Senate Bill No. 143–Committee on
Government Affairs

 

(On Behalf of Clark County)

 

February 18, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs

 

SUMMARY—Authorizes certain counties to appoint public property trustee to perform duties of public administrator of county. (BDR 20‑419)

 

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 county government; authorizing the board of county commissioners or county manager, as applicable, of certain counties to appoint a public property trustee to perform the duties that would otherwise be performed by the public administrator of the county; 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. NRS 244.200 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2  244.200  The boards of county commissioners shall have power

1-3  and jurisdiction in their respective counties to examine and audit:

1-4  1.  The accounts of all officers having the care, management,

1-5  collection or disbursement of any money belonging to the county or

1-6  appropriated by law, or otherwise, for its use and benefit; and

1-7  2.  The fees or compensation received by the public

1-8  administrators or public property trustees, as applicable, of the

1-9  respective counties in their several official capacities.

1-10      Sec. 2.  NRS 248.245 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-11      248.245  In counties having a population of less than 100,000,

1-12  the sheriff shall report immediately to the public administrator or

2-1  public property trustee, as applicable, all deaths which he gains

2-2  knowledge of in the performance of his duties.

2-3  Sec. 3.  Chapter 253 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

2-4  thereto the provisions set forth as sections 4 and 5 of this act.

2-5  Sec. 4.  As used in this chapter and except as otherwise

2-6  provided in this section, unless the context otherwise requires,

2-7  “public administrator” includes a public property trustee for the

2-8  purposes of the provisions of this chapter that set forth:

2-9  1.  The powers and authorities of a public administrator; and

2-10      2.  The duties and obligations of a public

2-11  administrator.

2-12  The term does not include a public property trustee for the

2-13  purposes of the provisions of this chapter that relate to the election

2-14  of a public administrator.

2-15      Sec. 5.  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5 of

2-16  this section and subsection 3 of NRS 253.010, in each county

2-17  where:

2-18      (a) There is a county manager, the county manager, with the

2-19  confirmation of the board of county commissioners, may appoint a

2-20  public property trustee.

2-21      (b) There is no county manager, the board of county

2-22  commissioners may appoint a public property trustee.

2-23      2.  A person appointed as the public property trustee pursuant

2-24  to subsection 1 shall comply with the provisions of this chapter

2-25  and of all other laws of this state relating to public administrators,

2-26  except as such provisions pertain to the election of a public

2-27  administrator.

2-28      3.  The board of county commissioners may fix the

2-29  compensation of the public property trustee. In counties where

2-30  there is a county manager, the county manager may specify the

2-31  procedures which the public property trustee must follow in

2-32  performing the duties of his office. In counties where there is no

2-33  county manager, the board of county commissioners may specify

2-34  the procedures which the public property trustee must follow in

2-35  performing the duties of his office.

2-36      4.  In counties where there is a county manager, the public

2-37  property trustee is under the direction of the county manager,

2-38  subject to the approval of the board of county commissioners. In

2-39  counties where there is no county manager, the public property

2-40  trustee is under the direction of the board of county

2-41  commissioners.

2-42      5.  A public property trustee may not be appointed pursuant to

2-43  subsection 1 until the earlier of:

2-44      (a) The expiration of the current term of the person serving as

2-45  the public administrator of the county; or

3-1  (b) A vacancy occurring in the office of public administrator

3-2  of the county.

3-3  Sec. 6.  NRS 253.030 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-4  253.030  1.  The board of county commissioners shall fill a

3-5  vacancy in the office of public administrator by appointment of a

3-6  person pursuant to NRS 245.170.

3-7  [2.] Any person appointed to the office of public administrator

3-8  pursuant to NRS 245.170 shall, within 10 days, qualify in the same

3-9  manner as if elected thereto.

3-10      2.  The board of county commissioners or county manager, as

3-11  applicable, shall fill a vacancy in the office of public property

3-12  trustee in the same manner as the original appointment.

