2005 Nevada Revised Statutes - Chapter 396 — Nevada System of Higher Education
CHAPTER 396 - NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHEREDUCATION
GENERAL PROVISIONS
NRS 396.005 Definitions.
NRS 396.010 Seatof University; extension instruction, research and service activities conductedthroughout State.
NRS 396.020 Legaland corporate name of University; name and composition of System.
BOARD OF REGENTS
NRS 396.031 Definitions.
NRS 396.035 Attachmentof omitted area to appropriate district; certification and filing ofattachment.
NRS 396.040 Numberof Regents; election from certain districts; residency requirements.
NRS 396.0411 Mapsof districts: Duties of Director of Legislative Counsel Bureau.
NRS 396.0413 Mapsof districts: Duties of Secretary of State.
NRS 396.0415 District1.
NRS 396.0425 District2.
NRS 396.043 District3.
NRS 396.0435 District4.
NRS 396.044 District5.
NRS 396.0445 District6.
NRS 396.045 District7.
NRS 396.0451 District8.
NRS 396.0453 District9.
NRS 396.0455 District10.
NRS 396.0456 District11.
NRS 396.0457 District12.
NRS 396.046 District13.
NRS 396.050 Oaths.
NRS 396.060 Vacancies.
NRS 396.070 Salariesand expenses of Regents; restrictions on account to pay for hostingexpenditures of Regent; annual report and availability of hosting expenditures.
NRS 396.080 Chairmanof Board.
NRS 396.090 Secretaryof Board: Employment; duties.
NRS 396.100 Meetings;records open to public inspection.
NRS 396.110 Rulesof Board.
NRS 396.120 Copyof minutes of Regents meetings transmitted to Governor.
NRS 396.122 Interestin certain contracts prohibited.
PERSONNEL
NRS 396.210 Chancellor:Appointment and qualifications.
NRS 396.220 Salaryof Chancellor.
NRS 396.230 Dutiesof Chancellor and other officers.
NRS 396.240 Reportsof Chancellor and other officers.
NRS 396.251 Establishmentof policies and procedures for certain personnel.
NRS 396.255 Establishmentof procedures governing contracts that faculty members and employees may enterinto or benefit from.
NRS 396.260 Employmentof alien instructor or professor through program of exchange.
NRS 396.270 Officialoath for instructor and professor.
NRS 396.280 Salariesof academic staff.
NRS 396.290 Retirementbenefits for employees of System.
NRS 396.300 Rulesfor reports of officers and teachers.
NRS 396.311 CommunityCollege: System of probation for professional employees.
NRS 396.315 CommunityCollege: System for dismissal of professional employees.
NRS 396.320 Groundsfor dismissal or removal of certain personnel.
DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS
NRS 396.323 Powersof Regents and other officers to issue subpoenas; enforcement.
NRS 396.324 Personwith disability entitled to services of qualified interpreter at hearing.
POLICE DEPARTMENT; REVIEW OF POLICE MISCONDUCT
NRS 396.325 Creation;interlocal agreements with other law enforcement agencies.
NRS 396.327 Policerequired to wear badges.
NRS 396.328 Provisionof accident reports and related materials upon receipt of reasonable fee; exceptions.
NRS 396.329 Reportconcerning activities of department.
NRS 396.3291 Campusreview board: Creation authorized to review allegations of misconduct by peaceofficers of the Police Department; membership; conditions for membership;payment of per diem and travel expenses.
NRS 396.3293 Campusreview board: Limitation on jurisdiction; abridgement of rights of peaceofficer prohibited.
NRS 396.3295 Panelof campus review board: Membership; authority to refer complaint and reviewinternal investigation concerning peace officer; Police Department required toprovide personnel information; notice and opportunity for hearing on internalinvestigation; report of findings; proceedings closed to public; findings andrecommendations are public records.
NRS 396.3297 Panelof campus review board: Authority to administer oaths, take testimony, issuesubpoenas and issue commissions to take testimony; enforcement of subpoena bycourt.
FINANCES
NRS 396.330 Acceptanceof grants of land.
NRS 396.340 Acceptanceof federal appropriations and grants; annual report.
NRS 396.350 IrreducibleUniversity Fund.
NRS 396.360 ContingentUniversity Fund.
NRS 396.370 Appropriationsfor support and maintenance of System.
NRS 396.380 Receiptand disbursement of money by Board of Regents; control of expenditures.
NRS 396.383 AccountsPayable Revolving Fund.
NRS 396.384 CollegiateLicense Plate Account.
NRS 396.385 Useof facsimile signature by chief business officer; conditions.
NRS 396.390 Claims:Procedure and payment.
NRS 396.400 Publicinspection of accounts.
UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONS
NRS 396.405 Meetings;records; exemption from certain taxes; governing body; nondisclosure ofcontributors.
PROPERTY; CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS; EQUIPMENT; MATERIALS ANDSUPPLIES
NRS 396.420 Acceptanceof property.
NRS 396.425 Purchaseof real property.
NRS 396.430 Saleand lease of property; use of proceeds.
NRS 396.431 Disclosurerequired for sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or exchange of land withdomestic or foreign limited-liability company.
NRS 396.432 Dispositionof unclaimed property.
NRS 396.433 Fidelityand other insurance.
NRS 396.435 Regulationsgoverning traffic on Systems property; publication; filing; penalty.
NRS 396.4355 Annualreport concerning capital improvements; submission to Legislature.
NRS 396.436 Maintenanceand delivery of records and controls for inventory.
NRS 396.4365 Maintenanceand availability of material safety data sheet for hazardous materials used onbuildings or grounds of campus.
NRS 396.437 Recyclingof paper, paper products and other waste materials; regulations and procedures;exception; deposit of money received.
PROGRAMS OF INSTRUCTION, RESEARCH AND CLINICAL SERVICES
NRS 396.440 Courseof study, terms and vacations.
NRS 396.500 Instructionin United States Constitution and Nevadas Constitution; examination.
NRS 396.504 Regentsencouraged to review mission of System and parity among institutions.
NRS 396.505 Comprehensiveplan for new programs and expansions of existing programs of instruction,public service and research; presentation of revised plan to Legislature.
NRS 396.514 Instructionin essentials of green building construction and design.
NRS 396.515 Instructionin ecology and environmental protection; inclusion in program for education ofteachers.
NRS 396.516 Uniformcourse of study and policies and procedures on teaching American Sign Language.
NRS 396.517 Programto educate and train persons for work in nursing home.
NRS 396.518 Developmentof curriculum and standards for degree in dental hygiene or public healthdental hygiene.
NRS 396.519 Programof student teaching and practicum.
NRS 396.5195 Cooperationof Regents to ensure program designed to educate teachers includes instructionin academic standards required in high school.
NRS 396.521 Geneticsprogram: Establishment.
NRS 396.523 Geneticsprogram: Provision of services.
NRS 396.524 Geneticsprogram: Eligibility; determination of ability to pay.
NRS 396.525 Geneticsprogram: Confidentiality of records and information.
NRS 396.526 Geneticsprogram: Qualifications of personnel; exemption.
NRS 396.527 Geneticsprogram: Powers of Board of Regents.
STUDENTS; TUITION; GRADUATION AND DIPLOMAS
NRS 396.530 Discriminationin admission prohibited.
NRS 396.533 Accessto all library facilities within System.
NRS 396.535 Formrequired for informed consent of students concerning release or disclosure ofpersonally identifiable information.
NRS 396.540 Chargesfor tuition; free tuition.
NRS 396.543 Reciprocalagreement with another state for full or partial waiver of tuition.
NRS 396.544 Waiverof fees for members of Nevada National Guard; eligibility for waiver;verification of membership in Guard; reimbursement upon failure of recruit toenter Guard.
NRS 396.545 Paymentof fees and expenses of dependent child of police or highway patrol officer,firefighter or volunteer ambulance driver or attendant killed in line of dutyor service; Trust Fund for the Education of Dependent Children.
NRS 396.546 Accessto electronic version of instructional materials to students with print accessdisability.
NRS 396.547 Studentgovernment: Establishment; approval of bylaws; fees.
NRS 396.548 Provisionof information to board of trustees of school districts regarding remedialinstruction.
NRS 396.550 Timeand standards of graduation.
NRS 396.560 Diplomaof graduation; determination of completion of full course of study required fordiploma.
NRS 396.568 Automatictransfer of credits earned at community college toward degree at state collegeor university; appeal by student if credit denied.
NRS 396.580 Diplomafor course of study not equivalent to regular course.
NRS 396.585 Satisfactoryprogress toward obtaining degree required to participate as member of varsityathletic team.
NRS 396.591 Medicalinsurance for members of athletic teams.
STATE CLIMATOLOGIST
NRS 396.595 Creationof Office; employment, qualifications and duties.
NRS 396.597 Systemmay provide space for office and supplies; other employment allowed.
PUBLIC SERVICE DIVISION
In General
NRS 396.600 Composition.
NRS 396.610 Rulesand regulations.
Bureau of Mines and Geology
NRS 396.620 Analysesof ores, minerals, soil and water: Submission of samples by residents of thisState; fee; maintenance of records and samples.
NRS 396.630 Assayto be run when same material sent from same district.
NRS 396.640 Analysesof samples in order received.
NRS 396.650 Limitationson number of samples and quantitative analyses.
NRS 396.660 Purposeand applicability of NRS 396.620 to
Agricultural Extension
NRS 396.690 Acceptanceof federal appropriations for agricultural extension work.
Agricultural Experiment Station
NRS 396.740 Purposes.
NRS 396.750 Director;assistants.
NRS 396.760 Acceptanceof federal acts.
NRS 396.770 Acceptanceof federal money.
NRS 396.780 Biennialreports.
NRS 396.790 Agriculturalresearch: Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station Fund.
CENTER FOR THE ANALYSIS OF CRIME STATISTICS
NRS 396.792 Establishment;acceptance and use of gifts and grants.
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE
NRS 396.795 Establishment.
NRS 396.7951 Purposes.
NRS 396.7952 Powersof Board of Regents.
NRS 396.7953 Proceduresand policies for personnel.
NRS 396.7954 Depositof money received on behalf of Institute.
NRS 396.7955 Fiscalpolicies and procedures.
NRS 396.7956 Researchconcerning use of solar energy as source of power.
ETHICS INSTITUTE
NRS 396.797 Establishment.
NRS 396.7971 Powersof Institute.
NRS 396.7972 Powersof Board of Regents.
NRS 396.7973 Proceduresand policies for personnel.
NRS 396.7974 Depositof money received on behalf of Institute.
NRS 396.7975 Fiscalpolicies and procedures.
ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ANDEXPANSION OF UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO
NRS 396.7992 Formationof nonprofit corporation: Powers of Board of Regents.
NRS 396.7993 Systemand Board of Regents not obligated to acquire property from nonprofitcorporation.
NRS 396.7994 Statusof nonprofit corporation on formation.
NRS 396.7995 Limitationson activities of nonprofit corporation.
NRS 396.7996 Activitiesof nonprofit corporation public in nature.
NRS 396.7997 Incomeof nonprofit corporation.
NRS 396.7998 Beneficialinterest of System and Board of Regents in nonprofit corporation.
NRS 396.7999 Approvalof corporate acts by System.
ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ANDEXPANSION OF UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS
NRS 396.801 Formationof nonprofit corporation: Powers of Board of Regents.
NRS 396.802 Systemand Board of Regents not obligated to acquire property from nonprofitcorporation.
NRS 396.803 Statusof nonprofit corporation on formation.
NRS 396.804 Limitationson activities of nonprofit corporation.
NRS 396.805 Activitiesof nonprofit corporation public in nature.
NRS 396.806 Incomeof nonprofit corporation.
NRS 396.807 Beneficialinterest of System and Board of Regents in nonprofit corporation.
NRS 396.808 Approvalof corporate acts by System.
UNIVERSITY SECURITIES LAW
NRS 396.809 Shorttitle.
NRS 396.810 Purpose;supplemental nature.
NRS 396.811 Definitions.
NRS 396.812 Acquisitionand acquire defined.
NRS 396.813 Boarddefined.
NRS 396.814 Chairmanand Chairman of the Board defined.
NRS 396.8145 Chancellorof the University defined.
NRS 396.815 Commercialbank defined.
NRS 396.816 Costof any project defined.
NRS 396.8163 Disposaland dispose defined.
NRS 396.8167 Equipand equipment defined.
NRS 396.817 Facilitiesdefined.
NRS 396.818 FederalGovernment defined.
NRS 396.819 Federalsecurities defined.
NRS 396.820 Grossrevenues and gross pledged revenues defined.
NRS 396.821 Hereby,herein, hereinabove, hereinafter, hereinbefore, hereof, hereto,hereunder, heretofore and hereafter defined.
NRS 396.822 Holderdefined.
NRS 396.823 Improvementand improve defined.
NRS 396.824 Netrevenues and net pledged revenues defined.
NRS 396.825 Operationand maintenance expenses defined.
NRS 396.826 Operationand maintenance expenses: Exclusions from definition.
NRS 396.828 Pledgedrevenues defined.
NRS 396.829 Pledgedrevenues: Exclusions from definition.
NRS 396.831 Projectdefined.
NRS 396.832 Secretaryof the Board defined.
NRS 396.833 Securitiesdefined.
NRS 396.834 Statedefined.
NRS 396.835 Treasurerof the University defined.
NRS 396.836 Trustbank defined.
NRS 396.837 UnitedStates defined.
NRS 396.838 Universitydefined.
NRS 396.839 Bondsand other securities are special obligations payable solely out of net pledgedrevenues.
NRS 396.8395 Revenueswhich may be included as pledged revenues.
NRS 396.840 Proposedsecurities: Sufficiency of revenues; earnings test; estimates and adjustments.
NRS 396.841 Paymentof securities not to be secured by encumbrance, mortgage or pledge of property;exception.
NRS 396.842 Recourseagainst individual Regents: Acceptance of securities constitutes waiver andrelease.
NRS 396.843 Bondsand other securities not obligations of or enforceable against State;restrictions on pledges, assignments and encumbrances.
NRS 396.844 Faithof State pledged against repeal, amendment or modification of UniversitySecurities Law.
NRS 396.845 Powerof University or Regents to become obligated and issue securities for project;other powers.
NRS 396.8455 Boardof Regents authorized to delegate its authority to sign contract for purchaseof securities or to accept bid for securities; certain terms of securities mustbe approved by Board of Regents.
NRS 396.846 Typesof securities which may be issued; series.
NRS 396.847 Notesand warrants: Maturity; extension or funding.
NRS 396.848 Temporarybonds: Conditions, terms and provisions; holders rights and remedies.
NRS 396.849 Resolutionauthorizing issuance of securities: Description of purposes.
NRS 396.8495 Resolutionauthorizing issuance of securities may fix rate of interest; Board of Regentsauthorized to enter into agreement for assurance of payment in connection withsecurities; exemption from limitation on rates of interest.
NRS 396.850 Detailsof securities provided by resolution.
NRS 396.851 Recitalin securities conclusive evidence of validity and regularity of issuance.
NRS 396.852 Denomination,negotiability and maturity of securities; interest and interest coupons.
NRS 396.853 Execution,signing, countersigning and authentication of securities and coupons; facsimilesignature.
NRS 396.854 Redemptionbefore maturity.
NRS 396.855 Repurchaseof bonds and other securities.
NRS 396.856 Useof money received from issuance of securities.
NRS 396.857 Dispositionof unexpended balance after completion of project.
NRS 396.858 Validityof securities not dependent on proceedings relating to project or completion ofpurpose; purchasers not responsible for application of proceeds.
NRS 396.859 Specialfunds and accounts: Creation; purposes.
NRS 396.860 Employmentof legal and other expert services; contracts for sale and other purposes.
NRS 396.861 Investmentand reinvestment of revenues and proceeds of securities in federal securities.
NRS 396.8615 Investmentand reinvestment of pledged revenues and proceeds of securities issued ininvestment contract collateralized with securities issued by FederalGovernment.
NRS 396.862 Covenantsand other provisions in bonds and other securities.
NRS 396.8625 Agreementsin connection with securities: Exchange of interest rates; payment of interestat fixed rate or variable rate; terms; exemption from limitation on rates ofinterest; payments from pledged revenues authorized.
NRS 396.863 Pledgedrevenues received or credited subject to immediate lien; priority and validityof lien.
NRS 396.864 Rightsand powers of holders of securities and trustees.
NRS 396.865 Receivers:Appointment; powers and duties.
NRS 396.866 Rightsand remedies cumulative.
NRS 396.867 Failureof holder to proceed does not relieve University and its officers, agents andemployees of liability for nonperformance of duties.
NRS 396.868 Interimdebentures: Maturity; use of proceeds; issuance.
NRS 396.869 Interimdebentures: Security for payment.
NRS 396.870 Interimdebentures: Extension and funding.
NRS 396.871 Interimdebentures: Funding by reissuance of bonds pledged as collateral security;issuance of other bonds.
NRS 396.872 Refundingof securities payable from pledged revenues: Resolution; trust indenture;limitations on call for prior redemption; exchange of outstanding securitiesheld by State or its agencies; outstanding securities evidencing long-termloans.
NRS 396.873 Refundingbonds: Exchange for outstanding bonds or federal securities; public or privatesale.
NRS 396.874 Conditionsfor refunding bonds.
NRS 396.875 Refundingbonds: Disposition of proceeds, accrued interest and premium; costs; escrow;trusts.
NRS 396.876 Proceedsof refunding bonds in escrow or trust: Investment; security; sufficient amount;purchaser not responsible for application of proceeds.
NRS 396.877 Refundingbonds payable from pledged revenues.
NRS 396.878 Issuanceof bonds separately or in combination.
NRS 396.879 Otherstatutory provisions applicable to refunding bonds.
NRS 396.880 Conclusivedetermination of Board of Regents that statutory limitations have been met.
NRS 396.881 Bondsand other securities exempt from taxation; exception.
NRS 396.882 Bondsand other securities legal investments for state money.
NRS 396.883 Legalinvestments for other persons.
NRS 396.884 Sufficiencyof NRS 396.809 to
NRS 396.885 Liberalconstruction.
PROGRAM TO PROVIDE LOANS TO NURSING STUDENTS
NRS 396.890 Administrationby Board of Regents; eligibility for loans; terms and repayment of loans;delinquency charges.
NRS 396.891 Limitationson amount of loans; distribution of loans among campuses of System.
NRS 396.892 Repaymentof loans; exceptions; regulations.
NRS 396.893 Boardof Regents may require cosigner or security for loan.
NRS 396.894 Boardof Regents may require repayment of balance of loan under certaincircumstances.
NRS 396.895 Recipientof loan required to comply with regulations adopted by Board of Regents;penalties.
NRS 396.896 Extensionof period for repayment of loan: Application; approval by Board of Regents.
NRS 396.897 Credittowards repayment of loan for certain professional services provided withoutcompensation.
NRS 396.898 Powersof Board of Regents.
HEALTH SERVICES IN UNDERSERVED AREAS
NRS 396.899 NevadaHealth Service Corps: Practitioner defined.
NRS 396.900 NevadaHealth Service Corps: Establishment by Board of Regents authorized.
NRS 396.901 NevadaHealth Service Corps: Primary purposes.
NRS 396.902 NevadaHealth Service Corps: Powers of University of Nevada School of Medicine.
NRS 396.903 NevadaHealth Service Corps: Program for repayment of loans on behalf of certainpractitioners.
NRS 396.905 Useof money by the University of Nevada School of Medicine for development ofobstetrical access program.
NRS 396.906 NevadaOffice of Rural Health: Establishment; duties; use of gifts and other money.
NRS 396.907 AreaHealth Education Center Program: Establishment; duties; use of gifts and othermoney.
NRS 396.908 MedicalEducation Council of Nevada: Establishment; duties; use of gifts and othermoney.
THE GOVERNOR GUINN MILLENNIUM SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
NRS 396.911 Legislativedeclaration.
NRS 396.914 Definitions.
NRS 396.916 Eligibleinstitution defined.
NRS 396.918 Millenniumscholarship defined.
NRS 396.922 TrustFund defined.
NRS 396.926 Creationof Program; Millennium Scholarship Trust Fund; deposit and investment of moneyin Fund; administration by Treasurer; use of money in Fund.
NRS 396.930 Eligibilityrequirements for scholarship; duties and powers of Board of Regents; outreachto certain students.
NRS 396.934 Maximumamount of scholarship; remedial courses excluded from payment; requirements forcontinuing eligibility; ineligibility if requirements not satisfied;disbursement upon certification of eligibility; procedures for refund.
NRS 396.938 Developmentof plan to direct other financial aid to students who are not eligible forscholarships.
UNLAWFUL ACTS
NRS 396.970 Surreptitiouselectronic surveillance on campus; exceptions.
NRS 396.980 Useof diisocyanate in maintenance or repair of building owned or operated bySystem while certain persons are present.
NRS 396.990 Useof false or misleading degrees.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
NRS
1. Board of Regents means the Board of Regents ofthe University of Nevada.
2. Community college means all of the communitycolleges within the Nevada System of Higher Education.
3. State college means all of the state collegeswithin the Nevada System of Higher Education.
4. System means the Nevada System of HigherEducation.
5. University means all of the universities withinthe Nevada System of Higher Education.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 340; A
NRS
1. The seat of the State University, as described inSection 4 of Article 11 of the Constitution of the State of Nevada, is herebylocated at the Office of the Chancellor of the System.
2. Extension instruction on the collegiate level,research and service activities may be conducted throughout the State.
[Part 1:85:1873; A 1885, 75; BH 1375; cited C 5101; RL 4652; NCL 7745](NRS A 1957, 166, 1965, 214; 1969, 1432; 1981,897; 1993, 341; 2005,359)
NRS
1. Universities;
2. State colleges;
3. Community colleges;
4. Administrative services;
5. Research facilities, including, without limitation:
(a) The Desert Research Institute;
(b) The Ethics Institute; and
(c) The Center for the Analysis of Crime Statistics,established within the Department of Criminal Justice at the University ofNevada, Las Vegas; and
6. Departments within the Public Service Division,
administeredunder the direction of the Board of Regents is hereby collectively known as theNevada System of Higher Education. The System is comprised of such branches andfacilities as the Board of Regents deems appropriate.
[1:208:1907; RL 4638; NCL 7725](NRS A 1969,1433; 1993, 341; 2003,642; 2005, 359)
BOARD OF REGENTS
NRS
1. Block means the smallest geographical unit whoseboundaries were designated by the Bureau of the Census of the United StatesDepartment of Commerce in its topographically integrated geographic encodingand referencing system.
