Assembly Bill No. 629–Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining

 

(On Behalf of Department of Agriculture)

 

March 26, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining

 

SUMMARY—Authorizes state board of agriculture to adopt standards for liquefied petroleum gas used as fuel. (BDR 51‑543)

 

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 petroleum products; authorizing the state board of agriculture to adopt standards for liquefied petroleum gas that is used as a motor fuel; prohibiting the board for the regulation of liquefied petroleum gas from adopting regulations relating to the establishment of standards for fuel; 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 590.020 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2    590.020  As used in NRS 590.010 to 590.330, inclusive, unless the

1-3  context otherwise requires:

1-4    1.  “Additives” means a substance to be added to a motor oil or

1-5  lubricating oil to impart or improve desirable properties or to suppress

1-6  undesirable properties.

1-7    2.  “Advertising medium” means any sign, printed or written matter, or

1-8  device for oral or visual communication.

1-9    3.  “Performance rating” means the system adopted by the American

1-10  Petroleum Institute for the classification of uses for which an oil is

1-11  designed.

1-12    4.  “Petroleum products” means gasoline, diesel fuel, burner fuel

1-13  kerosene, motor vehicle fuel, lubricating oil, motor oil or any product

1-14  represented as motor oil or lubricating oil. The term does not include

1-15  [liquefied] :

1-16    (a) Liquefied petroleum gas , unless it is used as a motor fuel; or

1-17  [motor]

2-1    (b) Motor oil additives.

2-2    5.  “Recycled oil” means a petroleum product which is prepared from

2-3  used motor oil or used lubricating oil. The term includes rerefined oil.

2-4    6.  “Rerefined oil” means used oil which is refined after its previous

2-5  use to remove from the oil any contaminants acquired during the previous

2-6  use.

2-7    7.  “Used oil” means any oil which has been refined from crude or

2-8  synthetic oil and, as a result of use, has become unsuitable for its original

2-9  purpose because of a loss of its original properties or the presence of

2-10  impurities, but which may be suitable for another use or economically

2-11  recycled.

2-12    8.  “Viscosity grade classification” means the measure of an oil’s

2-13  resistance to flow at a given temperature according to the grade

2-14  classification system of the Society of Automotive Engineers or other

2-15  grade classification.

2-16    Sec. 2.  NRS 590.505 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-17    590.505  1.  The board may adopt a seal for its [own] use which must

2-18  have imprinted thereon the words “Board for the Regulation of Liquefied

2-19  Petroleum Gas.” The care and custody of the seal is the responsibility of

2-20  the secretary-treasurer of the board.

2-21    2.  The board may appoint an executive secretary and may employ or,

2-22  pursuant to NRS 284.173, contract with such other technical, clerical or

2-23  investigative personnel as it deems necessary. The board shall fix the

2-24  compensation of the executive secretary and all other employees and

2-25  independent contractors. Such compensation must be paid out of the

2-26  money of the board. The board may require the executive secretary and any

2-27  other employees and independent contractors to give a bond to the board

2-28  for the faithful performance of their duties, the premiums on the bond

2-29  being paid out of the money of the board.

2-30    3.  In carrying out the provisions of NRS 590.465 to 590.645, inclusive,

2-31  and holding its regular or special meetings, the board:

2-32    (a) Shall adopt written policies setting forth procedures and methods of

2-33  operation for the board.

2-34    (b) May adopt such regulations as it deems necessary. The board shall

2-35  not adopt regulations relating to the standards for fuel that the state

2-36  board of agriculture is required to adopt pursuant to NRS 590.070.

2-37    4.  The board shall submit to the legislature and the governor a biennial

2-38  report before September 1 of each even-numbered year, covering the

2-39  biennium ending June 30 of that year, of its transactions during the

2-40  preceding biennium, including a complete statement of the receipts and

2-41  expenditures of the board during the period and any complaints received by

2-42  the board.

2-43    5.  The board shall keep accurate records and minutes of all meetings ,

2-44  and the records and minutes so kept must be open to public inspection at all

2-45  reasonable times. The board shall also keep a record of all applications for

2-46  licenses, and licenses issued by it. The record of applications and licenses

2-47  is a public record.

 

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