Amendment No. 581

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Receded Not | Receded Not

Amend sec. 11, page 9, by deleting lines 15 through 20 and inserting:

"3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5:

(b) Each person who holds himself out as practicing a certain".

Amend sec. 12, page 10, by deleting line 4 and inserting:

Amend sec. 12, page 10, by deleting line 8 and inserting:

Amend sec. 12, page 10, line 9, after "(3)" and inserting:

Amend sec. 12, page 10, by deleting line 34 and inserting:

Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 13 and adding new sections designated sections 13 through 18, following sec. 12, to read as follows:

"Sec. 13. NRS 78.045 is hereby amended to read as follows:

5. The commissioner of financial institutions and the commissioner of insurance may approve or disapprove the articles or amendments referred to them pursuant to the provisions of this section.

Sec. 14. NRS 80.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:

(a) File in the office of the secretary of state of this state:

(1) A certificate of corporate existence issued not more than 90 days before the date of filing by an authorized officer of the jurisdiction of its incorporation setting forth the filing of documents and instruments related to the articles of incorporation, or the governmental acts or other instrument or authority by which the corporation was created. If the certificate is in a language other than English, a translation, together with the oath of the translator and his attestation of its accuracy, must be attached to the certificate.

(2) A certificate of acceptance of appointment executed by its resident agent, who must be a resident or located in this state. The certificate must set forth the name of the resident agent, his street address for the service of process, and his mailing address if different from his street address. The street address of the resident agent is the registered office of the corporation in this state.

(3) A statement executed by an officer of the corporation, acknowledged before a person authorized by the laws of the place where the acknowledgment is taken to take acknowledgments of deeds, setting forth:

(I) A general description of the purposes of the corporation; and

(II) The authorized stock of the corporation and the number and par value of shares having par value and the number of shares having no par value.

(b) Lodge in the office of the secretary of state a copy of the document most recently filed by the corporation in the jurisdiction of its incorporation setting forth the authorized stock of the corporation, the number of par-value shares and their par value, and the number of no-par-value shares.

2. The secretary of state shall not file the documents required by subsection 1 for any foreign corporation whose name is the same as, or deceptively similar to the name of a corporation, limited partnership or limited-liability company existing pursuant to the laws of this state or a foreign corporation, foreign limited partnership or foreign limited-liability company authorized to transact business in this state or a name to which the exclusive right is at the time reserved in the manner provided in the laws of this state, unless the written acknowledged consent of the holder of the registered or reserved name to use the same name or the requested similar name accompanies the articles of incorporation.

(a) The principals of the corporation are licensed to practice engineering pursuant to the laws of this state; or

(b) The corporation is exempt from the prohibitions of NRS 625.520.

4. The secretary of state shall not accept for filing the documents required by subsection 1 or NRS 80.110 for any foreign corporation if it appears from the documents that the business to be carried on by the corporation is subject to supervision by the commissioner of financial institutions, unless the commissioner certifies that:

(a) The corporation has obtained the authority required to do business in this state; or

(b) The corporation is not subject to or is exempt from the requirements for obtaining such authority.

Sec. 15. Section 2 of Senate Bill No. 19 of this session is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 16. The amendatory provisions of this act do not apply to offenses committed before the effective date of section 12 of this act.

Sec. 17. If a land-surveying curriculum of 4 years or more is established at a university within the University and Community College System of Nevada, the board of regents of the University of Nevada shall, not later than 30 days after the curriculum is established:

1. Publicly declare that the curriculum has been established at the university; and

2. Provide written notification of the declaration to:

(a) The director of the legislative counsel bureau; and

(b) The executive director of the state board of professional engineers and land surveyors.

Sec. 18. 1. This section and sections 1 to 4, inclusive, 6 and 8 to 17, inclusive, of this act become effective upon passage and approval.

2. Section 5 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2010.

3. Section 7 of this act becomes effective 10 years after the board of regents of the University of Nevada publicly declares the establishment of the curriculum specified in section 17 of this act.".

Amend the title of the bill by deleting the 11th line and inserting:

"use of certain terms relating to the practice of professional engineering; providing a penalty; and providing".