2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 218H - Lobbying
NRS 218H.500 - Regulations; fees; classification of lobbyists; forms; accounting and reporting methods; filing system; public inspection; retention of records; list of registrants.

1. The Legislative Commission shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

2. The Legislative Commission may, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, require fees for registration, payable into the Legislative Fund. For the purposes of fees for registration, the Legislative Commission shall classify lobbyists as follows:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c), a lobbyist who receives any compensation for his or her lobbying activities.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c) or (d), a lobbyist who does not receive any compensation for his or her lobbying activities.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d), a lobbyist whose lobbying activities are only on behalf of one or more nonprofit organizations that are recognized as exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3). Such a lobbyist is not required to pay a fee of more than $100 for registration pursuant to this subsection.

(d) A veteran who does not receive compensation for the veteran s lobbying activities and who provides proof of his or her discharge or release from the Armed Forces of the United States, a reserve component thereof or the National Guard under honorable conditions. Such a lobbyist is not required to pay any fee for registration pursuant to this subsection.

3. The Director shall:

(a) Prepare and furnish forms for the statements and reports required to be filed.

(b) Prepare and publish uniform methods of accounting and reporting to be used by persons required to file such statements and reports, including guidelines for complying with the reporting requirements of this chapter.

(c) Accept and file any information voluntarily supplied that exceeds the requirements of this chapter.

(d) Develop a filing, coding and cross-indexing system consistent with the purposes of this chapter.

(e) Make the statements and reports available for public inspection during regular office hours.

(f) Preserve the statements and reports for a period of 5 years from the date of filing.

(g) Compile and keep current an alphabetical list of registrants, which must include each registrant s address, the name and address of each person for whom the registrant is lobbying and the principal areas of interest on which the registrant expects to lobby. A copy of the list must be furnished to each Legislator, to the clerks of the respective counties for preservation and public inspection, and to any person who requests a copy and pays the cost of reproduction.

(Added to NRS by 1975, 1173; A 1977, 1529; 1979, 1323; 1981, 1204; 1993, 2589; 2009, 373; 2010, 26th Special Session, 86; 2011, 3253, 3673) (Substituted in revision for NRS 218.932)