Amendment No. 510

Senate Amendment to Senate Bill No. 128 First Reprint (BDR 54-607)

Proposed by: Committee on Commerce and Labor

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Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

ASSEMBLY ACTION Initial and Date | SENATE ACTION Initial and Date

Adopted Lost | Adopted Lost

Concurred In Not | Concurred In Not

Receded Not | Receded Not

Amend sec. 2, page 2, by deleting lines 16 through 40 and inserting:

"3. If, after giving notice and holding a hearing pursuant to NRS 624.310, the board determines that a person has engaged in advertising in a telephone directory in a manner that violates the provisions of this section, the board may, in addition to any penalty, punishment or disciplinary action authorized by the provisions of this chapter, issue an order to cease and desist the unlawful advertising and to disconnect any telephone number included in the advertising.

4. If a person who is issued an order to cease and desist pursuant to subsection 3 fails to disconnect any telephone number included in the advertisement within 5 days after the date that he receives the order, the board may request the public utilities commission of Nevada to order the appropriate provider of telephone service to disconnect any telephone number included in the advertisement.".

Amend sec. 2, page 2, line 41, by deleting "7." and inserting "5.".

Amend sec. 3, page 3, by deleting lines 10 and 11 and inserting:

"refuses to issue or renew a license, suspends or revokes a license , has probable cause to believe that a person has violated NRS 624.307 or".

Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sec. 4 as sec. 5 and adding a new section designated sec. 4, following sec. 3, to read as follows:

"Sec. 4. Chapter 703 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

1. Within 30 days after the date that the commission receives a request from the state contractors’ board to disconnect a telephone number pursuant to NRS 624.307, the commission shall issue an order to the appropriate provider of telephone service without holding a hearing.

2. Compliance in good faith by a provider of telephone service with an order of the commission to terminate service issued pursuant to this section shall constitute a complete defense to any civil or criminal action brought against the provider of telephone service arising from the termination of service.

3. As used in this section, "provider of telephone service" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 707.355.".

Amend sec. 4, page 3, line 32, by deleting:

"state contractor’s board" and inserting:

"public utilities commission of Nevada".

Amend sec. 4, page 3, line 33, by deleting the italicized comma and inserting:

"and section 4 of this act,".

Amend sec. 4, page 3, by deleting line 35 and inserting:

"public utilities commission of Nevada.".

Amend the title of the bill, first line, by deleting "contractor’s board" and inserting:

"contractors’ board to request the public utilities commission of Nevada".

Amend the summary of the bill, first line, by deleting "contractor’s board" and inserting:

"contractors’ board to request public utilities commission of Nevada".