NRS 338.1593 - Confidentiality of information obtained by or disclosed to public body in connection with request, proposal or public-private partnership.

NV Rev Stat § 338.1593 (2019) (N/A)

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1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any information obtained by or disclosed to a public body in connection with a request or proposal pursuant to NRS 338.159 or 338.1591 or during the procurement or negotiation of a public-private partnership pursuant to NRS 338.1588 must be kept confidential until a notice of intent to award the contract, agreement or public-private partnership is issued, absent an administrative or judicial order requiring release or disclosure.

2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, a public body may exempt from release to the public any trade secrets or confidential commercial, financial or proprietary information included in a request or proposal submitted to the public body pursuant to subsection 1 if the submitter:

(a) Specifies the portions of the proposal or other submission that the submitter considers to be trade secrets or confidential commercial, financial or proprietary information;

(b) Invokes exclusion upon submission of the information or other materials for which protection is sought;

(d) States the reasons why protection is necessary; and

(e) Fully complies with all applicable state law with respect to information that the submitter contends should be exempt from disclosure.

(Added to NRS by 2017, 3201)

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