NRS228.330. Employees; equipment; office space; subpoenas; other necessary functions and arrangements.

  The Consumer’s Advocate may:

      1.  Employ such staff as is necessary to carry out his or her duties and the functions of his or her office, in accordance with the personnel practices and procedures established within the Attorney General’s Office. The Consumer’s Advocate has sole discretion to employ and remove any member of his or her staff.

      2.  Purchase necessary equipment.

      3.  Lease or make other suitable arrangements for office space, but any lease which extends beyond the term of 1 year must be reviewed and approved by a majority of the members of the State Board of Examiners.

      4.  Apply for an order or subpoena for the appearance of witnesses or the production of books, papers and documents in any proceeding in which he or she is a party or intervener, in the same manner as any other party or intervener, and make arrangements for and pay the fees or costs of any witnesses and consultants necessary to the proceeding. If any person ordered by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to appear before it as a witness pursuant to this subsection fails to obey the order, the Commission shall apply for a subpoena commanding the attendance of the witness.

      5.  Perform such other functions and make such other arrangements as may be necessary to carry out his or her duties and the functions of his or her office.

      (Added to NRS by 1981, 1674; A 1987, 704; 1997, 1968)