Amend section 1, page 2, by deleting lines 13 and 14 and inserting:
“3. The requirements of this section do not apply to a proceeding in which the legal rights, duties or privileges of a party are required by law to be determined by a state or local governmental agency after an opportunity for hearing, or in which an administrative penalty may be imposed.”.
Amend sec. 2, pages 4 and 5, by deleting lines 40 through 44 on page 4 and lines 1 and 2 on page 5, and inserting:
“(2) If feasible for the public body and the requester has agreed to receive the public notice by electronic mail, transmitted to the requester by electronic mail sent not later than 9 a.m. of the third working day before the meeting.”.
Amend sec. 4.5, page 8, by deleting line 29 and inserting:
“1. A meeting or”.
Amend sec. 4.5, page 8, between lines 34 and 35, by inserting:
“2. A meeting held pursuant to NRS 213.130 or any other meeting or hearing that may result in a recommendation or final decision to grant, deny, continue or revoke the parole of a prisoner, and a meeting or hearing to commute a sentence, restore a person’s civil rights, grant a pardon or reprieve or remit a fine or forfeiture, must be open to the public.”.
Amend the bill as a whole by adding a new section designated sec. 4.7, following sec. 4.5, to read as follows:
“Sec. 4.7. NRS 213.130 is hereby amended to read as follows:
213.130 1. The Department of Corrections shall:
(a) Determine when a prisoner sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison is eligible to be considered for parole;
(b) Notify the State Board of Parole Commissioners of the eligibility of the prisoner to be considered for parole; and
(c) Before a meeting to consider the prisoner for parole, compile and provide to the Board data that will assist the Board in determining whether parole should be granted.
2. If a prisoner is being considered for parole from a sentence imposed for conviction of a crime which involved the use of force or violence against a victim and which resulted in bodily harm to a victim and if original or duplicate photographs that depict the injuries of the victim or the scene of the crime were admitted at the trial of the prisoner or were part of the report of the presentence investigation and are reasonably available, a representative sample of such photographs must be included with the information submitted to the Board at the meeting. A prisoner may not bring a cause of action against the State of Nevada, its political subdivisions, agencies, boards, commissions, departments, officers or employees for any action that is taken pursuant to this subsection or for failing to take any action pursuant to this subsection, including, without limitation, failing to include photographs or including only certain photographs. As used in this subsection, “photograph” includes any video, digital or other photographic image.
3. Meetings to consider prisoners for parole may be held semiannually or more often, on such dates as may be fixed by the Board. [All meetings must be open to the public.]
4. Not later than 5 days after the date on which the Board fixes the date of the meeting to consider a prisoner for parole, the Board shall notify the victim of the prisoner who is being considered for parole of the date of the meeting and of his rights pursuant to this subsection, if the victim has requested notification in writing and has provided his current address or if the victim’s current address is otherwise known by the Board. The victim of a prisoner being considered for parole may submit documents to the Board and may testify at the meeting held to consider the prisoner for parole. A prisoner must not be considered for parole until the Board has notified any victim of his rights pursuant to this subsection and he is given the opportunity to exercise those rights. If a current address is not provided to or otherwise known by the Board, the Board must not be held responsible if such notification is not received by the victim.
5. The Board may deliberate in private after a public meeting held to consider a prisoner for parole.
6. The Board of State Prison Commissioners shall provide suitable and convenient rooms or space for use of the Board.
7. If a victim is notified of a meeting to consider a prisoner for parole pursuant to subsection 4, the Board shall, upon making a final decision concerning the parole of the prisoner, notify the victim of its final decision.
8. All personal information, including, but not limited to, a current or former address, which pertains to a victim and which is received by the Board pursuant to this section is confidential.
9. For the purposes of this section, “victim” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 213.005.”.
Amend the bill as a whole by adding a new section designated sec. 16.9, following sec. 16.8, to read as follows:
“Sec. 16.9. NRS 361.300 is hereby amended to read as follows:
361.300 1. On or before January 1 of each year, the county assessor shall transmit to the county clerk, post at the front door of the courthouse and publish in a newspaper published in the county a notice to the effect that the secured tax roll is completed and open for inspection by interested persons of the county.
