Nevada § 281A.182 Persons serving in certain positions designated as public officers or employees; applicability

Nevada Statutes

§ 281A.182 — Persons serving in certain positions designated as public officers or employees; applicability

Nevada § 281A.182

Title 23PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Ch. 281AEthics

GENERAL PROVISIONS

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 281A.182 (2026).

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1. Any person who serves in one of the following positions is designated as a public officer solely and exclusively for the purposes of this chapter:

(a)A president of a university, state college or community college within the Nevada System of Higher Education.

(b)A superintendent of a county school district.

(c)A county manager or a city manager. 2. The provisions of subsection 1 apply to such a person regardless of whether the person serves in the position:

(a)By appointment, contract or employment;

(b)With or without compensation; or

(c)On a temporary, interim or acting basis. 3. A person who is not otherwise a public officer is designated as a public officer solely and exclusively for the purposes of this chapter if the person:

(a)Enters into a contract with any state or local

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1. Any person who serves in one of the following positions is designated as a public officer solely and exclusively for the purposes of this chapter:
(a) A president of a university, state college or community college within the Nevada System of Higher Education.
(b) A superintendent of a county school district.
(c) A county manager or a city manager.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 apply to such a person regardless of whether the person serves in the position:
(a) By appointment, contract or employment;
(b) With or without compensation; or
(c) On a temporary, interim or acting basis.
3. A person who is not otherwise a public officer is designated as a public officer solely and exclusively for the purposes of this chapter if the person:
(a) Enters into a contract with any state or local agency;
(b) Is paid compensation with public money; and
(c) Serves in a position which involves the exercise of a public power, trust or duty and which ordinarily would be held or filled by a public officer.
4. A person who is not otherwise a public employee is designated as a public employee solely and exclusively for the purposes of this chapter if:
(a) The person enters into a contract with any state or local agency;
(b) The person is paid compensation with public money;
(c) The person serves in a position which involves the performance of public duties under the substantial and continuing direction and control of a public officer or supervisory public employee;
(d) The position ordinarily would be held or filled by a public employee and would require the public employee to hold a valid professional or occupational license or similar type of authorization issued by a state or local agency to perform the public duties of the position, other than a general business license or similar type of authorization;
(e) The position is entrusted with public duties of a substantial and continuing nature which ordinarily would require a public employee to avoid conflicts between the private interests of the public employee and those of the general public whom the public employee serves; and
(f) The person occupies the position on a full-time basis or its equivalent for a substantial and continuing period of time.
5. The provisions of subsections 3 and 4 must be interpreted and applied to ensure that a person does not evade the provisions of this chapter because a state or local agency elects to use a contractual relationship instead of an employment relationship for a position which ordinarily would be held or filled by a public officer or employee.
6. If, pursuant to this section, any person is designated as a public officer or employee for the purposes of this chapter, that designation:
(a) Does not make the person a public officer or employee for the purposes of any other law or for any other purposes; and
(b) Must not be used, interpreted or applied in any manner to establish, suggest or prove that the person is a public officer or employee for the purposes of any other law or for any other purposes.