Bill

Title

Effective Date Statement

AB7

AN ACT relating to traffic laws; revising the requirements for permanent or portable signs in school crossing zones; eliminating the provisions that allow the use of automatic traffic‑control devices in school zones in lieu of permanent or portable signs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB11

AN ACT relating to the charter of the City of Elko; renaming the board of supervisors as the city council; revising the duties of the city council; clarifying the regulatory authority of the city council; revising the requirements relating to notice for special and emergency meetings; renaming the vice president chosen by the city council as the mayor pro tempore; repealing certain provisions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective upon passage and approval for the purpose of authorizing any preliminary activities necessary to ensure that the provisions of this act relating to the reorganization of the city government of the City of Elko are carried out in an orderly fashion, and on October 1, 2001, for all other purposes.

AB15

AN ACT relating to the welfare of children; requiring the establishment of a program to provide supportive assistance to certain persons who obtain the legal guardianship of certain children; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB21

AN ACT relating to traffic laws; requiring a court to order a person who is convicted of a second offense of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance within 7 years to attend a program of treatment for the abuse of alcohol or drugs; increasing the amount of time that such a person may be placed under the clinical supervision of a treatment facility; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB28

AN ACT relating to school property; providing a procedure for the sale of a house or other structure built by pupils enrolled in a program of instruction offered by a public school; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB29

AN ACT relating to water pollution; requiring the director of the state department of conservation and natural resources to conduct an independent investigation before making certain determinations concerning the control of water pollution under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB30

AN ACT relating to the application of pesticides; revising the amount of insurance coverage required for a license to apply pesticides; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB33

AN ACT relating to trusts; expressly validating a trust for the care of an animal; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB38

AN ACT relating to common-interest communities; authorizing the notice of meetings of units’ owners and executive boards of associations of common-interest communities to be sent by electronic mail upon request; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB59

AN ACT relating to the charter of the City of Las Vegas; providing that the office of an additional councilman created as the result of an increase in the number of wards must be filled initially by election; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB61

AN ACT relating to property; prohibiting a governing body from taking certain actions that preclude amateur service communications; providing certain requirements relating to the regulation of the placement, screening or height of a station antenna structure; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB62

AN ACT relating to garnishment; requiring a garnishee to submit his answers to garnishee interrogatories to the sheriff; limiting the amount of a judgment by default that may be rendered against certain garnishees who fail to answer such interrogatories; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB78

AN ACT relating to health care; revising the definitions of “practice of practical nursing” and “practice of professional nursing” to specify that a nurse may accept direction from a physician’s assistant; authorizing a registered nurse to possess and administer certain drugs and medicines at the direction of a physician’s assistant; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB83

AN ACT relating to vehicles; providing for the issuance under certain circumstances of a permit authorizing the operation or movement of certain heavier vehicles used to provide public mass transportation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB93

AN ACT relating to the City of North Las Vegas; authorizing the city council to enter into a contract with one or more attorneys employed by or associated with certain professional corporations, partnerships or limited-liability companies to perform all or a portion of the duties of the city attorney; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB98

AN ACT relating to county government; requiring a board of county commissioners to fix the terms of office of the chairman and vice chairman of the board of county commissioners; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB101

AN ACT relating to cities; requiring the inclusion of certain portions of county roads, state highways and railroads in territory annexed by cities in larger counties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB102

AN ACT relating to historic preservation; authorizing certain fund raising to benefit historic places or programs pursuant to which a donor of money is, under certain circumstances, allowed to name a historic place or portion thereof; revising the qualifications for membership on the Comstock historic district commission; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB113

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; providing for the issuance of special license plates and souvenir license plates for the support of the preservation and restoration of the natural environment of the Lower Truckee River and Pyramid Lake; providing for the issuance of special license plates for the support of rodeos, including support for the programs and activities of the Reno Rodeo Foundation and Nevada High School Rodeo Association or their successors; 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, 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8 of this act become effective on October 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 4 and 6 of this act become effective at 12:02 a.m. on October 1, 2001.
3.  The amendatory provisions of sections 2, 5 and 6 of this act expire by limitation on October 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 2 of this act.
4.  The amendatory provisions of section 3 of this act expire by limitation on October 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 3 of this act.

AB125

AN ACT relating to crimes; prohibiting a business from employing, using or allowing a person who is less than 18 years of age to distribute promotional materials that include an offer for alcoholic beverages; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB128

AN ACT relating to public agencies; providing that an interlocal contract must be approved by the attorney general if an agency of this state is a party to the contract; providing that certain leases of offices for state officers and employees must be approved by the attorney general; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB131

AN ACT relating to local governments; expanding the authority of the board of county commissioners of a county to abate nuisances, dangerous structures and dangerous conditions; authorizing the recovery of any applicable costs for the relocation of tenants incurred by the county in abating certain conditions; providing that a board of county commissioners may levy a special assessment to collect costs incurred by the county in abating certain conditions instead of imposing a lien; authorizing a board of county commissioners to adopt certain housing codes; expanding the authority of the governing body of certain cities to abate certain types of nuisances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB148

AN ACT relating to the judicial department; revising provisions to allow stays of court proceedings if a legislator was hired as an attorney before the start of a legislative session regardless of whether the legislator was hired before the action was commenced; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB162

AN ACT relating to crimes against property; revising the provisions governing actions which constitute theft to include the theft of parts, products or other items related to certain services under certain circumstances and to include theft of gasoline or other fuel or automotive products; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB165

AN ACT relating to state emblems; declaring “Silver State Fanfare” as the official state march of the State of Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB171

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; requiring that a statement of charges be presented to a person requesting the repair of a motor vehicle; removing certain exemptions from the provisions governing garages and garagemen; providing under certain circumstances for the waiver of the registration fee to operate a garage; providing under certain circumstances for the revocation of a certificate of registration to operate a garage; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 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.

