder retained possession after completion of the process set forth in subsection 4, to the Society, institution or political subdivision. The holder of the permit may retain the other 50 percent.

3. If the Nevada Historical Society, the Nevada State Museum Las Vegas, or an institution or political subdivision of the State is the holder of the permit, it may retain all articles, implements and materials found or discovered of which it retained possession after completion of the process set forth in subsection 4.

4. If any of the articles, implements or materials found or discovered are prehistoric native Indian human remains or funerary objects, the Museum Director shall: (a) Provide notice to and consult with each applicable Indian tribe in accordance with NRS 381.0066 ; (b) Determine which Indian tribe has the closest cultural affiliation to the prehistoric native Indian human remains or funerary objects in accordance with NRS 381.0067 ; and (c) Return any prehistoric native Indian human remains or funerary objects discovered to the closest culturally affiliated Indian tribe in accordance with the repatriation process adopted pursuant to NRS 381.0069 , if a request for repatriation is made.

5. Whenever the Office of Historic Preservation acquires articles, implements and materials under the provisions of this section, they must be transferred to the Museum Director for exhibition or other use within the State as determined by the Museum Director.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 383.520 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 383 / Section 383.520
Program for awarding financial assistance
Status: in_force

The Commission may, in establishing the program for awarding financial assistance described in paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of NRS 383.510 :

1. Award financial assistance to governmental entities and nonprofit corporations formed for educational or charitable purposes, including, without limitation, the preservation or promotion of cultural resources.

2. Establish the conditions an applicant must satisfy to receive an award of financial assistance. Financial assistance may only be awarded for the actual expense of preserving or protecting historical buildings to be used to develop a network of cultural centers and activities.

3. Specify the criteria by which proposed projects will be judged. The criteria must include, but is not limited to, a consideration of the degree to which a proposed project: (a) May become a recurring event without the necessity of future state financial support; (b) Will be accessible to the community; (c) Will promote tourism in the State; (d) Will promote or preserve some historic or prehistoric feature of Nevada; (e) Will have multiple uses for many types of cultural organizations; (f) Will supplement training in the classroom in the arts and humanities; and (g) Incorporates the various disciplines directly associated with cultural resources.

4. Give priority to projects of statewide historical, prehistorical or cultural significance which demonstrate an ability to raise and sustain required amounts of financial support from sources other than the State of Nevada, including donations of goods and services. The ability of a project to raise and sustain support must be weighed against the relative means and abilities of the applicants.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.0227 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.0227
Consolidated library district: Levy of tax; fund for the consolidated library; transfer of money to separate account
Status: in_force

1. Upon the establishment of a consolidated library district, the board of county commissioners shall, at the next time for levying taxes and in each year thereafter, at the time and in the manner other taxes are levied, levy a tax upon all taxable property in the consolidated library district for the purpose of creating and maintaining a fund known as the fund for the consolidated library.

2. All money received by the county treasurer pursuant to subsection 1 and NRS 379.026 may be transferred to a separate account established and administered by the trustees of a consolidated library district in accordance with the provisions of NRS 354.603 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 383.150 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 383 / Section 383.150
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 383.150 to 383.190 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “ Cairn ” means stones or other material placed in a pile as a memorial or monument to the dead.

2. “Funerary object” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 381.001 .

3. “ Grave ” means an excavation for burial of a human body.

4. “ Indian burial site ” means the area including and immediately surrounding the cairn or grave of a native Indian.

5. “ Nondestructive analysis ” means analysis performed using scientific or technological techniques to evaluate the properties of a material, component or system without causing damage.

6. “ Professional archeologist ” means a person who holds a graduate degree in archeology, anthropology or a closely related field as determined by the Administrator.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 383.121 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 383 / Section 383.121
Intergovernmental cooperation required; notice to Office; procedure for notice to and consultation with Indian tribes and development of resolution relating to prehistoric native Indian human remains and funerary objects on property; notice of requirements to private contractors
Status: in_force

1. All departments, commissions, boards and other agencies of the State and its political subdivisions shall cooperate with the Office in order to salvage or preserve historic, prehistoric or paleoenvironmental evidence located on property owned or controlled by the United States, the State of Nevada or its political subdivisions. The Office shall consult with Indian tribes in order to salvage or preserve prehistoric native Indian human remains or funerary objects located on such property.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 10, when any agency of the State or its political subdivisions is preparing or has contracted to excavate or perform work of any kind on property owned or controlled by the United States, the State of Nevada or its political subdivisions which may endanger historic, prehistoric or paleoenvironmental evidence found on the property, or when any artifact, site or other historic or prehistoric evidence is discovered in the course of such excavation or work, the agency or the contractor hired by the agency shall notify the Office and cooperate with the Office to the fullest extent practicable, within the appropriations available to the agency or political subdivision for that purpose, to preserve or permit study of such evidence before its destruction, displacement or removal.

3. Upon receiving notice pursuant to subsection 2 of the potential endangerment of or the discovery of prehistoric native Indian human remains or a funerary object, the Office shall immediately notify, in writing, and initiate consultation with any Indian tribe: (a) Who is or is likely to be culturally affiliated with the prehistoric native Indian human remains or funerary object; (b) On whose aboriginal lands the prehistoric native Indian human remains or funerary object was discovered; or (c) Who is reasonably known to have a direct cultural relationship to the prehistoric native Indian human remains or funerary object.

