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AB 184 — Temporarily creates the Office of Small Business Advocacy within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. (BDR 18-213)
Last action — Approved by the Governor. Chapter 240.
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(ReprintedAssembly withBill amendmentsNo. adopted on April 19, 2021) FIRST REPRINT A.B.
184184–Assemblymen ASSEMBLYFrierson BILLNand OBenitez-Thompson .CHAPTER..........
184–ASSEMBLYMEN F RIERSON AND BENITEZ -THOMPSON M ARCH 4, 2021 ____________ Referred to Committee on Government Affairs SUMMARY—Temporarily creates the Office of Small Business Advocacy within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor.
(BDR 18-213) FISCAL NOTE:
Effect on Local Government:
No.
Effect on the State:
Yes.
~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
Existing law requires the Lieutenant Governor to perform certain duties relating of Small Business Advocacy within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor andffice authorizes state agencies to cooperateeconomic withdevelopment. and assist the Office of Small Business Advocacy.
(NRS 231.033) Section 8 of this bill creates the Office authorizes state agencies to cooperate with and assist the Office of Small Business Advocacy.
Section 9 of this bill requires the Office of Small Business Advocacy to provide certain information to small businesses and to coordinate with certain state agencies and local governments to facilitate interactions between such entities and small businesses.
Section 10 of this bill requires the Office of SmallhSmall Business Advocacy to:
(3) assist small information regarding small businesses to understandthe theirpublic, rightsgovernmental agencies and responsibilities;the Legislature;
(4)(5) provideanalyze, certainmonitor informationand regardingmake smallrecommendations businessesconcerning tolaws, theregulations public,and governmentalpolicies agenciesrelating andto thesmall Legislature;businesses;
(5) analyze, monitor and make(6) recommendationsdisseminate concerningcertain laws, information to small businesses.
Section 11 of this bill authorizes, with certainncertain - *AB184_R1* – 2 – exceptions, the Office of Small Business Advocacy to review a request for assistance made by a small business regarding an interaction with a state agency.
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Section(1) 14creates ofthe Account for Small Business Advocacy in the State General this bill:Fund;
(1) creates the Account for Small Business Advocacy in the State General Fund;
and (3) requires that money in the Account only be used to carry out the provisions governing the Office and to defray expenses incurred by the Office in the discharge of its duties.
Section 20 2023.is bill provides that the provisions of this bill expire by limitation on June 30, THEEXPLANATION PEOPLE– OFMatter THEin STATEbolded OFitalics NEVADA,is REPRESENTEDnew; IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Sectionmatter 1.between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
- 81st Session (2021) – 2 – THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:D IN Section 1.
“State agency” means an agency, bureau, board, commission, department, division or any other unit of the Executive Department of the State Government.
unit of the Sec.
The Lieutenant Governor may, within the limits of money available other than from the State General Fund for such - *AB184_R1* – 3 – purpose, employ such personnel as are necessary to perform the functions and duties of the Office of Small Business Advocacy set forth in sections 2 to 17, inclusive, of this act.
- 81st Session (2021) – 3 – 2.
(a) Facilitate interactions between a small business and a local government, including, without limitation, resolving issues that arise in the administrative, regulatory and enforcement functions of (b) Identify and recommend any improvement to the processes and functions of local governmentgovernments with respect to interactions between small businesses;businesses and local governments, including, without limitation, by conducting general studies, holding conferences and meetings and making inquiries;
and (b) Identify and recommend any improvement to the processes and functions of local governments with respect to interactions between small businesses and local governments, including, without limitation, by conducting general studies, holding conferences and meetings and making inquiries;
(2) Promoting and facilitating the participation of a small business in general studies, conferences, inquiries and meetings that would improve the function of a state agency with regulatory authority over small businesses;
- *AB184_R1* – 4 – (3) Identifying causes of unnecessary delays, inconsistencies and inefficient uses of state resources in the administrative, regulatory and enforcement functions of a state agency with respect to small businesses;
- 81st Session (2021) – 4 – 3.
Provide information to the public, governmental agencies and the Legislature regarding the problems and concerns of small businessesproblems and makeconcerns.commendations recommendations for resolving those problems5. and concerns.
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(c)as determined by the Office of Small Business Advocacy;mely manner, (d) The person who filed the request for assistance wasdoes not filedhave a sufficient personal interest in aor timelyis manner,not aspersonally determinedaggrieved or affected by the Officesubject matter of Smallthe Businessrequest; Advocacy;
(d)(e) The person who filed the request for assistance doesis nottrivial, havefrivolous, avexatious sufficient personal interest in or is not personallymade aggrievedin orgood affectedfaith; by the subject matter of the request;
- *AB184_R1* – 5 – (e) The request for assistance is trivial, frivolous, vexatious or not made in good faith;
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Not later than 30 days after receipt of a request for assistance made pursuant to subsection 1, the Office of Small Business- Advocacy81st shallSession notify(2021) the– person5 who– filed the request whether the Office of Small Business Advocacy will provideprovidequest assistance to the person.
