Statutes | Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. ยง 369.630 | 2018

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, on and after July 1, 2007, a person who owns or operates an establishment shall not:

(a) Hire a person to sell or serve alcoholic beverages or perform the duties of a security guard at the establishment unless:

(1) The person hired to sell or serve alcoholic beverages or perform the duties of a security guard at the establishment has already successfully completed a certified program and already holds a valid alcohol education card or

(2) The person who owns or operates the establishment ensures that the person hired to sell or serve alcoholic beverages or perform the duties of a security guard at the establishment, within 30 days after the date on which he is hired, successfully completes a certified program and obtains a valid alcohol education card or

(b) Continue to employ a person who was hired before that date to sell or serve alcoholic beverages or perform the duties of a security guard at the establishment unless:

(1) The person who continues to be employed to sell or serve alcoholic beverages or perform the duties of a security guard at the establishment has already successfully completed a certified program and already holds a valid alcohol education card or

(2) The person who owns or operates the establishment ensures that the person who continues to be employed to sell or serve alcoholic beverages or perform the duties of a security guard at the establishment, not later than July 31, 2007, successfully completes a certified program and obtains a valid alcohol education card.

2. The Department shall impose upon an owner or operator of an establishment who violates any of the provisions of this section an administrative fine of not more than:

(a) For the first violation within a 24-month period, $500.

(b) For the second violation within a 24-month period, $1,000.

(c) For the third and any subsequent violation within a 24-month period, $5,000.

3. Of the money collected by the Department from fines pursuant to subsection 2:

(a) Fifty percent must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Fund for the Compensation of Victims of Crime created by NRS 217.260.

(b) Fifty percent must be deposited in the Alcoholic Beverage Awareness Program Account, which is hereby created in the State General Fund. The Account must be administered by the Commission. The interest and income earned on the money in the Account, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the Account. The money in the Account must be used solely to reduce the costs for employees to complete programs certified by the Commission pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 369.625.

4. Any law enforcement agency whose officer discovers a violation of this section shall report the violation to the Department.

5. The provisions of this section apply only in a jurisdiction that:

(a) Is located in a county whose population is 100,000 or more or

(b) Is located in a county whose population is less than 100,000, if the governing body of the jurisdiction has, by the affirmative vote of a majority of its members, agreed to be bound by the provisions of this section.

6. As used in this section:

(a) "Certified program" means an alcoholic beverage awareness program certified by the Commission pursuant to NRS 369.625.

(b) "Valid alcohol education card" means a card issued by a certified program which has been obtained or renewed within the immediately preceding 4 years.