1. Assembly Bill No. 110–Committee on Commerce and Labor

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AN ACT relating to labor; requiring the wages or compensation of certain employees who

work with certain explosives to be based solely on the number of hours the

employees work; providing a penalty; 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 608 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

new section to read as follows:

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, wages or

compensation paid to an employee whose duties include the manufacture

of an explosive, or the use, processing, handling, on-site movement or

storage of an explosive that is related to its manufacture, must be based

solely on the number of hours the employee works. The provisions of this

subsection do not apply to persons employed in the mining industry.

  1. 2. Any person who violates the provisions of subsection 1:
  1. (a) For the first violation, shall be punished by a fine of not less than
  1. $10,000 nor more than $20,000.
  1. (b) For the second or any subsequent violation, shall be punished by a
  1. fine of not less than $20,000 nor more than $50,000.
  1. 3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, as used in this
  1. section, "explosive" means gunpowders, powders used for blasting, all
  1. forms of high explosives, blasting materials, fuses other than electric
  1. circuit breakers, detonators and other detonating agents, smokeless
  1. powders, other explosive or incendiary devices and any chemical
  1. compound, mechanical mixture or device that contains any oxidizing and
  1. combustible units, or other ingredients, in such proportions, quantities or
  1. packing that ignition by fire, friction, concussion, percussion or
  1. detonation of the compound, mixture or device or any part thereof may
  1. cause an explosion.

4. For the purposes of this section, an explosive does not include:

(a) Ammunition for small arms, or any component thereof;

(b) Black powder commercially manufactured in quantities that do

not exceed 50 pounds, percussion caps, safety and pyrotechnic fuses,

quills, quick and slow matches, and friction primers that are intended to

be used solely for sporting, recreation or cultural purposes:

(1) In an antique firearm, as that term is defined in 18 U.S.C. §

921(a)(16), as that section existed on January 1, 1999; or

(2) In an antique device which is exempted from the definition of

"destructive device" pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(4), as that section

existed on January 1, 1999; or

(c) Any explosive that is manufactured under the regulation of a

military department of the United States, or that is distributed to, or

possessed or stored by, the military or naval service or any other agency

of the United States, or an arsenal, a navy yard, a depot or any other

establishment owned by or operated on behalf of the United States.

Sec. 2. NRS 608.180 is hereby amended to read as follows:

  1. 608.180 The labor commissioner or his representative shall cause the
  1. provisions of NRS 608.005 to 608.170, inclusive, and section 1 of this act,
  1. to be enforced, and upon notice from the labor commissioner or his
  1. representative:
  1. 1. The district attorney of any county in which a violation of those
  1. sections has occurred;
  1. 2. The deputy labor commissioner, as provided in NRS 607.050;
  1. 3. The attorney general, as provided in NRS 607.160; or
  1. 4. The special counsel, as provided in NRS 607.065,
  1. shall prosecute the action for enforcement according to law.

Sec. 3. NRS 608.195 is hereby amended to read as follows:

  1. 608.195 [Every] Except as otherwise provided in section 1 of this act,
  1. every person violating any of the provisions of NRS 608.005 to 608.190,
  1. inclusive, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Sec. 4. The amendatory provisions of this act do not apply to offenses

that are committed before the effective date of this act.

Sec. 5. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

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