Assembly Amendment to Senate Bill No. 312 (BDR 19-312)
Proposed by: Committee on Government Affairs
Amendment Box:
Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:
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Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 1 and 2 as sections 2 and 3 and adding a new section designated section 1, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:
"Section 1. NRS 241.015 is hereby amended to read as follows:
241.015 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Action" means:
(a) A decision made by a majority of the members present during a meeting of a public body;
(b) A commitment or promise made by a majority of the members present during a meeting of a public body; or
(c) A vote taken by a majority of the members present during a meeting of a public body.
2. "Meeting" means the gathering of members of a public body at which a quorum is present to deliberate toward a decision or to take action on any matter over which the public body has supervision, control, jurisdiction or advisory power.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, "public body" means
(a) Any
administrative, advisory, executive or legislative body of the state or a local government which expends or disburses or is supported in whole or in part by tax revenue or which advises or makes recommendations to any entity which expends or disburses or is supported in whole or in part by tax revenue, including, but not limited to, any board, commission, committee, subcommittee or other subsidiary thereof and includes an educational foundation as defined in subsection 3 of NRS 388.750 and a university foundation as defined in subsection 3 of NRS 396.405(b) Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, a corporation or limited-liability company if the corporation or limited-liability company receives more than 10 percent of its operating budget from an entity described in paragraph (a) in the form of grants or contributions of money derived from tax revenues, and the entity has the right to appoint a voting member to the governing board of the corporation or limited-liability company. As used in this paragraph, the phrase "grants or contributions of money derived from tax revenues" does not include money received as payment for membership dues or as payment for goods or services pursuant to a written agreement with the entity.
"Public body" does not include the legislature of the State of Nevada.
4. "Quorum" means a simple majority of the constituent membership of a public body or another proportion established by law.".
Amend the title of the bill, first line, after "bodies;" by inserting:
"expanding the definition of public body to include certain corporations and limited-liability companies;".
Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:
"SUMMARY—Makes various changes relating to meetings of public bodies. (BDR 19-312)".