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.

AB182

AN ACT relating to land use planning; expanding the subjects that must be addressed in a master plan in certain counties; limiting the number of annual amendments to the land use plan of the master plan or portions thereof in certain circumstances; revising provisions governing applications for changes in the boundaries of zoning districts and special use permits with regard to property located within certain unincorporated towns; requiring members of a town advisory board to receive certain training; authorizing the election of and providing limitations on the terms of members of town advisory boards in certain counties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1, 2, 3, 5 to 8, inclusive, 10 and 11 of this act become effective on October 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 4 and 9 of this act become effective on January 1, 2002.

AB192

AN ACT relating to barbering; authorizing a person who owns, manages, operates or controls a barber school to charge for barbering services provided to a member of the general public by a student of the barber school; revising the number of instructors required to be on the premises of a barber school; limiting the period of employment of a student of a barber school; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB197

AN ACT relating to electric services; requiring electric utilities and alternative sellers to disclose to customers certain information concerning electric services and any products and services relating thereto; setting forth the types of information that must be disclosed by the electric utilities and alternative sellers; requiring the public utilities commission of Nevada to adopt regulations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB199

AN ACT relating to wildlife; increasing the amount of certain accounts maintained by the division of wildlife of the state department of conservation and natural resources; making various changes regarding the form and period of validity of certain licenses, the fees of license agents and the issuance and possession of certain stamps; authorizing the board of wildlife commissioners to adopt regulations governing the issuance of duplicates of certain licenses; increasing the fee for a state trout stamp and creating a separate account for deposit of the proceeds of the fee; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1 to 7, inclusive, and 9 to 14, inclusive, of this act become effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Section 8 of this act becomes effective upon passage and approval for the purpose of adopting regulations and on October 1, 2001, for all other purposes.

AB202

AN ACT relating to metropolitan police departments; revising provisions relating to withdrawal from or dissolution of a department; requiring the approval of the voters for withdrawal from or dissolution of a department; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB204

AN ACT relating to trade practices; providing that the knowing falsification of an application for credit relating to a retail installment transaction is a deceptive trade practice; requiring the award of court costs and attorney’s fees to certain victims of consumer fraud; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB210

AN ACT relating to airports; increasing the authorized term for the lease of county property for use as an airport, airport facility or airport service; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB220

AN ACT relating to law enforcement; revising provisions governing the duties of certain peace officers in larger counties when certain felonies are committed or attempted in their presence or in an area that is within their jurisdiction; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB225

AN ACT relating to meetings of public bodies; requiring a public body to give written notice to person against whom the public body is considering taking administrative action or property by eminent domain; revising the definition of “meeting” to include and exclude certain gatherings of members of a public body; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB227

AN ACT relating to elections; revising the definition of a committee for political action; providing a civil penalty for failure to register as a committee for political action; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB229

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; declaring a prospective increase in the number of applications that must be received by the department of motor vehicles and public safety before the department may design, prepare or issue future special license plates; revising the amount of the fee for the initial issuance of a special license plate that must be deposited in the revolving account for the issuance of special license plates; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB245

AN ACT relating to deceptive trade practices; requiring certain tour brokers and tour operators to make certain disclosures relating to price in an advertisement for a sightseeing tour; prohibiting certain tour brokers and tour operators from charging more for a sightseeing tour than the price disclosed in an advertisement for the tour; requiring certain tour brokers and tour operators to include certain information on a billing invoice or receipt given to a customer for a sightseeing tour; requiring a tour operator to honor in good faith any nonexpired coupon or other indicia of discount or special promotion that the tour operator has issued or caused to be issued; requiring certain tour brokers and tour operators to deposit security with the consumer affairs division of the department of business and industry; authorizing certain consumers to bring and maintain an action to recover against the deposited security; providing for the release of the deposited security within a certain period after the tour brok

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB253

AN ACT relating to intercollegiate athletics; requiring the registration of athletes’ agents; requiring the secretary of state to adopt regulations establishing the fees for registration; regulating communication and contracts between athletes and agents; prohibiting certain conduct by athletes’ agents; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1 and 21 of this act become effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Sections 2 to 20, inclusive, and 22 to 31, inclusive, of this act become effective on October 1, 2001.

AB259

AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; revising certain provisions that limit the time of day that an arrest for a misdemeanor may be made to exclude arrests for certain misdemeanor offenses related to domestic violence; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB264

AN ACT relating to children; revising provisions governing the duty of certain persons to report the abuse or neglect of children; authorizing a county to adopt ordinances regarding the designation and operation of approved youth shelters; providing that approved youth shelters are immune from civil liability under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB266

AN ACT relating to notaries public; prescribing a certificate sufficient for administering an oath or affirmation of office; authorizing the secretary of state to provide and charge a reasonable fee for courses of study for the voluntary training of notaries public; establishing the notary public training fund; prescribing the date of the commencement of an appointment as a notary public; prohibiting a notary public from committing certain acts; requiring a notary public to enter in his journal the type of certificate used to evidence a notarial act; authorizing the secretary of state to refuse to issue an apostille in certain circumstances; repealing the provisions relating to commissioners of deeds; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1 to 17, inclusive, 19 and 20 of this act become effective on October 1, 2001.
2.  Section 17 of this act expires by limitation on the date on which the qualified electors of this state approve a constitutional amendment that establishes an intermediate court of appeals within the State of Nevada.
3.  Section 18 of this act becomes effective on the date on which the qualified electors of this state approve a constitutional amendment that establishes an intermediate court of appeals within the State of Nevada.

