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CHAPTER 334, SB 69

Senate Bill No. 69–Committee on Revenue and Economic Development

CHAPTER 334

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT relating to taxation; requiring an applicant for the issuance of transferable tax credits and the partial abatement of certain taxes for a project that is located in an economic diversification district to enter into an agreement with certain local governments to defray the cost of services provided by the local governments under certain circumstances; revising provisions governing applications for the issuance of transferable tax credits and the partial abatement of certain taxes for a project that satisfies certain capital investment and other requirements; authorizing a fire protection district to abate certain fees; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Legislative Counsel’s Digest:

Existing law authorizes the Office of Economic Development to approve applications for an abatement or partial abatement of certain taxes and the issuance of transferable tax credits submitted by the lead participant in a qualified project that will make a capital investment in this State of at least $1 billion. (NRS 360.880-360.980) Additionally, existing law authorizes the governing body of a county or city in which a qualified project is or is expected to be located to: (1) create an economic diversification district that includes within its boundaries the qualified project; and (2) pledge for certain purposes the proceeds of all sales and use taxes imposed in the county or city on each participant in the qualified project, other than any sales and use taxes for which an abatement is received. (Chapter 271B of NRS) Sections 2 and 6 of this bill require, as a condition of eligibility for the transferable tax credits or the abatement or partial abatement of taxes for a project that is or will be located in an economic diversification district, the lead participant to enter into an agreement with the governing body of the city, county or fire protection district in which the project is located, if the governing body so requires, to require the lead participant to make payments to defray the cost of local governmental services and infrastructure to service the project. Sections 2 and 6: (1) provide that the city or county in which a project is located is the lead negotiator for all such agreements; and (2) authorize a city, county or fire protection district that is not the lead negotiator to enter into an interlocal agreement with the lead negotiator. Sections 2, 3, 6 and 7 make records, files and communications exchanged between the lead participant and a county, city or fire protection district for the purpose of entering into certain agreements confidential and prohibit the disclosure of such records, files and communications except with the consent of the lead participant. Section 10 of this bill provides that these records, files and communications are not public records. Section 11 of this bill makes a conforming change to reflect that the governing body of a county or city is authorized to enter into agreements with owners of any interest in property for the payment of amounts to defray the costs of local government services, in addition to the agreement which the governing body of the county or city is required to enter into with the lead participant pursuant to sections 2 and 6.

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Existing law prohibits the Office from approving an application for a partial abatement for a qualified project whose participants intend to make a capital investment in this State of at least $1 billion unless the lead participant of the project has entered into an agreement with the Office establishing certain terms for the abatement, including the date on which the abatement becomes effective, which must not be earlier than the date on which the Office receives the application and not later than 1 year after the date on which the Office approves the application. (NRS 360.889) Section 2 limits the requirement to state the effective date of the partial abatement in the agreement to partial abatements of property taxes and requires the effective date of such an abatement, as established by the agreement, to be not earlier than July 1 of the fiscal year in which the Office executes the agreement. Section 6 adds a similar requirement regarding the effective date of an abatement to applications for an abatement for a qualified project whose participants intend to make a capital investment in this State of at least $3.5 billion.

Sections 3 and 7 of this bill require the Office, within 15 days after receipt of an application for transferable tax credits or an abatement or partial abatement of taxes for a project with a capital investment of at least $1 billion in this State, to send a notification containing certain information to each city, county and fire protection district in which the project will be located. Sections 3 and 7 authorize the disclosure of certain confidential information in an application to an officer or employee of a county, city or fire protection district who is subject to an agreement prohibiting further disclosure of the information. Sections 3 and 7 require the Office to receive a letter of acknowledgment of an application from certain local governments before considering the application, unless such a letter is not received within 30 days of a request for the letter.

Finally, sections 3 and 7 require the governing body of the county, city or fire protection district to state in the letter of acknowledgment whether the governing body will require the lead participant to enter into an agreement to defray the cost of local government services and infrastructure.

Existing law authorizes the governing body of a county or city to grant an abatement of all or part of any permitting fee or licensing fee which the local government is authorized to impose, for the purpose of encouraging local economic development. (NRS 360.896, 360.980) Sections 5 and 9 of this bill similarly authorize a fire protection district to grant an abatement of any permitting fee or licensing fee which the fire protection district is authorized to impose.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. (Deleted by amendment.)

Sec. 2. NRS 360.889 is hereby amended to read as follows:

360.889 1. On behalf of a project, the lead participant in the project may apply to the Office of Economic Development for:

(a) A certificate of eligibility for transferable tax credits which may be applied to:

(1) Any tax imposed by chapters 363A and 363B of NRS;

(2) The gaming license fees imposed by the provisions of NRS 463.370;

(3) Any tax imposed by chapter 680B of NRS; or

(4) Any combination of the fees and taxes described in subparagraphs (1), (2) and (3).

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(b) A partial abatement of property taxes, employer excise taxes or local sales and use taxes, or any combination of any of those taxes.

2. For a project to be eligible for the transferable tax credits described in paragraph (a) of subsection 1 and the partial abatement of the taxes described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1, the lead participant in the project must, on behalf of the project:

(a) Submit an application that meets the requirements of subsection 5;

(b) Provide documentation satisfactory to the Office that approval of the application would promote the economic development of this State and aid the implementation of the State Plan for Economic Development developed by the Executive Director of the Office pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 231.053;

(c) Provide documentation satisfactory to the Office that the participants in the project collectively will make a total new capital investment of at least $1 billion in this State within the 10-year period immediately following approval of the application;

(d) Provide documentation satisfactory to the Office that the participants in the project are engaged in a common business purpose or industry;

(e) Provide documentation satisfactory to the Office that the place of business of each participant is or will be located within the geographic boundaries of the project site or sites;

(f) Provide documentation satisfactory to the Office that each participant in the project is registered pursuant to the laws of this State or commits to obtaining a valid business license and all other permits required by the county, city or town in which the project operates;

(g) Provide documentation satisfactory to the Office of the number of employees engaged in the construction of the project;

(h) Provide documentation satisfactory to the Office of the number of qualified employees employed or anticipated to be employed at the project by the participants;

(i) Provide documentation satisfactory to the Office that each employer engaged in the construction of the project provides a plan of health insurance and that each employee engaged in the construction of the project is offered coverage under the plan of health insurance provided by his or her employer;

(j) Provide documentation satisfactory to the Office that each participant in the project provides a plan of health insurance and that each employee employed at the project by each participant is offered coverage under the plan of health insurance provided by his or her employer;

(k) Provide documentation satisfactory to the Office that at least 50 percent of the employees engaged in construction of the project and 50 percent of the employees employed at the project are residents of Nevada, unless waived by the Executive Director of the Office upon proof satisfactory to the Executive Director of the Office that there is an insufficient number of Nevada residents available and qualified for such employment;

(l) Agree to provide the Office with a full compliance audit of the participants in the project at the end of each fiscal year which:

(1) Shows the amount of money invested in this State by each participant in the project;

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(2) Shows the number of employees engaged in the construction of the project and the number of those employees who are residents of Nevada;

(3) Shows the number of employees employed at the project by each participant and the number of those employees who are residents of Nevada; and

(4) Is certified by an independent certified public accountant in this State who is approved by the Office;

(m) Pay the cost of the audit required by paragraph (l);

(n) Enter into an agreement with the governing body of the city or county in which the qualified project is located that:

(1) Requires the lead participant to pay the cost of any engineering or design work necessary to determine the cost of infrastructure improvements required to be made by the governing body pursuant to an economic development financing proposal approved pursuant to NRS 360.990; and

(2) Requires the lead participant to seek reimbursement for any costs paid by the lead participant pursuant to subparagraph (1) from the proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to NRS 360.991; [and]

(o) If the qualified project is or will be located in an economic diversification district created pursuant to NRS 271B.070 and the governing body of the county, city or fire protection district in which the project is located so requires, enter into an agreement with the governing body that requires the lead participant to make payments:

(1) In a specified amount or according to an agreed upon formula; and

(2) Which do not exceed the lesser of:

(I) In total for all such agreements, 10 percent of the amount of the partial abatement of property taxes and local sales and use taxes approved for the project; or

(II) The amount necessary to defray, in whole or in part, the cost of local government services and infrastructure necessary to serve the qualified project during the term of the use of any money pledged pursuant to NRS 271B.070; and

(p) Meet any other requirements prescribed by the Office.

3. In addition to meeting the requirements set forth in subsection 2, for a project located on more than one site in this State to be eligible for the partial abatement of the taxes described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1, the lead participant must, on behalf of the project, submit an application that meets the requirements of subsection 5 on or before June 30, 2019, and provide documentation satisfactory to the Office that:

(a) The initial project will have a total of 500 or more full-time employees employed at the site of the initial project and the average hourly wage that will be paid to employees of the initial project in this State is at least 120 percent of the average statewide hourly wage as established by the Employment Security Division of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation on July 1 of each fiscal year;

(b) Each participant in the project must be a subsidiary or affiliate of the lead participant; and

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (2), satisfies the requirements of paragraph (f) or (g) of subsection 2 of NRS 360.750, regardless of whether the business is a new business or an existing business; and

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(2) If a participant owns, operates, manufactures, services, maintains, tests, repairs, overhauls or assembles an aircraft or any component of an aircraft, that the participant satisfies the applicable requirements of paragraph (f) or (g) of subsection 2 of NRS 360.753.

Ê If any participant is a data center, as defined in NRS 360.754, any capital investment by that participant must not be counted in determining whether the participants in the project collectively will make a total new capital investment of at least $1 billion in this State within the 10-year period immediately following approval of the application, as required by paragraph (c) of subsection 2.

4. In addition to meeting the requirements set forth in subsection 2, a project is eligible for the transferable tax credits described in paragraph (a) of subsection 1 only if the Interim Finance Committee approves a written request for the issuance of the transferable tax credits. Such a request may only be submitted by the Office and only after the Office has approved the application submitted for the project pursuant to subsection 2. The Interim Finance Committee may approve a request submitted pursuant to this subsection only if the Interim Finance Committee determines that approval of the request:

(a) Will not impede the ability of the Legislature to carry out its duty to provide for an annual tax sufficient to defray the estimated expenses of the State for each fiscal year as set forth in Article 9, Section 2 of the Nevada Constitution; and

(b) Will promote the economic development of this State and aid the implementation of the State Plan for Economic Development developed by the Executive Director of the Office pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 231.053.

5. An application submitted pursuant to subsection 2 must include:

(a) A detailed description of the project, including a description of the common purpose or business endeavor in which the participants in the project are engaged;

(b) A detailed description of the location of the project, including a precise description of the geographic boundaries of the project site or sites;

(d) A detailed description of the plan by which the participants in the project intend to comply with the requirement that the participants collectively make a total new capital investment of at least $1 billion in this State in the 10-year period immediately following approval of the application;

(e) If the application includes one or more partial abatements, an agreement executed by the Office with the lead participant in the project not later than 1 year after the date on which the application was received by the Office which:

(1) Complies with the requirements of NRS 360.755;

(2) States the date on which [the] any partial abatement of property taxes becomes effective, as agreed to by the applicant and the Office, which must not be earlier than [the date on] July 1 of the fiscal year in which the agreement is executed by the Office [received the application] and not later than 1 year after the date on which the Office approves the application;

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(3) States that the project will, after the date on which a certificate of eligibility for the partial abatement is approved pursuant to NRS 360.893, continue in operation in this State for a period specified by the Office; and

(4) Binds successors in interest of the lead participant for the specified period; [and]

(f) A copy of each agreement, if any, required by paragraph (o) of subsection 2; and

(g) Any other information required by the Office.

6. For an employee to be considered a resident of Nevada for the purposes of this section, each participant in the project must maintain the following documents in the personnel file of the employee:

(a) A copy of the:

(1) Current and valid Nevada driver’s license of the employee originally issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles more than 60 days before the hiring of the employee or a current and valid identification card for the employee originally issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles more than 60 days before the hiring of the employee; or

(2) If the employee is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States, a current and valid Nevada driver’s license of the employee or a current and valid identification card for the employee issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles;

(b) If the employee is a registered owner of one or more motor vehicles in Nevada, a copy of the current motor vehicle registration of at least one of those vehicles;

(d) Proof that the employee is offered coverage under a plan of health insurance provided by his or her employer.

7. For the purpose of obtaining from the Executive Director of the Office any waiver of the requirement set forth in paragraph (k) of subsection 2, the lead participant in the project must submit to the Executive Director of the Office written documentation of the efforts to meet the requirement and documented proof that an insufficient number of Nevada residents is available and qualified for employment.

8. The Executive Director of the Office shall make available to the public and post on the Internet website of the Office:

(a) Any request for a waiver of the requirements set forth in paragraph (k) of subsection 2; and

(b) Any approval of such a request for a waiver that is granted by the Executive Director of the Office.

9. The Executive Director of the Office shall post a request for a waiver of the requirements set forth in paragraph (k) of subsection 2 on the Internet website of the Office within 3 days after receiving the request and shall keep the request posted on the Internet website for not less than 5 days. The Executive Director of the Office shall ensure that the Internet website allows members of the public to post comments regarding the request.

10. The Executive Director of the Office shall consider any comments posted on the Internet website concerning any request for a waiver of the requirements set forth in paragraph (k) of subsection 2 before making a decision regarding whether to approve the request. If the Executive Director of the Office approves the request for a waiver, the Executive Director of the Office must post the approval on the Internet website of the Office within 3 days and ensure that the Internet website allows members of the public to post comments regarding the approval.

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of the Office approves the request for a waiver, the Executive Director of the Office must post the approval on the Internet website of the Office within 3 days and ensure that the Internet website allows members of the public to post comments regarding the approval.

11. If an applicant for one or more partial abatements pursuant to this section fails to execute the agreement described in paragraph (e) of subsection 5 within 1 year after the date on which the application was received by the Office, the applicant shall not be approved for a partial abatement pursuant to this section unless the applicant submits a new application.

12. The records, files and communications exchanged between the lead participant in a project and a county, city or fire protection district for the purpose of negotiating and entering into an agreement required pursuant to paragraph (o) of subsection 2 are confidential, not a public record and must not be disclosed to any person who is not an officer or employee of the county, city or fire protection district, unless the lead participant consents to the disclosure. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, a meeting of the governing body of a city, county or fire protection district to approve an agreement required pursuant to paragraph (o) of subsection 2 must be conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 241 of NRS.

13. The incorporated city in which a project is located, or the county in which a project is located if the project is not located in an incorporated city, shall serve as the lead negotiator for the purpose of negotiating and entering into any agreement required pursuant to paragraph (o) of subsection 2. The governing body of a county, city or fire protection district which requires an agreement pursuant to paragraph (o) of subsection 2 but which is not the lead negotiator pursuant to this subsection may enter into an interlocal agreement with the lead negotiator concerning the representation of the county, city or fire protection district, as applicable, by the lead negotiator. An interlocal agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection must not require a county, city or fire protection district to compensate the lead negotiator or otherwise impose any monetary obligation on the parties to the interlocal agreement.

14. As used in this section, “local government services and infrastructure” includes, without limitation:

(a) Fire suppression;

(b) Emergency medical services;

(d) Emergency management, hazardous materials incident response and emergency mitigation and planning;

(e) Specialized life-safety response and prevention training;

(f) Solid waste management;

(g) Roads;

(h) Stormwater management;

(i) Water and sewer; and

(j) Any other services or infrastructure agreed upon by the lead participant of a project and the county, city or fire protection district.

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Sec. 3. NRS 360.890 is hereby amended to read as follows:

360.890 1. If the Office of Economic Development receives an application pursuant to NRS 360.889, the Office:

(a) Shall , not later than 15 days after receiving the application, provide notice of the application to the governing body of each county in which the project will be located, the governing body of any city in which the project will be located and the governing body of any fire protection district in which the project will be located. Not later than 15 days before any public meeting at which the Office will take action on the application, the governing body of each county, city and fire protection district that received notice of the application pursuant to this paragraph may designate a representative of the governing body, who may be a member of the governing body or an employee of the county, city or fire protection district, as applicable, to engage directly with the Office on matters concerning the application and to provide comment to the Office on the application. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections 5 and 7 and except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, upon the request of a representative designated pursuant to this paragraph, the Office shall disclose to the representative the information contained in the application. Before receiving any information contained in the application, the representative designated pursuant to this paragraph who requested the information must sign a nondisclosure agreement prohibiting the representative from disclosing any information contained in the application to any person other than a person to whom disclosure of the information contained in the application is authorized pursuant to subsection 5 or 7.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, shall not consider the application unless the Office has requested and received a letter of acknowledgment of the request for a partial abatement from any county, school district, fire protection district, city or town which the Office determines may experience a direct economic effect as a result of the partial abatement. If, within 30 days of sending a request for a letter of acknowledgment from an entity from which the Office is required to request such a letter, the Office has not received the letter of acknowledgment, the Office may consider the application without receiving the letter of acknowledgment. If the governing body of the county, city or fire protection district wishes to require the lead participant in the project to enter into an agreement pursuant to paragraph (o) of subsection 2 of NRS 360.889, the county, city or fire protection district must state in the letter of acknowledgment that such an agreement will be required and that the cost of local government services and infrastructure necessary to serve the qualified project cannot be recovered through a special use permit or other cost-sharing mechanism available under chapter 278 of NRS.

[(b)] (c) Shall not take any action on the application unless the Office takes that action at a public meeting conducted for that purpose.

[(c)] (d) Shall, at least 30 days before any public meeting conducted for the purpose of taking any action on the application, provide notice of the application and the date, time and location of the public meeting at which the Office will consider the application to:

(1) Each participant in the project;

(2) The Department;

(3) The Nevada Gaming Control Board;

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(4) The governing body of the county, the board of trustees of the school district , the governing body of the fire protection district and the governing body of the city or town, if any, in which the project will be located;

(5) The governing body of any other political subdivision that the Office determines could experience a direct economic effect as a result of the abatement; and

(6) The general public.

2. The date of the public meeting to consider an application submitted pursuant to NRS 360.889 must be not later than 60 days after the date on which the Office receives the completed application.

3. The Office shall approve an application submitted pursuant to NRS 360.889 if the Office finds that the project is a qualified project. The Office shall issue a decision on the application not later than 30 days after the conclusion of the public meeting on the application. Not later than 30 days after the Office issues a decision approving an application submitted pursuant to NRS 360.889 in which the lead participant applies for a certificate of eligibility for the transferable tax credits described in paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 360.889, the Office must submit a written request to the Interim Finance Committee for approval of the issuance of the transferable tax credits.

4. The lead participant in a qualified project shall submit all accountings and other required information to the Office and the Department not later than 30 days after a date specified in the decision issued by the Office. If the Office or the Department determines that information submitted pursuant to this subsection is incomplete, the lead participant shall, not later than 30 days after receiving notice that the information is incomplete, provide to the Office or the Department, as applicable, all additional information required by the Office or the Department.

5. Until the Office of Economic Development provides notice of the application and the public meeting pursuant to paragraph [(c)] (d) of subsection 1, the information contained in the application provided to the Office of Economic Development:

(a) Is confidential proprietary information of the business;

(b) Is not a public record; and

(c) [Must] Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, must not be disclosed to any person who is not an officer or employee of the Office of Economic Development unless the lead participant consents to the disclosure. The information contained in the application provided to the Office of Economic Development may be disclosed to any of the following persons:

(1) A representative of the governing body of a county, city or fire protection district who was designated pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 and has signed a nondisclosure agreement prohibiting the representative from disclosing any information contained in the application to any person, except as authorized by this subsection.

(2) An officer or employee of a county, city or fire protection district that has designated a representative pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 if the officer or employee has signed a nondisclosure agreement prohibiting the officer or employee from disclosing any information contained in the application, except as authorized by this subsection.

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6. After the Office provides notice of the application and the public meeting pursuant to paragraph [(c)] (d) of subsection 1:

(a) The application is a public record; and

(b) Upon request by any person, the Executive Director of the Office shall disclose the application to the person who made the request, except for any information in the application that is protected from disclosure pursuant to subsection 7.

7. Before the Executive Director of the Office discloses the application to the public, the lead participant may submit a request to the Executive Director of the Office to protect from disclosure any information in the application which, under generally accepted business practices, would be considered a trade secret or other confidential proprietary information of the business. After consulting with the business, the Executive Director of the Office shall determine whether to protect the information from disclosure. The decision of the Executive Director of the Office is final and is not subject to judicial review. If the Executive Director of the Office determines to protect the information from disclosure, the protected information:

(a) Is confidential proprietary information of the business;

(b) Is not a public record;

(c) Must be redacted by the Executive Director of the Office from any copy of the application that is disclosed to the public; and

(d) [Must] Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, must not be disclosed to any person who is not an officer or employee of the Office of Economic Development unless the lead participant consents to the disclosure. The information contained in the application provided to the Office of Economic Development may be disclosed to any of the following persons:

8. The records, files and communications exchanged between the lead participant in a project and a county, city or fire protection district for the purpose of negotiating and entering into a nondisclosure agreement pursuant to subsection 1, 5 or 7 are confidential, not a public record and must not be disclosed to any person who is not an officer or employee of the county, city or fire protection district, unless the lead participant consents to the disclosure. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, a meeting of the governing body of a city, county or fire protection district to approve an agreement pursuant to subsection 1, 5 or 7 must be conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 241 of NRS.

Sec. 4. (Deleted by amendment.)

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Sec. 5. NRS 360.896 is hereby amended to read as follows:

360.896 1. For the purpose of encouraging local economic development, the governing body of a city , [or] county or fire protection district in which a qualified project is located may grant to any participant in a qualified project an abatement of all or any percentage of the amount of any permitting fee or licensing fee which the local government is authorized to impose or charge pursuant to chapter 244 , [or] 268 or 474 of NRS.

2. Before granting any abatement pursuant to subsection 1, the governing body of the city or county must provide by ordinance and a fire protection district must provide by regulation for a pilot project for granting abatements to participants in a qualified project.

3. A governing body of a city , [or] county or fire protection district that grants an abatement pursuant to subsection 1 shall, on or before October 1 of each year in which such an abatement is granted, prepare and submit to the Governor and to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Legislature an annual report which includes, for the immediately preceding fiscal year:

(a) The number of qualified projects located within the jurisdiction of the governing body for which a certificate of eligibility for transferable tax credits was approved;

(b) If applicable, the number and dollar amount of the abatements granted by the governing body pursuant to subsection 1; and

(c) The number of persons within the jurisdiction of the governing body that were employed by each participant in a qualified project and the amount of wages paid to those persons.

Sec. 6. NRS 360.945 is hereby amended to read as follows:

360.945 1. On behalf of a project, the lead participant in the project may apply to the Office of Economic Development for:

(a) A certificate of eligibility for transferable tax credits which may be applied to:

(1) Any tax imposed by chapters 363A and 363B of NRS;

(2) The gaming license fees imposed by the provisions of NRS 463.370;

(3) Any tax imposed by chapter 680B of NRS; or

(4) Any combination of the fees and taxes described in subparagraphs (1), (2) and (3).

(b) An abatement of property taxes, employer excise taxes or local sales and use taxes, or any combination of any of those taxes.

2. For a project to be eligible for the transferable tax credits described in paragraph (a) of subsection 1 and abatement of the taxes described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1, the lead participant in the project must, on behalf of the project:

(a) Submit an application that meets the requirements of subsection 3;

(c) Provide documentation satisfactory to the Office that the participants in the project collectively will make a total new capital investment of at least $3.5 billion in this State within the 10-year period immediately following approval of the application;

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(d) Provide documentation satisfactory to the Office that the participants in the project are engaged in a common business purpose or industry;

(e) Provide documentation satisfactory to the Office that the place of business of each participant is or will be located within the geographic boundaries of the project site;

(g) Provide documentation satisfactory to the Office of the number of employees engaged in the construction of the project;

(h) Provide documentation satisfactory to the Office of the number of qualified employees employed or anticipated to be employed at the project by the participants;

(l) Agree to provide the Office with a full compliance audit of the participants in the project at the end of each fiscal year which:

(1) Shows the amount of money invested in this State by each participant in the project;

(2) Shows the number of employees engaged in the construction of the project and the number of those employees who are residents of Nevada;

(3) Shows the number of employees employed at the project by each participant and the number of those employees who are residents of Nevada; and

(4) Is certified by an independent certified public accountant in this State who is approved by the Office;

(m) Pay the cost of the audit required by paragraph (l);

(n) Enter into an agreement with the governing body of the city or county in which the qualified project is located that:

(2) Requires the lead participant to seek reimbursement for any costs paid by the lead participant pursuant to subparagraph (1) from the proceeds of bonds of the State of Nevada issued pursuant to NRS 360.991; [and]

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governing body of the county, city or fire protection district in which the project is located so requires, enter into an agreement with the governing body that requires the lead participant to make payments:

(1) In a specified amount or according to an agreed upon formula; and

(2) Which do not exceed the lesser of:

(I) In total for all such agreements, 10 percent of the amount of the partial abatement of property taxes and local sales and use taxes approved for the project; or

(p) Meet any other requirements prescribed by the Office.

3. An application submitted pursuant to subsection 2 must include:

(a) A detailed description of the project, including a description of the common purpose or business endeavor in which the participants in the project are engaged;

(b) A detailed description of the location of the project, including a precise description of the geographic boundaries of the project site;

(d) A detailed description of the plan by which the participants in the project intend to comply with the requirement that the participants collectively make a total new capital investment of at least $3.5 billion in this State in the 10-year period immediately following approval of the application;

(e) If the application includes one or more abatements, an agreement executed by the Office with the lead participant in the project not later than 1 year after the date on which the application was received by the Office which:

(1) Complies with the requirements of NRS 360.755;

(2) States the date on which any abatement of property taxes becomes effective, as agreed to by the applicant and the Office, which must not be earlier than July 1 of the fiscal year in which the agreement is executed by the Office and not later than 1 year after the date on which the Office approves the application;

(3) States that the project will, after the date on which a certificate of eligibility for the abatement is approved pursuant to NRS 360.965, continue in operation in this State for a period specified by the Office; and

[(3)] (4) Binds successors in interest of the lead participant for the specified period; [and]

(f) A copy of each agreement, if any, required pursuant to paragraph (o) of subsection 2; and

(g) Any other information required by the Office.

4. For an employee to be considered a resident of Nevada for the purposes of this section, each participant in the project must maintain the following documents in the personnel file of the employee:

(a) A copy of the current and valid Nevada driver’s license of the employee or a current and valid identification card for the employee issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles;

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(b) If the employee is a registered owner of one or more motor vehicles in Nevada, a copy of the current motor vehicle registration of at least one of those vehicles;

(d) Proof that the employee is offered coverage under a plan of health insurance provided by his or her employer.

5. For the purpose of obtaining from the Executive Director of the Office any waiver of the requirement set forth in paragraph (k) of subsection 2, the lead participant in the project must submit to the Executive Director of the Office written documentation of the efforts to meet the requirement and documented proof that an insufficient number of Nevada residents is available and qualified for employment.

6. The Executive Director of the Office shall make available to the public and post on the Internet website for the Office:

(a) Any request for a waiver of the requirements set forth in paragraph (k) of subsection 2; and

(b) Any approval of such a request for a waiver that is granted by the Executive Director of the Office.

7. The Executive Director of the Office shall post a request for a waiver of the requirements set forth in paragraph (k) of subsection 2 on the Internet website of the Office within 3 days after receiving the request and shall keep the request posted on the Internet website for not less than 5 days. The Executive Director of the Office shall ensure that the Internet website allows members of the public to post comments regarding the request.

8. The Executive Director of the Office shall consider any comments posted on the Internet website concerning any request for a waiver of the requirements set forth in paragraph (k) of subsection 2 before making a decision regarding whether to approve the request. If the Executive Director of the Office approves the request for a waiver, the Executive Director of the Office must post the approval on the Internet website of the Office within 3 days and ensure that the Internet website allows members of the public to post comments regarding the approval.

9. If an applicant for one or more abatements pursuant to this section fails to execute the agreement described in paragraph (e) of subsection 3 within 1 year after the date on which the application was received by the Office, the applicant shall not be approved for an abatement pursuant to this section unless the applicant submits a new application.

