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2018 Open Meeting Law Opinion Op. Nev. Att'y Gen. 1 (2018)

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ADAM PAUL LAXALT
   Attorney General


         STATE  OF NEVADA
OFFICE  OF THE ATTORNEY   GENERAL
   555 East Washington Avenue, Ste. 3900
        Las Vegas, Nevada 89101


    J. BRIN GIBSON
 First Assistant Attorney General
NICHOLAS A. TRUTANICH
       cidefofstaff
   KETAN D. BHIRUD
      Genieral Counsel


                                May 1, 2018
Via U.S. Mail and Electronic Mail


Jessica A. Smith


Re:


Yerington/Mason Valley Fire Protection District - Open
Meeting  Law  Complaint,  O.A.G. File No. 13897-238


Dear Ms. Smith:

      The  Office of the Attorney General (OAG) is in receipt of your complaint
(Complaint)  alleging a violation of the  Open  Meeting   Law  (OML)   by the
Yerington/Mason  Valley Fire Protection District (District). Your Complaint alleges
the District failed to provide you with supporting materials, including the agenda,
for its June and July 2017 board meetings.

      The  OAG   has  statutory enforcement powers  under  the OML,   and the
authority to investigate and prosecute violations of the OML. NRS 241.037; NRS
241.039; NRS   241.040. In response to the  Complaint, the OAG   reviewed the
Complaint and attachments.

                         FACTUAL BACKGROUND

      The District is a public body as defined in NRS 241.015(4), subject to the
OML.  According to your Complaint, on April 20, 2017, you sent an email to Theresa
Spinuzzi, Administrative Secretary for the District, in which you made the following
request:

         As  mentioned last night, I would like to request documents
         pertaining to the District Board Meetings  such as, but  not
         limited  to; agenda,  budget  documents   (draft/final), draft


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