REQUIRES TWO THIRDS MAJORITY VOTE (§ 1)

                                            (REPRINTED WITH ADOPTED AMENDMENTS)

 

Assembly Bill No. 200–Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining

 

(On Behalf of Department of Human

Resources—Health Division)

 

February 20, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining

 

SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing imposition of civil penalties and administrative fines to enforce certain provisions governing public water systems. (BDR 40‑397)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: No.

                                    Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to public water systems; revising the provisions governing the imposition of civil penalties and administrative fines to enforce certain provisions governing public water systems; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1    Section 1. NRS 445A.950 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2    445A.950  1.  Any supplier of water who : [willfully:]

1-3    (a) Violates any standard established pursuant to NRS 445A.855;

1-4    (b) Violates or fails to comply with an emergency order issued pursuant

1-5  to NRS 445A.930;

1-6    (c) Violates any condition imposed by the state board of health upon

1-7  granting a variance or exemption under NRS 445A.935;

1-8    (d) Violates a regulation adopted by the state board of health pursuant to

1-9  NRS 445A.860; or

1-10    (e) Fails to give a notice as required by NRS 445A.940,

1-11  [shall pay] is liable for a civil penalty , to be recovered by the attorney

1-12  general in the name of the health division, of not more than $5,000 for

1-13  each day of the violation.

1-14    2.  In addition to the civil penalty prescribed in subsection 1, the state

1-15  board of health may impose an administrative fine against a supplier of

1-16  water who [willfully] commits any violation enumerated in subsection 1.

2-1  The administrative fine imposed may not be more than $2,500 per day for

2-2  each such violation.

2-3    3.  The civil penalty and administrative fine prescribed in this section

2-4  may be imposed in addition to any other penalties or relief prescribed in

2-5  NRS 445A.800 to 445A.955, inclusive.

2-6    Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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