NRS239.005. Definitions.

  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

      1.  “Actual cost” means the direct cost related to the reproduction of a public record. The term does not include a cost that a governmental entity incurs regardless of whether or not a person requests a copy of a particular public record.

      2.  “Agency of the Executive Department” means an agency, board, commission, bureau, council, department, division, authority or other unit of the Executive Department of the State Government. The term does not include the Nevada System of Higher Education.

      3.  “Committee” means the Committee to Approve Schedules for the Retention and Disposition of Official State Records.

      4.  “Division” means the Division of State Library and Archives of the Department of Administration.

      5.  “Governmental entity” means:

      (a) An elected or appointed officer of this State or of a political subdivision of this State;

      (b) An institution, board, commission, bureau, council, department, division, authority or other unit of government of this State, including, without limitation, an agency of the Executive Department, or of a political subdivision of this State;

      (c) A university foundation, as defined in NRS 396.405; or

      (d) An educational foundation, as defined in NRS 388.750, to the extent that the foundation is dedicated to the assistance of public schools.

      6.  “Privatization contract” means a contract executed by or on behalf of a governmental entity which authorizes a private entity to provide public services that are:

      (a) Substantially similar to the services provided by the public employees of the governmental entity; and

      (b) In lieu of the services otherwise authorized or required to be provided by the governmental entity.

      (Added to NRS by 1977, 455; A 1979, 179; 1983, 1298; 1985, 126; 1993, 209, 1538; 1995, 511; 1997, 2385; 2001, 936; 2011, 2723, 2948; 2013, 2267)