10. The records, files and communications exchanged between the lead participant in a project and a county, city or fire protection district for the purpose of negotiating and entering into an agreement required pursuant to paragraph (o) of subsection 2 are confidential, not a public record and must not be disclosed to any person who is not a party to the negotiations, unless the lead participant consents to the disclosure. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, a meeting of the governing body of a city, county or fire protection district to approve an agreement required pursuant to paragraph (o) of subsection 2 must be conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 241 of NRS.

11. The incorporated city in which a project is located, or the county in which a project is located if the project is not located in an incorporated city, shall serve as the lead negotiator for the purpose of negotiating and entering into any agreement required pursuant to paragraph (o) of subsection 2.

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subsection 2. The governing body of a county, city or fire protection district which requires an agreement pursuant to paragraph (o) of subsection 2 but which is not the lead negotiator pursuant to this subsection may enter into an interlocal agreement with the lead negotiator concerning the representation of the county, city or fire protection district, as applicable, by the lead negotiator. An interlocal agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection must not require a county, city or fire protection district to compensate the lead negotiator or otherwise impose any monetary obligation on the parties to the interlocal agreement.

12. As used in this section, “local government services and infrastructure” includes, without limitation:

(a) Fire suppression;

(b) Emergency medical services;

(d) Emergency management, hazardous materials incident response and emergency mitigation and planning;

(e) Specialized life-safety response and prevention training;

(f) Solid waste management;

(g) Roads;

(h) Stormwater management;

(i) Water and sewer; and

(j) Any other services or infrastructure agreed upon by the lead participant of a project and the county, city or fire protection district.

Sec. 7. NRS 360.950 is hereby amended to read as follows:

360.950 1. If the Office of Economic Development receives an application pursuant to NRS 360.945, the Office:

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district, fire protection district, city or town which the Office determines may experience a direct economic effect as a result of the abatement. If, within 30 days of sending a request for a letter of acknowledgment from an entity from which the Office is required to request such a letter, the Office has not received the letter of acknowledgment, the Office may consider the application without receiving the letter of acknowledgment. If the governing body of the county, city or fire protection district wishes to require the lead participant in the project to enter into an agreement pursuant to paragraph (o) of subsection 2 of NRS 360.945, the county, city or fire protection district must state in the letter of acknowledgment that such an agreement will be required and that the cost of local government services and infrastructure necessary to serve the qualified project cannot be recovered through a special use permit or other cost-sharing mechanism available under chapter 278 of NRS.

[(b)] (c) Shall not take any action on the application unless the Office takes that action at a public meeting conducted for that purpose.

(1) Each participant in the project;

(2) The Department;

(3) The Nevada Gaming Control Board;

(5) The governing body of any other political subdivision that the Office determines could experience a direct economic effect as a result of the abatement; and

(6) The general public.

2. The date of the public meeting to consider an application submitted pursuant to NRS 360.945 must be not later than 60 days after the date on which the Office receives the completed application.

3. The Office shall approve an application submitted pursuant to NRS 360.945 if the Office finds that the project is a qualified project. The Office shall issue a decision on the application not later than 30 days after the conclusion of the public meeting on the application.

(a) Is confidential proprietary information of the business;

(b) Is not a public record; and

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6. After the Office provides notice of the application and the public meeting pursuant to paragraph [(c)] (d) of subsection 1:

(a) The application is a public record; and

(a) Is confidential proprietary information of the business;

(b) Is not a public record;

(c) Must be redacted by the Executive Director of the Office from any copy of the application that is disclosed to the public; and

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agreement prohibiting the officer or employee from disclosing any information contained in the application, except as authorized by this subsection.

Sec. 8. (Deleted by amendment.)

Sec. 9. NRS 360.980 is hereby amended to read as follows:

360.980 1. For the purpose of encouraging local economic development, the governing body of a city , [or] county or fire protection district in which a qualified project is located may grant to any participant in a qualified project an abatement of all or any percentage of the amount of any permitting fee or licensing fee which the local government is authorized to impose or charge pursuant to chapter 244 , [or] 268 or 474 of NRS.

(a) The number of qualified projects located within the jurisdiction of the governing body for which a certificate of eligibility for transferable tax credits was approved;

(b) If applicable, the number and dollar amount of the abatements granted by the governing body pursuant to subsection 1; and

(c) The number of persons within the jurisdiction of the governing body that were employed by each participant in a qualified project and the amount of wages paid to those persons.

Sec. 10. NRS 239.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:

239.010 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 1.4683, 1.4687, 1A.110, 3.2203, 41.0397, 41.071, 49.095, 49.293, 62D.420, 62D.440, 62E.516, 62E.620, 62H.025, 62H.030, 62H.170, 62H.220, 62H.320, 75A.100, 75A.150, 76.160, 78.152, 80.113, 81.850, 82.183, 86.246, 86.54615, 87.515, 87.5413, 87A.200, 87A.580, 87A.640, 88.3355, 88.5927, 88.6067, 88A.345, 88A.7345, 89.045, 89.251, 90.730, 91.160, 116.757, 116A.270, 116B.880, 118B.026, 119.260, 119.265, 119.267, 119.280, 119A.280, 119A.653, 119A.677, 119B.370, 119B.382, 120A.640, 120A.690, 125.130, 125B.140, 126.141, 126.161, 126.163, 126.730, 127.007, 127.057, 127.130, 127.140, 127.2817, 128.090, 130.312, 130.712, 136.050, 159.044, 159A.044, 164.041, 172.075, 172.245, 176.01334, 176.01385, 176.015, 176.0625, 176.09129, 176.156, 176A.630, 178.39801, 178.4715, 178.5691, 178.5717, 179.495, 179A.070, 179A.165, 179D.160, 180.600, 200.3771, 200.3772, 200.5095, 200.

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176.01385, 176.015, 176.0625, 176.09129, 176.156, 176A.630, 178.39801, 178.4715, 178.5691, 178.5717, 179.495, 179A.070, 179A.165, 179D.160, 180.600, 200.3771, 200.3772, 200.5095, 200.604, 202.3662, 205.4651, 209.392, 209.3923, 209.3925, 209.419, 209.429, 209.521, 211A.140, 213.010, 213.040, 213.095, 213.131, 217.105, 217.110, 217.464, 217.475, 218A.350, 218E.625, 218F.150, 218G.130, 218G.240, 218G.350, 218G.615, 224.240, 226.462, 226.796, 228.270, 228.450, 228.495, 228.570, 231.069, 231.1285, 231.1473, 232.1369, 233.190, 237.300, 239.0105, 239.0113, 239.014, 239B.026, 239B.030, 239B.040, 239B.050, 239C.140, 239C.210, 239C.230, 239C.250, 239C.270, 239C.420, 240.007, 241.020, 241.030, 241.039, 242.105, 244.264, 244.335, 247.540, 247.545, 247.550, 247.560, 250.087, 250.130, 250.140, 250.145, 250.150, 268.095, 268.0978, 268.490, 268.910, 269.174, 271A.105, 281.195, 281.805, 281A.350, 281A.680, 281A.685, 281A.750, 281A.755, 281A.780, 284.4068, 284.4086, 286.110, 286.118, 287.0438, 289.025, 289.080, 289.387, 289.830, 293.4855, 293.5002, 293.503, 293.504, 293.558, 293.5757, 293.870, 293.906, 293.908, 293.909, 293.910, 293B.135, 293D.510, 331.110, 332.061, 332.351, 333.333, 333.335, 338.070, 338.1379, 338.1593, 338.1725, 338.1727, 348.420, 349.597, 349.775, 353.205, 353A.049, 353A.085, 353A.100, 353C.240, 353D.250, 360.240, 360.247, 360.255, 360.755, 360.889, 360.890, 360.945, 360.950, 361.044, 361.2242, 361.610, 365.138, 366.160, 368A.180, 370.257, 370.327, 372A.080, 378.290, 378.300, 379.0075, 379.008, 379.1495, 385A.830, 385B.100, 387.626, 387.631, 388.1455, 388.259, 388.501, 388.503, 388.513, 388.750, 388A.247, 388A.249, 391.033, 391.035, 391.0365, 391.120, 391.925, 392.029, 392.147, 392.264, 392.271, 392.315, 392.317, 392.325, 392.327, 392.335, 392.850, 393.045, 394.167, 394.16975, 394.1698, 394.447, 394.460, 394.465, 396.1415, 396.1425, 396.143, 396.159, 396.3295, 396.405, 396.525, 396.535, 396.9685, 398A.115, 408.3885, 408.3886, 408.3888, 408.5484, 412.153, 414.280, 416.070, 422.2749, 422.305, 422A.342, 422A.350, 425.400, 427A.1236, 427A.872, 427A.940, 432.028, 432.205, 432B.175, 432B.280, 432B.290, 432B.4018, 432B.407, 432B.430, 432B.560, 432B.5902, 432C.140, 432C.150, 433.534, 433A.360, 439.4941, 439.4988, 439.5282, 439.840, 439.914, 439A.116, 439A.124, 439B.420, 439B.754, 439B.760, 439B.845, 440.170, 441A.195, 441A.220, 441A.230, 442.330, 442.395, 442.735, 442.774, 445A.665, 445B.570, 445B.7773, 449.209, 449.245, 449.4315, 449A.112, 450.140, 450B.188, 450B.805, 453.164, 453.720, 458.055, 458.280, 459.050, 459.3866, 459.555, 459.7056, 459.846, 463.120, 463.15993, 463.240, 463.3403, 463.3407, 463.790, 467.1005, 480.535, 480.545, 480.935, 480.940, 481.063, 481.091, 481.093, 482.170, 482.368, 482.5536, 483.340, 483.363, 483.575, 483.659, 483.800, 484A.469, 484B.830, 484B.833, 484E.070, 485.316, 501.344, 503.452, 522.040, 534A.031, 561.285, 571.160, 584.655, 587.877, 598.0964, 598.098, 598A.110, 598A.420, 599B.090, 603.070, 603A.210, 604A.303, 604A.710, 604D.500, 604D.600, 612.265, 616B.012, 616B.015, 616B.315, 616B.350, 618.341, 618.425, 622.238, 622.310, 623.131, 623A.137, 624.110, 624.265, 624.327, 625.425, 625A.185, 628.418, 628B.230, 628B.760, 629.043, 629.047, 629.069, 630.133, 630.2671, 630.2672, 630.2673, 630.2687, 630.30665, 630.336, 630A.327, 630A.555, 631.332, 631.368, 632.121, 632.125, 632.3415, 632.3423, 632.405, 633.283, 633.301, 633.427, 633.4715, 633.4716, 633.4717, 633.524, 634.055, 634.1303, 634.214, 634A.169, 634A.185, 634B.730, 635.111, 635.158, 636.262, 636.342, 637.085, 637.145, 637B.192, 637B.288, 638.087, 638.089, 639.183, 639.2485, 639.570, 640.075, 640.152, 640A.185, 640A.220, 640B.405, 640B.730, 640C.580, 640C.600, 640C.620, 640C.

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637.085, 637.145, 637B.192, 637B.288, 638.087, 638.089, 639.183, 639.2485, 639.570, 640.075, 640.152, 640A.185, 640A.220, 640B.405, 640B.730, 640C.580, 640C.600, 640C.620, 640C.745, 640C.760, 640D.135, 640D.190, 640E.225, 640E.340, 641.090, 641.221, 641.2215, 641A.191, 641A.217, 641A.262, 641B.170, 641B.281, 641B.282, 641C.455, 641C.760, 641D.260, 641D.320, 642.524, 643.189, 644A.870, 645.180, 645.625, 645A.050, 645A.082, 645B.060, 645B.092, 645C.220, 645C.225, 645D.130, 645D.135, 645G.510, 645H.320, 645H.330, 647.0945, 647.0947, 648.033, 648.197, 649.065, 649.067, 652.126, 652.228, 653.900, 654.110, 656.105, 657A.510, 661.115, 665.130, 665.133, 669.275, 669.285, 669A.310, 670B.680, 671.365, 671.415, 673.450, 673.480, 675.380, 676A.340, 676A.370, 677.243, 678A.470, 678C.710, 678C.800, 679B.122, 679B.124, 679B.152, 679B.159, 679B.190, 679B.285, 679B.690, 680A.270, 681A.440, 681B.260, 681B.410, 681B.540, 683A.0873, 685A.077, 686A.289, 686B.170, 686C.306, 687A.060, 687A.115, 687B.404, 687C.010, 688C.230, 688C.480, 688C.490, 689A.696, 692A.117, 692C.190, 692C.3507, 692C.3536, 692C.3538, 692C.354, 692C.420, 693A.480, 693A.615, 696B.550, 696C.120, 703.196, 704B.325, 706.1725, 706A.230, 710.159, 711.600, sections 35, 38 and 41 of chapter 478, Statutes of Nevada 2011 and section 2 of chapter 391, Statutes of Nevada 2013 and unless otherwise declared by law to be confidential, all public books and public records of a governmental entity must be open at all times during office hours to inspection by any person, and may be fully copied or an abstract or memorandum may be prepared from those public books and public records. Any such copies, abstracts or memoranda may be used to supply the general public with copies, abstracts or memoranda of the records or may be used in any other way to the advantage of the governmental entity or of the general public. This section does not supersede or in any manner affect the federal laws governing copyrights or enlarge, diminish or affect in any other manner the rights of a person in any written book or record which is copyrighted pursuant to federal law.

2. A governmental entity may not reject a book or record which is copyrighted solely because it is copyrighted.

3. A governmental entity that has legal custody or control of a public book or record shall not deny a request made pursuant to subsection 1 to inspect or copy or receive a copy of a public book or record on the basis that the requested public book or record contains information that is confidential if the governmental entity can redact, delete, conceal or separate, including, without limitation, electronically, the confidential information from the information included in the public book or record that is not otherwise confidential.

4. If requested, a governmental entity shall provide a copy of a public record in an electronic format by means of an electronic medium. Nothing in this subsection requires a governmental entity to provide a copy of a public record in an electronic format or by means of an electronic medium if:

(a) The public record:

(1) Was not created or prepared in an electronic format; and

(2) Is not available in an electronic format; or

(b) Providing the public record in an electronic format or by means of an electronic medium would:

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(1) Give access to proprietary software; or

(2) Require the production of information that is confidential and that cannot be redacted, deleted, concealed or separated from information that is not otherwise confidential.

5. An officer, employee or agent of a governmental entity who has legal custody or control of a public record:

(a) Shall not refuse to provide a copy of that public record in the medium that is requested because the officer, employee or agent has already prepared or would prefer to provide the copy in a different medium.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.030, shall, upon request, prepare the copy of the public record and shall not require the person who has requested the copy to prepare the copy himself or herself.

Sec. 11. NRS 271B.110 is hereby amended to read as follows:

271B.110 [The] In addition to any agreement required pursuant to NRS 360.889 or 360.945, the governing body of a municipality may enter into an agreement with one or more of the owners of any interest in property within a district, pursuant to which that owner would agree to make payments to the municipality or to another local government that provides services in the district, or to both, to defray, in whole or in part, the cost of local governmental services during the term of the use of any money pledged pursuant to NRS 271B.070. Such an agreement must specify the amount to be paid by the owner of the property interest, which may be stated as a specified amount per year or as an amount based upon any formula upon which the municipality and owner agree.

Sec. 12. The provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 218D.380 do not apply to any provision of this act which adds or revises a requirement to submit a report to the Legislature.

Sec. 13. 1. The amendatory provisions of sections 2 and 3 of this act apply only to an application submitted to the Office of Economic Development pursuant to NRS 360.889 on or after October 1, 2025.

2. The amendatory provisions of sections 6 and 7 of this act apply only to an application submitted to the Office of Economic Development pursuant to NRS 360.945 on or after October 1, 2025.

Sec. 14. 1. This section and sections 1, 10, 12 and 13 of this act become effective on October 1, 2025.

2. Sections 2 to 5, inclusive, of this act become effective on October 1, 2025, and expire by limitation on June 30, 2032.

3. Sections 6 to 9, inclusive, and 11 of this act become effective on October 1, 2025, and expire by limitation on June 30, 2036.

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CHAPTER 335, SB 157

Senate Bill No. 157–Senator Flores

CHAPTER 335

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT relating to cannabis; requiring the Cannabis Compliance Board to adopt regulations setting forth requirements for licensees or registrants relating to the testing of cannabis and cannabis products; setting forth various requirements for the contents of those regulations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Legislative Counsel’s Digest:

Existing law authorizes the Cannabis Compliance Board to adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of existing law governing the cannabis industry in this State. Under existing law, such regulations may include requirements for licensees or registrants relating to the cultivation, processing, manufacture, transport, distribution, testing, study, advertising and sale of cannabis and cannabis products. (NRS 678A.450) Sections 1 and 3 of this bill require, rather than authorize, the Board to adopt regulations setting forth requirements for licensees and registrants relating to the testing of cannabis and cannabis products. Section 3 requires the regulations to set forth certain requirements, including the requirement that representative samples of each lot of cannabis be tested by a cannabis independent testing laboratory and various requirements concerning the collection of such representative samples. Section 3 defines the term “lot” to mean: (1) the flowers from one or more cannabis plants of the same harvest batch, in a quantity that weighs 15 pounds or less; (2) the leaves or other plant matter from one or more cannabis plants of the same harvest batch, other than full female flowers, in a quantity that weighs 45 pounds or less; or (3) the wet flower, leaves or other plant matter from one or more cannabis plants of the same harvest batch used only for extraction, in a quantity that weighs 150 pounds or less within 2 hours of harvest.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. NRS 678A.450 is hereby amended to read as follows:

678A.450 1. The Board may adopt regulations necessary or convenient to carry out the provisions of this title. Such regulations may include, without limitation:

(a) Financial requirements for licensees.

(b) Establishing such education, outreach, investigative and enforcement mechanisms as the Board deems necessary to ensure the compliance of a licensee or registrant with the provisions of this title. Such mechanisms must include, without limitation:

(1) A system to educate, train and certify employees of the Board which:

(I) Each employee must complete before he or she may engage in inspections, investigations or audits; and

(II) At a minimum, includes training that is the same or substantially similar to any training that is required by the Board by regulation to be completed by a cannabis establishment agent before he or she may be employed by, volunteer at or provide labor to a cannabis establishment;

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regulation to be completed by a cannabis establishment agent before he or she may be employed by, volunteer at or provide labor to a cannabis establishment;

(2) A system to educate and advise licensees and registrants on compliance with the provisions of this title which may serve as an alternative to disciplinary action; and

(3) Establishing specific grounds for disciplinary action against a licensee or registrant who knowingly violates the law or engages in grossly negligent, unlawful or criminal conduct or an act or omission that poses an imminent threat to the health or safety of the public.

(c) Requirements for licensees or registrants relating to the cultivation, processing, manufacture, transport, distribution, [testing,] study, advertising and sale of cannabis and cannabis products.

(d) Policies and procedures to ensure that the cannabis industry in this State is economically competitive, inclusive of racial minorities, women and persons and communities that have been adversely affected by cannabis prohibition and accessible to persons of low-income seeking to start a business.

(e) Policies and procedures relating to the disclosure of the identities of the shareholders and the annual report of a cannabis establishment that is a publicly traded company.

(f) Reasonable restrictions on the signage, marketing, display and advertising of cannabis establishments. Such a restriction must not require a cannabis establishment to obtain the approval of the Board before using a logo, sign or advertisement.

(g) Provisions governing the sales of products and commodities made from hemp, as defined in NRS 557.160, or containing cannabidiol by cannabis establishments.

(h) Requirements relating to the packaging and labeling of cannabis and cannabis products.

2. The Board shall adopt regulations providing for the gathering and maintenance of comprehensive demographic information, including, without limitation, information regarding race, ethnicity, age and gender, concerning each:

(a) Owner and manager of a cannabis establishment.

(b) Holder of a cannabis establishment agent registration card.

3. The Board shall adopt regulations providing for the investigation of unlicensed cannabis activities and the imposition of penalties against persons who engage in such activities. Such regulations must, without limitation:

(a) Establish penalties to be imposed for unlicensed cannabis activities, which may include, without limitation, the issuance of a cease and desist order or citation, the imposition of an administrative fine or civil penalty and other similar penalties.

(b) Set forth the procedures by which the Board may impose a penalty against a person for engaging in unlicensed cannabis activities.

(c) Set forth the circumstances under which the Board is required to refer matters concerning unlicensed cannabis activities to an appropriate state or local law enforcement agency.

4. The Board shall transmit the information gathered and maintained pursuant to subsection 2 to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmission to the Legislature on or before January 1 of each odd-numbered year.

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5. The Board shall, by regulation, establish a pilot program for identifying opportunities for an emerging small cannabis business to participate in the cannabis industry. As used in this subsection, “emerging small cannabis business” means a cannabis-related business that:

(a) Is in existence, operational and operated for a profit;

(b) Maintains its principal place of business in this State; and

Sec. 2. Chapter 678B of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto the provisions set forth as sections 3 and 4 of this act.

Sec. 3. 1. The Board shall adopt regulations setting forth requirements for licensees and registrants relating to the testing of cannabis and cannabis products.

2. The regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 1 must require:

(a) Representative samples of each lot to be tested by a cannabis independent testing laboratory;

(b) The collection of representative samples of a lot to be conducted in accordance with standards established by the Board, which must align with the most recent version of the ASTM International Standard ASTM D8334/8334M, “Standard Practice for Sampling of Cannabis/Hemp Post-Harvest Batches for Laboratory Analyses”; and

(c) For each lot of cannabis flower, the total aggregate weight of all representative samples to be collected for testing from the lot to be:

(1) For a lot weighing less than 5 pounds, not less than 10 grams;

(2) For a lot weighing 5 pounds or more but less than 10 pounds, not less than 15 grams; and

(3) For a lot weighing 10 pounds or more but not more than 15 pounds, not less than 20 grams.

3. As used in this section:

(a) “Harvest batch” means the useable flower and trim contained within one or more specific lots of cannabis grown by a cannabis cultivation facility from one or more seeds or cuttings of the same strain of cannabis and harvested on or before a specified final date of harvest.

(b) “Lot” means:

(1) The flowers from one or more cannabis plants of the same harvest batch, in a quantity that weighs 15 pounds or less;

(2) The leaves or other plant matter from one or more cannabis plants of the same harvest batch, other than full female flowers, in a quantity that weighs 45 pounds or less; or

(3) The wet flower, leaves or other plant matter from one or more cannabis plants of the same harvest batch used only for extraction, in a quantity that weighs 150 pounds or less, within 2 hours of harvest.

Secs. 4-6. (Deleted by amendment.)

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CHAPTER 336, SB 187

Senate Bill No. 187–Senator Pazina

CHAPTER 336

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT relating to child welfare; prescribing a time period within which an agency which provides child welfare services is required to take certain action relating to certain medical or mental health treatment for a child in the custody of the agency; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Legislative Counsel’s Digest:

Existing law authorizes an agent or officer of a law enforcement agency, an officer of the local juvenile probation department or the local department of juvenile services, or a designee of an agency which provides child welfare services to place a child in protective custody: (1) with the consent of the parent or legal guardian of the child; or (2) under certain circumstances indicating that the child is in need of protection from injury, abuse or neglect. (NRS 432B.390) Under existing law, within 72 hours after the placement of a child in protective custody, a court is required to hold a hearing to determine whether the child should remain in protective custody and, if so, where the child will be temporarily placed. (NRS 432B.470, 432B.480) If the court orders that the child remain in protective custody, existing law requires the agency which provides child welfare services to file a petition alleging that the child is in need of protection, unless good cause exists not to file such a petition. (NRS 432B.490) Within 30 days after the filing of such a petition, existing law requires the court to hold a hearing to determine the custody and placement of the child. (NRS 432B.530, 432B.550) Existing law requires the court to review such a placement at least semiannually and within 90 days after a request by a party to any of the prior proceedings. (NRS 432B.580)

Section 2 of this bill requires an agency which provides child welfare services to provide or deny consent to non-emergency medical care that is recommended by a provider of health care for a child who is in the custody of the agency within 14 days after the caseworker assigned to the child receives written notice of the recommendation or referral for such care. If the consent of any other person or entity is required before such a child may receive medical or mental health treatment, section 2 requires the agency which provides child welfare services to make reasonable efforts to obtain such consent within 14 days after the caseworker assigned to the child receives written notice of the need for treatment. If a court order is required before such a child may receive non-emergency medical care recommended by a provider of health care, section 2 requires the agency which provides child welfare services to make reasonable efforts to initiate such an order not later than 14 days after the caseworker assigned to the child receives written notice of the recommendation or referral for such care. Section 2 requires the agency which provides child welfare services to notify the person or entity with whom the child is placed as soon as practicable and without delay after obtaining such an order or the denial of a request for such an order, as applicable.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Chapter 432B of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2 and 3 of this act.

Sec. 2. 1. If an agency which provides child welfare services is required to provide consent before a child who is in the custody of the agency may receive non-emergency medical care that is recommended by a provider of health care, the agency which provides child welfare services shall provide or deny such consent not later than 14 days after the caseworker assigned to the child receives written notice of the recommendation or referral for such care.

2. If any person or entity, including, without limitation, a person legally responsible for the psychiatric care of a child appointed pursuant to NRS 432B.4685, is required to provide consent before a child who is in the custody of an agency which provides child welfare services may receive medical or mental health treatment, the agency which provides child welfare services shall:

(a) Make reasonable efforts to obtain such consent not later than 14 days after the caseworker assigned to the child receives written notice of the need for the treatment, which may be demonstrated by, without limitation, a referral for the treatment; and

(b) Notify the person or entity with whom the child is placed as soon as practicable and without delay after obtaining such consent or the denial of such consent.

3. If an order of the court is required before a child who is in the custody of an agency which provides child welfare services may receive non-emergency medical care that is recommended by a provider of health care, the agency which provides child welfare services shall:

(a) Make reasonable efforts to initiate such an order not later than 14 days after the caseworker assigned to the child receives written notice of the recommendation or referral for such care; and

(b) Notify the person or entity with whom the child is placed as soon as practicable and without delay after obtaining such an order or the denial of a request for such an order.

4. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a party with proper standing from seeking a court order for the medical treatment of a child in the custody of a child welfare agency.

5. As used in this section, “provider of health care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031.

Secs. 3-18. (Deleted by amendment.)

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CHAPTER 337, SB 256

Senate Bill No. 256–Senator Nguyen

Joint Sponsor: Assemblymember Miller

CHAPTER 337

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT relating to gaming; requiring the disgorgement of any profit, gain, gross receipt or other benefit related to certain illegal gaming activities; increasing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Legislative Counsel’s Digest:

Existing law prohibits: (1) a person from engaging in certain activities relating to gaming without procuring a state gaming license; (2) a person from engaging in a fraudulent act or otherwise manipulating or cheating at a gambling game; and (3) a person from accepting, receiving or allowing certain other persons to accept or receive certain wagers through any medium of communication from another person physically present within this State. (NRS 463.160, 465.070, 465.092) Sections 1-3 of this bill require, in addition to any existing penalty, a person to disgorge any profit, gain, gross receipt or other benefit resulting from certain illegal gaming activities and pay that amount to the State Treasurer for deposit in the State General Fund. Section 3 also increases the penalty for accepting, receiving or allowing certain persons to accept or receive certain wagers under certain circumstances from a misdemeanor to a gross misdemeanor.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. NRS 463.360 is hereby amended to read as follows:

463.360 1. Conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction of a person for a violation of, an attempt to violate, or a conspiracy to violate any of the provisions of this chapter or of chapter 463B, 464 or 465 of NRS may act as an immediate revocation of all licenses which have been issued to the violator, and, in addition, the court may, upon application of the district attorney of the county or of the Commission, order that no new or additional license under this chapter be issued to the violator, or be issued to any person for the room or premises in which the violation occurred, for 1 year after the date of the revocation.

2. A person who willfully fails to report, pay or truthfully account for and pay over any license fee or tax imposed by the provisions of this chapter, or willfully attempts in any manner to evade or defeat any such license fee, tax or payment thereof is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution.

