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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.333 - Consumer Protection Legal Account: Creation; interest; nonreversion.

1. The Consumer Protection Legal Account is hereby created in the Office of the Attorney General.
2. All interest earned on the money in the Account, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the Account.
3. Money 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.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 2183)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.340 - Account for the Bureau of Consumer Protection: Deposits; use; claims.

1. Except as otherwise provided by NRS 598A.260, all money collected by the Bureau of Consumer Protection pursuant to NRS 704.033 and chapter 711 of NRS and pursuant to those provisions of NRS relating to private investigators and unfair trade practices must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Account for the Bureau of Consumer Protection.
2. Money in the Account may be used:
(a) To defray the costs of maintaining the Office of the Consumer’s Advocate and for carrying out the provisions of NRS 228.300 to 228.390, inclusive; or
(b) For any other purpose authorized by the Legislature.
3. All claims against the Account must be paid as other claims against the State are paid.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1675; A 1989, 1470; 1997, 1969; 2007, 1377; 2010, 26th Special Session, 5)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.350 - Account for the Consumer’s Advocate: Gifts and grants.

All gifts and grants of money which the Consumer’s Advocate is authorized to accept must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Account for the Consumer’s Advocate.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1675; A 1989, 1470)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.355 - Revolving account: Use for payment of expenses relating to certain undercover investigations; powers and duties of Consumer’s Advocate.

1. There is hereby created a revolving account for the Bureau of Consumer Protection in the sum of $7,500, which must be used for the payment of expenses relating to conducting an undercover investigation of a person who is allegedly engaging in a deceptive trade practice or violating any provision of NRS 487.6871 to 487.6897, inclusive.
2. The Consumer’s Advocate shall deposit the money in the revolving account in a bank or credit union qualified to receive deposits of public money as provided by law, and the deposit must be secured by a depository bond satisfactory to the State Board of Examiners.
3. The Consumer’s Advocate or his or her designee may:
(a) Sign all checks drawn upon the revolving account; and
(b) Make withdrawals of cash from the revolving account.
4. Payments made from the revolving account must be promptly reimbursed from the legislative appropriation, if any, to the Consumer’s Advocate for the expenses relating to conducting an undercover investigation of a person who is allegedly engaging in a deceptive trade practice or violating any provision of NRS 487.6871 to 487.6897, inclusive. The claim for reimbursement must be processed and paid as other claims against the State are paid.
5. The Consumer’s Advocate shall:
(a) Approve any disbursement from the revolving account; and
(b) Maintain records of any such disbursement.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 2538, 2696)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.360 - Powers and duties regarding certain public utilities.

1. The Consumer’s Advocate:
(a) Shall intervene in and represent the public interest in:
(1) All proceedings conducted pursuant to NRS 704.7561 to 704.7595, inclusive; and
(2) All proceedings conducted pursuant to NRS 704.061 to 704.110, inclusive, in which an electric utility has filed a general rate application or an annual deferred energy accounting adjustment application.
(b) May, with respect to all public utilities except railroads and cooperative utilities, and except as otherwise provided in NRS 228.380:
(1) Conduct or contract for studies, surveys, research or expert testimony relating to matters affecting the public interest or the interests of utility customers.
(2) Examine any books, accounts, minutes, records or other papers or property of any public utility subject to the regulatory authority of the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada in the same manner and to the same extent as authorized by law for members of the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada and its staff.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (a), petition for, request, initiate, appear or intervene in any proceeding concerning rates, charges, tariffs, modifications of service or any related matter before the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada or any court, regulatory body, board, commission or agency having jurisdiction over any matter which the Consumer’s Advocate may bring before or has brought before the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada or in which the public interest or the interests of any particular class of utility customers are involved. The Consumer’s Advocate may represent the public interest or the interests of any particular class of utility customers in any such proceeding, and the Consumer’s Advocate is a real party in interest in the proceeding.
2. As used in this section, "electric utility" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.187.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1675; A 1987, 705; 1997, 1969; 2001, 353, 3254; 2007, 2987; 2013, 741)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.370 - Duty of certain public utilities to provide documents.

