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Effective Date Statement

AB1

AN ACT relating to schools; requiring that nursing services in all school districts must be provided under the direction and supervision of a chief nurse; prescribing the qualifications of a chief nurse; revision provisions relating to nursing services provided to certain pupils; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB13

AN ACT relating to hospitals; authorizing the appointment of a physician to serve on the board of trustees of a public hospital or a county hospital district under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB14

AN ACT relating to county hospitals; increasing the compensation of members of certain boards of hospital trustees for rural county hospitals; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB32

AN ACT relating to chiropractic; revising provisions governing the issuance of a license to practice chiropractic and a temporary license to practice chiropractic; increasing the number of chiropractic assistants that a chiropractor may supervise; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB44

AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; abolishing the legislative committee on workers’ compensation; revising the provisions governing maintenance of files of claims at the office of an insurer; requiring the administrator of the division of industrial relations of the department of business and industry to designate a vendor of certain data to assist the administrator in the establishment and revision of a schedule of reasonable fees for accident benefits; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section becomes effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Section 5 of this act becomes effective:
(a) Upon passage and approval for the purpose of requiring the administrator to designate a vendor who compiles data on a national basis concerning fees and charges that are billed and paid for treatment or services similar to the treatment and services that qualify as accident benefits in this state to provide the administrator with such information as he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of subsection 2 of section 5 of this act.
(b) On July 1, 2001, for all other purposes.
3.  Sections 1 to 4, inclusive, and 6 to 9, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.

AB47

AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; requiring an employer to ensure that a copy of its policy of industrial insurance is available for inspection by certain state officials; requiring self-insured employers and associations of self-insured public or private employers to ensure that their certificates of qualification are available for inspection by certain state officials; revising the provisions governing notification by employers and private carriers of cancellations, issuances and other actions concerning policies of industrial insurance; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB48

AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; providing a definition of “policy year” for the purpose of industrial insurance; requiring that the assessments payable by private carriers to support the uninsured employers’ claim fund, the subsequent injury fund for private carriers and the fund for workers’ compensation and safety be based upon expected annual premiums to be received by private carriers; specifying the circumstances under which a policy of industrial insurance may exclude coverage for certain employees covered by a consolidated insurance program; allowing certain employers to report information concerning tips received by their employees by a computerized program or process; revising the criteria for the assessment rates for the subsequent injury fund for self-insured employers and associations of self-insured public or private employers; authorizing a private carrier to require a sole proprietor seeking coverage to submit to a physical examination; eliminating the requirement that unpaid premiums

1.  This section and sections 1 to 9, inclusive, 11 to 14, inclusive, and 16, 17 and 18 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 10 and 15 of this act become effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.

AB55

AN ACT relating to county jails; eliminating the requirement that a county jail be located at the county seat; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001..

AB77

AN ACT relating to unclaimed property; revising provisions governing when unclaimed property is presumed abandoned; providing for a limited exemption from interest penalties for the late payment or delivery of abandoned property under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1 to 4, inclusive, and 6 to 15, inclusive, of this act become effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Section 5 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB92

AN ACT relating to counties; authorizing a county to exercise additional powers under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB95

AN ACT relating to state personnel; revising the provision regarding the filing of an annual report on the performance of a permanent employee; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB96

AN ACT relating to the financial administration of local governments; authorizing additional types of investments by certain local governments; revising the authority of county treasurers to deposit county money in time accounts; revising the requirements for annual accountings by tax receivers to county auditors; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB99

AN ACT relating to local governments; revising the dates on which certain special elections may be held; clarifying the period in which a copy, explanation of and arguments for and against certain ballot questions must be submitted to the county or city clerk before an election; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB105

AN ACT relating to crimes; prohibiting possession of components for constructing an explosive or incendiary device with the intent to manufacture such a device; prohibiting possession of any explosive or incendiary device or material, substance or component that may be converted to such a device in certain places; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB108

AN ACT relating to county clerks; making various changes concerning the duties of county clerks with respect to grand juries; making various other changes concerning the duties of county clerks with respect to making certain reports; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB110

AN ACT relating to juries; revising the provisions governing the summoning of jurors by a justice’s court in certain counties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB115

AN ACT relating to the state department of agriculture; expanding the types of fees that must be used in the plant industry program and expanding the purposes for which expenditures for the plant industry program may be made; abolishing the apiary inspection account; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB130

AN ACT relating to educational personnel; requiring the boards of trustees of school districts to offer certain contracts of employment to probationary administrators and principals who are not reemployed in those capacities as postprobationary employees; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB134

AN ACT relating to insurance; revising the calculation of the assessment that is imposed by the commissioner of insurance upon insurers to pay for the program to investigate certain violations and fraudulent acts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB150

AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; establishing a deemed wage for certain trainees for the purpose of industrial insurance; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB151

AN ACT relating to trade practices; requiring the attorney general to provide opinions for the consumer affairs division of the department of business and industry concerning certain questions relating to solicitation by telephone; requiring the commissioner of consumer affairs to make certain determinations concerning such solicitation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB152

AN ACT relating to trade practices; authorizing a court to award reasonable attorney’s fees and costs in certain actions relating to deceptive trade practices; providing that certain monopolies and other trade practices are unlawful if thy monopolize trade or commerce in this state; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB154

AN ACT relating to business practices; requiring the certificate that a person who conducts business in this state under an assumed or fictitious name is required to file with the county clerk to be notarized; providing for the renewal of such a certificate; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB160

AN ACT relating to insurance; providing that certain owners of corporations and companies may elect to reject coverage for themselves for industrial insurance and occupational diseases under certain circumstances; clarifying that a sole proprietor is not required to obtain industrial insurance or coverage for occupational diseases before performing work under a contract with the state or a political subdivision of the state or a metropolitan police department under certain circumstances; clarifying that the state or a political subdivision of the state or a metropolitan police department is not an employer of and is not liable to a sole proprietor or his employees under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB163

AN ACT relating to regional planning; authorizing a governing board for regional planning to enter certain cooperative and interlocal agreements; authorizing a governing board for regional planning and a regional planning commission jointly or separately to appoint subcommittees and advisory committees for certain purposes; removing the restriction on the number of members of the governing board that may serve on certain advisory committees; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB173

AN ACT relating to emergency medical services; expanding the circumstances under which treatment may be withheld from a patient in a terminal condition who wishes not to be resuscitated in the event of cardiac or respiratory arrest; authorizing the parent or legal guardian of a minor to obtain a do-not-resuscitate identification on behalf of the minor under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB174

AN ACT relating to juvenile courts; authorizing a juvenile court to establish a program of visitation to the office of the county coroner; authorizing a juvenile court to order a child who is adjudicated delinquent to participate in such a program of visitation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and section 1 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001, for the purposes of establishing programs of visitation, and on October 1, 2001, for all other purposes, and expire by limitation on October 1, 2005.
2.  Section 2 of this act becomes effective on October 1, 2001, and expires by limitation on October 1, 2005.

AB177

AN ACT relating to the Lake Tahoe Basin; authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds to carry out the Environmental Improvement Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB179

AN ACT relating to cities; expanding the authority of the governing body of an incorporated city in a larger county to annex certain territory; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and section 1 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Section 2 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on October 1, 2001.

AB181

AN ACT relating to local government; revising the membership of the county fair and recreation board in certain less populous counties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB198

AN ACT relating to air pollution; authorizing certain stations licensed to inspect motor vehicles and devices for the control of pollution to charge a customer a surcharge for the costs of obtaining certain information regarding the customer’s vehicle; authorizing certain stations licensed to inspect motor vehicles and devices for the control of pollution to retain a percentage of certain fees as a commission; revising the provisions relating to expenditures from the pollution control account for purposes relating to air quality; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1, 3, 4 and 6 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Section 5 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.
3.  Section 2 of this act becomes effective on January 1, 2002.

AB201

AN ACT relating to education; requiring the state board of education and the board of trustees of each school district to adopt policies encouraging effective involvement by parents and families in support of their children and the education of their children; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB214

AN ACT relating to education; requiring the department of education and the board of trustees of each school district to adopt a plan setting forth procedures concerning the security of certain examinations; requiring the department to establish certain additional procedures and programs relating to the examinations; requiring certain schools to provide for additional administration of the examinations under certain circumstances; prohibiting retaliatory action against an official of a school district or charter school who discloses information regarding irregularities in testing administration or testing security; providing that a teacher or administrator who intentionally fails to observe and carry out the provisions of a plan for test security is subject to disciplinary action; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and section 25 of this act become effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Sections 2 and 4 of this act become effective upon passage and approval for the purpose of adopting a plan and on July 1, 2001, for all other purposes.
3.  Sections 1 to 1.8, inclusive, 3, 5, 5.1, 5.3, 5.9 to 24, inclusive, 25.3, 25.7 and 26 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
4.  Sections 5.5 and 5.7 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001, for the purpose of establishing programs in accordance with those sections and on July 1, 2002, for all other purposes.