3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, a person who willfully violates, attempts to violate, or conspires to violate any of the provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 463.160 is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 10 years, by a fine of not more than $50,000, or by both fine and imprisonment. The court shall also order any profits, gain, gross receipts or other benefit from the violation to be disgorged and paid to the State Treasurer for deposit in the State General Fund.

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order any profits, gain, gross receipts or other benefit from the violation to be disgorged and paid to the State Treasurer for deposit in the State General Fund.

4. A licensee who puts additional games or slot machines into play or displays additional games or slot machines in a public area without first obtaining all required licenses and approval is subject only to the penalties provided in NRS 463.270 and 463.310 and in any applicable ordinance of the county, city or town.

5. A person who willfully violates any provision of a regulation adopted pursuant to NRS 463.125 is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

6. The violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, the penalty for which is not specifically fixed in this chapter, is a gross misdemeanor.

Sec. 2. NRS 465.088 is hereby amended to read as follows:

465.088 1. A person who violates any provision of NRS 465.070 to 465.086, inclusive:

(a) For the first offense, is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130. The court shall also order any profits, gain, gross receipts or other benefit from the violation to be disgorged and paid to the State Treasurer for deposit in the State General Fund.

(b) For a second or subsequent violation of any of these provisions, is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 6 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $10,000. The court shall also order any profits, gain, gross receipts or other benefit from the violation to be disgorged and paid to the State Treasurer for deposit in the State General Fund.

2. A person who attempts, or two or more persons who conspire, to violate any provision of NRS 465.070 to 465.086, inclusive, each is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished by imposing the penalty provided in subsection 1 for the completed crime, whether or not he or she personally played any gambling game or used any prohibited device.

Sec. 3. NRS 465.092 is hereby amended to read as follows:

465.092 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 465.094, a person, alone or with others, shall not knowingly, within or outside of this state:

(a) Accept or receive, directly or indirectly, through any medium of communication a wager from another person who is physically present within this state; or

(b) Allow a lessee, agent or employee to accept or receive, directly or indirectly, through any medium of communication a wager from another person who is physically present within this state.

2. If a person engages in conduct in violation of subsection 1 and the person is outside of this state at the time of the offense:

(a) The offense shall be deemed to commence outside of this state;

(b) The offense shall be deemed to be consummated within this state; and

3. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor [.] and the court shall order any profits, gain, gross receipts or other benefit from the violation to be disgorged and paid to the State Treasurer for deposit in the State General Fund.

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CHAPTER 338, SB 379

Senate Bill No. 379–Senators Doñate; Cruz-Crawford, Daly, Flores, Steinbeck and Stone

Joint Sponsors: Assemblymembers Moore; and Watts

CHAPTER 338

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT relating to commerce; imposing various requirements upon a distributed generation system financier who finances the purchase of or leases a distributed generation system or contracts for a power purchase agreement; revising requirements for solar installation companies that sell and install distributed generation systems; imposing certain requirements and restrictions upon persons who generate leads or referrals to perform work concerning a distributed generation system; establishing and revising certain requirements for the contents of an agreement for the provision of a distributed generation system loan, an agreement for the purchase or lease of a distributed generation system and a power purchase agreement; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Legislative Counsel’s Digest:

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of installment lenders by the Commissioner of Financial Institutions. (Chapter 675 of NRS) Section 1 of this bill prohibits an installment lender from engaging in any deceptive trade practice.

Existing law imposes certain requirements on solar installation companies that sell and install distributed generation systems in this State. Existing law prescribes certain contractual requirements for an agreement for the purchase or lease of a distributed generation system and a power purchase agreement. (NRS 598.9801-598.9822) Sections 23.1-23.3 of this bill impose various requirements on distributed generation system financiers and contractual requirements for an agreement for the provision of a distributed generation system loan, an agreement for the lease of a distributed generation system and a power purchase agreement. Section 23.11 defines “distributed generation system financier” to mean, in general, a person who provides a distributed generation system loan, leases a distributed generation system or enters into a contract for a power purchase agreement. Section 23.12 defines “distributed generation system loan” to mean a loan made for the express purpose of financing the purchase of a distributed generation system or any part thereof.

Section 23.13 prohibits a distributed generation system financier from charging a borrower, lessee, host customer or prospective borrower, lessee or host customer certain fees that are attributable to a fee imposed on the financier by a third party in an amount that exceeds the actual amount of the fee charged to the financier by the third party. Section 23.14 sets forth certain requirements for the contents of an agreement for the provision of a distributed generation system loan. Section 23.16 requires a distributed generation system financier to provide to a borrower, lessee or host customer a copy of an agreement for the provision of the distributed generation system loan, an agreement for the lease of a distributed generation system or a power purchase agreement immediately after it is signed by the borrower, lessee or host customer.

Section 23.17 sets forth certain requirements for a distributed generation system financier with respect to a distributed generation system that will be installed on the roof of a manufactured home.

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Section 23.18 requires a distributed generation system financier to ensure that any solar installation company that will install a distributed generation system that is leased by the financier or for which a power purchase agreement or agreement for the provision of a distributed generation system loan has been executed by the financier holds the proper contractor’s license and is acting within the monetary limit of that license. If a distributed generation system financier fails to do so, the loan agreement, lease agreement or power purchase agreement is voidable by the borrower, lessee or host customer for a certain period. Additionally, section 23.18 prohibits a distributed generation system financier from providing any money pursuant to a loan agreement, lease agreement or power purchase agreement to a solar installation company that does not have the proper contractor’s license or who is acting outside the monetary limit of such a license. Section 23.21 additionally prohibits such a financier from making certain payments to a solar installation company before the distributed generation system has received permission from the appropriate public utility to connect to the power grid or, if the system will not be connected to the power grid, has passed a final inspection and become operational.

Section 23.19 requires a distributed generation system financier to make and retain certain recordings with a borrower or lessee. Section 31 of this bill: (1) removes the duty of a solar installation company to make certain recordings concerning a lessee which is imposed in section 23.19 on a distributed generation system financier; and (2) increases, from 4 years to 5 years, the amount of time a solar installation company is required to maintain certain recordings.

Section 23.22 prohibits a distributed generation system financier from causing a distributed generation system to be disconnected or otherwise unusable for the failure of a borrower, lessee or host customer to make any payment required under an agreement for the provision of a distributed generation system loan, an agreement for the lease of a distributed generation system or a power purchase agreement unless the borrower, lessee or host customer, as applicable, has failed to make three consecutive monthly payments required under the agreement.

Section 23.3 requires a distributed generation system financier to comply with all applicable federal laws and regulations.

Section 23.23 provides that the assignee of an agreement for the provision of a distributed generation system loan, an agreement for the lease of a distributed generation system or a power purchase agreement is subject to all claims and defenses of the borrower, lessee or host customer against the distributed generation system financier who provided the loan or entered into the lease or power purchase agreement. Under section 23.23, the liability of the assignee is limited to the amount owed to the assignee at the time the claim or defense is asserted against assignee.

Section 23.24 prohibits a distributed generation system financier from advertising any false, misleading or deceptive statement with regard to any rate that may be charged by a public utility for electricity.

Under existing law, a lessee or purchaser of a distributed generation system or a host customer has the right to rescind the lease or purchase agreement 3 business days after the agreement is signed. (NRS 598.98216) Sections 23.14, 23.15, 26-30 and 32 of this bill provide a borrower, lessee, purchaser or host customer the right to rescind an agreement for the provision of a distributed generation system loan, a lease or purchase agreement or a power purchase agreement: (1) 3 business days after signing, if the person is less than 60 years of age; and (2) 10 business days after signing, if the person is 60 years of age or older. Sections 23.15, 23.2, 26-30 and 32 of this bill also provide a borrower, lessee, purchaser or host customer the right to rescind such an agreement if the results of a required on-site physical survey of the premises conducted after the execution of the agreement would require the alteration of the terms of the agreement to increase the price of the distributed generation system or, with certain exceptions, change the type of equipment used for the distributed generation system.

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Section 23.4 of this bill imposes certain requirements and restrictions upon a person who generates leads or referrals to perform work concerning a distributed generation system. Section 23.6 of this bill prohibits a solar installation company from accepting any payment as an initial down payment or deposit to be paid for the installation of a distributed generation system that exceeds a certain amount. Section 23.8 of this bill prohibits a solar installation company, a person who generates leads or referrals to perform work concerning a distributed generation system or a distributed generation system financier from engaging in certain conduct, including, without limitation, certain specified deceptive or fraudulent conduct in connection with the lease or purchase of a distributed generation system or the contracting for a power purchase agreement.

Section 24 of this bill makes a conforming change so that the definitions applicable to the provisions of existing law governing distributed generation systems apply to sections 23.1-23.8. Section 33 of this bill provides that a violation of sections 23.1-23.8 constitutes a deceptive trade practice and consumer fraud.

Sections 23.6, 27, 29 and 30 also provide that a borrower, lessee, purchaser or host customer is not required to pay any money to a distributed generation system financier or solar installation company, except for an initial deposit or down payment that does not exceed a certain amount, before the distributed generation system has received permission from the appropriate public utility to connect to the power grid or, if the system will not be connected to the power grid, has passed a final inspection and become operational.

Sections 27 and 29 additionally impose certain duties on a solar installation company if a distributed generation system fails to meet the estimated amount of production in the first year of operation of the system. Sections 23.14, 29 and 30 of this bill require an agreement for the provision of a distributed generation system loan, an agreement for the lease of a distributed generation system or a power purchase agreement to contain information concerning whether a borrower, lessee or host customer may transfer the agreement in the event of a sale of the property to which the distributed generation system is affixed and the process to complete a payoff of any amount owed under the agreement. Sections 27, 29 and 30 additionally require certain other provisions and disclosures to be included in an agreement for the purchase or lease of a distributed generation system and a power purchase agreement.

Existing law excludes from the definition of “solar installation company” a person who generates leads or referrals to perform work concerning a distributed generation system, if the person’s activities are limited to certain specified activities. (NRS 598.9808) Section 25 of this bill requires such a person to collect only the name, contact information and information concerning the power bill of a prospective purchaser or lessee. Section 25 additionally prohibits such a person from engaging in advertising through any media other than print media.

Section 23.7 of this bill authorizes the State Contractors’ Board to adopt regulations that require any employee of a solar installation company to submit to a background check and which set forth requirements for such background checks.

Sections 23.14, 26 and 29.5 of this bill require an agreement for the provision of a distributed generation system loan and the cover page for an agreement for the lease of a distributed generation system or power purchase agreement to prominently display at the top of the agreement or cover page the length of the term of the agreement and a description of the consequences if the borrower, lessee or host customer dies during the term of the agreement.

Sections 26, 28 and 29.5 of this bill require the cover page of an agreement for the lease or purchase of a distributed generation system or a power purchase agreement to contain certain information relating to the amount paid by the company for certain leads and referrals and certain notice relating to the terms of the agreement. Sections 26, 28 and 29.5 also require such a cover page to contain a statement providing certain information concerning financial covenants and restrictions that may affect the future sale or transferability of the property of the purchaser, lessee or host customer.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Chapter 675 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

A licensee shall not engage in any deceptive trade practice as defined in chapter 598 of NRS.

Secs. 2, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5 and 5-22. (Deleted by amendment.)

Sec. 23. Chapter 598 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto the provisions set forth as sections 23.1 to 23.8, inclusive, of this act.

Sec. 23.1. “Borrower” means a person who receives a distributed generation system loan from a distributed generation system financier.

Sec. 23.11. 1. “Distributed generation system financier” means a person who:

(a) Provides a distributed generation system loan to a borrower in this State;

(b) Leases a distributed generation system or any part thereof to a lessee in this State; or

2. The term does not include a third party who is a passive investor or a tax equity partner of a distributed generation system financier that provides money to a distributed generation system financier and who is not directly involved in the sale or lease of or the contracting for a distributed generation system.

Sec. 23.12. “Distributed generation system loan” means a loan made for the express purpose of financing the purchase of a distributed generation system or any part thereof.

Sec. 23.13. A distributed generation system financier shall not charge a borrower, lessee, host customer or prospective borrower, lessee or host customer any fee in connection with the provision of a distributed generation system loan, the lease of a distributed generation system or the contracting for a power purchase agreement that is attributable to a fee imposed on the distributed generation system financier by a third party, including, without limitation, a fee imposed for the performance of a credit check, in an amount that exceeds the actual amount of the fee charged to the distributed generation system financier by the third party.

Sec. 23.14. In addition to any other applicable requirements, an agreement between a distributed generation system financier and a borrower for the provision of a distributed generation system loan must include, without limitation:

1. The following information prominently displayed at the top of the first page of the agreement in at least 16-point font:

(a) Notice of the term of the loan; and

(b) A description of the consequences if the borrower dies before the loan is repaid.

2. The following information in at least 10-point font:

(a) The name, mailing address, electronic mail address and telephone number of the distributed generation system financier.

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(b) A provision that provides that the borrower is not required to pay any money to the distributed generation system financier under the agreement, other than an initial down payment or deposit that may be charged in an amount that does not exceed $1,000 or 10 percent of the aggregate contract price, whichever is less, if the borrower has not paid that amount to the solar installation company under the agreement for the purchase of the distributed generation system, until:

(1) If the distributed generation system will be connected to the power grid, the distributed generation system receives permission from the appropriate public utility to connect to the power grid.

(2) If the distributed generation system will not be connected to the power grid, the distributed generation system passes a final inspection and becomes operational.

(1) For a borrower who is less than 60 years of age, 3 business days after the agreement is signed.

(2) For a borrower who is 60 years of age or older, 10 business days after the agreement is signed.

(d) The granting to the borrower of the right to rescind the agreement pursuant to section 23.2 of this act.

(e) A description of all the options available to the borrower in the event of a sale or transfer of the property to which the distributed generation system is affixed, including, without limitation, whether the borrower may transfer the agreement to the purchaser or transferee of the property, the conditions of any such transfer and the process to complete a payoff of the amount owed under the agreement.

Sec. 23.15. 1. Any borrower who enters into or signs an agreement for the provision of a distributed generation system loan may rescind or cancel the agreement without any penalty or obligation by giving notice in writing to the distributed generation system financier either by delivering, mailing or telegraphing such notice or sending such notice by electronic mail not later than midnight of the:

(a) For a borrower who is less than 60 years of age, third business day after the date the agreement was entered into or signed.

(b) For a borrower who is 60 years of age or older, tenth business day after the date the agreement was entered into or signed.

(c) For a rescission pursuant to section 23.2 of this act, third business day after the receipt of the results of an on-site physical survey described in section 23.2 of this act.

2. The notice required by subsection 1 must be addressed to the distributed generation system financier at the financier’s place of business, or another place designated in the agreement, or sent to the electronic mail address set forth in the agreement and must contain words indicating the intent of the borrower to rescind or cancel the transaction previously entered into.

Sec. 23.16. A distributed generation system financier shall provide to a borrower, lessee or host customer a copy of an agreement for the provision of a distributed generation system loan, an agreement for the lease of a distributed generation system or a power purchase agreement, as applicable, immediately after it is signed by the borrower, lessee or host customer.

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Sec. 23.17. 1. If a distributed generation system will be installed on the roof of a manufactured home, the distributed generation system financier must not execute an agreement for the provision of a distributed generation system loan, an agreement for the lease of a distributed generation system or a power purchase agreement unless the distributed generation system financier has:

(a) Verified that the solar installation company that will install the distributed generation system, in addition to being properly licensed pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS, holds a license issued pursuant to NRS 489.311; and

(b) Obtained from the solar installation company that will install the distributed generation system an inspection report indicating that the roof of the manufactured home is able to safely withstand the weight of the distributed generation system.

2. As used in this section, “manufactured home” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 489.113.

Sec. 23.18. 1. A distributed generation system financier shall ensure that any solar installation company that installs a distributed generation system for which the distributed generation system financier has executed an agreement for the provision of a distributed generation system loan, an agreement for the lease of a distributed generation system or a power purchase agreement is properly licensed pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS and acting within the monetary limit of the license.

2. If a distributed generation system financier fails to comply with the provisions of subsection 1, the agreement for the provision of the distributed generation system loan, the agreement for the lease of the distributed generation system or the power purchase agreement is voidable by the borrower, lessee or host customer for 3 years after the date on which:

(a) If the distributed generation system will be connected to the power grid, the distributed generation system receives permission from the appropriate public utility to connect to the power grid.

(b) If the distributed generation system will not be connected to the power grid, the distributed generation system passes a final inspection and becomes operational.

3. A distributed generation system financier shall not provide any money for the installation of a distributed generation system pursuant to an agreement for the provision of a distributed generation system loan, an agreement for the lease of a distributed generation system or a power purchase agreement to a solar installation company that is not properly licensed pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS or that is acting outside the monetary limit of the license.

Sec. 23.19. 1. A distributed generation system financier shall, in person or by telephone or videoconference, verbally:

(a) Confirm the identity of a borrower under an agreement for the provision of a distributed generation system loan or a lessee under an agreement for the lease of a distributed generation system;

(b) For a borrower, communicate to the borrower the terms and conditions of the agreement for the provision of a distributed generation system loan, including, without limitation, any fees charged by the distributed generation system financier;

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(c) For a lessee, communicate to the lessee the information required to be included in a cover page pursuant to NRS 598.9809; and

(d) Confirm that the borrower or lessee understands the information communicated pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (c).

2. The verbal communication required by subsection 1 must be:

(a) Recorded by the distributed generation system financier; and

(b) Conducted before the commencement of the installation of the distributed generation system.

3. A distributed generation system financier shall maintain the recording required by subsection 2 for not less than 5 years after the date of the final inspection of the distributed generation system.

Sec. 23.2. 1. Before or after an agreement for the lease or purchase of a distributed generation system or a power purchase agreement has been executed, the solar installation company shall perform an on-site physical survey of the premises at which the distributed generation system will be installed and provide the results of the physical survey to the lessee, purchaser or host customer.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if the results of the physical survey performed pursuant to subsection 1 after an agreement for the lease or purchase of a distributed generation system or power purchase agreement has been executed reveal any condition that would necessitate the alteration of the provisions of the agreement to increase the price of the distributed generation system or change the type of equipment used for the distributed generation system, the lessee, purchaser or host customer may, within 3 business days after the receipt of the results of the on-site physical survey, rescind:

(a) The agreement for the lease or purchase of the distributed generation system or the power purchase agreement, as applicable; and

(b) For a purchaser who has entered into an agreement for the provision of a distributed generation system loan for the purchase of the distributed generation system, the agreement for the provision of the distributed generation system loan.

3. The provisions of subsection 2 do not apply to a substitution of any equipment used for the distributed generation system if:

(a) The substituted equipment is of equal or superior quality to that of the equipment being substituted;

(b) The substitution does not require the lessee, purchaser or host customer to incur any additional costs as a result of the substitution; and

(c) The substitution does not cause the estimated amount of production in the first year of operation to be reduced by more than 5 percent.

Sec. 23.21. 1. A distributed generation system financier shall not pay to a solar installation company pursuant to an agreement for the provision of a distributed generation system loan, an agreement for the lease of a distributed generation system or a power purchase agreement an amount that exceeds the amount set forth in paragraph (g) of subsection 2 of NRS 624.875 before the date on which:

(a) If the distributed generation system will be connected to the power grid, the distributed generation system receives permission from the appropriate public utility to connect to the power grid.

(b) If the distributed generation system will not be connected to the power grid, the distributed generation system passes a final inspection and becomes operational.

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2. If a distributed generation system financier violates the provisions of subsection 1, the distributed generation system financier becomes responsible for ensuring that the distributed generation system receives permission from the appropriate public utility to connect the distributed generation system to the power grid or passes a final inspection and becomes operational, as applicable.

Sec. 23.22. A distributed generation system financier shall not cause a distributed generation system to be disconnected or otherwise prevent a borrower, lessee or host customer from using the distributed generation system because the borrower, lessee or host customer failed to make a payment as required under an agreement for the provision of a distributed generation system loan, an agreement for the lease of a distributed generation system or a power purchase agreement unless the borrower, lessee or host customer, as applicable, has failed to make three consecutive monthly payments required under the agreement.

Sec. 23.23. The assignee of an agreement for the provision of a distributed generation system loan, an agreement for the lease of a distributed generation system or a power purchase agreement is subject to all claims and defenses of the borrower, lessee or host customer against the distributed generation system financier who provided the loan or entered into the lease agreement or power purchase agreement, except that the liability of the assignee pursuant to this section must not exceed the amount owed to the assignee at the time the claim or defense is asserted against the assignee.

Sec. 23.24. A distributed generation system financier shall not advertise or permit to be advertised in any manner whatsoever any false, misleading or deceptive statement or representation with regard to any rate that may be charged by a public utility for electricity.

Sec. 23.3. A distributed generation system financier shall comply with all applicable federal laws and regulations, including, without limitation, as applicable, 12 C.F.R. Part 1002, 12 C.F.R. Part 1013, 12 C.F.R. Part 1026 and 16 C.F.R. Part 433 and any applicable requirements set forth under federal law and regulations relating to the disclosure of information.

Sec. 23.4. 1. A person who generates leads or referrals to perform work concerning a distributed generation system shall not:

(a) Accept any compensation for such a lead or referral in amount that exceeds $2,000.

(b) Sell any such lead or referral to a person who does not hold a license issued pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS authorizing the performance of such work.

2. A person who generates leads or referrals to perform work concerning a distributed generation system shall include with any commercial communication relating to such a lead or referral a statement which provides that:

“This is a commercial solicitation that is not affiliated with any government agency or electric utility.”

3. For a written or electronic communication, the statement required by subsection 2 must be made in a clear and conspicuous manner preceding any other text of the written or electronic communication.

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preceding any other text of the written or electronic communication. For an oral communication, the disclosure must be made orally at the beginning of the communication.

Sec. 23.6. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a solar installation company shall not accept any payment for the installation of a distributed generation system from a purchaser, lessee, host customer, distributed generation system financier or any other person before the date on which:

(a) If the distributed generation system will be connected to the power grid, the distributed generation system receives permission from the appropriate public utility to connect to the power grid.

(b) If the distributed generation system will not be connected to the power grid, the distributed generation system passes a final inspection and becomes operational.

2. A solar installation company may, before the date specified in subsection 1, accept as an initial down payment or deposit to be paid for the installation of the distributed generation system a payment in an amount that does not exceed $1,000 or 10 percent of the aggregate contract price, whichever is less.

Sec. 23.7. The State Contractors’ Board may adopt regulations that:

1. Require any employee of a solar installation company to submit to a background check; and

2. Set forth requirements for such background checks.

Sec. 23.8. 1. A solar installation company, a person who generates leads or referrals to perform work concerning a distributed generation system or a distributed generation system financier, as applicable, shall not:

(a) Include in any written or electronic marketing materials any material term for the lease or purchase of a distributed generation system or a power purchase agreement that is not included in the agreement itself.

(b) Engage in any deceptive or fraudulent conduct in connection with the lease or purchase of a distributed generation system or the contracting for a power purchase agreement, including, without limitation:

(1) Making any false statement or representation, either expressly or by implication, concerning a lead or referral for work concerning a distributed generation system.

(2) Using any official logo, seal, insignia, branding or uniform of this State or a political subdivision of this State or any logo, seal, insignia, branding or uniform that tends to mislead a person into believing that it is official.

(3) Making any statement or representation that the person is an employee, representative or agent of this State or a political subdivision of this State.

(4) Using any official logo, seal, insignia, branding or uniform of a public utility or any logo, seal, insignia, branding or uniform that tends to mislead a person into believing that it is official.

(5) Making any statement or representation that the person is an employee, representative or agent of a public utility.

(6) Making any statement or representation or including in any written or electronic marketing material any statement or representation concerning any incentives, legislation, rebates or tax credits relating to a distributed generation system without including the statement required by subsection 2.

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concerning any incentives, legislation, rebates or tax credits relating to a distributed generation system without including the statement required by subsection 2.

(7) Making any statement or representation that indicates or implies that the person is a participant in a governmental program related to incentives, tax credits or financial assistance for a distributed generation system unless the person has been expressly authorized in writing by the governmental entity administering the program to make such a statement or representation.

(c) Accept any compensation for a lead or referral for work concerning a distributed generation system from a person other than a person who holds a license issued pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS authorizing the performance of such work.

2. A solar installation company, a person who generates leads or referrals to perform work concerning a distributed generation system or a distributed generation system financier shall include in any commercial communication, including, without limitation, any marketing materials, that provides information concerning any incentive, legislation, rebate or tax credit relating to a distributed generation system a statement indicating that it is recommended that the recipient of the communication consult with an independent tax professional.

Sec. 24. NRS 598.9801 is hereby amended to read as follows:

598.9801 As used in NRS 598.9801 to 598.9822, inclusive, and sections 23.1 to 23.8, inclusive, of this act, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 598.9802 to 598.9808, inclusive, and sections 23.1, 23.11 and 23.12 of this act have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

Sec. 25. NRS 598.9808 is hereby amended to read as follows:

598.9808 1. “Solar installation company” means any form of business organization or any other nongovernmental legal entity, including, without limitation, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization, that holds a license issued pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS which authorizes the performance of work concerning a distributed generation system and, directly or indirectly, on its own behalf or on behalf of another:

(a) Performs or offers to perform any work concerning a distributed generation system;

(b) Advertises, solicits or offers to enter into an agreement [described in NRS 598.9801 to 598.9822, inclusive;] for the purchase or lease of a distributed generation system or a power purchase agreement or

(1) Sell and install a distributed generation system; or

(2) Install a distributed generation system owned by a third party from whom the customer:

(I) Leases a distributed generation system; or

(II) Purchases electricity generated by a distributed generation system.

2. The term does not include a person who generates leads or referrals to perform work concerning a distributed generation system for persons who hold a license issued pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS authorizing the performance of such work, if such activity is limited to:

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(a) Collecting only the name, contact information and information concerning the power bill of a prospective purchaser or lessee;

(b) Serving as the source of a referral;

[(b)] (c) Providing the contact information of a person who holds a license issued pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS to a prospective purchaser or lessee;

[(c)] (d) Setting up appointments on behalf of a person who holds a license issued pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS; or

[(d)] (e) Advertising only through print media [.] and not through any electronic means, including, without limitation, through a mobile application, Internet website, online service, electronic mail or any other form of electronic media.

Sec. 26. NRS 598.9809 is hereby amended to read as follows:

598.9809 An agreement for the lease of a distributed generation system must include a cover page that:

1. Prominently displays the following information at the top of the cover page in at least 16-point font:

(a) Notice of the right to rescind or cancel the agreement, without any penalty or obligation, within 3 or 10 business days , as applicable, after the execution of the agreement, as provided in NRS 598.98216.

(b) An electronic mail address to which a notice of rescission or cancellation may be sent pursuant to NRS 598.98216 and notice that the lessee may send such a notice to that electronic mail address.

(d) Notice that, before the installation of the distributed generation system, the lessee will have the opportunity to confirm that no representations, offers or promises were made at any time concerning the lease of the distributed generation system other than what is contained in the agreement.

(e) The length of the term of the lease.

(f) A description of the consequences if the lessee dies during the term of the lease.

(g) A statement indicating that certain financial covenants and restrictions for distributed generation systems affixed to a property may have an impact or effect on the future sale or transferability of the property and that it is recommended that the lessee seek the advice of a real estate professional, attorney or financial adviser before entering into the lease.

2. Provides the following information in at least 10-point font:

(a) The amounts due at the signing for and at the completion of the installation or any inspection of the distributed generation system.

(b) An estimated timeline for the installation of the distributed generation system.

(c) The estimated amount of the monthly payments due under the lease in the first year of operation of the distributed generation system.

(d) [The length of the term of the lease.

(e)] A description of any warranties.

[(f)] (e) The rate of any payment increases.

[(g)] (f) The identification of any state or federal tax incentives that are included in calculating the amount of the monthly payments due under the lease.

