Senate Bill No. 489–Committee on Human Resources
and Facilities

March 18, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Human Resources and Facilities

 

SUMMARY—Authorizes association for interscholastic activities to include schools from other states in competitive leagues for purposes other than participating in post season competition for Nevada championship status. (BDR 34-1630)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.

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 education; authorizing the association for interscholastic activities to include schools from other states in competitive leagues for purposes other than participation in the post season competition for Nevada championship status; 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. NRS 386.420 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 386.420 1. The county school district trustees may form a nonprofit

1-3 association composed of all of the school districts of the state for the

1-4 purposes of controlling, supervising and regulating all interscholastic

1-5 athletic events and other interscholastic events in the public schools.

1-6 2. The association may include a school or school district that is

1-7 located in another state for the purpose of including one or more out-of-

1-8 state schools in competitive leagues but the out-of-state school or schools

1-9 must not be allowed to compete in the post season competition for

1-10 Nevada championship status.

1-11 3. This section does not prohibit a public school, which is authorized

1-12 by the association to do so, from joining an association formed for similar

1-13 purposes in another state.

1-14 Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1999.

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