4. The written notice must include a proposed time and place for the consultation with the Office.

5. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, within 10 days after the notice is given by the Office, the Office shall consult with the Indian tribe which has the closest cultural affiliation to the prehistoric native Indian human remains or funerary object as determined by the Office.

6. Failure of an Indian tribe to respond within 10 days after notice has been given to the Indian tribe pursuant to subsection 3 shall be deemed a waiver of the requirement for consultation with the Indian tribe.

7. After the period for consultation described in subsection 5, the Office shall, to the fullest extent practicable, within the appropriations available to the agency of the State or its political subdivision described in subsection 2, develop a resolution for the affected property that is consistent with the standard of preservation described in the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation as set forth in 48 Federal Register 44716 on September 29, 1983, and any amendments thereto.

8. The provisions of this section must be made known to all private contractors performing such excavation or work for any agency of the State or its political subdivisions.

9. The provisions of subsections 3 to 7, inclusive, do not apply to an agency of the State or its political subdivisions, with respect to prehistoric native Indian human remains or funerary objects, if the preparation or contract to excavate or perform work described in subsection 2 is subject to an existing agreement with: (a) The closest culturally affiliated Indian tribe that relates to the discovery of prehistoric native Indian human remains or a funerary object; or (b) A federal agency that was executed pursuant to federal law and that relates to the discovery of prehistoric native Indian human remains or a funerary object.

10. The requirements set forth in NRS 383.150 to 383.180 , inclusive, apply if an Indian burial site, as defined in NRS 383.150 , is disturbed.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 380.100 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 380 / Section 380.100
Powers
Status: in_force

The board of law library trustees, by a majority vote recorded in the minutes with ayes and noes at length may:

1. Make and enforce all rules, regulations and bylaws necessary for the administration, government and protection of the library, and all property belonging thereto, or which may be loaned, devised, bequeathed or donated to the library.

2. Purchase books, journals, publications and other personal property.

3. Contract with any existing library to make use of its library for the purpose of a public law library, under proper rules and regulations to be prescribed by the board.

4. Authorize the law librarian to act for the board in matters it deems appropriate.

5. Generally do all that may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378.245 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378 / Section 378.245
Custody and preservation of archival material; removal of material from archives
Status: in_force

1. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator has custody of and shall carefully preserve in the Division: (a) The enrolled copy of the Constitution of the State of Nevada. (b) The proceedings and all papers of the two Constitutional Conventions held for the purpose of framing a Constitution of this State. (c) The manuscripts containing the enrolled acts and joint resolutions and journals of the Legislature of this State and the Territory of Nevada. (d) The records, papers and documents of Carson County, Utah Territory, and all other books, records and documents which, by the laws of the Territory of Nevada, were required to be deposited and kept in the office of the Secretary of the Territory of Nevada. (e) All the books, records, parchments, maps, registers, papers and other material required to be deposited or kept in the Division.

2. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall not permit the original papers and other material to be taken out of the archives unless he or she determines that the circumstances ensure the safety and integrity of the papers and other material.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.0037 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.0037
Petty cash accounts; change accounts
Status: in_force

The Board may establish:

1. A petty cash account for the Division and each institution in an amount not to exceed $500 for each account. Reimbursement of the account must be made from appropriated money paid out on claims as other claims against the State are paid.

2. A change account for each institution for which a store for the sale of gifts and souvenirs has been established pursuant to NRS 381.003 , in an amount not to exceed $1,500.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 383.425 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 383 / Section 383.425
“State land” defined
Status: in_force

“State land” means land that is owned by or under the control of a state agency or political subdivision.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.196 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.196
Requirement; exception; regulations
Status: in_force

1. A person shall not excavate a site on private lands located within this State that the person knows is a prehistoric Indian burial site unless the person first obtains a permit issued by the Museum Director.

2. A person is not required to obtain a permit pursuant to subsection 1 to engage in a lawful activity on private lands, including, without limitation, construction, mining, mineral exploration, logging, farming, ranching or a federally authorized activity conducted in compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act, 54 U.S.C. §§ 300101 et seq., if that activity is engaged in exclusively for purposes other than the excavation of a prehistoric Indian burial site and the activity occurs only on a portion of the private lands that does not contain the known prehistoric Indian burial site.

3. The Museum Director shall adopt regulations governing a permit issued pursuant to subsection 1. The regulations must, without limitation: (a) Set forth the process for obtaining and renewing a permit required pursuant to subsection 1; (b) Set forth the qualifications of an applicant for such a permit; (c) Require notice to and consultation with the applicable Indian tribes throughout the permitting process in the manner provided by NRS 381.0066 ; (d) Provide for the enforcement of the provisions of this section, including, without limitation, the examination of the permit of a person claiming privileges pursuant to this section; and (e) Fully protect the constitutional rights of property owners.

4. Any regulations adopted pursuant to this section must be developed in consultation with Indian tribes and incorporate the values, beliefs and traditions of the Indian tribes as determined and conveyed by the members of the Indian tribes during the consultation with the Museum Director.

5. As used in this section, “ Indian burial site ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 383.150 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 380A.011 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 380A / Section 380A.011
Policy of this State; purpose of chapter
Status: in_force

It is the policy of this State to foster and further the establishment and proper maintenance of superior libraries and the acquisition of resources, facilities, professional staffs and auxiliary personnel fully to support such services. The purpose of this chapter is to provide the means for the overview and study of existing library facilities, resources and services and for the formulation of recommendations to strengthen and expand these components.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378.180 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378 / Section 378.180
State and local agencies to provide electronic version of publications when released; duty to provide paper copies under certain circumstances
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, every state agency shall, upon release of each of its publications, provide the Center with an electronic version of the publication. If a publication is available only in paper form, the state agency shall deposit 10 copies of the publication with the Center.

