2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                             A SB512 145

Amendment No. 145

 

Senate Amendment to Senate Bill No. 512                                                                       (BDR 54‑1208)

Proposed by: Committee on Commerce and Labor

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:               Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

Adoption of this amendment will add/maintain a 2/3s majority vote requirement for final passage of SB512 (§§ 1, 2, and 4).

 

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 the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 1 and 2 as sections 2 and 3 and adding a new section designated section 1, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:

     “Section 1. Chapter 628 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

     1.  Before a certified public accountant or registered public accountant or a partnership, corporation or limited-liability company composed of certified public accountants or registered public accountants engages in the practice of public accounting in this state under a fictitious name, it must register the fictitious name with the board.

     2.  The board shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section, including, without limitation, regulations that prescribe:

     (a) The procedure for registering a fictitious name with the board; and

     (b) The fee for registering a fictitious name with the board.”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 3.

     Amend sec. 4, page 4, by deleting lines 6 through 9 and inserting:

“or] the renewal of a permit [more than 1 year after the expiration”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 7 and adding new sections designated sections 7 and 8, following sec. 6, to read as follows:

     “Sec. 7. 1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 of this act, a certified public accountant or registered public accountant, or a partnership, corporation or limited-liability company composed of certified public accountants or registered public accountants, that is engaged in the practice of public accounting in this state under a fictitious name and holds a certificate of registration that was issued under the fictitious name by the Nevada state board of accountancy pursuant to NRS 628.370 before July 1, 2001, must register the fictitious name with the board pursuant to the procedure prescribed by the board and pay the fee prescribed by the board not later than January 1, 2002.

     2.  As used in this section:

     (a) “Practice of public accounting” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 628.023.

     (b) “Registered public accountant” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 628.029.

     Sec. 8. 1.  This section and sections 2 to 7, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.

     2.  Section 1 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2001, for the purpose of adopting regulations and on January 1, 2002, for all other purposes.”.

     Amend the title of the bill by deleting the fourth and fifth lines and inserting:

“the United States; requiring certain persons who wish to engage in the practice of public accounting under a fictitious name to register the fictitious name with the board; requiring the board to adopt regulations prescribing the procedure and fee for registering a fictitious name with the board; authorizing the board to”.