AB239

AN ACT relating to fees in civil actions; authorizing a board of county commissioners to impose an additional fee for the filing of certain actions and responses thereto in district courts and justices’ courts to offset a portion of the costs of providing pro bono programs and of providing legal services without a charge to abused or neglected children and victims of domestic violence; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB242

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; providing that an instructor for a school for training drivers who provides instruction solely to applicants for commercial drivers’ licenses is not required to complete requirements for continuing education; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective:
1.  Upon passage and approval for the purpose of revising regulations by the department of motor vehicles and public safety to comply with the provisions of section 1 of this act; and
2.  On July 1, 2001, for all other purposes.

AB248

AN ACT relating to children; requiring the adoption of regulations governing the provision of certain information to foster or adoptive parents; revising certain provisions governing procedures for the protection of children from abuse and neglect; clarifying and limiting certain provisions regarding the imposition of civil sanctions for the disclosure of confidential information; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 16 and 17 of this act and subsection 1 of section 19 of this act become effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Sections 1 to 4, inclusive, 6 to 15, inclusive, and 18 of this act and subsection 2 of section 19 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
3.  Section 5 of this act becomes effective at 12:03 a.m. on July 1, 2001.

AB250

AN ACT relating to health care; requiring hearing screenings for newborn children or referrals for such screenings; providing exceptions; establishing the duties of hospitals and obstetric centers concerning the provision of hearing screenings; requiring the state board of health to adopt certain regulations; requiring the health division of the department of human resources to create brochures concerning hearing screenings of newborn children for distribution to the parents and legal guardians of newborn children; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section becomes effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 1 to 13, inclusive, of this act become effective:
(a) On July 1, 2001, for the purpose of adopting regulations by the state board of health to carry out the provisions of this act; and
(b) On January 1, 2002, for all other purposes.

AB252

AN ACT relating to fire protection; authorizing the accounts, bills and demands against certain county fire protection districts to be paid by the treasurer of the district if approved by the board of county commissioners and the board of directors of the district; revising the provisions governing the issuance of bonds by those districts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB257

AN ACT relating to the Virgin Valley Water District; revising the term of office of the appointed members of the governing board of the Virgin Valley Water District; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB277

AN ACT relating to public records; providing that an agreement to settle a tort claim or action against a governmental entity or an officer or employee thereof is not confidential; providing that such an agreement must include the amount of any attorney’s fees and costs to be paid pursuant to the agreement; providing that if the labor commissioner enters into, effects or approves any compromise or settlement concerning an alleged violation of labor laws, the terms and conditions of the compromise or settlement are not confidential; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB285

AN ACT relating to the state personnel system; creating the committee on catastrophic leave to hear appeals from decisions of appointing authorities regarding the use of such leave; prescribing the powers and duties of the committee; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB289

AN ACT relating to public employees; including the state fire marshal, his assistant and his deputies within the definition of a “police officer” for various purposes relating to industrial injuries, occupational diseases and programs for public employees; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB294

AN ACT relating to juveniles; providing that juveniles who are adjudicated delinquent for committing certain acts that would be crimes if committed by an adult may not have their records automatically sealed; making various other changes related to sealing of juvenile records; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB310

AN ACT relating to landscape architecture; designating the board of landscape architecture as the state board of landscape architecture; requiring the board to maintain a record of each certificate of registration issued or renewed by the board; revising the requirements for the issuance or renewal of a certificate of registration; providing for the issuance of a certificate to practice as a landscape architect intern; providing immunity from a civil action for a person who furnishes information to the board under certain circumstances; authorizing the board to adopt regulations requiring each holder of a certificate of registration to complete a course of continuing education as a condition for the renewal of his certificate of registration; revising the qualifications of the members of the board; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1 to 53, inclusive, 55 and 57 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Section 54 of this act becomes effective on the date on which the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 666 requiring each state to establish procedures under which the state has authority to withhold or suspend, or to restrict the use of professional, occupational and recreational licenses of persons who:
(a) Have failed to comply with a subpoena or warrant relating to a proceeding to determine the paternity of a child or to establish or enforce an obligation for the support of a child; or
(b) Are in arrears in the payment for the support of one or more children,
are repealed by the Congress of the United States.

AB324

AN ACT relating to financial institutions; revising various provisions regarding the regulation of mortgage brokers and mortgage agents; requiring the holder of certain escrows to obtain certain information from mortgage brokers and mortgage companies; requiring mortgage brokers and mortgage agents to attend certain courses of continuing education; authorizing the commissioner of financial institutions to adopt regulations to increase certain fees for mortgage brokers in certain circumstances; revising provisions relating to certain advertisements and disclosures by mortgage brokers; revising provisions concerning certain powers of attorney; requiring mortgage brokers to register their mortgage agents with the division of financial institutions of the department of business and industry on an annual basis; requiring mortgage agents to pay an annual registration fee; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB337

AN ACT relating to deceptive trade practices; expanding the definition of “deceptive trade practice” to include a person who engages in certain acts during a solicitation by telephone or sales presentation; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and section 1, 2 and 4 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Section 3 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.

AB345

AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; requiring an insurer to submit a written report concerning certain claims for compensation to the administrator of the division of industrial relations of the department of business and industry; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB364

AN ACT relating to education; requiring regional subdistricts created in certain school districts to prepare annual reports; prescribing the information required to be reported; requiring the board of trustees of such school districts to prepare a compilation of the reports that includes an evaluation of the equity among the regional subdistricts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 2 and 3 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Section 1 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2001, for the purpose of prescribing forms for reporting and on July 1, 2002, for all other purposes.
3.  This act expires by limitation on July 1, 2007.

AB378

AN ACT relating to the University and Community College System of Nevada; making an appropriation to support the program to provide loans to nursing students; requiring the development of a plan to increase the capacity of the programs of nursing within the system; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB380

AN ACT relating to educational personnel; requiring boards of trustees of school districts to place a teacher who has been employed by another school district in this state on the salary schedule in a classification that is commensurate with the level of education acquired by the teacher; requiring boards of trustees of school districts to give an administrator who has been employed by another school district in this state credit for his previous administrative service and place him on the salary schedule in a classification that is comparable to his former classification; revising provisions governing the employment status of certain postprobationary employees who voluntarily leave their employment; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB386

AN ACT relating to public employees; authorizing a leave of absence for certain public officers or employees to assist the division of emergency management of the department of motor vehicles and public safety or a local organization for emergency management during a disaster or emergency; revising certain provisions relating to the classified and unclassified services of the state; repealing certain provisions relating to cooperation with the public employees’ retirement board and the requirement of a bond for appointment to certain positions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB395

AN ACT relating to land use planning; revising the provisions governing the authority of a city or county to control the location of certain residential facilities; changing the statutory name of “halfway house for alcohol and drug abusers”; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 7 to 12, inclusive, and 14 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 2 to 6, inclusive, of this act become effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.

AB427

AN ACT relating to state purchasing; revising the requirements for a request for proposals for a contract for state purchasing; revising the manner in which such a contract is awarded; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB428

AN ACT relating to the state public works board; authorizing the board to enter into a contract with a contractor to assist the board in the development and review of designs, plans, specifications and estimates of costs for a proposed construction project; requiring the board to notify the governor if a member of the board fails to attend three successive meetings of the board; authorizing the governor to replace such a member for the unexpired term of the member; establishing qualifications for appointed members of the board; requiring the board to obtain the approval of the legislature or interim finance committee for certain changes to a project; requiring the inclusion of certain provisions concerning change orders in a contract with a design professional; removing the provision requiring the director of the department of administration to serve as the chairman of the board; requiring the chairman of the board to be elected from among the appointed members of the board; and providing other matters proper

1.  This section and sections 1 to 9, inclusive, 11, 12 and 13 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Section 9 of this act expires by limitation on October 1, 2003.
3.  Section 10 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on October 1, 2003.

AB429

AN ACT relating to the protection of children; providing that a child may be represented by an attorney in certain proceedings that involve the child and that his attorney has certain authority and rights; requiring each person who submits a report or information to a court for consideration in certain proceedings concerning protective services for a child to provide a copy of the report or information to the parent or guardian of the child and the attorney of the parent or guardian within a certain time before the proceeding under certain circumstances; providing that such a proceeding may be continued under certain circumstances; providing that the parent or guardian and the attorney of the parent or guardian is entitled to receive a copy of the recording or transcript of such a proceeding under certain circumstances; reducing the period within which the placement of a child with a person other than his parent must be reviewed under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating theret

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB431

AN ACT relating to the public employees’ retirement system; requiring the public employees’ retirement board to conduct a study regarding lump-sum optional retirement programs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB440

AN ACT relating to the Moapa Valley Water District; revising the provisions governing the qualifications and election of members of the governing board of the district; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB444

AN ACT relating to the preservation of neighborhoods; providing for the revocation of the license or certification of certain facilities for the care and treatment of persons in certain circumstances; requiring certain rental agreements to contain certain additional information; requiring that the responsible person whose telephone number a landlord is required to provide to a tenant for emergencies must reside in the same county in which the premises are located; authorizing the real estate commission to discipline certain licensees in certain circumstances; requiring certain governmental agencies to maintain a log of certain complaints and to submit certain reports to the director of the legislative counsel bureau; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 2 to 7, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Section 1 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on
July 1, 2001.