2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, every local government shall, upon release of each of its publications, provide the Center with an electronic version of the publication. If a publication is available only in paper form, the local government shall deposit six copies of the publication with the Center.

3. If a publication is available only in paper form at the time copies are deposited with the Center pursuant to subsection 1 or 2, every state agency and local government shall, upon release of the publication in an electronic format or medium, provide the Center with an electronic version of the publication.

4. If a state agency or local government provides an electronic version of a publication to the Center pursuant to this section, the state agency or local government shall: (a) Include, in a conspicuous location at or near the beginning of the publication, the date on which the publication was initially released by the state agency or local government; and (b) Submit the electronic version of the publication in accordance with regulations adopted by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator pursuant to NRS 378.170 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.241 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.241
Permit or agreement to conduct tours; conditions
Status: in_force

1. The Department of Corrections and, as soon as practicable after the date of the assignment, any other state agency that receives an assignment from the State Land Registrar of the historic structures, buildings and other property of the Nevada State Prison pursuant to NRS 321.004 may grant a special use permit to or enter into an agreement with the Nevada State Prison Preservation Society, or any successor or similar nonprofit corporation, authorizing the corporation to conduct tours and engage in other commercial and tourist activities relating to the historic structures, buildings and other property of the Nevada State Prison.

2. Any permit or agreement granted or entered into pursuant to this section must: (a) Be for a term of 2 years; (b) Be renewable as provided in the permit or agreement; (c) Authorize the corporation to charge and collect reasonable fees or solicit and collect donations for its activities; (d) Require the corporation to pay the income from such fees, less the reasonable administrative expenses incurred by the corporation, to the State Treasurer for deposit in the Endowment Fund for the Historic Preservation of the Nevada State Prison created by NRS 381.239 ; and (e) Provide that any income received by the corporation from membership fees, the sale of merchandise of the corporation, grants or donations made to the corporation for purposes other than entry into or tours of the historic structures, buildings and other property at the Nevada State Prison belong solely to the corporation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 380.130 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 380 / Section 380.130
Levy of special tax or use of money in general fund to discharge indebtedness
Status: in_force

1. Whenever it appears to the board of county commissioners of any county having a law library that for any reason any debt incurred in the purchase and establishment of the library has not been fully paid or materially reduced with the money provided by the provisions of NRS 380.110 , within the period of 5 years immediately preceding, the board of county commissioners may, at the next annual tax levy, levy a special tax upon all taxable property within the county, both real and personal sufficient, together with the revenue which will result from application of the rate to the net proceeds of minerals, to raise a sum which will discharge any such indebtedness, but no more. The money must be placed in the law library fund in the county treasury and must be used for the payment of the indebtedness and for no other purpose.

2. In lieu of the levy of a special tax as provided in subsection 1, the board of county commissioners of any county having a law library may, in the discretion of the board of county commissioners, transfer from the general funds of the county to the law library fund a sufficient sum of money to pay any debts incurred in the purchase and establishment and maintenance of the library, which has not been fully paid or materially reduced with the money provided by the provisions of NRS 380.110 , within the period of 5 years immediately preceding March 1, 1959.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.010 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.010
County library: Establishment and maintenance; county library fund
Status: in_force

1. The board of county commissioners of each county may set apart a sum of money to be used in the establishment and maintenance of a public library in the county. Each year thereafter the board of county commissioners may set apart an amount of money for the purpose of operating and maintaining the library.

2. The fund so created is the county library fund.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.1957 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.1957
Collection of certain minerals and artifacts and photography not prohibited
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in NRS 381.195 to 381.227 , inclusive, shall interfere with or prevent any person from collecting minerals, rocks or gems, arrowheads or other Indian artifacts so long as they are not part of a prehistoric site, nor prevent the photographing of objects of interest.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 380.153 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 380 / Section 380.153
Accessibility of certain legal books and materials to inhabitants of county
Status: in_force

1. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall adopt by regulation a list of legal books and materials which are considered primary sources and which the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator has determined must be available in every county to the inhabitants of that county.

2. Each board of county commissioners shall ensure that all of the legal books and materials listed by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator are accessible to the inhabitants of the county: (a) By making them available for use during normal business hours in either the law library or a public library; or (b) Pursuant to an agreement with another library which has them. The place where those legal books and materials are located must be plainly marked as an area accessible to the general public.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.147 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.147
“Library” defined
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 379.147 to 379.149 , inclusive, “library” includes public libraries, school libraries where authorized by school districts, academic libraries, special libraries and the State Library, Archives and Public Records.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.1955 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.1955
Museum Director may designate state agency as agent to issue permits; compliance of agent with certain provisions; oversight of agent
Status: in_force

1. The Museum Director may designate any state board, state department, division of a state department or state institution as an agent for the purpose of issuing permits pursuant to NRS 381.195 to 381.227 , inclusive.

