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Timestamp: 2019-04-21 02:52:16+00:00

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 357.020 and 357.030 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 156, § 2.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 156, § 3.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 156, § 4.
(d) Has possession, custody or control of public property or money and knowingly delivers or causes to be delivered to the State or a political subdivision less money or property than the amount for which the person receives a receipt.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 156, § 6. Amended by Laws 2007, c. 454, § 23, eff. July 1, 2007.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 156, § 7. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 91, § 6, eff. July 1, 2011.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 156, § 8.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Attorney General shall investigate any alleged liability pursuant to this chapter and may bring a civil action pursuant to this chapter against the person liable.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 156, § 9. Amended by Laws 2007, c. 454, § 24, eff. July 1, 2007; Laws 2011, c. 91, § 7, eff. July 1, 2011.
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 357.090 and 357.100, a private plaintiff may maintain an action pursuant to this chapter on his or her own account and that of the State if money, property or services provided by the State are involved, or on his or her own account and that of a political subdivision if money, property or services provided by the political subdivision are involved, or on his or her own account and that of both the State and a political subdivision if both are involved. After such an action is commenced, it may be dismissed only with leave of the court, taking into account the public purposes of this chapter and the best interests of the parties.
4. A complaint filed pursuant to this section must be placed under seal and so remain for at least 60 days or until the Attorney General or a designee of the Attorney General pursuant to NRS 357.070 has elected whether to intervene. No service may be made upon the defendant until the complaint is unsealed.
5. On the date the private plaintiff files a complaint, he or she shall send a copy of the complaint to the Attorney General by mail with return receipt requested. The private plaintiff shall send with each copy of the complaint a written disclosure of substantially all material evidence and information he or she possesses. If a district attorney or city attorney has accepted a designation from the Attorney General pursuant to NRS 357.070, the Attorney General shall forward a copy of the complaint to the district attorney or city attorney, as applicable.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 156, § 11. Amended by Laws 2007, c. 454, § 25, eff. July 1, 2007; Laws 2011, c. 91, § 8, eff. July 1, 2011.
No action may be maintained pursuant to NRS 357.080 that is based upon information discovered by a present or former employee of the State or a political subdivision during his or her employment, unless he or she first in good faith exhausted internal procedures for reporting and seeking recovery of the proceeds of the fraudulent activity through official channels and the State or political subdivision failed to act on the information provided for at least 6 months.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 156, § 26.
1. No action may be maintained pursuant to this chapter that is based upon the public disclosure of allegations or transactions in a criminal, civil or administrative hearing, in an investigation, report, hearing or audit conducted by or at the request of a house of the Legislature, an auditor or the governing body of a political subdivision, or from the news media, unless the action is brought by the Attorney General, a designee of the Attorney General pursuant to NRS 357.070 or an original source of the information.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 156, § 27. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 91, § 9, eff. July 1, 2011.
1. Within 60 days after receiving a complaint and disclosure, the Attorney General or a designee of the Attorney General pursuant to NRS 357. 070 may intervene and proceed with the action or, for good cause shown, move the court to extend the time for his or her election whether to proceed. The motion may be supported by affidavits or other submissions in chambers.
2. If the Attorney General or the Attorney General’s designee elects to intervene, the complaint must be unsealed. If the Attorney General or the Attorney General’s designee elects not to intervene, the private plaintiff may proceed and the complaint must be unsealed.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 156, § 12. Amended by Laws 2007, c. 454, § 26, eff. July 1, 2007; Laws 2011, c. 91, § 10, eff. July 1, 2011.
1. If the Attorney General or a designee of the Attorney General pursuant to NRS 357.070intervenes, the private plaintiff remains a party to an action pursuant to NRS 357.080.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Attorney General or the Attorney General’s designee may settle the action. If the Attorney General or the Attorney General’s designee intends to settle the action, the Attorney General or the Attorney General’s designee shall notify the private plaintiff of that fact. Upon the request of the private plaintiff, the court shall determine whether settlement of the action is consistent with the public purposes of this chapter and shall not approve the settlement of the action unless it determines that such settlement is consistent with the public purposes of this chapter.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 156, § 15. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 91, § 11, eff. July 1, 2011.
2. Upon timely application, the Attorney General or the Attorney General’s designee may intervene in an action in which he or she has previously declined to intervene, if the interest of the State or a political subdivision in recovery of the money or property involved is not being adequately represented by the private plaintiff.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 156, § 17. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 91, § 12, eff. July 1, 2011.
