1.  A local governmental entity may establish a program for the management of records, including the adoption of schedules for the retention of records and procedures for microfilming, which must be approved by the governing body and comply with the applicable provisions of this chapter and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 239.125

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Committee: means the Committee to Approve Schedules for the Retention and Disposition of Official State Records. See Nevada Revised Statutes 239.005
  • 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. See Nevada Revised Statutes 239.005

2.  The State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator shall adopt regulations to carry out a program to establish and approve minimum periods of retention for records of local governments. The proposed regulations or any amendment thereto must be submitted to the Committee on Local Government Finance, established pursuant to NRS 354.105, for its advice and recommendations.