2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                             A SB411 451

Amendment No. 451

 

Senate Amendment to Senate Bill No. 411                                                                             (BDR 3‑36)

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 sec. 4, page 1, by deleting lines 8 through 11 and inserting:

     “Sec. 4. “Information concerning a substantial public hazard” means any information concerning a substantial public hazard that may be useful to members of the public in protecting themselves from substantial bodily injury or death which may result from the substantial public hazard.”.

     Amend sec. 6, page 2, by deleting lines 1 through 3 and inserting:

     “Sec. 6. “Substantial public hazard” means any instrumentality, device, procedure, product or condition of any instrumentality, device, procedure or product that has caused or is likely to cause substantial bodily injury or death.”.

     Amend sec. 7, page 2, line 7, before “public” by inserting “substantial”.

     Amend sec. 7, page 2, line 8, before “public” by inserting “substantial”.

     Amend sec. 7, page 2, by deleting line 10 and inserting:

“effect of concealing a substantial public hazard or information concerning a substantial public”.

     Amend sec. 8, page 2, by deleting lines 12 through 28 and inserting:

     “Sec. 8. 1.  Any person has standing to contest an order or a judgment that allegedly has the purpose or effect of concealing a substantial public hazard or information concerning a substantial public hazard by filing a motion in the court which entered the order or judgment.

     2.  Any person has standing to contest an agreement or a contract that allegedly has the purpose or effect of concealing a substantial public hazard or information concerning a substantial public hazard by bringing an action for declaratory judgment pursuant to chapter 30 of NRS.”.

     Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

“AN ACT relating to confidentiality; prohibiting a court from entering an order or judgment that has the purpose or effect of concealing a substantial public hazard or information concerning a substantial public hazard; providing that any portion of an agreement or a contract that has the purpose or effect of concealing a substantial public hazard or information concerning a substantial public hazard is void; 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.”.