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 certain information concerning users of paging service or equipment. (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 certain information concerning users of paging service or equipment; 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 paging service or equipment shall,

1-4 regardless of whether the public utility provides other telephone services,

1-5 maintain a record of the name and address of each person:

1-6 (a) To whom such service or equipment is provided; and

1-7 (b) Who deposits cash in advance with the public utility in lieu of

1-8 being billed periodically.

1-9 2. If a customer who is provided with paging equipment subleases or

1-10 otherwise makes the equipment available for use by another person, the

1-11 customer shall require the person to whom the equipment is subleased or

1-12 otherwise made available to:

1-13 (a) Complete an application in the same detail that is required by the

1-14 public utility that provided the equipment to the customer; and

1-15 (b) Provide the customer with identification that contains a

1-16 photograph of the person to whom the equipment is subleased or

1-17 otherwise made available.

2-1 3. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a

2-2 misdemeanor and shall be fined:

2-3 (a) Not more than $500 for the first violation; and

2-4 (b) Not more than $1,000 for the second and subsequent violations.

2-5 4. Each record that is found not to conform to the provisions of this

2-6 section constitutes a separate violation.

2-7 5. As used in this section, "public utility" has the meaning ascribed

2-8 to it in NRS 704.020.

2-9 Sec. 2. The amendatory provisions of this act do not apply to offenses

2-10 that are committed before October 1, 1999.

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