Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 237 - Miscellaneous Provisions Applicable to Governmental Entities
NRS 237.100 - Objection to adopted rule: Petition; procedure.


1. A business that is aggrieved by a rule adopted by the governing body of a local government on or after January 1, 2000, may object to all or a part of the rule by filing a petition with the governing body that adopted the rule within 30 days after the date on which the rule was adopted.
2. A petition filed pursuant to subsection 1 may be based on the following grounds:
(a) The governing body of the local government or its designee failed to prepare a business impact statement as required pursuant to NRS 237.080 and 237.090;
(b) The business impact statement prepared by the governing body or its designee pursuant to NRS 237.080 and 237.090 is inaccurate, incomplete or did not adequately consider or significantly underestimated the economic effect of the rule on businesses; or
(c) The governing body of the local government failed to comply with any of the requirements of NRS 237.030 to 237.150, inclusive, before adopting the proposed rule.
3. After receiving a petition pursuant to subsection 1, the governing body of a local government shall determine whether the petition has merit. If the governing body determines that the petition has merit, the governing body must take action to readopt or amend the rule to which the business objected after considering the business impact statement.
4. Each governing body of a local government shall provide a procedure for an aggrieved business to object to a rule adopted by the governing body. The procedure must be filed with the clerk of the local government and available upon request at no charge.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2073; A 2005, 1479; 2013, 2310; 2019, 887)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 237 - Miscellaneous Provisions Applicable to Governmental Entities

NRS 237.020 - Effect of collusion among bidders or advance disclosures regarding purchase or lease of property of local government.

NRS 237.023 - Domestic or foreign limited-liability company required to submit disclosure if buying, leasing, transferring, conveying or exchanging land with local government.

NRS 237.030 - Definitions.

NRS 237.040 - "Business" defined.

NRS 237.050 - "Local government" defined.

NRS 237.060 - "Rule" defined.

NRS 237.070 - Applicability.

NRS 237.080 - Prerequisites to adoption of rule by local government.

NRS 237.090 - Consideration of business impact statement at public meeting held before meeting to adopt proposed rule required; inclusion of business impact statement on agenda before statement is available for public inspection prohibited.

NRS 237.100 - Objection to adopted rule: Petition; procedure.

NRS 237.110 - Adoption of rule during emergency.

NRS 237.140 - Action in violation of certain provisions is void.

NRS 237.150 - Nevada Tax Commission authorized to adopt certain regulations and required to advise local governments regarding procedures and forms required for compliance at request of Committee on Local Government Finance.

NRS 237.200 - Acceptance of consular identification cards, permanent resident cards or tribal identification cards.

NRS 237.250 - Prohibited practices by local government employer: Exceptions; remedies.

NRS 237.300 - Provision to State Demographer by certain counties; provision to certain state agencies upon request by State Demographer; exception; provision of summary of research; confidentiality.

NRS 237.350 - "State agency" defined.

NRS 237.360 - Duty of state agencies to make electronic version of certain administrative forms available on Internet website; waiver.

NRS 237.370 - Transmittal of records between state agencies.