Title 33

NRS 381.0033 Budgeting, expenditure and accounting of money in Dedicated Trust Fund. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2: (a) The private money must be budgeted and expended, within any limitations which may have been specified by particular donors, at the discretion …

NRS 381.0035 Private money exempt from statutory requirements governing expenditure of public money; independent contractors. 1. The statutory requirements on the expenditure of public money in chapters 333, 338 and 341 of NRS do not apply to the expenditure of private money. 2. …

NRS 381.0036 Legislative appropriations. In addition to private money, the funding to carry out the provisions of this chapter must be provided by legislative appropriation from the State General Fund and must be paid out on claims as other claims against the State are paid. (Add…

NRS 381.0037 Petty cash accounts; change accounts. The Board may establish: 1. A petty cash account for the Division and each institution in an amount not to exceed $500 for each account. Reimbursement of the account must be made from appropriated money paid out on claims as othe…

NRS 381.004 Creation; composition; general duties of institutions. 1. The Division of Museums and History is hereby created in the Department. 2. The Division consists of the Office of the Administrator and a state system of museums consisting of the following museums and histori…

NRS 381.0045 Establishment of categories of and fees for membership in institutions; fees for admission and train rides; policies and charges for use of property and services. The Board shall establish: 1. Categories of memberships in the institutions and the fees to be charged f…

NRS 381.005 Administrator: Appointment; qualifications; classification; employment of staff. 1. The Administrator is appointed by the Director. The Director shall consult with the Board before making the appointment. 2. To be qualified for appointment, the Administrator must have…

NRS 381.006 Administrator: Powers and duties. 1. For the property and facilities of the Division, the Administrator: (a) Is responsible to the Director for the general administration of the Division and its institutions and for the submission of its budgets, which must include th…

NRS 381.0061 Administrator: Adoption of regulations governing use and safe operation of state-owned trains and fixtures. The Administrator shall adopt regulations governing the use and safe operation of locomotives, motorcars, cars, recreational or commercial rides on the trains …

NRS 381.0062 Museum directors: Appointment and establishment of powers and duties by Administrator; classification; duty to exercise and carry out assigned powers and duties. 1. The Administrator shall: (a) Appoint a museum director for each institution; and (b) Establish the pow…

NRS 381.0063 Museum directors: Powers and duties; service as ex officio State Paleontologist. 1. The Administrator shall, in accordance with any directive received from the Director pursuant to NRS 232.005, authorize or require each museum director to perform such duties set fort…

NRS 381.0066 Museum directors: Notice to and consultation with certain Indian tribes. 1. In providing notice and consultation with Indian tribes as required by this chapter, the museum director of an institution shall immediately notify, in writing, and initiate consultation with…

NRS 381.0067 Museum directors: Criteria for determining cultural affiliation of Indian tribe with artifact or site. The museum director of an institution shall use the criteria for determining cultural affiliation set forth in 43 C.F.R. § 10.14 to determine which Indian tribe has…

NRS 381.0068 Exception to requirements to obtain permit and to provide notice to, consult with or return items to Indian tribes. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary: 1. A person is not required to obtain a permit pursuant to NRS 381.196 if the person has…

NRS 381.0069 Museum Director of Nevada State Museum Carson City: Adoption of regulations for preservation of prehistoric and historic artifacts and sites. 1. The Museum Director of the Nevada State Museum Carson City shall adopt regulations as necessary to carry out the provision…

NRS 381.0075 Acceptance of gifts. Any condition or restraint placed on any bequest, devise, endowment, trust allotment or other gift made to the Division must be in writing. The Administrator and the Board must accept, in writing, such a bequest, devise, endowment, trust allotmen…

NRS 381.008 Sale of duplicates, surplus and inappropriate items; use of proceeds. When not in conflict with any condition or restraint placed on a gift and with the approval of the Board, the museum director of each institution may sell duplicates, surplus and items inappropriate…

NRS 381.0085 Account for Improving Access to State Museums for Persons with Disabilities: Creation; administration; use; deposit of gifts, donations, bequests and grants; interest and income; nonreversion. 1. There is hereby created the Account for Improving Access to State Museu…

NRS 381.009 Acquisition or repatriation of abandoned property held by institution. 1. Any property held by an institution for 3 years or more, to which no person has made claim, shall be deemed to be abandoned and, except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, becomes the propert…

NRS 381.195 Definitions. As used in NRS 381.195 to 381.227, inclusive: 1. “Historic” means from the middle of the 18th century until 50 years before the current year. 2. “Historic site” means a site, landmark or monument of historical significance pertaining to the history of the…

NRS 381.1955 Museum Director may designate state agency as agent to issue permits; compliance of agent with certain provisions; oversight of agent. 1. The Museum Director may designate any state board, state department, division of a state department or state institution as an ag…

