Assembly Bill No. 350–Committee on Government Affairs

March 1, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs

 

SUMMARY—Designates official colors for reproduction or facsimile of state seal. (BDR 19-1440)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.

Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

 

AN ACT relating to the state seal; designating official colors for reproductions and facsimiles of the state seal; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

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

1-1 Section 1. NRS 235.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 235.010 1. There must be a seal of the State of Nevada called The

1-3 Great Seal of the State of Nevada, the design of which is as follows: In the

1-4 foreground, there must be two large mountains, at the base of which, on

1-5 the right, there must be located a quartz mill, and on the left a tunnel,

1-6 penetrating the silver leads of the mountain, with a miner running out a

1-7 carload of ore, and a team loaded with ore for the mill. Immediately in the

1-8 foreground, there must be emblems indicative of the agricultural resources

1-9 of the state, as follows: A plow, a sheaf and sickle. In the middle ground,

1-10 there must be a railroad train passing a mountain gorge and a telegraph line

1-11 extending along the line of the railroad. In the extreme background, there

1-12 must be a range of snow-clad mountains, with the rising sun in the east.

1-13 Thirty-six stars and the motto of our state, "All for Our Country," must

1-14 encircle the whole group. In an outer circle, the words "The Great Seal of

1-15 the State of Nevada" must be engraved with "Nevada" at the base of the

1-16 seal and separated from the other words by two groups of three stars each.

1-17 2. The size of the seal must not be more than 2 3/4 inches in diameter.

1-18 3. The seal must be kept by the governor and used by him officially.

1-19 The secretary of state must have access to the seal at all times, and may use

1-20 it in verification of all his official acts.

2-1 4. A reproduction or facsimile of the seal may only be used:

2-2 (a) With the written permission of the governor;

2-3 (b) In the performance of official acts by an agency of one of the

2-4 branches of state government;

2-5 (c) On items distributed by an agency of one of the branches of state

2-6 government which are not necessary to carry out the duties of that agency,

2-7 if the use of the reproduction or facsimile is approved by the head of that

2-8 agency;

2-9 (d) On medallions or bars minted pursuant to the direction of the

2-10 director; or

2-11 (e) As otherwise permitted by a specific statute.

2-12 5. The official colors for a reproduction or facsimile of the state seal

2-13 are those presented on the representation donated by the legislature for

2-14 display in the office of the governor. The governor shall maintain the

2-15 representation and cause it to be publicly displayed.

2-16 6. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 205.175, a person who uses or

2-17 allows to be used, any reproduction or facsimile of The Great Seal of the

2-18 State of Nevada in violation of subsection 4 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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