(1) Prepare a preliminary report regarding the review, including, without limitation, the conclusion reached by the Office resolution of Smallthe Businessissues, Advocacyif andany;commendations recommendations for the resolution(2) Provide any state agency named in the request for assistance with a copy of the issues,preliminary ifreport any;prepared pursuant to subparagraph (1) indicating that the state agency may, within days, submit to the Office of Small Business Advocacy a comment regarding the report;
(2) Provide any state agency named in the request for assistance with a copy of the preliminary report prepared pursuant to subparagraph (1) indicating that the state agency may, within 15 days, submit to the Office of Small Business Advocacy a comment regarding the report;
A person who files a request for assistance or who participates in a review and investigation is not subject to a penalty, sanction or restriction in connection with the employment of that person, and may not be denied any right, privilege or -review *AB184_R1*and –investigation 6 – benefit because of thesuch requestrequest.ance for assistance or because of any reviewSec. and investigation of such request.
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and - 81st Session (2021) – 6 – (c) Notify the requester when the file is closed.
The Office of Small Business Advocacy may compile statistical data regarding requests for assistance and other communications received by the Office of Small Business AdvocacyAdvSec. from small businesses.
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On or before February 1 of each odd-numbered year, the Lieutenant Governor shall submit to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the next regularregularthe session of the Legislature a written report concerning:
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All records, files and communications of the Office of Small Business Advocacy made or received pursuant to sections 2 to 17, inclusive, of this act are confidential and not a public record.
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Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 1.4683, 1.4687, 1A.110, 3.2203, 41.071, 49.095, 49.293, 62D.420, 62D.440, 62E.516, 62E.620, 62H.025, 62H.030, 62H.170, 62H.220, 62H.320, 75A.100, 75A.150, 76.160, 78.152, 80.113, 81.850, 82.183, 86.246, 86.54615, 87.515, 87.5413, 87A.200, 87A.580, 87A.640, 88.3355, 88.5927, 88.6067, 88A.345, 88A.7345, 89.045, 89.251, 90.730, 91.160, 116.757, 116A.270, 116B.880, 118B.026, 119.260, 119.265, 119.267, 119.280, 119A.280, 119A.653, 119A.677, 119B.370, 119B.382, 120A.690, 125.130, 125B.140, 126.141, 126.161, 126.163, 126.730, 127.007, 127.057, 127.130, 127.140, 127.2817, 128.090, 130.312, 130.712, 136.050, 159.044, 159A.044, 172.075, 172.245, 176.01249, 176.015, 176.0625, 176.09129, 176.156, 176A.630, 178.39801, 178.4715, 178.5691, 179.495, 179A.070, 179A.165, 179D.160, 200.3771, 200.3772, 200.5095, 200.604, 202.3662, 205.4651, 209.392, 209.3923, 209.3925, 209.419, 209.429, 209.521, 211A.140, 213.010, 213.040, 213.095, 213.131, 217.105, 217.110, 217.464, 217.475, 218A.350, 218E.625, 218F.150, 218G.130, 218G.240, 218G.350, 226.300, 228.270, 228.450, 228.495, 228.570, 231.069, 231.1473, 233.190, 237.300, 239.0105, 239.0113, 239.014, 239B.030, 239B.040, 239B.050, 239C.140, 239C.210, 239C.230, 239C.250, 239C.270, 239C.420, 240.007, 241.020, 241.030, 241.039, 242.105, 244.264, 244.335, 247.540, 247.550, 247.560, 250.087, 250.130, 250.140, 250.150, 268.095, 268.0978, 268.490, 268.910, 269.174, 271A.105, 281.195, 281.805, 281A.350, 281A.680, 281A.685, 281A.750, 281A.755, 281A.780, 284.4068, 286.110, 286.118, 287.0438, 289.025, 289.080, 289.387, 289.830, 293.4855, 293.5002, 293.503, 293.504, 293.558, 293.5757, 293.870, 293.906, 293.908, 293.910, 293B.135, 293D.510, 331.110, 332.061, 332.351, 333.333, 333.335, 338.070, 338.1379, 338.1593, 338.1725, 338.1727, 348.420, 349.597, 349.775, 353.205, 353A.049, 353A.085, 353A.100, 353C.240, 360.240, 360.247, 360.255, 360.755, 361.044, 361.2242, 361.610, 365.138, 366.160, 368A.180, 370.257, 370.327, 372A.080, 378.290, 378.300, 379.0075, 379.008, 379.1495, 385A.830, 385B.100, 387.626, 387.631, 388.1455, 388.259, 388.501, 388.503, 388.513, 388.750, 388A.247, 388A.249, 391.033, 391.035, 391.0365, 391.120, 391.925, 392.029, 392.147, - *AB184_R1* – 8 – 392.264, 392.271, 392.315, 392.317, 392.325, 392.327, 392.335, 392.850, 393.045, 394.167, 394.16975, 394.1698, 394.447, 394.460, 394.465, 396.3295, 396.405, 396.525, 396.535, 396.9685, 398A.115, 408.3885, 408.3886, 408.3888, 408.5484, 412.153, 414.280, 416.070, 422.2749, 422.305, 422A.342, 422A.350, - 81st Session (2021) – 8 – 425.400, 427A.1236, 427A.872, 432.028, 432.205, 432B.175, 432B.280, 432B.290, 432B.407, 432B.430, 432B.560, 432B.5902, 432C.140, 432C.150, 433.534, 433A.360, 437.145, 437.207, 439.4941, 439.840, 439.914, 439B.420, 439B.754, 439B.760, 440.170, 441A.195, 441A.220, 441A.230, 442.330, 442.395, 442.735, 442.774, 445A.665, 445B.570, 445B.7773, 447.345, 