2. Block group means a combination of blocks whosenumbers begin with the same digit.
3. Census tract means a combination of block groups.
4. Census voting district means the voting district:
(a) Based on the geographic and population databasescompiled by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department ofCommerce as validated and incorporated into the geographic information systemby the Legislative Counsel Bureau for use by the Nevada Legislature; and
(b) Designated in the maps filed with the Office of theSecretary of State pursuant to NRS 396.0411.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1820; A 1991, 1095;
NRS
1. If any area of this state is omitted from theprovisions of NRS 396.031 to
(a) If the area is surrounded by a district, it must beattached to that district.
(b) If the area is contiguous to two or more districts,it must be attached to the district that has the least population.
2. Any attachments made pursuant to the provisions ofthis section must be certified in writing and filed with the Director of theLegislative Counsel Bureau and with the Secretary of State. No change may bemade in any attachments until the districts are again reapportioned.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1820; A 1991, 1096;
NRS
1. The Board of Regents consists of 13 members electedby the registered voters within the districts described in
2. The members of the Board of Regents must be electedas follows:
(a) At the general election in 2002, and every 6 yearsthereafter, one member of the Board of Regents must be elected from districts2, 3, 5 and 10.
(b) At the general election in 2004, and every 6 yearsthereafter, one member of the Board of Regents must be elected from districts6, 7, 8, 11 and 13.
(c) At the general election in 2006, and every 6 yearsthereafter, one member of the Board of Regents must be elected from districts1, 4, 9 and 12.
3. Each member of the Board of Regents must be aresident of the district from which he is elected.
[Part 2:37:1887; A 1905, 190; 1917, 352; 1941, 91;1931 NCL 7727](NRS A 1957, 166; 1959, 81; 1967, 408; 1971, 1531; 1973, 241;1981, 1822; 1991, 1096;
NRS
1. Retain in an office of the Legislative CounselBureau, copies of maps of the districts described in
2. Make available copies of the maps to any interestedperson for a reasonable fee, not to exceed the actual costs of producing copiesof the maps.
3. File a copy of the maps with the Secretary ofState.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 1095; A
NRS
1. Provide to the clerk of each county and the Clerkof Carson City, copies of the maps filed pursuant to subsection 3 of
2. Make available copies of the maps to any interestedperson for a reasonable fee, not to exceed the actual costs of producing copiesof the maps.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 1095)
NRS
1. Census tracts 000201, 000203, 000301, 000302,000600, 000800, 000900, 003425, 003500, 003602, 003609, 003610, 003611, 003612,003613, 003614, 003615, 003700, 004703, 004711, 004712, 004714, 004715, 004716,006203 and 006204.
2. Census voting districts 2004, 2021, 2044, 2056,2083, 2112, 2117, 2129, 2142, 4021, 4022, 4033, 4060 and 4066.
3. In census tract 000101, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002,2003, 2014 and 2015.
4. In census tract 000204, blocks 1000, 1003, 1007,1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019 and 1020.
5. In census tract 000400, blocks 1001, 1002, 1003,1004, 1007, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 4005, 4006,4007, 4008, 4009, 4010, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4015, 4016, 4017, 6000, 6001,6002, 6003, 6004, 6005, 6006, 6007, 6008, 6009, 6010, 6011 and 6012.
6. In census tract 000700, blocks 1001, 1002, 1003,1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016,1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029,1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042,1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055,2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012,2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.
7. In census tract 001100, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 2000, 2001, 2002,2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.
8. In census tract 003603, blocks 1022, 1023, 1024,1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042,1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1058, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
9. In census tract 003604, blocks 1001, 1002, 1003,1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1013, 1014, 1015, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008,3009, 3010 and 3011.
10. In census tract 003605, blocks 2002, 2003, 2004,2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023,2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030 and 2031.
11. In census tract 003607, blocks 1001, 1002, 1003,1007, 1008, 1009, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007 and 3008.
12. In census tract 003800, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015,1016, 1017, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,3006, 4001 and 4009.
13. In census tract 004400, block 2003.
14. In census tract 004500, block 1003.
15. In census tract 004600, blocks 1013, 1014, 1015,1016, 1018, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004,3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017,3018 and 3019.
16. In census tract 004713, blocks 1001, 1004, 1005,1006, 1007, 1008 and 1009.
17. In census tract 004717, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
18. In census tract 006000, blocks 9009, 9010, 9011,9012, 9013, 9017, 9018, 9019, 9020, 9021, 9026, 9027, 9028, 9029, 9030, 9031,9032, 9033, 9034, 9035, 9038, 9039, 9040, 9041, 9042, 9043, 9044, 9045, 9046,9047, 9050, 9051, 9052, 9053 and 9054.
19. In census tract 006102, blocks 3031, 3032, 3033,3034 and 3035.
20. In census tract 006201, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,1003, 1004, 1005 and 1006.
21. In census tract 006202, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002,2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and2015.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1820; A 1991, 1097;
NRS
1. Census tracts 000102, 000103, 000104, 000105,001003, 001004, 001005, 001006, 002203, 002204, 002205, 002905, 002937, 002938,002947, 003001, 003101, 003102, 003416, 003417, 003419, 003420, 003422, 003423and 003424.
2. Census voting districts 2049, 2051, 2052, 2054,2055, 2104, 3027, 3029, 3104, 6028, 6029 and 6030.
3. In census tract 000101, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,1003, 1004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021,2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 3001, 3008, 3009, 4000, 4001,4002, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4009, 4010, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4014and 4015.
4. In census tract 000204, blocks 2003, 2004, 2005,2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
5. In census tract 002201, blocks 2012 and 2013.
6. In census tract 002935, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1008 and 1009.
7. In census tract 002936, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002,2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
8. In census tract 002946, blocks 1000, 1001 and 1002.
9. In census tract 002949, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002,2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
10. In census tract 002954, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002and 1003.
11. In census tract 002955, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1009 and 1010.
12. In census tract 003004, block 2000.
13. In census tract 003005, blocks 4000, 4001 and4002.
14. In census tract 003006, blocks 3000 and 3001.
15. In census tract 003412, block 3017.
16. In census tract 003413, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018,1019 and 1023.
17. In census tract 003415, blocks 3000, 3001, 3002,3004, 4000, 4001, 4012, 6000, 6001, 6002, 6003, 6005, 6006, 6007, 6008, 6009and 6015.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1820; A 1991, 1097;
NRS
1. Census tracts 002000, 002300, 002403, 002404,002405, 002406, 002501, 002504, 002505, 002506, 002601, 002602, 002603, 002702,002706, 002707, 002708, 002709, 002807, 002809, 002810, 002811, 002817, 002818,002823, 002824, 002828, 002829, 002830, 002833, 002834, 005311, 005312, 005316,005317, 005319 and 005320.
2. Census voting districts 1111, 5014, 7050, 7060,7061 and 7062.
3. In census tract 000204, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002,2013 and 2014.
4. In census tract 001100, blocks 2009, 2010, 2011,3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 4000, 4001,4002, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008 and 4009.
5. In census tract 002201, blocks 2010, 2011, 2014,2015, 2016 and 2017.
6. In census tract 002808, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015,1016, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and2014.
7. In census tract 002814, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015,1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020 and 2000.
8. In census tract 002831, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,1003, 1004 and 1005.
9. In census tract 002832, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1019 and1020.
10. In census tract 005322, block 1000.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1820; A 1991, 1098;
NRS
1. Census tracts 001706, 001707, 001708, 001709,001715, 001717, 001718, 001803, 001804, 002821, 002822, 002826, 002827, 005010,005011, 005101, 005102, 005103, 005104, 005105, 005106, 005107, 005108, 005109,005200, 005314, 005315, 005318, 005321, 005333, 005334, 005335, 005336, 005337,005338, 005341, 005342, 005343 and 005345.
2. Census voting districts 1110, 5025, 5026, 7031,7034, 7049, 7056, 7057 and 7058.
3. In census tract 001608, blocks 1007, 2003, 2004,2005, 2006 and 2007.
4. In census tract 001713, blocks 1001, 2001, 2002,2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.
5. In census tract 001801, blocks 1002, 1003, 1004,1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and2021.
6. In census tract 002808, blocks 2000, 2004 and 2005.
7. In census tract 005339, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015,1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1040, 1041,2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013,2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1820; A 1991, 1098;
NRS
1. Census tracts 000503, 000504, 000510, 000511,000514, 000516, 000518, 001200, 001300, 001400, 001500, 001609, 001901, 001902,004000, 004100, 004200 and 004300.
2. Census voting districts 2018, 2020, 2062, 2067,2069, 4008, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4014 and 4039.
3. In census tract 000400, blocks 5002, 5003, 5004,5011 and 5012.
4. In census tract 000512, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002,2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014 and 2015.
5. In census tract 000517, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,1003, 1004, 1005, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013,2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007,3008 and 3009.
6. In census tract 000519, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,2009, 2010, 2011, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010,3011 and 3012.
7. In census tract 000700, block 1000.
8. In census tract 001608, blocks 2001 and 2002.
9. In census tract 003800, blocks 4000, 4002, 4003 and4004.
10. In census tract 004400, blocks 1005, 1006, 1007,1008, 1017, 1018, 1019, 2002 and 4012.
11. In census tract 004500, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002,2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 3014 and 3015.
12. In census tract 004600, blocks 1002, 1012, 1017,1019, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.
13. In census tract 004707, blocks 1002, 1003, 1004,1005, 1006, 1007, 1008 and 1009.
14. In census tract 004710, blocks 1004, 1005 and1006.
15. In census tract 004713, blocks 1002, 1003, 1010,1011 and 1012.
16. In census tract 004717, blocks 1003, 1004, 1005,1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011 and 1012.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1821; A 1991, 1099;
NRS
1. Census tracts 001606, 001607, 001610, 001611,001612, 001613, 001710, 001716, 004708, 004709, 004907, 004910, 004911, 004912,004914, 004915, 004916, 004917, 004918, 004919, 004920, 004921, 004922, 004923,004924, 005005, 005006, 005007, 005008, 005009, 005012, 005411, 005412, 005421,005422, 005423 and 006103.
2. Census voting districts 1026, 1032, 1043, 2065,2070, 2123, 2124 and 2126.
3. In census tract 000512, blocks 3000, 3001, 3002,3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012 and 3013.
4. In census tract 000517, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002 and2003.
5. In census tract 000519, block 3000.
6. In census tract 001608, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 2000 and 2008.
7. In census tract 001713, block 1000.
8. In census tract 001714, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011 and 1012.
9. In census tract 001801, blocks 2000 and 2001.
10. In census tract 004707, blocks 1000, 1001, 1010,2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.
11. In census tract 004710, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,1003, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007and 2008.
12. In census tract 006101, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1052, 2000, 2002, 2003,2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017,2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030and 2031.
13. In census tract 006201, block 2000.
14. In census tract 006202, block 1003.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1821; A 1991, 1100;
NRS
1. Census tracts 002915, 002916, 002919, 002939,002940, 002941, 002944, 002950, 002951, 002952, 002953, 002957, 003003, 003210,003211, 003212, 003213, 003214, 003215, 003216, 003217, 003218, 003219, 003220,003221, 003222, 003223, 003224, 003225, 003226, 003227, 003418, 003421, 005804and 005805.
2. Census voting districts 6011, 6012 and 6013.
3. In census tract 003004, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.
4. In census tract 003005, blocks 3000, 3001, 3002,3003, 3004, 4003, 4004 and 4005.
5. In census tract 003006, blocks 3002, 3003, 3004,3005, 3006 and 3007.
6. In census tract 003415, blocks 1000, 1001, 2002 and2003.
7. In census tract 005803, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004,2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006,3007, 3008, 3009 and 3010.
8. In census tract 005810, blocks 1003 and 1005.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1821; A 1991, 1100;
NRS
(Added to NRS by 1991, 1094; A
NRS
1. Carson City, Douglas County, Lyon County and StoreyCounty.
2. In Washoe County:
(a) Census tracts 003201, 003302 and 003304.
(b) Census voting districts 0134, 0145, 0148, 0764,0771, 0790, 0797, 0814, 0819, 0825, 0844, 0887, 0929, 0932 and 0933.
(c) In census tract 001006, blocks 2026, 2038, 2039,2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052,2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063, 2064, 2065,2066, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2070, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, 2075, 2076, 2077, 2078,2079, 2080, 2081, 2082, 2083, 2084, 2085, 2086, 2087, 2088, 2089, 2090, 2091,2092, 2112, 2113, 3036, 3037, 3038, 3039, 3041, 3042, 3043, 3044, 3045, 3046,3047 and 3048.
(d) In census tract 001007, blocks 2016, 2017, 2018,2019, 2020, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3027,3028, 3029, 3030, 3031, 3032, 3033, 3034, 3035, 3036, 3038, 3039, 3042, 3043,3044, 3045, 3046, 3047, 3048, 3049, 3051, 3052, 3053, 3054, 3055 and 3056.
(e) In census tract 002300, blocks 2085, 2086, 2087,2088, 2089, 2090, 2091, 2093, 2094, 2095, 2096, 2097, 2098, 2102, 2103, 2104,2109, 2110, 2111, 2112, 2113, 2114, 2115, 2116, 2117, 2119 and 2995.
(f) In census tract 003202, blocks 1008, 1009, 1024,1025, 1026, 2000, 2001, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 3000,3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013,3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026,3027, 3028, 4000, 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4009, 4010,4011, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4015, 4016, 4017, 4018, 5000, 5001, 5002, 5003, 5004,5005, 5006, 5007, 5008, 5009, 5010, 5011, 5036, 5037, 5038, 5039, 5040, 5041,5042, 5043, 5044, 5045, 5046, 5047, 5048, 5049, 5050, 5051, 5052, 5053, 5054,5055, 5056, 5057, 5058, 5059, 5998 and 5999.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 1095; A
NRS
1. Census tracts 000200, 000300, 000400, 000700,000900, 001003, 001004, 001005, 001101, 001103, 001104, 001105, 001200, 001300,002101, 002104, 002105, 002106, 002203, 002204, 002205 and 002406.
2. Census voting districts 0101, 0144, 0222, 0254,0306, 0307, 0333, 0340, 0342, 0343, 0345, 0353, 0400, 0402, 0410, 0413, 0444,0446, 0503, 0504, 0509, 0511, 0512, 0513, 0534, 0535, 0537, 0539, 0710, 0731,0769, 0779, 0787, 0798, 0834, 0847, 0879, 0917, 0935, 0936, 0938 and 0945.
3. In census tract 000100, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002,2003, 2004, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022,2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035,2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051,2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2072, 2073,2074, 2075, 2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, 2080, 2081, 2082, 2083, 2084, 2085, 2086,3024, 3025, 3026, 3027, 3028, 3029, 3030, 3031, 3032, 3033, 4000, 4001, 4002,4003, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4009, 4010, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4015,4016, 4017, 4018, 4019, 4020, 4021, 4022, 5002, 5003, 5004, 5005, 5010, 5011,5012, 5013, 5014, 5015, 5019, 5020, 5021, 5039, 5040, 5041, 5042, 5043, 5044,5045, 5046, 5047, 5051 and 5052.
4. In census tract 001006, blocks 2004, 2005, 2006,2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2029, 3014 and 3035.
5. In census tract 001007, blocks 2001, 2002, 2003,2004, 2005, 2014, 2015, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3008, 3009,3010, 3011, 3012, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026 and 3050.
6. In census tract 001500, blocks 3011 and 3013.
7. In census tract 001700, blocks 1023, 4000, 4001,4002, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008, 5003, 5004, 5005, 5006, 5007 and5008.
8. In census tract 001800, blocks 3007, 3009, 3010,3011, 4000, 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4009, 4010, 4011,4012, 4013, 5001, 5002, 5003, 5004, 5005, 5009, 5010 and 5011.
9. In census tract 002103, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 2001, 2002, 2003,2004, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
10. In census tract 002202, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015,1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1022, 1025, 1026, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2026, 2028, 2029,2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036 and 2037.
11. In census tract 002401, blocks 1001, 1003, 1004,1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017,1018, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023.
12. In census tract 002402, blocks 2080, 2087 and3024.
13. In census tract 002500, blocks 1009, 3007, 3008,3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3025 and 3026.
14. In census tract 003202, blocks 1005, 1006 and1007.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1822; A 1991, 1101;
NRS
1. Census tracts 001400, 001901, 001902, 002603,002604, 002605, 002606, 002607, 002701, 002702, 002801, 002802, 002901, 002902,003000, 003101, 003105, 003106, 003107, 003108, 003501, 003502, 003503, 003504,003505, 003506, 003507 and 940100.
2. Census voting districts 0401, 0404, 0419, 0423,0432, 0433, 0443, 0450, 0528, 0530, 0540, 0623, 0747, 0748, 0751, 0752, 0848,0913, 0914, 0916 and 0934.
3. In census tract 000100, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015,1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 2006, 2007, 2008,2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008,3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021,3022, 3023, 5000, 5001, 5006, 5007, 5008, 5009, 5053 and 5054.
4. In census tract 001006, blocks 2110, 2111, 2114,2115, 2116, 2117, 2118, 2119, 2120, 2121 and 2999.
5. In census tract 001500, blocks 1000, 1001, 2002,3012 and 3017.
6. In census tract 001700, blocks 1000, 1001, 1004,1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017,1018, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1024, 1025, 1026, 2000, 2001, 2002, 5000, 5001, 5002,5012, 5013 and 5014.
7. In census tract 001800, blocks 4014, 4015, 4016,5000, 5006, 5007 and 5008.
8. In census tract 002103, blocks 2000 and 2999.
9. In census tract 002300, blocks 1002, 1003, 1004,1016, 1017, 1018, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014,2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027,2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040,2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2053,2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063, 2064, 2065, 2066,2067, 2068, 2069, 2070, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, 2075, 2076, 2077, 2078, 2079,2080, 2081, 2082, 2083, 2084, 2092, 2143, 2144 and 2994.
10. In census tract 002401, block 2021.
11. In census tract 002402, blocks 1006, 1007, 1008,1009, 1024, 2066, 2081, 2082 and 2083.
12. In census tract 002500, blocks 2003, 2004, 2005,2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021,2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004,3005, 3006, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023 and 3024.
13. In census tract 002609, blocks 1000, 1004, 1005,1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018,1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1036, 1037, 1038,1039, 1041, 1044, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056,1057, 1058, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012,2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025,2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2037, 2038 and2039.
(Added to NRS by
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1. Census tracts 003203, 003204, 003205, 003206,003207, 003208, 003209, 003301, 003302, 003303, 003304, 003305, 003306, 003408,003409, 003410, 003411, 003606, 003608, 005431, 005432, 005433, 005501, 005503,005504, 005606, 005607, 005608, 005609, 005611, 005612, 005613 and 005901.
2. Census voting districts 1007, 2046, 2047, 2048,2106, 2140, 3131 and 3136.
3. In census tract 003413, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002,2003, 2011, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2025.
4. In census tract 003414, block 1021.
5. In census tract 003603, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015,1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1052, 1057,1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1073and 1074.
6. In census tract 003604, blocks 1000, 1008, 1009,1010, 1011 and 1012.
7. In census tract 003605, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015,1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2032,2033, 2034 and 2035.
8. In census tract 003607, blocks 1000, 1004, 1005 and1006.
9. In census tract 005502, blocks 1001, 1002, 1003,1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016,1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049,1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062,2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
10. In census tract 005710, blocks 1000, 1009, 1010,1011, 1012 and 1013.
11. In census tract 005817, blocks 1000 and 1163.
12. In census tract 005902, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015,1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028,1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041,1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054,1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067,1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080,1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093,1094, 1095, 1096, 1097, 1098, 1099, 1100, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106,1107, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1111, 1112, 1118, 1121, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1138,1139, 1140, 1141, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1146, 1147, 1148, 1149, 1150, 1151,1152, 1153, 1154, 1155, 1156, 1157, 1158, 1159, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1163, 1164,1165, 1166, 1167, 1168, 1169, 1170, 1171, 1172, 1173, 1174, 1175, 1176, 1177,1178, 1179, 1180, 1181, 1182, 1183, 1184, 1185, 1186, 1187, 1188, 1189, 1190,1191, 1192, 1193, 1194, 1195, 1196, 1197, 1198, 1199, 1200, 1201, 1202, 1203,1204, 1205, 1206, 1207, 1208, 1209, 1210, 1211, 1212, 1213, 1214, 1215, 1216,1217, 1218, 1219, 1220, 1221, 1222, 1223, 1224, 1225, 1226, 1227, 1228, 1229,1230, 1231, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1235, 1236, 1237, 1238, 1239, 1240, 1241, 1242,1243, 1244, 1245, 1246, 1247, 1248, 1249, 1250, 1251, 1259, 1260, 1261, 1262,2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012,2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025,2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038,2039, 2040, 2041 and 9019.
13. In census tract 006000, blocks 9000, 9001, 9002,9003, 9004, 9005, 9006, 9007, 9008, 9048, 9049 and 9055.
14. In census tract 006101, blocks 2001 and 2016.
15. In census tract 006102, blocks 3000, 3001, 3002,3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015,3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026, 3027, 3028,3029 and 3030.
(Added to NRS by
NRS
1. Census tracts 002815, 002816, 002835, 002836,002912, 002925, 002942, 002948, 002956, 002958, 002960, 002961, 002962, 002963,005331, 005332, 005702, 005703, 005704, 005705, 005806, 005807, 005808, 005809,005811, 005812, 005813, 005816, 005818, 005819, 005820, 005821 and 940500.
2. Census voting districts 3138, 3188, 6040, 6042,6062, 6066 and 6102.
3. In census tract 002814, blocks 2001, 2002, 2003,2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
4. In census tract 002831, blocks 1006, 1007, 1008,1009, 1010, 1011 and 1012.
5. In census tract 002832, blocks 1014, 1015, 1016,1017, 1018, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030 and1031.
6. In census tract 002927, block 2000.
7. In census tract 002935, blocks 1007, 1010, 1011,1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008and 2009.
8. In census tract 002936, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 2008, 2013, 2014 and 2015.
9. In census tract 002955, blocks 1007, 1008, 1011,1012, 1013, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.
10. In census tract 005322, blocks 1001, 1002, 1003,1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 2000, 2001, 2002,2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.
11. In census tract 005339, blocks 1027, 1028, 1029,1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039 and 1042.
12. In census tract 005502, block 1000.
13. In census tract 005710, blocks 1001, 1002, 1003,1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1020, 1021, 1022,1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035,1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048,1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061,1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074,1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087,1088, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1094, 1095, 1096, 1097, 1098, 1099, 1100,1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1111, 1112, 1113,1114, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1124, 1125, 1126,1127, 1128, 1129, 1130, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1138, 1139,1140, 1141, 1142, 1143, 1144 and 1145.
