AB 69 — Revises provisions governing economic development. (BDR 18-290)

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69–COMMITTEE ON R EVENUE (ON B EHALF OF THE O FFICE OF ECONOMIC D EVELOPMENT IN THE OFFICE OF THE G OVERNOR ) PREFILED N OVEMBER 18, 2020 ____________ Referred to Committee on Revenue SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing economic development.

(BDR 18-290) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

No.

Effect on the State:

No.

~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

Existing law creates the Board of Economic Development, which is required to reviewNevada. and make recommendations on various aspects of economic development in nine voting members, including the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the (1) Secretary of State and six representatives of the private sector;

(NRS 231.033, 231.037) Under existing law, the Board consists of:

(1) nine voting members, including the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Secretary of State and six representatives of the private sector;

(NRS 231.033) Section 2 of this bill adds the Director of the Department of Business and Industry as a nonvoting relatingmember to a quorum and calling of meetings only apply to the voting members oflaw the Board.

Section 2 also clarifies that the requirements in existing law relating to a quorum and calling of meetings only apply to the voting members of the Existing law creates the Office of Economic Development within the Office of the Governor, the administrative and technical activities of which are directed and supervised by an Executive Director.

(NRS 231.043, 231.047, 231.053) Under existing law, the Executive Director is required to be appointed by the Governor - *AB69_R1* – 2 – from a list of three persons recommended by the Board.

(NRS 231.127) Section of this bill removes limitations on the types of motion pictures covered by the program in existing law and includes commercials and other audiovisual mediaymedia for the withindevelopment of a library of audiovisual recordings of available locations and instead requires that the program.directory of names and available locations be made available on the Internet website of the Nevada Film Office.

(NRS 231.020) Section 5 of this bill removes the requirement for the development of a library of audiovisual recordings of available locations and instead requires that the directory of names and available locations be made available on the Internet website of the Nevada Film Office.

Under existing law, the registration is required to be signed by the Administrator of the Division of Motion Pictures or, in a county whose population is 700,000 oratoror of- more81st (currentlySession Clark(2021) County),– by2 the– head of the department or agency within the county which is authorized to issue business licenses on behalf of the county.

Sections 5 and 6 of this bill change the term “motion picture company” to “media production company.” THEEXPLANATION PEOPLE– OFMatter THEin STATEbolded OFitalics NEVADA,is REPRESENTEDnew; IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

(3)(4) TheSix Secretarymembers ofwho State;must be selected from the private sector and appointed as follows:

and (4) Six members who must be selected from the private sector and appointed as follows:

- *AB69_R1* – 3 – (II) One member appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly;

and - 81st Session (2021) – 3 – (3) The Director of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

In appointing the members of the Board described in subsection 1, the appointing authorities shall coordinate the appointments when practicable so that the members of the Board represent the diversity of this State, including, without limitation, different strategically important industries, different geographic regions of this State and different professions.

7.quorum, and the affirmative vote of a majority of the votingtutes a members of the Board is required to exercise any power conferred on the Board.

A majority of the voting members of the Board constitutes a quorum, and the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting - *AB69_R1* – 4 – members of the Board is required to exercise any power conferred on the Board.

- 81st Session (2021) – 4 – 2.

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4.

NRS 231.047 is hereby amended to read as follows:

amended to read as follows:

and (b) [A library containing audiovisual recordings which depict the variety and extent of the] The locations in this State which are available for the production of motion pictures [.] , including, without limitation,The visualdirectory depictions[of ofnames aand varietythe library of suchaudiovisualch locations.

 The directory [of names and the library of audiovisual recordings] must be kept current and [be cross-referenced.] made - *AB69_R1* – 5 – available on an Internet website maintained by the Nevada Film Office.

and (c)- Encouragement81st ofSession cooperation(2021) among– local,5 state– and federal agencies and public organizations in the location and production of motion pictures.

(a) Contain a provision which provides that the [motion picture] media production company agrees to pay, within 30 days after the filming of the motion picture is completed in this State, all of the debts and obligations incurred by the [motion picture] media productionState.tion company in the production of the motion picture in this State.(b) Be signed by:

(b) Be signed by:

-or *AB69_R1*agency –whose 6name –has 2.been changed or whose responsibilitiesficer have been transferred pursuant to the provisions of this act to another officer or agency are binding upon the officer or agency to which the responsibility for the administration of the provisions of the contract or other agreement has been transferred.