Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 332 - Purchasing: Local Governments

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Authorized representative: means a person designated by the governing body to be responsible for the development, award and proper administration of all purchases and contracts for a local government or a department, division, agency, board or unit of a local government made pursuant to this chapter. See Nevada Revised Statutes 332.025
• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Charter school: means a public school that is formed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 388A of NRS. See Nevada Revised Statutes 385.007
• Chief administrative officer: means the person directly responsible to the governing body for the administration of that particular entity. See Nevada Revised Statutes 332.025
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• confidential business information: means any information relating to the amount or source of any income, profits, losses or expenditures of a person, including data relating to cost, price, or the customers of a responding offeror which is submitted in support of a response. See Nevada Revised Statutes 332.025
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Council: means the State Council on Libraries and Literacy. See Nevada Revised Statutes 380A.021
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Evaluator: means an authorized representative, officer, employee, representative, agent, consultant or member of a governing body who has participated in:

  (a) The evaluation of responses;

  (b) Negotiations concerning purchasing by a local government; or

  (c) The review or approval of the award, modification or extension of a contract. See Nevada Revised Statutes 332.025

• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Governing body: means the board, council, commission or other body in which the general legislative and fiscal powers of the local government are vested. See Nevada Revised Statutes 332.025
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Homeschooled child: means a child who receives instruction at home and who is exempt from compulsory enrollment and attendance pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes 385.007
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• local government: means :

  (a) Every political subdivision or other entity which has the right to levy or receive money from ad valorem taxes or other taxes or from any mandatory assessments, including counties, cities, towns, school districts and other districts organized pursuant to chapters 244, 318, 318A, 379, 450, 474, 539, 541, 543 and 555 of NRS. See Nevada Revised Statutes 332.015

• Local school precinct: has the meaning ascribed to it in Nevada Revised Statutes 332.025
• On-line solicitation: means a process by which a responding offeror submits a response to a solicitation on a secure website on the Internet or its successor, if any, which is established and maintained for that purpose. See Nevada Revised Statutes 332.025
• 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.
• physician: means a person who engages in the practice of medicine, including osteopathy and homeopathy. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.040
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• population: means the number of people in a specified area as determined by the last preceding national decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce pursuant to Section 2 of Nevada Revised Statutes 0.050
• Proprietary information: means :

  (a) Any trade secret or confidential business information that is contained in a response submitted to a governing body or its authorized representative on a particular contract; or

  (b) Any other trade secret or confidential business information submitted to a governing body or its authorized representative by a responding offeror and designated as proprietary by the governing body or its authorized representative. See Nevada Revised Statutes 332.025

• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Public schools: means all kindergartens and elementary schools, junior high schools and middle schools, high schools, charter schools and any other schools, classes and educational programs which receive their support through public taxation and, except for charter schools, whose textbooks and courses of study are under the control of the State Board. See Nevada Revised Statutes 385.007
• Responding offeror: means a person who responds to a solicitation made by a governing body or its authorized representative. See Nevada Revised Statutes 332.025
• Solicitation: means a written statement which sets forth the requirements and specifications of a contract to be awarded by:

  (a) An invitation to bid;

  (b) A request for proposals;

  (c) A request for a statement of qualifications;

  (d) A request for a quotation; or

  (e) Any other accepted method of purchasing that complies with the provisions of this chapter. See Nevada Revised Statutes 332.025

• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Trade secret: has the meaning ascribed to it in Nevada Revised Statutes 332.025
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.