Senate Bill No. 131–Committee on Commerce and Labor

(On Behalf of Attorney General)

February 5, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

SUMMARY—Requires certain persons to maintain records of names and addresses of users of pagers and cellular telephones. (BDR 58-578)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: Yes.

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 telecommunications; requiring certain persons to maintain records of the names and addresses of users of pagers and cellular telephones; providing a penalty; 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. Chapter 707 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

1-2 new section to read as follows:

1-3 1. A public utility that provides:

1-4 (a) Paging service or equipment; or

1-5 (b) Cellular or other service to a telephone that is installed in a vehicle

1-6 or is otherwise portable,

1-7 shall, regardless of whether the public utility provides other telephone

1-8 services, maintain a separate record of the name and address of each

1-9 person to whom such service or equipment is provided.

1-10 2. If a customer who is provided with paging equipment subleases or

1-11 otherwise makes the equipment available for use by another person, the

1-12 customer shall:

1-13 (a) Require the person to whom the equipment is subleased or

1-14 otherwise made available to:

2-1 (1) Complete an application in the same detail that is required by

2-2 the public utility that provided the equipment to the customer; and

2-3 (2) Provide the customer with identification that contains a

2-4 photograph of the person to whom the equipment is subleased or

2-5 otherwise made available; and

2-6 (b) Submit to the public utility that provided the equipment a legible

2-7 copy of:

2-8 (1) The application; and

2-9 (2) The identification that contains the photograph of the person to

2-10 whom the equipment is subleased or otherwise made available.

2-11 3. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a

2-12 misdemeanor and shall be fined:

2-13 (a) Not more than $500 for the first violation; and

2-14 (b) Not more than $1,000 for the second and subsequent violations.

2-15 4. Each record that is found not to conform to the provisions of this

2-16 section constitutes a separate violation.

2-17 5. As used in this section, "public utility" has the meaning ascribed

2-18 to it in NRS 704.020.

2-19 Sec. 2. The amendatory provisions of this act do not apply to offenses

2-20 that are committed before October 1, 1999.

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