2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                     A AB627 R4 1086

Amendment No. 1086

 

Senate Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 627  Fourth Reprint                                             (BDR 52‑554)

Proposed by: Senators Porter and Townsend

Amendment Box: Replaces Amendment No. 1075. Resolves conflict with A.B. No. 245. Makes substantive changes.

Resolves Conflicts with: AB245

Amends:         Summary:               Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

Adoption of this amendment will MAINTAIN a 2/3s majority vote requirement for final passage of AB627 R4 (§ 9).

 

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 sec. 2, page 1, line 3, by deleting “12,” and inserting “13,”.

     Amend sec. 6, page 2, line 7, by deleting “or”.

     Amend sec. 6, page 2, line 9, by deleting “water.” and inserting:

“water; or

     (c) A tour broker or tour operator who is subject to the provisions of sections 2 to 14, inclusive, of Assembly Bill No. 245 of this session.”.

     Amend sec. 7, page 2, by deleting lines 10 through 13 and inserting:

     “Sec. 7. “Travel services” includes, without limitation:

     1.  Short-term leases of passenger cars;

     2.  Lodging;

     3.  Transfers;

     4.  Sightseeing tours other than sightseeing tours for which a tour broker or tour operator is regulated pursuant to sections 2 to 14, inclusive, of Assembly Bill No. 245 of this session; and

     5.  Any other services that are related to travel by air, land, rail or water or any other method of transportation.”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 13 through 17 as sections 14 through 18 and adding a new section designated sec. 13, following sec. 12, to read as follows:

     “Sec. 13.  The commissioner of the consumer affairs division of the department of business and industry may adopt regulations governing the disclosures that must be made by a provider to a customer before the customer may be charged for a telecommunications service.”.

     Amend sec. 14, page 5, by deleting line 25 and inserting:

“and section 1 of Assembly Bill No. 337 of this session upon a”.

     Amend sec. 14, page 5, by deleting line 33 and inserting:

“and section 1 of Assembly Bill No. 337 of this session.”.

     Amend sec. 14, page 5, by deleting lines 35 and 36 and inserting:

“598.0999, inclusive, and section 1 of Assembly Bill No. 337 of this session, if the court finds that a person has willfully engaged in a”.

     Amend sec. 14, page 6, by deleting lines 8 through 10 and inserting:

“inclusive, and section 1 of Assembly Bill No. 337 of this session, 598.100 to 598.2801, inclusive, 598.281 to 598.289, inclusive, 598.840 to 598.966, inclusive, sections 2 to 14, inclusive, of Assembly Bill No. 245 of this [act or 598.992,] session or sections 3 to 12, inclusive, of this act,”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 18 through 20 as sections 20 through 22 and adding a new section designated sec. 19, following sec. 17, to read as follows:

     “Sec. 19. NRS 598.968 is hereby amended to read as follows:

     598.968  As used in NRS 598.968 to 598.9694, inclusive, and section 13 of this act, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 598.9682 and 598.9684 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.”.

     Amend sec. 19, page 8, line 22, by deleting “15” and inserting “16”.

     Amend sec. 20, page 8, line 39, by deleting:

“12, inclusive, and 14 to 19,” and inserting:

“13, inclusive, and 16 to 21,”.

     Amend sec. 20, page 8, line 41, by deleting:

“Section 13 of this act becomes” and inserting:

“Sections 14 and 15 of this act become”.

     Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

“AN ACT relating to trade practices; authorizing the commissioner of the consumer affairs division of the department of business and industry to adopt regulations governing the disclosures that must be made by a provider of a telecommunications service to a customer before the customer is charged for the service; expanding the definition of “deceptive trade practice” to include certain advertising practices relating to goods or services; revising the provisions governing certificates of registration issued to certain registrants by the consumer affairs division; requiring the renewal of those certificates of registration; increasing the amount of the security that certain dance studios and health clubs are required to deposit with the consumer affairs division; requiring certain sellers of travel to register and deposit security with the consumer affairs division; authorizing certain consumers to bring and maintain actions to recover against the security; providing for the release of the security within a certain period after the seller of travel ceases to operate; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.