Amendment No. 749

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 674 (BDR 8-672)

Proposed by: Committee on Ways and Means

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

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Concurred In Not | Concurred In Not

Receded Not | Receded Not

Amend section 1, page 1, by deleting lines 1 through 3 and inserting:

"Section 1. NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new Title, designated Title 59 of NRS, and adding to that Title a new chapter to consist of the provisions set forth as sections 2 to 21, inclusive, of this act.".

Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 15, renumbering sections 16 through 19 as sections 18 through 21 and adding new sections designated sections 15 through 17, following sec. 14, to read as follows:

"Sec. 15. The provisions of this chapter apply to any transaction for which a digital signature may be used to satisfy a requirement that a document or record be signed or in writing as set forth in section 16 of this act, including, without limitation, transactions carried out by private businesses and transactions carried out by governmental entities.

Sec. 16. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if each person or governmental entity who will be involved in the submission and acceptance of a record or other document agrees to the use of a digital signature, where a statute or rule of law requires that the record or other document be signed or in writing, the use of a message which:

(a) Represents the record or other document; and

(b) Is transformed by a digital signature,

shall be deemed to satisfy the statute or rule of law with respect to the requirement that the record or other document be signed or in writing.

2. The provisions of this section do not apply with respect to:

(a) A sworn statement;

(b) An acknowledgment;

(c) A record or other document that is required to be signed in the presence of a third party; or

(d) A record or other document with respect to which the requirement that the record or other document must be signed or in writing is accompanied by an additional qualifying requirement.

Sec. 17. 1. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, a public agency may provide that any document submitted to the public agency may be submitted electronically if the document is transformed by a digital signature.

2. As used in this section, "public agency" means an agency, bureau, board, commission, department or division of the State of Nevada or a political subdivision thereof.".

Amend sec. 19, page 3, line 36, by deleting "17" and inserting "19".

Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 20 and renumbering sections 21 through 23 as sections 22 through 24.

Amend sec. 21, page 4, line 20, after "239.041," by inserting "239.042,".

Amend the text of repealed sections by adding the text of NRS 239.042.

Amend the title of the bill, first line, by deleting:

"in skeleton form".

Amend the summary of the bill, second line, by deleting "(BDR 8-672)" and inserting "(BDR 59-672)".