14. In census tract 005803, block 2001.
15. In census tract 005810, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002,1004, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017,1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030and 1034.
16. In census tract 005817, blocks 1001, 1002, 1003,1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016,1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033,1034, 1035, 1036, 1038, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066,1067, 1069, 1070, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1085,1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1094, 1095, 1096, 1097, 1098,1099, 1100, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1111,1112, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1128,1129, 1130, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1138, 1139, 1140, 1144, 1145,1146, 1147, 1149, 1150, 1151, 1152, 1153, 1154, 1155, 1156, 1157, 1158, 1159,1160, 1161, 1162 and 1164.
17. In census tract 005902, block 9011.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1822; A 1991, 1101;
NRS
[Part 2:37:1887; A 1905, 190; 1917, 352; 1941, 91;1931 NCL 7727]
NRS
[Part 2:37:1887; A 1905, 190; 1917, 352; 1941, 91;1931 NCL 7727](NRS A 1967, 410)
NRS
1. Each member of the Board of Regents is entitled toreceive a salary of $80 for each meeting of the Board that he attends.
2. Each member of the Board of Regents is entitled toreceive in attending meetings of the Board, or while on Board of Regentsbusiness within the State:
(a) A per diem expense allowance not to exceed thegreater of:
(1) The rate of $60; or
(2) The maximum rate established by the FederalGovernment for the locality in which the travel is performed.
(b) A travel allowance computed at the rate providedfor state officers and employees generally in subsection 3 of
3. If an account is established for a member of theBoard of Regents to pay for hosting expenditures of the member:
(a) The annual expenditures from the account may notexceed $2,500.
(b) The account may be used only to pay for activitiesthat are directly related to the duties of the member of the Board of Regents,including reasonable expenses for meals, beverages and small gifts. The accountmust not be used to pay for expenses associated with attending a sporting eventor a political fundraising event.
(c) The member of the Board of Regents must submit amonthly report of expenditures from the account to the Chancellor of theSystem. The report must include, without limitation, the amount of moneyexpended from the account, the specific purpose and activity for which themoney was expended and, if applicable, the person for whom the money wasexpended.
(d) The Chancellor of the System shall compile themonthly reports into an annual report on or before January 30 of each year. Themonthly reports and annual reports are public records and must be madeavailable for public inspection.
4. As used in this section, hosting expendituresmeans reasonable expenses by or on behalf of a member of the Board of Regentswho is conducting business activities necessary to provide a benefit to theSystem by establishing goodwill, promoting programs of the System or otherwiseadvancing the mission of the System.
[Part 4:37:1887; C 1393; RL 4642; NCL 7729](NRS A 1957, 168; 1971, 175; 1977, 50; 1981, 890, 1982; 1995, 183;
NRS
[Part 4:37:1887; C 1393; RL 4642; NCL 7729](NRS A 2005,1078)
NRS
[Part 4:37:1887; C 1393; RL 4642; NCL 7729](NRS A 1969, 1433)
NRS
1. The Board of Regents may hold at least four regularmeetings in each year, and may hold special meetings at the call of theChairman of the Board.
2. At all times, the records of all proceedings of theBoard are open to public inspection except records of a closed meeting whichhave not become public.
[Part 4:37:1887; C 1393; RL 4642; NCL 7729] +[5:37:1887; C 1394; RL 4643; NCL 7730] + [1:244:1947; 1943 NCL 7737.01](NRS A 1960, 27; 1977, 1102; 1981, 898; 1983, 1442)
1. The Board of Regents may prescribe rules for:
(a) Its own government; and
(b) The government of the System.
2. The Board of Regents shall prescribe rules for thegranting of permission to carry or possess a weapon pursuant to
[Part 3:37:1887; A 1917, 52; 1945, 448; 1943 NCL 7728](NRS A 1989, 657; 1993, 341)
NRS
[Part 3:37:1887; A 1917, 52; 1945, 448; 1943 NCL 7728](NRS A 1957, 168; 1961, 174; 1969, 1433)
NRS
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1113)
PERSONNEL
NRS
1. After consultation with the faculty, the Board ofRegents shall appoint a Chancellor of the System.
2. The Chancellor shall have a degree from a collegeor university recognized as equal in rank to those having membership in theAssociation of American Universities.
[Part 3:37:1887; A 1917, 52; 1945, 448; 1943 NCL 7728](NRS A 1957, 168; 1969, 1433; 1993, 341)
NRS
[Part 3:37:1887; A 1917, 52; 1945, 448; 1943 NCL 7728](NRS A 1969, 1433; 1993, 341)
NRS
[Part 3:37:1887; A 1917, 52; 1945, 448; 1943 NCL 7728] + [8:37:1887; C 1397; RL 4646; NCL 7733](NRS A 1957, 169; 1965,94; 1969, 1433; 1993, 341)
NRS
[6:37:1887; C 1395; RL 4644; NCL 7731](NRS A1969, 1433; 1993, 341)
NRS
1. The Board of Regents may establish policies andprocedures for personnel which govern student employees, physicians engaged ina program for residency training and postdoctoral fellows of the System andwhich are separate from the policies and procedures established for theunclassified personnel of the System. Any such policy or procedure does notdiminish the eligibility of those persons for coverage as employees under theprovisions of chapters 616A to
2. In establishing policies and procedures pursuant tosubsection 1, the Board of Regents is not bound by any of the other provisionsof this chapter or the provisions of title 23 of NRS. Those provisions do notapply to a student employee, a physician engaged in a program for residencytraining or a postdoctoral fellow of the System unless otherwise provided bythe Board of Regents.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 290; A 1993, 342;
NRS
(Added to NRS by
NRS
[10.2:37:1887; added 1956, 199](NRS A 1959, 284;1969, 1434)
NRS
1. Each teacher, instructor and professor employed bythe Board of Regents whose compensation is payable out of the public funds,except teachers, instructors and professors employed pursuant to the provisionsof NRS 396.260, shall take and subscribeto the constitutional oath of office before entering upon the discharge of hisduties.
2. The oath of office, when taken and subscribed,shall be filed in the Office of the Board of Regents.
[10.3:37:1887; added 1956, 199](NRS A 1993, 342)
NRS
[Part 3:37:1887; A 1917, 52; 1945, 448; 1943 NCL 7728](NRS A 1957, 169; 1993, 342)
NRS
[9:2:1957](NRS A 1969, 244, 1434; 1987, 291; 1993,342)
NRS
[Part 3:37:1887; A 1917, 52; 1945, 448; 1943 NCL 7728](NRS A 1993, 342)
NRS
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1025; A 1981, 898; 1993, 342)
NRS
1. Adequate notice;
2. A hearing to determine whether good cause exists,to be held before an impartial hearing officer or hearing committee selected ina manner provided by the Board; and
3. Opportunity for review of the decision of thehearing officer or hearing committee,
in any caseinvolving termination or nonrenewal of the contract of a professional employeewho has completed probation.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1025; A 1981, 898)
NRS
1. The willful neglect or failure on the part of anyteacher, instructor, professor, president or chancellor in the System toobserve and carry out the requirements of this chapter is sufficient cause forthe dismissal or removal of the person from his position.
2. It is sufficient cause for the dismissal of anyteacher, instructor, professor, president or chancellor in the System when theperson advocates, or is a member of an organization which advocates, overthrowof the Government of the United States or of the State by force, violence orother unlawful means.
[Part 1:20:1955] + [10.8:37:1887; added 1956,199](NRS A 1969, 1434; 1993, 342)
DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS
NRS
1. The Board of Regents, the Chancellor of the Systemand the presidents of all the branches and facilities within the System mayissue subpoenas in all instances involving disciplinary hearings of members ofthe System.
2. Those persons may issue subpoenas requiring theattendance of witnesses before them together with all books, memoranda, papersand other documents relative to the matters under investigation or to be heard,administer oaths and take testimony thereunder.
3. The district court in and for the county in whichany hearing is being conducted by any of the persons named in subsection 1 maycompel the attendance of witnesses, the giving of testimony and the productionof books and papers as required by any subpoena issued by the person holdingthe hearing.
4. In case of the refusal of any witness to attend ortestify or produce any papers required by the subpoena, the person holding thehearing may report to the district court in and for the county in which thehearing is pending by petition, setting forth:
(a) That due notice has been given of the time andplace of attendance of the witness or the production of the books and papers;
(b) That the witness has been subpoenaed in the mannerprescribed in this chapter; and
(c) That the witness has failed and refused to attendor produce the papers required by subpoena before the person holding thehearing named in the subpoena, or has refused to answer questions propounded tohim in the course of the hearing,
and askingan order of the court compelling the witness to attend and testify or producethe books or papers before the person.
5. The court, upon petition of the person holding thehearing, shall enter an order directing the witness to appear before the courtat a time and place to be fixed by the court in the order, the time must not bemore than 10 days after the date of the order, and then and there show causewhy he has not attended or testified or produced the books or papers before theperson holding the hearing. A certified copy of the order must be served uponthe witness. If it appears to the court that the subpoena was regularly issuedby the person holding the hearing, the court shall thereupon enter an orderthat the witness appear before the person at the time and place fixed in theorder and testify or produce the required books or papers, and upon failure toobey the order the witness must be dealt with as for contempt of court.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 852; A 1981, 898; 1993, 343)
NRS
1. Qualified to engage in the practice of interpretingin this state pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS656A.100; and
2. Appointed by the person who presides at thehearing.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 658; A
POLICE DEPARTMENT; REVIEW OF POLICE MISCONDUCT
NRS
1. Create a Police Department for the System andappoint one or more persons to be members of the Department; and
2. Authorize the Department to enter into interlocalagreements pursuant to chapter 277 of NRS withother law enforcement agencies to provide for the rendering of mutual aid.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 304; A 1969, 1434; 1991, 1701;1993, 344, 1416, 2531; 1995, 571, 572)
NRS
(Added to NRS by 1965, 304; A 1969, 1434; 1993, 344)
NRS
1. The materials are privileged or confidentialpursuant to a specific statute; or
2. The accident involved:
(a) The death or substantial bodily harm of a person;
(b) Failure to stop at the scene of an accident; or
(c) The commission of a felony.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1052; A 1993, 344;
NRS
1. The Board of Regents of the University of Nevadashall, not later than April 15 of each odd-numbered year, prepare and submit tothe Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for submission to theLegislature, a report concerning the activities of the Police Department forthe System.
2. The report must include, without limitation:
(a) A copy of each of the annual security reportscompiled for the immediately preceding 2 years pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 1092,including the executive summary and statistics regarding crimes on campus; and
(b) A statement of:
(1) The policy of each police departmentregarding the use of force and the equipment authorized for use by its officersin carrying out that policy;
(2) The activities performed by each policedepartment during the reporting period to improve or maintain public relationsbetween the campus and the community;
(3) The number of full-time and reserve officersin each police department;
(4) The programs held in each police departmentduring the reporting period in which training was given to its officers and therates of participation in those programs; and
(5) The number, itemized by each policedepartment, of incidents during the reporting period in which an excessive useof force was alleged and the number of those allegations which were sustained.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 424)
NRS
1. The Board of Regents may create on each campus ofthe System a campus review board to advise the president or other chiefadministrative officer of the campus and, upon request, the Board of Regents onissues concerning allegations made against peace officers of the PoliceDepartment for the System involving misconduct while serving on the campus.
2. A campus review board created pursuant tosubsection 1 must consist of not less than 15 members.
3. A campus review board must be appointed by theBoard of Regents from a list of names submitted by interested persons withinthe System and in the general public. If an insufficient number of names ofpersons interested in serving on a campus review board are submitted, the Boardof Regents shall appoint the remaining members in the manner it deemsappropriate.
4. A person appointed to a campus review board:
(a) Must be a resident of this State;
(b) Must not be employed as a peace officer;
(c) Must complete training relating to law enforcementbefore serving as a member of the campus review board, including, withoutlimitation, training in the policies and procedures of the Police Departmentfor the System, the provisions of chapter 284of NRS, the regulations adopted pursuant thereto and
(d) Shall serve without salary, but may receive fromthe System such per diem allowances and travel expenses as are authorized bythe Board of Regents.
(Added to NRS by
NRS
1. Does not have jurisdiction over any matter in whichit is alleged that a crime has been committed.
2. Shall not abridge the rights of a peace officer ofthe Police Department for the System that are granted pursuant to a contract orby law.
(Added to NRS by
NRS
1. A campus review board created pursuant to
2. Members must be selected randomly to serve on apanel, and each panel shall select one of its members to serve as chairman ofthe panel.
3. A panel of a campus review board may:
(a) Refer a complaint against a peace officer of thePolice Department for the System who has served on the campus to the office ofthe Police Department for the System on the campus.
(b) Review an internal investigation of such a peaceofficer and make recommendations regarding any disciplinary action against thepeace officer that is recommended by the office of the Police Department forthe System on the campus, including, without limitation:
(1) Increasing or decreasing the recommendedlevel of discipline; and
(2) Exonerating the peace officer who has beenthe subject of the internal investigation.
4. The Police Department for the System shall makeavailable to a panel of a campus review board any information within apersonnel file that is specific to a complaint against a peace officer of thePolice Department for the System who has served on the campus, or any othermaterial that is specific to the complaint.
5. When reviewing an internal investigation of a peaceofficer of the system pursuant to subsection 3, a panel of a campus review boardshall provide the peace officer with notice and an opportunity to be heard. Thepeace officer may represent himself at the hearing before the panel or berepresented by an attorney or other person of his own choosing. The campusreview board and the Police Department for the System are not responsible forproviding such representation.
6. The chairman of a panel of a campus review boardshall report the findings and recommendations of the panel regardingdisciplinary action to the office of the Police Department for the System onthe campus, the president or other chief administrative officer of the campusand, upon request, the Board of Regents.
7. A proceeding of a panel of a campus review boardmust be closed to the public.
8. The findings and recommendations of a panel of acampus review board are public records unless otherwise declared confidentialby state or federal law.
(Added to NRS by
NRS
1. A panel of a campus review board created pursuantto NRS 396.3291 may:
(a) Administer oaths;
(b) Take testimony;
(c) Within the scope of its jurisdiction, issuesubpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses to testify before the panel;
(d) Require the production of books, papers anddocuments specific to a complaint; and
(e) Issue commissions to take testimony.
2. If a witness refuses to attend or testify orproduce books, papers or documents as required by the subpoena, the panel maypetition the district court to order the witness to appear or testify orproduce the requested books, papers or documents.
(Added to NRS by
FINANCES
NRS
1. The State of Nevada hereby accepts the grants oflands made by the Government of the United States to this state, in thefollowing Acts of Congress, upon the terms and conditions expressed in suchacts, and agrees to comply therewith:
(a) An Act donating Public Lands to the several Statesand Territories which may provide Colleges for the Benefit of Agriculture andthe Mechanic Arts, approved July 2, 1862 (c. 130, 12 Stat. 503), as amended byAn Act extending the Time within which the States and Territories may acceptthe Grant of Lands made by the Act entitled An Act donating public Lands tothe several States and Territories which may provide Colleges for the Benefitof Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, approved July second, eighteen hundredand sixty-two, approved April 14, 1864 (c. 58, 13 Stat. 47), and as extendedby An act concerning certain Lands granted to the State of Nevada, approvedJuly 4, 1866 (c. 166, 14 Stat. 86).
(b) An Act concerning certain Lands granted to theState of Nevada, approved July 4, 1866 (c. 166, 14 Stat. 86).
2. The State of Nevada hereby accepts all grants ofpublic lands made by the Government of the United States to this state prior toFebruary 13, 1867, upon the terms and conditions so granted, as modified in Anact concerning certain Lands granted to the State of Nevada, approved July 4,1866 (c. 166, 14 Stat. 86).
[1:101:1865] + [1:16:1867] + [2:16:1867] +[3:16:1867]
NRS
1. The System was, and now is, established inaccordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Nevada, andalso in accordance with the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled An Actdonating Public Lands to the several States and Territories which may provideColleges for the Benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, approved July2, 1862 (c. 130, 12 Stat. 503), and acts amendatory thereof or supplementarythereto.
2. The Board of Regents are the proper trustees of theSystem to receive and disburse all appropriations made to this State under theprovisions of an Act of Congress entitled An Act to apply a portion of theproceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of thecolleges for the benefit of agriculture and mechanic arts, established underthe provisions of an Act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred andsixty-two, approved August 30, 1890 (c. 841, 26 Stat. 419), and allappropriations hereafter to be made under the Act.
3. The Board of Regents shall make a report at the endof each fiscal year, in connection with its annual report to the Governor, ofother matters concerning the System, including the amounts received anddisbursed under the provisions of this section. The Governor shall transmit allannual reports to the Legislature.
4. The Legislature of Nevada hereby gratefully assentsto the purposes of all grants of money made heretofore and all which mayhereafter be made to the State of Nevada by Congress, under the Act ofCongress, the title of which is recited in subsection 2, and agrees that thegrants must be used only for the purposes named in the Act of Congress, or actsamendatory thereof or supplemental thereto.
[1:59:1891; C 1416; RL 4656; NCL 7750] + [2:59:1891;C 1417; RL 4657; NCL 7751] + [3:59:1891; C 1418; RL 4658; NCL 7752]+ [4:59:1891; C 1419; RL 4659; NCL 7753](NRS A 1969, 1434; 1993, 345;
NRS
1. The moneys arising from the sale of the 72 sectionsof land granted this state by the Act of Congress entitled An act concerningLands granted to the State of Nevada, approved July 4, 1866 (c. 166, 14 Stat.86), for the establishment and maintenance of a university, which sale wasdirected by the provisions of section 4 of chapter 85, Statutes of Nevada 1873,constitute a fund to be known as the Irreducible University Fund. The money inthe Fund must be invested by the Board of Regents in United States bonds, bondsof this state, bonds of other states of the Union or bonds of any county in theState of Nevada. The investments are subject to such further restrictions andregulations as may be provided by law.
2. The interest only of the proceeds resulting fromthe investments described in subsection 1 must be used for the maintenance ofthe System, and any surplus interest must be added to the principal sum.
[Part 4:85:1873; A 1929, 61; NCL 7746](NRS A 1993,345)
NRS
[Part 4:85:1873; A 1929, 61; NCL 7746](NRS A
NRS
1. The following money is hereby set aside andinviolably appropriated for the support and maintenance of the System, and mustbe paid out for the purposes designated by law creating the several funds:
(a) The interest derived from the investment of allmoney from the sale of the 90,000 acres of land granted to the State of Nevadaby the Act of Congress entitled An Act donating Public Lands to the severalStates and Territories which may provide Colleges for the Benefit ofAgriculture and the Mechanic Arts, approved July 2, 1862 (c. 130, 12 Stat.503).
(b) The interest derived from the investment of allmoney from the sale of the 72 sections of land granted to the State of Nevadaby the Act of Congress entitled An act concerning certain Lands granted to theState of Nevada, approved July 4, 1866 (c. 166, 14 Stat. 86), for theestablishment and maintenance of a university.
2. Additional state maintenance and support of theSystem must be provided by direct legislative appropriation from the GeneralFund, upon the presentation of budgets in the manner required by law.
[1:259:1913; A 1949, 288; 1943 NCL 7740](NRS A1957, 128; 1969, 1435; 1993, 345;
NRS
1. The members of the Board of Regents are the soletrustees to receive and disburse all money of the System for the purposesprovided in NRS 396.370.
2. The Board of Regents shall control the expendituresof all money appropriated for the support and maintenance of the System and allmoney received from any other source.
[Part 3:37:1887; A 1917, 52; 1945, 448; 1943 NCL 7728] + [Part 2:259:1913; 1919 RL p. 3208; NCL 7741](NRS A 1993, 346)
NRS
1. The Nevada System of Higher Education AccountsPayable Revolving Fund is hereby created. The Board of Regents may deposit themoney of the Fund in one or more state or national banks or credit unions inthe State of Nevada.
2. The chief business officer of each business centerof the System shall:
(a) Pay from the fund such operating expenses of theSystem as the Board of Regents may by rule prescribe.
(b) Submit claims to the State Board of Examiners formoney of the System on deposit in the State Treasury or elsewhere to replacemoney paid from the Nevada System of Higher Education Accounts PayableRevolving Fund.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 280; A 1969, 1435; 1971, 876;1981, 899; 1993, 346; 1999,1490; 2005, 360)
NRS
1. The Collegiate License Plate Account is herebycreated in the State General Fund.
2. The money in the Account does not lapse to theState General Fund at the end of any fiscal year.
3. The Board of Regents shall administer the Account.
4. The money in the Account must only be used foracademic and athletic scholarships for students of the University of Nevada,Reno, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. One-half of the money must beused for academic scholarships, and one-half of the money must be used forathletic scholarships.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1346)
NRS
1. The mechanical device must be of such a nature thatthe facsimile signature may be removed from the mechanical device and kept in aseparate secure place.
2. The facsimile signature may only be used under thedirection and supervision of the chief business officer of the business center.
3. The registered key to the mechanical device must bekept in a vault at all times when the key is not in use.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 38; A 1961, 281; 1965, 94;1971, 877; 1981, 899; 1993, 346)
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1. Before payment, all claims of every name and natureinvolving the payment of money by or under the direction of the Board ofRegents from funds set aside and appropriated must be passed upon by the StateBoard of Examiners.
2. The Board of Regents shall, with the approval ofthe Governor, require all officers and employees of the System whose duties, asprescribed by law, require the officers or employees to approve claims againstany public funds to file the claims in the office of the Board of Regents fortransmittal.
[12:37:1887; C 1401; RL 4650; NCL 7737] + [Part2:259:1913; 1919 RL p. 3208; NCL 7741] + [1:87:1939; 1931 NCL 5233](NRS A1969, 1436; 1993, 347)
NRS
[Part 3:37:1887; A 1917, 52; 1945, 448; 1943 NCL 7728]
UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONS
NRS
1. A university foundation:
(a) Shall comply with the provisions of
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, shallmake its records public and open to inspection pursuant to
(c) Is exempt from the taxes imposed by
(d) May allow a president or an administrator of theuniversity, state college or community college which it supports to serve as amember of its governing body.
2. A university foundation is not required to disclosethe name of any contributor or potential contributor to the universityfoundation, the amount of his contribution or any information which may revealor lead to the discovery of his identity. The university foundation shall, uponrequest, allow a contributor to examine, during regular business hours, anyrecord, document or other information of the foundation relating to thatcontributor.