3-13      Sec. 7.  NRS 253.120 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-14      253.120  1.  Public administrators shall, at the expiration of

3-15  their terms of office, surrender up to their successors in office all the

3-16  books or papers belonging or appertaining to the office, including all

3-17  exhibits, estates, money and property in their possession . [; but

3-18  upon] Upon the expiration of the term of office of any public

3-19  administrator before the entry of a decree of distribution in any

3-20  estate for which the public administrator is the duly appointed,

3-21  qualified and acting administrator, if good cause be shown therefor,

3-22  the court shall enter an order in such estate, authorizing and

3-23  directing a person to whom letters have been issued, to close up the

3-24  estate as expeditiously as possible, or the court shall enter an order

3-25  requiring the filing of a petition for letters by the successor in office

3-26  of the public administrator.

3-27      2.  This section applies to the expiration or termination of the

3-28  appointment of a public property trustee to the same extent it

3-29  applies to the expiration of the term of office of a public

3-30  administrator.

3-31      Sec. 8.  NRS 258.075 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-32      258.075  In counties having a population of less than 100,000,

3-33  every constable shall report immediately to the public administrator

3-34  or public property trustee, as applicable, all deaths which he gains

3-35  knowledge of in the performance of his duties.

3-36      Sec. 9.  NRS 259.160 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-37      259.160  1.  Upon payment of money into the county

3-38  treasurer’s office in such case, he shall place it to the credit of the

3-39  county. Upon the delivery of property, he shall:

3-40      (a) Deliver such property to the public administrator or public

3-41  property trustee, as applicable, for disposition according to law; or

3-42      (b) Give written notice to the public administrator or public

3-43  property trustee, as applicable, of his intention to sell such property

3-44  at public sale.

4-1  2.  If within 10 days after the giving of notice pursuant to

4-2  paragraph (b) of subsection 1, the public administrator or public

4-3  property trustee, as applicable, claims the property for disposition,

4-4  the county treasurer shall deliver it to him.

4-5  3.  If the public administrator or public property trustee, as

4-6  applicable, does not claim the property as provided in subsection 1,

4-7  the county treasurer may, after giving notice by posting at the

4-8  courthouse for at least 10 days, sell the property at public sale and

4-9  place the proceeds to the credit of the county.

4-10      Sec. 10.  NRS 139.040 is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-11      139.040  1.  Administration of the intestate estate of a

4-12  decedent must be granted to one or more of the persons mentioned

4-13  in this section, and they are respectively entitled to priority for

4-14  appointment in the following order:

4-15      (a) The surviving spouse.

4-16      (b) The children.

4-17      (c) The father or the mother.

4-18      (d) The brother or the sister.

4-19      (e) The grandchildren.

4-20      (f) Any other of the kindred entitled to share in the distribution

4-21  of the estate.

4-22      (g) The public administrator[.] or public property trustee, as

4-23  applicable.

4-24      (h) Creditors who have become such during the lifetime of the

4-25  decedent.

4-26      (i) Any of the kindred not above enumerated, within the fourth

4-27  degree of consanguinity.

4-28      (j) Any person or persons legally qualified.

4-29      2.  A person in each of the foregoing classes is entitled:

4-30      (a) To appointment, if the person is:

4-31          (1) A resident of the State of Nevada or associates as

4-32  coadministrator a resident of the State of Nevada; or

4-33          (2) A banking corporation which is authorized to do business

4-34  in this state or which associates as coadministrator a resident of the

4-35  State of Nevada or a banking corporation authorized to do business

4-36  in this state.

4-37      (b) To nominate a resident of the State of Nevada or a qualified

4-38  banking corporation for appointment, whether or not the nominator

4-39  is a resident of the State of Nevada or a qualified banking

4-40  corporation. The nominee has the same priority as the nominator.

4-41  That priority is independent of the residence or corporate

4-42  qualification of the nominator.

4-43      3.  If any heir who is otherwise entitled to appointment is a

4-44  minor or an incompetent person for whom a guardian has been

5-1  appointed, the court may appoint the guardian of the minor or

5-2  incompetent person as administrator.

