Bills Passed in the 71st Regular Session: Passage and Approval

Bills Passed in the 71^st Regular Session: Effective January 1, 2002

Bill	Title	Effective Date Statement
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.
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.
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.
SB324	AN ACT relating to visually impaired persons; requiring that toilet facilities in public buildings, certain leased areas and places of public accommodation be identified with signs which must be placed in certain locations, contain certain information and conform to certain standards; requiring the attorney general to enforce such requirements; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.	This act becomes effective on January 1, 2002.
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.
SB252	AN ACT relating to insurance; revising the Nevada Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act to incorporate changes made in the model act; prohibiting certain acts; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.	This act becomes effective on January 1, 2002.
SB319	AN ACT relating to substance abuse; providing for the licensing and regulation of halfway houses for alcohol and drug abusers as facilities for the dependent; repealing the requirements for the certification of the operators of such halfway houses by the bureau of alcohol and drug abuse in the department of human resources; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.	This act becomes effective: 1. Upon passage and approval for the purposes of adopting regulations and performing any other preparatory administrative tasks that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act; and 2. On January 1, 2002, for all other purposes.
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.
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.
AB291	AN ACT relating to game tags; imposing an additional fee for processing an application for a game tag for the support of programs to control predators and protect wildlife habitat; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.	This act becomes effective on January 1, 2002.
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.
AB123	AN ACT relating to health insurance; requiring the board of the public employees’ benefits program to comply with certain provisions concerning health insurance applicable to other insurers with regard to health insurance it provides through a plan of self-insurance; requiring the board to notify certain persons of a proposed change in the premium charged for or coverage of health insurance provided by the public employees’ benefits program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.	This act becomes effective on January 1, 2002.
AB149	AN ACT relating to apprenticeships; requiring the state apprenticeship council to deny an application for approval or to suspend, terminate, cancel, place conditions upon or place on probation an approved program of apprenticeship based upon certain violations specified by regulations adopted by the council; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.	This act becomes effective upon passage and approval for the purpose of adopting regulations by the state apprenticeship council to carry out the provisions of section 1 of this act and on January 1, 2002, for all other purposes.
SB153	AN ACT relating to cosmetology; requiring the state board of cosmetology to provide examinations for licensure as a cosmetologist in English and Spanish; establishing a procedure pursuant to which the board may offer examinations for licensure as a cosmetologist in other languages; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.	1. This section becomes effective upon passage and approval. 2. Sections 1 and 2 of this act become effective upon passage and approval for the purposes of adopting regulations and taking such other actions as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act, and on January 1, 2002, for all other purposes. 3. Section 2 of this act expires 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.
AB564	AN ACT relating to programs for public employees; requiring the commingling of the claims experience of active and retired state employees to determine rates and coverage; prohibiting the board of the public employees’ benefits program from entering into certain contracts; requiring the board to provide an annual report regarding the administration and operation of the program to the director of the legislative counsel bureau; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.	This act becomes effective on January 1, 2002.
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.
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.
AB452	AN ACT relating to insurance; requiring certain providers of individual or group health insurance to contract with federally qualified health centers as providers of certain health care services under certain circumstances; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.	This act becomes effective on January 1, 2002.
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.
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.