2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 233H - Nevada Commission on Sports
NRS 233H.080 - Powers of Commission: Promotion of physical fitness and sports.

The Commission may:

1. Promote the development of Olympic training centers;

2. Promote physical fitness through participation in sports;

3. Develop, foster and coordinate physical fitness services and programs;

4. Sponsor workshops, clinics and conferences for amateurs in sports;

5. Provide recognition for outstanding developments, achievements and contributions to amateur sports;

6. Stimulate and promote research into amateur sports;

7. Collect and disseminate information about amateur sports;

8. Promote amateur sports and programs for physical fitness in schools and local communities;

9. Develop programs to promote personal health and physical fitness through participation in amateur sports in cooperation with medical, dental and other professional societies;

10. Promote the development of recreational opportunities and activities in amateur sport, including the acquisition, financing, construction and rehabilitation of sports facilities for holding amateur sports events;

11. Promote national and international sport competitions and events for amateurs;

12. Sanction and sponsor sports competitions for amateurs;

13. Become a member of regional or national sports associations or organizations for amateurs;

14. Promote the inclusion of persons with physical or mental disabilities or visual or hearing impairments in amateur sports under conditions that are as comparable to those pertaining to other athletes as their disabilities and impairments allow;

15. Assist with the Nevada Special Olympics;

16. Assist with the Nevada Senior Games; and

17. Develop and promote a program of statewide sports competition for amateurs to be known as the Silver State Games, which must be patterned after the summer and winter Olympic Games and designed to encourage the participation of athletes representing a broad range of ages, levels of skill and geographic areas of the State.

(Added to NRS by 1989, 2124)