5-3  Sec. 11.  NRS 146.080 is hereby amended to read as follows:

5-4  146.080  1.  If a decedent leaves no real property, nor interest

5-5  therein, nor mortgage or lien thereon, in this state, and the gross

5-6  value of the decedent’s property in this state, over and above any

5-7  amounts due to the decedent for services in the Armed Forces of the

5-8  United States, does not exceed $20,000, a person who has a right to

5-9  succeed to the property of the decedent pursuant to the laws of

5-10  succession for a decedent who died intestate or pursuant to the valid

5-11  will of a decedent who died testate, on behalf of all persons entitled

5-12  to succeed to the property claimed, or the State Welfare

5-13  Administrator or public administrator on behalf of the State or

5-14  others entitled to the property, may, 40 days after the death of the

5-15  decedent, without procuring letters of administration or awaiting

5-16  the probate of the will, collect any money due the decedent, receive

5-17  the property of the decedent, and have any evidences of interest,

5-18  indebtedness or right transferred to the claimant upon furnishing the

5-19  person, representative, corporation, officer or body owing the

5-20  money, having custody of the property or acting as registrar or

5-21  transfer agent of the evidences of interest, indebtedness or right,

5-22  with an affidavit showing the right of the affiant or affiants to

5-23  receive the money or property or to have the evidence transferred.

5-24      2.  An affidavit made pursuant to this section must state:

5-25      (a) The affiant’s name and address, and that the affiant is

5-26  entitled by law to succeed to the property claimed;

5-27      (b) The date and place of death of the decedent;

5-28      (c) That the gross value of the decedent’s property in this state,

5-29  except amounts due to the decedent for services in the Armed

5-30  Forces of the United States, does not exceed $20,000, and that the

5-31  property does not include any real property nor interest therein, nor

5-32  mortgage or lien thereon;

5-33      (d) That at least 40 days have elapsed since the death of the

5-34  decedent, as shown in a certified copy of the certificate of death of

5-35  the decedent attached to the affidavit;

5-36      (e) That no petition for the appointment of a personal

5-37  representative is pending or has been granted in any jurisdiction;

5-38      (f) That all debts of the decedent, including funeral and burial

5-39  expenses, and money owed to the Department of Human Resources

5-40  as a result of the payment of benefits for Medicaid, have been paid

5-41  or provided for;

5-42      (g) A description of the personal property and the portion

5-43  claimed;

5-44      (h) That the affiant has given written notice, by personal service

5-45  or by certified mail, identifying the affiant’s claim and describing

6-1  the property claimed, to every person whose right to succeed to the

6-2  decedent’s property is equal or superior to that of the affiant, and

6-3  that at least 14 days have elapsed since the notice was served or

6-4  mailed;

6-5  (i) That the affiant is personally entitled, or the Department of

6-6  Human Resources is entitled, to full payment or delivery of the

6-7  property claimed or is entitled to payment or delivery on behalf of

6-8  and with the written authority of all other successors who have an

6-9  interest in the property; and

6-10      (j) That the affiant acknowledges an understanding that filing a

6-11  false affidavit constitutes a felony in this state.

6-12      3.  If the affiant:

6-13      (a) Submits an affidavit which does not meet the requirements

6-14  of subsection 2 or which contains statements which are not entirely

6-15  true, any money or property the affiant receives is subject to all

6-16  debts of the decedent.

6-17      (b) Fails to give notice to other successors as required by

6-18  subsection 2, any money or property the affiant receives is held by

6-19  the affiant in trust for all other successors who have an interest in

6-20  the property.

6-21      4.  A person who receives an affidavit containing the

6-22  information required by subsection 2 is entitled to rely upon that

6-23  information, and if the person relies in good faith, the person is

6-24  immune from civil liability for actions based on that reliance.