All public utilities, except railroads and cooperative utilities, and except as provided in NRS 228.380, shall provide the Consumer’s Advocate with copies of any proposed changes in rates or service, correspondence, legal papers and other documents which are served on or delivered or mailed to the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1676; A 1987, 705; 1997, 1969)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.380 - Authority to exercise power of Attorney General in areas of consumer protection; exceptions; access to records; expenditure of assessment revenues; limitations on powers directly relating to discretionary or competitive telecommunication services.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Consumer’s Advocate may exercise the power of the Attorney General in areas of consumer protection, including, but not limited to, enforcement of chapters 90, 597, 598, 598A, 598B, 598C, 599B and 711 of NRS.
2. The Consumer’s Advocate may not exercise any powers to enforce any criminal statute set forth in:
(a) Chapter 90, 597, 598, 598A, 598B, 598C or 599B of NRS for any transaction or activity that involves a proceeding before the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada if the Consumer’s Advocate is participating in that proceeding as a real party in interest on behalf of the customers or a class of customers of utilities; or
(b) Chapter 711 of NRS.
3. The Consumer’s Advocate may have access to all records in the possession of any agency, board or commission of this State that he or she determines are necessary for the exercise of the powers set forth in subsection 1.
4. The Consumer’s Advocate may expend revenues derived from NRS 704.033 only for activities directly related to the protection of customers of public utilities.
5. The powers of the Consumer’s Advocate do not extend to proceedings before the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada directly relating to discretionary or competitive telecommunication services.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1676; A 1991, 66; 1997, 1970; 2007, 1377; 2021, 1355)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.390 - Representation of public interest and customers’ interests.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 704.110 and 704.7561 to 704.7595, inclusive:
(a) The Consumer’s Advocate has sole discretion to represent or refrain from representing the public interest and any class of customers in any proceeding.
(b) In exercising such discretion, the Consumer’s Advocate shall consider the importance and extent of the public interest or the customers’ interests involved and whether those interests would be adequately represented without his or her participation.
(c) If the Consumer’s Advocate determines that there would be a conflict between the public interest and any particular class of customers or any inconsistent interests among the classes of customers involved in a particular matter, the Consumer’s Advocate may choose to represent one of the interests, to represent no interest, or to represent one interest through his or her office and another or others through outside counsel engaged on a case basis.
(d) If the Consumer’s Advocate declines to represent the public interest in a proceeding to review a proposed rate of an electric utility, the Consumer’s Advocate shall publish a report in support of the decision to decline such representation and make the report available to the public at the Bureau of Consumer Protection and on the Internet website maintained by the Bureau of Consumer Protection. The report must:
(1) Identify each element of the public interest, as may be applicable to the proceeding to review a proposed rate; and
(2) Specify the manner in which each element of the public interest, as identified pursuant to subparagraph (1), is sufficiently represented.
2. As used in this section, "electric utility" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.187.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1676; A 1997, 1970; 2001, 354, 3255; 2013, 3345)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.411 - Authority of Attorney General to subpoena and use certain documents, records and materials; penalty for noncompliance with subpoena; required contents of subpoena.

1. In carrying out the duties and responsibilities under NRS 228.410, the Attorney General, acting through the chief executive of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit or his or her designee, may issue a subpoena for documents, records or materials.
2. The Attorney General may use any documents, records or materials produced pursuant to a subpoena issued under this section in the course of a civil action brought pursuant to NRS 228.410.
3. Any person who willfully fails or refuses to comply with a subpoena issued pursuant to this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
4. A subpoena issued pursuant to this section must include a copy of the provisions of subsections 1, 2 and 3.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 533)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.412 - Jurisdiction of Attorney General in cases involving insurance fraud; establishment of Fraud Control Unit for Insurance; duties and powers.