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[(h)] (g) The estimated production of the distributed generation system in the first year of operation . [and an explanation that:

(1) The lessee will always receive a power bill if the premises of the lessee are connected to the power grid;

(2) The estimated production or offset is based on available data on prior consumption; and

(3) Any change in consumption by the lessee will impact the estimated offset, or savings, in relation to the production.

(i)] (h) A description of the terms for renewal or any other options available at the end of the term of the lease.

[(j)] (i) A description of any option to purchase the distributed generation system before the end of the term of the lease.

[(k)] (j) Notice of the existence of the Recovery Fund administered by the State Contractors’ Board pursuant to NRS 624.470.

[(l)] (k) Notice that a person financially damaged by a licensed contractor who performs work on a residence may be eligible to recover certain financial damages from the Recovery Fund.

[(m)] (l) Notice that a host customer may file a complaint with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada.

[(n)] (m) Contact information for the State Contractors’ Board and the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, including, without limitation, a telephone number.

[(o)] (n) Notice that the lessee, before the execution of the agreement, may request any document used in the solicitation, offer or transaction for the agreement in any language.

(o) If the solar installation company paid any amount for a lead or referral that resulted in the lease being provided to the lessee, the amount paid for the lead or referral.

(p) If the solar installation company included any material term of a lease in any written or electronic marketing materials provided to the lessee before or contemporaneously with the lease, notice that the material term used in the marketing materials is the same as the corresponding term included in the lease.

Sec. 27. NRS 598.9811 is hereby amended to read as follows:

598.9811 An agreement for the lease of a distributed generation system must include, without limitation, the following information in at least 10-point font:

1. The name, mailing address, telephone number and number of the contractor’s license of the solar installation company.

2. The name, mailing address and telephone number of:

(a) The lessor of the distributed generation system; and

(b) The name, mailing address and telephone number of the person responsible for all maintenance of the distributed generation system, if different from the solar installation company.

3. An estimated timeline for the installation of the distributed generation system.

4. The length of the term of the lease.

5. A general description of the distributed generation system.

6. The amounts due at the signing for and at the completion of the installation or any inspection of the distributed generation system.

7. A description of any warranties.

8. The amount of the:

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(a) Monthly payments due under the lease; and

(b) Total payments due under the lease, excluding taxes.

9. A description of any other one-time or recurring charges, including, without limitation, a description of the circumstances that trigger any late fees.

10. A description of any obligation the lessor has regarding the installation, repair or removal of the distributed generation system.

11. A description of any obligation the lessor has regarding construction of and insurance for the distributed generation system.

12. A description of any:

(a) Taxes due at the commencement of the lease; and

(b) Estimation of taxes known to be applicable during the term of the lease, subject to any change in the state or local tax rate or tax structure.

13. A copy of [the warranty] all warranties for the distributed generation system [.] , each of which must be acknowledged by the initials of the lessee.

14. A disclosure notifying the lessee of the transferability of the obligations under the warranty to a subsequent lessee.

15. The identification of any state or federal tax incentives that are included in calculating the amount of the monthly payments due under the lease.

16. A description of the ownership of any tax credits, tax rebates, tax incentives or portfolio energy credits in connection with the distributed generation system.

17. Any terms for renewal of the lease.

18. A description of any option to purchase the distributed generation system before the end of the term of the lease.

19. A description of all options available to the [host customer] lessee, in connection with the continuation, termination or transfer of the lease in the event of the:

(a) Sale or transfer of the property to which the distributed generation system is affixed [;] , including, without limitation, whether the lessee may transfer the obligations under the lease to the purchaser of transferee of the property, the conditions of any such transfer and the process to complete a payoff of any amount owed under the lease; or

(b) Death of the lessee.

20. A description of any restrictions that the lease imposes on the modification or transfer of the property to which the distributed generation system is affixed.

21. The granting to the lessee of the right to rescind the lease for a period ending not less than :

(a) For a lessee who is less than 60 years of age, 3 business days after the lease is signed.

(b) For a lessee who is 60 years of age or older, 10 business days after the lease is signed.

22. An estimate of the amount of electricity that could be generated by the distributed generation system in the first year of operation.

23. The granting to the lessee of the right to rescind the lease pursuant to section 23.2 of this act.

24. A provision indicating that the provisions of the agreement are binding and inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the parties to the agreement.

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25. A provision that provides that the lessee is not required to make any payments under the lease, other than an initial down payment or deposit that may be charged in an amount that does not exceed $1,000 or 10 percent of the aggregate contract price, whichever is less, until:

(a) If the distributed generation system will be connected to the power grid, the distributed generation system receives permission from the appropriate public utility to connect to the power grid.

(b) If the distributed generation system will not be connected to the power grid, the distributed generation system passes a final inspection and becomes operational.

26. The duties of the solar installation company if the distributed generation system fails to meet the estimated amount of production in the first year of operation, as set forth pursuant to paragraph (g) of subsection 2 of NRS 598.9809. Such duties must include, without limitation, the duty to, if the distributed generation system has not met that amount of production 1 year after the date on which the distributed generation system received permission from the appropriate public utility to connect to the power grid or, if the distributed generation system is not connected to the power grid, 1 year after the date on which the distributed generation system passes a final inspection and becomes operational:

(a) Take any actions necessary to ensure that the distributed generation system will meet that amount of production in the following year, including, without limitation, by the installation of additional equipment or repair to any existing equipment; or

(b) Take both of the following actions:

(1) Provide notice to the lessee acknowledging that the distributed generation system has not met the estimated amount of production in the first year of operation; and

(2) If the distributed generation system has not met that estimated amount of production 1 year after the notice is sent, take the actions described in paragraph (a).

27. On a separate page, a thorough explanation of the estimated production of the distributed generation system and offset, which must include, without limitation, an explanation:

(a) Of how the estimated production of the distributed generation system and offset are calculated, including, without limitation, the fact that such calculations are based on available data on prior consumption;

(b) Of the effects of the behavior of the lessee with respect to the amount of the offset, including, without limitation, the fact that any change in consumption by the lessee will impact the estimated offset, or savings, in relation to the production and the possibility that the power bill of the lessee may increase based on his or her consumption; and

[23.] 28. A signature block that is signed and dated by the lessor and the lessee of the distributed generation system.

Sec. 28. NRS 598.9813 is hereby amended to read as follows:

598.9813 An agreement for the purchase of a distributed generation system must include a cover page that:

1. Prominently displays the following information at the top of the cover page in at least 16-point font:

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(b) An electronic mail address to which a notice of rescission or cancellation may be sent pursuant to NRS 598.98216 and notice that the purchaser may send such a notice to that electronic mail address.

(d) Notice that, before the installation of the distributed generation system, the purchaser will have the opportunity to confirm that no representations, offers or promises were made at any time concerning the purchase of the distributed generation system other than what is contained in the agreement.

(e) A statement indicating that certain financial covenants and restrictions for a distributed generation system affixed to a property may have an impact or effect on the future sale or transferability of the property and that it is recommended that the purchaser seek the advice of a real estate professional, attorney or financial adviser before entering into the agreement.

2. Provide the following information in at least 10-point font:

(a) The size of the distributed generation system.

(b) The length of the term of the warranty for the distributed generation system.

(d) A description of any warranties.

(e) The total cost of the distributed generation system.

(f) The estimated value of any portfolio energy credits and rebates of any incentives included in the calculation of the total cost of the distributed generation system.

(g) The amounts due at the signing for and at the completion of the installation of the distributed generation system.

(h) The estimated production of the distributed generation system in the first year of operation . [and an explanation that:

(1) The purchaser will always receive a power bill if the premises of the purchaser are connected to the power grid;

(2) The estimated production or offset is based on available data on prior consumption; and

(3) Any change in consumption by the purchaser will impact the estimated offset, or savings, in relation to the production.]

(i) Notice of the existence of the Recovery Fund administered by the State Contractors’ Board pursuant to NRS 624.470.

(j) Notice that a person financially damaged by a licensed contractor who performs work on a residence may be eligible to recover certain financial damages from the Recovery Fund.

(k) Notice that a host customer may file a complaint with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada.

(l) Contact information for the State Contractors’ Board and Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, including, without limitation, a telephone number.

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(m) Notice that the purchaser, before the execution of the agreement, may request any document used in the solicitation, offer or transaction for the agreement in any language.

(n) If the solar installation company paid any amount for a lead or referral that resulted in the agreement being provided to the purchaser, the amount paid for the lead or referral.

(o) If the solar installation company included any material term of an agreement for the purchase of a distributed generation system in any written or electronic marketing materials provided to the purchaser before or contemporaneously with the agreement, notice that the material term used in the marketing materials is the same as the corresponding term included in the agreement.

Sec. 29. NRS 598.9814 is hereby amended to read as follows:

598.9814 An agreement for the purchase of a distributed generation system must include, without limitation, the following information in at least 10-point font:

1. The name, mailing address, telephone number, electronic mail address and number of the contractor’s license of the solar installation company.

2. The name, mailing address, telephone number and electronic mail address of:

(a) The purchaser of the distributed generation system; and

(b) The name, mailing address, telephone number and electronic mail address of the person responsible for all maintenance of the distributed generation system, if different from the solar installation company.

3. A description, which includes, without limitation, any assumptions, concerning the design and installation of the distributed generation system. Such a description must include, without limitation:

(a) The size of the distributed generation system;

(b) The estimated amount of production for the distributed generation system in the first year of operation; and

4. The total cost of the distributed generation system.

5. An estimated timeline for the installation of the distributed generation system.

6. A payment schedule, including, without limitation:

(a) The due dates for any deposit; and

(b) Any subsequent payments that are not to exceed the total system cost stated on the cover page pursuant to NRS 598.9813.

7. The granting to the purchaser the right to rescind the agreement for a period ending not less than 3 or 10 business days , as applicable, after the agreement is signed.

8. A copy of [the warranty] all warranties for the distributed generation system [.] , each of which must be acknowledged by the initials of the purchaser.

9. A disclosure notifying the purchaser of the transferability of the obligations under the warranty to a subsequent purchaser.

10. The identification of any incentives included in the calculation of the total cost of the distributed generation system.

11. A description of any guarantee of the performance of the distributed generation system.

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12. A signature block that is signed and dated by the purchaser of the distributed generation system and the solar installation company.

13. A description of the basis for any estimates of savings that were provided to the purchaser, if applicable.

14. A disclosure concerning the retention of any portfolio energy credits, if applicable.

15. The granting to the purchaser of the right to rescind the agreement pursuant to section 23.2 of this act.

16. A provision that provides that the purchaser is not required to pay any money to the solar installation company, other than an initial down payment or deposit that may be charged in an amount that does not exceed $1,000 or 10 percent of the aggregate contract price, whichever is less, if the purchaser has not paid that amount to a distributed generation system financier under an agreement for the provision of a distributed generation system loan for the distributed generation system, until:

(a) If the distributed generation system will be connected to the power grid, the distributed generation system receives permission from the appropriate public utility to connect to the power grid.

(b) If the distributed generation system will not be connected to the power grid, the distributed generation system passes a final inspection and becomes operational.

17. If the purchaser is financing the purchase of the distributed generation system or has provided financial information to the solar installation company to obtain approval for the financing of the purchase of the distributed generation system, the cash price of the system and the financed price of the system.

18. The duties of the solar installation company if the distributed generation system fails to meet the estimated amount of production in the first year of operation, as set forth pursuant to paragraph (h) of subsection 2 of NRS 598.9813. Such duties must include, without limitation, the duty to, if the distributed generation system has not met that amount of production 1 year after the date on which the distributed generation system received permission from the appropriate public utility to connect to the power grid or, if the distributed generation system is not connected to the power grid, 1 year after the date on which the distributed generation system received a final inspection:

(b) Take both of the following actions:

(1) Provide notice to the purchaser acknowledging that the distributed generation system has not met the estimated amount of production in the first year of operation; and

(2) If the distributed generation system has not met that estimated amount of production 1 year after the notice is sent, take the actions described in paragraph (a).

19. On a separate page, a thorough explanation of the estimated production of the distributed generation system and offset, which must include, without limitation, an explanation:

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(b) Of the effects of the behavior of the purchaser with respect to the amount of the offset, including, without limitation, the fact that any change in consumption by the purchaser will impact the estimated offset, or savings, in relation to the production and the possibility that the power bill of the purchaser may increase based on his or her consumption; and

Sec. 29.5. NRS 598.9816 is hereby amended to read as follows:

598.9816 A power purchase agreement for the sale of the output of a distributed generation system must include a cover page that:

1. Prominently displays the following information at the top of the cover page in at least 16-point font:

(a) Notice of the right to rescind or cancel the agreement, without any penalty or obligation, within 3 business days , as applicable, after the execution of the agreement, as provided in NRS 598.98216.

(b) An electronic mail address to which a notice of rescission or cancellation may be sent pursuant to NRS 598.98216 and notice that the host customer may send such a notice to that electronic mail address.

(d) Notice that, before the installation of the distributed generation system, the host customer will have the opportunity to confirm that no representations, offers or promises were made at any time concerning the sale of the output of the distributed generation system other than what is contained in the agreement.

(e) The length of the term of the agreement.

(f) A description of the consequences if the host customer dies during the term of the agreement.

(g) A statement indicating that certain financial covenants and restrictions for a distributed generation system affixed to a property may have an impact or effect on the future sale or transferability of the property and that it is recommended that the host customer seek the advice of a real estate professional, attorney or financial adviser before entering into the agreement.

2. Provides the following information in at least 10-point font:

(a) The rate of any increase in the payments to be made during the term of the agreement and, if applicable, the date of the first such increase.

(b) An estimated timeline for the installation of the distributed generation system.

(d) [The length of the term of the agreement.

(e)] The amounts due at the signing for and at the completion of the installation or any inspection of the distributed generation system.

[(f)] (e) The estimated production of the distributed generation system in the first year of operation and an explanation that:

(1) The host customer will always receive a power bill if the premises of the host customer are connected to the power grid;

(2) The estimated production or offset is based on available data on prior consumption; and

(3) Any change in consumption by the host customer will impact the estimated offset, or savings, in relation to the production.

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[(g)] (f) A description of the options available at the end of the term of the agreement.

[(h)] (g) A description of any option to purchase the distributed generation system before the end of the term of the agreement.

[(i)] (h) Notice of the existence of the Recovery Fund administered by the State Contractors’ Board pursuant to NRS 624.470.

[(j)] (i) Notice that a person financially damaged by a licensed contractor who performs work on a residence may be eligible to recover certain financial damages from the Recovery Fund.

[(k)] (j) Notice that a host customer may file a complaint with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada.

[(l)] (k) Contact information for the State Contractors’ Board and the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, including, without limitation, a telephone number.

[(m)] (l) Notice that the host customer, before execution of the agreement, may request any document used in the solicitation, offer or transaction for the power purchase agreement in any language.

(m) If the solar installation company paid any amount for a lead or referral that resulted in the power purchase agreement being provided to the host customer, the amount paid for the lead or referral.

(n) If the solar installation company included any material term of a power purchase agreement in any written or electronic marketing materials provided to the host customer before or contemporaneously with the agreement, notice that the material term used in the marketing materials is the same as the corresponding term included in the agreement.

Sec. 30. NRS 598.9817 is hereby amended to read as follows:

598.9817 A power purchase agreement for the sale of the output of a distributed generation system must include, without limitation, the following information in at least 10-point font:

1. The name, mailing address, telephone number, electronic mail address and number of the contractor’s license of the solar installation company.

2. The name, mailing address, telephone number and electronic mail address of:

(a) The provider of the distributed generation system; and

3. The length of the term of the agreement.

4. An estimated timeline for the installation of the distributed generation system.

5. The payments made during the first year of the agreement for the price of electricity, which includes, without limitation, the price per kilowatt-hour of electricity and the price per monthly system electrical output.

6. The estimated annual electrical output of the distributed generation system.

7. The rate of any increase in the payments to be made during the term of the agreement and, if applicable, the date of the first such increase.

8. A description of any obligation the solar installation company has regarding construction and repair of and insurance for the distributed generation system.

9. A description of any one-time or recurring fees, including, without limitation, a description of the circumstances that trigger any late fees.

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10. A description of any:

(a) Taxes due at the commencement of the agreement; and

(b) Estimation of taxes known to be applicable during the term of the agreement, subject to a change in the state or local tax rate or tax structure.

11. A copy of the warranty for the distributed generation system.

12. A description of the ownership of any tax credits, tax rebates, tax incentives or portfolio energy credits in connection with the distributed generation system.

13. Any terms for renewal of the agreement.

14. A description of any option to purchase the distributed generation system before the end of the term of the agreement.

15. A description of all options available to the host customer in connection with the continuation, termination or transfer of the agreement in the event of the:

(a) Sale or transfer of the property to which the distributed generation system is affixed [;] , including, without limitation, whether the host customer may transfer the obligations under the agreement to the purchaser or transferee of the property, the conditions for any such transfer and the process to complete a payoff of any amount owed under the agreement; or

(b) Death of the purchaser.

16. The granting to the purchaser of the right to rescind the agreement for a period ending not less than :

(a) For a host customer who is less than 60 years of age, 3 business days after the agreement is signed.

(b) For a host customer who is 60 years of age or older, 10 business days after the agreement is signed.

17. A description of any restrictions that the agreement imposes on the modification or transfer of the property to which the distributed generation system is affixed.

18. A description of any guarantees of the performance of the distributed generation system.

19. A disclosure notifying the host customer of the transferability of the obligations under the warranty to a subsequent purchaser.

20. The granting to the host customer of the right to rescind the agreement pursuant to section 23.2 of this act.

21. A provision that provides that the host customer is not required to pay any money under the agreement, other than an initial down payment or deposit in an amount that does not exceed $1,000 or 10 percent of the aggregate contract price, whichever is less, until:

(a) If the distributed generation system will be connected to the power grid, the distributed generation system receives permission from the appropriate public utility to connect to the power grid.

(b) If the distributed generation system will not be connected to the power grid, the distributed generation system passes a final inspection and becomes operational.

22. A signature block that is signed and dated by the purchaser and the solar installation company.

[21.] 23. A statement describing the due dates of any payments.

Sec. 31. NRS 598.98213 is hereby amended to read as follows:

598.98213 1. A solar installation company shall, in person or by telephone or videoconference, verbally:

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(a) Confirm the identity of a purchaser [or lessee] under an agreement for the purchase [or lease] of a distributed generation system or a host customer under a power purchase agreement;

(b) Communicate to the purchaser [, lessee] or host customer the information required to be included in a cover page pursuant to NRS [598.9809,] 598.9813 or 598.9816, as applicable; and

(c) Confirm that the purchaser [, lessee] or host customer understands the information communicated pursuant to paragraph (b).

2. The verbal communication required by subsection 1 must be:

(a) Recorded by the solar installation company; and

(b) Conducted at the time of the execution of the agreement or within 48 hours after the execution of the agreement.

3. A solar installation company shall not commence the installation of any distributed generation system under an agreement until the recording required pursuant to this section has been made.

4. A solar installation company shall maintain the recording required pursuant to this section for not less than [4] 5 years after the date of the final inspection of the distributed generation system within the jurisdiction in which the distributed generation system is located.

Sec. 32. NRS 598.98216 is hereby amended to read as follows:

598.98216 1. Any purchaser or lessee who enters into or signs an agreement for the purchase or lease of a distributed generation system or host customer who enters into a power purchase agreement may rescind or cancel the agreement, without any penalty or obligation, by giving notice in writing to the solar installation company either by delivering, mailing or telegraphing such notice or sending such notice by electronic mail not later than midnight of the :

(a) For a purchaser, lessee or host customer who is less than 60 years of age, third business day after the date the agreement was entered into or signed [.] ;

(b) For a purchaser, lessee or host customer who is 60 years of age or older, tenth business day after the date the agreement was entered into or signed; or

(c) For a rescission pursuant to section 23.2 of this act, third business day after the receipt of the results of an on-site physical survey described in section 23.2 of this act.

2. The notice required by subsection 1 must be addressed to the solar installation company at the solar installation company’s place of business, or another place designated in the agreement, or sent to the electronic mail address set forth on the cover page required by NRS 598.9809, 598.9813 or 598.9816, as applicable, and must contain words indicating the intent of the purchaser, lessee or host customer to rescind or cancel the transaction previously entered into.

Sec. 33. NRS 598.9822 is hereby amended to read as follows:

598.9822 1. A host customer may file a complaint concerning a solar installation company with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada. Upon receipt of a complaint, the Commission may direct the host customer to the appropriate agency or person to resolve the complaint.

2. The failure of a person to comply with NRS 598.9801 to 598.9822, inclusive, and sections 23.1 to 23.8, inclusive, of this act constitutes a deceptive trade practice for the purposes of NRS 598.0903 to 598.0999, inclusive.

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3. If a solar installation company executes with a purchaser or lessee an agreement for the purchase or lease of a distributed generation system or with a host customer a power purchase agreement and knowingly fails to comply with any requirement of NRS 598.9801 to 598.9822, inclusive, and sections 23.1 to 23.8, inclusive, of this act, including, without limitation, by failing to include any disclosure or information required by NRS 598.9801 to 598.9822, inclusive, and sections 23.1 to 23.8, inclusive, of this act, or knowingly failing to maintain a recording of a verbal communication as required by NRS 598.98213, the agreement is voidable by the purchaser, lessee or host customer. The actions of persons who solely conduct administrative duties or provide administrative services directly to and for the benefit of the solar installation company are not imputed to the solar installation company for the purposes of this subsection.

4. A violation of any provision of NRS 598.9801 to 598.9822, inclusive, and sections 23.1 to 23.8, inclusive, of this act, constitutes consumer fraud for the purposes of NRS 41.600.

5. Any document described in NRS 598.9809 to 598.9821, inclusive, must be provided in:

(a) English; or

(b) Any other language, if any person so requests before the execution of the relevant document.

6. If a solar installation company advertises its services or negotiates orally or in writing any of the requirements of NRS 598.9801 to 598.9822, inclusive, and sections 23.1 to 23.8, inclusive, of this act in a language other than English or permits an employee or agent of the solar installation company to so advertise or negotiate, the solar installation company must deliver a translation of any contract, agreement or notice described in NRS 598.9801 to 598.9822, inclusive, and sections 23.1 to 23.8, inclusive, of this act resulting from such advertising or negotiations in the language in which such advertising was made or such negotiations occurred to a person who is a party to such a contract or agreement, or who may sign the contract or agreement, or who is entitled to receive such notice. The translation of the contract, agreement or notice must be provided before the execution of the contract or agreement and include, without limitation, every term and condition in the contract, agreement or notice.

Sec. 34. (Deleted by amendment.)

Sec. 35. 1. The amendatory provisions of this act apply to an agreement for the provision of a distributed generation system loan, an agreement for the purchase of a distributed generation system, an agreement for the lease of a distributed generation system or a power purchase agreement entered into on or after October 1, 2025.

2. As used in this section:

(a) “Distributed generation system” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 598.9804.

(b) “Distributed generation system loan” has the meaning ascribed to it in section 23.12 of this act.

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CHAPTER 339, SB 404

Senate Bill No. 404–Committee on Judiciary

CHAPTER 339

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT relating to personal financial administration; revising certain terms and provisions relating to the administration of trusts and estates; making certain technical corrections relating to the administration of trusts and estates; revising provisions governing the appointment of an administrator of an intestate estate of a decedent; requiring certain personal representatives to submit certain information under the Independent Administration of Estates Act; requiring a court to give certain preferences when determining whether to revoke the authority of a personal representative; increasing certain monetary amounts relating to the administration of estates; revising certain periods of limitation for commencing certain civil actions; authorizing a trustee to make certain distributions under certain circumstances; repealing certain provisions relating to the administration of estates; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Legislative Counsel’s Digest:

Existing law governs the administration of trusts and estates. (Titles 12 and 13 of NRS) Sections 1, 1.1, 1.3, 1.6, 4, 5, 11 and 17 of this bill revise certain terms and make technical corrections relating to the administration of trusts and estates.

Existing law sets forth an order of priority for the appointment of an administrator to administrate the intestate estate of a decedent and authorizes any person legally qualified to serve as the administrator. (NRS 139.040) Section 1.2 of this bill: (1) revises the order of priority for the appointment of an administrator to administrate the intestate estate of a decedent; (2) provides that a person may be legally qualified to serve as an administrator upon a finding of good cause based on certain evidence; and (3) authorizes the court to appoint certain persons under certain circumstances. Section 1.5 of this bill makes a conforming change to an internal reference caused by the revisions relating to the order of priority and appointment in section 1.2. Section 1.4 of this bill authorizes a court to appoint one or more persons to serve as personal representative or appoint an independent representative under certain circumstances.

Existing law establishes the Independent Administration of Estates Act, which allows a personal representative to administer most aspects of the estate of a decedent without court supervision. (NRS 143.300-143.815) Section 2 of this bill provides that only a personal representative who is named in the will or certain other persons who meet the criteria to be legally qualified as an administrator of an intestate estate may administer an estate. Existing law authorizes any interested person to petition for modification or revocation of the authority of a personal representative. (NRS 143.360) Section 3 of this bill requires the court, when determining whether to revoke the authority of a personal representative, to give preference to any interested person based on the order of priority set forth for the appointment of an administrator for an intestate estate.

Under existing law, a court is authorized to enter an order for the summary administration of an estate if the court deems summary administration advisable and the gross value of the estate does not exceed $300,000, after deducting any encumbrances. (NRS 145.040) Sections 6 and 7 of this bill increase that amount to $500,000.

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Sections 8 and 9 of this bill increase the monetary amount for an estate to be set aside without administration from $100,000 to $150,000. Section 10 of this bill makes a conforming change to similarly increase the affidavit of entitlement limit for a surviving spouse.

Existing law requires certain civil actions to recover damages from another person to be commenced within certain periods. (NRS 11.190) Section 12 of this bill provides that an action against certain persons based on a breach of fiduciary duty, not involving fraud or intentional misrepresentation, must be commenced within 2 years.

Section 18 of this bill authorizes a trustee to make an outright distribution to a beneficiary without requiring the trustee to first create a new trust under certain circumstances. Section 19 of this bill makes a conforming change to indicate that certain terms apply to the outright distribution.

Section 20 of this bill grants a trustee the power to reimburse a settlor for tax payments. Section 21 of this bill requires certain documentation to be provided to beneficiaries of a trust. Section 22 of this bill specifies the circumstances under which the laws of this State govern the administration of a trust. Section 23 of this bill provides for the circumstances under which an account must be deemed approved and final by a trust adviser or trust protector.

Section 32 of this bill repeals the provisions of existing law which set forth a preference for relatives of the whole blood over relatives of the half blood for certain purposes relating to the administration of an estate.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. NRS 132.115 is hereby amended to read as follows:

132.115 “Distributee” means a person who has received , or has the right to receive, property of a decedent from the decedent’s personal representative other than as a creditor or purchaser. A testamentary trustee is a distributee only to the extent of distributed assets or increment thereto remaining in his or her hands. A beneficiary of a testamentary trust to whom the trustee has distributed property received from a personal representative is a distributee of the personal representative. As used in this section, “testamentary trustee” includes a trustee to whom assets are transferred by will to the extent of the devised assets.

Sec. 1.1. NRS 136.150 is hereby amended to read as follows:

136.150 1. If no person appears to contest the probate of a will, the court may admit it to probate on the testimony of only one of the subscribing witnesses, if that testimony shows that the will was executed in all particulars as required by law, and that the testator was of sound mind and had attained the age of 18 years at the time of its execution.

2. [An ex parte] A filed affidavit of the witness, showing that the will was executed in all particulars as required by law, and that the testator was of sound mind and had attained the age of 18 years at the time of its execution, must be received in evidence and has the same force and effect as if the witness were present and testified orally.

Sec. 1.2. NRS 139.040 is hereby amended to read as follows:

139.040 1. [Administration] Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, administration of the intestate estate of a decedent must be granted to one or more of the persons mentioned in this section, and they are respectively entitled to priority for appointment in the following order:

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(a) The surviving spouse.

(b) The children.

(d) Other issue.

(e) A parent.

[(d) The brother or the sister.

(e) The grandchildren.]

(f) A sibling.