AB279

AN ACT relating to occupational disease; providing for the availability of industrial insurance benefits to employees for exposure to certain contagious diseases; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB282

AN ACT relating to peace officers; providing that a peace officer may not be required to submit to a polygraphic examination; providing certain protections to an officer who refuses to submit to such an examination; providing that a person who alleges that an officer has engaged in certain prohibited acts may not be required to submit to a polygraphic examination as a condition to an investigation of the allegation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB290

AN ACT relating to osteopathic medicine; revising the provisions governing the requirements for licensure as an osteopathic physician; revising the provisions governing the filing of a complaint against a practitioner of osteopathic medicine with the state board of osteopathic medicine; requiring a member of the board to review and investigate such a complaint; revising the fees that may be charged and collected by the board; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB293

AN ACT relating to libraries; authorizing the board of county commissioners and governing body of city that initially formed consolidated library district to adopt resolutions which support or oppose in whole or in part a proposal for the issuance of general obligation bonds for the consolidated library district; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB295

AN ACT relating to elections; providing that eligible voters who are elderly or disabled must not be denied the right to participate in elections and to vote privately; requiring the secretary of state to provide certain materials to elderly or disabled persons in a format that can be used by those persons; encouraging each county and city clerk to provide certain information and materials, including ballots, in alternative formats that can be used by elderly or disabled persons; requiring all polling places to be accessible to and equipped for use by voters who are elderly or disabled; excepting disabled voters from certain requirements regarding the voting of absent ballots; requiring absent ballots to be printed in at least 12-point type under certain circumstances; requiring that instructions for registering to vote be posted at certain locations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB301

AN ACT relating to woolen products; repealing provisions that require a manufacturer or seller of products containing or purporting to contain wool to label those products; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB308

AN ACT relating to juveniles; revising the provisions concerning the waiver by juveniles of their right to counsel; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB313

AN ACT relating to occupational diseases; creating statutory presumptions that hepatitis is an occupational disease for certain firemen and emergency medical attendants; establishing requirements of eligibility for the statutory presumptions; requiring the testing of such employees for the presence of hepatitis; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB315

AN ACT relating to traffic laws; requiring an offender convicted of a first offense of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance to attend a program of treatment for the abuse of alcohol or drugs when the concentration of alcohol in the blood or breath of the offender is 0.18 or more; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB335

AN ACT relating to collection agencies; requiring the commissioner of financial institutions to conduct investigations, issue orders to cease and desist, impose administrative fines and bring suit against unlicensed persons who engage in activities relating to the collection of debts for which a license is required; increasing the penalty for certain violations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB336

AN ACT relating to the adoption of children; requiring the provision of certain information and assistance to certain adoptive parents, prospective adoptive parents and other persons involved in the process of adoption; requiring the division of child and family services of the department of human resources and a child-placing agency timely and diligently to schedule evaluations necessary to identify any special needs an adoptive child may have; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Section 3 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on October 1, 2001.

AB363

AN ACT relating to health care records; allowing a patient to obtain his health care records without charge under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB370

AN ACT relating to injunctions; authorizing employers to obtain temporary and extended orders for protection against harassment in the workplace to protect employers, employees and persons at the workplace from harassment by other persons; establishing the procedures for obtaining such orders; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB375

AN ACT relating to crimes; enacting provisions governing the possession, use, manufacture or distribution of certain items employed to commit theft; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB377

AN ACT relating to domestic violence; requiring courts in certain smaller counties to be available at all times to issue temporary and extended orders for protection against domestic violence; providing that a person who violates a temporary or extended order must not be released from custody sooner than 12 hours after being taken into custody if the arresting officer determines that the violation is accompanied by a direct or indirect threat of harm; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB383

AN ACT relating to traffic laws; prohibiting the driver of a motor vehicle from permitting a person to ride upon the bed of a flatbed truck or within the bed of a pickup truck under certain circumstances; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB384

AN ACT relating to homes; changing the terms used in provisions relating to mobile home parks to refer to manufactured home parks; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB400

AN ACT relating to crimes; revising the crime of aggravated stalking; revising provisions concerning where crimes of harassment, stalking and aggravated stalking are deemed to have been committed; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB402

AN ACT relating to cemeteries; authorizing the adoption of ordinances in certain counties allowing the designation of family cemeteries; revising the authority and procedure for ordering the disinterment and removal of human remains; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB415

AN ACT relating to pharmacy; requiring the state board of pharmacy to adopt regulations relating to the electronic transmission or transmission by a facsimile machine of certain prescriptions from a practitioner to a pharmacist for the dispensing of a drug; requiring an applicant for registration as an intern pharmacist to be enrolled in a college of pharmacy or department of pharmacy of a university approved by the board; prohibiting the board from issuing a private reprimand to the holder of a certificate, license or permit issued by the board; providing for the issuance of uniform identification cards and devices to process claims for prescription drugs or devices; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section becomes effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Sections 1 to 6, inclusive, of this act, become effective on
October 1, 2001.
3.  Section 7 of this act becomes effective upon passage and approval for the purpose of adopting regulations and on January 1, 2003, for all other purposes.
4.  Section 8 of this act becomes effective on January 1, 2003.

