Assembly Bill No. 125–Assemblymen Manendo, Anderson, Price, Williams, Chowning, Angle, Berman, Brower, Carpenter, Cegavske, Claborn, de Braga, Freeman, Gibbons, Gustavson, Koivisto, Leslie, McClain, Neighbors, Oceguera, Parks, Parnell and Von Tobel

 

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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.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

   Section 1. Chapter 202 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

 new section to read as follows:

   1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, it is unlawful for a

 person to employ, allow or use a person who is less than 18 years of age

 to distribute promotional materials that include an offer for alcoholic

 beverages for a business, including, without limitation, a gaming

 establishment, a saloon, a resort or a restaurant.

   2.  This section does not prohibit the employment of a person who is

 less than 18 years of age to distribute a publication that includes an

 advertisement for the sale of alcoholic beverages which is incident to the

 publication.

   3.  A person who violates subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

   Sec. 2.  NRS 202.015 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   202.015  For the purposes of NRS 202.020 to 202.065, inclusive, and

 section 1 of this act, “alcoholic beverage” means:

   1.  Beer, ale, porter, stout and other similar fermented beverages,

 including sake and similar products, of any name or description containing

 one-half of 1 percent or more alcohol by volume, brewed or produced

 from malt, wholly or in part, or from any substitute therefor.

   2.  Any beverage obtained by the fermentation of the natural content of

 fruits or other agricultural products containing sugar, of not less than one

-half of 1 percent of alcohol by volume.

   3.  Any distilled spirits commonly referred to as ethyl alcohol, ethanol

 or spirits of wine in any form, including all dilutions and mixtures thereof

 from whatever process produced.

   Sec. 3.  The amendatory provisions of this act do not apply to offenses

 committed before October 1, 2001.

 

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