Nevada § 281A.520 - Public officer or employee prohibited from requesting or otherwise causing governmental entity to incur expense or make expenditure to support or oppose ballot question or candidate in certain circumstances

§ 281A.520. Public officer or employee prohibited from requesting or otherwise causing governmental entity to incur expense or make expenditure to support or oppose ballot question or candidate in certain circumstances

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 4 and 5, a public officer or employee

shall not request or otherwise cause a governmental entity to incur an expense or

make an expenditure to support or oppose: (a) A ballot question. (b) A candidate. 2. For the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection 1, an expense incurred or an expenditure

made by a governmental entity shall be considered an expense incurred or an expenditure

made in support of a candidate if: (a) The expense is incurred or the expenditure is made for the creation or dissemination

of a pamphlet, brochure, publication, advertisement or television programming that

prominently features the activities of a current public officer of the governmental

entity who is a candidate for a state, local or federal elective office; and (b) The pamphlet, brochure, publication, advertisement or television programming described

in paragraph (a) is created or disseminated during the period specified in subsection

3. 3. The period during which the provisions of subsection 2 apply to a particular governmental

entity begins when a current public officer of that governmental entity files a declaration

of candidacy and ends on the date of the general election, general city election or

special election for the office for which the current public officer of the governmental

entity is a candidate. 4. The provisions of this section do not prohibit the creation or dissemination of,

or the appearance of a candidate in or on, as applicable, a pamphlet, brochure, publication,

advertisement or television programming that: (a) Is made available to the public on a regular basis and merely describes the functions

of: (1) The public office held by the public officer who is the candidate; or (2) The governmental entity by which the public officer who is the candidate is employed;

or (b) Is created or disseminated in the course of carrying out a duty of: (1) The public officer who is the candidate; or (2) The governmental entity by which the public officer who is the candidate is employed. 5. The provisions of this section do not prohibit an expense or an expenditure incurred

to create or disseminate a television program that provides a forum for discussion

or debate regarding a ballot question, if persons both in support of and in opposition

to the ballot question participate in the television program. 6. As used in this section: (a) “ Governmental entity ” means: (1) The government of this State; (2) An agency of the government of this State; (3) A political subdivision of this State; and (4) An agency of a political subdivision of this State. (b) “ Pamphlet, brochure, publication, advertisement or television programming ” includes, without limitation, a publication, a public service announcement and any

programming on a television station created to provide community access to cable television. The term does not include: (1) A press release issued to the media by a governmental entity; or (2) The official website of a governmental entity.