AB419

AN ACT relating to arrests; revising the provisions governing the authority of members, agents or local or district officers of certain societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals to make arrests; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB430

AN ACT relating to general improvement districts; authorizing a general improvement district in certain counties to charge owners of dwelling units which receive services provided by the district for which the owners are not being charged; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB443

AN ACT relating to elections; providing for certain designated areas for gathering signatures on petitions; prohibiting state and local government, for certain periods, from expending money to support or oppose candidates or ballots questions; extending the period for gathering signatures on certain petitions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB453

AN ACT relating to controlled substances; exempting the medical use of marijuana from state prosecution in certain circumstances; revising the penalties for possessing marijuana; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section becomes effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Sections 6, 20, 21, 30 and 32 of this act become effective upon passage and approval for the purpose of adopting regulations and on October 1, 2001, for all other purposes.
3.  Sections 1 to 5, inclusive, 7 to 19, inclusive, 22 to 29, inclusive, 30.1 to 30.5, inclusive, 31, 31.3, 31.7, 33 to 36, inclusive, 38 to 47, inclusive, 48.5 and 49 of this act become effective on October 1, 2001.
4.  Section 37 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on October 1, 2001.

AB458

AN ACT relating to impact fees; including a fire station project, park project and police station project as capital improvements which a local government may finance by imposing impact fees on new developments; providing a credit against an impact fee for a park project in certain circumstances; revising the definition of “street projects” to include traffic signals; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB459

AN ACT relating to education; prohibiting harassment and intimidation in public schools; requiring each school district to disseminate related information to pupils; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB468

AN ACT relating to water; requiring a county of origin to obtain the prior approval of the state engineer before imposing a tax on certain transfers of water; requiring the state engineer to make certain determinations concerning those transfers; prohibiting the imposition of the tax upon certain water; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB487

AN ACT relating to candidates for office; allowing an elector to challenge the legal qualifications of certain candidates for office; providing that a candidate for office is deemed to have designated the filing officer for his office as his agent for service of process for such challenges; revising the form for declaration or acceptance of candidacy; providing that a candidate who files certain false documents is removed from the ballot and disqualified from his office; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB489

AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; requiring genetic marker analysis to be obtained from certain offenders convicted of certain felonies; revising certain provisions concerning genetic marker testing to refer to obtaining a “biological specimen”; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB490

AN ACT relating to counties; authorizing certain counties to establish an advisory committee on aircraft noise; excluding from the purview of the committee the operation of certain types of aircraft; requiring certain counties to enact and enforce certain ordinances concerning the reporting of certain aircraft noise; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB491

AN ACT relating to professions; authorizing an optometrist to collaborate with an ophthalmologist under certain conditions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB501

AN ACT relating to education; making certain changes to the method of calculating the amount of the basic governmental services tax to be distributed to a county school district; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB535

AN ACT relating to civil practice; reducing the court filing fees for a petition to adopt a child with special needs; requiring a court to waive court costs when a petition is filed for the adoption of a child with special needs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB537

AN ACT relating to local governments; authorizing the construction and maintenance of benches and shelters for passengers of public mass transportation on an exclusive basis by the governing body or by franchise within an unincorporated town; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB540

AN ACT relating to vehicles; providing for the identification, registration, regulation, taxation and other treatment of recreational park trailers as recreational vehicles; revising certain statutory definitions of “motor home” and “travel trailer;” and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB547

AN ACT relating to securities; making various changes to provisions governing securities; making various changes to provisions governing the authority of the administrator of the securities division of the office of the secretary of state in licensing matters; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB550

AN ACT relating to health; restricting the authority of a mental health facility to override certain clients’ refusals of medication; making various changes to procedures for the detention and civil commitment of mentally ill persons; expanding the rights of patients of certain health care facilities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB551

AN ACT relating to cosmetology; requiring the licensing of a demonstrator of cosmetics; authorizing the sale of food or beverages in a cosmetological establishment under certain circumstances; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB553

AN ACT relating to property; revising the procedures for notification for an application for certain conditional use permits, variances, special use permits or other special exceptions; revising the procedure for the vacation or abandonment of certain easements and rights of way; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB557

AN ACT relating to constables; authorizing constables, upon request by the sheriff, to execute certain process, writs, and warrants; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB580

AN ACT relating to the department of prisons; eliminating the provisions pertaining to contracts concerning the sale or donation of blood or blood plasma by offenders; providing for the transfer of money between certain accounts within the prisoners’ personal property fund; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB618

AN ACT relating to insurance; providing for the regulation of the business of viatical settlements; requiring the commissioner of insurance to adopt regulations governing the use of electronic records and signatures; temporarily authorizing the adoption of regulations to enforce federal law concerning a bill of rights for patients; limiting the disclosure of certain information concerning consumers; providing for the conversion of domestic mutual insurers into domestic stock insurers; providing for the reorganization of domestic mutual insurers into mutual insurance holding companies; making various other changes concerning the regulation of insurance; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and section 242 of this act become effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Sections 1 to 241, inclusive, 243 and 244 of this act become effective on October 1, 2001.
3.  Section 59 of this act expires by limitation on October 1, 2003.

