2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 426 - Persons With Disabilities
NRS 426.630 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 426.630 to 426.715, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Licensee" means a person who is blind and who is licensed by the Bureau to operate a vending facility in or on a public building or property or on federal property.

2. "Nevada Committee of Vendors Who Are Blind" means the Committee of Vendors Who Are Blind elected pursuant to NRS 426.670 and 34 C.F.R. § 395.14.

3. "Operate" means to be responsible for the day-to-day operation of a vending facility, including, without limitation, purchasing products for resale, hiring employees and performing other duties associated with managing a vending facility.

4. "Public building or property":

(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), means any portion of any building, land or other real property, owned, leased or occupied by any public entity except public elementary and secondary schools, the Nevada System of Higher Education, the Nevada State Park System, the Department of Corrections, an airport authority operating in this State and a department of aviation which is operated by a political subdivision of this State.

(b) Does not include any building, land or other real property that is:

(1) Leased to a private entity; or

(2) Operated pursuant to an operating agreement,

for the purposes of live entertainment, as defined in NRS 368A.090.

5. "Public entity" means any department, agency or political subdivision of the State, any department or agency of a political subdivision of the State or any public or quasi-public corporation that is supported in whole or in part by public money. The term includes, without limitation, a regional transportation commission, an irrigation district or water district created under the laws of the State of Nevada, and all boards, commissions and committees created by a public entity or the Legislature.

6. "Vending facility" means an automatic vending machine, cafeteria, snack bar, cart service, shelter, counter and other appropriate auxiliary equipment that is necessary for the sale of newspapers, periodicals, confections, tobacco products, foods, beverages and other articles or services dispensed or provided automatically or manually. The term includes, without limitation, the vending or exchange of tickets or similar items for participation in any lottery that is authorized under the laws of this State and is conducted by an agency of this State within this State.

7. "Vending Facility Program" means the program established by NRS 426.630 to 426.715, inclusive, to provide for the operation of vending facilities by licensees.

(Added to NRS by 1959, 169; A 1961, 330; 1963, 921; 1965, 772; 1967, 1163; 1969, 1448; 1973, 73, 1392, 1495; 1981, 1918; 1985, 2313; 1987, 1741; 1993, 401; 2001 Special Session, 239; 2021, 840)