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NRS 281A.010 - Short title. - This chapter may be cited as the Nevada Ethics in...
NRS 281A.020 - Legislative findings and declarations. - 1. It is hereby declared to be the public policy...
NRS 281A.030 - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...
NRS 281A.032 - "Adjudicatory hearing" defined. - "Adjudicatory hearing" means a hearing held by the Commission pursuant...
NRS 281A.033 - "Advisory opinion" defined. - "Advisory opinion" means an advisory opinion rendered by the Commission...
NRS 281A.035 - "Agency" defined. - "Agency" means any state agency or local agency. (Added to...
NRS 281A.040 - "Business entity" defined. - "Business entity" means an organization or enterprise operated for economic...
NRS 281A.050 - "Candidate" defined. - "Candidate" means any person: 1. Who files a declaration of...
NRS 281A.060 - "Commission" defined. - "Commission" means the Commission on Ethics. (Added to NRS by...
NRS 281A.065 - "Commitment in a private capacity" defined. - "Commitment in a private capacity," with respect to the interests...
NRS 281A.070 - "Compensation" defined. - "Compensation" means any money, thing of value or economic benefit...
NRS 281A.080 - "Decision" defined. - 1. The making of a "decision" is the exercise of...
NRS 281A.081 - "Declaration of candidacy" defined. - "Declaration of candidacy" has the meaning ascribed to it in...
NRS 281A.082 - "Deferral agreement" defined. - "Deferral agreement" means an agreement entered into between the Executive...
NRS 281A.085 - "Domestic partner" defined. - "Domestic partner" means a person in a domestic partnership. (Added...
NRS 281A.086 - "Domestic partnership" defined. - "Domestic partnership" means a domestic partnership as defined in NRS...
NRS 281A.088 - "Ethics complaint" defined. - "Ethics complaint" means a request for an opinion which is...
NRS 281A.090 - "Executive Director" defined. - "Executive Director" means the Executive Director appointed by the Commission...
NRS 281A.100 - "Household" defined. - "Household" means an association of persons who live in the...
NRS 281A.105 - "Intentionally" defined. - "Intentionally" means voluntarily or deliberately, rather than accidentally or inadvertently....
NRS 281A.115 - "Knowingly" defined. - "Knowingly" imports a knowledge that the facts exist which constitute...
NRS 281A.119 - "Local agency" defined. - "Local agency" means any local legislative body, agency, bureau, board,...
NRS 281A.125 - "Member of a local legislative body" defined. - "Member of a local legislative body" means a member of...
NRS 281A.135 - "Opinion" defined. - 1. "Opinion" means an opinion rendered by the Commission in...
NRS 281A.139 - "Pecuniary interest" defined. - "Pecuniary interest" means any beneficial or detrimental interest in a...
NRS 281A.145 - "Political subdivision" defined. - "Political subdivision" means any county, city or other local government...
NRS 281A.150 - "Public employee" defined. - "Public employee" means any person who: 1. Performs public duties...
NRS 281A.160 - "Public officer" defined. - 1. "Public officer" means a person who is: (a) Elected...
NRS 281A.161 - "Request for an advisory opinion" defined. - "Request for an advisory opinion" means a request for an...
NRS 281A.162 - "Review panel" defined. - "Review panel" means a review panel appointed pursuant to NRS...
NRS 281A.163 - "State agency" defined. - "State agency" means any agency, bureau, board, commission, department, division,...
NRS 281A.165 - "State Legislator" or "Legislator" defined. - "State Legislator" or "Legislator" means a member of the Senate...
NRS 281A.170 - "Willful violation" defined. - "Willful violation" means a violation where the public officer or...
NRS 281A.180 - Terms "public officer" and "public employee" include former public officer or employee; exceptions. - In applying the provisions of this chapter to an alleged...
NRS 281A.182 - Persons serving in certain positions designated as public officers or employees; applicability. - 1. Any person who serves in one of the following...
NRS 281A.185 - Abrogation of common-law privileges and immunities; exceptions. - 1. In any proceeding commenced against a public officer or...