2. If the Museum Director designates an agent pursuant to subsection 1: (a) The agent must act in the manner in which the Museum Director is required to act pursuant to provisions of NRS 381.195 to 381.227 , inclusive, and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto; and (b) The Museum Director must ensure that the agent acts in the manner in which the Museum Director is required to act pursuant to provisions of NRS 381.195 to 381.227 , inclusive, and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.0075 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.0075
Acceptance of gifts
Status: in_force

Any condition or restraint placed on any bequest, devise, endowment, trust allotment or other gift made to the Division must be in writing. The Administrator and the Board must accept, in writing, such a bequest, devise, endowment, trust allotment or gift before it becomes the property of the State of Nevada.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.0063 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.0063
Museum directors: Powers and duties; service as ex officio State Paleontologist
Status: in_force

1. The Administrator shall, in accordance with any directive received from the Director pursuant to NRS 232.005 , authorize or require each museum director to perform such duties set forth in subsections 2 and 3 as are necessary for the operation of the institution administered by the museum director, after giving consideration to: (a) The size and complexity of the programs the museum director is required to administer; (b) The number of personnel needed to carry out those programs; (c) Requirements for accreditation; and (d) Such other factors as are relevant to the needs of the institution and the Division.

2. The Administrator may authorize or require a museum director to: (a) Oversee duties related to the auditing and approval of all bills, claims and accounts of the institution administered by the museum director. (b) Receive, collect, exchange, preserve, house, care for, document, interpret, display and exhibit, particularly, but not exclusively, respecting the State of Nevada: (1) Samples of the useful and fine arts, sciences and industries, relics, memorabilia, products, works, records, rare and valuable articles and objects, including, without limitation, drawings, etchings, lithographs, photographs, paintings, statuary, sculpture, fabrics, furniture, implements, machines, geological and mineral specimens, precious, semiprecious and commercial minerals, metals, earths, gems and stones. (2) Books, papers, records and documents of historic, artistic, literary or industrial value or interest by reason of rarity, representative character or otherwise. (c) Collect, gather and prepare the natural history of Nevada and the Great Basin. (d) Establish such programs in history, archeology, anthropology, paleontology, mineralogy, ethnology, ornithology and such other programs as in the judgment of the Board and Administrator may be proper and necessary to carry out the objects and purposes appropriate to the institution administered by the museum director. (e) Receive and collect property from any appropriate agency of the State of Nevada, or from accessions, gifts, exchanges, loans or purchases from any other agencies, persons or sources. (f) House and preserve, care for and display or exhibit property received by an institution. This paragraph does not prevent the permanent or temporary retention, placement, housing or exhibition of a portion of the property in other places or locations in or outside of the State at the sole discretion of the Board. (g) Make and obtain plans and specifications and let and supervise contracts for work or have the work done on force account or day labor, supplying material or labor, or otherwise. (h) Receive, accept and obtain by exchange in the name of the State of Nevada all property loaned to the institution administered by the museum director for preservation, care, display or exhibit, or decline and reject the property in his or her discretion, and undertake to be responsible for all property loaned to the institution or make just payment of any reasonable costs or rentals therefor. (i) Apply for and expend all gifts and grants that the institution administered by the museum director is authorized to accept in accordance with the terms and conditions of the gift or grant. (j) Govern, manage and control the exhibit and display of all property and things of the institution administered by the museum director at other exhibits, expositions, world's fairs and places of public or private exhibition. Any property of the State of Nevada that may be placed on display or on exhibition at any world's fair or exposition must be taken into custody by the Administrator at the conclusion of the world's fair or exposition and placed and kept in the institution, subject to being removed and again exhibited at the discretion of the Administrator or a person designated by the Administrator. (k) Negotiate and consult with and agree with other institutions, departments, officers and persons or corporations of and in the State of Nevada and elsewhere respecting quarters for and the preservation, care, transportation, storage, custody, documentation, interpretation, display and exhibit of articles and things controlled by the institutions and respecting the terms and cost, the manner, time, place and extent, and the return thereof. (l) Trade, exchange and transfer exhibits and duplicates when the Administrator deems it proper. Such transactions shall not be deemed sales. (m) Establish the qualifications for life, honorary, annual, sustaining and such other memberships as are established by the Board pursuant to NRS 381.0045 . (n) Adopt rules for the internal operations of the institution administered by the museum director, including, without limitation, the operation of equipment of the institution. (o) Establish procedures that enable the accessibility of the exhibits in an institution administered by the museum director for persons who are blind or visually impaired, including, without limitation, by providing audio guides, audio descriptive displays, tactile displays and experiences, dedicated tours for persons who are blind or visually impaired, Braille signage and descriptions, temporary lighting and adapted educational classes.

3. The Administrator shall require a museum director to serve as, or to designate an employee to serve as, ex officio State Paleontologist. The State Paleontologist shall, within the limits of available time, money and staff: (a) Systematically inventory the paleontological resources within the State of Nevada; (b) Compile a database of fossil resources within this State; (c) Coordinate and promote paleontological research activities within this State, including, without limitation, regulating and issuing permits to engage in such activities; (d) Disseminate and assist other persons in disseminating information gained from research conducted by the State Paleontologist; and (e) Display and promote, and assist other persons in displaying and promoting, the paleontological resources of this State to enhance education, culture and tourism within this State.

4. The enumeration of the powers and duties that may be assigned to a museum director pursuant to this section is not exclusive of other general objects and purposes appropriate to a public museum.

5. The provisions of this section do not prohibit the Administrator from making such administrative and organizational changes as are necessary for the efficient operation of the Division and its institutions and to ensure that an institution properly carries out the duties and responsibilities assigned to that institution.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 380.030 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 380 / Section 380.030
Removal of trustee; vacancies
Status: in_force

The board of law library trustees, by a majority vote recorded in the minutes with ayes and noes at length, may:

1. Remove any trustee who neglects to attend the meetings of the board, or who absents himself or herself from such meetings.

