332.800 - Interest of member of governing body or evaluator in contract prohibited; exception; penalty.
332.800 Interest of member of governing body or evaluator in contract prohibited; exception; penalty.
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 281.230, 281A.430 and 281A.530, a member of the governing body may not be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract entered into by the governing body, but the governing body may purchase supplies, not to exceed $1,500 in the aggregate in any 1 calendar month from a member of such governing body, when not to do so would be of great inconvenience due to a lack of any other local source.
2. An evaluator may not be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract awarded by such governing body or its authorized representative.
3. A member of a governing body who furnishes supplies in the manner permitted by subsection 1 may not vote on the allowance of the claim for such supplies.
4. A violation of this section is a misdemeanor and, in the case of a member of a governing body, cause for removal from office.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1539; A 2001, 1318; 2003, 891)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 332.155)