AB446

AN ACT relating to unarmed combat; authorizing the Nevada athletic commission to require the registration of certain television networks and sanctioning organizations; requiring certain information that must be provided to the commission to be kept confidential; revising the provisions relating to the suspension of a license or permit issued by the commission; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB454

AN ACT relating to the University and Community College System of Nevada; requiring the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to appoint a committee to study the organizational structure of certain community colleges; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB460

AN ACT relating to transportation; creating the legislative committee on transportation; prescribing the membership, powers and duties of the committee; revising certain provisions concerning the board of directors of the department of transportation; revising provisions governing the remittance of fees by short-term lessors of passenger cars to the department of taxation; authorizing short-term lessors of passenger cars to charge a fee as reimbursement for payment of vehicle licensing fees and taxes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1 to 9, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 10, 11 and 12 of this act become effective on January 1, 2002.

AB461

AN ACT relating to public works; eliminating the provision providing an exemption from qualifying to bid for a public work of this state; requiring the state public works board to adopt by regulation an additional criteria for the qualification of bidders on a contract for a public work of this state; authorizing the state public works board and the governing body of a local government to determine whether an applicant is qualified to bid by project or for a specified period; allowing the governing body of a local government that does not adopt criteria for the qualification of bidders to accept a bid on a contract for a public work from certain persons; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This bill becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB466

AN ACT relating to gaming; authorizing the Nevada gaming commission to adopt regulations governing the licensing and operation of interactive gaming if the commission first makes certain determinations; providing that a license to operate interactive gaming may be issued only to resort hotels or certain other establishments holding nonrestricted licenses; providing for certain license fees relating to interactive gaming; providing that gross revenue received from interactive gaming is subject to taxation in the same manner as gross revenue received from other games; exempting the operation of interactive gaming from certain other fees and taxes; revising the computation of interest payable by the commission on the overpayment of certain fees and taxes; prohibiting a person from operating interactive gaming until the commission adopts regulations and unless the person procures and maintains all licenses required pursuant to the regulations; providing for the enforceability of gaming debts incurred pursuant to

1.  This section and sections 28 to 32, inclusive, of this act become effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Sections 16 and 34 of this act become effective upon passage and approval for purposes related to the adoption and dissemination of regulations by the Nevada gaming commission and on January 1, 2003, for all other purposes.
3.  Sections 1 to 12, inclusive, 14, 15, 17 to 27, inclusive, 33 and 35 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
4.  Section 13 of this act becomes effective on January 1, 2003.

AB476

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; authorizing the department of motor vehicles and public safety to reinstate the registration of a motor vehicle that was suspended for lack of insurance under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB488

AN ACT relating to emergency medical services; providing for the issuance in certain counties of permits authorizing fire-fighting agencies to transport sick or injured persons to medical facilities; providing for the adoption of ordinances governing the imposition and collection of certain fees by those fire-fighting agencies; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB497

AN ACT relating to anatomical gifts; requiring the bureau of consumer protection in the office of the attorney general to establish certain programs relating to anatomical gifts; creating the anatomical gift account; requiring the department of motor vehicles and public safety to provide certain information to a holder of a driver’s license or an identification card issued by the department who wishes to make an anatomical gift; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB499

AN ACT relating to public schools; revising provisions governing the policy for the renovation or reconstruction of schools required of certain school districts; revising provisions governing the use of certain proceeds of bonds for a pilot program of a certain school district for the replacement of schools; requiring Clark County school district to continue its pilot program for the replacement of schools; authorizing a certain school district to use a certain amount of money from its fund for capital projects to finance the replacement of schools designated for its pilot program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 2 and 3 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Section 1 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.

AB500

AN ACT relating to law enforcement; directing the Attorney General to conduct a statistical study regarding traffic stops by the Nevada Highway Patrol and by law enforcement officers in certain counties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and section 2 of this act become effective upon passage and approval for the purposes of the creation of the form required pursuant to section 2 of this act, and on July 1, 2001, for all other purposes.

2.  Section 1 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB534

AN ACT relating to regional transportation commissions; increasing the membership of the regional transportation commission in certain less populous counties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB536

AN ACT relating to the secretary of state; authorizing the secretary of state to appoint an executive assistant and certain deputies and authorizing such persons to perform certain duties; limiting the number of deputies the secretary of state may appoint; changing the scope of duties the deputies may perform; removing the requirement that the administrator of the securities division of the office of the secretary of state be a deputy of the secretary of state; providing that the administrator of the securities division is in the classified service of the state; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB538

AN ACT relating to metropolitan police departments; authorizing a sheriff to adopt certain policies, procedures, rules and regulations for the administration of a metropolitan police department; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB542

AN ACT relating to state purchasing; requiring the state board of examiners to establish, by regulation, the original cost of certain personal property of the state; creating the surplus property administration account in the state purchasing fund; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB548

AN ACT relating to administrative assessments; revising provisions governing the eligibility of certain agencies to receive a distribution of proceeds from administrative assessments to include the advisory council for prosecuting attorneys; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB549

AN ACT relating to water systems; increasing the amount of general obligation bonds that the state board of finance may issue to provide grants to publicly owned water systems for capital improvements; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB555

AN ACT relating to public employees’ retirement; revising the allowances that may be paid to a retired employee who accepts employment or an independent contract with a public employer under the public employees’ retirement system in a position for which there is a critical labor shortage; restricting the purchase of service credit by certain members of the system; limiting the circumstances under which contributions paid toward the purchase of service credit may be refunded; providing for the immediate assessment of a penalty if a payroll report is not filed or public employer contributions are not remitted in a timely manner; requiring the public employees’ retirement board to conduct an experience study on the system of the employment of certain retired employees; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Section 1 of this act expires by limitation on June 30, 2005.

AB556

AN ACT relating to the administration of public agencies; expanding the authority of the state board of examiners to make certain emergency expenditures, to waive certain requirements regarding contracts for the services of independent contractors and to authorize its clerk to take certain actions on its behalf; requiring the clerk to make periodic reports of his determinations regarding certain of those actions; requiring certain agreements for interlocal cooperation between public agencies to be in writing; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB558

AN ACT relating to programs for public employees; establishing for the next biennium the amount to be paid by this state for group insurance for certain public employees, public officers and retired public employees; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB560

AN ACT relating to law enforcement; providing that certain field agents and inspectors of the state department of agriculture are category II peace officers; providing that the peace officers’ standards and training commission may enter into certain interlocal agreements with Indian tribes; requiring that certain peace officers be certified by the commission within a certain period; revising the authority of the director of the state department of agriculture to designate certain department personnel as field agents and expanding their authority to stop vehicles temporarily; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB568

AN ACT relating to county recorders; revising the provisions governing county recorders; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1 to 11, inclusive, 13 to 19, inclusive, 21 to 52, inclusive, 54 to 59, inclusive, 61 to 65, inclusive, 67 and 69 to 72, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 20, 53, 60 and 66 of this act become effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.
3.  Section 12 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

AB569

AN ACT relating to state financial administration; exempting certain professional and occupational boards from the state budget act and the provisions governing the administration of state funding; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB570

AN ACT relating to the charter of Carson City; establishing a residency requirement for members of advisory boards; prohibiting certain officers from serving on certain boards after their terms of office expire; revising the requirements for the office of purchasing and contracts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB581

AN ACT relating to orders; making various changes concerning orders for protection against domestic violence; providing that certain orders for protection issued in another state are not subject to certain requirements to be given full faith and credit in this state; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB597

AN ACT making an appropriation to the Department of Motor Vehicles and Public Safety for the purchase of computers for and ongoing telecommunication costs of the Division of Parole and Probation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and subsection 1 of section 1 of this act become effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Subsection 2 of section 1 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.
3.  Subsection 3 of section 1 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2002.

AB604

AN ACT relating to state employees; changing the circumstances under which the governor or the head of a state agency may issue an award for public service to a state employee; requiring the state board of examiners to prescribe a maximum amount of money that may be spent on such an award; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB607

AN ACT relating to unemployment compensation; authorizing federally recognized Indian tribes to elect to become liable for payments by way of reimbursement in lieu of contributions to comply with federal law; increasing the daily compensation for service for members of the Nevada employment security council; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section, sections 1 to 6, inclusive, and 8 of this act become effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Section 7 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB620

AN ACT relating to contractors; creating a commission on construction education; creating a construction education account; authorizing the commission to grant money from the account for programs of construction education; requiring that certain fines received by the state contractors’ board be credited to the construction education account; revising the exemptions from the provisions governing contractors; removing the requirement that the board require certain applicants for a contractor’s license or a licensee to establish financial responsibility by submitting certain information; authorizing the board to require an applicant or licensee to establish financial responsibility; removing provisions that automatically require the board to hold a hearing if the board refuses to issue or renew a license; changing certain time requirements relating to hearings; requiring the board to send a certain notice to an applicant or licensee if the board denies an application for the issuance or renewal of a license; aut

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB622

AN ACT relating to certified court reporters; requiring court reporting firms to be licensed by the certified court reporters’ board of Nevada before engaging in business in this state; expanding the regulatory authority of the board; increasing certain fees that are required to be collected by the board; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1 to 18, inclusive, 21 and 22 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 19 and 20 of this act become effective on the date on which the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 666 requiring each state to establish procedures under which the state has authority to withhold or suspend, or to restrict the use of professional, occupational and recreational licenses of persons who:
(a) Have failed to comply with a subpoena or warrant relating to a procedure to determine the paternity of a child or to establish or enforce an obligation for the support of a child; or
(b) Are in arrears in the payment for the support of one or more children,
are repealed by the Congress of the United States.

