Nevada § 8 - Duties of Joint Interim Standing Committee on Education; report

§ 8. Duties of Joint Interim Standing Committee on Education; report

1. The Legislative Committee on Education [now the Joint Interim Standing Committee

on Education] shall appoint a committee to conduct an interim study concerning the

use of the name, image and likeness of a student athlete. 2. The interim committee must consist of: (a) The Chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education, or his or her designee; (b) A representative of a community college athletic association located in this State,

if any; (c) At least two student athletes enrolled in a community college, state college or

university in this State; (d) An administrator of an athletics program at a community college, state college

or university in this State; (e) A coach of an athletics program at a community college, state college or university

in this State; (f) One member appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly; and (g) One member appointed by the Majority Leader of the Senate. 3. The Legislative Committee on Education [now the Joint Interim Standing Committee

on Education] shall appoint a Chair and Vice Chair from among the members of the interim

committee. 4. The interim committee shall study and examine existing bylaws of state collegiate

athletic associations and national collegiate athletic associations and state and

federal laws relating to compensating a student athlete for the use of the name, image

or likeness of the student athlete. 5. The Legislative Committee on Education [now the Joint Interim Standing Committee

on Education] shall submit a report of the results of the study, including any recommendations

for legislation to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmission

to the 82nd Session of the Nevada Legislature. 6. As used in this section: (a) “National collegiate athletic association” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 398.055 . (b) “Student athlete” means a person who is eligible to attend an institution and

engages in, is eligible to engage in, or may be eligible in the future to engage in,

any intercollegiate sport. The term does not include a person permanently ineligible to participate in a particular

intercollegiate sport for that sport.