2. Fill all vacancies that occur in the board from any cause, but the board must at all times include at least two persons who are not attorneys at law.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.106 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.106
Gift fund: Establishment; sources; use; investment of money; transfer of money to library foundation
Status: in_force

1. The governing authority of any city library is authorized to establish with any financial institution or the city treasurer, as custodian, a special fund, known as the “__________ city library gift fund.” The moneys in such fund must be derived from all or any part of any gift, bequest or devise, including the interest thereon, and any additional money of the city library that is needed to supplement or match any gift, bequest or devise in the gift fund. The gift fund is a separate and continuing fund and no moneys in it revert to the general fund of the city at any time.

2. The moneys in a city library gift fund may be used for construction of new library buildings, capital improvements to library buildings, special library services, or other library purposes. No expenditure from a city library gift fund may be made until authorized by the governing authority.

3. The governing authority of a city library may invest or reinvest all or part of the moneys in the city library gift fund in any investment authorized for city and county moneys under chapter 355 of NRS .

4. The governing authority of a city library may transfer all or part of the moneys in a city library gift fund to a library foundation to be used solely for the support of the city library.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378A.020 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378A / Section 378A.020
“Board” defined
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, “Board” means the State Historical Records Advisory Board.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.148 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.148
Governing board of regional network of libraries: Members; organization; duties
Status: in_force

1. A regional network of libraries is governed by a board consisting of one representative from each participating entity.

2. The board shall: (a) Elect its own officers. (b) Establish rules for its own governance and bylaws for the operation of the regional network. (c) Prepare an annual budget for the regional network. (d) Develop, through a continuing process of planning, a master plan for the regional network of libraries for the provision of regional services. The master plan must be designed to extend 5 years into the future and must be made current at least every 2 years.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378.070 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378 / Section 378.070
Hours of State Library, Archives and Public Records
Status: in_force

The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator may designate the hours that the State Library, Archives and Public Records must be open for the use of the public.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378.310 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378 / Section 378.310
Restriction of access to records of constitutional officer upon agreement
Status: in_force

Whenever a constitutional officer or former constitutional officer has deposited records relating to the office, other than public records, in the Division upon a condition that access to the records be restricted until the end of a specified period, the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall maintain the restrictions as prescribed in the agreement, but no such restrictions may validly extend more than 25 years after the creation of the records.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.143 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.143
Establishment and maintenance by agreement; apportionment of expenses; custody of money
Status: in_force

1. Any two or more political subdivisions may join in establishing and maintaining a regional library through a written joint agreement of their governing bodies.

2. The agreement shall provide for the fair apportionment of expenses and that the treasurer or other fiscal officer of one of the participating political subdivisions shall be selected as treasurer of the regional library and shall have custody of the funds of the regional library.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378.210 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378 / Section 378.210
Center required to post titles of state and local publications received
Status: in_force

The Center shall make available on the Internet website of the State Library, Archives and Public Records the titles of the publications received by the Center pursuant to NRS 378.180 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378.050 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378 / Section 378.050
Biennial report
Status: in_force

The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall submit a biennial report to the Governor and the Legislature of the condition, operation and functioning of the State Library, Archives and Public Records.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 384.120 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 384 / Section 384.120
Certificate of appropriateness: Public hearing; exceptions; notice
Status: in_force

1. The Commission shall hold a public hearing upon each application for a certificate of appropriateness within 30 days after the application has been filed with the Commission, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, unless: (a) The application is approved by the staff of the Commission pursuant to NRS 384.115 ; and (b) The holding of a hearing is waived in writing by the applicant or the designated representative of the applicant.

2. The Commission shall cause notice of a hearing to be held on an application pursuant to subsection 1 to be given in accordance with NRS 241.020 to: (a) The applicant; (b) The owners of all properties deemed by the Commission to be materially affected by the application as they appear on the most recent tax list; and (c) Any person who has filed a written request for notice of hearings during the preceding calendar year.

3. The Commission may, if it determines the matter to be of sufficient public interest, give an additional notice of the time and place of the hearing by publication in the form of a legal advertisement in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the district at least 7 days before such hearing.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378.0083 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378 / Section 378.0083
Bequests and gifts unaffected by creation of Division in Department
Status: in_force

The creation of the Division in the Department does not affect any bequest, devise, endowment, trust, allotment or other gift made to the Division and those gifts inure to the benefit of the Division and remain subject to any conditions or restraints placed on the gifts.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.0057 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.0057
“Public library” defined
Status: in_force

“Public library” means a consolidated, county, district, city or town library, a group of libraries which have entered into an interlocal agreement or any other library predominantly supported by public money.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 380.120 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 380 / Section 380.120
Law library fund: Disbursement of money; procedures for accounting
Status: in_force

1. The board of law library trustees, by a majority vote recorded in the minutes with ayes and noes at length, may order the payment, upon properly authenticated vouchers duly certified by a person authorized to do so by the board, of money from the law library fund, for any liability or expenditure authorized by law.

2. The orders and demands of the board, when duly made and authenticated as provided in subsection 1, must be verified and audited by the county auditor or comptroller and paid by the county treasurer from the law library fund. Complete entries and records thereof must be kept as in other cases.