NRS 281A.190 - Computation of time. - In computing any period prescribed or allowed by this chapter:...
NRS 281A.200 - Creation; appointment, terms and qualifications of members; prohibited activities by members; vacancies. - 1. The Commission on Ethics, consisting of eight members, is...
NRS 281A.210 - Chair; meetings; compensation; facilities. - 1. The Commission shall: (a) At its first meeting and...
NRS 281A.220 - Review panels: Appointment; composition; functions; disqualification of members from participation in further proceedings in matter. - 1. The Chair shall appoint one or more review panels...
NRS 281A.230 - Executive Director: Appointment; qualifications; classification; prohibited activities and other employment. - 1. The Commission shall appoint, within the limits of legislative...
NRS 281A.240 - Executive Director: Duties; employment of staff; designation of qualified person to perform duties when Executive Director unable to act on matter. - 1. In addition to any other duties imposed upon the...
NRS 281A.250 - Commission Counsel: Appointment; qualifications; classification; prohibited activities and other employment. - 1. The Commission shall appoint, within the limits of legislative...
NRS 281A.260 - Commission Counsel: Duties; legal advice; appointment or employment of other counsel by Commission under certain circumstances. - 1. The Commission Counsel is the legal adviser to the...
NRS 281A.265 - Discretionary-function immunity for members and employees of Commission. - For the purposes of NRS 41.032, the members of the...
NRS 281A.270 - Assessment for administrative costs: Determination; payment by certain cities and counties; use of proceeds; collection. - 1. Each county whose population is 10,000 or more and...
NRS 281A.275 - Authority to apply for and accept grants, contributions, services and money. - The Commission may apply for and accept grants, contributions, services...
NRS 281A.280 - Jurisdiction; statute of limitations. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Commission...
NRS 281A.290 - Duties of Commission; inclusion of annotations of opinions of Commission in Nevada Revised Statutes. - The Commission shall: 1. Adopt procedural regulations that are necessary...
NRS 281A.300 - Oaths; written requests and subpoenas for participation, attendance and production of books and papers; enforcement by court for noncompliance. - 1. The Chair and Vice Chair of the Commission may...
NRS 281A.350 - Establishment; functions; limitations on powers; confidentiality. - 1. Any state agency or the governing body of a...
NRS 281A.400 - General requirements; exceptions. - A code of ethical standards is hereby established to govern...
NRS 281A.410 - Limitations on representing or counseling private persons before public agencies; request for relief from strict application of certain provisions. - In addition to the requirements of the code of ethical...
NRS 281A.420 - Requirements regarding disclosure of conflicts of interest and abstention from voting because of certain types of conflicts; effect of abstention on quorum and voting requirements; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a public...
NRS 281A.430 - Contracts in which public officer or employee has interest prohibited; exceptions; request for relief from strict application of certain provisions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS...
NRS 281A.500 - Notice and acknowledgment of statutory ethical standards: Distribution of information regarding standards; duty to file acknowledgment; contents; form; retention; penalty for willful refusal to file. - 1. On or before the date on which a public...
NRS 281A.510 - Public officer or employee prohibited from accepting or receiving honorarium; penalty. - 1. A public officer or public employee shall not accept...
NRS 281A.520 - Public officer or employee prohibited from requesting or otherwise causing governmental entity to incur expense or make expenditure to support or oppose ballot question or candidate in certain circumstances. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 4 and 5,...
NRS 281A.540 - Governmental grant, contract or lease and certain actions taken in violation of chapter are voidable; prohibited contract is void; recovery of benefit received as result of violation. - 1. In addition to any other penalties provided by law,...
NRS 281A.550 - Employment of certain former public officers and employees by regulated businesses prohibited; certain former public officers and employees prohibited from soliciting or accepting employment from certain persons contracting with State... - 1. A former member of the Public Utilities Commission of...
NRS 281A.665 - Opinions of Commission may include guidance to public officer or employee. - The Commission’s opinions may include guidance to a public officer...
NRS 281A.670 - Applicability. - The provisions of NRS 281A.670 to 281A.690, inclusive, apply to...