2. If the county assessor fails to complete the assessment roll in the manner and at the time specified in this section, the board of county commissioners shall not allow him a salary or other compensation for any day after January 1 during which the roll is not completed, unless excused by the board of county commissioners.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, each board of county commissioners shall by resolution, before December 1 of any fiscal year in which assessment is made, require the county assessor to prepare a list of all the taxpayers on the secured roll in the county and the total valuation of property on which they severally pay taxes and direct the county assessor:
(a) To cause such list and valuations to be printed and delivered by the county assessor or mailed by him on or before January 1 of the fiscal year in which assessment is made to each taxpayer in the county; or
(b) To [cause] make such list and valuations [to be published once] available for public inspection on or before January 1 of the fiscal year in which assessment is made . [in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.
In addition to complying with paragraph (a) or (b),] A copy of the list and valuations [may also be posted] must be:
(1) Posted in a public area of [the] all public libraries and branch libraries located in the county [,] and in a public area of the county courthouse [and] or the county office building in which the county assessor’s office is located ; [,] and
(2) Posted on a website or other Internet site that is operated or administered by or on behalf of the county or county assessor [.], or, if there is no such site, a copy of the list and valuations must be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. Before a copy of the list and valuations is posted on a website or other Internet site pursuant to this subparagraph, the board of county commissioners must cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county a full-page notice, in at least 10-point bold type or font, setting forth that:
(I) A copy of the list and valuations is available on a specified website or other Internet site; and
(II) Upon request of any person, a copy of the list and valuations will be mailed, without charge, to the person.
4. A board of county commissioners may, in the resolution required by subsection 3, authorize the county assessor not to deliver or mail the list, as provided in paragraph (a) of subsection 3, to taxpayers whose property is assessed at $1,000 or less and direct the county assessor to mail to each such taxpayer a statement of the amount of his assessment. Failure by a taxpayer to receive such a mailed statement does not invalidate any assessment.
5. The several boards of county commissioners in the State may allow the bill contracted with their approval by the county assessor under this section on a claim to be allowed and paid as are other claims against the county.
6. Whenever property is appraised or reappraised pursuant to NRS 361.260, the county assessor shall, on or before December 18 of the fiscal year in which the appraisal or reappraisal is made, deliver or mail to each owner of such property a written notice stating its assessed valuation as determined from the appraisal or reappraisal.
7. If the secured tax roll is changed pursuant to NRS 361.310, the county assessor shall mail an amended notice of assessed valuation to each affected taxpayer. The notice must include the dates for appealing the new assessed valuation.
8. Failure by the taxpayer to receive a notice required by this section does not invalidate the appraisal or reappraisal.”.
Amend the bill as a whole by adding a new section designated sec. 34.5, following sec. 34, to read as follows:
“Sec. 34.5. NRS 630.100 is hereby amended to read as follows:
630.100 1. The Board shall meet at least twice annually and may meet at other times on the call of the President or a majority of its members.
2. Meetings of the Board must be held at a location at which:
(a) The meetings may be broadcast via the Internet or its successor; and
(b) Members of the general public may testify via telephone or video conference between Las Vegas and Carson City or Reno.
3. A majority of the Board, or of any committee or panel appointed by the Board constitutes a quorum. If there is a quorum, a vote of the majority of the members present is all that is necessary to transact any business before the Board or the committee or panel appointed by the Board.”.
Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:
“AN ACT relating to public bodies; prohibiting certain public bodies from voting on an item on the agenda until public comment has been allowed on the item under certain circumstances; revising provisions governing notice of meetings of public bodies; requiring certain public bodies to post the minutes of a public meeting on the Internet; requiring certain public bodies to make and retain an audio recording of a public meeting; providing that certain meetings and hearings regarding prisoners and persons on parole or probation are not subject to the open meeting law but must be open to the public; requiring that a member of certain agencies be present at a workshop of the agency concerning a proposed regulation of the agency, if practicable; authorizing a board of trustees of a general improvement district to increase the compensation of the trustees under certain circumstances; authorizing the board of trustees of a general improvement district to adopt and enforce regulations regarding the date on which a charge for services provided by the district becomes delinquent; making certain changes regarding the merger, consolidation or dissolution of certain general improvement districts; revising the manner in which certain information regarding property taxation be made available to the public; requiring that meetings of certain professional licensing boards be held at locations with certain technological capacity; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.