NRS 381.1957 Collection of certain minerals and artifacts and photography not prohibited. Nothing contained in NRS 381.195 to 381.227, inclusive, shall interfere with or prevent any person from collecting minerals, rocks or gems, arrowheads or other Indian artifacts so long as th…

NRS 381.196 Requirement; exception; regulations. 1. A person shall not excavate a site on private lands located within this State that the person knows is a prehistoric Indian burial site unless the person first obtains a permit issued by the Museum Director. 2. A person is not r…

NRS 381.197 Requirement; exceptions; applicability of penalties. Except for action taken under an agreement with the Office of Historic Preservation of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources pursuant to NRS 383.430, and except as otherwise provided in this sec…

NRS 381.199 Applicant required to secure state and federal permits. 1. An applicant is required to secure, from the Museum Director, or an agent designated by the Museum Director, a permit described in NRS 381.197 for the investigation, exploration or excavation of any state or f…

NRS 381.203 Qualifications of applicant; contents of application; regulations. 1. In order to qualify as the recipient of a permit described in NRS 381.197, the applicant must show: (a) That the investigation, exploration or excavation is undertaken for the benefit of a reputable…

NRS 381.205 Notice to certain officers when granted. Upon granting a permit described in NRS 381.197, the Museum Director shall immediately notify the Office of Historic Preservation, the sheriff in the county in which the permit is to be exercised, and personnel of the Nevada Hi…

NRS 381.207 Percentage of articles, implements and materials found or discovered and retained in possession by certain holders to be given to state institutions and political subdivisions; procedure for notice to and consultation with Indian tribes and repatriation of found or di…

NRS 381.209 Limitations and conditions. The Museum Director may limit a permit described in NRS 381.197 as to time and location. Such a permit may not be granted: 1. For a period of more than 1 year. 2. For investigation, exploration or excavation in a larger area than the applic…

NRS 381.211 Renewal. A permit described in NRS 381.197 may be renewed for an additional period of time upon application by the permit holder, if the work contemplated by the permit has been diligently prosecuted. (Added to NRS by 1959, 292; A 2017, 3541)

NRS 381.213 Conditions for voiding. Failure to begin work under the permit within 6 months after the effective date of a permit described in NRS 381.197, or failure to prosecute diligently such work after it is begun, shall render the permit void without any order from the Board.…

NRS 381.215 Report of holder to Museum Director; duties of Museum Director regarding prehistoric native Indian human remains and funerary objects; exception. 1. After the close of each season’s work, within a reasonable time designated in a permit described in NRS 381.197, every …

NRS 381.217 Collections of petrified wood authorized; limitations. A holder of a permit described in NRS 381.197 may collect specimens of petrified wood, subject to the limitations of NRS 206.320. (Added to NRS by 1959, 291; A 2017, 3541) ENFORCEMENT; PENALTIES

NRS 381.221 Enforcement by Division of State Parks, sheriffs and other peace officers. The Division of State Parks of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and personnel thereof, the sheriffs in their respective counties, the Nevada Highway Patrol, and all o…

NRS 381.223 Seizure and forfeiture of object of antiquity taken without permit to investigate, explore or excavate historic or prehistoric site on federal or state lands; procedure for notice to and consultation with Indian tribes and repatriation of seized prehistoric native Ind…

NRS 381.225 Acts of vandalism unlawful; penalty. 1. It is unlawful for any person to commit vandalism upon any historic or prehistoric sites, natural monuments, speleological sites and objects of antiquity, or to write or paint or carve initials or words, or in any other way defa…

NRS 381.227 Penalty. Unless a greater penalty is provided by a specific statute and except as otherwise provided in NRS 381.225, any person violating any of the provisions of NRS 381.195 to 381.227, inclusive, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Added to NRS by 1959, 292; A 1967, 563; 1…

NRS 381.239 Endowment Fund for the Historic Preservation of the Nevada State Prison: Creation; deposits; uses. 1. The Endowment Fund for the Historic Preservation of the Nevada State Prison is hereby created as a trust fund in the State Treasury. 2. The State Treasurer shall depo…

NRS 381.241 Permit or agreement to conduct tours; conditions. 1. The Department of Corrections and, as soon as practicable after the date of the assignment, any other state agency that receives an assignment from the State Land Registrar of the historic structures, buildings and …

NRS 381.245 Preservation of old and obsolete property and public records from Division of State Library, Archives and Public Records. The Nevada Historical Society shall preserve as is deemed appropriate all old and obsolete property and obsolete and noncurrent public records pre…

NRS 381.255 State publications to be donated for deposit in Society’s collections. 1. To enable the Nevada Historical Society to augment its collection by effecting exchanges with other societies and institutions, one bound copy each of the several publications of the State and o…