Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada SB358: Requires certain units of government of this State to accept certain forms of payment. (BDR 19-759)
Status: Chaptered, June 9, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to governmental entities; requiring certain units of government of this State to accept certain forms of payment; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: This bill: (1) requires, with certain exceptions, each officer, agency, branch, board, commission, department, division, bureau, district, city, county or other political subdivision or unit of government of this State to accept from a business entity as payment for any fee, tax or other debt, payment by debit card, credit card, check or electronic transfer of money…
From the enrolled text, June 4, 2025:
AN ACT relating to governmental entities; requiring certain units of government of this State to accept certain forms of payment; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: This bill: (1) requires, with certain exceptions, each officer, agency, branch, board, commission, department, division, bureau, district, city, county or other political subdivision or unit of government of this State to accept from a business entity as payment for any fee, tax or other debt, payment by debit card, credit card, check or electronic transfer of money; and (2) authorizes such a governmental agency, at its discretion, to accept payment by other methods, including, without limitation, cash or money order. EXPLANATION - Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Chapter 237 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows: 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, each governmental agency shall accept from a business entity as payment for any fee, tax or other debt to the governmental agency payment by debit card, credit card, check or electronic transfer of money. 2. In addition to the methods of payment which a governmental agency is required by …