3. As used in this section, university foundation meansa nonprofit corporation, association or institution or a charitableorganization that is:
(a) Organized and operated exclusively for the purposeof supporting a university, state college or a community college;
(b) Formed pursuant to the laws of this State; and
(c) Exempt from taxation pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3).
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2623; A
PROPERTY; CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS; EQUIPMENT; MATERIALS ANDSUPPLIES
NRS
1. The Board of Regents may accept and take in thename of the System, for the benefit of any branch or facility of the System, bygrant, gift, devise or bequest, any property for any purpose appropriate to theSystem.
2. Property so acquired must be taken, received, held,managed, invested, and the proceeds thereof used, bestowed and applied by theBoard of Regents for the purposes, provisions and conditions prescribed by therespective grant, gift, devise or bequest.
3. Nothing in this chapter prohibits the State ofNevada from accepting and taking by grant, gift, devise or bequest any propertyfor the use and benefit of the System.
[Part 3:37:1887; A 1917, 52; 1945, 448; 1943 NCL 7728](NRS A 1969, 1436; 1993, 347)
NRS
1. The Board of Regents may purchase real property forcash or by making a cash down payment and executing or assuming an obligationto pay the remainder of the price in deferred installments.
2. Such obligation may be secured by a mortgage ordeed of trust of the real property acquired, but shall not constitute anobligation of the State of Nevada.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1094)
NRS
1. The Board of Regents may sell or lease any propertygranted, donated, devised or bequeathed to the System if:
(a) The sale or lease is not prohibited by orinconsistent with the provisions or conditions prescribed by the grant, gift,devise or bequest; and
(b) The sale or lease is approved by the Governor.
2. The proceeds and rents from the sale or lease mustbe held, managed, invested, used, bestowed and applied by the Board of Regentsfor the purposes, provisions and conditions prescribed by the original grant,gift, devise or bequest of the property so sold or leased.
[Part 3:37:1887; A 1917, 52; 1945, 448; 1943 NCL 7728](NRS A 1973, 388; 1993, 347)
NRS
1. If the System sells, leases, transfers or conveysland to, or exchanges land with, a domestic or foreign limited-liabilitycompany, the Board of Regents shall require the domestic or foreignlimited-liability company to submit a disclosure to the Board of Regentssetting forth the name of any person who holds an ownership interest of 1percent or more in the domestic or foreign limited-liability company. Thedisclosure must be made available for public inspection upon request.
2. As used in this section, land includes all lands,including improvements and fixtures thereon, lands under water, all easementsand hereditaments, corporeal or incorporeal, and every estate, interest andright, legal or equitable, in lands or water, and all rights, interests,privileges, easements, encumbrances and franchises relating to the same,including terms for years and liens by way of judgment, mortgage or otherwise.
(Added to NRS by
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1. Money may be forfeited to the System;
2. Personal property may be sold at public auction andthe proceeds forfeited to the System; and
3. Any property not otherwise disposed of as providedin this section must be donated to a charitable institution.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 407; A 1969, 1448; 1993, 347)
NRS
1. The Board of Regents may budget for and purchasefidelity insurance and insurance against:
(a) Any liability arising under
(b) Tort liability on the part of any of its employeesresulting from an act or omission in the scope of his employment.
(c) The expense of defending a claim against itselfwhether or not liability exists on such claim.
2. Such insurance shall be limited in amount accordingto the limitation of liability imposed by NRS41.035 and shall be purchased from companies authorized to do business inthe State of Nevada.
3. Each contract of insurance shall be free of anycondition of contingent liability and shall contain a clause which providesthat no assessment may be levied against the insured over and above the premiumfixed by such contract.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 404; A 1967, 107)
NRS
1. The Board of Regents may by affirmative vote of amajority of its members adopt, amend, repeal and enforce reasonable regulationsgoverning vehicular and pedestrian traffic on all property owned or used by theSystem.
2. The regulations have the force and effect of law.
3. A copy of every such regulation, giving the datethat it takes effect, must be filed with the Secretary of State, and copies ofthe regulations must be published immediately after adoption and issued in pamphletform for distribution to faculty and students of the System and to the generalpublic.
4. A person who violates any regulation adoptedpursuant to this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 241; A 1969, 1436; 1993, 348)
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1. The Board of Regents shall, for each fiscal year, compilea report concerning the capital improvements owned, leased or operated by theSystem.
2. The report of the capital improvements requiredpursuant to subsection 1 must be prepared in such detail as is required bygenerally accepted accounting principles.
3. The Board of Regents shall, on or before February 1of each year, submit, in any format, including an electronic format, a copy ofthe report compiled pursuant to subsection 1 to the Director of the LegislativeCounsel Bureau for distribution to each regular session of the Legislature.
(Added to NRS by
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(Added to NRS by 1967, 62; A 1973, 1474; 1993, 348,1597; 1995, 579; 1997, 471)
NRS
1. The Board of Regents shall ensure that eachuniversity, state college and community college within the System:
(a) Maintains at the university, state college orcommunity college a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical usedon the buildings or grounds of the university, state college or communitycollege;
(b) Complies with any safety precautions contained inthose sheets; and
(c) Makes those sheets available to all the personnelof the university, state college or community college and the parents of eachstudent attending the university, state college or community college.
2. For the purposes of this section, material safetydata sheet has the meaning ascribed to it in 29 C.F.R. 1910.1200.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3354; A
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1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, theSystem shall recycle or cause to be recycled the paper and paper products ituses. This subsection does not apply to confidential documents if there is anadditional cost for recycling those documents.
2. The System is not required to comply with therequirements of subsection 1 if the Board of Regents determines that the costto recycle or cause to be recycled the paper and paper products used by theSystem or one of its branches or facilities is unreasonable and would place anundue burden on the operations of the System, branch or facility.
3. The Board of Regents shall adopt regulations whichprescribe the procedure for the disposition of the paper and paper products tobe recycled. The Board of Regents may prescribe a procedure for the recyclingof other waste material produced on the premises of the System, a branch or afacility.
4. Any money received by the System for recycling orcausing to be recycled the paper and paper products it uses must be paid by theBoard of Regents to the State Treasurer for credit to the State General Fund.
5. As used in this section:
(a) Paper includes newspaper, high-grade officepaper, fine paper, bond paper, offset paper, xerographic paper, mimeo paper,duplicator paper and any other cellulosic material which contains not more than10 percent by weight or volume of a noncellulosic material, including, but notlimited to, a laminate, binder, coating and saturant.
(b) Paper product means any paper article or commodity,including, but not limited to, paper napkins, towels, cardboard, constructionmaterial, paper and any other cellulosic material which contains not more than10 percent by weight or volume of a noncellulosic material, including, but notlimited to, a laminate, binder, coating and saturant.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 907; A 1993, 348;
PROGRAMS OF INSTRUCTION, RESEARCH AND CLINICAL SERVICES
NRS
[Part 3:37:1887; A 1917, 52; 1945, 448; 1943 NCL 7728](NRS A 1993, 349)
NRS
1. Instruction within the System must be given in theessentials of the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of theState of Nevada, including the origin and history of the Constitutions and thestudy of and devotion to American institutions and ideals.
2. The instruction required in subsection 1 must begiven during at least 1 year of the college grades.
3. The System shall not issue a certificate or diplomaof graduation to a student who has not passed a satisfactory examination uponthe Constitutions.
[10.6:37:1887; added 1956, 199](NRS A 1993, 349)
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(Added to NRS by
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1. The Board of Regents shall prepare a comprehensiveplan for the next 4 years which explains:
(a) Any anticipated new programs and expansions ofexisting programs of instruction, public service or research, itemized by yearand by purpose;
(b) The anticipated cost of each new or expandedprogram described under paragraph (a);
(c) The amount and source of any money anticipated tobe available, from sources other than legislative appropriation, to meet eachitem of anticipated cost listed pursuant to paragraph (b); and
(d) Any further information concerning itscomprehensive planning which the Board of Regents may deem appropriate.
2. The Board of Regents shall biennially bring the planup to date for the ensuing 4 years, and shall present the revised plan to theLegislature not later than February 1 of each odd-numbered year.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1380; A 1973, 313; 1993, 349)
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(Added to NRS by
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(Added to NRS by 1971, 1187; A 1993, 349)
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(Added to NRS by 1995, 150; A
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1. The Board of Regents may plan for and establish amodel program to educate and train persons for work in a nursing home.
2. The program must be developed and administeredthrough the community colleges and the University of Nevada School of Medicine.
3. The Board of Regents may carry out the programthrough a joint venture with one or more nursing homes, but the Board ofRegents must have final authority to direct and supervise the program.
4. The Board of Regents may apply for any availablegrants and accept any gifts, grants or donations for the support of theprogram.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 1570)
NRS
(Added to NRS by
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(Added to NRS by 1993, 1239; A 1995, 558)
NRS
(Added to NRS by
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1. The Board of Regents, in cooperation with theHealth Division of the Department of Health and Human Services, may establish agenetics program to provide clinical genetic and diagnostic services toresidents of Nevada who have or may have a hereditary, chromosomal ormultifactorial disorder.
2. The University of Nevada School of Medicine mustprovide consultation and other appropriate services to the genetics program.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 2065; A 1993, 349)
NRS
1. Genetic counseling;
2. Proband evaluation;
3. Screening for hereditary disorders;
4. Laboratory testing for analysis of chromosomes andother specialized diagnostic procedures to detect hereditary disorders;
5. Medical management of hereditary disorders;
6. Specialized prenatal diagnostic techniques;
7. Appropriate follow-up and referral services;
8. Educational programs for providers of health careand the community; and
9. Maintenance of a registry for research andevaluation.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 2065)
NRS
1. Any person residing in Nevada is eligible forservices through the genetics program. A person must not be denied servicesthrough the genetics program because of his inability to pay for the services.
2. A determination of ability to pay must be based onthe following factors:
(a) Resources of the person, including hospital andmedical insurance;
(b) Other available sources of payment, including anygovernmental aid for medically indigent persons;
(c) Estimated cost of care;
(d) Length of treatment;
(e) Household size in relation to income; and
(f) Debts and obligations.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 2066)
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1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, therecords of the genetics program concerning the clients and families of clientsare confidential.
2. The genetics program may share information in itspossession with the University of Nevada School of Medicine and the HealthDivision of the Department of Health and Human Services, if the confidentialityof the information is otherwise maintained in accordance with the terms andconditions required by law.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 2066)
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1. The genetics program must include a geneticist anda cytogeneticist and such other personnel as determined by the Board of Regentsand the Health Division of the Department of Health and Human Services.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3:
(a) The clinical services provided by the geneticsprogram must be supervised by a geneticist who is certified or eligible to becertified by the American Board of Medical Genetics and who is a physicianlicensed in this State.
(b) A cytogeneticist employed by the genetics programmust be certified or eligible to be certified by the American Board of MedicalGenetics and:
(1) Be a licensed physician; or
(2) Have a degree of doctor of philosophy in amedical or biological science from an accredited college or university andexperience in cytogenetics as approved by the University of Nevada School ofMedicine.
3. The State Board of Health may exempt a geneticistor a cytogeneticist employed by the genetics program from the requirementsprovided in subsection 2 upon receipt of clear and convincing evidence thathiring a geneticist or a cytogeneticist with qualifications other than thoserequired by subsection 2 substantially complies with the intent of the law andis in the interest of the safety of the public.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 2066; A 1993, 350)
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1. Apply for any matching money available for thegenetics program from the Federal Government or any other source and accept anygifts, grants or donations for the support of the program.
2. Adopt regulations necessary to carry out theprovisions of NRS 396.521 to
3. Receive, invest, disburse and account for all moneyreceived from the Federal Government or any other source for the geneticsprogram.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 2066)
STUDENTS; TUITION; GRADUATION AND DIPLOMAS
NRS
[9:37:1887; C 1398; RL 4647; NCL 7734](NRS A1987, 290; 1993, 2165)
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(Added to NRS by
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1. The Board of Regents shall prescribe a form thatprovides for the informed consent of students concerning the directoryinformation that a university, university foundation, state college orcommunity college, as applicable, makes public. The form must:
(a) Allow each student a reasonable opportunity toindicate whether the student opts not to authorize the release or disclosure ofpersonally identifiable information concerning the student for:
(1) Commercial purposes, without the priorwritten consent of the student;
(2) Noncommercial purposes, without the priorwritten consent of the student; or
(3) Both commercial and noncommercial purposes,without the prior written consent of the student.
(b) Inform the student that:
(1) If he does not return the form indicatingthat his personally identifiable information must not be released or disclosed,then it is probable that the information will be released or disclosed.
(2) If he returns the form indicating that hispersonally identifiable information must not be released or disclosed, then theuniversity, university foundation, state college or community college, asapplicable, will not release or disclose the information without his priorwritten consent.
(c) Be included with the other forms required foradmission to the university, state college or community college, as applicable.
2. Except as otherwise required by federal law, auniversity, university foundation, state college or community college shall notrelease, disclose or otherwise use any personally identifiable informationconcerning a student without the prior written consent of the student for:
(a) Commercial or noncommercial purposes if the studenthas returned a form indicating that he does not authorize release or disclosurefor those purposes without his consent;
(b) Commercial purposes if the student has returned aform indicating that he does not authorize release or disclosure for thosepurposes without his consent; or
(c) Noncommercial purposes if the student has returneda form indicating that he does not authorize release or disclosure for thosepurposes.
3. As used in this section:
(a) Commercial purposes means the use of directoryinformation by any person, including, without limitation, a corporation orother business, outside of the System to solicit or provide facilities, goodsor services in exchange for the payment of any purchase price, fee,contribution, donation or other valuable consideration.
(b) Directory information has the meaning ascribed toit in 20 U.S.C. 1232g(a)(5)(A).
(c) Personally identifiable information meansinformation that may be used to identify a person, including, withoutlimitation, the name, address, telephone number, date of birth, and directoryinformation of a person.
(d) University foundation has the meaning ascribed toit in NRS 396.405.
(Added to NRS by
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1. For the purposes of this section:
(a) Bona fide resident shall be construed inaccordance with the provisions of NRS 10.155and policies established by the Board of Regents, to the extent that thosepolicies do not conflict with any statute. The qualification bona fide is intendedto assure that the residence is genuine and established for purposes other thanthe avoidance of tuition.
(b) Matriculation has the meaning ascribed to it inregulations adopted by the Board of Regents.
(c) Tuition charge means a charge assessed againststudents who are not residents of Nevada and which is in addition toregistration fees or other fees assessed against students who are residents ofNevada.
2. The Board of Regents may fix a tuition charge forstudents at all campuses of the System, but tuition must be free to:
(a) All students whose families have been bona fideresidents of the State of Nevada for at least 12 months prior to thematriculation of the student at a university, state college or communitycollege within the System;
(b) All students whose families reside outside of theState of Nevada, providing such students have themselves been bona fideresidents of the State of Nevada for at least 12 months before theirmatriculation at a university, state college or community college within theSystem;
(c) All public school teachers who are employed fulltime by school districts in the State of Nevada;
(d) All full-time teachers in private elementary,secondary and postsecondary educational institutions in the State of Nevadawhose curricula meet the requirements of chapter394 of NRS;
(e) Employees of the System who take classes other thanduring their regular working hours; and
(f) Members of the Armed Forces of the United States.
3. The Board of Regents may grant tuitions free eachsemester to other worthwhile and deserving students from other states andforeign countries, in a number not to exceed a number equal to 3 percent of thetotal matriculated enrollment of students for the last preceding fall semester.
[10:37:1887; A 1921, 7; 1945, 258; 1943 NCL 7735](NRS A 1959, 285; 1963, 78; 1965, 214; 1969, 1436; 1975, 1517;
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1. The Board of Regents may enter into an agreementwith another state for the granting of full or partial waivers of thenonresident tuition to residents of the other state who are students at or areeligible for admission to any branch of the System if the agreement providesthat, under substantially the same circumstances, the other state will grantreciprocal waivers to residents of Nevada who are students at or are eligiblefor admission to universities or colleges in the other state.
2. Each agreement must specify:
(a) The criteria for granting the waivers; and
(b) The specific universities, state colleges andcommunity colleges for which the waivers will be granted.
3. The Board of Regents shall provide by regulationfor the administration of any waivers for which an agreement is entered intopursuant to subsection 1.
4. The waivers granted pursuant to this section mustnot be included in the number of waivers determined for the purpose of applyingthe limitation in subsection 3 of NRS396.540.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1043; A 1993, 350;
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1. The Board of Regents of the University of Nevadamay grant a waiver of registration fees and laboratory fees for any member ofthe active Nevada National Guard, including, without limitation, a recruit, whoattends a school within the System as a full-time or part-time student. For thepurpose of assessing fees and charges against a person to whom a waiver isgranted pursuant to this subsection, including, without limitation, tuitioncharges pursuant to NRS 396.540, such aperson shall be deemed to be a bona fide resident of this State.
2. To be eligible for a waiver pursuant to subsection1, a person must:
(a) Be a member in good standing of the active NevadaNational Guard, including, without limitation, a recruit, at the beginning ofand throughout the entire semester for which the waiver is granted; and
(b) Maintain at least a 2.0 grade point average, on a4.0 grading scale, each semester, or the equivalent of a 2.0 grade pointaverage if a different grading scale is used.
3. The Board of Regents may request the AdjutantGeneral to verify the membership in the active Nevada National Guard of aperson who is seeking or has been granted a waiver of registration fees andlaboratory fees pursuant to subsection 1. The Adjutant General shall, uponreceiving such a request, notify the Board of Regents in writing concerning thestatus and dates of membership of that person in the active Nevada NationalGuard.
4. If a waiver is granted pursuant to subsection 1 fora recruit and the recruit does not enter full-time National Guard duty within 1year after enlisting, the recruit shall reimburse the Board of Regents for allregistration fees and laboratory fees waived on behalf of the recruit if hisfailure to enter full-time National Guard duty is attributable to his ownconduct.
5. As used in this section:
(a) Full-time National Guard duty has the meaningascribed to it in 32 U.S.C. 101(19).
(b) Recruit means a person who has enlisted in theNevada National Guard but has not begun his required military duty.
(Added to NRS by
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1. To the extent of legislative appropriation, theBoard of Regents shall pay all registration fees, laboratory fees and expensesfor required textbooks and course materials assessed against or incurred by adependent child of:
(a) A police officer, firefighter or officer of theNevada Highway Patrol who was killed in the line of duty; or
(b) A volunteer ambulance driver or attendant who was killedwhile engaged as a volunteer ambulance driver or attendant,
for classestaken towards satisfying the requirements of an undergraduate degree at aschool within the System. No such payment may be made for any fee assessedafter the child reaches the age of 23 years.
2. There is hereby created in the State Treasury aTrust Fund for the Education of Dependent Children. The Board of Regents shalladminister the Trust Fund. The Board of Regents may accept gifts and grants fordeposit in the Trust Fund. All money held by the State Treasurer or received bythe Board of Regents for that purpose must be deposited in the Trust Fund. Themoney in the Trust Fund must be invested as the money in other state funds isinvested. After deducting all applicable charges, all interest and incomeearned on the money in the Trust Fund must be credited to the Trust Fund.
3. As used in this section:
(a) Firefighter means a person who is a salariedemployee or volunteer member of a fire prevention or suppression unit organizedby a local government and whose principal duty is to control and extinguishfires.
(b) Local government means a county, city,unincorporated town or metropolitan police department.
(c) Police officer means a person who is a salariedemployee of a police department or other law enforcement agency organized oroperated by a local government and whose principal duty is to enforce the law.
(d) Volunteer ambulance driver or attendant means aperson who is a driver of or attendant on an ambulance owned or operated by:
(1) A nonprofit organization that providesvolunteer ambulance service in any county, city or town in this State; or
(2) A political subdivision of this State.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2219; A 1997, 469;
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1. In the most timely manner practicable afterreceiving a written request for an electronic version of instructional materialfrom a student with a print access disability, an institution shall provide tothe student, at no cost, an electronic version of each requested instructionalmaterial that the institution determines is essential to the success of thestudent in a course of study offered by an institution of the System in whichthe student is enrolled.
2. If an institution receives a request for anelectronic version of nonprinted instructional material from a student pursuantto subsection 1 to whom the institution would be required to provide anelectronic version of the material pursuant to subsection 1 and an electronicversion of the nonprinted instructional material is not currently available atthe institution or at another institution of the System, the institution mustcontact the publisher of the nonprinted instructional material and request anelectronic version of the nonprinted instructional material. If the publisher:
(a) Has an electronic version of the nonprintedinstructional material, the publisher must provide the electronic version tothe institution for distribution to the student; or
(b) Does not have an electronic version of thenonprinted instructional material, the institution must create and provide tothe student an electronic version in the most timely manner practicable afterthe institution is notified by the publisher that the publisher does not havean electronic version of the nonprinted instructional material.
3. As used in this section:
(a) Institution means any university, state collegeor community college within the System.
(b) Instructional material means any publishedtextbook and other published material that is used by students of the System.The term does not include nontextual mathematics and science materials unless,as determined by the Board of Regents, such materials are commerciallyavailable in a format that is compatible for use with equipment which is usedby students of the System with print access disabilities to convert materialinto a format that provides them with the ability to have increased independentaccess to the material. The term includes, without limitation, nonprintedinstructional material.
(c) Nonprinted instructional material meansinstructional material that is in a format other than print. The term does notinclude a website or Internet link that is associated with instructionalmaterial. The term includes, without limitation, instructional material thatrequires electronic equipment other than a computer or computer peripheral forthe material to be used as a learning resource, such as a software program,videodisc, videotape and audiotape.
(d) Print access disability means a condition inwhich a persons independent reading of, reading comprehension of, or visualaccess to printed material is limited or reduced because of a sensory,neurological, cognitive, physical or psychiatric disability.
(Added to NRS by
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1. The student body of each branch of the System mayestablish a student government. The student government shall adopt a set ofbylaws which are subject to the approval of:
(a) A majority of the students who vote in an electionheld for that purpose; and
(b) The Board of Regents.
2. Such a student government to the extent of its authorityset forth in the bylaws is self-governing and independent of the administrationof the System, financially and otherwise.
3. The Board of Regents shall collect a fee from eachundergraduate student at a branch of the System for the support of the studentgovernment of that branch upon:
(a) Receipt of a request by the student government forthe imposition of such a fee; and
(b) Approval by the Board of Regents of the amount ofthe fee so requested.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1030; A 1993, 350)
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1. Number of pupils who graduated from a high schoolin the district in the immediately preceding year and enrolled in remedialcourses in reading, writing or mathematics at a university, state college orcommunity college within the System.