3. The board may, by a majority vote recorded in the minutes with ayes and noes at length, petition the board of county commissioners to allow the board to use the county's system for accounting for the collection and disbursement of money.

4. The board may adopt such other reasonable procedures for accounting as it deems necessary.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.001 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.001
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “ Administrator ” means the Administrator of the Division.

2. “ Board ” means the Board of Museums and History.

3. “ Cultural affiliation ” or “ culturally affiliated ” means that there is a relationship of shared group identity that may be reasonably traced historically or prehistorically between a present-day Indian tribe and an identifiable earlier group which is associated with a particular artifact or site.

4. “ Department ” means the Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs.

5. “ Director ” means the Director of the Department.

6. “ Division ” means the Division of Museums and History of the Department.

7. “ Funerary object ” means an object that, as a part of the death rite or ceremony of an Indian tribe is reasonably believed to have been placed with individual prehistoric native Indian human remains either at the time of death or later.

8. “Historic” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 381.195 .

9. “ Historic structures, buildings and other property of the Nevada State Prison ” means the structures, buildings and other property described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 321.004 .

10. “Indian tribe” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 383.011 .

11. “ Institution ” means an institution of the Division established pursuant to NRS 381.004 .

12. “ Museum director ” means the executive director of an institution of the Division appointed by the Administrator pursuant to NRS 381.0062 .

13. “Prehistoric” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 381.195 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.0077 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.0077
Submission of application for certification and fingerprints; issuance of provisional certificate
Status: in_force

<See notes for changes to this section effective under certain conditions.>

1. An application for certification by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator must include the social security number of the applicant.

2. Every applicant for certification by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall submit with the application a complete set of his or her fingerprints and written permission authorizing the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator to forward the fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator may issue a provisional certificate pending receipt of the report if the Administrator determines that the applicant is otherwise qualified.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378.280 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378 / Section 378.280
Program for maintenance of records of Executive Branch required to be established and administered; authority for Department of Transportation to establish program for management of its records
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall establish and administer a program for the efficient and economical creation, use, maintenance, retention, preservation, including, without limitation, microfilming and digital imaging, and disposition of the records of the Executive Branch of the Government of the State of Nevada.

2. The Director of the Department of Transportation may establish a program for the management of the Department's records, if the Director confers with the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator regarding the program. The program must incorporate generally accepted practices for managing records.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.040 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.040
Library to be free and accessible to public; regulations of trustees
Status: in_force

The library and reading room of any consolidated, county, district or town library must forever be and remain free and accessible to the public, subject to such reasonable regulations as the trustees of the library may adopt.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.203 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.203
Qualifications of applicant; contents of application; regulations
Status: in_force

1. In order to qualify as the recipient of a permit described in NRS 381.197 , the applicant must show: (a) That the investigation, exploration or excavation is undertaken for the benefit of a reputable museum, university, college or other recognized scientific or educational institution, with a view of increasing knowledge. (b) That the gathering is made for permanent preservation in public museums or other recognized educational or scientific institutions. (c) That the applicant possesses sufficient knowledge and scientific training to make such an investigation, exploration or excavation. (d) The location of the site where the applicant proposes to investigate, explore or excavate.

2. The Museum Director may prescribe reasonable regulations for carrying out such investigations, explorations or excavations.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378.100 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378 / Section 378.100
Acceptance of federal money
Status: in_force

The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator is authorized to accept and direct the disbursement of money appropriated by an act of Congress and apportioned to the State for libraries. That federal money must be deposited in the State Treasury for credit to the appropriate account of the State Library, Archives and Public Records.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.008 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.008
Sale of duplicates, surplus and inappropriate items; use of proceeds
Status: in_force

When not in conflict with any condition or restraint placed on a gift and with the approval of the Board, the museum director of each institution may sell duplicates, surplus and items inappropriate to the collection of the institution. The proceeds of the sale must be held in trust and may be expended only as approved by the Board for the purchase of photographs, memorabilia and other historical articles, and collections related to history, prehistory or natural history to enrich the collections of the Division.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.211 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.211
Renewal
Status: in_force

A permit described in NRS 381.197 may be renewed for an additional period of time upon application by the permit holder, if the work contemplated by the permit has been diligently prosecuted.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 384.130 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 384 / Section 384.130
Certificate of appropriateness: Determinations by Commission
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after a public hearing held pursuant to NRS 384.120 , but not more than 60 days, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excluded, after the filing of the application for the certificate of appropriateness, or within such further time as the applicant may in writing allow, the Commission shall determine:

1. That the proposed erection, construction, reconstruction, restoration, alteration, moving or razing of the exterior architectural feature involved will be appropriate to the preservation of the historic district for the purposes of NRS 384.010 to 384.210 , inclusive;

2. That, even though the proposed project may be inappropriate, failure to issue a certificate would involve a substantial hardship to the applicant because of conditions especially affecting the structure involved, but not affecting the historic district generally, and that a certificate could be issued without substantial detriment to the public welfare or the purposes of NRS 384.010 to 384.210 , inclusive; or

3. That the proposed project is inappropriate.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 380.050 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 380 / Section 380.050
Officers and assistants: Selection; powers and duties; removal; salaries
Status: in_force

1. The members of the board of law library trustees shall appoint one of their number as president.

2. They shall elect a secretary who shall: (a) Keep a full statement and account of all property, money, receipts and expenditures of the board, unless the board delegates that duty. (b) Keep a record, full minutes in writing and an audio recording or transcript of all proceedings of the board. The secretary may certify to such proceedings, or any part thereof, under his or her hand.

