Amendment No. 437

 

Senate Amendment to Senate Bill No. 371                                                                         (BDR 54‑251)

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 MAINTAIN a 2/3s majority vote requirement for final passage of SB371 (§§ 11, 15, 20).

 

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 2, line 2, by deleting “20,” and inserting “19,”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 2, line 4, by deleting “20,” and inserting “19,”.

     Amend sec. 9, page 3, lines 29, 34, 40, and 42 by deleting “20,” and inserting “19,”.

     Amend sec. 10, page 3, line 44, by deleting “20,” and inserting “19,”.

     Amend sec. 11, page 4, line 19, by deleting “20,” and inserting “19,”.

     Amend sec. 14, page 6, line 10, by deleting “20,” and inserting “19,”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 20 and renumbering sec. 21 as sec. 20.

     Amend sec. 21, page 10, by deleting line 25 and inserting:

required to pay:

          (1) Any costs and expenses that are incurred to carry out the provisions of sections 2 to 19, inclusive, of this act, including, without limitation, any costs and expenses incurred by the Office of the Attorney General; and

          (2) Any claims for per diem allowances and travel”.

     Amend sec. 21, page 10, by deleting lines 29 through 34, and inserting:

“the account must be used to pay [claims made:] :

     (a) Claims made by owners who are damaged by the failure of a residential contractor to perform qualified services adequately, as provided in [NRS 624.400 to 624.560, inclusive,] sections 2 to 19, inclusive, of this act;

     (b) Claims submitted pursuant to section 7 of this act; or

     (c) Any other costs and expenses that are incurred to carry out the provisions of sections 2 to 19, inclusive, of this act, including, without limitation, any costs and expenses incurred by the Office of the Attorney General.”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 22 through 38 and renumbering sections 39 through 43 as sections 21 through 25.

     Amend sec. 39, page 18, line 36, by deleting “20,” and inserting “19,”.

     Amend sec. 43, page 23, lines 10 and 19, by deleting “20,” and inserting “19,”.

     Amend sec. 43, page 23, line 21, by deleting “42” and inserting “24”.

     Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

“AN ACT relating to real property; creating the Constructional Defect Commission; providing for its membership; setting forth the duties of the Commission; conferring exclusive jurisdiction upon the Commission to determine claims or causes of action for constructional defects; providing exceptions; requiring a claimant to provide certain notices and to allow a contractor a reasonable opportunity to repair a constructional defect before presenting a claim involving the constructional defect to the Commission; setting forth the manner in which a complaint must be presented to the Commission; requiring the Commission to hear a claim of a constructional defect within a certain period; authorizing the Commission to require a contractor to repair a constructional defect under certain circumstances; prohibiting the exclusion of a public officer from a meeting of a unit-owners’ association under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.