The Administrator has the following specific powers and duties:
1. To keep all buildings, rooms, basements, floors, windows, furniture and appurtenances clean, orderly and presentable as befitting public property.
2. To keep all yards and grounds clean and presentable, with proper attention to landscaping and horticulture.
3. Under the supervision of the State Fire Marshal, to make arrangements for the installation and maintenance of water sprinkler systems, fire extinguishers, fire hoses and fire hydrants, and to take other fire prevention and suppression measures, necessary and feasible, that may reduce the fire hazards in all buildings under his or her control.
4. To make arrangements and provision for the maintenance of the State’s water system supplying the state-owned buildings at Carson City, with particular emphasis upon the care and maintenance of water reservoirs, in order that a proper and adequate supply of water be available to meet any emergency.
5. To make arrangements for the installation and maintenance of water meters designed to measure accurately the quantity of water obtained from sources not owned by the State.
6. To make arrangements for the installation and maintenance of a lawn sprinkling system on the grounds adjoining the Capitol Building at Carson City, or on any other state-owned grounds where such installation is practical or necessary.
7. To investigate the feasibility, and economies resultant therefrom, if any, of the installation of a central power meter, to measure electrical energy used by the state buildings in the vicinity of and including the Capitol Building at Carson City, assuming the buildings were served with power as one unit.
8. To purchase, use and maintain such supplies and equipment as are necessary for the care, maintenance and preservation of the buildings and grounds under his or her supervision and control.
9. Subject to the provisions of chapter 426 of NRS regarding the operation of vending stands in or on public buildings and properties by persons who are blind, to install or remove vending machines and vending stands in the buildings under his or her supervision and control, and to have control of and be responsible for their operation.
10. To cooperate with the Nevada Arts Council of the Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs to plan the potential purchase and placement of works of art inside or on the grounds surrounding a state building.
[7:320:1949; 1943 NCL § 6976.27]—(NRS A 1959, 171; 1967, 1096; 1993, 1559; 1995, 419; 1997, 3156; 2003, 638; 2011, 2956)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 331 - Administration and Control of State Buildings, Grounds and Properties
NRS 331.060 - Employees of Buildings and Grounds Section.
NRS 331.070 - Jurisdiction of Administrator; requisition for repairs.
NRS 331.080 - Authorized expenditures for maintenance and repairs.
NRS 331.085 - Administrator authorized to charge for extra services; deposit of receipts.
NRS 331.093 - Report of capital improvements.
NRS 331.097 - Program for rental of equipment and property from other using agencies.
NRS 331.100 - Specific powers and duties of Administrator.
NRS 331.101 - Buildings and Grounds Operating Fund: Creation; payment of operating costs.
NRS 331.120 - Assignment of space by Administrator.
NRS 331.133 - Capitol Building: Government Museum; duties of Museum Director of Nevada State Museum.
NRS 331.137 - Payment of costs of construction and renovation of purchasing warehouse building.
NRS 331.155 - Inventories of property; missing or damaged property; losses.
NRS 331.180 - Marlette Lake Water System Fund: Creation; use.
NRS 331.183 - State Risk Manager: Conflicts of interest prohibited.
NRS 331.184 - State Risk Manager: Duties.
NRS 331.1845 - State Risk Manager: Employment of staff.
NRS 331.186 - Factors for determining need for, form and amount of insurance coverages.
NRS 331.187 - Fund for Insurance Premiums: Creation; deposits; uses.
NRS 331.190 - Sale, gift or other disposal of liquor within Capitol Building unlawful.
NRS 331.200 - Damage to or destruction of capitol grounds or other state property unlawful.
NRS 331.210 - Capitol decorations, minerals and curios not to be removed; exception.
NRS 331.220 - Surreptitious electronic surveillance prohibited; exceptions.