6-25      5.  Upon receiving proof of the death of the decedent and an

6-26  affidavit containing the information required by this section:

6-27      (a) A transfer agent of any security shall change the registered

6-28  ownership of the security claimed from the decedent to the person

6-29  claiming to succeed to ownership of that security.

6-30      (b) A governmental agency required to issue certificates of

6-31  ownership or registration to personal property shall issue a new

6-32  certificate of ownership or registration to the person claiming to

6-33  succeed to ownership of the property.

6-34      6.  If any property of the estate not exceeding $20,000 is

6-35  located in a state which requires an order of a court for the transfer

6-36  of the property, or if the estate consists of stocks or bonds which

6-37  must be transferred by an agent outside this state, any person

6-38  qualified pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 to have the

6-39  stocks or bonds or other property transferred may do so by obtaining

6-40  a court order directing the transfer. The person desiring the transfer

6-41  must file a petition, which may be ex parte, containing:

6-42      (a) A specific description of all the property of the decedent.

6-43      (b) A list of all the liens and mortgages of record at the date of

6-44  the decedent’s death.

6-45      (c) An estimate of the value of the property of the decedent.

7-1  (d) The names, ages of any minors, and residences of the

7-2  decedent’s heirs and devisees.

7-3  (e) A request for the court to issue an order directing the transfer

7-4  of the stocks or bonds or other property if the court finds the gross

7-5  value of the estate does not exceed $20,000.

7-6  (f) An attached copy of the executed affidavit made pursuant to

7-7  subsection 2.

7-8  If the court finds that the gross value of the estate does not exceed

7-9  $20,000 and the person requesting the transfer is entitled to it, the

7-10  court may enter an order directing the transfer.

7-11      7.  As used in this section, “public administrator” includes a

7-12  public property trustee appointed pursuant to section 5 of this act.

7-13      Sec. 12.  NRS 179A.100 is hereby amended to read as follows:

7-14      179A.100  1.  The following records of criminal history may

7-15  be disseminated by an agency of criminal justice without any

7-16  restriction pursuant to this chapter:

7-17      (a) Any which reflect records of conviction only; and

7-18      (b) Any which pertain to an incident for which a person is

7-19  currently within the system of criminal justice, including parole or

7-20  probation.

7-21      2.  Without any restriction pursuant to this chapter, a record of

7-22  criminal history or the absence of such a record may be:

7-23      (a) Disclosed among agencies which maintain a system for the

7-24  mutual exchange of criminal records.

7-25      (b) Furnished by one agency to another to administer the system

7-26  of criminal justice, including the furnishing of information by a

7-27  police department to a district attorney.

7-28      (c) Reported to the Central Repository.

7-29      3.  An agency of criminal justice shall disseminate to a

7-30  prospective employer, upon request, records of criminal history

7-31  concerning a prospective employee or volunteer which:

7-32      (a) Reflect convictions only; or

7-33      (b) Pertain to an incident for which the prospective employee or

7-34  volunteer is currently within the system of criminal justice,

7-35  including parole or probation.

7-36      4.  The Central Repository shall disseminate to a prospective or

7-37  current employer, upon request, information relating to sexual

7-38  offenses concerning an employee, prospective employee, volunteer

7-39  or prospective volunteer who gives his written consent to the release

7-40  of that information.

7-41      5.  Records of criminal history must be disseminated by an

7-42  agency of criminal justice upon request, to the following persons or

7-43  governmental entities:

7-44      (a) The person who is the subject of the record of criminal

7-45  history for the purposes of NRS 179A.150.

8-1  (b) The person who is the subject of the record of criminal

8-2  history or his attorney of record when the subject is a party in a

8-3  judicial, administrative, licensing, disciplinary or other proceeding

8-4  to which the information is relevant.

8-5  (c) The State Gaming Control Board.

8-6  (d) The State Board of Nursing.

8-7  (e) The Private Investigator’s Licensing Board to investigate an

8-8  applicant for a license.

8-9  (f) A public administrator or public property trustee, as

8-10  applicable, to carry out his duties as prescribed in chapter 253 of

8-11  NRS.