2. Costs incurred by the System in providing remedialinstruction pursuant to subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1775; A
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[Part 3:37:1887; A 1917, 52; 1945, 448; 1943 NCL 7728]
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1. Upon the recommendation of a president of a branchwithin the System, the Board of Regents shall issue to those who worthilycomplete the full course of study in the school of mines or in the school ofagriculture, or in the school of liberal arts, or in any equivalent course thatmay hereafter be prescribed, a diploma of graduation, conferring the properacademic degree, from the System.
2. The Board of Regents shall not issue such a diplomato a student who has not completed the full course of study as set forth inthis section.
3. For the purposes of this section, a student at auniversity or state college within the System completes the full course ofstudy for a diploma of graduation if, in accordance with the policy of theBoard of Regents, he satisfies the requirements for graduation and a degree asset forth in the catalog of the university or state college that is in effectat the time the student:
(a) First enrolls in the university or state college oris admitted to the academic program or department of the students major if theprogram or department has a formal process for admitting students to theprogram or department; or
(b) Graduates,
whicheverthe student elects. A student who changes his major must elect the catalog ofthe year of the latest change of the major or the year of graduation. A studentmay not elect a catalog that is more than 10 years old at the time of his graduation.
[Part 7:37:1887; A 1891, 92; 1895, 89; C 1396; RL 4645; NCL 7732](NRS A 1969, 1437; 1993, 351;
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2. Pursuant to the policy of the Board of Regents, astudent who is awarded an associates degree:
(a) Shall be deemed to have completed the course ofstudy required of a sophomore.
(b) If he enrolls in another institution within theSystem, must be enrolled as a junior.
3. All credits earned toward the completion of adegree of associate of arts, associate of science or associate of business mustautomatically transfer toward the course work required for the award of abaccalaureate degree upon the graduation of the student from any university orcollege within the System.
If thetransfer of credit pursuant to this section is denied and the student believesthat the credit should be applied to his degree, he may appeal the decision.The appeal process must be made available to all students and may be posted onthe website of the System.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1475; A
NRS
[Part 7:37:1887; A 1891, 92; 1895, 89; C 1396; RL 4645; NCL 7732](NRS A 1969, 1437; 1993, 351)
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1. The Board of Regents shall require each student whoparticipates as a member of a varsity athletic team which represents theUniversity of Nevada, Reno, or the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to makesatisfactory progress toward obtaining a degree as a condition of participationas a member of the team.
2. The Board of Regents shall establish standards fordetermining whether a student is making satisfactory progress toward obtaininghis degree as required by this section. The standards must:
(a) Include a requirement that a student enroll in asufficient number of courses in each semester that are required to obtain theacademic degree the student is seeking to allow the student to complete therequirements for obtaining the degree within a reasonable period after hisadmission.
(b) Include a requirement that a student maintain aminimum grade-point average in the courses required pursuant to paragraph (a).
(Added to NRS by 1993, 336)
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(Added to NRS by 1973, 288; A 1981, 900, 1527;
STATE CLIMATOLOGIST
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1. The Office of State Climatologist is herebycreated.
2. The Director of the State Department ofConservation and Natural Resources shall employ as the State Climatologist aperson who has received the approval of:
(a) The National Climatic Data Center of the NationalOceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
(b) The Western Regional Director of the NationalWeather Service; and
(c) An officer of the System.
3. The State Climatologist shall:
(a) Maintain descriptions of and information on theclimate in this state, including the atmospheric conditions and levels ofprecipitation; and
(b) Publish his findings concerning the climate in thisstate at least quarterly.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 688; A 1993, 351; 1995, 806)
NRS
1. The System may provide the State Climatologist withadequate space for an office and necessary supplies.
2. The State Climatologist may, in addition to hisemployment as State Climatologist:
(a) Be employed by the Board of Regents as a member ofthe teaching staff of one of the branches or facilities within the System; and
(b) Accept employment as a consultant.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 689; A 1993, 352)
PUBLIC SERVICE DIVISION
In General
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1. Agricultural Extension.
2. Agricultural Experiment Station.
3. Bureau of Mines and Geology.
4. Such other departments as the Board of Regents maydesignate.
[1:98:1915; 1919 RL p. 3209; NCL 7765] + [Part2:98:1915; 1919 RL p. 3210; NCL 7766] + [3:98:1915; 1919 RL p. 3210; NCL 7767] + [5:98:1915; 1919 RL p. 3210; NCL 7769](NRS A 1957, 766; 1959, 618;1969, 1437; 1971, 368; 1985, 1125; 1993, 352)
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[4:98:1915; 1919 RL p. 3210; NCL 7768](NRS A 1969,1438; 1993, 352)
Bureau of Mines and Geology
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1. Subject to the limitations specified in
2. For each sample sent for analysis, the System shallcharge a fee of $5 which must be used to defray the expense of conducting theanalysis and storing the sample.
3. The System shall keep a record, open forinspection, under such rules as may be made by the Board of Regents, of allminerals, ores or other matters so sent, with a history of the minerals orother matters, stating the name and residence of the person from whom received,as nearly as possible the location from which the material was taken, includingthe district and county, and any other relevant information. This informationfor the records may be required to be filed with the System before any work isdone on the material sent, and the 10-day limit for reports will count from thetime the information is received by the System. The System shall cause thepreparation and printing of forms for providing the information and shalldistribute the forms at no charge.
4. A portion of the sample analyzed must be kept bythe System for 3 months after the report is sent out, in case any questionshould arise in relation to the report or additional information be desired.After that time expires, samples may be destroyed or used for any desirablepurpose.
[1:84:1895; A 1931, 229; 1933, 147; 1931 NCL 7754](NRS A 1969, 1526; 1981, 1715; 1985, 466; 1993, 352, 1597; 1995, 579;1997, 20; 2005, 1092)
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[2:84:1895; A 1933, 147; 1931 NCL 7755]
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[3:84:1895; A 1933, 147; 1931 NCL 7756]
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1. Gold and silver samples requiring assays and exactquantitative determinations are limited to two in any 30-day period; and of theso-called strategic or war minerals, such as antimony, arsenic, beryllium,manganese, magnesium, tungsten, molybdenum, quicksilver, zinc, lead, copper,tin, chromium, cadmium, or other strategic minerals for the assaying of whichthe average assay office is not equipped, there shall be run up to five assaysor quantitative determinations for any single person or associated group ofpersons. Samples sent for ordinary rock and mineral determinations are limitedto 10 in any 30-day period.
2. In order to save the State unnecessary expense, ifpreliminary examinations by microscope and qualitative tests indicate materialof no economic value, exact quantitative analyses are not to be run on suchsamples, and reports on such material will indicate why such material has nocommercial value.
[Part 4:84:1895; A 1897, 91; 1925, 29; 1931, 229;1933, 147; 1943, 180; 1943 NCL 7757]
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1. The main object of
2. NRS 396.620to 396.660, inclusive, shall not applyin the following cases:
(a) To operating mines. The term operating mines asused in this subsection means those properties milling or shipping ore or beingworked by hired labor.
(b) To engineers sampling mines or prospects forpurposes of valuation.
(c) To so-called control assays to check otherassayers on ore known to be of value.
[Part 4:84:1895; A 1897, 91; 1925, 29; 1931, 229;1933, 147; 1943, 180; 1943 NCL 7757]
Agricultural Extension
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[1:9:1915; 1919 RL p. 3209; NCL 7748](NRS A 1969,1438; 1993, 353)
Agricultural Experiment Station
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[Part 1:26:1889; C 1411; RL 456; NCL 374](NRSA 1969, 1438; 1993, 353)
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[2:26:1889; C 1412; RL 457; NCL 375] + [Part3:98:1915; 1919 RL p. 3210; NCL 7767](NRS A 1969, 1438; 1993, 353)
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[Part 3:26:1889; C 1413; RL 458; NCL 376]
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[5:26:1889; C 1415; RL 460; NCL 378]
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[Part 4:26:1889; C 1414; RL 459; NCL 377](NRSA 1969, 1457)
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1. The Director of the Nevada Agricultural ExperimentStation of the System, with the approval of the Board of Regents, is herebyauthorized and directed to enter into cooperative agreements with the UnitedStates Department of Agriculture under the provisions of an Act of Congress entitledAn Act to provide for further research into basic laws and principles relatingto agriculture and to improve and facilitate the marketing and distribution ofagricultural products, approved August 14, 1946 (c. 966, 60 Stat. 1082; 7U.S.C. 427).
2. The Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station Fund ishereby created. Support for the Fund must be provided by legislativeappropriation from the State General Fund.
3. All claims against the Nevada AgriculturalExperiment Station Fund must be certified by the Director of the NevadaAgricultural Experiment Station, approved by the Board of Regents and the StateBoard of Examiners and when so certified and approved, the State Controller isauthorized to draw his warrants in payment of the claim, and the StateTreasurer is authorized to pay the claim.
[Part 1:229:1947; 1943 NCL 363.11] + [Part2:229:1947; A 1949, 545] + [3:229:1947; 1943 NCL 363.13](NRS A 1969, 1438;1993, 353)
CENTER FOR THE ANALYSIS OF CRIME STATISTICS
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1. Apply for any available grants and accept anygifts, grants or donations; and
2. Use any such gifts, grants or donations to aid theCenter in carrying out its duties and functions.
(Added to NRS by
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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(Added to NRS by 1959, 285; A 1981, 900; 1993, 354)
NRS
1. Foster and conduct fundamental scientific,economic, social or educational investigations and applied research forindustry, governmental or private agencies or individuals;
2. Encourage and foster a desire in students andfaculty to conduct research;
3. Discover and develop talent for conductingresearch;
4. Acquire and disseminate knowledge related to theprojects undertaken; and
5. Promote all research within the System generally.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 286; A 1969, 1439; 1993, 354)
NRS
1. Enter into contracts with governmental or privateagencies or natural persons who wish to use the services or facilities of theDesert Research Institute.
2. Receive and hold, by gift, bequest, devise, grant,purchase or otherwise, any real or personal property, including patents,copyrights, royalties and contracts from natural persons or corporations.
3. Manage, invest, use and dispose of any property soreceived, either as specified by the donor or for the furtherance of theobjectives of the Desert Research Institute.
4. Receive, invest, disburse and account for all moneyacquired pursuant to subsection 2 or through contractual or sponsoredarrangements with governmental or private agencies or natural persons.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 286; A 1965, 93; 1979, 215;1993, 354)
NRS
1. The Board of Regents may devise and establishpersonnel policies and procedures in connection with the operation ofcontractual or sponsored research activities of the Institute, apart from thosepersonnel policies and procedures which are established for the professionalpersonnel of other branches or facilities of the System.
2. In devising and establishing such personnelpolicies and procedures, the Board of Regents is not bound by any of the otherprovisions of this chapter or the provisions of title 23 of NRS and none ofthose provisions are applicable to any person employed in connection with theoperation of contractual or sponsored research activities of the Instituteexcept as may be prescribed by the Board of Regents.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 286; A 1981, 900; 1993, 354)
NRS
(Added to NRS by 1959, 286; A
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1. The Board of Regents shall devise and establishfiscal policies and procedures in connection with the operation of contractualor sponsored research activities of the institute, apart from those fiscalpolicies and procedures which are applicable to other branches or facilities ofthe System.
2. None of the other provisions of this chapter or theprovisions of titles 23 or 31 of NRS or any other statute relating to publicofficers and employees or public financial administration applies to thereceipt, investment, management, disbursement, use, expenditure or accountingfor any money or property received by the Board of Regents pursuant to
3. Any funds received by or made available to theBoard of Regents for the Desert Research Institute by the State of Nevada,whether pursuant to direct legislative appropriation or otherwise, are subjectto all laws relating to public funds and expenditures.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 287; A 1981, 900; 1993, 355)
NRS
1. The Legislature finds that:
(a) Basic scientific research is essential to any realsolution of the energy crisis affecting many parts of the nation.
(b) Investigation of the potential contribution ofharnessed solar energy may offer some significant answers to the problem ofdiminishing power resources.
(c) The facilities of the Desert Research Institute areuniquely capable of being applied to the study of solar energy as a source ofpower generation.
2. The Board of Regents, through the Desert ResearchInstitute, is authorized and encouraged to undertake research concerning theuse of solar energy as a source of power. As part of the study, considerationmust be given to the relative advantages and disadvantages of the variousmethods of power generation through the utilization of solar energy.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 268; A 1993, 355)
ETHICS INSTITUTE
NRS
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1232; A 1993, 355)
NRS
1. Plan and arrange educational activities to providefor practical applications of ethical consensus in medical practice.
2. Act as a forum for persons to address issues ofmedical ethics.
3. Coordinate informed communication between providersof health care and persons who make public policy in matters of medical ethics.
4. Act as a clearinghouse of information for membersof the medical profession, hospital administrators, persons who make publicpolicy and the public on matters of medical ethics.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1233)
NRS
1. Enter into contracts with persons or governmentalagencies who wish to use the services or facilities of the Ethics Institute.
2. Accept gifts or grants of money or property.
3. Receive and hold any real or personal property,including patents, copyrights, royalties and contracts.
4. Manage, invest, use and dispose of any propertyreceived, either as specified by the donor or for the furtherance of theobjectives of the Ethics Institute.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1233)
NRS
1. The Board of Regents may establish policies andprocedures for personnel in connection with the operation of contractual orsponsored activities of the Ethics Institute, apart from those policies andprocedures which are established for the professional personnel of otherbranches or facilities of the System.
2. In establishing the policies and procedures, theBoard of Regents is not bound by any of the other provisions of this chapter orthe provisions of title 23 of NRS and none of those provisions are applicableto any person employed in connection with the operation of contractual orsponsored activities of the Institute except as may be prescribed by the Boardof Regents.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1233; A 1993, 355)
NRS
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1233; A
NRS
1. The Board of Regents shall establish fiscalpolicies and procedures in connection with the operation of contractual orsponsored activities of the Ethics Institute, apart from those fiscal policiesand procedures which are applicable to other branches or facilities of theSystem.
2. None of the other provisions of this chapter or theprovisions of title 23 or 31 of NRS or any other statute relating to publicofficers and employees or public financial administration applies to thereceipt, investment, management, disbursement, use, expenditure or accountingfor any money or property received by the Board of Regents pursuant to
3. Any money received by or made available to theBoard of Regents for the Ethics Institute is subject to all laws relating topublic money and expenditures.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1233; A 1993, 356)
ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ANDEXPANSION OF UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO
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1. Cause to be formed a nonprofit corporation pursuantto chapter 82 of NRS for the acquisition ofreal property for the future development and expansion of the University ofNevada, Reno, in Washoe County.
2. Provide the name of the corporation.
3. Specify that it is formed for charitable andeducational purposes, subject to the basic object provided therefor insubsection 1.
4. Specify incidental powers which the corporation mayexercise, including without limitation:
(a) The power to solicit and receive contributions,gifts, grants, devises and bequests of real and personal property, or anycombination thereof;
(b) The powers enumerated in
(c) The power to do all acts and things as may benecessary or convenient or desirable to carry out the objects and purposes forwhich the corporation is formed.
5. Provide for:
(a) The location and relocation of the principal officeof the corporation;
(b) The distribution of its assets, after theliquidation of its obligations, if any, to the System or its Board of Regents,as it may determine, for the benefit of the System upon any dissolution andliquidation of the corporation;
(c) Its perpetual existence;
(d) Its governing body and appointments andreappointments of members thereto; and
(e) The adoption and alteration from time to time ofbylaws by the corporation.
(Added to NRS by 1968, 2; A 1969, 1439; 1981, 696;1991, 1314; 1993, 356)
NRS
(Added to NRS by 1968, 3; A 1969, 1448; 1993, 357)
NRS
1. A corporate agency of the System and the Board ofRegents;
2. A body corporate and politic; and
3. A political subdivision of this state.
(Added to NRS by 1968, 3; A 1969, 1448; 1993, 357)
NRS
(Added to NRS by 1968, 3)
NRS
(Added to NRS by 1968, 3)
NRS
(Added to NRS by 1968, 3)
NRS
(Added to NRS by 1968, 3; A 1969, 1448; 1993, 357)
NRS
1. Approve the corporation and any securities issuedthereby.
2. Do all acts necessary, convenient or desirable, asthe Board may determine, to carry out the provisions of this section.
(Added to NRS by 1968, 3; A 1993, 357)
ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ANDEXPANSION OF UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS
NRS
1. Cause to be formed a nonprofit corporation pursuantto chapter 82 of NRS for the acquisition ofreal property for the future development and expansion of the University ofNevada, Las Vegas, in Clark County.
2. Provide the name of the corporation.
3. Specify that it is formed for charitable andeducational purposes, subject to the basic object provided therefor insubsection 1.
4. Specify incidental powers which the corporation mayexercise, including without limitation:
(a) The power to solicit and receive contributions,gifts, grants, devises and bequests of real and personal property, or anycombination thereof;
(b) The powers enumerated in
(c) The power to do all acts and things as may benecessary or convenient or desirable to carry out the objects and purposes forwhich the corporation is formed.
5. Provide for:
(a) The location and relocation of the principal officeof the corporation;
(b) The distribution of its assets, after theliquidation of its obligations, if any, to the System or the Board of Regents,as it may determine, for the benefit of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas,upon any dissolution and liquidation of the corporation;
(c) Its perpetual existence;
(d) Its governing body and appointments andreappointments of members thereto; and
(e) The adoption and alteration from time to time ofbylaws by the corporation.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1342; A 1969, 1439; 1981, 696;1991, 1315; 1993, 357)
NRS
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1342; A 1969, 1448; 1993, 358)
NRS
1. A corporate agency of the System and the Board ofRegents;
2. A body corporate and politic; and
3. A political subdivision of this state.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1342; A 1969, 1448; 1993, 358)
NRS
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1343)
NRS
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1343)
NRS
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1343)
NRS
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1343; A 1969, 1448; 1993, 358)
NRS
1. Approve the corporation and any securities issuedthereby.
2. Do all acts necessary, convenient or desirable, asthe Board may determine, to carry out the provisions of this section.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1343; A 1993, 358)
UNIVERSITY SECURITIES LAW
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(Added to NRS by 1967, 2; A
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(Added to NRS by 1967, 3)
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(Added to NRS by 1967, 3)
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(Added to NRS by 1967, 3)
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(Added to NRS by 1967, 3; A 1969, 1440)
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(Added to NRS by 1967, 3)
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(Added to NRS by 1971, 2126; A 1993, 358)
NRS
1. A state or national bank or trust company that is amember of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, including, withoutlimitation, a branch of the Federal Reserve Bank.
2. A credit union whose deposits are insured by theNational Credit Union Share Insurance Fund or by a private insurer approvedpursuant to NRS 678.755.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 3; A
NRS
1. Preliminary expenses advanced by the University orthe Board from funds available for use therefor, or advanced by this state, theFederal Government, or from any other source, with the approval of the Board,or any combination thereof;
2. The costs in the making of surveys, audits,preliminary plans, other plans, specifications, estimates of costs and otherpreliminaries;
3. The costs of premiums on builders risk insuranceand performance bonds, or a reasonably allocable share thereof;
4. The costs of appraising, printing, estimates,advice, services of engineers, architects, financial consultants, attorneys atlaw, clerical help, or other agents or employees;
5. The costs of making, publishing, posting, mailingand otherwise giving any notice in connection with a project, the filing orrecordation of instruments, the taking of options, the issuance of bonds andother securities, and bank fees and expenses;
6. The costs of contingencies;
7. The costs of the capitalization with proceeds ofbonds or other securities issued hereunder of any operation and maintenanceexpenses appertaining to any facilities to be acquired as a project and of anyinterest on bonds or other securities for any period not exceeding the periodestimated by the Board to effect the project plus 1 year, of any discount onbonds or other securities, and of any reserves for the payment of the principalof and interest on the bonds or other securities, of any replacement expenses,and of any other cost of issuance of the bonds or other securities;
8. The costs of amending any resolution or otherinstrument authorizing the issuance of or otherwise appertaining to outstandingbonds or other securities of the University or the Board;
9. The costs of funding any medium-term obligations,construction loans and other temporary loans of not exceeding 5 yearsappertaining to a project and of the incidental expenses incurred in connectionwith such loans; and
10. All other expenses necessary or desirable andappertaining to a project, as estimated or otherwise ascertained by the Board.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 3; A 1975, 872; 1997, 558)
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(Added to NRS by 1971, 2126)
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(Added to NRS by 1971, 2126)
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(Added to NRS by 1967, 4)
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(Added to NRS by 1967, 4)
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(Added to NRS by 1967, 4)
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(Added to NRS by 1967, 4)
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(Added to NRS by 1967, 4)
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(Added to NRS by 1967, 4)
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(Added to NRS by 1967, 4)
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(Added to NRS by 1967, 5)
NRS
1. Legal and overhead expenses of the various universitydepartments directly related and reasonably allocable to the administration ofthe facilities;
2. Fidelity bond and insurance premiums appertainingto the facilities, or a reasonably allocable share of a premium of any blanketbond or policy pertaining to the facilities;
3. The reasonable charges of any paying agent, orcommercial bank, trust bank, or other depository bank appertaining to anysecurities issued by the University or by the Board or appertaining to anyfacilities;
4. Contractual services, professional services,salaries, administrative expenses, and costs of labor appertaining tofacilities;
5. The costs incurred by the Board in the collectionof all or any part of the pledged revenues, including without limitationrevenues appertaining to any facilities;
6. Any costs of utility services furnished to thefacilities by the University or otherwise; and
7. Reasonable allowances for the depreciation offurniture and equipment for the facilities.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 5)
NRS
1. Any allowance for depreciation, except as otherwiseprovided in subsection 7 of NRS 396.825;
2. Any costs of reconstruction, improvements,extensions or betterments;
3. Any accumulation of reserves for capitalreplacements;
4. Any reserves for operation, maintenance or repairof any facilities;
5. Any allowance for the redemption of any bond orother security evidencing a loan or other obligation or the payment of anyinterest thereon;
6. Any liabilities incurred in the acquisition orimprovement of any properties comprising any project or any existingfacilities, or any combination thereof; and
7. Any other ground of legal liability not based oncontract.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 5)
NRS
1. Dormitories, apartments and other facilities forhousing;
2. Cafeterias, dining halls and other facilities forfood service;
3. Student union and other facilities for studentactivities;
4. Store or other facilities for the sale or lease ofbooks, stationery, student supplies, faculty supplies, office supplies and likematerial;
5. Stadium, arena, theater, field house and otherathletic or recreational facilities for use in part by spectators or otherwise;
6. Land and any structures, other facilities, or otherimprovements thereon used or available for use for the parking of vehicles usedfor the transportation by land or air of persons to or from such land and anyimprovements thereon;
7. Properties for providing heat or any other utilityfurnished by the University or the Board to any facilities on its campus;
8. Investments and reinvestments of unrestrictedendowments;
9. Any revenue derived from or otherwise pertaining tothe imposition and collection of fees for dental services provided at afacility of the University; and
10. Facilities of the University or the Board,including, without limitation, money from:
(a) Grants by any person or the Federal Government;
(b) Contracts and leases with any person orgovernmental entity;
(c) The operation of any buildings, structures or otherfacilities of the University or the Board;
(d) The investment of any money of the Desert ResearchInstitute; and
(e) Any other revenue received by the Desert ResearchInstitute, or by the Board on behalf of the Desert Research Institute pursuantto NRS 396.795 to
(Added to NRS by 1967, 5; A 1971, 2120; 1987, 1125;
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1. The proceeds of any tuition charges andregistration fees;
2. The principal of any endowments, restricted orunrestricted;
3. The proceeds of any levy of any general (advalorem) property taxes; and
4. The proceeds of any grants, appropriations or otherdonations from the Federal Government, this state or any other donor except asotherwise provided in NRS 396.828 andany other statute which may authorize the pledge of particular revenues.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 6; A 1971, 2121; 1979, 359;
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(Added to NRS by 1967, 6)
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(Added to NRS by 1967, 6)
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(Added to NRS by 1967, 6)
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(Added to NRS by 1967, 6; A 1971, 2121)
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(Added to NRS by 1967, 6; A 1969, 1440; 1993, 358)
NRS
1. A commercial bank that is authorized to exerciseand is exercising trust powers.
2. A branch of the Federal Reserve Bank.
3. A credit union whose deposits are insured by theNational Credit Union Share Insurance Fund or by a private insurer approvedpursuant to NRS 678.755 that isauthorized to exercise and is exercising trust powers.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 6; A
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(Added to NRS by 1967, 7; A 1971, 2121)
NRS
(Added to NRS by 1967, 7; A 1969, 1440; 1993, 358;
NRS
1. Any bonds or other securities issued hereunder,together with any interest accruing thereon and any prior redemption premiumsdue in connection therewith, shall be payable and collectible solely out of netpledged revenues; the holder or holders thereof may not look to any general orother fund for such payment of such securities, except the net revenues pledgedtherefor; the securities shall not constitute an indebtedness or a debt withinthe meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision or limitation, if anysuch limitation appertains thereto; the bonds or other securities shall not beconsidered or held to be general obligations of the University or the Board butshall constitute the special obligations of either the University or the Board;and the Board shall not pledge the full faith and credit for their payment ofeither the University or the Board.