1. The Attorney General has primary jurisdiction to conduct criminal investigations into and may bring a criminal prosecution for any act alleged to be insurance fraud.
2. The Attorney General shall establish within his or her office a Fraud Control Unit for Insurance. The Fraud Control Unit must consist of such persons as are necessary to carry out the duties set forth in this section, NRS 679B.600 to 679B.700, inclusive, and NRS 686A.281 to 686A.292, inclusive, including, without limitation, attorneys and investigators.
3. The Attorney General, acting through the Fraud Control Unit:
(a) Is the single state agency responsible for the criminal prosecution of insurance fraud;
(b) Shall cooperate with the Commissioner of Insurance, insurers, and investigators and prosecutors of other states and the Federal Government in coordinating state and federal criminal investigations and criminal prosecutions involving insurance fraud;
(c) Shall protect the privacy of insurers and insured persons who are eligible to receive benefits pursuant to the provisions of title 57 of NRS and shall establish procedures to prevent the misuse of information obtained in carrying out this section; and
(d) May, upon written request, inspect the records of any insurer, the Commissioner of Insurance and the Division of Insurance of the Department of Business and Industry to conduct a criminal investigation into any act alleged to be insurance fraud.
4. To investigate any act alleged to be insurance fraud, the Attorney General and members of the Fraud Control Unit may conduct investigations into any activity related thereto occurring outside of this State, if necessary. To conduct these investigations, the Attorney General and members of the Fraud Control Unit may:
(a) Travel outside of this State;
(b) Cooperate with appropriate agencies or persons outside of this State; and
(c) Designate those agencies or persons to conduct investigations for the Attorney General.
5. When acting pursuant to this section, the Attorney General may commence an investigation and file a criminal action without leave of court, and has exclusive charge of the conduct of the prosecution. The Attorney General may conduct preliminary hearings or grand juries for the purposes of filing an information or indictment.
6. The Attorney General shall report the name of each person who has been convicted of insurance fraud to the Commissioner of Insurance.
7. The provisions of this section must not be construed to limit or diminish the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Insurance to regulate persons transacting insurance in this State.
8. As used in this section, "insurance fraud" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 686A.2815.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1100)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.423 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 228.423 to 228.497, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 228.427 and 228.430 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 940; A 2017, 2445)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.440 - Creation of Office; appointment; term; qualifications; classification; removal.

1. The Office of Ombudsman for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking is hereby created within the Office of the Attorney General.
2. The Attorney General shall appoint a person to serve in the position of Ombudsman for a term of 4 years. The person so appointed:
(a) Must be knowledgeable about the legal and societal aspects of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking;
(b) Is in the unclassified service of the State; and
(c) Is not required to be an attorney.
3. The Attorney General may remove the Ombudsman from office for inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1819; A 2021, 658)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.450 - Duties; confidentiality of certain information collected in discharge of duties; use of grants to compensate.

1. The Ombudsman for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking shall:
(a) Prepare quarterly reports relating to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking from information collected from the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History, if any such information is available.
(b) Provide necessary assistance to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking.
(c) Provide education to the public concerning domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking, including, without limitation, the prevention of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking, available assistance to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking, and available treatment for persons who commit domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking.
(d) Perform such other tasks as are necessary to carry out the duties and functions of his or her office.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, information collected pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 is confidential and must not be disclosed to any person under any circumstances, including, without limitation, pursuant to a subpoena, search warrant or discovery proceeding. Such information may be used for statistical purposes if the identity of the person is not discernible from the information disclosed.
3. Any grant received by the Office of the Attorney General for assistance to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking may be used to compensate the Ombudsman for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1819; A 2021, 658)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.460 - Creation; deposits; administration; expenditures; claims.

1. The Account for Programs Related to Domestic Violence is hereby created in the State General Fund. Any fee imposed and collected pursuant to NRS 176.094 must be deposited with the State Controller for credit to the Account.
2. The Ombudsman for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking:
(a) Shall administer the Account for Programs Related to Domestic Violence; and
(b) May expend money in the Account only to pay for expenses related to:
(1) The Committee;
(2) Training law enforcement officers, attorneys and members of the judicial system about domestic violence;
(3) Assisting victims of domestic violence and educating the public concerning domestic violence; and
(4) Carrying out the duties and functions of his or her office.
3. All claims against the Account for Programs Related to Domestic Violence must be paid as other claims against the State are paid.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1819; A 2001, 2903; 2005, 941; 2017, 2445; 2019, 1824; 2021, 658)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.490 - Gifts, grants, donations and contributions.