8-12      (g) A public guardian to investigate a ward or proposed ward or

8-13  persons who may have knowledge of assets belonging to a ward or

8-14  proposed ward.

8-15      (h) Any agency of criminal justice of the United States or of

8-16  another state or the District of Columbia.

8-17      (i) Any public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Public

8-18  Utilities Commission of Nevada when the information is necessary

8-19  to conduct a security investigation of an employee or prospective

8-20  employee, or to protect the public health, safety or welfare.

8-21      (j) Persons and agencies authorized by statute, ordinance,

8-22  executive order, court rule, court decision or court order as

8-23  construed by appropriate state or local officers or agencies.

8-24      (k) Any person or governmental entity which has entered into a

8-25  contract to provide services to an agency of criminal justice relating

8-26  to the administration of criminal justice, if authorized by the

8-27  contract, and if the contract also specifies that the information will

8-28  be used only for stated purposes and that it will be otherwise

8-29  confidential in accordance with state and federal law and regulation.

8-30      (l) Any reporter for the electronic or printed media in his

8-31  professional capacity for communication to the public.

8-32      (m) Prospective employers if the person who is the subject of

8-33  the information has given written consent to the release of that

8-34  information by the agency which maintains it.

8-35      (n) For the express purpose of research, evaluative or statistical

8-36  programs pursuant to an agreement with an agency of criminal

8-37  justice.

8-38      (o) An agency which provides child welfare services, as defined

8-39  in NRS 432B.030.

8-40      (p) The Welfare Division of the Department of Human

8-41  Resources or its designated representative.

8-42      (q) An agency of this or any other state or the Federal

8-43  Government that is conducting activities pursuant to Part D of Title

8-44  IV of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 651 et seq.

9-1  (r) The State Disaster Identification Team of the Division of

9-2  Emergency Management of the Department.

9-3  (s) The Commissioner of Insurance.

9-4  6.  Agencies of criminal justice in this state which receive

9-5  information from sources outside this state concerning transactions

9-6  involving criminal justice which occur outside Nevada shall treat the

9-7  information as confidentially as is required by the provisions of this

9-8  chapter.

9-9  Sec. 13.  NRS 239A.070 is hereby amended to read as follows:

9-10      239A.070  This chapter does not apply to any subpoena issued

9-11  pursuant to title 14 or chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS or

9-12  prohibit:

9-13      1.  Dissemination of any financial information which is not

9-14  identified with or identifiable as being derived from the financial

9-15  records of a particular customer.

9-16      2.  The Attorney General, district attorney, Department of

9-17  Taxation, public administrator, sheriff or a police department from

9-18  requesting of a financial institution, and the institution from

9-19  responding to the request, as to whether a person has an account or

9-20  accounts with that financial institution and, if so, any identifying

9-21  numbers of the account or accounts.

9-22      3.  A financial institution, in its discretion, from initiating

9-23  contact with and thereafter communicating with and disclosing the

9-24  financial records of a customer to appropriate governmental

9-25  agencies concerning a suspected violation of any law.

9-26      4.  Disclosure of the financial records of a customer incidental

9-27  to a transaction in the normal course of business of the financial

9-28  institution if the director, officer, employee or agent of the financial

9-29  institution who makes or authorizes the disclosure has no reasonable

9-30  cause to believe that such records will be used by a governmental

9-31  agency in connection with an investigation of the customer.

9-32      5.  A financial institution from notifying a customer of the

9-33  receipt of a subpoena or a search warrant to obtain his financial

9-34  records, except when ordered by a court to withhold such

9-35  notification.

9-36      6.  The examination by or disclosure to any governmental

9-37  regulatory agency of financial records which relate solely to the

9-38  exercise of its regulatory function if the agency is specifically

9-39  authorized by law to examine, audit or require reports of financial

9-40  records of financial institutions.

9-41      7.  The disclosure to any governmental agency of any financial

9-42  information or records whose disclosure to that particular agency is

9-43  required by the tax laws of this state.

