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