The Committee may apply for and accept gifts, grants, donations and contributions from any source for the purpose of carrying out its duties pursuant to NRS 228.470. Any money that the Committee receives pursuant to this section must be deposited in and accounted for separately in the Account for Programs Related to Domestic Violence created pursuant to NRS 228.460 for use by the Committee in carrying out its duties.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 940; A 2017, 2447)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.497 - Review of death of victim of certain crimes that constitute domestic violence: Access to information and records.

In carrying out its duties pursuant to NRS 228.495, the Committee may have access to:
1. The information that is contained in the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History pursuant to NRS 179A.075.
2. The records of criminal history maintained by an agency of criminal justice pursuant to NRS 179A.100.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 184; A 2017, 2449)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.500 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 228.500 to 228.640, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 228.510, 228.520 and 228.530 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2877)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.520 - "Telephone solicitor" defined.

1. "Telephone solicitor" means a person who makes or causes another person or a machine to make an unsolicited telephone call for the sale of goods or services.
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Device for automatic dialing and announcing" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 597.812.
(b) "Machine" includes, without limitation, a device for automatic dialing and announcing.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2877)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.530 - "Unsolicited telephone call for the sale of goods or services" defined.

1. "Unsolicited telephone call for the sale of goods or services" means an unsolicited telephone call, other than a telephone call on behalf of a charitable organization, religious organization or political organization, to:
(a) Rent, lease, sell, exchange, promote or gift any good or service;
(b) Solicit any act described in paragraph (a);
(c) Seek or obtain a donation or contribution of money or anything else of value; or
(d) Seek or obtain information, including, without limitation, any document, intended to be used to facilitate any act described in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Charitable organization" means a person that the Secretary of the Treasury has determined to be tax exempt pursuant to the provisions of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3).
(b) "Committee for political action" means a committee for political action, as defined in NRS 294A.0055, which has registered pursuant to NRS 294A.230.
(c) "Good or service" means:
(1) Any property or product, whether tangible or intangible;
(2) Any service, including, without limitation, financial service;
(3) A loan or any other extension of credit;
(4) Insurance;
(5) Any investment or opportunity for investment;
(6) A gift, prize, bonus or any other inducement to act; or
(7) Anything of value.
(d) "Political organization" means a committee for political action, political party or candidate for public office.
(e) "Religious organization" means an organization for which the primary purpose is the operation of a church, synagogue or other place of religious worship at which nonprofit religious services and activities are regularly conducted.
(f) "Telephone call on behalf of a charitable organization, religious organization or political organization" means a telephone call on behalf of the organization if the call is made by:
(1) An employee of the organization who is paid directly by the organization; or
(2) A volunteer.
3. For the purposes of this section, a telephone call is deemed to have been solicited if it is made to a person who:
(a) Expressly requested or expressly gave permission for the telephone call to be made;
(b) Had an established business relationship with the caller, if the telephone call is made solely to verify the termination of the business relationship; or
(c) Has a delinquent obligation for which payment or performance is due but has not been made, if the telephone call is made to:
(1) Collect the payment or obtain the performance; or
(2) Extend credit to allow the person to make the payment.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2877)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.560 - Public service announcement concerning registry.

1. The Attorney General shall make information available to the public concerning the establishment and maintenance of the registry, including, without limitation:
(a) The procedures for requesting the inclusion or maintenance of a telephone number in the registry;
(b) A statement indicating that a revised version of the list of telephone numbers in the registry will be published at least once every 6 months;
(c) A statement indicating that no information contained in the registry, other than the telephone numbers, will be included on the list published pursuant to this section or otherwise disclosed to the public; and
(d) A statement indicating that all telephone numbers and related information in the registry will be deleted or otherwise purged from the registry every 3 years, except for any telephone number and related information for which the Attorney General has received a new or renewed request for inclusion in the registry within the 6 months before the potential deletion.
2. A person who publishes telephone directories for distribution to the public in this State shall ensure that each such telephone directory includes the information made available to the public by the Attorney General pursuant to subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2880)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.570 - Registry and published list of telephone numbers in registry not a public record; publication, release and use of telephone numbers and other information in registry.

To the extent consistent with federal law:
1. The registry is not a public record. Any list published of the telephone numbers contained within the registry is not a public record.
2. The telephone numbers in the registry must not be published or released except pursuant to the provisions of NRS 228.500 to 228.640, inclusive.
3. The information in the registry other than the telephone numbers:
(a) Must not be published or released; and
(b) May only be used by the Attorney General to administer the provisions of NRS 228.500 to 228.640, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2881)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.580 - Availability of published list of telephone numbers in registry to telephone solicitors; fee.