The defendant is entitled to 30 days in which to respond after a complaint filed pursuant to NRS 357.080 is unsealed and served upon the defendant.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 156, § 16.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 156, § 24. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 91, § 13, eff. July 1, 2011.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 156, § 25. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 91, § 14, eff. July 1, 2011.
1. An action pursuant to this chapter may not be commenced more than 3 years after the date on which the Attorney General or a designee of the Attorney General pursuant to NRS 357.070discovers, or reasonably should have discovered, the fraudulent activity or more than 6 years after the fraudulent activity occurred, but in no event more than 10 years after the fraudulent activity occurred. Within those limits, an action may be based upon fraudulent activity that occurred before July 1, 2007.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 156, § 30. Amended by Laws 2007, c. 327, § 63; Laws 2007, c. 454, § 27, eff. July 1, 2007; Laws 2011, c. 91, § 15, eff. July 1, 2011.
2. If the defendant prevails in the action, the court may award the defendant reasonable expenses and attorney’s fees against the party or parties who participated in the action if it finds that the action was clearly frivolous or vexatious or brought solely for harassment.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 156, § 23. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 91, § 16, eff. July 1, 2011.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 156, § 18.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 156, § 19. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 91, § 17, eff. July 1, 2011.
1. If the Attorney General or a designee of the Attorney General pursuant to NRS 357.070intervenes at the outset in an action pursuant to NRS 357.080, the private plaintiff is entitled, except as otherwise provided in NRS 357.220, to receive not less than 15 percent or more than 33 percent of any recovery, according to the extent of his or her contribution to the conduct of the action.
2. If the Attorney General or the Attorney General’s designee does not intervene in the action at the outset, the private plaintiff is entitled, except as otherwise provided in NRS 357.220, to receive not less than 25 percent or more than 50 percent of any recovery, as the court determines to be reasonable.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 156, § 20. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 91, § 18, eff. July 1, 2011.
1. If the action is one described in NRS 357.090, the present or former employee of the State or political subdivision is not entitled to any minimum percentage of any recovery, but the court may award him or her no more than 33 percent of the recovery if the Attorney General or a designee of the Attorney General pursuant to NRS 357.070 intervenes in the action at the outset, or no more than 50 percent if the Attorney General or the Attorney General’s designee does not intervene, according to the significance of his or her information, the extent of his or her contribution to the conduct of the action and the response to his or her efforts to report the false claim and gain recovery through other official channels.
2. If the private plaintiff is a present or former employee of the State or a political subdivision and benefited financially from the fraudulent activity, he or she is not entitled to any minimum percentage of any recovery, but the court may award the private plaintiff no more than 33 percent of the recovery if the Attorney General or the Attorney General’s designee intervenes in the action at the outset, or no more than 50 percent if the Attorney General or the Attorney General’s designee does not intervene, according to the significance of his or her information, the extent of his or her contribution to the conduct of the action, the extent of his or her involvement in the fraudulent activity, his or her attempts to avoid or resist the activity and the other circumstances of the activity.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 156, § 21. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 91, § 19, eff. July 1, 2011.
The portion of any recovery not apportioned pursuant to NRS 357.200, 357.210 and 357.220must be paid into the State General Fund if the money, property or services were provided only by the State, or into the general fund of the political subdivision if they were provided only by a political subdivision. If the action involved both the State and a political subdivision, the court shall apportion the remaining portion of any recovery between them according to the respective values of the money, property or services provided by each.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 156, § 22.
2. An employer shall not discharge, demote, suspend, threaten, harass, deny promotion to or otherwise discriminate against an employee in the terms or conditions of his or her employment because of lawful acts done by the employee on his or her own behalf or on behalf of others in disclosing information to the State, a political subdivision or a law enforcement agency in furtherance of an action pursuant to this chapter, including investigation for, bringing or testifying in such an action.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 156, § 28.
1. An employer who violates subsection 2 of NRS 357.240 is liable to the affected employee in a civil action for all relief necessary to make the affected employee whole, including, without limitation, reinstatement with the same seniority as if the discrimination had not occurred or damages in lieu of reinstatement if appropriate, twice the amount of lost compensation, interest on the lost compensation, any special damage sustained as a result of the discrimination and punitive damages if appropriate. The employer is also liable for expenses recoverable pursuant to NRS 357.180, costs and attorney’s fees.
(b) Was harassed, threatened with termination or demotion, or otherwise coerced by his or her employer into any participation in fraudulent activity.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 156, § 29.

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