1. No automobile may be purchased by any department, office,
bureau, officer or employee of the State without prior written consent of
the State Board of Examiners.
2. All such automobiles must be used for official purposes only.
3. All such automobiles, except:
(a) Automobiles maintained for and used by the Governor;
(b) Automobiles used by or under the authority and direction of the
Chief Parole and Probation Officer, the State Contractors’ Board and
auditors, the State Fire Marshal, the Investigation Division of the
Department of Public Safety, the investigators of the State Gaming
Control Board, the investigators of the Securities Division of the Office
of the Secretary of State and the investigators of the Attorney General;
(c) One automobile used by the Department of Corrections;
(d) Two automobiles used by the Caliente Youth Center;
(e) Three automobiles used by the Nevada Youth Training Center; and
(f) Four automobiles used by the Youth Parole Bureau of the
Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and
Human Services,
Ê must be labeled by painting the words “State of Nevada” and “For
Official Use Only” on the automobiles in plain lettering. The Director of
the Department of Administration or his representative shall prescribe
the size and location of the label for all such automobiles.
4. Any officer or employee of the State of Nevada who violates any
provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[Part 1:7:1933; A 1947, 422; 1949, 360; 1953, 45; 1955, 543] +
[2:7:1933; 1931 NCL § 6941.02]—(NRS A 1957, 62, 743; 1959, 782; 1961,
383, 627; 1963, 693; 1965, 314; 1967, 165; 1969, 129; 1971, 167; 1973,
84, 289; 1975, 61, 566; 1977, 289; 1979, 74, 881; 1981, 1189, 2013; 1985,
1984; 1989, 1959; 1991, 2127; 1993, 31, 1566; 1995, 579; 2001, 2598
; 2001 Special Session, 236 ; 2003, 289 )
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, no officer or
employee of the State shall purchase on the credit of the State any
article of supplies, goods, wares or merchandise or obtain any services
to be rendered by any person for the State, except by express permission
and written authority previously obtained from the board or commission,
or a majority of the members thereof, having control and supervision of
the department or office for which such purchase is made or the services
are rendered.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 shall not apply where such
officer or employee has specific authority to purchase or obtain services
conferred upon him by statute.
3. The State Board of Examiners shall not allow nor shall the
State Treasurer pay any claim of any person for goods sold or services
rendered unless the same were sold or rendered in accordance with the
provisions of this section.
[1:104:1895; C § 2036; RL § 4476; NCL § 6946] + [2:104:1895; C §
2037; RL § 4477; NCL § 6947]
[Effective through June 30,
2013.]
1. The Rehabilitation Division of the Department of Employment,
Training and Rehabilitation shall establish and administer a Program to
Encourage and Facilitate Purchases by Agencies of Commodities and
Services from Organizations.
2. The Program may include:
(a) A method for assisting an agency that wishes to purchase
commodities or services from an organization to locate such commodities
and services that meet the needs of the agency;
(b) A method for assisting an organization to locate an agency that
wishes to purchase commodities or services from organizations;
(c) A method for encouraging agencies to purchase commodities and
services from organizations;
(d) A method to review objections to an award of a contract to an
organization, which method must be limited to a review of the process
used for awarding the contract to ensure that the appropriate procedures
were followed in awarding the contract;
(e) The establishment of a percentage, not to exceed 4 percent, of
the full amount of payment to an organization which is awarded a contract
for all commodities and services to be provided to the agency pursuant to
the contract that is sufficient to pay the cost to the Rehabilitation
Division of establishing and administering the program; and
(f) A method for collecting information from an agency in a report
to the Rehabilitation Division, which report may include, without
limitation:
(1) The number of persons currently employed at the agency
who are mentally or physically disabled; and
(2) The number of contracts the agency has entered into
pursuant to the program which are currently in effect and a list of the
organizations with which the agency has entered such contracts.
3. In administering the Program, the Rehabilitation Division
shall, upon request of an agency or organization, assist the agency or
organization in establishing a contract for the purchase of commodities
or services.
4. A contract entered into pursuant to the Program must provide
for a payment to the Rehabilitation Division in an amount equal to the
full amount of payment to the organization for all commodities and
services to be provided to the agency pursuant to the contract multiplied
by the percentage established pursuant to paragraph (e) of subsection 2.
5. As used in this section:
(a) “Agency” means a local government as defined in NRS 332.015
and using agencies as defined in NRS
333.020 .
(b) “Organization” means an organization whose primary purpose is
the training and employment of mentally or physically disabled persons,
including, without limitation, community-based training centers for the
care and training of mentally and functionally retarded persons described
in chapter 435 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1536 ; A 2005, 1443 )
[Effective July 1, 2013.]
1. The Rehabilitation Division of the Department of Employment,
Training and Rehabilitation shall establish a Program to Encourage and
Facilitate Purchases by Agencies of Commodities and Services from
Organizations.
2. The Program may include:
(a) A method for assisting an agency that wishes to purchase
commodities or services from an organization to locate such commodities
and services that meet the needs of the agency;
(b) A method for assisting an organization to locate an agency that
wishes to purchase commodities or services from organizations;
(c) A method for encouraging agencies to purchase commodities and
services from organizations;
(d) A method to review objections to an award of a contract to an
organization, which method must be limited to a review of the process
used for awarding the contract to ensure that the appropriate procedures
were followed in awarding the contract;
(e) The establishment of a percentage, not to exceed 4 percent, of
the full amount of payment to an organization which is awarded a contract
for all commodities and services to be provided to the agency pursuant to
the contract that is sufficient to pay the cost to the Rehabilitation
Division of establishing and administering the program; and
(f) A method for collecting information from an agency in a report
to the Rehabilitation Division, which report may include, without
limitation:
(1) The number of persons currently employed at the agency
who are mentally or physically disabled; and
(2) The number of contracts the agency has entered into
pursuant to the program which are currently in effect and a list of the
organizations with which the agency has entered such contracts.