Each list of telephone numbers published pursuant to NRS 228.550 must be made available to a telephone solicitor upon the payment of the fee established by regulation for this purpose by the Attorney General. The fee must not exceed $1,000 annually for each telephone solicitor, regardless of the number of revised editions of the list that are published during the calendar year.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2881)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.590 - Calls prohibited to telephone numbers in registry; limited use of information in registry.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 228.600, a telephone solicitor shall not intentionally make an unsolicited telephone call for the sale of goods or services to a telephone number in the currently effective version of the list of telephone numbers in the registry.
2. A person who obtains a copy of or access to the registry or to any version of the list of telephone numbers in the registry shall not use that information for any purpose other than determining whether a particular telephone number is available for an unsolicited telephone call for the sale of goods or services.
3. For the purposes of this section, a version of the list of telephone numbers in the registry is deemed to be the currently effective version of the list for the period beginning on the 31st day after it is published and ending on the 30th day after the next version is published.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2881)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.610 - Attorney General to institute legal proceedings against violator.

If the Attorney General has reason to believe that a person has violated any of the provisions of NRS 228.500 to 228.640, inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, the Attorney General may institute an appropriate legal proceeding against the person in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2882)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.620 - Violation constitutes deceptive trade practice.

A violation of a provision of NRS 228.500 to 228.640, inclusive, constitutes a deceptive trade practice for the purposes of NRS 598.0903 to 598.0999, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2882)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.630 - Registry Account: Creation; deposits; interest and income; expenditures; administration; claims; nonreversion; submission of annual itemized statement to Legislature.

1. The Registry Account is hereby created in the State General Fund for the use of the Attorney General.
2. All money collected by the Attorney General pursuant to NRS 228.580 must be deposited in the State General Fund for credit to the Registry Account. The interest and income earned on the money in the Registry Account, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the Registry Account.
3. Expenditures from the Registry Account must be made only to administer and enforce the provisions of NRS 228.500 to 228.640, inclusive.
4. The Attorney General shall administer the Registry Account. All claims against the Registry Account must be paid as other claims against the State are paid.
5. Any money remaining in the Registry Account at the end of a fiscal year does not revert to the State General Fund, and the balance in the Registry Account must be carried forward to the next fiscal year.
6. Each year, the Attorney General shall submit an itemized statement of the income and expenditures for the Registry Account:
(a) To the Legislature, if the Legislature is in session; or
(b) To the Interim Finance Committee, if the Legislature is not in session.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2882; A 2011, 442)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.660 - Powers; acceptance of gifts, grants and other money.

1. The Office of Military Legal Assistance may facilitate the delivery of legal assistance programs, pro bono services and self-help services to current and former military personnel in this State.
2. The Attorney General may apply for and accept grants, gifts, donations, bequests or devises on behalf of the Office of Military Legal Assistance which must be used to carry out the functions of the Office of Military Legal Assistance.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 3079)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.700 - "Child who is endangered by drug exposure" defined.

As used in this section and NRS 228.710 and 228.720, unless the context otherwise requires, "child who is endangered by drug exposure" means:
1. A child who is born affected by a prenatal substance use disorder or who has withdrawal symptoms resulting from such a disorder or has experienced other complications at birth as a result of such a disorder, as determined by a physician;
2. A child who illegally has a controlled substance in his or her body as a direct and foreseeable result of the act or omission of the parent, guardian or other person who exercises control or supervision of the child; or
3. A child who is allowed, in violation of NRS 453.3325, to be present in any conveyance or upon any premises wherein a controlled substance is unlawfully possessed, used, sold, exchanged, bartered, supplied, prescribed, dispensed, given away, administered, manufactured or compounded in violation of any of the provisions of NRS 453.011 to 453.552, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 1531)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.710 - Creation; appointment, qualifications and classification of Statewide Coordinator.