(g) Any other of the kindred entitled to share in the distribution of the estate.

[(g)] (h) The public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable.

[(h)] (i) Creditors who have become such during the lifetime of the decedent.

[(i)] (j) Any of the kindred not above enumerated, within the fourth degree of consanguinity.

[(j)] (k) Any person [or persons] who is legally qualified [.] upon a finding of good cause. Such a finding must be based on evidence, including, without limitation:

(1) An affidavit of due diligence to find any living heir, including, without limitation:

(I) A report from an heir finder, as defined in NRS 139.135; and

(II) Proof of service via certified mail to all potential heirs identified pursuant to sub-subparagraph (I); and

(2) A statement of the qualifications of the person seeking appointment.

2. If any heir who is otherwise entitled to appointment is a minor, the court may appoint the custodial parent or legal guardian of the minor as administrator. The custodial parent or legal guardian has the same priority for appointment as the minor.

3. If any heir who is otherwise entitled to appointment is an incapacitated person, the court may appoint the guardian or equivalent fiduciary as administrator. The guardian or equivalent fiduciary has the same priority for appointment as the incapacitated person.

4. A person in each of the foregoing classes is entitled:

(a) To appointment, if the person is:

(1) A resident of the State of Nevada or the person:

(I) Associates as coadministrator a resident of the State of Nevada or a banking corporation authorized to do business in this State; or

(II) Is named as personal representative in the will if the will is the subject of a pending petition for probate, and the court in its discretion believes it would be appropriate to make such an appointment; or

(2) A banking corporation which is authorized to do business in this State or which:

(I) Associates as coadministrator a resident of the State of Nevada or a banking corporation authorized to do business in this State; or

(b) To nominate a resident of the State of Nevada or a qualified banking corporation for appointment, whether or not the nominator is a resident of the State of Nevada or a qualified banking corporation.

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State of Nevada or a qualified banking corporation. The nominee has the same priority as the nominator. That priority is independent of the residence or corporate qualification of the nominator.

[3. If any heir who is otherwise entitled to appointment is a minor or an incapacitated person for whom a guardian has been appointed, the court may appoint the guardian of the minor or incapacitated person as administrator.]

5. If there is no surviving spouse, the court may, in its discretion:

(a) Disregard the order of priority set forth in subsection 1 to favor the appointment of an heir or the nominee of an heir, or group of heirs, who have an equal or larger interest in the estate than the heir entitled to priority for appointment; or

(b) Appoint an independent personal representative.

Sec. 1.3. NRS 139.050 is hereby amended to read as follows:

139.050 Administration may be granted upon petition to one or more qualified persons, although not otherwise entitled to serve, at the written request of the person entitled, filed in the court. The qualified person making the written request must provide his or her current address [and telephone number] in the written request [.] and be given notice of the hearing. Failure to provide such information voids the written request.

Sec. 1.4. NRS 139.070 is hereby amended to read as follows:

139.070 When there are several persons equally entitled to [the administration,] appointment as personal representative, the court may, in its discretion, [grant letters to] appoint one or more of them [.] to serve as personal representative or appoint an independent representative.

Sec. 1.5. NRS 139.090 is hereby amended to read as follows:

139.090 1. A petition for letters of administration must be in writing, signed by the petitioner or the attorney for the petitioner and filed with the clerk of the court, and must state:

(a) The jurisdictional facts;

(b) The names and addresses of the heirs of the decedent and their relationship to the decedent, so far as known to the petitioner, and the age of any who is a minor;

(d) The names and personal addresses of the proposed appointed administrators and the name and personal address of any associated coadministrator under paragraph (a) of subsection [2] 4 of NRS 139.040 or, if the coadministrator is an attorney who is licensed in this State or a banking corporation authorized to do business in this State, the business address of the coadministrator; and

(e) Whether the person to be appointed as administrator has been convicted of a felony.

2. No defect of form or in the statement of jurisdictional facts actually existing voids an order appointing an administrator or any of the subsequent proceedings.

Sec. 1.6. NRS 139.110 is hereby amended to read as follows:

139.110 An interested person may contest the petition by filing a written opposition on the ground that the petitioner is not qualified or may assert the contestant’s own right to [the administration] appointment and request that letters be issued to the contestant [.] or nominee. In the latter case, the contestant or nominee must file a petition and give the notice required for the original petition, and the court must hear the [two] competing petitions together.

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Sec. 2. NRS 143.340 is hereby amended to read as follows:

143.340 1. To obtain authority to administer the estate pursuant to NRS 143.300 to 143.815, inclusive, the personal representative must petition the court for that authority in a petition for appointment of the personal representative or in a separate petition filed in the estate proceedings.

2. Only a personal representative who is named in the will or a person described in paragraphs (a) to (g) inclusive, of subsection 1 of NRS 139.040 may be granted authority to administer the estate pursuant to NRS 143.300 to 143.815, inclusive. All other persons who are legally qualified to serve as the personal representative may not be granted authority to administer the estate pursuant to NRS 143.300 to 143.815, inclusive.

3. The personal representative may request either of the following:

(a) Full authority to administer the estate pursuant to NRS 143.300 to 143.815, inclusive; or

(b) Limited authority to administer the estate pursuant to NRS 143.300 to 143.815, inclusive.

Sec. 3. NRS 143.360 is hereby amended to read as follows:

143.360 1. Any interested person may file a petition requesting that the court make either of the following orders:

(a) An order revoking the authority of the personal representative to continue administration of the estate pursuant to NRS 143.300 to 143.815, inclusive; or

(b) An order revoking the full authority of the personal representative to administer the estate pursuant to NRS 143.300 to 143.815, inclusive, and granting the personal representative limited authority to administer the estate pursuant to NRS 143.300 to 143.815, inclusive.

2. The petition must set forth the basis for the requested order.

3. The petitioner shall give notice for the period and in the manner provided in NRS 155.010.

4. In determining whether to revoke the authority of the personal representative as described in subsection 1, the court shall give preference to any interested person based on the order of priority set forth in subsection 1 of NRS 139.040.

5. If the court determines that good cause has been shown, the court shall make an order revoking the authority of the personal representative to continue administration of the estate pursuant to NRS 143.300 to 143.815, inclusive. Upon the making of the order, new letters must be issued without the authority to act pursuant to NRS 143.300 to 143.815, inclusive.

[5.] 6. If the personal representative was granted full authority and the court determines that good cause has been shown, the court shall make an order revoking the full authority and granting the personal representative limited authority. Upon the making of the order, new letters must be issued indicating whether the personal representative is authorized to act pursuant to NRS 143.300 to 143.815, inclusive, and, if so authorized, whether the independent administration authority includes or excludes the power to do any of the following:

(a) Sell real property;

(b) Exchange real property;

(d) Borrow money with the loan secured by an encumbrance upon real property.

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Sec. 4. NRS 144.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:

144.010 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, every personal representative shall prepare and file with the clerk a true inventory and appraisement or record of value of all the assets of the decedent that have come to the possession or knowledge of the personal representative, within 120 days after the issuance of letters , [of administration,] unless the court extends the time for good cause shown. The requirement of preparing and filing an inventory or an appraisement or a verified record of value, or both, may be waived by the unanimous written consent of all interested persons.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, an interested person may provide a written request to the personal representative at any time 60 days or more after the issuance of letters [of administration] which seeks a list of the assets of the estate known to the personal representative. The personal representative shall provide such information to the requesting interested party within 10 days after receipt of the written request.

3. Unless an interested heir requested and was provided a list of assets pursuant to subsection 2, the personal representative, within 10 days after filing the inventory with the clerk, shall mail a copy to all the interested heirs of an intestate estate, or to the devisees of a testate estate, or to both interested heirs and devisees, if a contest of the will of the decedent is pending. Proof of the mailing of the copies must be made and filed in the proceeding.

4. Notwithstanding the requirements set forth in this section, a personal representative may file a redacted inventory to protect the decedent or his or her estate or an interested person. Such an inventory may redact any account numbers, social security numbers and values. Upon request by the court or an interested person, the personal representative shall make the full inventory without redaction available for inspection.

5. This section must not be construed to interfere with the authority of a court to order a personal representative to provide the court with information sufficient to identify the assets of an estate and the value thereof that is subject to probate administration, including, without limitation, requiring the personal representative to submit an inventory to the court in camera, as the court deems necessary and appropriate.

Sec. 5. NRS 145.030 is hereby amended to read as follows:

145.030 Notice of a petition for [the] probate [of a will] and the issuance of letters must be given as provided in NRS [155.010.] 155.020.

Sec. 6. NRS 145.040 is hereby amended to read as follows:

145.040 If it is made to appear to the court that the gross value of the estate, after deducting any encumbrances, does not exceed [$300,000,] $500,000, the court may, if deemed advisable considering the nature, character and obligations of the estate, enter an order for a summary administration of the estate.

Sec. 7. NRS 145.110 is hereby amended to read as follows:

145.110 If at any time after the entry of an order for the summary administration of an estate it appears that the gross value of the estate, after deducting any encumbrances, exceeds [$300,000] $500,000 as of the death of the decedent, the personal representative shall petition the court for an order revoking summary administration. The court may, if deemed advisable considering the nature, character and obligations of the estate, provide in its order revoking summary administration that regular administration of the estate may proceed unabated upon providing such portions of the regular proceedings and notices as were dispensed with by the order for summary administration.

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estate may proceed unabated upon providing such portions of the regular proceedings and notices as were dispensed with by the order for summary administration.

Sec. 8. NRS 146.020 is hereby amended to read as follows:

146.020 1. The court, on its own motion or upon petition by an interested person, may, if deemed advisable considering the needs and resources of the surviving spouse, minor child or minor children, set apart for the use of the surviving spouse, minor child or minor children of the decedent all of the personal property which is exempt by law from execution, and shall, in accordance with NRS 146.050, set apart the homestead, as designated by the general homestead law then in force, whether the homestead has theretofore previously been selected as required by law or not, and the property thus set apart is not subject to administration.

2. If, after setting apart the property pursuant to subsection 1, the remaining assets of the estate do not exceed [$100,000] $150,000 and may be set aside without administration pursuant to NRS 146.070, the court shall set aside the remaining assets of the estate without administration pursuant to the procedure set forth in NRS 146.070. The court may consider at the same time a petition made pursuant to subsection 1 and a petition to set aside the remaining assets of the estate without administration pursuant to NRS 146.070.

3. If, after setting apart the property pursuant to subsection 1, the remaining assets of the estate exceed [$100,000] $150,000 and may not be set aside without administration pursuant to NRS 146.070, the court shall administer the remaining assets of the estate pursuant to this title as if the remaining assets of the estate are the only assets of the estate. If the petition to set apart property pursuant to subsection 1 is made in the initial petition, the court shall consider only the value of the remaining assets of the estate not set apart pursuant to subsection 1 for the purpose of ordering summary administration pursuant to chapter 145 of NRS.

Sec. 9. NRS 146.070 is hereby amended to read as follows:

146.070 1. All or part of the estate of a decedent may be set aside without administration by the order of the court as follows:

(a) If the value of a decedent’s estate does not exceed [$100,000,] $150,000, the estate may be set aside without administration by the order of the court; or

(b) If a decedent’s will directs that all or part of the decedent’s estate is to be distributed to the trustee of a nontestamentary trust established by the decedent and in existence at the decedent’s death, the portion of the estate subject to such direction may be set aside without administration. Any portion of a decedent’s estate set aside to the nontestamentary trust pursuant to this paragraph is subject to creditors of the estate unless the petitioner provides proof to the court that the trustee has published or mailed the requisite notice to such creditors on behalf of the nontestamentary trust and settlor pursuant to NRS 164.025.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the whole estate set aside pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 must be assigned and set apart in the following order:

(a) To the payment of the petitioner’s attorney’s fees and costs incurred relative to the proceeding under this section;

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(b) To the payment of funeral expenses, expenses of last illness, money owed to the Department of Health and Human Services as a result of payment of benefits for Medicaid and creditors, if there are any;

(d) Any balance remaining to the claimant or claimants entitled thereto pursuant to a valid will of the decedent, and if there is no valid will, pursuant to intestate succession in accordance with chapter 134 of NRS.

3. If the value of the estate does not exceed [$100,000] $150,000 and the decedent is survived by a spouse or one or more minor children, the court must set aside the estate for the benefit of the surviving spouse or the minor child or minor children of the decedent, subject to any reduction made pursuant to subsection 4 or 5. The court may allocate the entire estate to the surviving spouse, the entire amount to the minor child or minor children, or may divide the estate among the surviving spouse and minor child or minor children.

4. As to any amount set aside to or for the benefit of the surviving spouse or minor child or minor children of the decedent pursuant to subsection 3, the court must set aside the estate without the payment of creditors except as the court finds necessary to prevent a manifest injustice.

5. To prevent an injustice to creditors when there are nonprobate transfers that already benefit the surviving spouse or minor child or minor children of the decedent, the court has the discretion to reduce the amount set aside under subsection 3 to the extent that the value of the estate, when combined with the value of nonprobate transfers, as defined in NRS 111.721, from the decedent to or for the benefit of the surviving spouse or minor child or minor children of the decedent exceeds [$100,000.] $150,000.

6. In exercising the discretion granted in this section, the court shall consider the needs and resources of the surviving spouse and minor child or minor children, including any assets received by or for the benefit of the surviving spouse or minor child or minor children from the decedent by nonprobate transfers.

7. For the purpose of this section, a nonprobate transfer from the decedent to one or more trusts or custodial accounts for the benefit of the surviving spouse or minor child or minor children shall be considered a transfer for the benefit of such spouse or minor child or minor children.

8. Proceedings taken under this section must not begin until at least 30 days after the death of the decedent and must be originated by a petition containing:

(a) A specific description of all property in the decedent’s estate;

(b) A list of all known liens and encumbrances against estate property at the date of the decedent’s death, with a description of any that the petitioner believes may be unenforceable;

(c) [An] In the case of a petition brought pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1, an estimate of the value of the property, together with an explanation of how the estimated value was determined;

(d) A statement of the debts of the decedent so far as known to the petitioner;

(e) The names and residences of the heirs and devisees of the decedent and the age of any who is a minor and the relationship of the heirs and devisees to the decedent, so far as known to the petitioner; and

(f) If the decedent left a will, a statement concerning all evidence known to the petitioner that tends to prove that the will is valid.

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9. If the petition seeks to have the estate set aside for the benefit of the decedent’s surviving spouse or minor child or minor children without payment to creditors, the petition must also contain:

(a) A specific description and estimated value of property passing by one or more nonprobate transfers from the decedent to the surviving spouse or minor child or minor children; or

(b) An allegation that the estimated value of the property sought to be set aside, combined with the value of all nonprobate transfers from the decedent to the surviving spouse or minor child or minor children who are seeking to receive property pursuant to this section, is less than [$100,000.] $150,000.

10. When property is distributed pursuant to an order granted under this section, the court may allocate the property on a pro rata basis or a non-pro rata basis.

11. The clerk shall set the petition for hearing and the petitioner shall give notice of the petition and hearing in the manner provided in NRS 155.010 to the decedent’s heirs and devisees and to the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services. If a complete copy of the petition is not enclosed with the notice, the notice must include a statement setting forth to whom the estate is being set aside.

12. No court or clerk’s fees may be charged for the filing of any petition in, or order of court thereon, or for any certified copy of the petition or order in an estate not exceeding $2,500 in value.

13. At the hearing on a petition under this section, the court may require such additional evidence as the court deems necessary to make the findings required under subsection 14.

14. The order granting the petition shall include:

(a) The court’s finding as to the validity of any will presented;

(b) [The] In the case of a petition brought pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1, the court’s finding as to the value of the estate and, if relevant for the purposes of subsection 5, the value of any property subject to nonprobate transfers;

(d) The court’s determination of any property set aside under subsection 3, including, without limitation, the court’s determination as to any reduction made pursuant to subsection 4 or 5; and

(e) The name of each distributee and the property to be distributed to the distributee.

15. As to the distribution of the share of a minor child set aside pursuant to this section, the court may direct the manner in which the money may be used for the benefit of the minor child as is deemed in the court’s discretion to be in the best interests of the minor child, and the distribution of the minor child’s share shall be made as permitted for the minor child’s share under the terms of the decedent’s will or to one or more of the following:

(a) A parent of such minor child, with or without the filing of any bond;

(b) A custodian under chapter 167 of NRS; or

16. The court, upon request of a petitioner under this section and upon such terms and conditions the court deems advisable to protect any interested person of the estate:

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(a) May order that any asset assigned and set apart pursuant to subsection 2 be distributed first to a designated person who resides in this State and is otherwise qualified pursuant to NRS 139.010;

(b) May order the designated person to distribute the assets to the person or persons entitled thereto; and

(c) Shall retain jurisdiction to enforce its orders until the designated person demonstrates to the court, by the production of satisfactory receipts, that all sums of money due and all the property of the estate has been distributed to the persons entitled thereto and all acts lawfully required have been performed.

17. For the purposes of this section, the value of property must be the fair market value of that property, reduced by the value of all enforceable liens and encumbrances. Property values and the values of liens and encumbrances must be determined as of the date of the decedent’s death.

Sec. 10. NRS 146.080 is hereby amended to read as follows:

146.080 1. If a decedent leaves no real property, nor interest therein, nor mortgage or lien thereon, in this State, and the gross value of the decedent’s property in this State, over and above any amounts due to the decedent for services in the Armed Forces of the United States and the value of any motor vehicles registered to the decedent, does not exceed the applicable amount, a person who has a right to succeed to the property of the decedent pursuant to the laws of succession for a decedent who died intestate or pursuant to the valid will of a decedent who died testate, on behalf of all persons entitled to succeed to the property claimed, or the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services or, as applicable, the public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, on behalf of the State or others entitled to the property, may, 40 days after the death of the decedent, without procuring letters of administration or awaiting the probate of the will, collect any money due the decedent, receive the property of the decedent, and have any evidences of interest, indebtedness or right transferred to the claimant upon furnishing the person, representative, corporation, officer or body owing the money, having custody of the property or acting as registrar or transfer agent of the evidences of interest, indebtedness or right, with an affidavit showing the right of the affiant or affiants to receive the money or property or to have the evidence transferred.

2. An affidavit made pursuant to this section must state:

(a) The affiant’s name and address, and that the affiant is entitled by law to succeed to the property claimed;

(b) The date and place of death of the decedent;

(c) That the gross value of the decedent’s property in this State, except amounts due the decedent for services in the Armed Forces of the United States or the value of any motor vehicles registered to the decedent, does not exceed the applicable amount, and that the property does not include any real property nor interest therein, nor mortgage or lien thereon;

(d) That at least 40 days have elapsed since the death of the decedent, as shown in a certified copy of the certificate of death of the decedent attached to the affidavit;

(e) That no petition for the appointment of a personal representative is pending or has been granted in any jurisdiction;

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(f) That all debts of the decedent, including funeral and burial expenses, and money owed to the Department of Health and Human Services as a result of the payment of benefits for Medicaid, have been paid or provided for;

(g) A description of the personal property and the portion claimed;

(h) That the affiant has given written notice, by personal service or by certified mail, identifying the affiant’s claim and describing the property claimed, to every person whose right to succeed to the decedent’s property is equal or superior to that of the affiant, and that at least 14 days have elapsed since the notice was served or mailed;

(i) That the affiant is personally entitled, or the Department of Health and Human Services is entitled, to full payment or delivery of the property claimed or is entitled to payment or delivery on behalf of and with the written authority of all other successors who have an interest in the property;

(j) That the affiant has no knowledge of any existing claims for personal injury or tort damages against the decedent; and

(k) That the affiant acknowledges an understanding that filing a false affidavit constitutes a felony in this State.

3. If the affiant:

(a) Submits an affidavit which does not meet the requirements of subsection 2 or which contains statements which are not entirely true, any money or property the affiant receives is subject to all debts of the decedent.

(b) Fails to give notice to other successors as required by subsection 2, any money or property the affiant receives is held by the affiant in trust for all other successors who have an interest in the property.

4. A person who receives an affidavit containing the information required by subsection 2 is entitled to rely upon that information, and if the person relies in good faith, the person is immune from civil liability for actions based on that reliance.

5. Upon receiving proof of the death of the decedent and an affidavit containing the information required by this section:

(a) A transfer agent of any security shall change the registered ownership of the security claimed from the decedent to the person claiming to succeed to ownership of that security.

(b) A governmental agency required to issue certificates of title, ownership or registration to personal property shall issue a new certificate of title, ownership or registration to the person claiming to succeed to ownership of the property. The governmental agency may not refuse to accept an affidavit containing the information required by this section, regardless of the form of the affidavit.

6. If any property of the estate not exceeding the applicable amount is located in a state which requires an order of a court for the transfer of the property, or if the estate consists of stocks or bonds which must be transferred by an agent outside this State, any person qualified pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 to have the stocks or bonds or other property transferred may do so by obtaining a court order directing the transfer. The person desiring the transfer must file a petition, which may be ex parte, containing:

(a) A specific description of all the property of the decedent.

(b) A list of all the liens and mortgages of record at the date of the decedent’s death.

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(d) The names, ages of any minors and residences of the decedent’s heirs and devisees.

(e) A request for the court to issue an order directing the transfer of the stocks or bonds or other property if the court finds the gross value of the estate does not exceed the applicable amount.

(f) An attached copy of the executed affidavit made pursuant to subsection 2.

Ê If the court finds that the gross value of the estate does not exceed the applicable amount and the person requesting the transfer is entitled to it, the court may enter an order directing the transfer.

7. As used in this section, “applicable amount” means:

(a) If the claimant is the surviving spouse of the decedent, [$100,000.] $150,000.

(b) For any other claimant, $25,000.

Sec. 11. NRS 155.020 is hereby amended to read as follows:

155.020 1. Notice of a petition for [the] probate [of a will] and the issuance of letters and the notice to creditors must be given to:

(a) The persons respectively entitled thereto, including the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services, as provided in NRS 155.010; and

(b) The public, including creditors whose names and addresses are not readily ascertainable, by publication on three dates of publication before the hearing, and if the newspaper is published more than once each week, there must be at least 10 days from the first to last dates of publication, including both the first and last days.

2. Every publication required by this section must be made in a newspaper published in the county where the proceedings are pending, but if there is not such a newspaper, then in one having general circulation in that county.

3. The notice of the hearing upon the petition to administer the estate must be in substantially the following form:

NOTICE OF THE HEARING UPON THE PETITION TO

ADMINISTER THE ESTATE

Notice is hereby given that ................................ has filed in this court a petition for [the] probate [of a will] and for letters testamentary, or for letters of administration, of the estate of ................................, deceased, and a hearing has been set for the .......... day of the month of................, of the year......, at .......... (a.m. or p.m.) at the courthouse of the above-entitled court. All persons interested in the estate are notified to appear and show cause why the petition should not be granted.

Dated ........................................

4. As soon as practicable after appointment, a personal representative shall, in addition to publishing the notice to creditors, mail a copy of the notice to those creditors whose names and addresses are readily ascertainable as of the date of first publication of the notice and who have not already filed a claim. The notice must be in substantially the following form:

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed and qualified by the (giving the title of the court and the date of appointment) as personal representative of the estate of ................................, deceased. All creditors having claims against the estate are required to file the claims with the clerk of the court within .......... (60 or 90) days after the mailing or the first publication (as the case may be) of this notice.

Dated ........................................

5. If before the last day for the filing of a creditor’s claim under NRS 147.040, the personal representative discovers the existence of a creditor who was not readily ascertainable at the time of first publication of the notice to creditors, the personal representative shall immediately mail a copy of the notice to the creditor.

Sec. 12. NRS 11.190 is hereby amended to read as follows:

11.190 Except as otherwise provided in NRS 40.4639, 125B.050 and 217.007, actions other than those for the recovery of real property, unless further limited by specific statute, may only be commenced as follows:

1. Within 6 years:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 62B.420 and 176.275, an action upon a judgment or decree of any court of the United States, or of any state or territory within the United States, or the renewal thereof.

(b) An action upon a contract, obligation or liability founded upon an instrument in writing, except those mentioned in the preceding sections of this chapter.

2. Within 4 years:

(a) An action on an open account for goods, wares and merchandise sold and delivered.

(b) An action for any article charged on an account in a store.

(d) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 11.245, an action against a person alleged to have committed a deceptive trade practice in violation of NRS 598.0903 to 598.0999, inclusive, but the cause of action shall be deemed to accrue when the aggrieved party discovers, or by the exercise of due diligence should have discovered, the facts constituting the deceptive trade practice.

3. Within 3 years:

(a) An action upon a liability created by statute, other than a penalty or forfeiture.

(b) An action for waste or trespass of real property, but when the waste or trespass is committed by means of underground works upon any mining claim, the cause of action shall be deemed to accrue upon the discovery by the aggrieved party of the facts constituting the waste or trespass.

(c) An action for taking, detaining or injuring personal property, including actions for specific recovery thereof, but in all cases where the subject of the action is a domestic animal usually included in the term “livestock,” which has a recorded mark or brand upon it at the time of its loss, and which strays or is stolen from the true owner without the owner’s fault, the statute does not begin to run against an action for the recovery of the animal until the owner has actual knowledge of such facts as would put a reasonable person upon inquiry as to the possession thereof by the defendant.

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the animal until the owner has actual knowledge of such facts as would put a reasonable person upon inquiry as to the possession thereof by the defendant.

(d) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 112.230 and 166.170, an action for relief on the ground of fraud or mistake, but the cause of action in such a case shall be deemed to accrue upon the discovery by the aggrieved party of the facts constituting the fraud or mistake.

(e) An action pursuant to NRS 40.750 for damages sustained by a financial institution or other lender because of its reliance on certain fraudulent conduct of a borrower, but the cause of action in such a case shall be deemed to accrue upon the discovery by the financial institution or other lender of the facts constituting the concealment or false statement.

(f) An action pursuant to NRS 41.1335, but the cause of action shall be deemed to accrue upon the discovery by the aggrieved party of the facts constituting fertility fraud or of any medical or genetic disorder which results from the human reproductive material implanted in, used on or provided to a patient in violation of NRS 200.975, whichever occurs later.

4. Within 2 years:

(a) An action against a sheriff, coroner or constable upon liability incurred by acting in his or her official capacity and in virtue of his or her office, or by the omission of an official duty, including the nonpayment of money collected upon an execution.

(b) An action upon a statute for a penalty or forfeiture, where the action is given to a person or the State, or both, except when the statute imposing it prescribes a different limitation.

(d) An action against a sheriff or other officer for the escape of a prisoner arrested or imprisoned on civil process.

(e) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 11.215 or 11.217, an action to recover damages for injuries to a person or for the death of a person caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another. The provisions of this paragraph relating to an action to recover damages for injuries to a person apply only to causes of action which accrue after March 20, 1951.

(f) An action to recover damages under NRS 41.740.

(g) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 165.1214, absent fraud or intentional misrepresentation, an action to recover for breach of fiduciary duty against a fiduciary, as defined in NRS 163.554, who resides in this State or a trust company as described in chapter 669 or 669A of NRS that has its principal place of business in this State. The cause of action shall be deemed to accrue when the aggrieved party discovers or should have discovered through the use of reasonable diligence the material facts that constitute the cause of action, whichever occurs earlier.

5. Within 1 year:

(a) An action against an officer, or officer de facto to recover goods, wares, merchandise or other property seized by the officer in his or her official capacity, as tax collector, or to recover the price or value of goods, wares, merchandise or other personal property so seized, or for damages for the seizure, detention or sale of, or injury to, goods, wares, merchandise or other personal property seized, or for damages done to any person or property in making the seizure.

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(b) An action against an officer, or officer de facto for money paid to the officer under protest, or seized by the officer in his or her official capacity, as a collector of taxes, and which, it is claimed, ought to be refunded.

Secs. 13-16. (Deleted by amendment.)

Sec. 17. NRS 162B.510 is hereby amended to read as follows:

162B.510 1. Appointive property subject to a general power of appointment created by a person other than the powerholder is not subject to a claim of any creditor, unless the power of appointment was held by a decedent who actually exercised the power in favor of the decedent or the decedent’s estate pursuant to subparagraph (1) of paragraph (a) of subsection 12 of NRS 111.779.

