Legislature

A bill from the Attorney General’s Office, AB42, seeks to bring some clarity and organization to the Nevada public-records act, but instead it seemed to create confusion and raise doubts among Assembly Government Affairs committee members. I testified in support, but with my own reservations. The bill came out of …

Already this session I’ve testified in opposition to three bills in front of Nevada legislators that propose to reduce public notices. On a fourth, we’re taking a neutral stance. First up was SB10 from the Treasurer’s Office, which was heard a couple of weeks ago. It would change how unclaimed …

The first public-notice bill to be heard in the 2017 legislative session came up Monday — on short notice, interestingly enough — in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill 10 is proposed by the state Treasurer’s Office to change how unclaimed property is listed in newspapers around the state. I …

With the start of the 2017 legislative session two months away, a couple of bill drafts have been proposed that would have significant effects on public notices in Nevada. One is Senate Bill 10, prefiled by the state Treasurer’s Office, to change how unclaimed property notices are published in the …