AB628

AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; revising the circumstances under which certain police officers and firemen are entitled to receive compensation for exposure to tuberculosis; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB630

AN ACT relating to cancer; revising the provisions governing certain records of a health care facility relating to cancer; making a fine mandatory for a violation of such provisions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB631

AN ACT relating to agriculture; expanding the purposes for which the state quarantine officer may proclaim a quarantine of agricultural commodities; expanding the circumstances under which the state department of agriculture may require certain owners or occupants to control, treat or eradicate certain diseases, insects, plants, weeds or other pests; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB639

AN ACT relating to taxes; exempting from the tax on special fuel sales of special fuel for use in operating special mobile equipment; limiting the circumstances under which special fuel must be dyed before it is removed for distribution from a rack; authorizing a person to operate or maintain on certain highways special mobile equipment or farm equipment using dyed special fuel under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB641

AN ACT relating to the Multistate Highway Transportation Agreement; providing that each participating jurisdiction is entitled to select not more than two designated representatives to serve on the cooperating committee; authorizing the departments, agencies and officers of each participating jurisdiction to cooperate with and provide assistance to the cooperating committee under certain circumstances; specifying the designated representatives from this state to serve on the cooperating committee; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB643

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; providing for the issuance of special license plates for the support of the preservation of the history of atomic testing in Nevada; providing for the issuance of special license plates to support preserving the federal lands surrounding Las Vegas; providing for the issuance of special license plates for antique trucks and truck-tractors; authorizing under certain circumstances the owner or operator of a motor vehicle displaying special license plates for a disabled veteran to park in a parking space designated for handicapped persons; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 7, 8 and 11 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 1 to 4, inclusive, 9 and 10 of this act become effective on October 1, 2001.
3.  Sections 5 and 6 of this act become effective at 12:01 a.m. on October 1, 2001.

AB646

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; revising the provisions authorizing certain inspection stations and authorized inspection stations to renew certificates of registration; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001, for the purpose of adopting regulations and on January 1, 2002, for all other purposes.

AB650

AN ACT relating to classifications based on population; changing the population basis for the exercise of certain powers by local governments; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1, 3, 5 to 13, inclusive, 15 to 18, inclusive, 20 and 22 to 61, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 4, 14, 19 and 21 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.

AB659

AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions pertaining to the contents of policies adopted by certain larger school districts concerning the reconstruction, renovation or replacement of older buildings; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

AB671

AN ACT relating to education; making appropriations to the state distributive school account for purposes relating to class-size reduction; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1, 3, 4 and 5 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Section 2 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2002.

AB672

AN ACT relating to making appropriations from the state general fund and the state highway fund for the support of the civil government of the State of Nevada for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, and beginning July 1, 2002, and ending June 30, 2003; providing for the use of the money so appropriated; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

  1.  This section and section 52 of this act become effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Sections 1 to 51, inclusive, and 53 to 60, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.

AB673

AN ACT relating to state employees; establishing the maximum allowed salaries for certain employees in the classified service and employees in the unclassified service of the state; making appropriations from the state general fund and the state highway fund to the state board of examiners for increases in the salaries of certain employees of the State of Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB38

AN ACT relating to the Airport Authority of Washoe County; revising the provisions governing the appointment of the members of the board of trustees; prohibiting a former member of the board from entering into, bidding on or having a pecuniary interest in a contract with the authority or being employed by the authority until 1 year after the termination of his service on the board; exempting the Authority from certain requirements concerning concession agreements; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB39

AN ACT relating to taxation; expanding the purposes for which the proceeds of certain taxes on fuel for jet or turbine-powered aircraft may be used by a governmental entity; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB46

AN ACT relating to the secretary of state; increasing the maximum fee the secretary of state may charge for providing certain special services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB49

AN ACT relating to electronic transactions; adopting the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; making various related changes pertaining to the use of electronic records and signatures; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB54

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; providing for the issuance of special license plates for the appreciation of animals; imposing a fee for the issuance or renewal of such license plates; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1, 3 and 5 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Section 2 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.
3.  Section 4 of this act becomes effective at 12:02 a.m. on July 1, 2001.
4.  The amendatory provisions of this act expire by limitation on July 1, 2005, if on that date the department of motor vehicles and public safety has received fewer than 250 applicants for the issuance of license plates pursuant to section 1 of this act.

SB59

AN ACT relating to taxes on motor vehicles; changing the designation of privilege taxes to governmental services taxes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1 to 24, inclusive, 26, 28 to 77, inclusive, and 79 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Section 25 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on October 1, 2003.
3.  Section 27 of this act becomes effective at 12:02 a.m. on October 1, 2003.

SB60

AN ACT relating to local governments; restricting the amount a local government may place in an enterprise fund for building permit fees; authorizing a local government to maintain an amount of working capital in such an enterprise fund for certain purposes; requiring a local government to reduce the building permit fees it charges if an excess amount exists in such an enterprise fund at certain times; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB61

AN ACT relating to public works projects; authorizing certain public bodies to contract with a design-build team for certain public works projects; removing certain requirements for providing notice of certain hearings; removing certain requirements for advertising for preliminary proposals from design-build teams for certain projects; changing certain requirements for the contents of a request for preliminary proposals; authorizing a public body and the department of transportation to select finalists for submitting a final proposal within a certain period; requiring a public body and the department of transportation to consider the degree to which a preliminary proposal is responsive to certain requirements when selecting finalists; changing certain requirements for a request for final proposals; removing the date for expiration of provisions relating to the use of design-build teams on public works projects; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 5 to 17, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 2 and 4 of this act become effective at 12:01 a.m. on
July 1, 2001.
3.  Section 1 of this act becomes effective on May 1, 2013.
4.  Section 3 of this act becomes effective at 12:03 a.m. on May 1, 2013.

SB63

AN ACT relating to public works projects; authorizing public bodies and local governments to award contracts for certain public works projects to specialty contractors; specifying that certain requirements for receiving a certificate for preference in bidding must be satisfied while licensed as a general contractor or specialty contractor; requiring the state contractors’ board to issue a certificate of eligibility to receive a preference in bidding to a specialty contractor under certain circumstances; allowing general contractors and specialty contractors to receive a preference for bidding on public works by purchasing a contractor that possesses such a preference; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1 to 4, inclusive, 7, 10, 13 and 14 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 5, 8 and 11 of this act become effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.
3.  Section 14.5 of this act becomes effective at 12:02 a.m. on July 1, 2001.
4.  Sections 6 and 9 of this act become effective at 12:02 a.m. on October 1, 2003.
5.  Section 12 of this act becomes effective at 12:03 a.m. on October 1, 2003.
6.  Sections 5, 8, 11, 13 and 14 of this act expire by limitation on October 1, 2003.

SB70

AN ACT relating to taxation; revising the provisions governing the classification of manufactured homes as real property for the purpose of property taxes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB84

AN ACT relating to state financial administration; requiring the Department of Personnel to increase the level of compensation of uniformed highway patrol positions; making appropriations to the State Board of Examiners; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB91

AN ACT relating to medicine; changing the designation of physician’s assistant; revising the scope of authority and duties of the board of medical examiners; providing for the issuance of special purpose licenses; requiring the board of medical examiners to regulate the practice of respiratory care; requiring practitioners of respiratory care to be licensed by the board of medical examiners; revising the qualifications and requirements relating to licensure of physicians and physicians’ assistants; revising the duties and scope of authority of persons licensed by the board of medical examiners; making certain actions subject to disciplinary action by the board of medical examiners; revising provisions governing the imposition of disciplinary action against licensees; establishing and revising certain fees; increasing certain penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section becomes effective upon passage and approval.   2.  Sections 1 to 90, inclusive, subsection 1 of section 91 and sections 92, 93 and 95 of this act become effective upon passage and approval for the purpose of adopting regulations and taking such other actions as necessary to regulate practitioners of respiratory care, and on July 1, 2001, for all other purposes.   3.  Subsection 2 of section 91 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.   4.  The amendatory provisions of sections 8, 19, 24, 26 and 41 of this act expire by limitation on the date on which the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 666 requiring each state to establish procedures under which the state has authority to withhold or suspend, or to restrict the use of professional, occupational and recreational licenses of persons who:   (a) Have failed to comply with a subpoena or warrant relating to a proceeding to determine the paternity of a child or to establish or enforce an obligation for the support of a child; or   (b) Are in arrears in the payment for the support of one or more children,  are repealed by the Congress of the United States.

