Assembly Bill No. 163

Assembly Bill No. 163-Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture and Mining (By Request)

February 12, 1997
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Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture and Mining

SUMMARY--Authorizes possession, use, manufacture, purchase, installation, transportation or sale of chlorofluorocarbons. (BDR 40-563)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.

EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.

AN ACT relating to hazardous materials; authorizing a person to possess, use, manufacture, purchase, install, transport or sell chlorofluorocarbons; providing that the possession, use, manufacture, purchase, installation, transportation or sale of chlorofluorocarbons does not subject a person or governmental entity to any type of punitive action; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1 Chapter 459 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding any other law, a person may possess, use, manufacture, purchase, install, transport or sell chlorofluorocarbons.
2. The possession, use, manufacture, purchase, installation, transportation or sale of chlorofluorocarbons does not subject any person, this state or any political subdivision of this state to any penalty, fine, retaliatory action or other punitive measure.