Nevada § 288.153 - Agreement must be approved at public hearing; publication of documents and materials by governing body; report of fiscal impact of agreement

Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 288.153 — Agreement must be approved at public hearing; publication of documents and materials by governing body; report of fiscal impact of agreement, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 288.153. Agreement must be approved at public hearing; publication of documents and materials by governing body; report of fiscal impact of agreement

1. Any new, extended or modified collective bargaining agreement or similar agreement

between a local government employer and an employee organization must be approved

by the governing body of the local government employer at a public hearing. 2. Not less than 3 business days before the date of the hearing, the governing body

shall cause the following documents to be posted and made available for downloading

on the Internet website of the local government or, if the local government does not

have such a website, deposited with the clerk of the governing body: (a) The proposed agreement and any exhibits or other attachments to the proposed agreement; (b) If the proposed agreement is a modification of a previous agreement, a document

showing any language added to or deleted from the previous agreement; and (c) Any supporting material prepared for the governing body and relating to the fiscal

impact of the agreement. 3. Any document deposited with the clerk of the governing body pursuant to subsection

2 is a public record and must be open for public inspection pursuant to NRS 239.010 . 4. At the hearing, the chief executive officer of the local government shall report

to the governing body of the local government the fiscal impact of the agreement.

Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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What does Nevada Revised Statutes § 288.153 cover?

Section 288.153 ("Agreement must be approved at public hearing; publication of documents and materials by governing body; report of fiscal impact of agreement") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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