2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                            A AB277 752

Amendment No. 752

 

Senate Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 277                                                                       (BDR 3‑378)

Proposed by: Committee on Judiciary

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:              Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

       Adopted       Lost                                               |          Adopted       Lost                                           

Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend section 1, page 1, line 8, after “(b)” by inserting:

“Must include the amount of any attorney’s fees and costs to be paid pursuant to the agreement.

     (c)”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sec. 3 as sec. 5 and adding new sections designated sections 3 and 4, following sec. 2, to read as follows:

     “Sec. 3.  Chapter 607 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

     If the labor commissioner enters into, effects or approves any compromise or settlement of a claim or dispute concerning or arising out of an alleged violation of the labor laws of this state, the terms and conditions of the compromise or settlement:

     1.  Must be made available to the public upon request; and

     2.  Must not include any confidentiality clause or similar clause, and any such clause that is included in the terms and conditions of the compromise or settlement is void as against the public policy of this state.

     Sec. 4.  The amendatory provisions of this act apply to any compromise or settlement that is executed on or after July 1, 2001.”.

     Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

“AN ACT relating to public records; providing that an agreement to settle a tort claim or action against a governmental entity or an officer or employee thereof is not confidential; providing that such an agreement must include the amount of any attorney’s fees and costs to be paid pursuant to the agreement; providing that if the labor commissioner enters into, effects or approves any compromise or settlement concerning an alleged violation of labor laws, the terms and conditions of the compromise or settlement are not confidential; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.

     Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

“SUMMARY—Enacts provisions governing confidentiality of certain information. (BDR 3‑378)”.