449.209, 449.245, 449.4315, 449A.112, 450.140, 450B.188, 453.164, 453.720, 453A.610, 453A.700, 458.055, 458.280, 459.050, 459.3866, 459.555, 459.7056, 459.846, 463.120, 463.15993, 463.240, 463.3403, 463.3407, 463.790, 467.1005, 480.535, 480.545, 480.935, 480.940, 481.063, 481.091, 481.093, 482.170, 482.5536, 483.340, 483.363, 483.575, 483.659, 483.800, 484A.469, 484E.070, 485.316, 501.344, 503.452, 522.040, 534A.031, 561.285, 571.160, 584.655, 587.877, 598.0964, 598.098, 598A.110, 599B.090, 603.070, 603A.210, 604A.303, 604A.710, 612.265, 616B.012, 616B.015, 616B.315, 616B.350, 618.341, 618.425, 622.238, 622.310, 623.131, 623A.137, 624.110, 624.265, 624.327, 625.425, 625A.185, 628.418, 628B.230, 628B.760, 629.047, 629.069, 630.133, 630.2673, 630.30665, 630.336, 630A.555, 631.368, 632.121, 632.125, 632.3415, 632.405, 633.283, 633.301, 633.4715, 633.524, 634.055, 634.214, 634A.185, 635.158, 636.107, 637.085, 637B.288, 638.087, 638.089, 639.2485, 639.570, 640.075, 640A.220, 640B.730, 640C.580, 640C.600, 640C.620, 640C.745, 640C.760, 640D.190, 640E.340, 641.090, 641.221, 641.325, 641A.191, 641A.262, 641A.289, 641B.170, 641B.282, 641B.460, 641C.760, 641C.800, 642.524, 643.189, 644A.870, 645.180, 645.625, 645A.050, 645A.082, 645B.060, 645B.092, 645C.220, 645C.225, 645D.130, 645D.135, 645G.510, 645H.320, 645H.330, 647.0945, 647.0947, 648.033, 648.197, 649.065, 649.067, 652.228, 653.900, 654.110, 656.105, 657A.510, 661.115, 665.130, 665.133, 669.275, 669.285, 669A.310, 671.170, 673.450, 673.480, 675.380, 676A.340, 676A.370, 677.243, 678A.470, 678C.710, 678C.800, 679B.122, 679B.124, 679B.152, 679B.159, 679B.190, 679B.285, 679B.690, 680A.270, 681A.440, 681B.260, 681B.410, 681B.540, 683A.0873, 685A.077, 686A.289, 686B.170, 686C.306, 687A.110, 687A.115, 687C.010, 688C.230, 688C.480, 688C.490, 689A.696, 692A.117, 692C.190, 692C.3507, 692C.3536, 692C.3538, 692C.354, 692C.420, 693A.480, 693A.615, 696B.550, 696C.120, 703.196, 704B.325, 706.1725, 706A.230, 710.159, 711.600, and section 16 of this act, sections 35, 38 and 41 of chapter 478, - *AB184_R1* – 9 – Statutes of Nevada 2011 and section 2 of chapter 391, Statutes of Nevada 2013 and unless otherwise declared by law to be confidential, all public books and public records of a governmental - 81st Session (2021) – 9 – entity must be open at all times during office hours to inspection by any person, and may be fully copied or an abstract or memorandum may be prepared from those public books and public records.
Any such copies, abstracts or memoranda may be used to supply the general public with copies, abstracts or memoranda of the records or may be used in any other way to the advantage of the governmental or entity or of the general public.
(1)(2) WasIs not createdavailable or prepared in an electronic format;
andor (2) Is not available in an electronic format;
orand (b) Providing the public record in an electronic format or by means of an electronic medium would:
-(b) *AB184_R1*Except –as 10otherwise –provided in NRS 239.030, shall, upon request, prepare the copy of the public record and shall not require the- person81st whoSession (2021) – 10 – or herself.who has requested the copy to prepare the copy himself orSec. herself.
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Action History
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Approved by the Governor. Chapter 240.
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Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
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In Assembly. To enrollment.
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Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 16, Nays: 4, Excused: 1.) To Assembly.
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Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
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Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
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From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
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From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee.
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Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 31, Nays: 11.) To printer.
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From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 61.) Dispensed with reprinting.
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Notice of eligibility for exemption.
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From printer. To committee.
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Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer.
Sponsors
- Teresa Benitez-Thompson · Primary
- Jason Frierson · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →2 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 65 not signed on
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65 members have not signed on to this bill.
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