Title 51

NRS 590.505 Board for Regulation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Seal; Executive Secretary and other personnel; policies and regulations; records. 1. The Board may adopt a seal for its own use which must have imprinted thereon the words “Board for the Regulation of Liquefied Petroleu…

NRS 590.509 Board for Regulation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Offices; 24-hour telephone number; availability of persons to offer assistance in emergency. 1. The Board shall maintain in such locations as it deems necessary an office open to the public during business hours on week…

NRS 590.515 Regulations of Board: Generally. 1. In addition to any other regulations it is authorized or required to adopt, the Board shall adopt such other regulations as are reasonably necessary for the: (a) Protection of the health, welfare and safety of the public and persons…

NRS 590.519 Regulations regarding safety; inspections; programs on safety. 1. The Board shall adopt regulations regarding safety for all: (a) Systems for the distribution of liquefied petroleum gas to nine users of liquefied petroleum gas or less; (b) Tanks and appliances for liq…

NRS 590.521 Minimum general standards for equipment. The Board may adopt regulations setting forth minimum general standards covering the design, construction, location, installation and operation of equipment for storing, handling, transporting by tank truck or tank trailer, and…

NRS 590.525 Installation and maintenance of equipment. All equipment must be installed and maintained in a safe operating condition and in conformity with the regulations and specifications adopted by the Board pursuant to NRS 590.515 and 590.519. (Added to NRS by 1957, 479; A 19…

NRS 590.535 Use of containers; required licenses; exceptions. 1. No person, firm or corporation, other than the owner and those authorized by the owner so to do, shall sell, fill, refill, deliver or permit to be delivered, or use in any manner any liquefied petroleum gas containe…

NRS 590.537 Dealer of leased tank to remove tank when requested at no charge; refund to customer. 1. Each dealer who leases a tank for the storage of liquefied petroleum gas to a customer shall, upon the request of a customer, remove the tank from the customer’s premises, at no c…

NRS 590.545 Ordinances of political subdivisions not to conflict with law or regulations of Board; exception. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, no political subdivision may adopt or enforce any ordinance or regulation in conflict with the provisions of NRS 590.465 …

NRS 590.547 Proposals for location of facilities for storage: Hearings; payment of costs; physical inspection of site; considerations. 1. Any hearing held by the Board on the proposed location of a facility for the storage of liquefied petroleum gas in a town in which no zoning o…

NRS 590.549 Power of Board to issue, suspend and revoke licenses; fees established by regulation. 1. The Board may: (a) Prescribe the method and form of application for a license to sell, deliver, transport, transfer or dispense or engage in any other activity relating to liquefi…

NRS 590.555 Applications for licenses: Requirement; contents; fees. 1. Applications for any licenses required by NRS 590.465 to 590.645, inclusive, must be made to the Board prior to conducting any business of installing equipment for the use of LPG or prior to engaging in the bu…

NRS 590.565 Denial or issuance of licenses; copy of order denying license to be served on Governor and applicant. 1. The Board shall approve or disapprove all applications, and in the event an application is disapproved the Board shall promptly return to the applicant the license…

NRS 590.575 Classifications. For the purpose of administering the provisions of NRS 590.465 to 590.645, inclusive, and adopting the application and license fees to be remitted, the Board may classify any person, firm or corporation as follows: 1. Class 1. A fully licensed dealer …

NRS 590.585 Contents of license. 1. Every license issued under NRS 590.465 to 590.645, inclusive, shall set forth the name of the person or persons to whom it is issued. 2. The license shall specify the location, by street and number, of the premises for which it is issued and th…

NRS 590.595 Licenses nontransferable; notification of transfer or change in ownership; license fees nonrefundable. 1. Any license issued under the provisions of NRS 590.465 to 590.645, inclusive, shall not be transferable by the licensee or licensees to any other person, firm, as…

NRS 590.605 Disciplinary action. 1. Whenever the Board has reasonable grounds to believe that any applicant or licensee under NRS 590.465 to 590.645, inclusive, is violating any of the provisions of NRS 590.465 to 590.645, inclusive, or regulations or specifications adopted hereu…

NRS 590.610 Variances from regulations. The Board may grant variances from its regulations when it deems it in the best interest of the safety of the public or the persons using materials or services relating to liquefied petroleum gas. (Added to NRS by 1987, 1537)

NRS 590.615 Variances from rules, regulations or specifications: Considerations. When the Board finds, under such conditions as may arise, a variation from its rules, regulations or specifications which does not impair the safety of the public and persons using the materials whic…

NRS 590.625 Attorney General is Board’s legal adviser. The Attorney General for the State of Nevada and the Attorney General’s duly appointed deputies shall be the legal advisers of the Board on all matters, of every kind and nature, arising in the administration or enforcement o…

NRS 590.635 Duties of sheriffs and police officers. The respective sheriffs within their counties, and all police officers of the State of Nevada, are charged with the duty, without further compensation, of assisting in the enforcement of NRS 590.465 to 590.645, inclusive, and sh…

NRS 590.640 Penalties; injunctive relief available to Board. 1. Any person who violates any of the provisions of NRS 590.465 to 590.645, inclusive, or any of the rules, regulations or specifications promulgated thereunder, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 2. If any person has engaged …

NRS 590.645 Promotion of safety by Division of Industrial Relations of Department of Business and Industry. The Division of Industrial Relations of the Department of Business and Industry may promote safety in the liquefied petroleum gas industry within the State. (Added to NRS b…