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Nevada Revised Statutes Title 17. State Legislative Department AB 254, § 8. Duties of Joint Interim Standing Committee on Education; report

Current as of January 01, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

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.

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