2. None of the covenants, agreements, representationsand warranties contained in any resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds orother securities hereunder or in any other instrument appertaining thereto, inthe absence of any breach thereof, shall ever impose or shall be construed asimposing any liability, obligation or charge against the University or theBoard (except the special funds pledged therefor) or against the general creditof either the University or Board, payable out of the general fund of either,or out of any funds derived from taxation.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 7)
NRS
1. The Board may include, without limitation, aspledged revenues for the payment of bonds or other securities issued hereunder:
(a) The gross revenues derived from the fees designatedas the capital improvement fee, the student union building fee, the studentcenter building fee, and the student union capital improvement fee, or words ofsimilar import, except for the words pertaining to any such fee designating thecampus or campuses of the System to which the pledged fee or fees pertain, orany combination thereof; and
(b) The gross revenues derived from the fee designatedas the general fund fee, except for the words pertaining thereto designatingthe campus or campuses of the system to which the pledged fee pertains, butsubject to the limitation stated in subsection 5 of
2. The Board may also include, without limitation, aspledged revenues for the payment of bonds or other securities issued hereunder,regardless of the location of the campus or campuses on which the project orprojects are to be done for which the securities are authorized, the pledgedrevenues designated in subsection 1 pertaining to:
(a) One, all or any combination of the campusesrelating to the community colleges if the project or projects relate theretoand to one or more campuses thereof; or
(b) Either or both the University of Nevada, Reno, andthe University of Nevada, Las Vegas, if the project or projects relate toeither of those campuses, the Desert Research Institute or any combinationthereof.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 359; A 1987, 1126; 1993, 359)
NRS
1. Before any securities are actually issued payablefrom any net pledged revenues, except for any securities issued solely for thepurpose of funding or refunding or both funding and refunding outstandingsecurities, any such revenues for the next preceding 12 months, for the nextpreceding calendar year, or for the next preceding fiscal year, as defined andotherwise determined by the Board, shall be sufficient to pay an amountrepresenting 110 percent of the combined maximum annual principal and interestrequirements to be paid during such 12 months, calendar year, fiscal year or bondyear, as defined and otherwise determined by the Board, of any outstandingsecurities payable from and constituting a lien upon such net pledged revenuesand the securities proposed to be issued (excluding any reserves therefor),except as otherwise expressly provided in this section.
2. In any determination of whether or not any proposedsecurities meet the earnings test limiting their issuance as provided insubsection 1 of this section:
(a) There shall be deducted from or added to any grosspledged revenues any estimated decrease or increase in such revenues resultingfrom any decreased or increased or additional fees, rates or charges fixed bythe Board, whether or not appertaining to any additional facilities for whichthe proposed securities are authorized to be issued; and
(b) There shall be deducted from or added to anyoperation and maintenance expenses any estimated decrease or increase in suchexpenses, whether or not resulting from any additional facilities for which theproposed securities are authorized to be issued.
3. The respective annual principal and interestrequirements (including as an interest requirement the amount of any priorredemption premiums due on any prior redemption date as of which anyoutstanding securities have been called or have been ordered by the Board to becalled for prior redemption) shall be reduced to the extent such requirementsare scheduled to be paid with any moneys held in trust or escrow for thatpurpose in any trust bank or trust banks within or without or both within andwithout the State, including without limitation the known minimum yield fromany investment or reinvestment of any such moneys in federal securities.
4. The estimates and adjustments provided insubsections 2 and 3 of this section and the calculations required by subsection1 of this section shall be made by the Treasurer of the University; and hisestimates, adjustments and determination of whether the earnings test providedin subsection 1 of this section has been met shall be conclusively presumed tobe accurate. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibitthe issuance of securities merely because there were no pledged revenues noroperation and maintenance expenses, in the absence of such adjustments, in thenext preceding 12 months, calendar year, or fiscal year, as the case may be.
5. There must be excluded from the calculationsrequired by subsections 1 to 4, inclusive, the proceeds of any general fund feeor fees to be pledged to the payment of the securities (other than anysecurities issued solely for the purpose of funding or refunding or bothfunding and refunding outstanding securities). The proceeds of a general fundfee or fees must not be pledged to the payment of any such securities (otherthan any such funding or refunding or both funding and refunding securities)unless the remaining pledged revenues do not contravene the limitations imposedby those subsections.
6. Nothing herein contained prevents the Board fromproviding an earnings test in any resolution authorizing the issuance ofsecurities or in any other proceedings appertaining thereto which test limitsthe issuance of any additional securities.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 7; A 1979, 360)
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1. Any bonds or other securities issued hereundershall not be considered to be obligations general, special or otherwise of theState, nor to be securities or debt of the State, and shall not be enforceableagainst the State.
2. Nothing in the University Securities Law shall beconstrued to authorize the University or the Board in any way to obligate theState (except as herein otherwise expressly provided in
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1. The faith of the State is hereby pledged that theUniversity Securities Law, any law supplemental or otherwise appertainingthereto, and any other act concerning the bonds and other securities of theBoard or the University or the pledged revenues, or both such securities andsuch revenues, shall not be repealed nor amended or otherwise directly orindirectly modified in such a manner as to impair adversely any outstandingsecurities of the University or the Board, until all such securities payablefrom the pledged revenues have been discharged in full or provision has beenfully made therefor, including without limitation the known minimum yield fromthe investment or reinvestment of moneys pledged therefor in federalsecurities.
2. The State may at any time provide by act that nofurther obligations appertaining to any pledged revenues or any part thereofshall be incurred thereafter.
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1. Where any project is otherwise authorized by lawand where the University or the Board is otherwise authorized by law to issueits securities to defray the cost of the project, at any time or from time totime the University or the Board may borrow money or otherwise become obligatedfor the project and may evidence any such obligation by the issuance of theUniversitys or the Boards securities.
2. In connection with any project so authorized, theUniversity or the Board, except as herein otherwise provided, may:
(a) Have a corporate seal and alter the same atpleasure;
(b) Sue and be sued;
(c) Acquire and hold real or personal property, orrights or interests therein, and water rights;
(d) Dispose of unnecessary or obsolete property, orrights or interests therein;
(e) Make contracts and execute all instrumentsnecessary or convenient, as determined by the Board;
(f) Acquire by contract or contracts or by its ownagents and employees, or otherwise acquire any properties as any project orprojects so authorized, and operate and maintain such properties; and
(g) Accept grants of money or materials or property ofany kind from the Federal Government, the State, any agency or politicalsubdivision thereof, or any person, upon such terms and conditions as theFederal Government, the State, or such agency or political subdivision, orperson may impose.
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1. The Board may, before any sale of securities,whether by competitive bid or negotiated sale, delegate to the Chancellor ofthe University or the Vice Chancellor for Finance of the University theauthority to sign a contract for the purchase of the securities or to accept abinding bid for the securities subject to the requirements specified by theBoard concerning:
(a) The rate of interest on the securities;
(b) The dates on which and the prices at which thesecurities may be called for redemption before maturity;
(c) The price at which the securities will be sold; and
(d) The principal amount of the securities and theamount of principal maturing in any particular year.
2. All terms of the securities other than:
(a) The rate of interest;
(b) The dates and prices for the redemption of thesecurities;
(c) The price for the sale of the securities;
(d) The principal amount of the securities; and
(e) The requirements for the principal maturing inparticular years,
must beapproved by the Board before the securities are delivered.
3. The final rate of interest, dates and prices ofredemption, price for the sale of the securities, principal amount and the requirementsfor the principal amount maturing in particular years are not required to beapproved by the Board if each of those terms complies with the requirementsspecified by the Board before the contract for the purchase of the securitiesis signed or the bid for the securities is accepted.
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1. Notes, evidencing any amount borrowed by theUniversity or the Board;
2. Warrants, evidencing the amount due to any personfor any services, or supplies, equipment or other materials furnished to theUniversity or the Board for the benefit of the University and appertaining toan authorized project;
3. Bonds, evidencing any amount borrowed by theUniversity or the Board and constituting long-term financing;
4. Temporary bonds, pending the preparation of andexchangeable for definitive bonds of like character and in principal amountwhen prepared and issued in compliance with the conditions and limitationsherein provided; and
5. Interim debentures, evidencing any emergency loans,construction loans, and other temporary loans of not exceeding 3 years, insupplementation of long-term financing and the issuance of bonds, as providedin NRS 396.868 to
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1. The resolution authorizing the issuance of anysecurities or any trust indenture or other instrument appertaining thereto mayfix a rate or rates of interest or provide for the determination of the rate orrates from time to time by a designated agent according to the procedurespecified in that resolution or other instrument. The rate so determined mustapproximate the rates then being paid for other securities which containsimilar provisions and have an equivalent rating. The Board may contract withor select any person to make that determination.
2. The Board may enter into an agreement with a thirdparty for an assurance of payment of the principal of, the interest on, orpremiums, if any, due in connection with any securities issued by the Board.The obligation of the Board to reimburse that third party for any advances madepursuant to that agreement may be provided in that agreement, recited in thosesecurities or evidenced by another instrument as designated in the resolutionauthorizing the issuance of those securities or any other instrumentappertaining thereto. The Board may assign its rights under that agreement.
3. In fixing the rate or rates of interest forsecurities pursuant to subsection 1 or the rate or rates of interest imposed onthe Board for reimbursement of any advances made under an agreement pursuant tosubsection 2, the Board is not subject to any limitations on rates of interestprovided by statute, including, without limitation,
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1. In such form;
2. Issued in such manner, at, above or below par atsuch a discount not exceeding 9 percent of the principal amount of thesecurities, at public or private sale, and at a price which will result in aneffective interest rate which does not exceed by more than 3 percent the Indexof Revenue Bonds which was most recently published before the bids are receivedor a negotiated offer is accepted; and
3. Issued with such recitals, terms, covenants,conditions and other provisions,
as may beprovided by the Board in a resolution authorizing their issuance and in anyindenture or other proceedings appertaining thereto.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 10; A 1969, 1298; 1971, 2120;1975, 873; 1981, 1416; 1983, 584)
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1. As the Board may determine, any bonds and othersecurities issued hereunder (except as herein otherwise provided) must:
(a) Be of a convenient denomination or denominations;
(b) Be fully negotiable within the meaning of and forall the purposes of the Uniform Commercial CodeInvestment Securities;
(c) Mature at such time or serially at such times inregular numerical order at annual or other designated intervals in amountsdesignated and fixed by the Board, but not exceeding 50 years from their date;
(d) Bear interest at a rate or rates which do notexceed by more than 3 percent the Index of Revenue Bonds which was mostrecently published before the bids are received or a negotiated offer isaccepted, the interest on each bond to be payable annually, semiannually, or atother designated intervals, but the first interest payment date may be forinterest accruing for any other period;
(e) Be made payable in lawful money of the UnitedStates, at the office of the Treasurer of the University or any commercial bankor commercial banks within or without or both within and without the State asmay be provided by the Board; and
(f) Be printed at such place within or without thisstate, as the Board may determine.
2. Any bonds issued hereunder must have one or twosets of interest coupons, bearing the number of the bond to which they arerespectively attached, numbered consecutively in regular numerical order, andattached in such a manner that they can be removed upon the payment of theinstallments of interest without injury to the bonds, except as hereinotherwise provided.
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1. Bonds and other securities issued hereunder shallbe executed in the name of the University or the Board, shall be signed by theChairman of the Board, shall be attested by the Secretary of the Board, shallbe countersigned by the Chancellor of the University, and shall becountersigned by the Treasurer of the University; and the bonds or othersecurities shall be authenticated by the official seal of the University or theBoard. Any coupons shall be signed by the Treasurer of the University. Facsimilesignatures may be used on any coupons.
2. Any bonds or other securities, including withoutlimitation any certificates endorsed thereon, may be executed as provided inthe Uniform Facsimile Signatures of Public Officials Act, cited as
3. The bonds, any coupons appertaining thereto, andother securities, bearing the signatures of the officers in office at the timeof the signing thereof, shall be the valid and binding obligations of theUniversity or the Board, as the case may be, notwithstanding that before the deliverythereof and payment therefor, any or all of the persons whose signatures appearthereon have ceased to fill their respective offices.
4. Any officer authorized or permitted to sign anybonds, any coupons, or any other securities, at the time of their execution andof a signature certificate appertaining thereto, may adopt as and for his ownfacsimile signature the facsimile signature of his predecessor in office in theevent that such facsimile signature appears upon the bonds, coupons and othersecurities appertaining thereto, or any combination thereof.
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1. The validity of any securities shall not bedependent on nor affected by the validity or regularity of any proceedingsrelating to a project or the proper completion of any purpose for which thesecurities are issued.
2. The purchaser or purchasers of the securities shallin no manner be responsible for the application of the proceeds of thesecurities by the University or the Board or any officers, agents and employeesof the Board or the University, or of both.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 12)
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1. The Board on its behalf or on the Universitysbehalf may employ legal, fiscal, engineering, and other expert services inconnection with any project or otherwise appertaining to the University and theauthorization, sale and issuance of bonds and other securities hereunder.
2. The Board on its behalf or on the Universitysbehalf is authorized to enter into any contracts or arrangements, notinconsistent with the provisions hereof, with respect to the sale of bonds orother securities hereunder, the employment of bond counsel, and other mattersas the Board may determine to be necessary or desirable in accomplishing thepurposes hereof.
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1. The Board may cause to be invested and reinvestedany pledged revenues and any proceeds of bonds or other securities issued hereunderin federal securities and may cause such revenues, proceeds of securities andfederal securities to be deposited in any trust bank or trust banks within orwithout or both within and without this state and secured in such manner andsubject to such terms and conditions as the Board may determine, with orwithout the payment of any interest on such deposit, including withoutlimitation time deposits evidenced by certificates of deposit.
2. Any federal securities and any such certificates ofdeposit thus held may, from time to time, be sold and the proceeds may be soreinvested or redeposited as provided in this section.
3. Sales and redemptions of any federal securities andsuch certificates of deposit thus held shall, from time to time, be made inseason so that the proceeds may be applied to the purposes for which the moneywith which the federal securities and certificates of deposit were originallyacquired was placed in the treasury of the University or the Board.
4. Any gain from any such investments or reinvestmentsmay be credited to any fund or account pledged for the payment of anysecurities issued hereunder, including any reserve therefor, or any other fundor account appertaining to a project or otherwise appertaining to the University.
5. It is lawful for any commercial bank incorporatedunder the laws of this state which may act as depository of the proceeds of anysecurities issued hereunder, any federal securities owned by the University orthe Board, any pledged revenues, and any moneys otherwise appertaining to theUniversity to furnish such indemnifying bonds or to pledge such federalsecurities or such other securities as may be required by the Board.
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1. The collateral has a market value of at least 102percent of the amount invested and any accrued unpaid interest thereon;
2. The University receives a security interest in thecollateral that is fully perfected and the collateral is held in custody forthe University or its trustee by a third-party agent of the University which isa commercial bank authorized to exercise trust powers;
3. The market value of the collateral is determinednot less frequently than weekly and, if the ratio required by subsection 1 isnot met, sufficient additional collateral is deposited with the agent of theUniversity to meet that ratio within 2 business days after the determination; and
4. The party with whom the investment contract isexecuted is a commercial bank, or that party or a guarantor of the performanceof that party is:
(a) An insurance company which has a rating on itsability to pay claims of not less than Aa2 by Moodys Investors Service,Inc., or AA by Standard and Poors Ratings Services, or their equivalent; or
(b) An entity which has a credit rating on itsoutstanding long-term debt of not less than A2 by Moodys Investors Service,Inc., or A by Standard and Poors Ratings Services, or their equivalent.
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1. The pledged revenues to be fixed, charged or leviedand the collection, use and disposition thereof, including but not limited tothe foreclosure of liens for delinquencies, the discontinuance of services,facilities or use of any properties or facilities, prohibition against freeservice, the collection of penalties and collection costs, and the use anddisposition of any moneys of the University or the Board, derived or to bederived, from any source herein designated;
2. The acquisition, improvement or equipment of all orany part of properties pertaining to any project or any facilities;
3. The creation and maintenance of reserves or sinkingfunds to secure the payment of the principal of and interest on any securitiesor of operation and maintenance expenses of any facilities, or part thereof,and the source, custody, security, regulation, use and disposition of any suchreserves or funds, including but not limited to the powers and duties of anytrustee with regard thereto;
4. A fair and reasonable payment by the University orthe Board from the general fund of the University or the Board or otheravailable moneys to the account of any designated facilities for servicesrendered thereby to the University or the Board;
5. The payment of the cost of any project bydelineating the purpose or purposes to which the proceeds of the sale ofsecurities may be applied, and the custody, security, use, expenditure,application and disposition thereof;
6. The application of any accrued interest and anypremium from the sale of any bonds or other securities hereunder to the cost ofa project, to any bond fund or other fund or account for the payment ofinterest on or the principal of the bonds or other securities, or both interestand principal, or to any reserve fund or account therefor, or any combinationthereof;
7. The registration of the bonds or other securitiesfor payment as to principal only, or as to both principal and interest, at theoption of any holder of a bond or other security, or for registration forpayment only in either manner designated;
8. The endorsement of payments of interest on thebonds or other securities or for reconverting the bonds or other securitiesinto coupon bonds or other coupon securities, or both for such endorsement andsuch reconversion, where any bond or other security is registered for paymentas to interest; and where interest accruing on the securities is notrepresented by interest coupons the securities may provide for the endorsing ofpayments of interest thereon;
9. The endorsement of payments of principal on thebonds or other securities, where any bond or other securities are registeredfor payment as to principal;
10. The initial issuance of one or more bonds or othersecurities aggregating the amount of the entire issue or any portion thereof,and the endorsement of payments of interest or principal, or both interest andprincipal, on the securities;
11. The manner and circumstances in and under whichany such bond or other securities may in the future, at the request of theholder thereof, be converted into bonds or other securities of larger orsmaller denominations, which bonds or other securities of larger or smallerdenominations may in turn be either coupon bonds or other coupon securities orbonds or other securities registered for payment, or coupon bonds or othercoupon securities with provisions for registration for payment;
12. The reissuance of any outstanding bond or othersecurities, and the terms and conditions thereof, whether lost, apparentlydestroyed, wrongfully taken, or for any other reason, as provided in theUniform Commercial CodeInvestment Securities, or otherwise;
13. The temporary investment and any reinvestment ofproceeds of bonds or other securities or pledged revenues, or both suchproceeds and revenues, in federal securities;
14. The deposit of moneys or federal securities, orboth moneys and such securities, with and securing their repayment by acommercial bank or commercial banks within or without or both within andwithout this state;
15. The pledge of and the creation of a lien uponpledged revenues or the proceeds of bonds or other securities pending theirapplication to defray the cost of any project, or both such revenues andproceeds of securities, to secure the payment of bonds or other securitiesissued hereunder;
16. The payment of the principal of and interest onany securities, and the sources and methods thereof, the rank or priority ofany securities as to any lien or security for payment, or the acceleration ofany maturity of any securities, or the issuance of other or additionalsecurities payable from or constituting a charge against or lien upon anypledged revenues or other moneys pledged for the payment of securities and thecreation of future liens and encumbrances thereagainst;
17. The use, regulation, inspection, management,operation, maintenance or disposition, or any limitation or regulation of theuse, of all or any part of the facilities or any property of the Board orUniversity; and the making and enforcement of reasonable parietal rules thatshall insure the use of the facilities by all students in attendance at theUniversity who reside on the campus of the University, or otherwise, to themaximum extent to which the facilities are capable of serving such students;
18. The determination or definition of pledgedrevenues from any facilities or of operation and maintenance expenses offacilities, the use and disposition of such revenues and the manner of andlimitations upon paying such expenses;
19. The creation of special funds and accountsappertaining to any pledged revenues or to the bonds or other securities issuedhereunder;
20. The insurance to be carried by the University orthe Board or any other person in interest and use and disposition of insurancemoneys, the acquisition of completion, performance, surety and fidelity bondsappertaining to any project or funds, or both, and the use and disposition ofany proceeds of such bonds;
21. Books of account, the inspection and auditthereof, and other records appertaining to any project, facilities or pledgedrevenues;
22. The assumption or payment or discharge of anyobligation, lien or other claim relating to any part of any project, anyfacilities, or any securities having or which may have a lien on any part ofany pledged revenues or other moneys of the Board or University;
23. Limitations on the powers of the University or theBoard to acquire or operate, or permit the acquisition or operation of, anystructures, facilities or properties which may compete or tend to compete withany facilities;
24. The vesting in a corporate or other trustee ortrustees such property, rights, powers and duties in trust as the Board maydetermine which may include any or all of the rights, powers and duties of thetrustee appointed by the holders of securities, and limiting or abrogating theright of such holders to appoint a trustee, or limiting the rights, duties andpowers of such trustee;
25. The payment of costs or expenses incident to theenforcement of the securities or of the provisions of the resolution or of anycovenant or contract with the holders of the securities;
26. Events of default, rights and liabilities arisingtherefrom, and the rights, liabilities, powers and duties arising upon thebreach by the University or the Board of any covenants, conditions orobligations;
27. The terms and conditions upon which the holders ofthe securities or any portion, percentage or amount of them may enforce anycovenants or provisions made hereunder or duties imposed thereby;
28. The terms and conditions upon which the holders ofthe securities or of a specified portion, percentage or amount thereof, or anytrustee therefor, shall be entitled to the appointment of a receiver, whichreceiver may enter and take possession of any facilities or service, operateand maintain the same, prescribe fees, rates and charges, and collect, receiveand apply all revenues thereafter arising therefrom in the same manner as theBoard itself might do;
29. A procedure by which the terms of any resolutionauthorizing securities, or any other contract with any holders of securities,including but not limited to an indenture of trust or similar instrument, maybe amended or abrogated, and as to the amount of securities the holders ofwhich must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given;
30. The terms and conditions upon which any or all ofthe securities shall become or may be declared due before maturity, and as tothe terms and conditions upon which such declaration and its consequences maybe waived; and
31. All such acts and things as may be necessary orconvenient or desirable in order to secure the securities, or in the discretionof the Board tend to make the securities more marketable, notwithstanding thatsuch covenant, act or thing may not be enumerated herein, it being theintention hereof to give the Board power to do all things in the issuance ofthe Universitys or the Boards securities and for their security except asherein expressly limited.