AB619

AN ACT relating to manufactured home parks; authorizing the landlord of a manufactured home park to require written consent before a person moves a manufactured home or recreational vehicle into the manufactured home park; providing certain statutory exceptions for corporate cooperative parks; requiring the landlord of a manufactured home park to post periodically a report on the quality of water supplied to the manufactured home park; requiring the attendance of the administrator of the manufactured housing division of the department of business and industry or his representative at certain meetings between a landlord and tenant; authorizing the landlord of a manufactured home park to impose certain requirements relating to the occupancy of manufactured homes; providing that certain prohibitions relating to increases in rent for manufactured homes and manufactured home lots apply to long-term leases; reducing certain periods of notice required before a landlord may bring an action for an unlawful detainer or

1.  This section and sections 1 to 5, inclusive, 17 and 18 of this act become effective on October 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 6 to 16, inclusive, of this act become effective at
12:01 a.m. on October 1, 2001.

AB627

AN ACT relating to trade practices; authorizing the public utilities commission of Nevada to adopt regulations governing the disclosures that must be made by a provider of a telecommunications service to a customer before the customer is charged for the service; expanding the definition of “deceptive trade practice” to include certain advertising practices relating to goods or services; revising the provisions governing certificates of registration issued to certain registrants by the consumer affairs division; requiring the renewal of those certificates of registration; increasing the amount of the security that certain dance studios and health clubs are required to deposit with the consumer affairs division; requiring certain sellers of travel to register and deposit security with the consumer affairs division; authorizing certain consumers to bring and maintain actions to recover against the security; providing for the release of the security within a certain period after the seller of travel ceases to ope

1.  This section, sections 1 to 13, inclusive, and 16 to 21, inclusive, of this act become effective on October 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 14 and 15 of this act become effective at 12:01 a.m. on
October 1, 2001.

AB629

AN ACT relating to petroleum products; clarifying the standards for regulating petroleum products used in internal combustion engines; revising the definition of “petroleum products”; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB632

AN ACT relating to water safety; prohibiting the operation of certain vessels unless persons less than 12 years of age are wearing personal flotation devices while the vessel is under way; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB634

AN ACT relating to the University and Community College System of Nevada; authorizing the board of regents of the University of Nevada to create campus review boards to review allegations of misconduct against peace officers of the police department for the system; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB636

AN ACT relating to mental health; authorizing certain persons to transport an allegedly mentally ill person to a mental health facility at the request of the proper authority; authorizing a physician’s assistant or an advanced practitioner of nursing to conduct the medical examination required for the emergency admission of an allegedly mentally ill person to a mental health facility; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB637

AN ACT relating to elections; providing for a person without a street address to register to vote; clarifying who may sign a petition to fill a vacancy in a nomination for a nonpartisan office; allowing certain persons who change designations of political party affiliation to be independent or minor party candidates for partisan office; revising the requirements concerning certain requests for absent ballots and voting by persons who request absent ballots; revising the requirements for handling and maintaining election materials after an election; revising the requirements concerning the form, contents and filing of certain applications to register to vote; prohibiting the public disclosure of certain information concerning voters; providing for the verification of signatures on county and municipal petitions; removing the option of submitting supplements to certain county and municipal petitions; requiring notice to be given upon an appointment to fill a vacancy in an elected office; repealing the requireme

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB638

AN ACT relating to governmental administration; requiring the county or city clerk under certain circumstances to provide the result of a challenge of a voter to the person who initiated the challenge; clarifying the treatment of special absent ballots; revising the procedures for closing a polling place and counting ballots; revising the provisions governing voting by a new resident for President and Vice President; revising the requirement that a judicial officer and a candidate for judicial office must file certain statements of financial disclosure; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Section 20 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on October 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.

AB649

AN ACT relating to governmental purchasing; authorizing a local government and the chief of the purchasing division of the department of administration to receive bids on secure websites on the Internet or its successor; removing the provision requiring notice of the expiration of the insurance coverage of a local government; authorizing a local government to charge fees for the use of a credit card or debit card or the electronic transfer of money when remitting fees or payments to the local government; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

AB657

AN ACT relating to taxes on retail sales; providing for the submission to the voters of the question whether the Sales and Use Tax Act of 1955 should be amended to provide an exemption from the tax for engines, chassis and certain parts and components of professional racing vehicles and for motor vehicles used by professional racing teams or sanctioning bodies to transport certain items; providing the same exemption from the Local School Support Tax Law and certain analogous taxes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1 to 8, inclusive, of this act, become effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Section 9 of this act becomes effective upon passage and approval for the purpose of adopting any regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of section 9 of this act and on October 1, 2001, for all other purposes.