SB110

AN ACT relating to public welfare; repealing certain provisions relating to assistance to homeless persons; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB112

AN ACT relating to indigent persons; revising certain provisions concerning the amelioration of the causes of poverty within this state to conform to changes in the Community Services Block Grant Act; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB113

AN ACT relating to the program for millennium scholarships; expanding the program to provide for the disbursement of scholarships to students of certain additional colleges and universities in this state; revising the eligibility requirements for certain pupils who did not graduate from high school at the time regularly scheduled for their graduation; increasing the amount of scholarships for upper division courses at community colleges; eliminating the requirement that the scholarship be repaid if a student drops out of school or fails to maintain a certain grade-point average; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB115

AN ACT relating to pupils; revising provisions governing the suspension and expulsion of pupils for possession of a dangerous weapon; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB118

AN ACT relating to passenger cars; increasing the fee a short-term lessor of a passenger car may charge for a waiver of damages; authorizing a short-term lessor of a passenger car to charge a short-term lessee an additional fee for certain additional authorized drivers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB119

AN ACT relating to taxicabs; requiring the taxicab authority to establish a program for the transportation by taxicab of elderly persons and permanently handicapped persons in certain counties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB124

AN ACT relating to fuel taxes; requiring the allocation and remittance of money collected from certain taxes to be made directly to incorporated cities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB125

AN ACT relating to governmental administration; requiring a local government to submit electronically a fiscal report to the department of taxation and to publish a summary of the fiscal report in a newspaper; requiring the committee on local government finance to establish by regulation certain requirements for a fiscal report of a local government submitted to the department of taxation and for a summary of a fiscal report; authorizing the committee on local government finance to establish by regulation an exception to the requirement that the fiscal report be submitted electronically for certain local governments; authorizing the electronic submission of documents relating to the budgets of local governments to the legislative counsel bureau; repealing the requirement that local governments prepare certain quarterly reports; requiring the publication of certain regulations in the Nevada Administrative Code; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB135

AN ACT relating to veterans’ homes; requiring the appointment of an administrator for each veterans’ home in this state and establishing his qualifications; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB139

AN ACT relating to the administration of the courts; revising the manner in which administrative assessments are distributed to the office of the court administrator; requiring the reduction of appropriations made to the supreme court from the state general fund upon the receipt of certain money from those assessments; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and section 2 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Section 1 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.

SB148

AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions relating to the achievement and proficiency examinations administered in public schools; revising provisions governing the increase of salary for a teacher who is certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards; requiring the boards of trustees of school districts to pay the increase of salary retroactively under certain circumstances; authorizing under certain circumstances the employment of licensed teachers who do not hold endorsements in a particular subject area; requiring certain school districts to create and operate regional training programs for the professional development of teachers and administrators; creating the statewide council for the coordination of the regional training programs; authorizing under certain circumstances the licensure and employment of teachers who are not citizens of the United States; prohibiting persons from making certain threats to pupils and employees of school districts, charter schools and private

1.  This section and sections 5, 7 to 19, inclusive, and 33 to 37, inclusive, of this act become effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Sections 3, 4, 25 to 28, inclusive, 30, 31, 32 and 38 to 42, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
3.  Sections 1 and 6 of this act become effective at 12:01 a.m. on
July 1, 2001.
4.  Sections 2 and 29 of this act become effective at 12:02 a.m. on
July 1, 2001.

SB156

AN ACT relating to taxation; increasing and providing for the adjustment of the amount of the exemptions from property and vehicle privilege taxes for veterans and veterans’ organizations; increasing the maximum amount that the state treasurer may accept from certain persons for credit to the veterans’ home account; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Section 13 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.
3.  Sections 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 of this act become effective on July 1, 2004.

SB159

AN ACT relating to water; extending to all counties the recognition of the importance of domestic wells as appurtenances to private homes and the creation of a protectible interest in such wells; extending to all counties the requirement for a copy of the notice of application for certain proposed wells to be mailed to certain owners of real property containing domestic wells; requiring the state engineer to reject certain applications to apply water to a beneficial use if the proposed use or change conflicts with protectible interests in existing domestic wells; revising certain provisions governing permits for wells and temporary permits to appropriate ground water; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Section 5 of this act expires by limitation on July 1, 2005.

SB161

AN ACT relating to water controls; requiring an applicant for a permit to operate certain privately owned public water systems to provide documentation that the applicant possesses water rights that are sufficient to operate the system; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB165

AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions governing the accountability of public schools; revising provisions governing the requirements for a person to take the tests of general educational development; revising provisions governing the count of pupils and the calculation of basic support under certain circumstances; revising provisions governing the reporting of results of certain achievement and proficiency examinations; revising the requirements for a course in American government and a course in American history; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1 to 13, inclusive, and 15 to 20, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Section 14 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.

SB175

AN ACT relating to disabled persons; creating an exception for certain organizations to the competitive bidding process for purchasing by local governments; requiring the committee on employment of persons with disabilities, if created by the governor, to establish a program to encourage and facilitate the purchase of commodities and services from certain organizations by agencies of state and local government; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB183

AN ACT relating to crimes; revising the provisions governing sexual conduct between pupils and persons who are in positions of authority at schools; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB190

AN ACT relating to the motor vehicle revolving account; requiring the state board of examiners to determine the amount of money to be deposited in the account; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB193

AN ACT relating to the department of prisons; allowing the director to establish a system for offender management in each institution and facility of the department; allowing the director to continue to develop and implement a program of facility training for correctional staff in each institution and facility of the department; changing the name of the department; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1 to 84, inclusive, and 86 to 99, inclusive, 102, 103, 105, 106, 107, 109, 110, and 112 to 116, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 100, 101, 104, 108 and 111 of this act become effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.
3.  Section 84 of this act expires by limitation on July 1, 2009.
4.  Section 85 of this act becomes effective on July 2, 2009.

SB194

AN ACT relating to supervision; ratifying the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision; renouncing the Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Parolees and Probationers and repealing the provisions relating thereto; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective:
1.  On July 1, 2001; or
2.  Upon enactment of the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision into law by the 35th jurisdiction,
whichever is later.

SB197

AN ACT relating to therapeutic communities; revising the provisions governing the date on which an offender is eligible to be assigned to participate in a therapeutic community; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB200

AN ACT relating to local governmental financial administration; expanding the purposes for which a city may pledge and use the proceeds of the tax imposed on the revenues from the rental of transient lodging; clarifying the manner in which the City of Reno may invest money realized from the sale of bonds and use the interest received from such investments; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB201

AN ACT relating to local government finance; requiring a local government that desires to loan money from one fund to another fund or to another local government to make certain determinations at a public hearing; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB202

AN ACT relating to state financial administration; revising the requirement of financial reporting by the state controller; changing the designation of certain funds and accounts; making various changes relating to warrants of the state controller; requiring the state controller to present funds in annual financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1 to 18, inclusive, 21 to 24, inclusive, 26 to 30, inclusive, 32, 33, 35 to 42, inclusive, and 44 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 19, 20, 25, 31, 34 and 43 of this act become effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.

SB203

AN ACT relating to taxation; authorizing the boards of county commissioners of at least two counties to levy an ad valorem tax to pay the costs of operating a regional facility; exempting ad valorem taxes levied to pay the operating costs of certain regional facilities from the limitation upon revenue from ad valorem taxes; requiring an administrative entity created to operate a regional facility that receives revenue from ad valorem taxes levied to pay the costs of operating the regional facility to establish a fund for such revenue; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB207

AN ACT relating to public welfare; requiring the department of human resources to establish, upon approval of the interim finance committee, a program for the provision of medical assistance to certain working persons with disabilities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB208

AN ACT relating to public dental health; providing for the appointment of a state dental health officer and a state public health dental hygienist; establishing their duties; providing for the authorization of a person to practice public health dental hygiene;  and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB210

AN ACT relating to utilities; revising provisions governing annual assessments imposed by the public utilities commission of Nevada; revising provisions governing the establishment of the rates of certain utilities; providing that certain accident reports concerning utilities must be open to public inspection; changing the dates for the calculation and payment of assessments by railroads; revising provisions governing the adoption of water conservation and incentive plans by utilities; revising provisions governing the provision of utility services to mobile home parks and company towns to include services from alternative sellers; providing for the acquisition of utility services by mobile home parks from alternative sellers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and section 5 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 1 to 4, inclusive, and 6 to 13, inclusive, of this act become effective on October 1, 2001.

SB216

AN ACT relating to contractors; providing for the adoption of standards for advertisements used by contractors who repair, restore, improve or construct residential pools and spas; enacting and revising various provisions pertaining to such contractors; requiring the state contractors’ board to adopt standard contract elements for use by such contractors; providing for the designation of an ombudsman for residential pools and spas; revising the provisions governing eligibility for compensation from the recovery fund; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and section 1 of this act become effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Sections 2 and 9 of this act become effective upon passage and approval for the purpose of adopting regulations necessary to carry out those sections and on October 1, 2001, for all other purposes.
3.  Sections 3 to 8, inclusive, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 and 18 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
4.  Sections 13, 16 and 17 of this act become effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.