2. Subject to subsection 3 of NRS 162B.530, a power of appointment created by a person other than the powerholder which is subject to an ascertainable standard relating to an individual’s health, education, support or maintenance within the meaning of 26 U.S.C. § 2041(b)(1)(A) or 26 U.S.C. § 2514(c)(1), as those provisions existed on October 1, 2017, is treated for purposes of NRS 162B.500 to 162B.530, inclusive, as a nongeneral power.

Sec. 18. Chapter 163 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

1. Unless specifically prohibited by the terms of a will or trust instrument and except as provided in subsection 2, if an instrument creating a separate trust requires the assets of the separate trust to be distributed to the beneficiary or beneficiaries of the trust immediately after the establishment of the separate trust as a result of the circumstances existing at the time the separate trust is to be established, the executor, trustee or any other party having possession of the property with which the separate trust will be funded may exercise discretion to make a distribution directly to the beneficiary or the beneficiaries of the separate trust.

2. An executor, trustee or any other party described in subsection 1 may exercise discretion rather than distributing the trust assets to the trustee of the separate trust if the transferring executor, trustee or any other party described in subsection 1 and the trustee of the separate trust are the same person.

3. The receipts of distribution provided to any beneficiary or beneficiaries in the manner described in this section shall be deemed to protect the executor, trustee or other person having possession of the property to the same extent that a receipt of distribution would have protected the executor, trustee or other person had the property been distributed by the trustee from the separate trust.

Sec. 19. NRS 163.020 is hereby amended to read as follows:

163.020 As used in NRS 163.010 to 163.200, inclusive, and section 18 of this act, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:

1. “Affiliate” means any person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by another person, or any person under direct or indirect common control with another person. It includes any person with whom a trustee has an express or implied agreement regarding the purchase of trust investments by each from the other, directly or indirectly, except a broker or stock exchange.

2. “Relative” means a spouse, ancestor, descendant, brother or sister.

3. “Trust” means an express trust only.

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4. “Trustee” means the person holding property in trust and includes trustees, a corporate as well as a natural person and a successor or substitute trustee.

Sec. 20. NRS 163.557 is hereby amended to read as follows:

163.557 1. A governing trust instrument may authorize the trustee, in the sole discretion of the trustee or at the direction or with the consent of a directing trust adviser, to reimburse a settlor for all or a portion of tax on trust income or principal that is payable by the settlor under the law imposing such tax. In the sole discretion of the trustee, the trustee may pay such amount to the settlor directly or to an appropriate taxing authority on behalf of the settlor.

2. [A trustee or directing trust adviser] Except as expressly prohibited or otherwise provided under the trust instrument, if all or any portion of the trust is treated as being owned by a person under section 671 of the Internal Revenue Code or any similar federal, state or other tax law, in addition to any such discretion conferred under the terms of a trust instrument, the trustee may, in the trustee’s sole discretion, reimburse the person being treated as the owner for any amount of the person’s federal, state or other income tax liability that is attributable to the inclusion of the trust’s income, capital gains, deductions or credits in the calculation of the person’s taxable income. In the trustee’s sole discretion, the trustee may pay such tax reimbursement amount, determined without regard to any other distribution or payment made from trust assets, to the person directly or to the appropriate taxing authority. A life insurance policy held in the trust, the cash value of any such policy or the proceeds of any loan secured by an interest in the policy may not be used for such reimbursement or payment if the person is an insured.

3. Except as otherwise provided under the trust instrument, a trustee who exercises discretion to make, consent to or direct the decision to reimburse the settlor under subsection 1 or 2 is not liable to any person in exercising such discretion to reimburse or not reimburse a settlor for tax payable by the settlor on trust income or principal pursuant to subsection 1.

[3.] 4. A trustee may not exercise or participate in the exercise of the powers granted by this section with respect to any trust if the trustee is:

(a) Treated as the owner of all or part of the trust under section 671 of the Internal Revenue Code or any similar federal, state or other tax law;

(b) A beneficiary of the trust; or

(1) A person treated as the owner of all or part of the trust under section 671 of the Internal Revenue Code or any similar federal, state or other tax law; or

(2) A beneficiary of the trust.

5. If the trust instrument requires the trustee to act at the direction or with the consent of a trust adviser, trust protector or any other person, or that the reimbursement decisions permitted by this section be made directly by a trust adviser, trust protector or any other person, the powers granted by subsection 1 and the provisions of subsection 2 applicable to the trustee are instead also granted or apply, subject to the trust instrument, to the trust adviser, trust protector or other person subject to the limitations set forth in subsection 3, which must be applied as if the trust adviser, trust protector or other person were a trustee.

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6. The power of a trustee , trust adviser, trust protector or any other person to make a payment to or for the benefit of a settlor or other person in accordance with subsection 1 or 2 or the decision of a trustee , trust adviser, trust protector or any other person to exercise such power in favor of the settlor must not cause the settlor or other person to be treated as a beneficiary for purposes of the laws of this State [.] solely by reason of the application of this section. As used in this subsection, “beneficiary” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 163.4147.

7. This section applies to all trusts described in subsection 2 that are governed by the laws of this State or have a principal place of administration within this State whether created before, on or after October 1, 2025, unless:

(a) At least 60 days before the effective date of such election, the trustee provides written notice that the trustee intends to irrevocably elect out of the application of this section to:

(1) The person treated as the owner of all or a portion of the trust under section 671 of the Internal Revenue Code or any similar federal, state or other tax law; and

(2) All persons who have the ability to remove and replace the trustee under the terms of the trust instrument.

(b) Applying the discretion conferred under subsection 2 will prevent a contribution to the trust from qualifying for or reducing a federal tax benefit, including a federal tax exclusion or deduction, that was originally claimed or could have been claimed for the contribution, including:

(1) An exclusion under section 2503(b) or 2503(c) of the Internal Revenue Code;

(2) A marital deduction under section 2056, 2056A or 2523 of the Internal Revenue Code;

(3) A charitable deduction under section 170(a), 642(c), 2055(a) or 2522(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; or

(4) Direct skip treatment under section 2642(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Sec. 21. NRS 164.021 is hereby amended to read as follows:

164.021 1. When a revocable trust becomes irrevocable because of the death of a settlor or by the express terms of the trust, the trustee may, after the trust becomes irrevocable, provide notice to any beneficiary of the irrevocable trust, any heir of the settlor or to any other interested person.

2. The notice provided by the trustee must contain:

(a) The identity of the settlor of the trust and the date of execution of the trust instrument . [;]

(b) The name, mailing address and telephone number of any trustee of the trust . [;]

(c) The dispositive provisions of the trust instrument which pertain to the beneficiary, a complete copy of the trust instrument or notice that the heir or interested person is not a beneficiary under the trust . [;] As used in this paragraph, “trust instrument” means only those amendments, restatements and instruments the trustee has determined to be in effect at the time of the death of the settlor after the trustee has exercised due diligence.

(d) Any information required to be included in the notice expressly provided by the trust instrument . [; and]

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(e) A statement set forth in a separate paragraph, in 12-point boldface type or an equivalent type which states: “You may not bring an action to contest the trust more than 120 days from the date this notice is provided to you.”

3. The trustee shall cause notice pursuant to this section to be provided in accordance with the provisions of NRS 155.010.

4. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, no person upon whom notice is provided pursuant to this section may bring an action to contest the validity of the trust more than 120 days from the date the notice is served upon the person, unless the person proves that he or she did not receive actual notice. A person upon whom notice is provided pursuant to this section may provide consent in writing to a period of less than 120 days in which the person may bring an action to contest the validity of the trust.

5. [For the purposes of paragraph (c) of subsection 2, a copy of the trust instrument shall be considered complete if it includes all amendments and restatements to the trust instrument the trustee has determined to be in effect at the time of the death of the settlor after the trustee has exercised due diligence.

6.] A trustee is not liable in providing information pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 2 to any person whom the trustee has determined, after the exercise of due diligence, to be a beneficiary, heir or interested person.

6. A person may waive the right to notice contemplated by this section by delivering to the trustee a waiver signed by the person, which shall be deemed irrevocable. Upon delivery of such a waiver to the trustee, the person who waived the right to notice is precluded from bringing any action to contest the validity of the trust.

Sec. 22. NRS 164.045 is hereby amended to read as follows:

164.045 1. The laws of this State govern the validity and construction of a trust if:

(a) The trust instrument so provides;

(b) Designated by a person who, under the terms of the trust instrument, has the right to designate the laws that govern the validity and construction of the trust, at the time the designation is made; or

(c) The trust instrument does not provide for the law that governs the validity and construction of the trust, a person designated under the terms of the trust instrument to designate the law that governs the validity and construction of the trust, if any, has not made such a designation and the settlor or the trustee of the trust was a resident of this State at the time the trust was created or at the time the trust became irrevocable.

2. A person not domiciled in this State may have the right to designate the laws that govern the administration, validity and construction of a trust if properly designated under the trust instrument.

3. A trust, the situs of which is outside this State, that moves its situs to this State is valid whether or not the trust complies with the laws of this State at the time of its creation or after its creation.

4. The laws of this State govern the administration of a trust if:

(a) The trust instrument so provides; or

(b) Designated by a person who, under the terms of the trust instrument or applicable law, has the right to designate the laws that govern the administration of the trust, at the time the designation is made.

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5. Notwithstanding a general choice of law provision in the governing instrument of a trust, such as a provision in the governing instrument to the effect that the laws of a jurisdiction other than this State govern the trust or the administration of the trust, the laws of this State govern the administration of the trust while the trust is administered in this State, as provided in subsection 7 or as otherwise provided, unless:

(a) The governing instrument expressly provides that the laws of another jurisdiction govern the administration of the trust and that the laws governing the administration of the trust must not change on account of a change in the place of administration of the trust; or

(b) Otherwise provided by a court order.

6. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 5, if a fiduciary takes or fails to take action, based on a good faith belief that the laws of a foreign jurisdiction govern the administration of a trust while the trust is administered in this State, the fiduciary’s liability under the governing instrument for the action or inaction must be determined in accordance with the laws of the foreign jurisdiction.

7. For purposes of this section and without limiting any other way in which a trust may be considered to be administered in this State, a trust is considered to be administered in this State if all or part of the administration occurs in this State and if:

(a) The sole trustee is an individual residing in this State or a corporation or other entity having an office in this State for the conduct of business;

(b) The trust has more than one trustee, at least one of which is a corporation or other entity and that corporation or other entity has an office in this State for the conduct of trust business;

(c) The trust has more than one trustee, all of whom are persons and more than half of the trustees reside in this State;

(d) A trust created pursuant to chapter 166 of NRS meets the requirements set forth in NRS 166.015; or

(e) During any such period when the trust is revocable by the settlor who is a resident of this State and there is at least one trustee that is:

(1) A resident of this State; or

(2) A corporation or other entity having an office in this State for the conduct of trust business.

Sec. 23. NRS 165.1214 is hereby amended to read as follows:

165.1214 1. Except as may otherwise be required pursuant to the terms of the trust instrument or by order of the court, the trustee shall deliver a required account within 90 days after the end of the period of account, which may be extended by consent of the beneficiary, or by order of the court for good cause shown.

2. The trustee shall be deemed to have provided an account to any person on whom the trustee delivers a copy of the account as directed by order of the court or, if not so ordered, pursuant to the following:

(a) By mailing a copy of the account by certified, registered or ordinary first-class mail, or by overnight delivery through a recognized delivery service company, addressed to the person being served at the post office address or physical address given in the person’s demand for account, if any, or at the person’s last place of residence on file with the trustee, if known, or by personally delivering a copy thereof to the person; or

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(b) By electronic mail or through a secure website on the Internet. For purposes of this paragraph, a person shall be deemed to have received a copy of an account provided by the trustee to the beneficiary by electronic mail or through a secure website on the Internet if the trustee:

(1) Sent the beneficiary an electronic mail in a manner that complies with subsection 1 of NRS 719.320 and the beneficiary received the electronic mail in a manner that complies with subsection 2 of NRS 719.320; and

(2) Attached the account to the electronic mail as an electronic record or included in the electronic mail a notice to the beneficiary indicating the availability of the account on the secure website.

3. Except as otherwise required by the trust instrument, a trustee is not required to provide an account more than once in any calendar year unless ordered by a court upon good cause shown.

4. An account must be deemed approved and final as follows:

(a) By a beneficiary who received a copy of the account if no written objection is delivered to the trustee in accordance with subsection 2 within 90 days after the date on which the trustee provided the account to that beneficiary . [; or]

(b) By all beneficiaries who are not required to receive an account, such as nonvested and contingent beneficiaries, remote beneficiaries, minor beneficiaries, and unborn or unknown beneficiaries if the account is deemed approved and final by a beneficiary who has a similar, but preceding interest, in the trust estate, in conformance with NRS 164.038, or as to any beneficiary who has waived an account pursuant to NRS 165.121.

(1) Notice or information to the beneficiaries has been waived or modified in accordance with NRS 163.004; or

(2) It is authorized under the terms of the trust instrument.

(d) By all parties to a nonjudicial settlement agreement under paragraph (f) of subsection 3 of NRS 164.940 and regardless of whether the court approves such a nonjudicial settlement agreement under subsection 4 of NRS 164.942.

Ê Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an account is submitted to the court for approval under a petition pursuant to chapter 164 of NRS, the account must be deemed final and approved upon by order of the court, subject only to the right of an interested person to appeal.

5. The trustee, absent fraud or intentional misrepresentation, is released and discharged from any and all liability to any and all beneficiaries of the trust for whom an account is deemed approved and final under subsection 4 as to all matters set forth in such an account.

6. Except as otherwise ordered by the court, the cost of preparing an account must be paid from the trust estate, and allocated to income and principal as provided in the trust instrument, and if the trust instrument is otherwise silent, in accordance with NRS 164.780 to 164.925, inclusive.

[6.] 7. As used in this section:

(a) “Electronic mail” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 41.715.

(b) “Electronic record” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 132.117.

Secs. 24-31. (Deleted by amendment.)

Sec. 32. NRS 139.060 is hereby repealed.

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CHAPTER 340, AB 545

Assembly Bill No. 545–Committee on Ways and Means

CHAPTER 340

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT relating to emissions testing; increasing certain fees relating to forms certifying emission control compliance; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Legislative Counsel’s Digest:

Existing law requires the State Environmental Commission, in cooperation with the Department of Motor Vehicles and any local air pollution control agency, to adopt regulations for the control of emissions from motor vehicles in areas designated by the Commission that are in any county whose population is 100,000 or more (currently Clark and Washoe Counties). (NRS 445B.770) In such areas, existing law imposes: (1) a fee of $150 for a set of 25 forms certifying emission control compliance; and (2) a fee of $6 per form issued to a fleet station. (NRS 445B.830) Additionally, existing law imposes a fee for the first issuance of certain special license plates to vehicles exempted from provisions relating to the control of emissions from motor vehicles, which fee is required to be equal to the fee for a form certifying emission control compliance. (NRS 482.381, 482.3812, 482.3814, 482.3816) This bill increases the fee: (1) for each set of 25 forms certifying emission control compliance from $150 to $175; and (2) for each form certifying emission control compliance issued to a fleet station from $6 to $7. Accordingly, this bill also increases the fee for the first issuance of certain special license plates which is tied to the fee for a form certifying emission control compliance.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. NRS 445B.830 is hereby amended to read as follows:

445B.830 1. In areas of the State where and when a program is commenced pursuant to NRS 445B.770 to 445B.815, inclusive, the following fees must be paid to the Department of Motor Vehicles and accounted for in the Pollution Control Account, which is hereby created in the State General Fund:

(a) For the issuance and annual renewal of a license for an authorized inspection station, authorized station or fleet station $25

(b) For each set of 25 forms certifying emission control compliance [150] 175

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, and after deduction of the amounts distributed pursuant to subsections 4 and 7, money in the Pollution Control Account may, pursuant to legislative appropriation or with the approval of the Interim Finance Committee, be expended by the following agencies in the following order of priority:

(a) The Department of Motor Vehicles to carry out the provisions of NRS 445B.770 to 445B.845, inclusive.

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(b) The State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

(d) Local air pollution control agencies in nonattainment or maintenance areas for an air pollutant for which air quality criteria have been issued pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 7408, for programs related to the improvement of the quality of the air.

(e) The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency to carry out the provisions of NRS 277.200 with respect to the preservation and improvement of air quality in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

3. The Department of Motor Vehicles may prescribe by regulation routine fees for inspection at the prevailing shop labor rate, including, without limitation, maximum charges for those fees, and for the posting of those fees in a conspicuous place at an authorized inspection station or authorized station.

4. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall make quarterly distributions of money in the Pollution Control Account to local air pollution control agencies in nonattainment or maintenance areas for an air pollutant for which air quality criteria have been issued pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 7408. The distributions of money made to agencies in a county pursuant to this subsection must be made from an amount of money in the Pollution Control Account that is equal to one-sixth of the amount received for each form issued in the county pursuant to subsection 1.

5. Each local air pollution control agency that receives money pursuant to subsections 4, 6 and 7 shall, not later than 45 days after the end of the fiscal year in which the money is received, submit to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Interim Finance Committee a report on the use of the money received.

6. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall make annual distributions of excess money in the Pollution Control Account to local air pollution control agencies in nonattainment or maintenance areas for an air pollutant for which air quality criteria have been issued pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 7408, for programs related to the improvement of the quality of the air. The distributions of excess money made to local air pollution control agencies in a county pursuant to this subsection must be made in an amount proportionate to the number of forms issued in the county pursuant to subsection 1. As used in this subsection, “excess money” means the money in excess of $1,000,000 remaining in the Pollution Control Account at the end of the fiscal year, after deduction of the amounts distributed pursuant to subsections 4 and 7 and any disbursements made from the Account pursuant to subsection 2.

7. If a board of county commissioners imposes an additional fee pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 445B.834, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall:

(a) Upon receiving the notification pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 445B.834, collect the additional fee on behalf of the county and account separately for money from the additional fee in the Pollution Control Account; and

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(b) Make quarterly distributions of the money in the Pollution Control Account attributable to each county whose board of county commissioners imposed the additional fee. The distributions made pursuant to this paragraph must be equal to the amount of money collected on behalf of the county pursuant to the additional fee imposed by the board of county commissioners of the county.

8. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall provide for the creation of an advisory committee consisting of representatives of state and local agencies involved in the control of emissions from motor vehicles. The committee shall:

(a) Establish goals and objectives for the program for control of emissions from motor vehicles;

(b) Identify areas where funding should be made available; and

Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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CHAPTER 341, AB 552

Assembly Bill No. 552–Committee on Ways and Means

CHAPTER 341

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT relating to child welfare; revising provisions relating to deductions from the separate account of a child in the Trust Fund for Child Welfare; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Legislative Counsel’s Digest:

Existing law: (1) creates the Trust Fund for Child Welfare; and (2) provides that all benefits for survivors or other awards payable to children receiving child welfare services in a county whose population is less than 100,000 (currently all counties other than Clark and Washoe Counties) must be deposited in the State Treasury for credit to the Fund. Under existing law, the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services is required to: (1) keep a separate account for each child who receives money from the Fund; and (2) deduct from a child’s separate account any services to the child provided by public money. Existing law also provides that: (1) any surplus remaining after such deductions may be expended for extraordinary items deemed beneficial to the child; and (2) any surplus balance must be remitted to the parent or legal guardian of the child, or to the child if the child is emancipated or has reached the age of 18 years, when the Division is no longer legally responsible for the child. (NRS 432.037)

This bill eliminates the requirement for the Division to deduct from a child’s separate account in the Fund any services to the child provided by public money.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. NRS 432.037 is hereby amended to read as follows:

432.037 1. The Trust Fund for Child Welfare is hereby created. All benefits for survivors or other awards payable to children receiving child welfare services pursuant to NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive, in a county whose population is less than 100,000 must be deposited in the State Treasury for credit to the Fund.

2. The Division shall:

(a) Keep a separate account for each child who receives money.

(b) [Deduct from the account any services to the child provided by public money. Any surplus remaining may be expended for extraordinary items deemed beneficial to the child.

(c)] Remit any [surplus] balance to the parent or legal guardian of the child, or to the child if the child is emancipated or has reached the age of 18 years, when the Division is no longer legally responsible for the child.

3. The Division shall pay interest to each child’s separate account maintained in the Trust Fund for Child Welfare at the end of each interest period. Interest must be paid at a rate equal to the average of the interest rates quoted by at least three banking institutions for interest-bearing savings accounts of $3,000 or less on the first day of each interest period. Interest must be paid on the child’s account commencing with the first interest period that the Division is legally responsible for the child. Interest must not be paid for the interest period during which the child ceases to be the legal responsibility of the Division.

4. All benefits for survivors or other awards payable to children receiving child welfare services in a county whose population is 100,000 or more pursuant to NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive, must be deposited in the trust fund for child welfare established in the county treasury. A disbursement from the benefits for survivors or other awards of a child which is deposited in the fund may be made to the agency which provides child welfare services for any child welfare services provided to the child with public money.

5. As used in this section, “interest period” means that period not less frequent than quarterly, as determined by the State Treasurer, for which interest must be paid.

Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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CHAPTER 342, AB 572

Assembly Bill No. 572–Committee on Ways and Means

CHAPTER 342

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT making appropriations to the Department of Corrections for the replacement and purchase of certain equipment and furniture; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the Pioche Conservation Camp budget account for the purchase of small equipment the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026............................................................ $317

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027............................................................ $317

2. Any balance of the sums appropriated by subsection 1 remaining at the end of the respective fiscal years must not be committed for expenditure after June 30 of the respective fiscal years by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after September 18, 2026, and September 17, 2027, respectively, by either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State General Fund on or before September 18, 2026, and September 17, 2027, respectively.

Sec. 2. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the Jean Conservation Camp budget account for the purchase of small equipment the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026......................................................... $1,590

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027......................................................... $1,590

Sec. 3. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the Carlin Conservation Camp budget account for the purchase of small equipment the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026......................................................... $3,786

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027......................................................... $3,786

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Sec. 4. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the Stewart Conservation Camp budget account the sum of $59,240 for the replacement of a dishwasher.

Sec. 5. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the Pioche Conservation Camp budget account the sum of $38,503 for the replacement of laundry equipment.

Sec. 6. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the Three Lakes Valley Conservation Camp budget account the sum of $31,384 for the replacement of propane water heaters.

Sec. 7. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the Jean Conservation Camp budget account the sum of $160,610 for the replacement of office chairs and laundry equipment.

Sec. 8. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the Carlin Conservation Camp budget account the sum of $31,616 for the replacement of boilers.

Sec. 9. Any remaining balance of the appropriations made by sections 4 to 8, inclusive, of this act must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2027, by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after September 17, 2027, by either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State General Fund on or before September 17, 2027.

Sec. 10. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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CHAPTER 343, AB 574

Assembly Bill No. 574–Committee on Ways and Means

CHAPTER 343

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT making appropriations to the Department of Corrections for the purchase and replacement of equipment and furniture at High Desert State Prison; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections the sum of $57,742 for the High Desert State Prison budget account for the purchase of security and safety equipment.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2027, by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after September 17, 2027, by either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State General Fund on or before September 17, 2027.

Sec. 2. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections the sum of $80,981 for the High Desert State Prison budget account for the replacement of automotive equipment.

Sec. 3. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections the sum of $36,345 for the High Desert State Prison budget account for the replacement of culinary equipment.

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Sec. 4. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the High Desert State Prison budget account for the replacement of security equipment the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026....................................................... $62,708

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027....................................................... $23,289

Sec. 5. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the High Desert State Prison budget account for the replacement of warehouse and culinary equipment the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026.................................................... $495,706

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027......................................................... $1,965

Sec. 6. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the High Desert State Prison budget account for the replacement of medical equipment the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026....................................................... $20,410

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027....................................................... $20,410

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Sec. 7. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the High Desert State Prison budget account for the replacement of laundry equipment the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026................................................. $1,083,520

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027....................................................... $19,992

Sec. 8. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the High Desert State Prison budget account for the replacement of office furniture and visiting room chairs the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026....................................................... $71,840

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027......................................................... $5,200

Sec. 9. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the High Desert State Prison budget account for smaller equipment purchases the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026....................................................... $13,870

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027....................................................... $13,870

Sec. 10. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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CHAPTER 344, AB 576

Assembly Bill No. 576–Committee on Ways and Means

CHAPTER 344

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT making appropriations to the Nevada Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety for the purchase and replacement of motorcycles, vehicles and equipment; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State Highway Fund to the Nevada Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety the sum of $185,819 for the replacement of fleet motorcycles and associated special equipment.

Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated from the State Highway Fund to the Nevada Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety the sum of $1,040,928 for the replacement of portable radios and associated equipment.

Sec. 3. There is hereby appropriated from the State Highway Fund to the Nevada Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety the sum of $96,697 for the replacement of vehicle hoists, a forklift and trailers.

Sec. 4. There is hereby appropriated from the State Highway Fund to the Nevada Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety the sum of $797,415 for the replacement of drones and scales for commercial motor vehicles.

Sec. 5. There is hereby appropriated from the State Highway Fund to the Nevada Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety the sum of $77,540 for the purchase of first aid kits.

Sec. 6. There is hereby appropriated from the State Highway Fund to the Nevada Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety the sum of $467,500 for the purchase of electronic flares.

Sec. 7. There is hereby appropriated from the State Highway Fund to the Nevada Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety the sum of $421,349 for the purchase of equipment and associated ammunition.

Sec. 8. There is hereby appropriated from the State Highway Fund to the Nevada Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety the sum of $63,100 for the purchase of storage containers.

Sec. 9. Any remaining balance of an appropriation made by sections 1 to 8, inclusive, of this act must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2027, by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after September 17, 2027, by either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State Highway Fund on or before September 17, 2027.

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Sec. 10. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State Highway Fund to the Nevada Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety for the replacement of fleet vehicles and associated special equipment the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026................................................. $6,243,192

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027................................................. $5,174,646

2. Any balance of the sums appropriated by subsection 1 remaining at the end of the respective fiscal years must not be committed for expenditure after June 30 of the respective fiscal years by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after September 18, 2026, and September 17, 2027, respectively, by either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State Highway Fund on or before September 18, 2026, and September 17, 2027, respectively.

Sec. 11. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State Highway Fund to the Nevada Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety for the replacement of mobile data computers and associated equipment the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026................................................. $1,281,579

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027.................................................... $414,629

2. Any balance of the sums appropriated by subsection 1 remaining at the end of the respective fiscal years must not be committed for expenditure after June 30 of the respective fiscal years by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after September 18, 2026, and September 17, 2027, respectively, by either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State Highway Fund on or before September 18, 2026, and September 17, 2027, respectively.

Sec. 12. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State Highway Fund to the Nevada Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety for the replacement of portable event recording devices the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026.................................................... $891,831

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027................................................. $1,708,820

2. Any balance of the sums appropriated by subsection 1 remaining at the end of the respective fiscal years must not be committed for expenditure after June 30 of the respective fiscal years by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after September 18, 2026, and September 17, 2027, respectively, by either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State Highway Fund on or before September 18, 2026, and September 17, 2027, respectively.

Sec. 13. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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CHAPTER 345, AB 593

Assembly Bill No. 593–Committee on Ways and Means

CHAPTER 345

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT making appropriations to the Interim Finance Committee for costs associated with the implementation of the Enterprise Resource Planning System; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Interim Finance Committee the sum of $53,434,995 for allocation to the Office of Finance in the Office of the Governor for costs associated with the implementation of the Enterprise Resource Planning System.

Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated from the State Highway Fund to the Interim Finance Committee the sum of $12,534,135 for allocation to the Office of Finance in the Office of the Governor for costs associated with the implementation of the Enterprise Resource Planning System.

Sec. 3. Any remaining balance of an appropriation made by section 1 or 2 of this act must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2027, by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after September 17, 2027, by either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the fund from which it was appropriated on or before September 17, 2027.