SB2

AN ACT relating to insurance; requiring a provider of coverage for prescription drugs to disclose certain information regarding the use of a formulary; prohibiting such a provider from limiting or excluding coverage for a prescribed drug under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB6

AN ACT relating to property insurance; prohibiting a lender from requiring that a borrower insure improvements to real property for more than their replacement value as a condition of obtaining or maintaining a loan secured by real property; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB16

AN ACT relating to real property; requiring the seller of a home or improved lot that is adjacent to open range to disclose to the purchaser information regarding grazing on open range; providing that compliance with the requirement of disclosure constitutes an affirmative defense in certain actions brought against the seller; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB20

AN ACT relating to firearms; allowing a person who is not a resident of this state to obtain a permit to carry a concealed firearm in this state; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB26

AN ACT relating to aviation; creating the fund for aviation; providing for the administration and expenditure of the money in the fund for certain purposes relating to airports, landing areas and air navigation facilities that are owned or controlled by certain counties, cities or other local governments; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB27

AN ACT relating to elections; requiring the secretary of state to include on a form for an application to register to vote an option for a registered voter to receive a sample ballot in large type; requiring that certain information be placed on certain sample ballots; requiring that a sample ballot in large type be mailed to a registered voter upon request; requiring that certain sample ballots be printed in at least a certain minimum size print; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB31

AN ACT relating to crimes; providing an enhanced penalty for the assault or battery of an employee of the state or a political subdivision of the state whose official duties require home visits; providing enhanced penalties for the assault or battery of certain persons by a probationer, prisoner or parolee; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB33

AN ACT relating to probate; providing for the use of electronic wills and electronic trusts; providing for a declaration of attesting witnesses to a will; revising provisions governing the appeal of a contest of a will; revising provisions governing the summary administration of an estate; providing for the application of certain provisions governing estates to provisions governing trusts; revising various other provisions governing probate; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB34

AN ACT relating to civil practice; revising the provisions relating to the appointment of temporary guardians; expanding the methods of investing the proceeds of a compromise from a legal dispute for a minor; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB36

AN ACT relating to forfeitures; changing the standard of proof in a proceeding for the forfeiture of property; enacting provisions pertaining to the seizure of currency; revising the provisions governing the distribution of proceeds of forfeited property; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB45

AN ACT relating to marks; providing remedies to the owner of a mark for the dilution of the mark; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB48

AN ACT relating to technology; prohibiting various acts related to the Internet, networks, computers and electronic mail; prohibiting a person from committing certain acts that prevent, impede, delay or disrupt the normal operation or use of any Internet or network site, electronic mail address, computer, system or network; allowing victims of certain technological crimes to recover response costs in a civil action; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB50

AN ACT relating to trade secrets; providing that a trade secret which is misappropriated and posted on the Internet remains a trade secret under certain circumstances; authorizing a court to issue an order or injunction requiring the immediate removal of a misappropriated trade secret from the Internet; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB51

AN ACT relating to business associations; providing for the decrease of issued and outstanding shares of stock in certain circumstances; providing for the voting rights of fiduciaries and joint owners of stock; revising various provisions governing the filing of organizational and related documents; revising the fees for filing certain documents; revising provisions governing the forfeiture of stock by delinquent subscribers; providing for the registration and management of foreign limited-liability companies; revising provisions governing the merger, conversion and exchange of business entities; providing for the domestication of certain foreign business entities; providing that the secretary of state and his employees are not liable for actions or omissions with respect to the examination, acceptance or filing of inaccurate or defective documents received from a business association; making various other changes pertaining to business associations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB52

AN ACT relating to advanced practitioners of nursing; authorizing an advanced practitioner of nursing to prescribe controlled substances under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB77

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; providing for the issuance of special license plates for the support of the reconstruction, maintenance, improvement and promotion of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad; providing for the issuance of souvenir license plates that indicate support for the reconstruction, maintenance, improvement and promotion of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad; imposing a fee for the issuance or renewal of special license plates to finance the reconstruction, maintenance, improvement and promotion of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB87

AN ACT relating to domestic violence; providing that the court may refer a child to an agency which provides protective services if the child may need counseling as a result of the commission of a battery which constitutes domestic violence; providing that an agency which provides protective services may conduct an assessment of the child to determine whether a psychological evaluation or counseling is needed by the child; providing that certain minors who need an assessment, a psychological evaluation or psychological counseling as a result of a battery which constitutes domestic violence against a member of his household or immediate family are eligible for compensation from the fund for the compensation of victims of crime; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB88

AN ACT relating to statutory liens; providing for the creation and foreclosure of a lien for farm products; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB99

AN ACT relating to insurance; revising provisions governing the prompt payment by insurers of approved claims to providers of health care; revising the rate of interest applicable to the late payment of such claims; prohibiting the assessment of fees against providers of health care to be included on a list of providers of health care; establishing an administrative fine against insurers who do not substantially comply with the provisions requiring prompt payment of approved claims to providers of health care; allowing an employee who is injured or who contracts an occupational disease outside this state to receive compensation from the uninsured employers’ claim fund under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section, sections 1 to 11.7, inclusive, and 13 to 24, inclusive, of this act become effective on October 1, 2001.
2.  Section 12 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on October 1, 2001.

SB100

AN ACT relating to gaming; authorizing the gaming control board to order the removal of a gaming device from an establishment under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB133

AN ACT relating to dentistry; authorizing the board of dental examiners of Nevada to issue certain licenses without examination or clinical demonstrations to dentists and dental hygienists licensed in other jurisdictions under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1 to 5, inclusive, 7, 7.5 and 8 of this act become effective on October 1, 2001.
2.  Section 6 of this act becomes effective on October 1, 2005.
3.  Sections 9, 10 and 11 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.
4.  Sections 2, 5 and 9 of this act expire by limitation on September 30, 2005.