3. The board of law library trustees, by a majority vote recorded in the minutes with ayes and noes at length, may: (a) Define the powers and prescribe the duties of any and all officers; (b) Determine the number and elect all necessary subordinate officers and assistants; (c) Remove, at its pleasure, any officer or assistant; and (d) Fix the salaries of the secretary and other subordinate officers and assistants.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 383.011 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 383 / Section 383.011
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “ Administrator ” means the Administrator of the Office.

2. “ Advisory Board ” means the Board of Museums and History.

3. “ Commission ” means the Commission for Cultural Centers and Historic Preservation created by NRS 383.500 .

4. “Cultural affiliation” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 381.001 .

5. “ Cultural resources ” means any objects, sites or information of historic, prehistoric, archeological, architectural or paleontological significance.

6. “ Department ” means the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

7. “ Director ” means the Director of the Department.

8. “ Indian tribe ” means any tribe, band, nation or other organized group or community of Indians which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to native Indians because of their status as native Indians.

9. “ Office ” means the Office of Historic Preservation of the Department.

10. “Prehistoric” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 381.195 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 380.020 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 380 / Section 380.020
Government and management of law library; number, appointment and terms of members
Status: in_force

1. Any law library established by ordinance as provided by subsection 1 of NRS 380.010 must be governed and managed by a board of law library trustees.

2. A board of law library trustees must consist of not less than five nor more than seven members. The district judge of the judicial district in which the county is situated or, if the district has more than one district judge, a maximum of three district judges designated by all the judges of the district from among their number, are ex officio trustees. The board of county commissioners shall appoint a sufficient number of trustees to complete the board, including at least two who are not attorneys at law.

3. Appointive members of the board must be appointed by the board of county commissioners at the first meeting of the board of county commissioners in each January, to serve for terms of 2 years. As nearly as may be, half of the terms must expire each year.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 383.405 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 383 / Section 383.405
“Historic site” defined
Status: in_force

“Historic site” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 381.195 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 378.087 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 378 / Section 378.087
Powers and duties of State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator: Establishment of program to provide grants to public libraries; amount of grants; regulations; limitations on use of grants
Status: in_force

1. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall establish a program to provide grants of money to the public libraries of this State for the purchase or acquisition of books, library materials and computer databases. The money must be provided by legislative appropriation, accounted for separately and administered by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator.

2. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall, within the limits of legislative appropriation, provide such grants based on the following: (a) If the requesting library has a budget for materials which is $10,000 or less, the requesting library is eligible to receive a base grant of $1,000, plus a matching grant in an amount that is not more than 75 percent of its budget for materials. (b) If the requesting library has a budget for materials which is more than $10,000 but less than $75,000, the requesting library is eligible to receive a base grant of $5,000, plus a matching grant in an amount that is not more than 50 percent of its budget for materials. (c) If the requesting library has a budget for materials which is $75,000 or more but less than $150,000, the requesting library is eligible to receive a base grant of $10,000, plus a matching grant in an amount that is not more than 33 1/3 percent of its budget for materials. (d) If the requesting library has a budget for materials which is $150,000 or more but less than $500,000, the requesting library is eligible to receive a base grant of $15,000, plus a matching grant in an amount that is not more than 25 percent of its budget for materials. (e) If the requesting library has a budget for materials which is $500,000 or more, the requesting library is eligible to receive a base grant of $25,000, plus a matching grant in the first year it receives a grant pursuant to this paragraph in an amount that is not more than 10 percent of its budget for materials. The amount of the matching grant provided in any year may be increased by 10 percent in each succeeding year, except that in no event may the matching grant provided in any year exceed 25 percent of the library's budget for materials in that year.

3. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall adopt such regulations as are necessary to: (a) Establish a procedure pursuant to which a public library may apply to receive a grant pursuant to this section; (b) Determine the eligibility of a public library to receive such a grant; and (c) Determine the exact amount of a grant to be awarded to a public library.

4. Money granted pursuant to this section must not supplant or cause to be reduced any other source of funding for a public library and must be used exclusively by the public library to purchase or acquire books, library materials and computer databases.

5. For the purposes of this section, “public library” does not include a library operated within the Nevada System of Higher Education.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.026 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.026
Gift funds of libraries: Establishment; sources; use; investment of money; transfer of money to library foundation
Status: in_force

1. The trustees of any consolidated, county, district or town library may establish with any financial institution or the county treasurer, as custodian, a special fund, to be known as the gift fund of the __________ consolidated library, the gift fund of the county library, the gift fund of the __________ district library or the gift fund of the __________ town library, as the case may be. The money in such a fund must be derived from all or any part of any gift, bequest or devise, including the interest thereon, and any additional money of the library that is needed to supplement or match any gift, bequest or devise in the gift fund. The fund must be a separate and continuing fund and no money in the fund reverts to the general fund of the county at any time.

2. The money in a gift fund of a library may be used for construction of new library buildings, capital improvements to library buildings, special library services or other library purposes. No expenditure from a gift fund of a library may be made until authorized by the trustees.

3. The trustees may invest or reinvest all or part of the money in the gift fund of a library in any investment authorized for city and county money under chapter 355 of NRS .