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1. The University, in connection with securities ithas issued or proposes to issue, may enter into an agreement for an exchange ofinterest rates as provided in this section if the Board finds that such anagreement would be in the best interests of the University.
2. The University may enter into an agreement toexchange interest rates only if:
(a) The long-term debt obligations of the person withwhom the University enters the agreement are rated A or better by anationally recognized rating agency; or
(b) The obligations pursuant to the agreement of theperson with whom the University enters the agreement are either:
(1) Guaranteed by a person whose long-term debtobligations are rated A or better by a nationally recognized rating agency;or
(2) Collateralized by obligations deposited withthe University or an agent of the University which would be legal investmentsfor the State pursuant to NRS 355.140and which have a market value at the time the agreement is made of not lessthan 100 percent of the principal amount upon which the exchange of interestrates is based.
3. The University may agree, with respect tosecurities that the University has issued or proposes to issue bearing interestat a variable rate, to pay sums equal to interest at a fixed rate or rates orat a different variable rate determined pursuant to a formula set forth in theagreement on an amount not to exceed the principal amount of the securitieswith respect to which the agreement is made, in exchange for an agreement topay sums equal to interest on the same principal amount at a variable ratedetermined pursuant to a formula set forth in the agreement.
4. The University may agree, with respect tosecurities that the University has issued or proposes to issue bearing interestat a fixed rate or rates, to pay sums equal to interest at a variable ratedetermined pursuant to a formula set forth in the agreement on an amount not toexceed the outstanding principal amount of the securities with respect to whichthe agreement is made, in exchange for an agreement to pay sums equal tointerest on the same principal amount at a fixed rate or rates set forth in theagreement.
5. The term of an agreement entered into pursuant tothis section must not exceed the term of the securities with respect to whichthe agreement was made.
6. The Universitys obligations to make payments underthe agreement may be secured by any of the pledged revenues that are pledged tothe securities in connection with the agreement as executed, so long as thepledge does not violate the terms of any resolution or other instrumentappertaining to outstanding securities issued hereunder.
7. Limitations upon the rate of interest on securitiesdo not apply to interest paid pursuant to an agreement entered into pursuant tothis section.
8. If the University has entered into an agreementpursuant to this section with respect to those securities, it may treat theamount or rate of interest on the securities as the amount or rate of interestpayable after giving effect to the agreement for the purpose of calculating:
(a) Rates and charges of a revenue-producing enterprisewhose revenues are pledged to or used to pay the securities;
(b) Statutory requirements concerning revenue coveragethat are applicable to the securities; and
(c) Any other amounts which are based upon the rate ofinterest of the securities.
9. Subject to covenants applicable to the securities,any payments required to be made by the University under the agreement may bemade from pledged revenues that are pledged to pay debt service on thesecurities with respect to which the agreement was made or from any otherlegally available source.
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1. Revenues pledged for the payment of any securities,as received by or otherwise credited to the University or the Board, shallimmediately be subject to the lien of each such pledge without any physicaldelivery thereof, any filing, or further act.
2. The lien of each such pledge and the obligation toperform the contractual provisions made in the authorizing resolution or otherinstrument appertaining thereto shall have priority over any or all otherobligations and liabilities of the University or the Board, except as may beotherwise provided herein or in such resolution or other instrument, andsubject to any prior pledges and liens theretofore created.
3. The lien of each such pledge shall be valid andbinding as against all persons having claims of any kind in tort, contract orotherwise against the Board or University irrespective of whether such personshave notice thereof.
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1. By mandamus or other suit, action or proceeding atlaw or in equity to enforce his rights against the Board or University, orboth, the Chancellor of the University, and any other of the officers, agentsand employees of the Board or University, or both, to require and compel theBoard or University, or both, or any such officers, agents or employees toperform and carry out their respective duties, obligations or other commitmentshereunder and their respective covenants and agreements with the holder of anysecurity;
2. By action or suit in equity to require the Board orUniversity, or both, to account as if they were the trustee of an expresstrust;
3. By action or suit in equity to have appointed areceiver, which receiver may enter and take possession of any facilities andany pledged revenues for the payment of the securities, prescribe sufficientfees derived from the facilities, and collect, receive and apply all pledgedrevenues or other moneys pledged for the payment of the securities in the samemanner as the Board itself might do in accordance with the obligations of theUniversity or the Board; and
4. By action or suit in equity to enjoin any acts orthings which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the holder of anysecurities and to bring suit thereupon.
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1. If a resolution of the Board authorizing orproviding for the issuance of any securities of any series or any otherproceedings appertaining thereto contains a provision authorized by subsection28 of NRS 396.862 and further providesin substance that any trustee appointed pursuant to subsection 24 of
2. Any receiver appointed as permitted by subsection28 of NRS 396.862 may enter upon andtake possession of the facilities and property appertaining thereto, and,subject to any pledge or contract with the holders of such securities, shalltake possession of all moneys and other property derived from or applicable tothe acquisition, operation, maintenance or improvement of the facilities andproceed with such acquisition, operation, maintenance or improvement which theBoard on its behalf or on the behalf of the University is under any obligationto do, and operate, maintain, equip and improve the facilities, and fix,charge, collect, enforce and receive the service charges and all revenuesthereafter arising subject to any pledge thereof or contract with the holdersof such securities relating thereto and perform the public duties and carry outthe contracts and obligations of the University or the Board in the same manneras the Board itself might do and under the direction of the court.
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1. Any interim debentures may mature at such time ortimes not exceeding a period of time equal to the estimated time needed toeffect the purpose or purposes for which they are issued or for which the bondsare authorized to be issued, but not exceeding 5 years from the date of theinterim debentures, as the Board may determine.
2. The proceeds of interim debentures shall be used todefray the cost of the project appertaining thereto.
3. Any notes or warrants or both notes and warrantsmay be funded with the proceeds of interim debentures, as well as with theproceeds of bonds.
4. Except as otherwise provided in
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1. Pledged revenues and other money, including withoutlimitation proceeds of bonds to be issued or reissued after the issuance ofinterim debentures, and bonds issued to secure the payment of interim debentures,or any combination thereof, may be pledged to secure the payment of interimdebentures.
2. Any bonds pledged as collateral security for thepayment of any interim debentures mature at such time or times as the Board maydetermine, but in no event exceeding 50 years from the dates of such bonds andsuch interim debentures, or if the dates are not the same, from whichever dateis the earlier.
3. Any bonds pledged as collateral security must notbe issued in an aggregate principal amount exceeding the aggregate principalamount of the interim debenture or interim debentures secured by a pledge ofthe bonds, nor shall they bear interest at any time which, with any interestaccruing at the same time on the interim debenture or interim debentures sosecured, exceeds by more than 3 percent the Index of Revenue Bonds which wasmost recently published before the bids are received or a negotiated offer isaccepted.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 18; A 1969, 1298; 1971, 2125;1975, 874; 1981, 1417; 1983, 585)
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1. For the purpose of funding any interim debentures,any bonds pledged as collateral security to secure the payment of such interimdebentures (upon their surrender as pledged property) may be reissued, and anybonds not previously issued but authorized to be issued by any law for apurpose or purposes the same as or encompassing the purpose or purposes forwhich the interim debentures were issued, may be issued for such a funding.
2. Any such bonds shall mature at such time or timesas the Board may determine, but in no event exceeding 50 years from the datesof the interim debentures so funded and the bonds so pledged as collateralsecurity, or if the dates are not the same, from whichever date is the earlier.
3. Bonds for funding (including but not necessarilylimited to any such reissued bonds) and bonds for any other purpose or purposesmay be issued separately or issued in combination in one series or more.
4. Except as herein otherwise provided in
(Added to NRS by 1967, 19)
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1. Any bonds of the Board or University issuedhereunder or pursuant to any other act and payable from any pledged revenuesmay be refunded by the Board on its behalf or on behalf of the University bythe adoption of a resolution or resolutions by the Board and by any trustindenture or other proceedings appertaining thereto, authorizing the issuanceof bonds to refund, pay and discharge all or any part of such outstanding bondsof any one or more or all outstanding issues:
(a) For the acceleration, deceleration or othermodification of the payment of such obligations, including any interest thereonin arrears, or about to become due for any period not exceeding 3 years fromthe date of the refunding bonds;
(b) For the purpose of reducing interest costs oreffecting other economies;
(c) For the purpose of modifying or eliminatingrestrictive contractual limitations appertaining to the issuance of additionalbonds, otherwise concerning the outstanding bonds, or otherwise relating to anyfacilities appertaining thereto; or
(d) For any combination of the purposes stated inparagraphs (a), (b) and (c).
2. Nothing contained herein nor in any other law ofthis state shall be construed to permit the Board to call on its behalf or onbehalf of the Board or University bonds or other securities now or hereafteroutstanding for prior redemption in order to fund or refund such securities orin order to pay them prior to their stated maturities, unless the right to callsuch securities for prior redemption was specifically reserved and stated insuch securities at the time of their issuance, and all conditions with respectto the manner, price and time applicable to such prior redemption as set forthin the proceedings authorizing the outstanding securities are strictlyobserved. It is the intention of this subsection to make it certain that theholder of no outstanding bond or other security may be compelled to surrendersuch security for funding or refunding prior to its stated maturity or optionaldate of prior redemption expressly reserved therein, even though such fundingor refunding might result in financial benefit to the Board or University.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 2 ofthis section or of any other law, this state, acting by and through the StateBoard of Finance, may agree with the University or its Board to exchange anyoutstanding bonds or other securities of the University or the Board and heldby the State, or any agency, corporation, department or other instrumentalityof the State, for funding or refunding bonds or other funding securities of theUniversity or the Board, or otherwise to surrender at such price and time andotherwise upon such conditions and other terms and in such manner as may bemutually agreeable such outstanding bonds or other securities to the Board forfunding or refunding at any time prior to their respective maturities or to anydate as of which the Board has the right and option to call on its behalf or onbehalf of the University such outstanding bonds or other securities for priorredemption as expressly provided in the outstanding securities and anyresolution, trust indenture or other proceedings authorizing their issuance.
4. Any provision herein concerning the refunding ofoutstanding bonds includes any outstanding securities evidencing long-termloans to the University or the Board regardless of whether such securities aredesignated as bonds, certificates, single certificates or otherwise.
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1. Any bonds issued for refunding purposes may eitherbe delivered in exchange for the outstanding bonds being refunded or may bepublicly or privately sold.
2. The refunding bonds, or any part thereof, may beexchanged by the Board for federal securities which have been made availablefor escrow investment by any purchaser of refunding bonds, upon terms ofexchange mutually agreed upon, and any federal securities so received by theBoard shall be placed in escrow as provided in
(Added to NRS by 1967, 20)
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1. No bonds may be refunded hereunder unless theholders thereof voluntarily surrender them for exchange or payment, or unlessthey either mature or are callable for prior redemption under their termswithin 25 years after the date of issuance of the refunding bonds. Provisionmust be made for paying the securities within that period.
2. The maturity of any bond refunded may not beextended beyond 25 years, or beyond 1 year next following the date of the lastoutstanding maturity, whichever limitation is later, nor may any interestthereon be increased to any rate which exceeds by more than 3 percent the Indexof Revenue Bonds which was most recently published before the bids are receivedor a negotiated offer is accepted.
3. The principal amount of the refunding bonds mayexceed, be less than or be the same as the principal amount of the bonds beingrefunded so long as provision is duly and sufficiently made for their payment.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 20; A 1969, 1299; 1971, 2125;1975, 874; 1981, 1417; 1983, 585, 1034, 1596)
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1. Except as herein otherwise provided, the proceedsof refunding bonds shall either be immediately applied to the retirement of thebonds to be refunded or be placed in escrow or trust in any trust bank or trustbanks within or without or both within and without this state to be applied tothe payment of the refunded bonds or the refunding bonds, or both the refundedbonds and the refunding bonds, upon their presentation therefor to the extent,in such priority and otherwise in the manner which the Board may determine.
2. The incidental costs of the refunding of bonds maybe paid by the purchaser of the refunding bonds or be defrayed from any generalfund or other available revenues of the University or the Board or from theproceeds of the refunding bonds, or from the interest or other yield derivedfrom the investment of any refunding bond proceeds or other moneys in escrow ortrust, or from any other sources legally available therefor, or any combinationthereof, as the Board may determine.
3. Any accrued interest and any premium appertainingto a sale of refunding bonds may be applied to the payment of the interestthereon or the principal thereof, or to both interest and principal, or may bedeposited in a reserve therefor, or may be used to refund bonds by deposit inescrow, trust or otherwise, or may be used to defray any incidental costsappertaining to the refunding, or any combination thereof, as the Board maydetermine.
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1. Any such escrow or trust shall not necessarily belimited to proceeds of refunding bonds but may include other moneys availablefor its purpose.
2. Any proceeds in escrow or trust, pending such use,may be invested or reinvested in federal securities.
3. Any trust bank accounting for federal securities insuch escrow or trust may place them for safekeeping wholly or in part in anytrust bank or trust banks within or without or both within and without thisstate.
4. Any trust bank shall continuously secure any moneysplaced in escrow or trust and not so invested or reinvested in federalsecurities by a pledge in any trust bank or trust banks within or without orboth within and without the State of federal securities in an amount at alltimes at least equal to the total uninvested amount of such moneys accountedfor in such escrow or trust.
5. Such proceeds and investments in escrow or trust,together with any interest or other gain to be derived from any suchinvestment, shall be in an amount at all times at least sufficient to payprincipal, interest, any prior redemption premiums due, and any charges of theescrow agent or trustee and any other incidental expenses payable therefrom,except to the extent provision may have been previously otherwise madetherefor, as such obligations become due at their respective maturities or dueat designated prior redemption date or dates in connection with which the Boardshall have exercised or shall be obligated to exercise a prior redemptionoption on its behalf or on behalf of the University.
6. The computations made in determining suchsufficiency shall be verified by a certified public accountant licensed topractice in this state or in any other state.
7. Any purchaser of any refunding bond issuedhereunder shall in no manner be responsible for the application of the proceedsthereof by the Board or the University or any of their respective officers,agents or employees.
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1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, bondsand other securities issued pursuant to the provisions of the UniversitySecurities Law, their transfer and the income therefrom must forever be andremain free and exempt from taxation by this state or any subdivision thereof.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to thetax on estates imposed pursuant to the provisions of
(Added to NRS by 1967, 22; A 1989, 2108; 1991, 1712)
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1. It is legal for any bank, trust company, banker,savings bank or institution, savings and loan association, investment companyand any other person carrying on a banking or investment business, anyinsurance company, insurance association, or any other person carrying on aninsurance business, and any executor, administrator, curator, trustee or anyother fiduciary, to invest funds or money in his custody in any of the bonds orother securities issued hereunder.
2. Nothing contained in this section with regard tolegal investments relieves any representative of any corporation or otherperson of any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 22; A 1983, 134)
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1. NRS 396.809to 396.885, inclusive, without referenceto other statutes of this state, except as herein otherwise expressly provided,shall constitute full authority for the exercise of the incidental powersherein granted concerning the borrowing of money to defray wholly or in partthe cost of any project appertaining to the University or the Board, or torefinance outstanding loans, or both, and the issuance of bonds or othersecurities to evidence such loans or other obligations or to fund or refundoutstanding securities, or any combination thereof, as the Board may determine.
2. No other act or law with regard to theauthorization or issuance of securities or the exercise of any other powerherein granted that requires an approval, or in any way impedes or restrictsthe carrying out of the acts herein authorized to be done shall be construed asapplying to any proceedings taken hereunder or acts done pursuant hereto,except as herein otherwise provided.
3. The powers conferred by
4. Nothing contained in
5. No part of NRS396.809 to 396.885, inclusive, shallrepeal or affect any other law or part thereof, it being intended that
(Added to NRS by 1967, 22)
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PROGRAM TO PROVIDE LOANS TO NURSING STUDENTS
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1. The Board of Regents may administer, directly orthrough a designated officer or employee of the System, a program to provideloans for fees, books and living expenses to students in the nursing programsof the System.
2. Each student to whom a loan is made must:
(a) Have been a bona fide resident of Nevada, as thatterm is defined in NRS 396.540, for atleast 6 months prior to the matriculation of the student in the System, as thatterm is defined pursuant to NRS 396.540;
(b) Be enrolled at the time the loan is made in anursing program of the System for the purpose of becoming a licensed practicalnurse or registered nurse;
(c) Fulfill all requirements for classification as afull-time student showing progression towards completion of the program; and
(d) Maintain at least a 2.00 grade-point average ineach class and at least a 2.75 overall grade-point average, on a 4.0 gradingscale.
3. Each loan must be made upon the following terms:
(a) All loans must bear interest at 8 percent per annumfrom the date when the student receives the loan.
(b) Each student receiving a loan must repay the loanwith interest following the termination of his education for which the loan ismade. The loan must be repaid in monthly installments over the period allowedwith the first installment due 1 year after the date of the termination of hiseducation for which the loan is made. The amounts of the installments must notbe less than $50 and may be calculated to allow a smaller payment at thebeginning of the period of repayment, with each succeeding payment graduallyincreasing so that the total amount due will have been paid within the periodfor repayment. The period for repayment of the loans must be:
(1) Five years for loans which total less than$10,000.
(2) Eight years for loans which total $10,000 ormore, but less than $20,000.
(3) Ten years for loans which total $20,000 ormore.
4. A delinquency charge may be assessed on anyinstallment delinquent 10 days or more in the amount of 8 percent of theinstallment or $4, whichever is greater, but not more than $15.
5. The reasonable costs of collection and an attorneysfee may be recovered in the event of delinquency.
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1. The loans made pursuant to
(a) A community college, $1,700.
(b) A university, $2,005.
2. Any money distributed pursuant to
(Added to NRS by 1989, 2135; A 1993, 360)
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1. Each student who receives a loan made pursuant to
(a) He practices nursing in a rural area of Nevada oras an employee of the State for 6 months for each academic year for which hereceived a loan; or
(b) He practices nursing in any other area of Nevadafor 1 year for each academic year for which he received a loan.
2. The Board of Regents may adopt regulations:
(a) Extending the time for completing the requiredpractice beyond 5 years for persons who are granted extensions because ofhardship; and
(b) Granting prorated credit towards repayment of aloan for time a person practices nursing as required, for cases in which theperiod for required practice is only partially completed,
and suchother regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of
3. As used in this section, practices nursing in arural area means that the person practices nursing in an area located in acounty whose population is less than 45,000 at least half of the total time theperson spends in the practice of nursing, and not less than 20 hours per week.
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1. A student to acquire, as security for a studentloan, insurance on his life and on his health or against his disability, orboth.
2. That a financially responsible person agree to bejointly liable with the recipient for the repayment of the loan.
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1. An installment is not paid within 30 days after itis due;
2. The recipient fails to notify the Board of Regentsor its designee, within 30 days, of:
(a) A change of name or of the address of his home orplace of practice; or
(b) The termination of the education for which hereceived the loan; or
3. The recipient fails to comply with any other requirementor perform any other obligation he is required to perform pursuant to anyagreement with the Board of Regents or its designee.
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1. For each infraction, impose a fine of not more than$200 against any recipient in any academic year, and may deny additional moneyto any student who fails to pay the fine when due;
2. Increase the portion of any future loan to berepaid by the recipient; and
3. Extend the time a recipient is required to practicenursing to repay his loan.
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1. The Board of Regents or its designee may, afterreceiving an application stating the reasons therefor, grant an extension ofthe period for the repayment of a loan in case of hardship arising out of theindividual circumstances of a recipient. The extension must be for a periodthat will reasonably alleviate that hardship.
2. Applications for extensions must be filed withinthe time prescribed by regulation of the Board of Regents.
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1. Receive, invest, disburse and account for all moneyreceived for the program.
2. Report to the Governor and the Legislature beforeSeptember 1 of any year preceding a regular session of the Legislature, settingforth in detail the transactions conducted by it during the biennium endingJune 30 of such year.
3. Make recommendations for any legislative actiondeemed by it advisable.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 2136)
HEALTH SERVICES IN UNDERSERVED AREAS
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1. Recruit practitioners for participation in theprogram;
2. Designate areas of Nevada in which a shortage ofeach type of practitioner exists;
3. Match practitioners with the designated areas; and
4. Help practitioners to negotiate contracts to servein the designated areas.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 2156; A
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1. Apply for any matching money available for theprogram from the Federal Government.