NRS 281A.675 - Initiation of request for advisory opinion; purpose of request; form and contents; Commission may decline to render advisory opinion under certain circumstances. - 1. A public officer or employee may file with the...
NRS 281A.680 - Rendering of advisory opinion by Commission; deadline and waiver; certain advisory opinions binding upon requester; judicial review; confidentiality and waiver. - 1. If a public officer or employee properly files a...
NRS 281A.685 - Confidentiality of certain materials; no duty on Commission or staff to protect confidentiality of materials not in their possession; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the following...
NRS 281A.690 - Inapplicability of Open Meeting Law to proceedings concerning request for advisory opinion; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions...
NRS 281A.700 - Applicability. - The provisions of NRS 281A.700 to 281A.790, inclusive, apply to...
NRS 281A.705 - Legal defense of state officer or employee subject to ethics complaint. - 1. If an ethics complaint is filed with or initiated...
NRS 281A.710 - Initiation of ethics complaint; form and contents; Commission may decline to render opinion under certain circumstances. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS...
NRS 281A.715 - Determination of jurisdiction and whether evidence warrants investigation; deadline and waiver; dismissal for lack of jurisdiction or insufficient evidence; initiation of investigation. - 1. Based on the evidence submitted with an ethics complaint...
NRS 281A.720 - Investigation by Executive Director; notice of investigation; opportunity to submit response; deadline and extension; purpose of response; preservation of objections and defenses. - 1. If the Commission directs the Executive Director to investigate...
NRS 281A.725 - Completion of investigation by Executive Director; presentation of written recommendation to review panel; deadline and waiver; contents of recommendation. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Executive...
NRS 281A.730 - Consideration of recommendation by review panel; determination of just and sufficient cause; deadline and waiver; record of proceedings; dismissal; approval of deferral agreement; referral to Commission for further proceedings. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the review...
NRS 281A.735 - Inapplicability of Open Meeting Law to proceedings of review panel. - The provisions of chapter 241 of NRS do not apply...
NRS 281A.740 - Deferral agreements: Development; approval; enforcement; contents; terms and conditions; monitoring and documenting compliance; proceedings for noncompliance; dismissal of matter after satisfactory compliance. - 1. In proceedings concerning an ethics complaint, the Executive Director...
NRS 281A.745 - Adjudicatory hearings: Powers and duties of Commission; deadline and waiver; procedural rights; evidence; use of telephone or video conference. - 1. If the review panel refers an ethics complaint to...
NRS 281A.750 - Confidentiality of certain materials; exceptions; confidentiality of identity of certain requesters; disclosure of identity under certain circumstances. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS...
NRS 281A.755 - Confidentiality of investigative file; exceptions; discovery request for list of proposed witnesses and certain portions of investigative file; contents of investigative file. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the investigative...
NRS 281A.760 - Inapplicability of Open Meeting Law to certain proceedings of Commission. - The provisions of chapter 241 of NRS do not apply...
NRS 281A.765 - Opinions must include findings of fact and conclusions of law; dismissal of matter if violation not proven; authorized actions if violation proven. - 1. If the Commission renders an opinion in proceedings concerning...
NRS 281A.770 - General standards for resolving ethics complaints by stipulations, agreed settlements or consent orders and for approving deferral agreements. - In any matter in which the Commission disposes of an...
NRS 281A.775 - Additional standards for determining whether violation is willful violation and type of penalty imposed and for approving deferral agreements. - 1. The Commission, in determining whether a violation of this...
NRS 281A.780 - Letters of caution or instruction: Contents; confidentiality; effect on subsequent ethics complaints. - 1. In proceedings concerning an ethics complaint, the Commission or...
NRS 281A.785 - Types of remedies and penalties; judicial review of certain actions of Commission; limitations on judicial review of actions of review panel. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, in proceedings...
NRS 281A.790 - Additional types of remedies and penalties; duties of Commission upon finding willful violation; circumstances in which violation not deemed willful; effect of chapter upon criminal law; judicial review of certain actions of Commission... - 1. In addition to any other penalties provided by law...