NRS88.5915. Additional filing requirements for certain partnerships: Criteria; statement; fees.

      1.  At the time of submitting any list required pursuant to NRS 88.591, a foreign limited partnership that meets the criteria set forth in subsection 2 must submit:

      (a) The statement required pursuant to subsection 3, accompanied by a declaration under penalty of perjury attesting that the statement does not contain any material misrepresentation of fact; and

      (b) A fee of $100,000, to be distributed in the manner provided pursuant to subsection 4.

      2.  A foreign limited partnership must submit a statement pursuant to this section if the foreign limited partnership, including its parent and all subsidiaries:

      (a) Holds 25 percent or more of the share of the market within this state for any product sold or distributed by the foreign limited partnership within this State; and

      (b) Has had, during the previous 5-year period, a total of five or more investigations commenced against the foreign limited partnership, its parent or its subsidiaries in any jurisdiction within the United States, including all state and federal investigations:

             (1) Which concern any alleged contract, combination or conspiracy in restraint of trade, as described in subsection 1 of NRS 598A.060, or which concern similar activities prohibited by a substantially similar law of another jurisdiction; and

             (2) Which resulted in the foreign limited partnership being fined or otherwise penalized or which resulted in the foreign limited partnership being required to divest any holdings or being unable to acquire any holdings as a condition for the settlement, dismissal or resolution of those investigations.

      3.  A foreign limited partnership that meets the criteria set forth in subsection 2 shall submit a statement which includes the following information with respect to each investigation:

      (a) The jurisdiction in which the investigation was commenced.

      (b) A summary of the nature of the investigation and the facts and circumstances surrounding the investigation.

      (c) If the investigation resulted in criminal or civil litigation, a copy of all pleadings filed in the investigation by any party to the litigation.

      (d) A summary of the outcome of the investigation, including specific information concerning whether any fine or penalty was imposed against the foreign limited partnership and whether the foreign limited partnership was required to divest any holdings or was unable to acquire any holdings as a condition for the settlement, dismissal or resolution of the investigation.

      4.  The fee collected pursuant to subsection 1 must be deposited in the Attorney General’s Administration Budget Account and used solely for the purpose of investigating any alleged contract, combination or conspiracy in restraint of trade, as described in subsection 1 of NRS 598A.060.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 20th Special Session, 88)