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

Bill	Title	Effective Date Statement
AB37	AN ACT relating to child support; increasing the presumptive maximum monthly amount that certain parents may be required to pay for support of a child; requiring the office of court administrator to adjust annually the amount of such payments based on the consumer price index; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.	This act becomes effective on April 1, 2002, for the purpose of allowing the office of court administrator to adjust the presumptive maximum amount per month per child for an obligation for support pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 125B.070, as amended by this act, and on July 1, 2002, for all other purposes.
AB214	AN ACT relating to education; requiring the department of education and the board of trustees of each school district to adopt a plan setting forth procedures concerning the security of certain examinations; requiring the department to establish certain additional procedures and programs relating to the examinations; requiring certain schools to provide for additional administration of the examinations under certain circumstances; prohibiting retaliatory action against an official of a school district or charter school who discloses information regarding irregularities in testing administration or testing security; providing that a teacher or administrator who intentionally fails to observe and carry out the provisions of a plan for test security is subject to disciplinary action; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.	1. This section and section 25 of this act become effective upon passage and approval. 2. Sections 2 and 4 of this act become effective upon passage and approval for the purpose of adopting a plan and on July 1, 2001, for all other purposes. 3. Sections 1 to 1.8, inclusive, 3, 5, 5.1, 5.3, 5.9 to 24, inclusive, 25.3, 25.7 and 26 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001. 4. Sections 5.5 and 5.7 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001, for the purpose of establishing programs in accordance with those sections and on July 1, 2002, for all other purposes.
AB243	AN ACT relating to taxation; 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 farm machinery and equipment; providing such an exemption from certain analogous taxes; clarifying the provisions governing the administration of the existing exemption from the Sales and Use Tax Act of 1955 and certain analogous taxes for property shipped out of state; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.	This act becomes effective upon passage and approval for the purpose of adopting any regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this act and on July 1, 2002, for all other purposes.
AB338	AN ACT relating to workers’ compensation; requiring a hearing officer or appeals officer to order an insurer, organization for managed care, third-party administrator or employer to pay for treatment or other services provided to an employee by a provider of health care under certain circumstances; requiring an insurer to include in certain statements a notice setting forth the right of an injured employee to select an alternative treating physician or chiropractor; authorizing an injured employee to select an alternative treating physician or chiropractor under certain circumstances; requiring the administrator of the division of industrial relations of the department of business and industry to design a form notifying an injured employee of his right to select an alternative treating physician or chiropractor; requiring an insurer to deliver to a treating physician or chiropractor certain provisions relating to the evaluation of a permanent impairment under certain circumstances; revising the provisions governing eligibility for and duration of vocational rehabilitation services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.	This act becomes effective on July 1, 2002.
AB364	AN ACT relating to education; requiring regional subdistricts created in certain school districts to prepare annual reports; prescribing the information required to be reported; requiring the board of trustees of such school districts to prepare a compilation of the reports that includes an evaluation of the equity among the regional subdistricts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.	1. This section and sections 2 and 3 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001. 2. Section 1 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2001, for the purpose of prescribing forms for reporting and on July 1, 2002, for all other purposes. 3. This act expires by limitation on July 1, 2007.
AB597	AN ACT making an appropriation to the Department of Motor Vehicles and Public Safety for the purchase of computers for and ongoing telecommunication costs of the Division of Parole and Probation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.	1. This section and subsection 1 of section 1 of this act become effective upon passage and approval. 2. Subsection 2 of section 1 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2001. 3. Subsection 3 of section 1 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2002.
AB656	AN ACT relating to the business tax; authorizing the annual payment of the tax under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.	This act becomes effective on July 1, 2002.
AB671	AN ACT relating to education; making appropriations to the state distributive school account for purposes relating to class-size reduction; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.	1. This section and sections 1, 3, 4 and 5 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001. 2. Section 2 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2002.
SB172	AN ACT relating to weapons; removing the limitation on the number of firearms for which a permit to carry concealed firearms may be issued; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.	This act becomes effective on July 1, 2002.
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.
SB399	AN ACT relating to education; prohibiting an existing public school or home school from converting to a charter school; prohibiting a charter school from operating for profit; creating the fund for charter schools; providing for the sponsorship of charter schools by the state board of education; revising the collective bargaining provisions applicable to charter school employees who are on a leave of absence from a school district; revising provisions governing the formation, operation and personnel of charter schools; authorizing the boards of trustees of school districts and the governing bodies of charter schools to provide programs of distance education for certain pupils; requiring the state board to adopt regulations prescribing the requirements of programs of distance education; revising the provisions governing the apportionments of money from the state distributive school account to provide for the payment of money for pupils who are enrolled in programs of distance education; providing that certain property of charter schools and certain property leased or rented to charter schools is exempt from taxation; extending the prospective removal of the limit on the number of charter schools that may be formed; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.	1. This section and sections 24, 64, 66 and 67 of this act become effective upon passage and approval. 2. Sections 3 to 12, inclusive, 14, 16 to 19, inclusive, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 56, 60 to 63, inclusive, 65, and 68 to 74, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001. 3. Sections 57 and 64.5 of this act become effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001. 4. Sections 1, 2, 13, 15, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30 to 55, inclusive, 58 and 59 of this act become effective on July 1, 2002.
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.
SB436	AN ACT making an appropriation to the Department of Human Resources for new and replacement equipment, operating expenses, and new and replacement computer hardware and software for the Rural Regional Center of the Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.	1. This section and subsection 1 of section 1 of this act become effective upon passage and approval. 2. Subsection 2 of section 1 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2001. 3. Subsection 3 of section 1 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2002.
SB441	AN ACT making an appropriation to the Department of Human Resources for new and replacement equipment and computer hardware and software at the Rural Clinics; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.	1. This section and subsection 1 of section 1 of this act become effective upon passage and approval. 2. Subsection 2 of section 1 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2001. 3. Subsection 3 of section 1 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2002.
SB444	AN ACT making an appropriation to the Department of Motor Vehicles and Public Safety for security upgrades and operating expenses at various offices of the Division of Parole and Probation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.	1. This section and subsection 1 of section 1 of this act become effective upon passage and approval. 2. Subsection 2 of section 1 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2001. 3. Subsection 3 of section 1 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2002.
SB518	AN ACT relating to financial administration; revising the amounts paid to certain public officers and employees as allowances for certain expenses; making appropriations to the contingency fund to restore and increase the balance in the fund; making appropriations to the Interim Finance Committee to assist state agencies and school districts in paying for certain energy needs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.	1. This section and sections 3, 4 and 5 of this act become effective upon passage and approval. 2. Section 1 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2001. 3. Section 2 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2002.