SB227

AN ACT relating to taxation; revising the requirements for certain property of recycling businesses to be exempt from taxation; revising, for a limited period, certain partial abatements from taxation for facilities for the generation of electricity from renewable energy; repealing the provisions that exempt from taxation certain property of businesses that use a facility for the production of electrical energy from solar energy; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1, 2 and 4 to 8, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 2 and 5 of this act expire by limitation on June 30, 2005.
3.  Section 3 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2005.

SB231

AN ACT relating to juvenile justice; revising provisions relating to detention homes for the temporary detention of children; permitting such homes, under certain circumstances, to adjoin, be located on the same grounds as, or share common grounds or common facilities with an adult jail or adult lockup; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB233

AN ACT relating to correctional officers; providing that any person employed by the department of prisons who has certain responsibilities must be a correctional officer who has the powers of a peace officer; clarifying that correctional officers employed by the department are exempt from certain provisions pertaining to weapons; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB236

AN ACT relating to education; requiring certain entities that employ children in the entertainment industry to pay for those children to receive tutoring or other educational or instructional services upon the request of a parent or guardian; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB237

AN ACT relating to education; removing the commission on postsecondary education from the department of education; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB243

AN ACT relating to public schools; revising provisions governing the reemployment of employees of a charter school by a school district; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB257

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; providing for the issuance of special license plates recognizing current or former service as a volunteer fire fighter; imposing a fee for the issuance and renewal of those license plates to pay expenses related to the training of volunteer fire fighters; limiting the issuance of special license plates indicating current or former employment as a professional full-time salaried fire fighter; imposing a fee for the issuance and renewal of those license plates to be distributed among certain facilities for the treatment of burns which are located within the State of Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1 and 4 to 7, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 2 and 3 of this act become effective at 12:01 a.m. on
July 1, 2001.
3.  The amendatory provisions of sections 1, 2 and 4 of this act expire by limitation on July 1, 2005, if on that date the department of motor vehicles and public safety has received fewer than 250 applications for the issuance of license plates pursuant to section 1 of this act.

SB260

AN ACT relating to drivers’ licenses; requiring the photograph and any information included on the face of a driver’s license or identification card to be placed in a certain manner on the license or card; revising the provisions governing the use of colors on a driver’s license issued to an insulin dependent diabetic or an epileptic; providing that courses in automobile driver education in public schools must be limited to pupils who have attained a certain age; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Section 4 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.

SB271

AN ACT relating to physicians; providing for the issuance of a special volunteer medical license to a retired physician to treat indigent persons; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB273

AN ACT relating to taxation; exempting from the local school support tax and certain analogous taxes certain systems designed or adapted to use renewable energy to generate electricity; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 1 and 2 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001, for the purpose of adopting regulations and on January 1, 2002, for all other purposes.
3.  This act expires by limitation on June 30, 2003.

SB289

AN ACT relating to schools; requiring the board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school and private school to establish a committee to develop a plan to be used in responding to certain crises involving violence on school property, at school activities or on school buses; requiring each school to establish a committee to review such a plan developed for the school; requiring the state board of education to develop a statewide plan for the management of certain crises that involve violence on school property, at school activities or on school buses and that require immediate action; requiring the division of emergency management of the department of motor vehicles and public safety to assist, under certain circumstances, with such crises; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB301

AN ACT relating to professions; revising the provisions governing the formation and operation of a professional corporation or association by certain multiple disciplines; authorizing the state board of architecture, interior design and residential design to accept satisfactory evidence of registration as an interior designer in another jurisdiction under certain circumstances; repealing certain provisions governing a member of the board who is a residential designer or registered interior designer; providing that a certificate of registration issued to an architect, registered interior designer or residential designer must be renewed annually; revising the qualifications to apply for registration as an architect or registered interior designer; revising the circumstances under which a residential designer may engage in practice as a registered interior designer; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB307

AN ACT relating to appraisers of real estate; requiring the real estate division of the department of business and industry to hire professional consultants to ensure compliance with Title XI of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989; increasing certain fees of the real estate division; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB317

AN ACT relating to local financial administration; revising provisions governing local government finance to comply with current generally accepted accounting and auditing standards; providing a procedure for the augmentation of budgets of local governments; requiring the department of taxation to create certain forms; requiring the state treasurer to withhold distributions from the local government tax distribution account from local governments under certain circumstances; requiring the use of alternative population totals for calculating distributions from the local government tax distribution account under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1 to 9, inclusive, 11 to 28, inclusive, 30 to 43, inclusive, 45 to 49, inclusive, and 51 to 68, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 10, 29, 44 and 50 of this act become effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.

SB318

AN ACT relating to cancer; creating the task force on prostate cancer; prescribing its powers and duties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB321

AN ACT relating to public welfare; requiring the state controller to transfer a certain amount of money from the intergovernmental transfer account in the state general fund to the fund for the institutional care of the medically indigent; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB323

AN ACT relating to railroads; authorizing the California-Nevada Super Speed Ground Transportation Commission to issue bonds, notes, obligations or evidences of borrowing to finance the construction of a super speed ground transportation system; making various changes to the definition of a super speed ground transportation system; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 1 and 2 of this act expire by limitation:
(a) One year after the date on which the governor declares by public proclamation that the super speed ground transportation system connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed; or
(b) On the date all borrowing made pursuant to section 1 of this act is retired,
whichever is later.

SB329

AN ACT relating to public bodies; prohibiting certain public bodies from taking action by vote without the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the public body; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB334

AN ACT relating to the Tricounty Railway Commission; expanding the commission to include additional counties; changing the name of the commission; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB349

AN ACT relating to the public employees’ retirement system; providing for benefits for a survivor beneficiary in certain circumstances; decreasing the number of years of service at which a police officer or fireman is eligible to retire regardless of age; revising the formula for calculating retirement allowances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 7, 8 and 13 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 1 to 6, inclusive, 9 to 12, inclusive, and 14 to 17, inclusive, of this act become effective on January 1, 2002.

SB352

AN ACT relating to food establishments; excluding certain persons under certain circumstances from regulation as food handlers; clarifying that food prepared in a private home and given away at no charge is not subject to regulation as a food establishment under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB373

AN ACT relating to labor; expanding the authority of the labor commissioner to adopt regulations; reducing the period within which certain unclaimed money collected by the labor commissioner is presumed abandoned; authorizing a person designated by the labor commissioner to conduct certain hearings and issue certain decisions concerning the labor laws of this state; requiring the attorney general to prosecute certain criminal violations that are reported to him by the labor commissioner; authorizing the labor commissioner to prescribe by regulation the minimum wage paid to employees in private employment in this state; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB376

AN ACT relating to taxation; providing an exemption from the taxes on personal property for certain property of nonresidents that is located in this state; repealing the provisions establishing the committee for assessing livestock; expanding the circumstances under which a senior citizen may receive a refund pursuant to the Senior Citizens’ Property Tax Assistance Act; expanding the property tax exemption for widows to include all surviving spouses; authorizing the county assessor to deposit certain overpayments of taxes in the county treasury unless the taxpayer requests a refund of the overpayment; exempting certain deficient payments of taxes from collection; removing certain duties of county assessors and county treasurers concerning the taxation of animals; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1 to 10, inclusive, 11, 12, 14 to 25, inclusive, 27 to 44, inclusive, and 59 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 13 and 26 of this act become effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.
3.  Section 10 of this act expires by limitation on June 30, 2003.
4.  Section 10.5 of this act becomes effective at 12:02 a.m. on
July 1, 2003.
5.  Sections 45 to 58, inclusive, and 60 of this act become effective on July 1, 2004.

SB377

AN ACT relating to welfare; revising the provisions governing the payment of hospitals for treating a disproportionate share of Medicaid patients, indigent patients or other low-income patients; providing for the allocation and transfer of certain funding for the treatment of those patients; authorizing the imposition in certain counties of a temporary tax on the revenue of hospitals; requiring the legislative committee on health care to conduct a study regarding programs and funding for the treatment of those patients; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB378

AN ACT relating to professional occupations; providing civil immunity to a person who furnishes information to the board of dental examiners of Nevada under certain circumstances; providing civil immunity to members of the board and other persons under certain circumstances; clarifying that an applicant for a limited license to practice dentistry or dental hygiene must be licensed in another state or the District of Columbia at the time of his application and may have that license placed on inactive status after he has been issued a limited license; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB380

AN ACT relating to contractors; eliminating the duty of a contractor to require proof of payment of the business tax from a subcontractor with whom he has a contract; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB381

AN ACT relating to taxation; revising the definitions of “wholesale dealer” and “wholesale price” for the purpose of imposing the tax on products made from tobacco, other than cigarettes; requiring the payment of the tax after the sale of the products by a wholesale dealer; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB389

AN ACT relating to the Civil Air Patrol; increasing the maximum amount that may be paid to the Civil Air Patrol account from the account for taxes on aviation fuel; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB394

AN ACT relating to nursing; prohibiting the state board of nursing or an employer of a nurse from requiring the inclusion of the surname of the nurse on the badge or other form of identification worn by the nurse while on duty; requiring the employers of licensees and nursing assistants to prepare and maintain records of the work assignments of those licensees and nursing assistants for a certain period; revising the provisions governing the filing of complaints with the state board of nursing; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB395

AN ACT relating to counties; detaching certain territory from Clark County and attaching that territory to Nye County; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB397

AN ACT relating to drugs; prohibiting certain acts related to drugs and Internet pharmacies; prohibiting practitioners and other persons from prescribing prescription drugs under certain circumstances; providing the attorney general with jurisdiction to prosecute certain acts related to drugs and Internet pharmacies; revising various provisions related to controlled substances and other substances and drugs; requiring the state board of pharmacy to adopt certain regulations related to Internet pharmacies; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1 to 28, inclusive, and 30 to 51, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Section 29 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.

