Title 17

NRS 218F.420 Sale of manuals and handbooks containing selected portions of NRS. 1. With the approval of the Legislative Commission, the Legislative Counsel may compile and publish manuals or handbooks containing selected portions of Nevada Revised Statutes. 2. Such manuals and ha…

NRS 218F.430 Sale of food, souvenirs and other items. 1. The Director may approve the purchase and sale of food, souvenirs of the Nevada Legislature and of the State of Nevada and other items in the Legislative Building or any building maintained for the use of the Legislature or…

NRS 218F.440 Computer searches and electronic access to publications and other information. 1. The Director may: (a) Upon the request of any person, government, governmental agency or political subdivision, conduct searches by computer of the text of the publications of the Legis…

NRS 218F.500 Composition; general powers and duties. 1. The Administrative Division consists of the Chief of the Division and such staff as the Chief may require. 2. The Administrative Division is responsible for: (a) Accounting and human resources; (b) Audio and video services; …

NRS 218F.510 Duties of Chief as Legislative Fiscal Officer. [Effective through June 30, 2049.] 1. The Chief Financial Officer is ex officio Legislative Fiscal Officer. As such Officer, the Chief shall keep a complete, accurate and adequate set of accounting records and reports fo…

NRS 218F.520 Duties relating to order and security; regulations governing vehicular and pedestrian traffic; penalties. 1. The Administrative Division shall preserve order and security on the grounds surrounding the Legislative Building and within the Legislative Building. 2. When…

NRS 218F.600 Composition; general powers and duties. 1. The Fiscal Analysis Division consists of the Senate Fiscal Analyst, the Assembly Fiscal Analyst and such additional staff as the performance of their duties may require. 2. The Fiscal Analysis Division shall: (a) Thoroughly …

NRS 218F.610 Office of Financial Analysis and Planning. 1. The Office of Financial Analysis and Planning is hereby created within the Fiscal Analysis Division. The Senate Fiscal Analyst and the Assembly Fiscal Analyst shall appoint such personnel as the Fiscal Analysts determine …

NRS 218F.620 Authority to request information from public officers and agencies; compliance required; authority extends to confidential information. 1. Upon the request of a Fiscal Analyst or his or her authorized representative, every elective state officer in the State of Nevad…

NRS 218F.700 Composition; qualifications of Legislative Counsel and General Counsel. 1. The Legal Division consists of the Legislative Counsel and the General Counsel and such additional staff as the exercise and performance of their powers and duties may require. 2. The Legislat…

NRS 218F.710 General powers and duties; legal opinions on questions of law; authority of Legislative Counsel and General Counsel to act on behalf of each other regarding certain matters; separation of legal functions required regarding certain matters. 1. The Legislative Counsel …

NRS 218F.720 Authority to provide legal representation in actions and proceedings; exemption from fees, costs and expenses; standards and procedures for exercising unconditional right and standing to intervene; payment of costs and expenses of representation. 1. When deemed neces…

NRS 218F.730 Authority to secure copyrights. 1. The Legislative Counsel or the General Counsel is authorized to secure copyright under the laws of the United States in all publications issued by the Legislative Counsel Bureau. 2. Each copyright must be secured in the name of the …

NRS 218F.800 Qualifications of Research Director; administration of Research Division. The Research Director: 1. Must have a graduate degree from an accredited college or university and must be knowledgeable in some or all of the following: (a) Research techniques; (b) Informatio…

NRS 218F.810 General powers and duties. The Research Division shall: 1. Provide the Legislature and its members and committees with research, information and assistance concerning public policy, including, but not limited to, proposed or possible legislation, and national, state …

NRS 218G.010 Legislative declaration. The intent of this chapter is to provide for the impartial postauditing of each agency of the State to furnish the Legislature with factual information necessary to the discharge of its constitutional duties and by which it may exercise its v…

NRS 218G.030 “Agency of the State” defined. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “agency of the State” includes all offices, departments, boards, commissions and institutions of the Executive Department and the Judicial Department, but does not include …

NRS 218G.100 Qualifications of Legislative Auditor. The Legislative Auditor shall: 1. Be a certified public accountant or public accountant qualified to practice public accounting under the provisions of chapter 628 of NRS. 2. Have 5 years of progressively responsible experience …

NRS 218G.110 General powers and duties; standards for audits. 1. The Legislative Auditor shall: (a) Perform postaudits as provided by law; (b) Establish procedures, methods and standards of auditing for the Audit Division; (c) Recommend to the Legislature the enactment or amendme…

NRS 218G.120 Performance of regular and special audits and investigations. 1. Each of the audits provided for in chapters 218A to 218H, inclusive, of NRS must be made and concluded as directed by the Legislative Commission and in accordance with the terms of this chapter. 2. The …

NRS 218G.130 Retention of audit reports and other documents; confidentiality and destruction of working papers from audits; exceptions. 1. The Legislative Auditor shall keep or cause to be kept a complete file of copies of all reports of audits, examinations, investigations and a…

NRS 218G.135 Duty to protect security of information systems; duty to report vulnerabilities in such systems. 1. A report of an audit conducted by the Legislative Auditor must not contain any information that the Legislative Auditor determines could potentially expose this State …

