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 cities and counties to establish requirements for maintenance of records by certain resellers of paging services. (BDR 20-578)

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 local governments; requiring certain cities and counties to establish requirements for the maintenance of records by certain resellers of paging services; 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 244 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

1-2 new section to read as follows:

1-3 1. The board of county commissioners of a county whose population

1-4 is 400,000 or more shall enact an ordinance requiring a person other

1-5 than a public utility who:

1-6 (a) Purchases paging services from a public utility; and

1-7 (b) Resells those paging services to another person for use primarily

1-8 in the unincorporated area of the county,

1-9 to maintain such records of the names and addresses of the persons to

1-10 whom the paging services are resold as the board deems necessary.

1-11 2. The ordinance must include:

1-12 (a) The information that must be included in the records required to

1-13 be maintained; and

1-14 (b) The length of time that the records must be maintained.

2-1 3. As used in this section, "public utility" means:

2-2 (a) A public utility as defined in NRS 704.020; and

2-3 (b) A provider of a "commercial mobile service" as defined in 47

2-4 U.S.C. § 332.

2-5 Sec. 2. Chapter 268 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

2-6 new section to read as follows:

2-7 1. The governing body of each city in a county whose population is

2-8 400,000 or more shall enact an ordinance requiring a person other than

2-9 a public utility who:

2-10 (a) Purchases paging services from a public utility; and

2-11 (b) Resells those paging services to another person for use primarily

2-12 in the incorporated area of the city,

2-13 to maintain such records of the names and addresses of the persons to

2-14 whom the paging services are resold as the governing body deems

2-15 necessary.

2-16 2. The ordinance must include:

2-17 (a) The information that must be included in the records required to

2-18 be maintained; and

2-19 (b) The length of time that the records must be maintained.

2-20 3. As used in this section, "public utility" means:

2-21 (a) A public utility as defined in NRS 704.020; and

2-22 (b) A provider of a "commercial mobile service" as defined in 47

2-23 U.S.C. § 332.

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