1. The Office of Statewide Coordinator for Children Who Are Endangered by Drug Exposure is hereby created in the Office of the Attorney General.
2. The Attorney General shall appoint a person to serve as Statewide Coordinator who is knowledgeable about the legal and societal aspects of children who are endangered by drug exposure.
3. The Statewide Coordinator is in the unclassified service of the State.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 1531)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 228 - Attorney General › NRS 228.720 - Duties of Statewide Coordinator; acceptance of gifts, grants and other money.

1. The Statewide Coordinator for Children Who Are Endangered by Drug Exposure shall:
(a) Provide necessary assistance to communities and local governments in establishing programs for children who are endangered by drug exposure.
(b) Provide education to the public concerning children who are endangered by drug exposure.
(c) Perform such other tasks as are necessary to carry out his or her duties and the functions of his or her office.
2. The Attorney General may accept grants, gifts, donations, bequests or devises on behalf of the Office of Statewide Coordinator for Children Who Are Endangered by Drug Exposure which must be used to carry out the duties of the Statewide Coordinator.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 1531)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 231 - Economic Development, Tourism and Cultural Affairs › NRS 231.002 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 231.003 to 231.0095, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 3427; A 2023, 3342)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 231 - Economic Development, Tourism and Cultural Affairs › NRS 231.005 - "Development resource" defined.

1. "Development resource" means any funding or other resource for economic development, including, without limitation, a structured lease of real property.
2. The term does not include any:
(a) Funding for administrative or operating purposes;
(b) Grant or loan of money from the Catalyst Account created by NRS 231.1573;
(c) Issuance of a certificate of eligibility for transferable tax credits or a certificate of transferable tax credits pursuant to NRS 231.1555; or
(d) Allocation of money from the Knowledge Account created by NRS 231.1592.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 3428; A 2013, 2748; 2015, 2481)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 231 - Economic Development, Tourism and Cultural Affairs › NRS 231.009 - "Regional development authority" defined.

"Regional development authority" means an organization for economic development which is:
1. A local governmental entity, composed solely of two or more local governmental entities or a private nonprofit entity; and
2. Designated by the Executive Director as a regional development authority pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 231.053.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 3428)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 231 - Economic Development, Tourism and Cultural Affairs › NRS 231.020 - "Motion pictures" defined.

As used in NRS 231.020 to 231.139, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, "motion pictures" includes feature films, programs made for broadcast or other electronic transmission, commercials and other audiovisual media.
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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 231 - Economic Development, Tourism and Cultural Affairs › NRS 231.037 - Board of Economic Development: Duties.

The Board shall:
1. Review and evaluate all programs of economic development in this State and make recommendations to the Legislature for legislation to improve the effectiveness of those programs in implementing the State Plan for Economic Development developed by the Executive Director pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 231.053.
2. Recommend to the Executive Director a State Plan for Economic Development and make recommendations to the Executive Director for carrying out the State Plan for Economic Development, including, without limitation, recommendations regarding the development and implementation of a recruiting and marketing effort to attract professionals and businesses to this State.
3. Recommend to the Executive Director the criteria for the designation of regional development authorities.
4. Make recommendations to the Executive Director for the designation for the southern region of this State, the northern region of this State and the rural region of this State, one or more regional development authorities for each region.
5. Provide advice and recommendations to the Executive Director concerning:
(a) The procedures to be followed by any entity seeking to obtain any development resource, allocation, grant or loan from the Office;
(b) The criteria to be used by the Office in providing development resources and making allocations, grants and loans;
(c) The requirements for reports from the recipients of development resources, allocations, grants and loans from the Office concerning the use thereof;
(d) The development and implementation of programs to provide customized workforce development services to existing and prospective businesses in this State; and
(e) Any other activities of the Office.
6. Review each proposal by the Executive Director to enter into a contract pursuant to NRS 231.057 for more than $100,000 or allocate, grant or loan more than $100,000 to any entity and, as the Board determines to be in the best interests of the State, approve or disapprove the proposed allocation, grant or loan. Notwithstanding any other statutory provision to the contrary, the Executive Director shall not enter into any contract pursuant to NRS 231.057 for more than $100,000 or make any allocation, grant or loan of more than $100,000 to any entity unless the allocation, grant or loan is approved by the Board.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 3432; A 2011, 3484; 2013, 1145; 2015, 29th Special Session, 6)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 231 - Economic Development, Tourism and Cultural Affairs › NRS 231.043 - Office of Economic Development: Creation; composition; budgets; classification of employees.

