2017 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 378 - State Library, Archives and Public Records
NRS 378.160 - Definitions.
1. “Center” means the State Publications Distribution Center created by NRS 378.170.
2. “Depository library” means a library with which the Center has entered into an agreement pursuant to NRS 378.190.
3. “Local government” means every political subdivision or other entity which has the right to levy or receive money from ad valorem or other taxes or any mandatory assessments, and includes, without limitation, counties, cities, towns, boards, school districts and other districts organized pursuant to chapters 244A, 309, 318, 379, 474, 541, 543 and 555 of NRS, NRS 450.550 to 450.750, inclusive, and any agency or department of a county or city which prepares a budget separate from that of the parent political subdivision. The term includes the Nevada Rural Housing Authority.
4. “Publication” includes any information in any format or medium that is produced pursuant to the authority of or at the total or partial expense of a state agency or local government, is required by law to be distributed by a state agency or local government, or is distributed publicly by a state agency or local government outside that state agency or local government. The term does not include:
(a) Nevada Revised Statutes with annotations;
(b) Nevada Reports;
(c) Bound volumes of the Statutes of Nevada;
(d) Items published by the University of Nevada Press and other information disseminated by the Nevada System of Higher Education which is not designed for public distribution;
(e) Official state records scheduled for retention and disposition pursuant to NRS 239.080; or
(f) Records of a local government which have been scheduled for disposition pursuant to NRS 239.124 or retention pursuant to NRS 239.125.
5. “State agency” includes the Legislature, constitutional officers or any department, division, bureau, board, commission or agency of the State of Nevada.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 499; A 1989, 251, 595, 605; 1993, 399; 2005, 740; 2013, 516)
