Senate Bill No. 355–Committee on Government Affairs

 

March 15, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs

 

SUMMARY—Requires local governments to comply with certain laws and regulations and to pay certain fees and taxes when providing goods or services in competition with private entities. (BDR 31‑49)

 

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 local governments; requiring local governments to comply with certain laws and regulations and to pay certain fees and taxes when providing goods or services in competition with private entities; 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. Chapter 354 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

1-2  new section to read as follows:

1-3    1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a local government

1-4  provides goods or services, or both, to the general public in competition

1-5  with a private entity, the local government shall comply with all laws,

1-6  rules and regulations of this state and any other local government with

1-7  which the private entity would be required to comply when providing the

1-8  goods or services from the same location as that of the local government.

1-9    2.  The provisions of subsection 1 apply to all laws, rules and

1-10  regulations of this state or any other local government that require the

1-11  private entity to pay fees, taxes and other charges that the private entity

1-12  must pay as a direct result of providing the goods or services, or both.

1-13  The fees, taxes and other charges required to be paid pursuant to this

1-14  section include all state and local fees, taxes and other charges that

1-15  would be included by the private entity in determining the cost to the

1-16  private entity of providing the good or service.

1-17    3.  If the laws, rules and regulations described in subsections 1 and 2

1-18  would not otherwise apply to the local government but for the provisions

1-19  of subsections 1 and 2, the local government shall comply with the laws,

1-20  rules and regulations in the same manner as if the unit or other

1-21  appropriate division of the local government that includes all the

2-1  employees and equipment involved in providing the goods or services

2-2  were a private business.

 

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