1. There is hereby created within the Office of the Governor the Office of Economic Development, consisting of:
(a) A Division of Economic Development;
(b) The Nevada Film Office; and
(c) The Office of Entrepreneurship.
2. The Governor shall propose a budget for the Office.
3. Employees of the Office are not in the classified or unclassified service of this State and serve at the pleasure of the Executive Director.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 3432; A 2011, 3485; 2021, 327; 2023, 3342)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 231 - Economic Development, Tourism and Cultural Affairs › NRS 231.047 - Executive Director of Office of Economic Development: Appointment; classification; removal; prohibition on other employment.

The Executive Director:
1. Must be appointed by the Governor from a list of not more than three persons recommended by the Board.
2. Is not in the classified or unclassified service of this State.
3. Serves at the pleasure of the Board, except that he or she may be removed by the Board only if the Board finds that his or her performance is unsatisfactory.
4. Shall devote his or her entire time to the duties of his or her office and shall not engage in any other gainful employment or occupation.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 3432; A 2021, 327)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 231 - Economic Development, Tourism and Cultural Affairs › NRS 231.0535 - Executive Director of Office of Economic Development: Annual report to Governor and Legislature regarding Catalyst Account and transferable tax credits to promote economic development.

1. On or before November 1 of each year, the Executive Director shall submit a report that includes the information required by this section to:
(a) The Governor; and
(b) The Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to:
(1) The Interim Finance Committee if the report is received during an odd-numbered year; or
(2) The next regular session of the Legislature if the report is received during an even-numbered year.
2. The report must include, without limitation:
(a) The amount of all grants, gifts and donations of money to the Catalyst Account created by NRS 231.1573 which have been applied for and accepted from public and private sources;
(b) The amount of all grants and loans of money from the Catalyst Account which have been approved by the Executive Director or the Board pursuant to NRS 231.1577;
(c) The amount of all transferable tax credits which have been approved by the Executive Director or the Board pursuant to NRS 231.1555;
(d) The number of businesses which have been created or expanded in this State, or which have located to this State, because of grants and loans of money from the Catalyst Account approved pursuant to NRS 231.1577 or transferable tax credits approved pursuant to NRS 231.1555; and
(e) The number of jobs which have been created or saved because of grants and loans of money from the Catalyst Account approved pursuant to NRS 231.1577 or transferable tax credits approved pursuant to NRS 231.1555.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2480)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 231 - Economic Development, Tourism and Cultural Affairs › NRS 231.054 - Regional development authority to present plans for recruitment of professionals and businesses; strategies to encourage conservation of water resources.

1. Each regional development authority shall present a plan to the Executive Director that includes the development and enhancement of a recruiting and marketing effort to attract professionals and businesses to the region of this State served by the regional development authority.
2. The plan submitted pursuant to subsection 1 by a regional development authority located in a county whose population is 100,000 or more must also include strategies to encourage the conservation of the water resources of this State through such a recruiting and marketing effort.
3. The Executive Director shall consider any plan presented pursuant to this section in carrying out the provisions of NRS 231.053.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 1144; A 2023, 2948)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 231 - Economic Development, Tourism and Cultural Affairs › NRS 231.0543 - Executive Director of Office of Economic Development: Quarterly meetings with Southern Nevada Enterprise Community Board.

1. The Executive Director shall meet with the Southern Nevada Enterprise Community Board at least once each calendar quarter to collaborate and discuss:
(a) Ways to develop the economy within the Community and its surrounding areas;
(b) Projects within the Community and its surrounding areas that may be eligible to obtain an abatement, partial abatement or exemption from taxes or any other incentive for economic development which is administered by the Office; and
(c) Strategies, in addition to the incentives for economic development administered by the Office, to encourage businesses to locate in the Community and its surrounding areas.
2. As used in this section, "Community" means the Southern Nevada Enterprise Community, which consists of the nine census tracts designated by President William Jefferson Clinton on December 21, 1994.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 870)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 231 - Economic Development, Tourism and Cultural Affairs › NRS 231.057 - Office of Economic Development: Powers specific to contracts with regional development authorities.