SB137

AN ACT relating to courts; increasing the number of district judges in the second and eighth judicial districts; increasing the number of district judges in the second and eighth judicial districts who must be judges of the family court; making appropriations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 3 and 5 of this act become effective on October 1, 2001.
2.  Section 4 of this act becomes effective on January 1, 2003.
3.  Sections 1 and 2 of this act become effective at 12:01 a.m. on January 6, 2003.

SB144

AN ACT relating to the governor; requiring the department of administration to budget for certain transitional expenses of the governor-elect; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB152

AN ACT relating to state emblems; designating the soil known as Orovada series soil as the official soil of this state; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB163

AN ACT relating to local governments; requiring a city or county to establish requirements for certifying and for continuing education for building officials and certain persons who conduct inspections of or review plans prepared for structures or buildings under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB179

AN ACT relating to evidence; providing that the statement of a child regarding physical abuse is admissible in a criminal proceeding under certain circumstances; identifying certain factors to be considered by the court in determining the trustworthiness of certain statements made by a child; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB184

AN ACT relating to the judicial system; adjusting prospectively the salaries of supreme court justices and district court judges; creating a supreme court and a district court commission on law libraries; making appropriations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1, 5 and 7 of this act become effective on October 1, 2001.
2.  Section 8 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2002.
3.  Sections 2 and 3 of this act become effective on January 6, 2003, and expire by limitation on December 31, 2006.
4.  Sections 4 and 6 of this act become effective on January 6, 2003, and expire by limitation on January 2, 2005.

SB204

AN ACT relating to substances; revising the definition of the “manufacture” of a substance; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on October 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.

SB234

AN ACT relating to sentencing; revising the provisions governing the statements of victims of crimes at sentencing hearings; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB238

AN ACT relating to taxation; providing certain rights for taxpayers of the tax on the transfer of real property; establishing provisions relating to the collection and enforcement of the tax on the transfer of real property; eliminating certain exemptions from the tax on the transfer of real property; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1 to 12, inclusive, and 24 to 30, inclusive, of this act become effective on October 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 13 to 23, inclusive, of this act become effective on
January 1, 2002.

SB255

AN ACT relating to public works; requiring and authorizing certain terms in a contract between a design professional who is a member of a design-build team and a public body; prohibiting a public body from requiring a design professional to indemnify the public body against any liability in a contract with the design professional; providing an exception to such a prohibition; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1, 2, 4 and 5 of this act become effective on October 1, 2001.


2.  Sections 1, 2 and 4 of this act expire by limitation on October 1, 2003.
3.  Section 3 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on October 1, 2003.

SB261

AN ACT relating to time shares; limiting the applicability of provisions governing common-interest communities to the sale or transfer of time shares; requiring a manager of a time-share plan or a project, or both, to register with the real estate division of the department of business and industry; revising the requirements for a time-share instrument; eliminating the requirement that an advertisement for a time share or an offer of sale be approved by the division; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section, sections 1 to 76, inclusive, and 78, 79 and 80 of this act become effective on October 1, 2001.
2.  Section 77 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 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.

SB267

AN ACT relating to the control of floods; authorizing the board of directors of a district for the control of floods to expend or provide money to protect public and private property from flooding; authorizing such a board to expend or provide money for the acquisition of certain local projects and improvements for the control of drainage; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB272

AN ACT relating to the charter of the City of Wells; repealing the provisions that prohibit the mayor and the members of the board of councilmen from holding certain offices; authorizing the board to appoint a city manager and establish the departments of the city; authorizing the board to provide by resolution for additional regular meetings of the board; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective upon passage and approval for the purpose of authorizing any preliminary activities required to ensure that the departments of the City of Wells are reorganized pursuant to the provisions of section 3 of this act in an orderly manner and on October 1, 2001, for all other purposes.

SB274

AN ACT relating to contractors; revising the provisions governing the rights and duties of contractors and subcontractors under contracts and subcontracts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB297

AN ACT relating to elections; establishing uniform, statewide standards for counting votes cast using certain methods of voting; requiring the secretary of state to adopt regulations establishing uniform, statewide standards for counting votes cast using all other methods of voting; making various changes relating to requests for absent ballots; establishing procedures concerning the custody of certain ballots; limiting, under certain circumstances, a recount requested by a candidate to a recount of the votes received for that candidate and the votes received for the candidate who won the election; prohibiting members of a board of county commissioners or a city council from serving on a recount board under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB311

AN ACT relating to public schools; requiring the Board of Trustees of the Clark County School District to establish a special planning committee to plan for the construction of smaller schools; requiring the board to report to the Legislative Committee on Education concerning the activities of the special planning committee; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB327

AN ACT relating to certain hazardous materials; revising provisions governing the disposal of certain hazardous materials; revising provisions governing motor carriers who transport certain hazardous materials; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB330

AN ACT relating to financial businesses; authorizing certain mortgage companies and lending businesses to be licensed to conduct business in this state from locations outside this state under certain circumstances; establishing certain procedures for a mortgage company to notify the commissioner of financial institutions of a change of address of its licensed place of business; including check-cashing and deferred deposit services in the definition of “financial institution” for purposes of the investigative account for financial institutions; requiring the commissioner of financial institutions to charge a fee for certain services; changing the procedures for a lending business to notify the commissioner of financial institutions of a change of address of its licensed place of business; authorizing the commissioner of financial institutions to impose a fine on a mortgage company or lending business for failing to notify the commissioner of a proposed change of address; removing the requirement that the commi

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB336

AN ACT relating to arbitration; adopting the revision of the Uniform Arbitration Act that was adopted in 2000; providing for the transition from the present act to the act as revised; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1 to 38, inclusive, of this act become effective on October 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 39 to 43, inclusive, of this act become effective on
October 1, 2003.
3.  Section 38 of this act expires by limitation on October 1, 2003.

