NRS237.300. Provision to State Demographer by certain counties; provision to certain state agencies upon request by State Demographer; exception; provision of summary of research; confidentiality.

      1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not later than September 1 of each year, each county which possesses or maintains a digital parcel base map for the county shall provide the digital parcel base map for the county, as of June 30 of that year, to the State Demographer at no charge. The State Demographer may not require a county to provide a digital parcel base map in a particular electronic format or to use any specific software to provide the digital parcel base map. The State Demographer shall keep confidential the information provided to him or her pursuant to this subsection, except that the State Demographer shall provide such information at no charge to a state agency which satisfies the requirements of this section.

      2.  A state agency engaged in activities related to economic development or population estimate research may request the digital parcel base maps for each county that possesses or maintains a digital parcel base map by submitting a written request to the State Demographer. The written request must include, without limitation:

      (a) The name and address of the state agency;

      (b) A statement of the purpose for which the state agency is seeking the digital parcel base maps; and

      (c) A summary of the research or statistical reports which will be produced from the digital parcel base maps.

      3.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if the State Demographer finds that a written request complies with subsection 2, the State Demographer shall provide to the state agency at no charge the digital parcel base maps provided to the State Demographer pursuant to subsection 1.

      4.  The State Demographer may refuse a request submitted by a state agency pursuant to subsection 2 if the State Demographer has provided the requested information to the state agency during the calendar year in which the request is made.

      5.  A state agency receiving a digital parcel base map pursuant to this section shall provide to the county that provided the digital parcel base map and the Office of Economic Development, at no charge, a summary of the research produced from that information.

      6.  A state agency receiving a digital parcel base map pursuant to this section shall keep the digital parcel base map confidential, and, except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, the State Demographer, or any employee or other agent of a state agency receiving a digital parcel base map for a county pursuant to this section, shall not provide the digital parcel base map to any person or governmental agency.

      7.  As used in this section:

      (a) “Digital parcel base map” means a map in an electronic format that contains the boundaries of the parcels in the county.

      (b) “State agency” means:

             (1) The State of Nevada, or any agency, instrumentality or corporation thereof; and

             (2) Faculty of the Nevada System of Higher Education or any branch or facility thereof.

      (c) “State Demographer” means the demographer employed pursuant to NRS 360.283.

      (Added to NRS by 2011, 3492)