1. In accordance with the provisions of this section and under the direction of the Executive Director, the Office may enter into contracts with regional development authorities for services which promote the economic development of this State and aid the implementation of the State Plan for Economic Development developed by the Executive Director pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 231.053. A contract entered into pursuant to this section must only provide funding for administrative or operating purposes.
2. Before entering into a contract pursuant to subsection 1, the Office, in consultation with the Board, must issue a request for proposals. The request for proposals must include, without limitation, provisions requiring a bid submitted by a regional development authority to state:
(a) The services to be provided by the regional development authority;
(b) The plans, projects and programs for which the regional development authority is seeking to enter into the contract;
(c) The expected benefits of the contract; and
(d) The short-term and long-term impacts of the contract.
3. A contract entered into pursuant to this section must:
(a) Set forth the services to be provided, and the plans, projects and programs to be carried out, by the regional development authority;
(b) Include a provision requiring the regional development authority to refund any funding provided pursuant to the contract if it is not used in accordance with the contract;
(c) Promote, aid or encourage the economic development of this State and aid in the implementation of the State Plan for Economic Development developed by the Executive Director pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 231.053; and
(d) Require the regional development authority to submit the reports required by subsection 4.
4. A regional development authority which enters into a contract pursuant to this section must submit to the Office reports concerning the use of the funding provided pursuant to the contract. The reports must include, without limitation:
(a) A description of each activity undertaken with funding provided pursuant to the contract and the amount of funding used for each such activity;
(b) The return on the funding provided pursuant to the contract;
(c) A statement of the benefit to the public from the funding provided pursuant to the contract; and
(d) Such documentation as the Executive Director deems appropriate to support the information provided in the report.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 3434)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 231 - Economic Development, Tourism and Cultural Affairs › NRS 231.060 - Office of Economic Development: Establishment of policies and approval of programs of Nevada Film Office; creation of special advisory committees.

The Office of Economic Development:
1. Shall establish the policies and approve the programs of the Nevada Film Office concerning the promotion of the production of motion pictures in this State.
2. May from time to time create special advisory committees to advise it on special problems of economic development. Members of special advisory committees may be paid the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees, as the budget of the Office of Economic Development permits.
[6:322:1955]—(NRS A 1969, 231, 1455; 1983, 1168; 1985, 403; 2011, 3442)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 231 - Economic Development, Tourism and Cultural Affairs › NRS 231.064 - Office of Economic Development: Conduct of studies, investigations, research and educational activities; dissemination of information.

In addition to its other duties, the Office shall:
1. Investigate and study conditions affecting Nevada business, industry and commerce, and engage in technical studies, scientific investigations, statistical research and educational activities necessary or useful for the proper execution of the function of the Office in promoting and developing Nevada business, industry and commerce, both within and outside the State.
2. Conduct or encourage research designed to further new and more extensive uses of the natural and other resources of the State and designed to develop new products and industrial processes.
3. Serve as a center of public information for the State of Nevada by answering general inquiries concerning the resources and economic advantages of this state and by furnishing information and data on these and related subjects.
4. Prepare, and disseminate in any medium, informational material designed to promote community, economic and industrial development in Nevada.
5. Plan and develop an effective service for business information, both for the direct assistance of business and industry of the State and for the encouragement of business and industry outside the State to use economic facilities within the State, including readily accessible information on state and local taxes, local zoning regulations and environmental standards, the availability and cost of real estate, labor, energy, transportation and occupational education and related subjects.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1166; A 1985, 814; 2003, 1425; 2011, 3442)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 231 - Economic Development, Tourism and Cultural Affairs › NRS 231.068 - Office of Economic Development: Award of grants for programs for occupational education.

1. The Office, to the extent of legislative appropriations, may grant money to a postsecondary educational institution to develop a program for occupational education which is designed to teach skills in a short period to persons who are needed for employment by new or existing businesses.
2. Any money appropriated to the Office for awarding grants to develop a program specified in subsection 1 must be accounted for separately in the State General Fund. The money in the account:
(a) Does not revert to the State General Fund at the end of any fiscal year; and
(b) Must be carried forward to the next fiscal year.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 623; A 1999, 3114; 2011, 3442)