Sec. 4. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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CHAPTER 346, SB 462

Senate Bill No. 462–Committee on Finance

CHAPTER 346

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT relating to state financial administration; revising provisions relating to the preparation of the budget of the Executive Department of the State Government; revising provisions governing the Account to Stabilize the Operation of the State Government; revising provisions relating to the preparation of the statewide cost allocation plan; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Legislative Counsel’s Digest:

The State Budget Act sets forth the process for the preparation and submission of the proposed biennial budget for the Executive Department of the State Government. (NRS 353.150-353.246) In part, the Act requires the Chief of the Budget Division of the Office of Finance to provide to the Fiscal Analysis Division of the Legislative Counsel Bureau each agency’s adjusted base budget by program or budgetary account for the next 2 fiscal years. (NRS 353.211) The Act also requires the Chief to prepare a final version of the proposed budget, which is required to include the adjusted base budget for each department, institution and agency of the Executive Department. (NRS 353.230) Existing law defines the term “adjusted base budget” to mean the amount appropriated or authorized to support ongoing expenditures budgeted to the department, institution or agency by the Legislature for the second year of the current biennium, as adjusted for: (1) the removal of any one-time appropriation or authorization that was appropriated or authorized by the Legislature to the department, institution or agency for the second year of the biennium; (2) statewide fringe benefits, assessments, rent, insurance premiums and cost allocations; (3) contractual obligations that are approved or expired during the current biennium; (4) ongoing expenditures approved by the Interim Finance Committee during the current biennium; (5) any annualization of costs that occurred for part of the second year of the current biennium; (6) actual caseloads incurred during the first year of the biennium; (7) rate changes that are projected to affect the budget of the department, institution or agency during the next biennium; and (8) any other adjustment that is necessary based on the limit upon total proposed expenditures or as otherwise determined by the Chief. (NRS 353.211, 353.230) Sections 1 and 2 of this bill revise the adjustments that are authorized to be made to an agency’s base budget for purposes of these provisions.

Under existing law, the Account to Stabilize the Operation of the State Government, also known as the Rainy Day Account, is an account created in the State General Fund into which surplus state revenues are required to be transferred annually to be used in case of fiscal emergencies. Such a transfer is required to occur after the close of the previous fiscal year and before the issuance of the State Controller’s annual report. The balance in the Account is prohibited from exceeding 26 percent of the total of all appropriations from the State General Fund for the operation of all departments, institutions and agencies of the State Government and for the funding of schools and authorized expenditures from the State General Fund for the regulation of gaming for the fiscal year in which the revenue will be transferred to the Account. (NRS 353.288) Section 3 of this bill changes the measurement for this limitation on the balance of the Account from the total of such appropriations and authorized expenditures for the fiscal year in which the revenue will be transferred to the Account to the total of such appropriations and authorized expenditures for the previous fiscal year.

Under existing law, the Administrator of the Administrative Services Division of the Department of Administration is required to prepare annually a statewide cost allocation plan that distributes the indirect costs of service agencies among the agencies of the Executive Department of the State Government. (NRS 353.331) Section 4 of this bill transfers this duty to the Chief of the Budget Division of the Office of Finance.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. NRS 353.211 is hereby amended to read as follows:

353.211 1. On or before October 15 of each even-numbered year, the Chief shall provide to the Fiscal Analysis Division of the Legislative Counsel Bureau:

(a) Computerized budget files containing the actual data regarding revenues and expenditures for the previous year;

(b) The work programs for the current year; and

(1) The adjusted base budget of the agency;

(2) The costs for continuing programs of the agency at the levels of service during the preceding biennium; and

(3) The costs, if any, for any new program provided by the agency or any enhancement or reduction of an existing program provided by the agency.

2. On or before December 31 of each even-numbered year, the Chief shall provide to the Fiscal Analysis Division:

[(a) Each]

(a) Computerized budget files containing each agency’s adjusted base budget by program or budgetary account for the next 2 fiscal years; and

(b) An estimated range of the costs for:

(1) Continuing the operation of State Government; and

(2) Providing elementary, secondary and higher public education,

Ê at the current level of service.

3. The information provided to the Fiscal Analysis Division pursuant to subsections 1 and 2 is open for public inspection.

4. The Governor may authorize or direct an agency to hold public hearings on a budget submitted pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 1 at any time after the material is provided pursuant to subsection 1.

5. As used in this section, “adjusted base budget” means the [amount appropriated or authorized to support ongoing expenditures budgeted to] revenues received and expenditures made by the agency [by the Legislature for] during the [second] first year of the current biennium, as adjusted for:

(a) The removal of any [one-time] :

(1) One-time appropriation or authorization that was appropriated or authorized by the Legislature to the agency for the [second year of the] current biennium;

[(b) Statewide]

(2) Operating expenditures that are no longer required to be made by the agency as a result of the expiration of a program;

(3) Contractual obligation that has expired or will expire during the current biennium and is no longer needed by the agency; and

(4) One-time statewide fringe benefits [, assessments, rent,] and compensation for state officers and employees for the current biennium, including, without limitation, payment for overtime, seasonal work, shift differential and standby pay;

(b) Any increase or decrease, as applicable, in:

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(1) Authority for revenue, internal transfers and reserves based on revenue projected for the next biennium;

(2) The costs of in-state and out-of-state travel based on the market rate for such travel in the second year of the current biennium and for any change in the location of a reoccurring event that is included in the base budget for the current biennium;

(3) The costs of renting building space pursuant to NRS 331.102 or a rental or lease agreement, except costs associated with moving, and including, without limitation, costs for:

(I) The renewal or renegotiation of a rental or lease agreement; or

(II) The relocation of the office space of an agency if the relocation is necessary as a result of the expiration of an existing lease, unavailability of the current facility or other operational requirements of the agency and the new facility is of a comparable size and functionality as the current location of the agency;

(4) Assessments, insurance premiums and cost allocations [;

(5) The costs:

(I) To continue services provided pursuant to contractual obligations that [are] were approved [or expired] by the Legislature during the current biennium [;

(d)] at the same level as provided during the second year of the current biennium; and

(II) For ongoing contractual obligations;

(6) Expenditures that occur in only one year of a biennium;

(7) Ongoing expenditures approved by the Interim Finance Committee during the current biennium;

[(e)] and

(8) Actual caseloads incurred during the first year of the current biennium;

(1) Costs that occurred for part of the [second year of the] current biennium;

[(f) Actual caseloads incurred during the first year of the biennium;

(g) Rate changes that are projected to affect the budget of the agency during the next biennium;] and

(2) Revenue from grants and corresponding expenditures; and

[(h)] (d) Any other adjustment that is necessary:

(1) Based on the limit upon total proposed expenditures calculated pursuant to NRS 353.213; or

(2) As otherwise determined by the Chief.

Sec. 2. NRS 353.230 is hereby amended to read as follows:

353.230 1. The Chief shall review the estimates, altering, revising, increasing or decreasing the items of the estimates as the Chief may deem necessary in view of the needs of the various departments, institutions and agencies in the Executive Department of the State Government and the total anticipated income of the State Government and of the various departments, institutions and agencies of the Executive Department during the next fiscal year. In performing the duties required by this subsection, the Chief shall use the projections and estimates prepared by the Economic Forum pursuant to NRS 353.228.

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2. The Chief shall meet with a Fiscal Analyst of the Legislative Counsel Bureau or his or her designated representative and personnel of the various departments, institutions and agencies of the Executive Department to discuss:

(a) The budgetary requests of each department, institution and agency; and

(b) The budgetary recommendations of the Budget Division for each department, institution and agency,

Ê for the next 2 fiscal years. The Chief shall allow the Fiscal Analyst of the Legislative Counsel Bureau or his or her designated representative full access to all materials connected with the review.

3. The Chief shall then prepare a final version of the proposed budget, in accordance with NRS 353.150 to 353.246, inclusive, and shall deliver it to the Governor. The final version of the proposed budget must include the adjusted base budget for each department, institution and agency of the Executive Department, the costs for continuing each program at the current level of service and the costs, if any, for new programs, recommended enhancements of existing programs or reductions for the departments, institutions and agencies of the Executive Department for the next 2 fiscal years. All projections of revenue and any other information concerning future state revenue contained in the proposed budget must be based upon the projections and estimates prepared by the Economic Forum pursuant to NRS 353.228.

4. The Governor shall, not later than 14 calendar days before the commencement of the regular legislative session, submit the proposed budget to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Legislature. The Governor shall simultaneously submit, as a separate document:

(a) An analysis of any new programs or enhancements of existing programs being recommended; and

(b) Any increase in or new revenues which are being recommended in the proposed budget.

Ê The document must specify the total cost by department, institution or agency of new programs or enhancements, but need not itemize the specific costs. All projections of revenue and any other information concerning future state revenue contained in the document must be based upon the projections and estimates prepared by the Economic Forum pursuant to NRS 353.228.

5. On or before the 19th calendar day of the regular legislative session, the Governor shall submit to the Legislative Counsel recommendations for each legislative measure which will be necessary to carry out the final version of the proposed budget or to carry out the Governor’s legislative agenda. These recommendations must contain sufficient detailed information to enable the Legislative Counsel to prepare the necessary legislative measures.

6. During the consideration of the general appropriation bill and any special appropriation bills and bills authorizing budgeted expenditures by the departments, institutions and agencies operating on money designated for specific purposes by the Constitution or otherwise, drafted at the request of the Legislature upon the recommendations submitted by the Governor with the proposed budget, the Governor or a representative of the Governor have the right to appear before and be heard by the appropriation committees of the Legislature in connection with the appropriation bill or bills, and to render any testimony, explanation or assistance required of him or her.

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7. As used in this section, “adjusted base budget” means the [amount appropriated or authorized to support ongoing expenditures budgeted to] revenues received and expenditures made by the department, institution or agency [by the Legislature for] during the [second] first year of the current biennium, as adjusted for:

(a) The removal of any [one-time] :

(1) One-time appropriation or authorization that was appropriated or authorized by the Legislature to the department, institution or agency for the [second year of the] current biennium;

[(b) Statewide]

(2) Operating expenditures that are no longer required to be made by the agency as a result of the expiration of a program;

(3) Contractual obligation that has expired or will expire during the current biennium and is no longer needed by the agency; and

(b) Any increase or decrease, as applicable, in:

(1) Authority for revenue, internal transfers and reserves based on revenue projected for the next biennium;

(3) The costs of renting building space pursuant to NRS 331.102 or a rental or lease agreement, except costs associated with moving, and including, without limitation, costs for:

(I) The renewal or renegotiation of a rental or lease agreement; or

(4) Assessments, insurance premiums and cost allocations [;

(5) The costs:

(I) To continue services provided pursuant to contractual obligations that [are] were approved [or expired] by the Legislature during the current biennium [;

(d)] at the same level as provided during the second year of the current biennium; and

(II) For ongoing contractual obligations;

(6) Expenditures that occur in only one year of a biennium;

(7) Ongoing expenditures approved by the Interim Finance Committee during the current biennium;

[(e)] and

(8) Actual caseloads incurred during the first year of the current biennium;

(1) Costs that occurred for part of the [second year of the] current biennium;

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[(f) Actual caseloads incurred during the first year of the biennium;

(g) Rate changes that are projected to affect the budget of the department, institution or agency during the next biennium;] and

(2) Revenue from grants and corresponding expenditures; and

[(h)] (d) Any other adjustment that is necessary:

(1) Based on the limit upon total proposed expenditures calculated pursuant to NRS 353.213; or

(2) As otherwise determined by the Chief.

Sec. 3. NRS 353.288 is hereby amended to read as follows:

353.288 1. The Account to Stabilize the Operation of the State Government is hereby created in the State General Fund. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4, each year after the close of the previous fiscal year and before the issuance of the State Controller’s annual report, the State Controller shall transfer from the State General Fund to the Account to Stabilize the Operation of the State Government:

(a) Forty percent of the unrestricted balance of the State General Fund, as of the close of the previous fiscal year, which remains after subtracting an amount equal to 7 percent of all appropriations made from the State General Fund during that previous fiscal year for the operation of all departments, institutions and agencies of State Government and for the funding of schools; and

(b) Commencing with the fiscal year that begins on July 1, 2017, 1 percent of the total anticipated revenue for the fiscal year in which the transfer will be made, as projected by the Economic Forum for that fiscal year pursuant to paragraph (e) of subsection 1 of NRS 353.228 and as adjusted by any legislation enacted by the Legislature that affects state revenue for that fiscal year.

2. Money transferred pursuant to subsection 1 to the Account to Stabilize the Operation of the State Government is a continuing appropriation solely for the purpose of authorizing the expenditure of the transferred money for the purposes set forth in this section.

3. The balance in the Account to Stabilize the Operation of the State Government must not exceed 26 percent of the total of all appropriations from the State General Fund for the operation of all departments, institutions and agencies of the State Government and for the funding of schools and authorized expenditures from the State General Fund for the regulation of gaming for the previous fiscal year . [in which that revenue will be transferred to the Account to Stabilize the Operation of the State Government.]

4. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and NRS 353.2735, beginning with the fiscal year that begins on July 1, 2003, the State Controller shall, at the end of each quarter of a fiscal year, transfer from the State General Fund to the Disaster Relief Account created pursuant to NRS 353.2735 an amount equal to not more than 10 percent of the aggregate balance in the Account to Stabilize the Operation of the State Government during the previous quarter. The State Controller shall not transfer more than $500,000 for any quarter pursuant to this subsection.

5. The Director of the Office of Finance in the Office of the Governor may submit a request to the State Board of Examiners to transfer money from the Account to Stabilize the Operation of the State Government to the State General Fund:

(a) If the total actual revenue of the State falls short by 5 percent or more of the total anticipated revenue for the biennium in which the transfer will be made, as determined by the Legislature, or the Interim Finance Committee if the Legislature is not in session; or

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will be made, as determined by the Legislature, or the Interim Finance Committee if the Legislature is not in session; or

(b) If the Legislature, or the Interim Finance Committee if the Legislature is not in session, and the Governor declare that a fiscal emergency exists.

6. The State Board of Examiners shall consider a request made pursuant to subsection 5 and shall, if it finds that a transfer should be made, recommend the amount of the transfer to the Interim Finance Committee for its independent evaluation and action. The Interim Finance Committee is not bound to follow the recommendation of the State Board of Examiners.

7. If the Interim Finance Committee finds that a transfer recommended by the State Board of Examiners should and may lawfully be made, the Committee shall by resolution establish the amount and direct the State Controller to transfer that amount to the State General Fund. The State Controller shall thereupon make the transfer.

8. In addition to the manner of allocation authorized pursuant to subsections 5, 6 and 7, the money in the Account to Stabilize the Operation of the State Government may be allocated directly by the Legislature to be used for any other purpose.

Sec. 4. NRS 353.331 is hereby amended to read as follows:

353.331 The [Administrator of the Administrative Services Division of the Department of Administration shall annually prepare and submit to the] Chief of the Budget Division of the Office of Finance shall prepare annually a statewide cost allocation plan distributing service agency indirect costs among the various agencies in accordance with the principles and procedures established by federal regulations and guidelines. [The Chief of the Budget Division shall review, revise as necessary and approve the plan.]

Sec. 5. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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CHAPTER 347, SB 469

Senate Bill No. 469–Committee on Finance

CHAPTER 347

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT making appropriations to the Department of Corrections for maintenance of certain buildings, the replacement of certain vehicles, furniture and equipment and for deferred maintenance projects; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the Northern Nevada Correctional Center budget account for the replacement of security and safety equipment the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026....................................................... $36,982

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027....................................................... $34,980

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Sec. 2. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the Northern Nevada Correctional Center budget account for the replacement of culinary, maintenance and building equipment the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026.................................................... $108,047

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027......................................................... $4,512

Sec. 3. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the Southern Desert Correctional Center budget account for the replacement of utility vehicles, handheld metal detectors and other small equipment the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026.................................................... $236,583

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027....................................................... $14,230

Sec. 4. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the Northern Nevada Correctional Center budget account the sum of $49,900 for the replacement of gymnasium flooring.

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Sec. 5. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the Northern Nevada Correctional Center budget account the sum of $278,386 for the replacement of utility vehicles and warehouse equipment.

Sec. 6. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the Southern Desert Correctional Center budget account the sum of $78,411 for deferred maintenance projects.

Sec. 7. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the Southern Desert Correctional Center budget account the sum of $19,275 for the replacement of office furniture and visiting room chairs.

Sec. 8. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the Southern Desert Correctional Center budget account the sum of $120,434 for the replacement of warehouse, maintenance and security equipment.

Sec. 10. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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CHAPTER 348, SB 470

Senate Bill No. 470–Committee on Finance

CHAPTER 348

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT making an appropriation to the Account for Charter Schools; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Account for Charter Schools created by NRS 388A.432 the sum of $400,000.

Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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CHAPTER 349, SB 474

Senate Bill No. 474–Committee on Finance

CHAPTER 349

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT making an appropriation to the Nevada Gaming Control Board for the replacement of computer hardware and associated software; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Nevada Gaming Control Board for the replacement of computer hardware and associated software the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026.................................................... $938,490

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027....................................................... $15,033

Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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CHAPTER 350, SB 476

Senate Bill No. 476–Committee on Finance

CHAPTER 350

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT making appropriations to the Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission for the replacement of computer hardware and associated software and the updating of a records management and tracking system; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission the sum of $87,360 for the replacement of computer hardware and associated software.

Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission the sum of $92,433 for the costs of updating a records management and tracking system.

Sec. 3. Any remaining balance of the appropriations made by sections 1 and 2 of this act must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2027, by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after September 17, 2027, by either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the fund from which it was appropriated on or before September 17, 2027.

Sec. 4. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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CHAPTER 351, SB 477

Senate Bill No. 477–Committee on Finance

CHAPTER 351

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT making an appropriation to and authorizing the expenditure of money by the Department of Taxation for the continued development and implementation of the Unified Tax System; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Taxation for the continued development and implementation of the Unified Tax System the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026.............................................. $12,457,960

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027............................................... $15,281,906

2. Expenditure of $5,000,000 not appropriated from the State General Fund or the State Highway Fund is hereby authorized during Fiscal Year 2025-2026 and Fiscal Year 2026-2027 by the Department of Taxation for the same purpose as set forth in subsection 1.

3. The sums appropriated by subsection 1 are available for either fiscal year and may be transferred from one fiscal year to the other fiscal year with the approval of the Interim Finance Committee upon the recommendation of the Governor.

4. Any remaining balance of the sums appropriated by subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2027, by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after September 17, 2027, by either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State General Fund on or before September 17, 2027.

Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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CHAPTER 352, SB 479

Senate Bill No. 479–Committee on Finance

CHAPTER 352

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT making an appropriation to the Office of Economic Development in the Office of the Governor for the support of designated regional development authorities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Office of Economic Development in the Office of the Governor for the support of the regional development authorities designated by the Executive Director of the Office of Economic Development pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 231.053 the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026.................................................... $375,000

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027.................................................... $375,000

Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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CHAPTER 353, SB 484

Senate Bill No. 484–Committee on Finance

CHAPTER 353

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT making an appropriation to the Supreme Court of Nevada for the costs of upgrading the appellate court case management system; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Supreme Court of Nevada the sum of $2,162,178 for the Administrative Office of the Courts budget account for the costs of upgrading the appellate court case management system.

Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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CHAPTER 354, SB 485

Senate Bill No. 485–Committee on Finance

CHAPTER 354

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT making an appropriation to the Supreme Court of Nevada for the costs of the implementation of a statewide trial court case management system; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Supreme Court of Nevada the sum of $4,700,954 for the Administrative Office of the Courts budget account for the costs of the implementation of a statewide trial court case management system.

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Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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CHAPTER 355, SB 486

Senate Bill No. 486–Committee on Finance

CHAPTER 355

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT making appropriations to the Nevada Promise Scholarship Account and the Account for Pensions for Silicosis, Diseases Related to Asbestos and Other Disabilities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Nevada Promise Scholarship Account created by NRS 396.9645 the sum of $10,718,696.

Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Account for Pensions for Silicosis, Diseases Related to Asbestos and Other Disabilities created by NRS 617.1675 the sum of $1,000.

Sec. 3. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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CHAPTER 356, SB 488

Senate Bill No. 488–Committee on Finance

CHAPTER 356

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT making appropriations to the Office of the Secretary of State for the replacement of certain equipment and certain costs related to elections; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Office of the Secretary of State the sum of $460,423 for the replacement of computers and information technology equipment.

Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Office of the Secretary of State the sum of $1,462,864 for the costs of voter education materials and outreach, ballot translation and interpretive services and travel.

Sec. 3. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Office of the Secretary of State the sum of $26,000 for the HAVA Election Reform budget account for costs associated with voter identity verification.

Sec. 4. Any remaining balance of an appropriation made by sections 1, 2 and 3 of this act must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2027, by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after September 17, 2027, by either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State General Fund on or before September 17, 2027.

Sec. 5. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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CHAPTER 357, SB 489

Senate Bill No. 489–Committee on Finance

CHAPTER 357

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT making appropriations to the Department of Corrections for the purchase and replacement of certain equipment and furniture at certain transitional housing facilities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the Northern Nevada Transitional Housing budget account for the purchase of small equipment the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026......................................................... $1,660

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027......................................................... $1,660

Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the Northern Nevada Transitional Housing budget account the sum of $8,228 for the replacement of maintenance equipment.

Sec. 3. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the Casa Grande Transitional Housing budget account the sum of $12,312 for the replacement of sunshade canopies and office chairs.

Sec. 4. Any remaining balance of the appropriations made by sections 2 and 3 of this act must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2027, by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after September 17, 2027, by either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State General Fund on or before September 17, 2027.

Sec. 5. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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CHAPTER 358, SB 490

Senate Bill No. 490–Committee on Finance

CHAPTER 358

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT making appropriations to the Department of Corrections for the purchase and replacement of equipment at certain prisons; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections the sum of $147,054 for the Ely State Prison budget account for the replacement of maintenance, warehouse and security equipment.

Sec. 2. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections the sum of $227,313 for the Lovelock Correctional Center budget account for the purchase of locksmith equipment and the replacement of laundry, maintenance and warehouse equipment.

Sec. 3. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the Lovelock Correctional Center budget account for the replacement of security equipment the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026......................................................... $2,982

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027............................................................ $994

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entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State General Fund on or before September 18, 2026, and September 17, 2027, respectively.

Sec. 4. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections the sum of $398,347 for the Florence McClure Women’s Correctional Center budget account for the replacement of culinary and laundry equipment.

Sec. 5. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the Florence McClure Women’s Correctional Center budget account for the replacement of security equipment the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026......................................................... $8,971

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027............................................................ $994

Sec. 6. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Department of Corrections for the Florence McClure Women’s Correctional Center budget account for small equipment purchases the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026......................................................... $1,361

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027......................................................... $1,361

Sec. 7. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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CHAPTER 359, SB 491

Senate Bill No. 491–Committee on Finance

CHAPTER 359

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT making appropriations to the Training Division of the Department of Public Safety for the replacement of equipment, computer hardware and associated software, beds and mattresses and for maintenance projects and services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Training Division of the Department of Public Safety the sum of $3,293 for the replacement of equipment for training officers.

Sec. 2. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State Highway Fund to the Training Division of the Department of Public Safety the sum of $3,427 for the replacement of pistols for training officers.

Sec. 3. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Training Division of the Department of Public Safety for the replacement of computer hardware and associated software the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026....................................................... $40,089

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027............................................................ $639

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was appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State General Fund on or before September 18, 2026, and September 17, 2027, respectively.

Sec. 4. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State Highway Fund to the Training Division of the Department of Public Safety for the replacement of computer hardware and associated software the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026....................................................... $41,725

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027............................................................ $665

2. Any balance of the sums appropriated by subsection 1 remaining at the end of the respective fiscal years must not be committed for expenditure after June 30 of the respective fiscal years by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after September 18, 2026, and September 17, 2027, respectively, by either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State Highway Fund on or before September 18, 2026, and September 17, 2027, respectively.

Sec. 5. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Training Division of the Department of Public Safety for the replacement of dormitory beds and mattresses the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026......................................................... $7,739

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027......................................................... $7,739

Sec. 6. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State Highway Fund to the Training Division of the Department of Public Safety for the replacement of dormitory beds and mattresses the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026......................................................... $8,054

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027......................................................... $8,054

2. Any balance of the sums appropriated by subsection 1 remaining at the end of the respective fiscal years must not be committed for expenditure after June 30 of the respective fiscal years by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after September 18, 2026, and September 17, 2027, respectively, by either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State Highway Fund on or before September 18, 2026, and September 17, 2027, respectively.

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Sec. 7. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Training Division of the Department of Public Safety for building maintenance projects at the training facility in Carson City the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026....................................................... $12,985

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027....................................................... $42,042

Sec. 8. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State Highway Fund to the Training Division of the Department of Public Safety for building maintenance projects at the training facility in Carson City the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026....................................................... $13,515

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027....................................................... $43,758

2. Any balance of the sums appropriated by subsection 1 remaining at the end of the respective fiscal years must not be committed for expenditure after June 30 of the respective fiscal years by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after September 18, 2026, and September 17, 2027, respectively, by either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State Highway Fund on or before September 18, 2026, and September 17, 2027, respectively.

Sec. 9. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Training Division of the Department of Public Safety for janitorial, landscaping and other maintenance services at the training facility in Carson City the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026......................................................... $6,718

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027......................................................... $6,718

Sec. 10. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State Highway Fund to the Training Division of the Department of Public Safety for janitorial, landscaping and other maintenance services at the training facility in Carson City the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026......................................................... $6,992

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027......................................................... $6,992

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2. Any balance of the sums appropriated by subsection 1 remaining at the end of the respective fiscal years must not be committed for expenditure after June 30 of the respective fiscal years by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after September 18, 2026, and September 17, 2027, respectively, by either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State Highway Fund on or before September 18, 2026, and September 17, 2027, respectively.

Sec. 11. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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CHAPTER 360, SB 492

Senate Bill No. 492–Committee on Finance

CHAPTER 360

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT making appropriations to the State Department of Agriculture for the purchase of software and the replacement of equipment; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the State Department of Agriculture the sum of $38,761 for the Veterinary Medical Services budget account for the purchase of software.

Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the State Department of Agriculture the sum of $51,485 for the Veterinary Medical Services budget account for the replacement of equipment.

Sec. 3. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the State Department of Agriculture the sum of $212,488 for the Administrative Services budget account for the replacement of equipment.

Sec. 4. Any remaining balance of the appropriations made by section 1, 2 or 3 of this act must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2027, by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after September 17, 2027, by either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State General Fund on or before September 17, 2027.

Sec. 5. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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CHAPTER 361, SB 496

Senate Bill No. 496–Committee on Finance

CHAPTER 361

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT making appropriations to the Department of Motor Vehicles for information technology system projects; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State Highway Fund to the Department of Motor Vehicles for the costs of migrating a legacy information system to a cloud platform the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026............................................... $13,780,212

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027................................................. $9,792,437

2. The sums appropriated by subsection 1 are available for either fiscal year and may be transferred from one fiscal year to the other with the approval of the Interim Finance Committee upon the recommendation of the Governor. Any remaining balance of those sums must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2027, by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after September 17, 2027, by either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State Highway Fund on or before September 17, 2027.

Sec. 2. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State Highway Fund to the Department of Motor Vehicles for the costs of the continuation of the modernization project for the information system of the Department the following sums:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026............................................... $33,903,370

For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027............................................... $39,687,596

Sec. 3. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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CHAPTER 362, SB 497

Senate Bill No. 497–Committee on Finance

CHAPTER 362

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT relating to Medicaid; eliminating the requirement that the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services biennially establish rates of reimbursement for certain applied behavioral analysis services that are comparable to rates of reimbursement paid for those services by Medicaid programs in other states; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Legislative Counsel’s Digest:

Existing law requires the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services to include under Medicaid coverage for services provided by behavior analysts, assistant behavior analysts and registered behavior technicians to recipients of Medicaid who are less than 27 years of age. Existing law requires the Director to biennially establish rates of reimbursement under Medicaid for such services that are provided on a fee-for-service basis, which must be comparable to rates of reimbursement paid by Medicaid programs in other states for those services. (NRS 422.27497) This bill eliminates this requirement, thereby requiring Medicaid to establish the rates of reimbursement for these services in the same manner as the rates of reimbursement for other services provided to recipients of Medicaid.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. NRS 422.27497 is hereby amended to read as follows:

422.27497 1. The Director shall [include] :

(a) Include in the State Plan for Medicaid a requirement that the State pay the nonfederal share of expenditures incurred for services provided by behavior analysts, assistant behavior analysts and registered behavior technicians to recipients of Medicaid who are less than 27 years of age.

