NRS91.220. Prohibited activities of commodity merchant and board of trade.

      1.  A person shall not engage in a trade or business or otherwise act as a commodity merchant unless the person:

      (a) Is registered or temporarily licensed with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for each activity constituting the person as a commodity merchant and the registration or temporary license has not expired or been suspended or revoked; or

      (b) Is exempt from registration by virtue of the Commodity Exchange Act or of a rule of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

      2.  A board of trade must not trade, or provide a place for the trading of, any commodity contract or commodity option required to be traded on or subject to the rules of a contract market designated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission unless the board of trade has been designated for the commodity contract or commodity option and the designation has not been vacated, suspended or revoked.

      (Added to NRS by 1987, 1286)