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NRS 380.010 Establishment; management. 1. The board of county commissioners of any county may establish by ordinance a law library to be governed and managed by a board of law library trustees in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. 2. The board of county commissioners…

NRS 380.020 Government and management of law library; number, appointment and terms of members. 1. Any law library established by ordinance as provided by subsection 1 of NRS 380.010 must be governed and managed by a board of law library trustees. 2. A board of law library truste…

NRS 380.030 Removal of trustee; vacancies. The board of law library trustees, by a majority vote recorded in the minutes with ayes and noes at length, may: 1. Remove any trustee who neglects to attend the meetings of the board, or who absents himself or herself from such meetings…

NRS 380.040 Seal. The board may adopt and use an official seal. [Part 10:250:1913; 1919 RL p. 2708; NCL § 2259]

NRS 380.050 Officers and assistants: Selection; powers and duties; removal; salaries. 1. The members of the board of law library trustees shall appoint one of their number as president. 2. They shall elect a secretary who shall: (a) Keep a full statement and account of all proper…

NRS 380.060 Librarian: Appointment; salary. The board of law library trustees, by a majority vote recorded in the minutes with ayes and noes at length, may appoint a librarian and fix the salary of the librarian. [Part 6:250:1913; 1919 RL p. 2708; NCL § 2255] + [Part 10:250:1913;…

NRS 380.065 Librarian: Powers and duties. 1. The librarian of any law library shall administer all functions of the library, employ assistants and carry out the policies established by the governing body of the library. The librarian shall inform the governing body of the financi…

NRS 380.080 Meetings; quorum. 1. The board of law library trustees shall meet at least once each calendar quarter and at such other times as the board may appoint, at a place to be appointed for that purpose. 2. A majority of the members constitutes a quorum for business. [Part 1…

NRS 380.090 Reports to board of county commissioners. 1. At the first meeting of the board of county commissioners in each year, the board of law library trustees shall make a report to the board on the condition for the past year of the board’s trust, including: (a) A full state…

NRS 380.100 Powers. The board of law library trustees, by a majority vote recorded in the minutes with ayes and noes at length may: 1. Make and enforce all rules, regulations and bylaws necessary for the administration, government and protection of the library, and all property b…

NRS 380.110 Law library fund: Designation; allocation of certain fees; transfer of money from county general fund; use. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, any ordinance of a board of county commissioners establishing a law library under the provisions of this chapte…

NRS 380.120 Law library fund: Disbursement of money; procedures for accounting. 1. The board of law library trustees, by a majority vote recorded in the minutes with ayes and noes at length, may order the payment, upon properly authenticated vouchers duly certified by a person au…

NRS 380.130 Levy of special tax or use of money in general fund to discharge indebtedness. 1. Whenever it appears to the board of county commissioners of any county having a law library that for any reason any debt incurred in the purchase and establishment of the library has not…

NRS 380.140 Levy of special tax to replace uninsured law library destroyed by fire or other public calamity. 1. When any law library established under the provisions of this chapter, is uninsured and destroyed by fire or by other public calamity, the board of county commissioners…

NRS 380.150 Facility to be furnished by board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners shall provide an adequate facility for the use of a law library established under the provisions of this chapter whenever such a facility is demanded by a board of law library…

NRS 380.153 Accessibility of certain legal books and materials to inhabitants of county. 1. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall adopt by regulation a list of legal books and materials which are considered primary sources and which the State Library,…

NRS 380.155 Payment in advance for books and materials. The price for the purchase of books or library materials by subscription may be paid in advance of the receipt of such books or materials. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1058)

NRS 380.160 Law library to be free and accessible to general public; regulations restricting borrowing of books and materials. The law library must be free to all inhabitants of the county. The board of law library trustees, or the board of county commissioners in a county having…

NRS 380.170 Distribution of state publications by Director of Legislative Counsel Bureau to law library. Upon request, the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau shall distribute without charge to the county clerk of each county, for the use of the law library established the…

NRS 380.180 Supreme Court Law Librarian to furnish duplicates of books. The Supreme Court Law Librarian shall distribute among the law libraries in this State established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter such duplicates of books as may be in the Supreme Court Law Librar…

NRS 380.190 Discontinuance of law library: Procedure; disposition of books and money. 1. Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county in which a law library has been established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter desires to discontinue the law library, the boa…

NRS 380A.011 Policy of this State; purpose of chapter. It is the policy of this State to foster and further the establishment and proper maintenance of superior libraries and the acquisition of resources, facilities, professional staffs and auxiliary personnel fully to support su…

NRS 380A.021 “Council” defined. As used in this chapter, “Council” means the State Council on Libraries and Literacy. (Added to NRS by 1965, 332; A 1993, 1581)

NRS 380A.031 Creation; appointment of members; terms of office. 1. The State Council on Libraries and Literacy is hereby created. The Council is advisory to the Division of State Library, Archives and Public Records of the Department of Administration. 2. The Council consists of …

NRS 380A.041 Qualifications of members; ex officio members; term limits. 1. The Governor shall appoint to the Council: (a) A representative of public libraries; (b) A trustee of a legally established library or library system; (c) A representative of school libraries; (d) A repre…

NRS 380A.061 Officers; records. The Council shall elect a Chair and a Vice Chair at the first meeting held after July 1 of each year. The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall serve as Secretary of the Council but is not entitled to a vote. The Secretaria…

NRS 380A.071 Meetings; compensation of members. 1. The Council may meet regularly at least twice each year and, within the limits of legislative appropriations, may hold additional meetings upon the call of the Chair. 2. Each member of the Council is entitled to receive a salary …

NRS 380A.081 Powers and duties. The Council may: 1. Examine and overview the whole state of libraries, librarianship, library education, library resources, and all allied and cognate activities and prepare a record of its findings. 2. Require public libraries to provide necessary…

NRS 380A.101 Deposit and expenditure of gifts of money. All gifts of money which the Council is authorized to accept must be deposited in the State Treasury in a nonreverting gift fund and expended in accordance with the budget laws of the State of Nevada upon properly itemized a…

NRS 380A.111 Filing of documents with State Library, Archives and Public Records. The Council shall promptly file copies of any and all of its reports, studies, documents and publications, regardless of form of issue, with the State Library, Archives and Public Records. (Added to…

NRS 381.001 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Division. 2. “Board” means the Board of Museums and History. 3. “Cultural affiliation” or “culturally affiliated” means that there is a relat…

NRS 381.002 Creation; qualifications of members; Chair and Vice Chair; powers and duties; regulations. 1. The Board of Museums and History, consisting of twelve members appointed by the Governor, is hereby created. 2. The Governor shall appoint to the Board: (a) Five representati…

NRS 381.003 Establishment of stores for sale of gifts and souvenirs. The Board may establish stores for the sale of gifts and souvenirs, such as publications, books, postcards, color slides and such other related material as, in the judgment of the Board, is appropriately connect…

NRS 381.0031 Private money; Dedicated Trust Fund. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, all money and the proceeds from property received by the Division or any institution of the Division through any grant other than a grant of federal money, bequest or devise, and th…

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…