9-44      8.  The disclosure of any information pursuant to NRS 425.393,

9-45  425.400 or 425.460.

10-1      9.  A governmental agency from obtaining a credit report or

10-2  consumer credit report from anyone other than a financial

10-3  institution.

10-4      10.  As used in this section, “public administrator” includes a

10-5  public property trustee appointed pursuant to section 5 of this act.

10-6      Sec. 14.  NRS 239A.075 is hereby amended to read as follows:

10-7      239A.075  Upon presentation of a death certificate or affidavit

10-8  of death, a financial institution shall provide a public administrator

10-9  or public property trustee, as applicable, with a statement which

10-10  sets forth the identifying number and account balance of any

10-11  accounts on which only the name of the deceased person appears.

10-12     Sec. 15.  NRS 433.541 is hereby amended to read as follows:

10-13     433.541  Whenever any person admitted to a Division facility

10-14  dies, the administrative officer shall send written notice to the

10-15  decedent’s legally appointed representative, listing the personal

10-16  property remaining in the custody or possession of the facility. If

10-17  there is no demand made upon the administrative officer of the

10-18  facility by the decedent’s legally appointed representative, all

10-19  personal property of the decedent remaining in the custody or

10-20  possession of the administrative officer must be held by him for a

10-21  period of 1 year from the date of the decedent’s death for the benefit

10-22  of the heirs, legatees or successors of the decedent. At the end of

10-23  this period, another notice must be sent to the decedent’s

10-24  representative, listing the property and specifying the manner in

10-25  which the property will be disposed of if not claimed within 15

10-26  business days. After 15 business days, all personal property and

10-27  documents of the decedent, other than cash, remaining unclaimed in

10-28  the possession of the administrative officer must be disposed of as

10-29  follows:

10-30     1.  All documents must be filed by the administrative officer

10-31  with the public administrator or public property trustee, as

10-32  applicable, of the county from which the client was admitted.

10-33     2.  All other personal property must be sold at a public auction

10-34  or by sealed bids. The proceeds of the sale must be applied to the

10-35  decedent’s unpaid balance for costs incurred at the Division facility.

10-36     Sec. 16.  NRS 440.250 is hereby amended to read as follows:

10-37     440.250  1.  Not later than the fifth day of each month, deputy

10-38  county health officers shall file with the county health officer all

10-39  original birth and death certificates executed by them.

10-40     2.  Within 5 days after receipt of the original death certificates,

10-41  the county health officer shall file with the public administrator or

10-42  public property trustee, as applicable, a written list of the names

10-43  and social security numbers of all deceased persons and the names

10-44  of their next of kin as those names appear on the certificates.

 

11-1      Sec. 17.  NRS 482.368 is hereby amended to read as follows:

11-2      482.368  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the

11-3  Department shall provide suitable distinguishing license plates for

11-4  exempt vehicles. These plates must be displayed on the vehicles in

11-5  the same manner as provided for privately owned vehicles. The fee

11-6  for the issuance of the plates is $5. Any license plates authorized by

11-7  this section must be immediately returned to the Department when

11-8  the vehicle for which they were issued ceases to be used exclusively

11-9  for the purpose for which it was exempted from the governmental

11-10  services tax.

11-11     2.  License plates furnished for:

11-12     (a) Those vehicles which are maintained for and used by the

11-13  Governor or under the authority and direction of the Chief Parole

11-14  and Probation Officer, the State Contractors’ Board and auditors, the

11-15  State Fire Marshal, the Investigation Division of the Department of

11-16  Public Safety and any authorized federal law enforcement agency or

11-17  law enforcement agency from another state;

11-18     (b) One vehicle used by the Department of Corrections, three

11-19  vehicles used by the Division of Wildlife of the State Department of

11-20  Conservation and Natural Resources, two vehicles used by the

11-21  Caliente Youth Center and four vehicles used by the Nevada Youth

11-22  Training Center;

