SB75
AN ACT relating to business; authorizing the Secretary of State to adopt regulations to decrease the amount of the fee for the issuance or renewal of a state business license and certain filing fees paid by business entities; authorizing the Secretary of State to adopt regulations to decrease certain penalties and fees for failing to obtain or renew a state business license or timely file certain documents; revising provisions governing the renewal of a state business license; requiring an electronic mail address to be included in certain filings related to registered agents; authorizing the Office of the Secretary of State to accept records written in a language other than English under certain circumstances; revising provisions governing acceptance by the Secretary of State of certain documents on behalf of a business entity whose name includes certain words associated with professions regulated by the State Board of Architecture, Interior Design and Residential Design; eliminating fees for the filing of documents to dissolve or cancel the registration of a business entity; revising provisions governing the registration of trademarks, trade names and service marks with the Secretary of State; authorizing the Board to accept proof of receipt of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in lieu of an examination for registration as an architect; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to business; authorizing the Secretary of State to adopt regulations to decrease the amount of the fee for the issuance or renewal of a state business license and certain filing fees paid by business entities; authorizing the Secretary of State to adopt regulations to decrease certain penalties and fees for failing to obtain or renew a state business license or timely file certain documents; revising provisions governing the renewal of a state business license; requiring an electronic mail address to be included in certain filings related to registered agents; authorizing the Office of the Secretary of State to accept records written in a language other than English under certain circumstances; revising provisions governing acceptance by the Secretary of State of certain documents on behalf of a business entity whose name includes certain words associated with professions regulated by the State Board of Architecture, Interior Design and Residential Design; eliminating fees for the filing of documents to dissolve or cancel the registration of a business entity; revising provisions governing the registration of trademarks, trade names and service marks with the Secretary of State; authorizing the Board to accept proof of receipt of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in lieu of an examination for registration as an architect; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Introduction Date
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Primary Sponsor
Senate Committee on Judiciary
Public exhibits
4
Support 0 · Opp 3 · Neutral 1
Auditor findings
0
recusal 0 · QPQ 0
AN ACT relating to business; authorizing the Secretary of State to adopt regulations to decrease the amount of the fee f
Existing law requires each person conducting a business in this State to obtain a state business license issued by the Secretary of State. (NRS 76.100) Existing law also: (1) establishes certain fees that are required to be paid to the Secretary of State to form a business entity or transact business in this State as a foreign business entity; and (2) requires business entities to file an annual list of the officers, directors, members and partners, as applicable, of the business entity, and pay an annual fee to the Secretary of State to maintain the authority to transact business in this State as a business entity. (See, e.g., NRS 78.150, 78.760, 80.050, 80.110, 86.263, 86.5461, 86.561) Sections 1, 3, 4, 7-9, 10, 13-16, 18-21, 23, 25-27, 29-35, 37, 39-44, 47-53, 56-69 and 71-74 of this bill authorize the Secretary of State to establish by regulation lower amounts for: (1) the annual state business license fee, the fees to form a business entity or transact business in this State as a foreign business entity in this State, and the fees for the filing of an annual list by a business entity; and (2) the penalties and fees for failing to pay such fees in a timely manner. Sections 2 and 75 of this bill make conforming changes to update references to provisions renumbered by this bill. Existing law imposes fees to file certain documents with the Secretary of State to dissolve a business entity or cancel the registration of a foreign business entity. (NRS 78.780, 82.531, 84.015, 86
NELIS exhibits (4 on file)
Opposition (3)
- Reva Crump M.S. (Letter)
- J.S. McElhinney.III — DDS (Letter)
- Ann Sweder (Letter)
Neutral (1)
- Francisco V. Aguilar — Secretary of State (Presentation)
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