581.530 - Duties.
581.530 Duties. The Council shall:
1. Conduct appropriate research and investigations to determine the problems experienced by business, industry, science, engineering, education, labor, governmental agencies and the people of Nevada in a transition to the metric system.
2. Provide information on the metric system and on conversion to its use.
3. Recommend legislation and amendments to regulations of executive agencies to provide for an orderly transition to the metric system.
4. Cooperate with the United States Metric Board where appropriate.
5. Report to the Legislature and the Governor through the Director of the State Department of Agriculture during the month of January of each odd-numbered year on its activities and the progress toward conversion to the metric system of weights and measures.
6. Perform other duties necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 581.500 to 581.540, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 335; A 1993, 1774; 1999, 3715)
NRS 581.540 Representative of executive agency or political subdivision. Any executive agency or political subdivision of the State interested in assisting the Council shall appoint a representative to participate in the Council’s activities as part of the representative’s official duties.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 335)