[2. The Director shall:

(a) Biennially establish and include in the State Plan for Medicaid rates of reimbursement which are provided on a fee-for-service basis for services provided by behavior analysts, assistant behavior analysts and registered behavior technicians that are comparable to rates of reimbursement paid by Medicaid programs in other states for the services of those providers.]

(b) Establish reasonable limits on the number of hours that a behavior analyst, assistant behavior analyst or registered behavior technician is authorized to bill for services provided to a recipient of Medicaid in a 24-hour period.

[3.] 2. The Division shall provide training to behavior analysts, assistant behavior analysts and registered behavior technicians who provide services to recipients of Medicaid concerning the limits established pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection [2.

4.] 1.

3. On or before January 31 of each year, the Division shall:

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(a) Compile a report concerning the provision of services to recipients of Medicaid who have been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. The report must include:

(1) The number of recipients of Medicaid who were newly diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder during the immediately preceding year and the number of those recipients for whom assistance with care management was provided;

(2) The number of recipients of Medicaid diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder for whom assistance with care management was reimbursed through Medicaid during the immediately preceding year;

(3) The number of recipients of Medicaid for whom the first claim for reimbursement for the services of a registered behavior technician was submitted during the immediately preceding year;

(4) The number of assessments or evaluations by a behavior analyst that were reimbursed through Medicaid during the immediately preceding year;

(5) The total number of claims for applied behavior analysis services provided to recipients of Medicaid made during the immediately preceding year;

(6) For the immediately preceding year, the average times that elapsed between claims for each step of the process that a recipient of Medicaid must undergo to receive treatment from a registered behavior technician, beginning with initial diagnosis with an autism spectrum disorder and including, without limitation, comprehensive diagnosis with an autism spectrum disorder, evaluation and treatment by a behavior analyst and treatment by a registered behavior technician;

(7) The number of recipients of Medicaid receiving services through Medicaid managed care who were, at the end of the immediately preceding year, on a wait list for applied behavior analysis services;

(8) An assessment of the adequacy of the network of each health maintenance organization or managed care organization that provides services to recipients of Medicaid under the State Plan for Medicaid for applied behavior analysis services, as compared to the applicable standard for network adequacy set forth in the contract between the health maintenance organization or managed care organization and the Division;

(9) The number of behavior analysts and registered behavior technicians who are currently providing services to recipients of Medicaid who receive services through each health maintenance organization or managed care organization described in subparagraph (8); and

(10) The number of behavior analysts and registered behavior technicians who provide services to recipients of Medicaid who do not receive services through managed care.

(b) Submit the report to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to:

(1) In odd-numbered years, the next regular session of the Legislature; and

(2) In even-numbered years, the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services.

[5.] 4. As used in this section:

(a) “Applied behavior analysis services” means the services of a behavior analyst, assistant behavior analyst or registered behavior technician.

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(b) “Assistant behavior analyst” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 641D.020.

(d) “Registered behavior technician” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 641D.100.

Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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CHAPTER 363, SB 499

Senate Bill No. 499–Committee on Finance

CHAPTER 363

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT relating to state financial administration; revising provisions relating to the lease of residential property owned by this State to state officers and employees; authorizing a temporary advance from the State General Fund for expenses relating to fire suppression and emergency response in certain circumstances; creating the Out-of-State Fire Suppression Account; revising provisions relating to the Division of Forestry Account; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Legislative Counsel’s Digest:

Existing law authorizes the Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as ex officio State Land Registrar, to lease residential property owned by this State for less than the fair market value of the property to a state officer or employee who is required as a condition of his or her employment to reside in state-owned residential property. (NRS 322.063) Section 1 of this bill expands this authority to allow the lease of state-owned residential property at less than fair market value to a state officer or employee if a state agency that manages state-owned residential property determines that it is beneficial to the State of Nevada for the state officer or employee to reside in the property. Section 1 also requires a state agency that manages state-owned residential property to account separately for the rent collected from such leases and use the money only for the operation and maintenance of state-owned residential property that is managed by the state agency. Section 1 provides that the remaining balance of money collected from such rent does not revert to the State General Fund at the end of a fiscal year and is required to be carried forward to the next fiscal year.

Existing law authorizes temporary advances from the State General Fund to specified state agencies for certain delays in the receipt of revenue or for certain emergencies. (NRS 353.3463-353.361) During the 2023-2025 biennium, the Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources was authorized to request a temporary advance from the State General Fund to pay authorized expenses incurred by the Department in the suppression of fires or in response to emergencies for which there was a delay in the receipt of revenue for services billed to the Federal Government, local governments and other state governments. (Section 71 of chapter 209, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 1253) Section 2 of this bill codifies in the Nevada Revised Statutes the authority for the Department to request such a temporary advance.

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Under existing law, the executive head of the Division of Forestry of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is the State Forester Firewarden. (NRS 232.120) Existing law charges the State Forester Firewarden with overseeing various fire protection activities for the State. (Chapter 472 of NRS) Section 3 of this bill creates the Out-of-State Fire Suppression Account in the State General Fund for the payment of the costs incurred by the State of Nevada for response to out-of-state fires and emergencies and for the receipt of reimbursement for those costs. Section 3: (1) requires that the State Forester Firewarden administer the Out-of-State Fire Suppression Account; and (2) provides that money remaining in that Account at the end of a fiscal year does not revert to the State General Fund and is carried forward to the next fiscal year. Section 5 of this bill appropriates $27,359,038 from the State General Fund to the Out-of-State Fire Suppression Account created by section 3.

Existing law creates the Division of Forestry Account in the State General Fund for the receipt of: (1) certain money received from the operation of a conservation camp or from the assignment of any crew of a conservation camp; (2) any federal money allotted to the State of Nevada under the terms of certain federal agreements and such other money as may be received by the State for the management and protection of forests, rangelands and watershed areas; and (3) money received by the Division related to the provisions governing the control of forest insects and diseases. (NRS 209.231, 472.050, 527.230) Existing law also: (1) requires the placement on a list of fully protected species any species or subspecies of native flora that is declared to be threatened by extinction; and (2) prohibits the removal or destruction of any such species or subspecies except under a special permit issued by the State Forester Firewarden. (NRS 527.270) Section 4 of this bill requires the deposit and separate accounting of money received from the issuance of such special permits in the Division of Forestry Account. Section 4 also provides that any money which is received by the Division from the issuance of such special permits or related to the provisions governing the control of forest insects and diseases and is remaining in the Division of Forestry Account at the end of a fiscal year does not revert to the State General Fund and requires that the remaining balance of such money in the Account be carried forward to the next fiscal year.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. NRS 322.063 is hereby amended to read as follows:

322.063 1. The Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as ex officio State Land Registrar, may, pursuant to NRS 322.060, lease residential property owned by the State of Nevada for less than the fair market value of the property to an officer or employee of this State [who] if:

(a) The officer or employee is required as a condition of his or her employment to reside in residential property owned by this State.

(b) A state agency that manages residential property owned by this State determines that it is beneficial to the State of Nevada for the officer or employee to reside in the residential property.

2. Before residential property may be leased pursuant to this section, the State Land Registrar, in cooperation with the head of the state agency that manages the property, must approve the lease and determine the amount of rent for the lease of the property.

3. The State Land Registrar may waive any fee for the consideration of an application to lease property pursuant to this section.

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4. Any money collected by a state agency as rent for the lease of residential property pursuant to this section must be accounted for separately by the state agency and used for the operation and maintenance of residential property owned by this State that is managed by the state agency.

5. Any money collected by a state agency as rent for the lease of residential property pursuant to this section that is remaining at the end of a fiscal year does not revert to the State General Fund and the balance of that money must be carried forward to the next fiscal year.

Sec. 2. Chapter 353 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

1. If the Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources determines that, because of delays in the receipt of revenue for services billed to the Federal Government, local governments and other state governments, the amount of current claims for expenses incurred in the suppression of fires or response to emergencies exceeds the amount of money available to pay such claims within 30 days, the Director may request from the Director of the Office of Finance a temporary advance from the State General Fund.

2. The Director of the Office of Finance shall provide written notification to the State Controller and to the Senate and Assembly Fiscal Analysts of the Fiscal Analysis Division of the Legislative Counsel Bureau if the Director approves a request made pursuant to subsection 1. The State Controller shall draw his or her warrant upon receipt of such a notification.

3. Such an advance from the State General Fund:

(a) May be approved by the Director of the Office of Finance only for expenses incurred in the suppression of fires or response to emergencies. Before approving the advance, the Director of the Office of Finance shall verify that billings for reimbursement have been sent to the Federal Government, local governments or other state governments responsible for reimbursing the Division of Forestry for costs incurred in activities relating to the suppression of fires or response to emergencies.

(b) Is limited to the total amount due from outstanding billings for reimbursable expenses incurred in the suppression of fires or response to emergencies as approved for payment to the State by agencies of the Federal Government, local governments and other state governments.

4. Any money which is temporarily advanced from the State General Fund to the Department pursuant to this section must be repaid on or before the last business day in August immediately following the end of the fiscal year in which the temporary advance was approved.

Sec. 3. Chapter 472 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

1. The Out-of-State Fire Suppression Account is hereby created in the State General Fund.

2. The Account must be administered by the State Forester Firewarden.

3. All money received by the Division of Forestry of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as reimbursement to the State of Nevada for response to a fire that does not start on or spread to land in this State or for response to an emergency that occurs outside this State must be deposited in the Account.

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4. The interest and income earned on money in the Account, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the Account.

5. Money in the Account may be used only for the costs incurred by the State of Nevada for response to a fire that does not start on or spread to land in this State or for response to an emergency that occurs outside this State.

6. Any money in the Account remaining at the end of a fiscal year does not revert to the State General Fund, and the balance in the Account must be carried forward to the next fiscal year.

Sec. 4. NRS 527.230 is hereby amended to read as follows:

527.230 1. [All] The Division of Forestry Account is hereby created in the State General Fund.

2. In addition to the money deposited pursuant to NRS 209.231 and 472.050, all moneys received by the State Forester for the purposes of :

(a) NRS 527.130 to 527.230, inclusive, including , without limitation, all moneys collected pursuant to NRS 527.200 [, shall] ; and

(b) NRS 527.260 to 527.300, inclusive, including, without limitation, all moneys collected from the issuance of special permits pursuant to NRS 527.270,

Ê must be deposited in the Division of Forestry Account [.

2.] and accounted for separately.

3. Costs of administration of NRS 527.130 to 527.230, inclusive, [shall] and 527.260 to 527.300, inclusive, must be paid from the Division of Forestry Account on claims presented by the State Forester in the manner other claims against the State are paid.

[3.] 4. No moneys received [pursuant to subsection 1 shall] for the purposes of NRS 527.130 to 527.230, inclusive, or 527.260 to 527.300, inclusive, may be used for any purpose except to carry out the provisions of NRS 527.130 to 527.230, inclusive [.] , or 527.260 to 527.300, inclusive, as applicable.

5. Any money received for the purposes of NRS 527.130 to 527.230, inclusive, or 527.260 to 527.300, inclusive, that is remaining in the Account at the end of the fiscal year does not revert to the State General Fund, and the balance of that money must be carried forward to the next fiscal year.

Sec. 5. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Out-of-State Fire Suppression Account created by section 3 of this act the sum of $27,359,038.

Sec. 6. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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CHAPTER 364, SB 504

Senate Bill No. 504–Committee on Finance

CHAPTER 364

[Approved: June 5, 2025]

AN ACT relating to child welfare; authorizing a court to dismiss and reassume jurisdiction over a young adult under certain circumstances for the purpose of obtaining certain federal funding; revising provisions governing eligibility to participate in the Extended Young Adult Support Services Program; revising the manner in which a young adult may elect not to participate in the Program; revising the duties of an agency which provides child welfare services with respect to the Program; revising requirements governing court hearings concerning a participant in the Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Legislative Counsel’s Digest:

Existing law provides that, beginning no later than July 1, 2025, courts retain jurisdiction over certain young adults who are at least 18 years of age but less than 21 years of age and who have been placed outside the home in child welfare proceedings. (NRS 432B.5917) Existing law requires the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services to establish the Extended Young Adult Support Services Program to provide extended youth support services to such young adults, which must become operational on the earlier of July 1, 2025, or the date on which there is sufficient money available to carry out the Program. (NRS 432B.5919) Existing law defines the term “young adult” for the purposes of the Program to mean a person who is at least 18 years of age but less than 21 years of age and whose plan for permanent placement, on his or her 18th birthday, did not provide for reunification with his or her parent. (NRS 432B.5915) Section 1 of this bill revises the definition of the term “young adult” to instead refer to a person who: (1) on his or her 18th birthday, was subject to a court order for placement in foster care or proceedings for which a possible outcome is placement in foster care; or (2) exited the Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program or an adoption assistance program after attaining 16 years of age and is not currently receiving care from a guardian or adoptive parent. Section 1 thereby provides that such a person remains under the jurisdiction of the court and is eligible to participate in the Program.

Existing law requires a court to retain jurisdiction over a young adult until the young adult reaches 21 years of age. (NRS 432B.5917) Section 2 of this bill authorizes an agency which provides child welfare services to, under certain circumstances, petition the court to dismiss its current jurisdiction over a young adult and immediately reassume jurisdiction over the young adult to establish the eligibility of the young adult for certain federal financial participation.

Once the Program becomes operational, existing law requires an agency which provides child welfare services that has custody of a child to meet with the child at least 120 days before his or her 18th birthday to determine whether the child wishes to participate in the Program and, if the child does wish to participate, assist the child to enroll in the Program. (NRS 432B.593) After the child requests to participate in the Program, existing law requires the agency to develop and monitor a written extended youth support services plan to assist the child in transitioning to self-sufficiency. (NRS 432B.595) Sections 3-6 of this bill require a child who does not wish to participate in the Program to affirmatively opt out of the Program, while maintaining the existing eligibility requirements to participate in the Program. Sections 5 and 6 revise the duties of an agency which provides child welfare services with respect to a young adult who participates in the Program.

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Existing law requires a court that has jurisdiction over a young adult who is participating in the Program to hold an annual hearing to: (1) review the extended youth support services plan developed for the young adult; and (2) determine whether the agency which provides child welfare services has made reasonable efforts to assist the young adult in meeting the goals prescribed in the plan. Existing law authorizes the court to direct that the hearing be conducted by a panel of three or more persons appointed by mutual consent of the judge or judges of the court. (NRS 432B.601) Section 7 of this bill requires the court to hold such a hearing every 6 months instead of annually. If the court directs a panel to conduct such a hearing, section 7 requires that at least one member of the panel be a person who is not responsible for the case management of or delivery of services to the young adult. Section 8 of this bill revises certain terminology and statutory references related to the Program.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [~~omitted material]~~ is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. NRS 432B.5915 is hereby amended to read as follows:

432B.5915 “Young adult” means a person who is at least 18 years of age but less than 21 years of age and [whose plan for permanent placement adopted pursuant to NRS 432B.553 was, on his or her 18th birthday, a permanent living arrangement other than reunification with his or her parents.] who:

1. On his or her 18th birthday, was subject to a court order for placement in foster care or was the subject of proceedings held pursuant to NRS 432B.410 to 432B.590, inclusive, of which placement in foster care is a potential outcome; or

2. Exited the Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program established pursuant to NRS 432B.622 or an adoption assistance program after attaining 16 years of age and is not currently receiving care from his or her guardian or adoptive parent.

Sec. 2. NRS 432B.5917 is hereby amended to read as follows:

432B.5917 1. [A] Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a court shall retain jurisdiction over a young adult until the young adult reaches 21 years of age.

2. If a young adult was subject to a court order for placement in foster care on his or her 18th birthday and was not eligible for federal financial participation under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 670 et seq., before his or her 18th birthday, the agency which provides child welfare services may, on behalf of and with the consent of the young adult, petition the court to dismiss its current jurisdiction over the young adult and immediately reassume jurisdiction over the young adult to establish the eligibility of the young adult for such federal financial participation.

3. While under the jurisdiction of the court, a young adult has the same authority to make decisions as a person who is over 18 years of age and who is not subject to the jurisdiction of the court.

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Sec. 3. NRS 432B.592 is hereby amended to read as follows:

432B.592 1. A court shall refer a child who is in the custody of an agency which provides child welfare services to an attorney in the county who provides legal services without a charge to abused or neglected children if the court determines that the child:

(a) Has reached the age of 17 years; and

(b) Is not likely to be returned to the custody of his or her parent before reaching the age of 18 years.

2. The court shall request the attorney to whom such a child is referred to:

(a) Counsel the child regarding the legal consequences of:

(1) Remaining under the jurisdiction of the court pursuant to NRS 432B.5917, regardless of whether the child [elects to participate] participates in the Program; [and]

(2) Participating in the Program; and

(3) Opting out of the Program; and

(b) Assist the child in deciding whether to participate in the Program.

Sec. 4. NRS 432B.593 is hereby amended to read as follows:

432B.593 1. At least 120 days before the date on which a child who is in the custody of an agency which provides child welfare services reaches the age of 18 years, the agency which provides child welfare services shall meet with the child to:

(a) Provide information to the child regarding the Program, including, without limitation, eligibility requirements for participation in the Program and extended young adult support services available to participants in the Program; and

(b) Determine whether the child intends to [request to participate in] opt out of the Program.

2. Notwithstanding a determination made by a child during a meeting held pursuant to subsection 1, and notwithstanding any previous decision to opt out of or terminate participation in the Program, any time before reaching the age of 21 years, a young adult may request to participate in the Program.

3. The agency which provided child welfare services to a young adult before his or her 18th birthday:

(a) Shall, [upon the request of] unless the young adult [to participate in] opts out of the Program , [made on or after his or her 18th birthday,] assist the young adult [to enroll] in maintaining eligibility for the Program [.] , including, without limitation, meeting one or more of the conditions for participation set forth in NRS 432B.594.

(b) May refer the young adult to an attorney who provides legal services without a charge to assist the young adult [to enroll] in participating in and maintaining eligibility for the Program.

4. A child who enters into an agreement with an agency which provides child welfare services before the child reaches the age of 18 years to allow the child to live independently is not prohibited from [electing to participate] participating in the Program, and would be entitled to the same rights and protections set forth in NRS 432B.5909 to 432B.601, inclusive, as provided to any other young adult under the Program.

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Sec. 5. NRS 432B.594 is hereby amended to read as follows:

432B.594 1. To be eligible to participate in the Program, a young adult must:

(a) Enter into a written agreement with the agency that provides child welfare services that satisfies the requirements prescribed in subsection 3;

(b) Be:

(1) Enrolled in a program of secondary education or an educational program leading to a general educational development certificate or an equivalent document;

(2) Enrolled in a program of postsecondary or vocational education;

(3) Enrolled or participating in a program or activity designed to promote employment or remove obstacles to employment;

(4) Employed at least 80 hours per month; or

(5) Incapable of satisfying any of the requirements prescribed in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, due to a documented medical or cognitive condition; and

2. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a young adult may continue to participate in the Program until:

(a) The agency which provides child welfare services, the young adult and the attorney of the young adult agree to terminate participation in the Program;

(b) The court determines that:

(1) The young adult has achieved the goals set forth in the plan developed pursuant to NRS 432B.595;

(2) The young adult is not making a good faith effort to achieve the goals set forth in the plan developed pursuant to NRS 432B.595; or

(3) The circumstances of the young adult have changed in such a manner that it is infeasible for the young adult to achieve the goals set forth in the plan developed pursuant to NRS 432B.595;

(d) The young adult reaches the age of 21 years,

Ê whichever occurs first.

3. The written agreement to participate in the Program required by subsection 1 must be filed with the court and must include, without limitation, provisions which specify that:

(a) [The young adult voluntarily requested to participate in the Program;

(b)] While participating in the Program, the young adult is entitled to continue to receive services from the agency which provides child welfare services and to receive monetary payments in the manner prescribed in the plan developed pursuant to NRS 432B.595 in an amount sufficient to assist the young adult to achieve self-sufficiency which does not exceed the rate of payment for foster care;

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[(c)] (b) While participating in the Program, the agency which provides child welfare services will retain responsibility for the placement and care of the young adult, but the young adult will no longer be under the legal custody of the agency which provides child welfare services, and any proceedings conducted pursuant to NRS 432B.410 to 432B.590, inclusive, will terminate;

[(d)] (c) The young adult may, at any time, request that his or her participation in the Program be terminated; [and

(e)] (d) If there is an issue concerning the participant, the participant and the agency which provides child welfare services agree to attempt to resolve the issue before requesting a hearing before the court to address the issue [.] ; and

(e) The participation of the young adult in the Program may not be terminated until:

(1) The court approves a transition plan consistent with 42 U.S.C. § 675(5)(H); and

(2) The young adult obtains the documents required by 42 U.S.C. § 675(5)(I) to be provided to him or her.

4. If an issue arises concerning a participant, the agency which provides child welfare services or the attorney assigned to the case may request a hearing before the court to address the issue. Before requesting such a hearing, the participant and the agency which provides child welfare services must attempt to resolve the issue.

5. If the agency which provides child welfare services wishes to terminate the participation of a young adult in the Program, the agency which provides child welfare services must send a notice to the participant and his or her attorney that the participant has 15 days after receipt of the notice in which to request an informal administrative review. If, during the administrative review, a resolution is not reached, the participant or the attorney of the participant may request a hearing before the court pursuant to subsection 4. If the young adult and the attorney of the young adult agree to terminate participation or do not request an informal administrative review, participation in the Program must terminate upon notice to the court by the agency which provides child welfare services.

6. A participant is entitled to continue to receive services and monetary payments from the agency which provides child welfare services in the manner prescribed in the plan developed pursuant to NRS 432B.595 in an amount sufficient to assist the young adult to achieve self-sufficiency which does not exceed the rate of payment for foster care.

7. The court may issue any order which it deems appropriate or necessary to ensure:

(a) That the agency which provides child welfare services provides the services and monetary payments which the participant is entitled to receive as prescribed by the plan developed pursuant to NRS 432B.595; and

(b) That the participant is working towards achieving the goals of the plan developed pursuant to NRS 432B.595.

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Sec. 6. NRS 432B.595 is hereby amended to read as follows:

432B.595 1. [Upon the request] On behalf of a young adult who satisfies the requirements of subsection 1 of NRS 432B.594 to participate in the Program, the agency which provides child welfare services shall develop , in collaboration with the young adult, a written extended youth support services plan to assist the young adult in transitioning to self-sufficiency. Such a plan must include, without limitation:

(a) The persons or entities that will receive payments from the agency which provides child welfare services and the manner in which such payments will be allocated. The agency which provides child welfare services may make payments to more than one person or entity authorized to receive payments pursuant to subsection 2.

(b) The goals set forth in subsection 3.

2. The plan developed pursuant to subsection 1 may provide for the agency which provides child welfare services to make direct payments to:

(a) A foster home.

(b) A qualified residential treatment program.

(d) A person or entity, including, without limitation, a relative or fictive kin, who provides a supervised arrangement for independent living where the participant resides.

(e) A landlord, property manager or other entity that collects rental payments for housing.

(f) A participant.

(g) Any combination of the persons or entities listed in paragraphs (a) to (f), inclusive.

3. The plan developed pursuant to subsection 1 must include, without limitation, the following goals:

(a) That the young adult save enough money to pay for his or her monthly expenses for at least 3 months;

(b) If the young adult has not graduated from high school or obtained a general equivalency diploma or an equivalent document, that the young adult obtain a high school diploma or general equivalency diploma;

(c) If the young adult has graduated from high school or obtained a general equivalency diploma or an equivalent document, that the young adult:

(1) Complete a program of postsecondary or vocational education;

(2) Complete a program or activity designed to promote employment or remove obstacles to employment; or

(3) Be employed at least 80 hours per month;

(d) That the young adult secure housing;

(e) That the young adult have adequate income to meet his or her monthly expenses;

(f) That the young adult identify an adult who will be available to provide support to the young adult; and

(g) If applicable, that the young adult have established appropriate supportive services to address any mental health or developmental needs of the young adult.

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4. If a young adult is not capable of achieving one or more of the goals set forth in paragraphs (a) to (g), inclusive, of subsection 3, the young adult must have goals which are appropriate for the young adult based upon the needs of the young adult.

5. Based upon the needs of a participant, the agency which provides child welfare services may, at any time, after consulting with the participant, revise:

(a) The persons or entities to whom a payment is made pursuant to subsection 2.

(b) The manner in which payments are allocated between persons or entities to whom payments are made pursuant to subsection 2.

6. The plan developed pursuant to subsection 1 must be [annually] reviewed at least once every 6 months and mutually agreed upon by the young adult and the agency which provides child welfare services at the hearing required by NRS 432B.601.

7. The agency which provides child welfare services shall:

(a) Monitor the plan developed pursuant to subsection 1 and adjust the plan as necessary;

(b) Provide or arrange for:

(1) The placement of the young adult or for another living arrangement for the young adult; and

(2) The provision of support services and case management for the young adult;

(c) Provide support and connect the young adult to services to help meet the goals established for the young adult pursuant to subsection 3 or 4, as applicable;

(d) Contact the young adult [by telephone at least once each month and in person at least quarterly;] in accordance with the requirements set forth in 42 U.S.C. § 622(b)(17);

[(c)] (e) Ensure that the young adult meets with a person who will provide guidance to the young adult and make the young adult aware of the services which will be available to the young adult; [and

(d)] (f) Conduct a meeting with the young adult at least 30 days, but not more than 45 days, before he or she reaches the age of 21 years to determine whether the young adult requires any additional guidance [.] ;

(g) Assist the young adult in developing a transition plan consistent with 42 U.S.C. § 675(5)(H); and

(h) Ensure that the young adult obtains the applicable documents outlined in 42 U.S.C. § 675(5)(I) within the time period required by that provision.

8. As used in this section:

(a) “Child care institution” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432A.0245.

(b) “Foster home” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 424.014.

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Sec. 7. NRS 432B.601 is hereby amended to read as follows:

432B.601 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the court shall, within [12 months] 180 days after the date on which a participant entered into a written agreement pursuant to NRS 432B.594 and [each year] at least every 6 months thereafter, hold a hearing to:

(a) Review the plan developed pursuant to NRS 432B.595; and

(b) Determine whether the agency which provides child welfare services has made reasonable efforts to assist the participant in meeting the goals prescribed in the plan.

2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, notice of the hearing must be given by regular or certified mail. Notice may be given to the participant or his or her attorney by electronic mail if the participant or his or her attorney, as applicable, agrees to receive notice in this manner.

3. Unless required by the court or panel, the young adult is not required to be present at the hearing.

4. The court may enter an order directing that the hearing required by this section be conducted by a panel of three or more persons appointed by mutual consent of the judge or judges of the court. At least one member of the panel must be a person who is not responsible for the case management of or delivery of services to the young adult who is the subject of the hearing. The persons so appointed shall serve without compensation at the pleasure of the court.

Sec. 8. NRS 392.287 is hereby amended to read as follows:

392.287 “Child” means a person under the age of 18 years or, if a pupil, until graduation from high school. The term does not include a [child] young adult who remains under the jurisdiction of the court pursuant to NRS [432B.594.] 432B.5917.

Sec. 9. The provisions of NRS 354.599 do not apply to any additional expenses of a local government that are related to the provisions of this act.

Sec. 10. Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 218D.430 and 218D.435, a committee may vote on this act before the expiration of the period prescribed for the return of a fiscal note in NRS 218D.475. This section applies retroactively from and after May 26, 2025.

Sec. 11. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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