4. The trustees may transfer all or part of the money in any gift fund of a library to a library foundation to be used solely for the support of the library.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 384.090 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 384 / Section 384.090
Appointment by Commission of committees and subcommittees; regulations
Status: in_force

The Commission may appoint such committees and subcommittees and adopt such reasonable regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 384.010 to 384.210 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 384.150 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 384 / Section 384.150
Certificate of appropriateness: Issuance or denial; collection and deposit of fee in State General Fund and Account for the Restoration of the Fourth Ward School in Virginia City; variations; additional conditions; appeal to Board of Museums and History
Status: in_force

1. If, after a hearing held pursuant to NRS 384.120 , the Commission determines that the proposed construction, reconstruction, restoration, alteration, moving or razing of the exterior architectural feature involved will be appropriate, or, although inappropriate, that failure to issue a certificate would result in hardship as provided in subsection 2 of NRS 384.130 , or if the Commission fails to make a determination within the time prescribed in NRS 384.130 , the Commission shall immediately issue to the applicant a certificate of appropriateness.

2. The Commission may charge and collect a reasonable fee for the issuance of a certificate of appropriateness by the Commission pursuant to this section or by its staff pursuant to NRS 384.115 . If a fee is charged, 50 percent of the proceeds must be deposited in the State General Fund for credit to the appropriate account for the Comstock Historic District and 50 percent must be deposited in a nonreverting Account for the Restoration of the Fourth Ward School in Virginia City, which is hereby created. Money in the Account for the Restoration of the Fourth Ward School may be expended only upon approval by the Commission.

3. In exercising the power to vary or modify strict adherence to the provisions of NRS 384.010 to 384.210 , inclusive, or to interpret the meaning of NRS 384.010 to 384.210 , inclusive, so as to relieve hardship under the provisions of subsection 2 of NRS 384.130 , the Commission shall require any variance, modification or interpretation to be in harmony with the general purpose and intent of NRS 384.010 to 384.210 , inclusive, so that the general historical character of the District is conserved and substantial justice done. In allowing variations, the Commission may impose such reasonable and additional conditions as will, in its judgment, better fulfill the purposes of NRS 384.010 to 384.210 , inclusive.

4. If the Commission determines that a certificate of appropriateness should not issue, it shall immediately set forth in its records the reasons for the determination, and may include recommendations respecting the proposed erection, construction, restoration, alteration, moving or razing, and shall immediately notify the applicant of the determination by transmitting to the applicant an attested copy of the reasons and recommendations, if any, as set forth in the records of the Commission.

5. The applicant may appeal a refusal of the Commission to issue a certificate of appropriateness to the Board of Museums and History within 30 days after its determination and the Board, after a hearing on the matter, may: (a) Approve the application with or without conditions by a unanimous vote; or (b) Deny the application. If the Board approves the application, the Commission shall immediately issue a certificate of appropriateness to the applicant.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.215 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.215
Report of holder to Museum Director; duties of Museum Director regarding prehistoric native Indian human remains and funerary objects; exception
Status: in_force

1. After the close of each season's work, within a reasonable time designated in a permit described in NRS 381.197 , every permit holder shall furnish to the Museum Director a report containing a detailed account of the work done, material collected and other pertinent data.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if any of the work done, material collected or other pertinent data pertains to prehistoric native Indian human remains or a funerary object, the Museum Director shall: (a) Provide notice to and consult with each applicable Indian tribe in accordance with NRS 381.0066 ; (b) Determine which Indian tribe has the closest cultural affiliation to the prehistoric native Indian human remains or funerary object in accordance with NRS 381.0067 ; and (c) Furnish the report described in subsection 1 to the closest culturally affiliated Indian tribe, if any.

3. The Museum Director is not required to comply with the provisions of paragraph (a) of subsection 2 if the Museum Director has already obtained the information necessary to make the determination required pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 through the process set forth in NRS 381.195 to 381.227 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 383.085 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 383 / Section 383.085
State Register of Historic Places
Status: in_force

1. The Office shall prepare and maintain the State Register of Historic Places.

2. The Office shall establish procedures, qualifications and standards for listing historic places in the State Register.

3. The Office shall prepare a list of eligible sites, buildings, structures and objects, including, without limitation, landmarks, and districts on public and private land.

4. The Administrator may, by agreement with the appropriate state agency or private owner, place any site, building, structure or object, including, without limitation, a landmark, or district which is located on state or private land in the State Register. The Administrator may by agreement with the appropriate federal agency place any site, building, structure or object, including, without limitation, a landmark, or district which is located on federal land in the State Register.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.009 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.009
Filing and update of directory of personnel who hold certificates
Status: in_force

The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall file with the governing authority of each public library in this State a directory of all personnel who hold certificates, and shall advise the governing authority from time to time, as necessary, of changes or additions to the directory.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 381.0066 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 381 / Section 381.0066
Museum directors: Notice to and consultation with certain Indian tribes
Status: in_force

1. In providing notice and consultation with Indian tribes as required by this chapter, the museum director of an institution shall immediately notify, in writing, and initiate consultation with any Indian tribe: (a) Who is or is likely to be culturally affiliated with the applicable artifact or site; (b) On whose aboriginal lands the applicable artifact was discovered or the site was located; or (c) Who is reasonably known to have a direct cultural relationship to the applicable artifact or site.

2. The written notice must include a proposed time and place for the consultation with the museum director.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 379.055 — NV Code / Title 33 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.055
Transfer of county library district's property, money, contracts and appropriations to consolidated library district
Status: in_force

All property, money, and contracts of, and appropriations to, the county library district being consolidated become the property, money and contracts of, and appropriations to, the consolidated library district.