SB399

AN ACT relating to education; prohibiting an existing public school or home school from converting to a charter school; prohibiting a charter school from operating for profit; creating the fund for charter schools; providing for the sponsorship of charter schools by the state board of education; revising the collective bargaining provisions applicable to charter school employees who are on a leave of absence from a school district; revising provisions governing the formation, operation and personnel of charter schools; authorizing the boards of trustees of school districts and the governing bodies of charter schools to provide programs of distance education for certain pupils; requiring the state board to adopt regulations prescribing the requirements of programs of distance education; revising the provisions governing the apportionments of money from the state distributive school account to provide for the payment of money for pupils who are enrolled in programs of distance education; providing that certain

1.  This section and sections 24, 64, 66 and 67 of this act become effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Sections 3 to 12, inclusive, 14, 16 to 19, inclusive, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 56, 60 to 63, inclusive, 65, and 68 to 74, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
3.  Sections 57 and 64.5 of this act become effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.
4.  Sections 1, 2, 13, 15, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30 to 55, inclusive, 58 and 59 of this act become effective on July 1, 2002.

SB401

AN ACT relating to the office of science, engineering and technology; transferring the office from the University and Community College System of Nevada to the Office of the Governor; revising the duties of the director of the office; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB402

AN ACT relating to health care; expanding the authority of the legislative committee on health care to review certain issues relating to long-term care; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB406

AN ACT relating to health care; providing an additional exception to the prohibition against certain referrals of patients by health care practitioners; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB412

AN ACT relating to offenders; revising the provisions pertaining to the registration of certain offenders; revising the provisions pertaining to community notification regarding sex offenders; revising the provisions pertaining to the conditions of probation and parole of sex offenders; revising the provisions governing criminal liability for certain offenders who fail to register or fail to notify certain agencies of a change of address; revising various provisions governing community notification of juvenile sex offenders; revising various provisions governing attendance of juvenile sex offenders at the same public school or private school as their victims; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB425

AN ACT relating to public utilities; prohibiting certain governmental entities from acquiring or expanding facilities relating to the provision of certain services provided by public utilities in certain circumstances; providing an exception; requiring the legislative committee to study the distribution among local governments of revenue from state and local taxes to conduct a study and report its findings to the legislature; extending the effective date for certain provisions relating to the legislative committee to study the distribution among local governments of revenue from state and local taxes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001, and expires by limitation on July 1, 2003.

SB433

AN ACT making appropriations to the Department of Cultural Affairs for the purchase of equipment and to carry out the statewide monument program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and section 1 of this act become effective upon passage and approval.

2.  Section 2 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB436

AN ACT making an appropriation to the Department of Human Resources for new and replacement equipment, operating expenses, and new and replacement computer hardware and software for the Rural Regional Center of the Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and subsection 1 of section 1 of this act become effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Subsection 2 of section 1 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.
3.  Subsection 3 of section 1 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2002.

SB441

AN ACT making an appropriation to the Department of Human Resources for new and replacement equipment and computer hardware and software at the Rural Clinics; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and subsection 1 of section 1 of this act become effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Subsection 2 of section 1 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.
3.  Subsection 3 of section 1 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2002.

SB442

AN ACT making appropriations to the Department of Prisons for various replacement equipment at certain facilities and ongoing expenses of the Pioche Conservation Camp to lease certain equipment; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  Section 1 of this act becomes effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Section 2 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB444

AN ACT making an appropriation to the Department of Motor Vehicles and Public Safety for security upgrades and operating expenses at various offices of the Division of Parole and Probation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and subsection 1 of section 1 of this act become effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Subsection 2 of section 1 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.
3.  Subsection 3 of section 1 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2002.

SB463

AN ACT making appropriations to the Department of Prisons for maintenance projects at certain facilities and ongoing expenses for the various budget accounts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  Section 1 of this act becomes effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Section 2 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB467

AN ACT relating to wildlife; requiring the board of wildlife commissioners to establish the maximum number of deer and antelope tags which may be issued annually as compensation for damage to private property; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB471

AN ACT relating to state military; changing the qualifications for appointment as adjutant general; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

sb474

AN ACT relating to commercial transactions; revising the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code governing secured transactions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.

SB474

AN ACT relating to commercial transactions; revising the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code governing secured transactions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.

SB481

AN ACT relating to state government; providing for the reorganization of the department of motor vehicles and public safety into the department of motor vehicles and the department of public safety; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section, sections 1 to 41, inclusive, 43 to 54, inclusive, 56, 57, 59 to 223, inclusive, 227 to 240, inclusive, and 242 of this act become effective upon passage and approval for the purpose of authorizing any preliminary activities necessary to ensure that the provisions of this act are carried out in an orderly fashion and on July 1, 2001, for all other purposes.
2.  Sections 55, 58, 225 and 226 of this act become effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.
3.  Sections 42 and 224 of this act become effective on January 1, 2002.

SB482

AN ACT relating to skateboard parks; prohibiting a person who uses a skateboard park from engaging in certain conduct; requiring such a person to follow certain safety requirements; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB483

AN ACT relating to medical facilities; requiring the state board of health to adopt regulations for the licensure of certain mobile units and facilities for refractive laser surgery as medical facilities; requiring facilities for refractive laser surgery to file a surety bond or deposit other security to provide indemnification to certain patients; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective upon passage and approval for the purposes of adopting regulations and on July 1, 2001, for all other purposes.

SB484

AN ACT relating to health care; requiring the Legislative Committee on Health Care to conduct a study of the diversion of patients in need of emergency services and care from hospitals that lack sufficient resources to provide the emergency services and care needed by those patients; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001, and expires by limitation on June 30, 2003.

SB487

AN ACT relating to public investments; authorizing additional types of investments for money in certain public funds; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1, 2 and 4 to 7, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Section 3 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.

SB489

AN ACT relating to governmental administration; revising the authority of the state treasurer to use a facsimile signature; abolishing the division of unclaimed property of the department of business and industry and transferring the duties of the division to the state treasurer; authorizing the state treasurer to employ a deputy of unclaimed property; revising the time for the submission of an annual report by the state treasurer; providing for the submission of certain public revenue and reports to the state controller instead of the state treasurer; revising the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section, sections 3, 4, 8, 9, 14 to 48, inclusive, 68, 69, 72 and 74 of this act become effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Sections 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10 to 13, inclusive, 49, 51 to 67, inclusive, 70 and 71 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
3.  Section 50 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.

SB499

AN ACT relating to state parks; eliminating the parks marina development fund; expanding the permissible uses of money received from the tax on motor vehicle fuel used in watercraft for recreational purposes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB500

AN ACT relating to the University Securities Law; authorizing the board of regents of the University of Nevada to delegate its authority concerning the sale of securities; authorizing variable rates of interest on securities; authorizing the investment of pledged revenues and the proceeds of securities in certain investment contracts; authorizing agreements for an exchange of interest rates; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB503

AN ACT relating to the department of motor vehicles and public safety; expanding the methods of payment for which a service charge is assessed by the department if payment for certain fees is dishonored; increasing that service charge; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB504

AN ACT relating to the department of prisons; revising provisions relating to the appointment of wardens by the department of prisons; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB505

AN ACT relating to dairy products; making various changes relating to the transfer of responsibility for the dairy inspection program to the state dairy commission of the department of business and industry; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section becomes effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Sections 1 to 47, inclusive, and 51 to 58, inclusive, of this act become effective upon passage and approval for the purpose of adopting regulations and conducting any preliminary activities necessary to carry out the provisions of this act in a timely manner, and on
January 1, 2002, for all other purposes.
3.  Sections 48, 49, and 50 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.

SB512

AN ACT relating to accountants; requiring the Nevada state board of accountancy to charge a fee for administering an examination in this state to a person who is a candidate for a certificate as a certified public accountant in another state or jurisdiction of the United States; requiring certain persons who wish to engage in the practice of public accounting under a fictitious name to register the fictitious name with the board; requiring the board to adopt regulations prescribing the procedure and fee for registering a fictitious name with the board; authorizing the board to take certain actions against persons who make false or fraudulent statements on certain applications submitted to the board; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 2 to 7, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Section 1 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2001, for the purpose of adopting regulations and on January 1, 2002, for all other purposes.