3. In administering the Program, the Rehabilitation Division
shall, upon request of an agency or organization, assist the agency or
organization in establishing a contract for the purchase of commodities
or services.
4. A contract entered into pursuant to the Program must provide
for a payment to the Rehabilitation Division in an amount equal to the
full amount of payment to the organization for all commodities and
services to be provided to the agency pursuant to the contract multiplied
by the percentage established pursuant to paragraph (e) of subsection 2.
5. As used in this section:
(a) “Agency” means a local government as defined in NRS 332.015
and using agencies as defined in NRS
333.020 .
(b) “Organization” means an organization whose primary purpose is
the training and employment of mentally or physically disabled persons,
including, without limitation, community-based training centers for the
care and training of mentally and functionally retarded persons described
in chapter 435 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1536 ; A 2005, 1443 , 1445 , effective July 1, 2013)
1. The purpose of this section is to permit any governmental
entity to take full advantage of the available surplus properties of any
other governmental entity.
2. Any governmental entity may enter into any contract with any
other governmental entity for the purchase of any equipment, supplies,
materials or other property, real or personal, without regard to
provisions of law which require:
(a) The posting of notices or public advertising for bids or of
expenditures.
(b) The inviting or receiving of competitive bids.
(c) The delivery of purchases before payment, and without regard to
any provision of law which would, if observed, defeat the purpose of this
section.
3. In making any such contract or purchase the purchaser is
authorized to accept any condition imposed pursuant to federal, state or
local law as a part of the contract.
4. The governing body or executive authority, as the case may be,
of any governmental entity may designate by appropriate resolution or
order any officeholder or employee of its own to enter a bid or bids in
its behalf at any sale of any equipment, supplies, material or other
personal property, owned by any other governmental entity and may
authorize that person to make any down payment or payment in full
required in connection with such bidding.
5. Any provisions of any law, charter, ordinance, resolution,
bylaws, rule or regulation which are inconsistent with the provisions of
this section are suspended to the extent such provisions are inconsistent
herewith.
[1:43:1945; 1943 NCL § 5190] + [2:43:1945; 1943 NCL § 5190.01] +
[3:43:1945; 1943 NCL § 5190.02]—(NRS A 1979, 98)
1. The Chief of the Purchasing Division of the Department of
Administration may, upon the request of a state agency, transfer any
surplus supplies, materials or equipment of another state agency to the
requesting state agency without cost to the requesting state agency.
2. The Chief of the Purchasing Division may sell any surplus
supplies, materials or equipment which is not transferred to a state
agency pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1. Unless otherwise
authorized by the Director of the Department of Administration, the
proceeds of the sale must be deposited in the fund from which the money
to purchase the supplies, materials or equipment was expended.
[1:187:1913; 1919 RL p. 3057; NCL § 7075] + [2:187:1913; 1919 RL p.
3057; NCL § 7076]—(NRS A 1999, 1644 )
Unless otherwise provided by law, no
state department, division, bureau, commission, board, authority or
agency, and no state officer, commissioner, representative of the State,
or other state employee acting by, for, or on account of any office,
department, board, commission, bureau, agency or institution operating by
authority of law, and supported in whole or in part by any public funds,
whether the funds are funds received from the Federal Government or any
branch or agency thereof, or from private or any other sources, and
whether or not its funds are deposited in the State Treasury, may lease,
purchase or enter into any contract for the purchase of, or receive or
acquire by gift, grant, devise or in any other manner, any real property.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 61)
The State and
any political subdivision or other governmental entity in this state may
insure its property against the risk of damage or destruction, by
purchase of a policy of insurance or by establishing a self-insurance
reserve or fund, or a combination thereof.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 391)
1. The governing body or executive authority of any public body
may enter into a contract to lease property which the public body owns or
which is assigned to it for administration:
(a) At a reduced rate in return for the right to purchase energy at
a reduced rate; or
(b) Whereby the lessee agrees to construct a facility designed to
conserve energy on the property and thereafter lease the property back to
the governing body.
2. The governing body or executive authority may enter into a
contract pursuant to subsection 1 if it finds that the contract would:
(a) Promote the conservation of energy and reduce the use of fossil
fuels;
(b) Promote the use of types of energy which are alternatives to
fossil fuels; and
(c) Result in a reduction in the amount of money spent for the
energy used by the public body, which reduction is equal to or greater
than the amount of money by which the rate of the lease is reduced below
market value.
3. A public hearing must be held before a contract is entered into
pursuant to subsection 1. A notice which includes at least the time,
location and agenda of the hearing must be:
(a) Posted at the principal office of the public body or the
building in which the hearing is to be held; and
(b) Published in a paper of general circulation within the
jurisdiction of the public body at least once a week for 2 weeks,
Ê not less than 2 weeks before the hearing.
4. For the purposes of this section:
(a) “Facility designed to conserve energy” includes any work or
improvement which operates to reduce the use of fossil fuel and use
energy more efficiently, including equipment used in the production of
alternative sources of energy, for cogeneration and for the maintenance
and management of loads.
(b) “Public body” means the State or a county, city, town, school
district or any public agency of this state or its political subdivisions.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1248)
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