SB337

AN ACT relating to public safety; requiring certain owners of boilers, elevators or pressure vessels to obtain a permit from the division of industrial relations of the department of business and industry before the boiler, elevator or pressure vessel may be operated; requiring elevator mechanics to be certified by the division; requiring the division to adopt regulations governing the maintenance and operation of certain boilers, elevators and pressure vessels and the certification of boiler inspectors and elevator mechanics; authorizing the division to impose certain fees; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 11 and 12 of this act become effective upon passage and approval.
2.  Sections 1 to 10, inclusive, and 13 to 18, inclusive, of this act become effective on October 1, 2001.
3.  Sections 13, 14 and 15 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.

SB396

AN ACT relating to traffic laws; requiring the driver of a slow-moving vehicle to turn off the roadway in certain circumstances; providing that a vehicle upon a highway of this state must display appropriate lighted lamps and illuminating devices in certain circumstances; authorizing the department of transportation or a local law enforcement agency to allow a person to drive or move certain vehicles or combinations of vehicles to and from the site of an emergency without a special permit under certain circumstances; requiring the department to integrate the consideration of turnouts for vehicles into plans, designs, construction and maintenance of highways in certain circumstances; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB405

AN ACT relating to podiatry; authorizing a podiatric physician who is licensed by the state board of podiatry to amputate toes under certain circumstances; prohibiting a county hospital from denying a podiatric physician admission to the staff of the hospital under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB414

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; providing for the limited issuance of special license plates to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the City of Las Vegas; imposing a fee for the issuance or renewal of such license plates; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB418

AN ACT relating to real property; clarifying the duties owed by a real estate salesman, broker-salesman and broker; establishing renewal requirements for the licensure of such real estate licensees; revising the schedule of fees paid to the real estate division of the department of business and industry; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

1.  This section and sections 1, 2, 3, 6 and 8 of this act become effective on October 1, 2001.
2.  Sections 4, 5 and 7 of this act become effective on July 1, 2002.

SB420

AN ACT relating to occupational licensing boards; requiring each occupational licensing board to submit a quarterly summary of disciplinary actions and a biennial report of its activities to the director of the legislative counsel bureau; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB424

AN ACT relating to sanitation; providing that a solid waste management authority may authorize a nonprofit organization to engage in certain activities pertaining to the cleaning up of dump sites and the education of persons regarding unlawful dumping; authorizing the solid waste management authorities of certain larger counties to establish a program for the control of unlawful dumping; authorizing such a solid waste management authority to delegate certain matters of enforcement to an independent hearing officer or hearing board; authorizing a district health officer to exercise subpoena powers with respect to the unlawful disposal of sewage and solid waste; providing certain civil and other penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB466

AN ACT relating to ethics in government; revising certain provisions regarding prohibited pecuniary interests and commitments of public officers and employees; specifying a period for the retention of certain documents filed with the commission on ethics; eliminating the requirement that certain public officials and judicial officers notify the commission in writing of their intent to use previously filed financial disclosure statements to fulfill certain other duties to file financial disclosure statements; providing a maximum civil penalty for failure to file financial disclosure statements in a timely manner; 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 October 1, 2001.
2.  Section 3 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on October 1, 2001.

SB478

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; authorizing the state department of conservation and natural resources to develop and carry out a program to encourage certain persons to use clean-burning fuel in motor vehicles; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB480

AN ACT relating to state financial administration; extending the date for submittal of biennial budgets proposed by state agencies; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB521

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; making optional the use of a siren by an emergency vehicle; specifically authorizing an emergency vehicle to operate warning lamps without sounding the siren; providing that a driver of an emergency vehicle who operates the vehicle’s warning lamps without sounding the siren shall be deemed to have adequately warned pedestrians and other drivers of his approach; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 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.

SB546

AN ACT relating to crimes; revising the penalties for abuse or neglect of a child; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB548

AN ACT relating to offenders; revising the provisions relating to psychosexual evaluations and the process of certifying whether certain offenders may be granted probation; revising provisions relating to the restoration of civil rights of certain offenders who are honorably discharged from probation; revising the provisions relating to the process of certifying whether certain offenders may be released on parole; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB555

AN ACT relating to cities; changing the classification thereof; altering the powers and size of certain city councils; changing the method by which a mayor pro tem is appointed; changing certain references to city councils; modifying the rules regarding city council meetings; revising the terms and compensation of appointed city council members; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB556

AN ACT relating to local government; prohibiting reprisal or retaliatory action against an officer or employee of a local government who discloses improper governmental action; defining the term “disclose” for the purposes of that prohibition; requiring a local government to establish procedures for hearing appeals relating to a reprisal or retaliatory action; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB558

AN ACT relating to information; providing additional protection for trade secrets; defining an employer’s right to intellectual property created by his employee; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.

SB574

AN ACT relating to property; transferring the responsibility for administering the program for property tax assistance for senior citizens from the department of taxation to the aging services division of the department of human resources; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

This act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.