SB518

AN ACT relating to financial administration; revising the amounts paid to certain public officers and employees as allowances for certain expenses; making appropriations to the contingency fund to restore and increase the balance in the fund; making appropriations to the Interim Finance Committee to assist state agencies and school districts in paying for certain energy needs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 3, 4 and 5 of this act become effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Section 1 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.
3.  Section 2 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2002.

SB519

AN ACT relating to offenders; providing that certain prisoners may be assigned to the custody of the division of parole and probation of the department of motor vehicles and public safety to participate in a program for re-entry into the community; providing that certain parolees may be ordered to participate in a program for re-entry into the community; revising the provisions regarding the sealing of records; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB524

AN ACT relating to vehicles; authorizing the department of motor vehicles and public safety to establish a program for the electronic submission and storage of documents relating to the registration and title of vehicles; prescribing the requirements of the program; authorizing the department to charge a fee for participation in the program; revising related provisions governing registration; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1 to 4, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 5, 6 and 7 of this act become effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.

SB527

AN ACT relating to cigarettes; exempting duty-free sales enterprises and persons importing cigarettes for personal use from provisions governing the licensing of cigarette dealers and the taxation of cigarettes; providing that cigarette revenue stamps must identify the dealer who affixed the stamps; requiring certain dealers to file certificates regarding cigarettes imported into the United States; expanding the scope of prohibited acts by cigarette dealers; revising the provisions governing the disposal of certain contraband cigarettes; providing for a private right of action for injunctive relief regarding certain violations of chapter 370 of NRS; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB530

AN ACT relating to regional planning; extending the interval at which the regional planning coalition may review certain plans of a governing body, regional agency, state agency or public utility; requiring certain regional and state agencies to ensure, to the extent practicable, that certain of their plans and land use decisions are consistent with certain other regional and local plans; authorizing the regional planning coalition to make certain grants to a city or county for purposes related to land use planning; authorizing the regional planning coalition to request the preparation of not more than one legislative measure for a regular legislative session; authorizing the regional planning coalition to adopt rules or bylaws pertaining to the attendance of members of its governing board at meetings of the governing board; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB533

AN ACT relating to the control of air pollution; authorizing the control officer of a local air pollution control board to request the initiation of certain proceedings regarding the enforcement of certain laws pertaining to the control of air pollution; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB543

AN ACT relating to the University and Community College System of Nevada; requiring the board of regents of the University of Nevada to establish policies governing the contracts that faculty members and employees of the system may enter into or benefit from; authorizing such faculty members and employees to enter into or benefit from certain contracts that are consistent with those policies; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB544

AN ACT relating to the practice of pharmacy; requiring the state board of pharmacy to adopt requirements for the form, content and transmittal of prescriptions for controlled substances; clarifying the authority of the board to regulate pharmacies and wholesalers who offer services in this state via the Internet; revising the disciplinary action that may be taken by the board against the holder of a certificate, license or permit issued by the board; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and section 15 of this act become effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Sections 1 and 12 of this act become effective upon passage and approval for the purpose of adopting regulations and at 12:01 a.m. on October 1, 2001, for all other purposes.
3.  Sections 2, 3, 4 and 6 to 10, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
4.  Section 5 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.
5.  Section 14 of this act becomes effective at 12:02 a.m. on July 1, 2001.
6.  Sections 11 and 13 of this act become effective at 12:01 a.m. on October 1, 2001.

SB552

AN ACT relating to affordable housing; expanding the powers of the housing division of the department of business and industry; exempting the housing division from the state purchasing act; removing certain requirements for loans made by the housing division; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001, and expires by limitation on July 1, 2003.

SB553

AN ACT relating to governmental administration; establishing certain requirements for the use of installment-purchase agreements by local governments; removing the requirement that local governments create funds for certain extraordinary maintenance, repair or improvements; creating certain exceptions to the Uniform Commercial Code—Secured Transactions; authorizing the committee on local government finance to adopt certain regulations; requiring the committee on local government finance to adopt certain regulations; prohibiting the use of the proceeds from certain obligations issued by a local government to pay operating expenses; requiring the Nevada tax commission to appoint a subcommittee to conduct a public hearing concerning the management of a local government in a severe financial emergency; requiring the publication of certain regulations in the Nevada Administrative Code; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section, sections 48 and 59.5 of this act become effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Sections 1 to 22, inclusive, 24 to 36, inclusive, 38, 40 to 43, inclusive, 46, 47 and 49 to 59, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
3.  Sections 37, 39, 44 and 45 of this act become effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.
4.  Section 23 of this act becomes effective at 12:02 a.m. on July 1, 2001.
5.  Section 48 of this act expires by limitation on July 1, 2003.

SB554

AN ACT relating to land use planning; requiring the governing body of each county and city to adopt an ordinance providing for the appeal of certain land use decisions to the governing body; providing for an appeal of such decisions by the governing body to the district court; authorizing the governing body of a county or city to adopt an alternative procedure allowing certain decisions of a board of adjustment to be appealed directly to the district court; raising the maximum compensation that a governing body may provide to its planning commission for each meeting of the planning commission; authorizing certain attested copies of a master plan to be certified by electronic means; modifying the period within which certain entities must take action on a tentative map, parcel map or final map; revising provisions regarding the presentation of a series of final maps for a subdivision; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1 to 9, inclusive, 12, 13 and
16 to 17, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 10 and 14 of this act become effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.
3.  Sections 11 and 15 of this act become effective at 12:02 a.m. on July 1, 2001.

SB557

AN ACT relating to taxation; revising the formula for the distribution among counties of certain revenue from the tax on certain motor vehicle fuel; providing for a review of the estimates of the total mileage of roads or streets maintained by each county and incorporated city prepared by the department of transportation; extending the date for expiration of the legislative committee to study the distribution among local governments of revenue from state and local taxes and certain statutory provisions relating thereto; changing the name of the committee to the legislative committee for local government taxes and finance; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 3, 4 and 5 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Section 1 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.
3.  Sections 1, 3, 4 and 5 of this act expire by limitation on
July 1, 2005.
4.  Section 2 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on
July 1, 2005.

SB560

AN ACT relating to public works; requiring the attorney general to prosecute persons who violate certain provisions relating to employment of workmen on a public work; increasing the period within which a person may not be awarded a contract for a public work after being assessed an administrative penalty for committing an offense; revising the provisions governing the determination of the prevailing wages in a county; revising the provisions establishing which workmen are employed on a public work and subject to the provisions governing prevailing wages; clarifying the duties of public bodies to investigate possible violations of certain provisions governing employment on a public work; requiring contractors and subcontractors to submit certain records concerning his workmen to a public body within a certain period; providing that a failure to maintain and provide such records within such period constitutes an offense which may subject the contractor or subcontractor to administrative penalties and civil lia

1.  This section and sections 3 to 11, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.

2.  Section 1 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2001, and expires by limitation on October 1, 2003.
3.  Section 2 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on
October 1, 2003.

SB561

AN ACT relating to public financial administration; requiring the chief of the division of internal audits of the department of administration to appoint a manager of internal controls; establishing the qualifications of the manager of internal controls; exempting certain governmental agencies from certain provisions concerning training and assistance provided by the division of internal audits; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB568

AN ACT relating to tort claims; allowing the risk management division of the department of administration and the attorney general to assess counties for certain tort claims under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB569

AN ACT relating to telephone systems; providing for the imposition of surcharges on telephone services by certain counties for the enhancement of telephone systems for reporting emergencies in those counties; providing for the deposit of certain fees imposed by cities and counties on providers of personal wireless service into a special revenue fund; revising the purposes for which money in the special revenue fund may be used; prohibiting the governing body of every incorporated city from imposing certain requirements upon a provider of telecommunications service; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB573

AN ACT relating to the office of the governor; transferring the office for hospital patients from the department of business and industry to the office of the governor; creating the bureau for hospital patients within the office for consumer health assistance in the office of the governor; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2.  Section 4 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.

SB578

AN ACT relating to the department of motor vehicles and public safety; revising the amount of money required to be transferred annually from the account for verification of insurance to the state highway fund; requiring the department to increase certain fees as necessary to cover the actual cost of production of photographs for drivers’ licenses and identification cards; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

SB583

AN ACT relating to tourism; establishing a grant program for the development of projects relating to tourism; creating a committee to administer the grant program; prescribing the membership and duties of the committee; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and section 9 of this act become effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Sections 1 to 8, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.

SB585

AN ACT relating to public schools; apportioning the state distributive school account in the state general fund for the 2001-2003 biennium; authorizing certain expenditures; providing for a final adjustment following the close of a fiscal year; making various other changes concerning the administration of money for public schools; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and section 20 of this act become effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Sections 1 to 19, inclusive, and 21 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.

SB586

AN ACT relating to state financial administration; authorizing expenditures by various officers departments, boards, agencies, commissions and institutions of the state government for the fiscal years commencing July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, and beginning July 1, 2002, and ending June 30, 2003; authorizing the collection of certain amounts from the counties for the use of the services of the Public Defender; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and subsection 2 of section 8 of this act become effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Sections 1 to 7, inclusive, subsection 1 of section 8, and sections 9 to 18, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.

SB588

AN ACT making an appropriation to the Interim Finance Committee to provide assistance to certain educational programs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.