Nevada Revised Statutes 338.1593 – Confidentiality of information obtained by or disclosed to public body in connection with request, proposal or public-private partnership
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any information obtained by or disclosed to a public body in connection with a request or proposal pursuant to NRS 338.159 or 338.1591 or during the procurement or negotiation of a public-private partnership pursuant to NRS 338.1588 must be kept confidential until a notice of intent to award the contract, agreement or public-private partnership is issued, absent an administrative or judicial order requiring release or disclosure.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 338.1593
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Public body: means the State, county, city, town, school district or any public agency of this State or its political subdivisions sponsoring or financing a public work. See Nevada Revised Statutes 338.010
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, a public body may exempt from release to the public any trade secrets or confidential commercial, financial or proprietary information included in a request or proposal submitted to the public body pursuant to subsection 1 if the submitter:
(a) Specifies the portions of the proposal or other submission that the submitter considers to be trade secrets or confidential commercial, financial or proprietary information;
(b) Invokes exclusion upon submission of the information or other materials for which protection is sought;
(c) Identifies the data or other materials for which protection is sought with conspicuous labeling;
(d) States the reasons why protection is necessary; and
(e) Fully complies with all applicable state law with respect to information that the submitter contends should be exempt from disclosure.