NRS 218G.140 Duty to report improper practices, inadequacy of fiscal records or illegal transactions found in course of audit. 1. If the Legislative Auditor finds, in the course of an audit, evidence of improper practices of financial administration or inadequacy of fiscal record…

NRS 218G.150 Duties following report of inadequacy of fiscal records. 1. Immediately upon receipt of a report from the Legislative Auditor of inadequacy of fiscal records, the Legislative Commission shall review the Legislative Auditor’s report and hold hearings with the departme…

NRS 218G.155 Duty to report certain information regarding leadership positions in audited agencies and diversity in such positions. The Legislative Auditor shall, to the extent money is available for this purpose, include in a report of an audit the number of persons employed as …

NRS 218G.160 Biennial report to Legislature and Governor. 1. The Legislative Auditor shall prepare a biennial report for the Governor and Legislators and submit the report before December 31 of each even-numbered year. Copies of the report must be filed in the Office of the Secre…

NRS 218G.200 Audits of state agencies required; duty of agency personnel to assist in audit. 1. The Legislative Auditor shall perform a postaudit of all accounts, funds and other records of all agencies of the State to determine one or any combination of the following: (a) Whethe…

NRS 218G.210 Duty of agency personnel to make all information available; duty extends to confidential information; exceptions. 1. Except as provided in subsection 2, upon the request of the Legislative Auditor or the Legislative Auditor’s authorized representative, all officers a…

NRS 218G.220 Duty of State Controller and agency personnel to submit financial statements. The State Controller or the head of any agency of the State, and any employee or agent thereof, acting by, for or on account of such agency or officer receiving, paying or otherwise control…

NRS 218G.230 Discussion of preliminary report with audited agency; inclusion of agency’s explanation or rebuttal in final report; presentation and distribution of final report when Legislature in regular session. 1. The Legislative Auditor or the Legislative Auditor’s authorized …

NRS 218G.240 Presentation and distribution of final report to Legislative Commission; adoption of additional procedures; restrictions on disclosure before presentation. 1. The Legislative Auditor shall present a final written report of each audit to the Legislative Commission and…

NRS 218G.250 Notice to agency of acceptance of final report; submission of plan for corrective action. 1. The Legislative Commission or the Audit Subcommittee shall notify an agency of the State of its acceptance of a final written report of an audit by the Legislative Auditor th…

NRS 218G.260 Order to withhold appropriated money from agency for failure to submit or comply with plan for corrective action. 1. The Director of the Office of Finance shall enforce the provisions of paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 218G.250. 2. The Director of the Office of …

NRS 218G.270 Report on agency’s implementation of recommendations made by Legislative Auditor; review of report. 1. Each person who submits a plan pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 218G.250 shall, within 6 months after submission of the plan, submit to the L…

NRS 218G.330 Arrangements with Legislative Auditor to conduct audit; payment of cost of audit; creation and purpose of Audit Contingency Account. 1. Each state agency which is awarded a federal grant, a condition of which is the requirement that an audit be conducted to ensure co…

NRS 218G.340 Certain audits may be conducted by Legislative Auditor or private firms; procedure for evaluating qualifications of firms; combining of audits to obtain services from single source. 1. The Audit Subcommittee may require the Legislative Auditor to conduct, or may choo…

NRS 218G.350 Selection of private firms; execution of contract; oversight; performance of audit; submission, presentation and distribution of report. 1. The Audit Subcommittee shall confer with the Legislative Auditor to establish standards of performance to be required of a firm…

NRS 218G.400 Certain regulatory boards required to prepare balance sheets or have professional audit conducted; payment of cost of audit; audits by Legislative Auditor; remedies and penalties for violations. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, each board created by t…

NRS 218G.450 Special audits required of non-state entities which receive public money; duty of entity to make all information available; duty extends to confidential information. 1. The Legislative Auditor, as directed by the Legislative Commission pursuant to NRS 218G.120, shall…

NRS 218G.500 Definitions. As used in NRS 218G.500 to 218G.595, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 218G.505 to 218G.535, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2007, 198; A 2009, 4)

NRS 218G.505 “Abuse or neglect of a child” defined. “Abuse or neglect of a child” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.020. (Added to NRS by 2007, 198)

NRS 218G.510 “Agency which provides child welfare services” defined. “Agency which provides child welfare services” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.030. (Added to NRS by 2007, 198)

NRS 218G.515 “Family foster home” defined. “Family foster home” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 424.013. (Added to NRS by 2009, 2)

NRS 218G.520 “Governmental facility for children” defined. 1. “Governmental facility for children” means any facility, detention center, treatment center, hospital, institution, group shelter or other establishment which is owned or operated by a governmental entity and which has…

NRS 218G.525 “Group foster home” defined. “Group foster home” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 424.015. (Added to NRS by 2009, 2)

NRS 218G.530 “Near fatality” defined. “Near fatality” means an act that places a child in serious or critical condition as verified orally or in writing by a physician, a registered nurse or other licensed provider of health care. Such verification may be given in person or by te…