2. Adopt regulations necessary to carry out theprovisions of NRS 396.899 to
3. Receive, invest, disburse and account for all moneyreceived from the Federal Government or any other source for this program.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 2156; A
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1. The University of Nevada School of Medicine mayauthorize the Nevada Health Service Corps to administer a program under whichmoney for loans is repaid on behalf of a practitioner for each year hepractices in an area of Nevada in which a shortage of that type of practitionerexists, as determined by the Nevada Office of Rural Health within theUniversity of Nevada School of Medicine and the Nevada Health Service Corps.
2. To qualify for the program, a practitioner requiredto be licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter630, 630A, 633or 634 of NRS must have completed his primarycare residency and hold an active license issued pursuant to
(Added to NRS by 1989, 2155; A
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1. Provide financial support and education to facultyand residents in the Departments of Family and Community Medicine andObstetrics and Gynecology within the University of Nevada School of Medicineand to expand the clinical services provided by such faculty and residents inareas and to populations that need obstetrical services.
2. Provide money to Nevada Health Centers, Inc., orits successor, to expand the clinical prenatal and obstetrical practice base ofcommunity health center clinics and to provide uninsured, underinsured andMedicaid patients with increased access to clinical prenatal and obstetricalcare.
3. Establish a fund that allows practicing communityproviders of prenatal care that are participating in the obstetrical accessprogram to draw upon money to partially compensate them for providing care topatients who have no access to clinical care because of their financial status.
4. Develop a database of clinical practitionersproviding prenatal or obstetrical services throughout the State to monitor andanalyze:
(a) The relationship between declining services and thesupply and distribution of appropriate providers of health care;
(b) The impact of access to care issues on pregnantwomen, including, without limitation, poor birth outcomes which result fromlack of access to care, the financial impact of such poor birth outcomes andthe effects of receiving inadequate prenatal care; and
(c) The impact of adverse judicial decisions on thedelivery of obstetrical services.
5. Subsidize malpractice costs for clinical providersof prenatal care who maintain at least 30 percent or more of prenatal orobstetrical patients in their practice who are uninsured, underinsured orinsured by Medicaid, or who use a sliding fee scale based on a patientsfinancial resources when charging for such services. The subsidy must becalculated based on the number of qualified clinical providers of prenatalcare, the proportion of financially compromised patients served by suchproviders and the total amount of money available for subsidies.
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1. The Nevada Office of Rural Health is herebyestablished within the University of Nevada School of Medicine to administermatters relating to the delivery of health care services to rural and frontierareas in this state. The Nevada Office of Rural Health shall:
(a) Evaluate the need for programs concerning thedelivery of health care services to rural and frontier areas in this state andmake recommendations to the University of Nevada School of Medicine and theLegislature to carry out such programs; and
(b) Establish, administer and coordinate programs whichaffect the delivery of health care services to rural and frontier areas in thisstate, including, without limitation, programs relating to:
(1) The education and training of providers ofhealth care who provide services in rural and frontier areas;
(2) The needs of rural and frontier areas forhealth care services and the manner in which such health care services may beeffectively delivered;
(3) The delivery of health care services torural and frontier areas;
(4) The financing of the delivery of health careservices to rural and frontier areas; or
(5) The collection of data necessary for theNevada Office of Rural Health to carry out its duties concerning the deliveryof health care services to rural and frontier areas.
2. Any gift, donation, bequest, grant or other sourceof money received by the Nevada Office of Rural Health may be used to carry outthe provisions of this section.
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1. The Area Health Education Center Program is herebyestablished within the University of Nevada School of Medicine to supporteducation and training programs for students studying to become practitioners,or residents or practitioners who will provide or are providing health careservices in medically underserved areas in this state, including urban andrural areas. The Area Health Education Center Program shall:
(a) Assist the area health education centers withinNevada in providing:
(1) Career opportunities in health care;
(2) Information to practitioners and otherproviders of health care;
(3) Continuing education for practitioners andother providers of health care; and
(4) Stipends for the education and training ofstudents studying to become practitioners and residents who will provide or whoare providing health care services in medically underserved areas in thisstate;
(b) Assess and develop training programs concerning theappropriate curriculum for primary care and other priority health careservices;
(c) Enhance the training programs in primary care byproviding additional entry-level positions and faculty to increase theavailability of practitioners and other providers of health care;
(d) Increase the percentage of medical studentscommitting to residencies and careers in primary care;
(e) Provide a greater percentage of primary careresidents to medically underserved areas in this state;
(f) Develop and enhance training programs necessary toaddress the primary health care needs of persons in this state; and
(g) Establish interdisciplinary opportunities foreducation and training for practitioners and other providers of health care.
2. Any gift, donation, bequest, grant or other sourceof money received by the Area Health Education Center Program may be used tocarry out the provisions of this section.
3. As used in this section, practitioner has themeaning ascribed to it in NRS 439A.0195.
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1. The Medical Education Council of Nevada is herebyestablished within the University of Nevada School of Medicine to ensure thatNevada has an adequate, well-trained health care workforce to meet the needs ofthe residents of this State. The Medical Education Council of Nevada shall:
(a) Determine the workforce needs for the provision ofhealth care services in this State;
(b) Determine the number and types of positions ofemployment for which money appropriated to the Medical Education Council ofNevada may be used, including, without limitation, positions for practitioners,other providers of health care and other personnel to staff health carefacilities and programs;
(c) Investigate and make recommendations to theUniversity of Nevada School of Medicine and the Legislature on the status andneeds of practitioners, other providers of health care and other personnel ofhealth care facilities or programs;
(d) Determine a method for reimbursing institutionsthat sponsor practitioners, other providers of health care or other personnelof health care facilities or programs;
(e) To the extent authorized by federal law, prepareand submit a formal application to the Centers for Medicare and MedicaidServices of the United States Department of Health and Human Services for thepurpose of receiving and dispersing federal money for graduate medicaleducation expenses;
(f) Distribute a portion of any money it receives forgraduate medical education expenses in a manner that:
(1) Prepares postgraduate medical and dentalresidents, as defined by the Accreditation Council for Graduate MedicalEducation, to provide inpatient, outpatient and hospital services in variouscommunities and in geographically diverse settings;
(2) Encourages the coordination ofinterdisciplinary clinical training by practitioners and other providers ofhealth care to such postgraduate medical and dental residents; and
(3) Promotes funding for accredited clinicaltraining programs provided by practitioners or other providers of health careto such postgraduate medical and dental residents;
(g) Apply for grants, gifts and donations from publicand private sources, including the Federal Government, to carry out theobjectives of the Medical Education Council of Nevada;
(h) Initiate a cooperative agreement with theDepartment of Health and Human Services to promote the intergovernmentaltransfer of money for the purposes of receiving and dispersing money to carryout the objectives of the Medical Education Council of Nevada; and
(i) Distribute additional financial resources totraining programs for practitioners, other providers of health care or otherpersonnel of health care facilities or programs in the State.
2. Any gift, donation, bequest, grant or other sourceof money received by the Medical Education Council of Nevada may be used tocarry out the provisions of this section.
3. As used in this section, practitioner has themeaning ascribed to it in NRS 439A.0195.
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THE GOVERNOR GUINN MILLENNIUM SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
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1. The Legislature hereby declares that its prioritiesin expending the proceeds to the State of Nevada from settlement agreementswith and civil actions against manufacturers of tobacco products are:
(a) To increase the number of Nevada students who attendand graduate from Nevada institutions of higher education; and
(b) To assist Nevada residents in obtaining andmaintaining good health.
2. To further these priorities, the Legislature herebydeclares that it is in the best interest of the residents of the State ofNevada that all money received by the State of Nevada pursuant to anysettlement entered into by the State of Nevada and a manufacturer of tobaccoproducts and all money recovered by the State of Nevada from a judgment in acivil action against a manufacturer of tobacco products be dedicated solelytoward the achievement of the following goals:
(a) Increasing the number of residents of the State ofNevada who enroll in and attend a university, college or community college inthe State of Nevada;
(b) Reducing and preventing the use of tobaccoproducts, alcohol and illegal drugs, especially by children;
(c) Expanding the availability of health insurance andhealth care for children and adults in this State, especially for children andfor adults with disabilities;
(d) Assisting senior citizens who have modest incomesin purchasing prescription drugs and assisting those senior citizens in meetingtheir needs related to health care, home care, respite care and their abilityto live independent of institutional care; and
(e) Promoting the general health of all residents ofthe State of Nevada.
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1. A university, state college or community collegewithin the System; or
2. Any other nonsectarian college or university that:
(a) Was originally established in, and is organizedunder the laws of, this state;
(b) Is exempt from taxation pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3); and
(c) Is accredited by a regional accrediting agencyrecognized by the United States Department of Education.
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1. The Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship Programis hereby created for the distribution of the Governor Guinn MillenniumScholarships in accordance with NRS 396.911to 396.938, inclusive. The MillenniumScholarship Trust Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. The StateTreasurer may accept gifts, grants, bequests and donations for deposit in theTrust Fund.
2. The State Treasurer shall deposit in the TrustFund:
(a) Forty percent of all money received by the State ofNevada pursuant to any settlement entered into by the State of Nevada and amanufacturer of tobacco products;
(b) Forty percent of all money recovered by the Stateof Nevada from a judgment in a civil action against a manufacturer of tobaccoproducts; and
(c) Any gifts, grants, bequests or donationsspecifically designated for the Trust Fund by the donor.
3. The State Treasurer shall administer the TrustFund. As administrator of the Trust Fund, the State Treasurer, except asotherwise provided in this section:
(a) Shall maintain the financial records of the TrustFund;
(b) Shall invest the money in the Trust Fund as themoney in other state funds is invested;
(c) Shall manage any account associated with the TrustFund;
(d) Shall maintain any instruments that evidenceinvestments made with the money in the Trust Fund;
(e) May contract with vendors for any good or servicethat is necessary to carry out the provisions of this section; and
(f) May perform any other duties necessary toadminister the Trust Fund.
4. In addition to the investments authorized pursuantto paragraph (b) of subsection 3, the State Treasurer may, except as otherwiseprovided in subsection 5, invest the money in the Trust Fund in:
(a) Common or preferred stock of a corporation createdby or existing under the laws of the United States or of a state, district orterritory of the United States, if:
(1) The stock of the corporation is:
(I) Listed on a national stock exchange;or
(II) Traded in the over-the-countermarket, if the price quotations for the over-the-counter stock are quoted bythe National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations System(NASDAQ);
(2) The outstanding shares of the corporationhave a total market value of not less than $50,000,000;
(3) The maximum investment in stock is notgreater than 25 percent of the book value of the total investments of the TrustFund;
(4) Except for investments made pursuant toparagraph (c), the amount of an investment in a single corporation is notgreater than 3 percent of the book value of the assets of the Trust Fund; and
(5) Except for investments made pursuant toparagraph (c), the total amount of shares owned by the Trust Fund is notgreater than 5 percent of the outstanding stock of a single corporation.
(b) A pooled or commingled real estate fund or a realestate security that is managed by a corporate trustee or by an investmentadvisory firm that is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission,either of which may be retained by the State Treasurer as an investmentmanager. The shares and the pooled or commingled fund must be held in trust.The total book value of an investment made under this paragraph must not at anytime be greater than 5 percent of the total book value of all investments ofthe Trust Fund.
(c) Mutual funds or common trust funds that consist ofany combination of the investments authorized pursuant to paragraph (b) ofsubsection 3 and paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection.
5. The State Treasurer shall not invest any money inthe Trust Fund pursuant to subsection 4 unless the State Treasurer obtains ajudicial determination that the proposed investment or category of investmentswill not violate the provisions of Section 9 of Article 8 of the Constitutionof the State of Nevada. The State Treasurer shall contract for the services ofindependent contractors to manage any investments of the State Treasurer madepursuant to subsection 4. The State Treasurer shall establish such criteria forthe qualifications of such an independent contractor as are appropriate toensure that each independent contractor has expertise in the management of suchinvestments.
6. All interest and income earned on the money in theTrust Fund must, after deducting any applicable charges, be credited to theTrust Fund. All claims against the Trust Fund must be paid as other claimsagainst the State are paid.
7. Not more than 3 percent of the anticipated annualrevenue to the State of Nevada from the settlement agreements with and civilactions against manufacturers of tobacco products anticipated for deposit inthe Trust Fund may be used to pay the costs of administering the Trust Fund.
8. The money in the Trust Fund remains in the Fund anddoes not revert to the State General Fund at the end of any fiscal year.
9. Money in the Trust Fund may be used only for thepurposes set forth in NRS 396.914 to
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1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and3, a student may apply to the Board of Regents for a millennium scholarship ifhe:
(a) Has been a resident of this State for at least 2years before he applies for the scholarship;
(b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c),graduated from a public or private high school in this State:
(1) After May 1, 2000, but not later than May 1,2003; or
(2) After May 1, 2003, and, except as otherwiseprovided in paragraph (c) of subsection 2, not more than 6 years before heapplies for the scholarship;
(c) Does not satisfy the requirements of paragraph (b)and:
(1) Was enrolled as a pupil in a public or privatehigh school in this State with a class of pupils who were regularly scheduledto graduate after May 1, 2000;
(2) Received his high school diploma within 4years after he was regularly scheduled to graduate; and
(3) Applies for the scholarship not more than 6years after he was regularly scheduled to graduate from high school;
(d) Maintained in high school in the courses designatedby the Board of Regents pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2, at least:
(1) A 3.00 grade point average on a 4.0 gradingscale, if he was a member of the graduating class of 2003 or 2004;
(2) A 3.10 grade point average on a 4.0 gradingscale, if he was a member of the graduating class of 2005 or 2006; or
(3) A 3.25 grade point average on a 4.0 gradingscale, if he was a member of the graduating class of 2007 or a later graduatingclass; and
(e) Is enrolled in at least:
(1) Six semester credit hours in a communitycollege within the System; or
(2) Twelve semester credit hours in anothereligible institution.
2. The Board of Regents:
(a) Shall define the core curriculum that a studentmust complete in high school to be eligible for a millennium scholarship.
(b) Shall designate the courses in which a student mustearn the minimum grade point averages set forth in paragraph (d) of subsection1.
(c) May establish criteria with respect to students whohave been on active duty serving in the Armed Forces of the United States toexempt such students from the 6-year limitation on applications that is setforth in subparagraph (2) of paragraph (b) of subsection 1.
(d) Shall establish criteria with respect to studentswho have a documented physical or mental disability or who were previouslysubject to an individualized education program under the Individuals with DisabilitiesEducation Act, 20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq., or a plan under Title V of theRehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. 791 et seq. The criteria must providean exemption for those students from:
(1) The 6-year limitation on applications thatis set forth in subparagraph (2) of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 andsubparagraph (3) of paragraph (c) of subsection 1 and any limitation applicableto students who are eligible pursuant to subparagraph (1) of paragraph (b) ofsubsection 1.
(2) The minimum number of credits prescribed inparagraph (e) of subsection 1.
3. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c) ofsubsection 1, for students who did not graduate from a public or private highschool in this State and who have been residents of this State for at least 2years, the Board of Regents shall establish:
(a) The minimum score on a standardized test that suchstudents must receive; or
(b) Other criteria that students must meet,
to beeligible for millennium scholarships.
4. In awarding scholarships, the Board of Regentsshall enhance its outreach to students who:
(a) Are pursuing a career in education or health care;
(b) Come from families who lack sufficient financialresources to pay for the costs of sending their children to an eligible institution;or
(c) Substantially participated in an antismoking,antidrug or antialcohol program during high school.
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1. Except as otherwise provided in this section,within the limits of money available in the Trust Fund, a student who iseligible for a millennium scholarship is entitled to receive:
(a) If heis enrolled in a community college within the System, including, withoutlimitation, a summer academic term, $40 per credit for each lower divisioncourse and $60 per credit for each upper division course in which the studentis enrolled, or the amount of money that is necessary for the student to paythe costs of attending the community college that are not otherwise satisfiedby other grants or scholarships, whichever is less. The Board of Regents shallprovide for the designation of upper and lower division courses for thepurposes of this paragraph. In no event may a student who is eligible for amillennium scholarship receive more than the cost of 12 semester credits persemester pursuant to this paragraph.
(b) If he is enrolled in a state college within theSystem, including, without limitation, a summer academic term, $60 per creditfor which the student is enrolled, or the amount of money that is necessary forthe student to pay the costs of attending the state college that are nototherwise satisfied by other grants or scholarships, whichever is less. In noevent may a student who is eligible for a millennium scholarship receive morethan the cost of 12 semester credits per semester pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) If he is enrolled in another eligible institution,including, without limitation, a summer academic term, $80 per credit for whichthe student is enrolled, or the amount of money that is necessary for thestudent to pay the costs of attending the university that are not otherwisesatisfied by other grants or scholarships, whichever is less. In no event may astudent who is eligible for a millennium scholarship receive more than the costof 12 semester credits per semester pursuant to this paragraph.
2. No student may be awarded a millennium scholarship:
(a) To pay for remedial courses.
(b) For a total amount in excess of $10,000.
3. A student who receives a millennium scholarshipshall:
(a) Make satisfactory academic progress toward arecognized degree or certificate, as determined by the Board of Regentspursuant to subsection 7; and
(b) If the student graduated from high school after May1, 2003, maintain:
(1) At least a 2.60 grade point average on a 4.0grading scale for each semester during the first year of enrollment in theGovernor Guinn Millennium Scholarship Program.
(2) At least a 2.75 grade point average on a 4.0grading scale for each semester during the second year of enrollment in theGovernor Guinn Millennium Scholarship Program and for each semester during eachyear of enrollment thereafter.
4. If a student does not satisfy the requirements ofsubsection 3 during one semester of enrollment, excluding a summer academicterm, he is not eligible for the millennium scholarship for the succeedingsemester of enrollment. If such a student:
(a) Subsequently satisfies the requirements ofsubsection 3 in a semester in which he is not eligible for the scholarship, heis eligible for the scholarship for his next semester of enrollment.
(b) Fails a second time to satisfy the requirements ofsubsection 3 during any subsequent semester, excluding a summer academic term,he is no longer eligible for a millennium scholarship.
5. A millennium scholarship must be used only:
(a) For the payment of registration fees and laboratoryfees and expenses;
(b) To purchase required textbooks and coursematerials; and
(c) For other costs related to the attendance of thestudent at the eligible institution.
6. The Board of Regents shall certify a list ofeligible students to the State Treasurer. The State Treasurer shall disburse amillennium scholarship for each semester on behalf of an eligible studentdirectly to the eligible institution in which the student is enrolled, uponcertification from the eligible institution of the number of credits for whichthe student is enrolled, which must meet or exceed the minimum number ofcredits required for eligibility and certification that the student is in goodstanding and making satisfactory academic progress toward a recognized degreeor certificate, as determined by the Board of Regents pursuant to subsection 7.The scholarship must be administered by the eligible institution as othersimilar scholarships are administered and may be used only for the expendituresauthorized pursuant to subsection 5.
7. The Board of Regents shall establish criteria fordetermining whether a student is making satisfactory academic progress toward arecognized degree or certificate for purposes of subsection 6.
8. The Board of Regents shall establish procedures toensure that all money from a millennium scholarship awarded to a student thatis refunded in whole or in part for any reason is refunded to the Trust Fundand not the student.
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UNLAWFUL ACTS
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1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, it isunlawful for a person to engage in any kind of surreptitious electronicsurveillance on a campus of the System without the knowledge of the personbeing observed.
2. Subsection 1 does not apply to any electronicsurveillance:
(a) Authorized by a court order issued to a publicofficer, based upon a showing of probable cause to believe that criminalactivity is occurring on the property under surveillance;
(b) By a law enforcement agency pursuant to a criminalinvestigation;
(c) Which is necessary as part of a system of securityused to protect and ensure the safety of persons on the campus; or
(d) Of a class or laboratory when authorized by theteacher of the class or laboratory.
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1. It is unlawful for a person who knows or in theexercise of reasonable care should know that a substance or material containsat least one-tenth of 1 percent by weight or volume of a diisocyanate to use,or cause or permit another person to use, the substance or material in themaintenance or repair of a building owned or operated by the System while anyperson who is not necessary to the maintenance or repair is present in thebuilding.
2. A person who knows or in the exercise of reasonablecare should know that a substance or material which contains at least one-tenthof 1 percent by weight or volume of a diisocyanate has been used in themaintenance or repair of a building owned or operated by the System shallensure that the building is not occupied for at least 4 hours following the useof that substance or material by any person who is not necessary to themaintenance or repair.
3. A person who violates subsection 1 or 2 is guiltyof a gross misdemeanor.
4. For the purposes of this section, diisocyanateincludes, without limitation, toluene diisocyanate (TDI), methylene bisphenylisocyanate (MDI) or hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI).
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1. It is unlawful for a person knowingly to use orattempt to use:
(a) A false or misleading degree or honorary degreeconferred by the System or another public postsecondary educationalinstitution, regardless of whether that institution is located in this Stateand regardless of whether that institution is authorized to operate in thisState; or
(b) A degree or honorary degree conferred by the Systemor another public postsecondary educational institution in a false ormisleading manner, regardless of whether that institution is located in thisState and regardless of whether that institution is authorized to operate inthis State,
inconnection with admission to any institution of higher education or in connectionwith any business, employment, occupation, profession, trade or public office.
2. Unless a greater penalty is provided by specificstatute, a person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of amisdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonmentin the county jail for not more than 6 months, or by both fine andimprisonment.
3. In addition to any criminal penalty imposedpursuant to subsection 2, a person who violates the provisions of this sectionis subject to a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $5,000 for eachviolation. The Attorney General or any district attorney of this State mayrecover the penalty in a civil action brought in the name of the State ofNevada in any court of competent jurisdiction.
4. For the purposes of this section, a degree orhonorary degree is false or misleading or is used in a false or misleadingmanner if it:
(a) States or suggests that the person named in thedegree or honorary degree has completed the requirements of an academic orprofessional program of study in a particular field of endeavor beyond thesecondary school level and the person has not, in fact, completed therequirements of the program of study;
(b) Is offered as his own by a person other than theperson who completed the requirements of the program of study; or
(c) Is awarded, bestowed, conferred, given, granted,conveyed or sold:
(1) Based upon more than 10 percent of therecipients documented life experience and not based upon actual completion ofacademic work; or
(2) In violation of this chapter.
5. As used in this section:
(a) Degree has the meaning ascribed to it in
(b) Honorary degree has the meaning ascribed to it inNRS 394.620.
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