11-23     (c) Vehicles of a city, county or the State, if authorized by the

11-24  Department for the purposes of law enforcement or work related

11-25  thereto or such other purposes as are approved upon proper

11-26  application and justification; and

11-27     (d) Vehicles maintained for and used by investigators of the

11-28  following:

11-29         (1) The State Gaming Control Board;

11-30         (2) The State Department of Agriculture;

11-31         (3) The Attorney General;

11-32         (4) City or county juvenile officers;

11-33         (5) District attorneys’ offices;

11-34         (6) Public administrators’ offices;

11-35         (7) Public guardians’ offices;

11-36         (8) Sheriffs’ offices;

11-37         (9) Police departments in the State; and

11-38         (10) The Securities Division of the Office of the Secretary of

11-39  State,

11-40  must not bear any distinguishing mark which would serve to

11-41  identify the vehicles as owned by the State, county or city. These

11-42  license plates must be issued annually for $12 per plate or, if issued

11-43  in sets, per set.

11-44     3.  The Director may enter into agreements with departments of

11-45  motor vehicles of other states providing for exchanges of license

12-1  plates of regular series for vehicles maintained for and used by

12-2  investigators of the law enforcement agencies enumerated in

12-3  paragraph (d) of subsection 2, subject to all of the requirements

12-4  imposed by that paragraph, except that the fee required by that

12-5  paragraph must not be charged.

12-6      4.  Applications for the licenses must be made through the head

12-7  of the department, board, bureau, commission, school district or

12-8  irrigation district, or through the chairman of the board of county

12-9  commissioners of the county or town or through the mayor of the

12-10  city, owning or controlling the vehicles, and no plate or plates may

12-11  be issued until a certificate has been filed with the Department

12-12  showing that the name of the department, board, bureau,

12-13  commission, county, city, town, school district or irrigation district,

12-14  as the case may be, and the words “For Official Use Only” have

12-15  been permanently and legibly affixed to each side of the vehicle,

12-16  except those vehicles enumerated in subsection 2.

12-17     5.  As used in this section[, “exempt] :

12-18     (a) “Exempt vehicle” means a vehicle exempt from the

12-19  governmental services tax, except a vehicle owned by the United

12-20  States.

12-21     (b) “Public administrator” includes a public property trustee

12-22  appointed pursuant to section 5 of this act.

12-23     6.  The Department shall adopt regulations governing the use of

12-24  all license plates provided for in this section. Upon a finding by the

12-25  Department of any violation of its regulations, it may revoke the

12-26  violator’s privilege of registering vehicles pursuant to this section.

12-27     Sec. 18.  NRS 669.045 is hereby amended to read as follows:

12-28     669.045  “Fiduciary” means a trustee, executor, administrator,

12-29  guardian of an estate, conservator, assignee for the benefit of

12-30  creditors, receiver, depositary or person that receives on deposit

12-31  money or property from a public administrator or public property

12-32  trustee, as applicable, under any provision of this chapter or from

12-33  another fiduciary.

12-34     Sec. 19.  NRS 704.197 is hereby amended to read as follows:

12-35     704.197  1.  A public administrator or public property trustee,

12-36  as applicable, or a deputy designated by [him] either such officer

12-37  may submit a written request to a public utility for the name and

12-38  address of a person listed in the records of the public utility if the

12-39  information is necessary to assist the public administrator or public

12-40  property trustee, as applicable, in carrying out his duties pursuant to

12-41  chapter 253 of NRS.

12-42     2.  Upon receipt of a written request pursuant to subsection 1, a

12-43  public utility shall disclose the name and address of the person listed

12-44  in the records of customers of the public utility to the public

13-1  administrator or public property trustee, as applicable, or a deputy

13-2  designated by [him.] either such officer.

13-3      3.  A disclosure made in good faith pursuant to subsection 1

13-4  does not give rise to any action for damages for the disclosure of the

13-5  name and address of a customer by a public utility.

13-6      Sec. 20.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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