Nevada § 408.55026 - Two or more telecommunications providers: Agreements must require shared obligation for compensation; joint and several liability; Department authorized to audit and review relevant records

§ 408.55026. Two or more telecommunications providers: Agreements must require shared obligation for compensation; joint and several liability; Department authorized to audit and review relevant records

1. If the Department enters into an agreement with two or more telecommunications

providers, a consortium or other entity whose members, partners or other participants

are two or more telecommunications providers, or, if the Department requires two or

more telecommunications providers to share a single trench, the agreements entered

into pursuant to NRS 408.5502 or 408.55024 must require that the telecommunications providers share the obligation of compensating

the Department on a fair, reasonable and equitable basis, taking into consideration

the proportionate uses and benefits to be derived by each telecommunications provider

from the trench, conduits and other telecommunications facilities installed under

the agreements. 2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not prevent the Department from requiring every

participating telecommunications provider from bearing joint and several liability

for the obligations owed to the Department under the agreements. 3. Any agreement requiring two or more telecommunications providers to share the obligation

of compensating the Department must provide the Department the right to review and

audit the records and contracts of and among the participating providers to ensure

compliance with subsection 1.