Legislative Affairs
Kaempfer Crowell holds considerable experience in state legislative affairs, representing clients before state governmental entities and the Nevada Legislature. The legislative affairs team works year-round with lawmakers, governmental officials and business and community leaders on important issues that affect Nevada.
During the 2011 legislative session, Kaempfer Crowell represented a diverse group of more than 30 clients ranging from large national companies, to Nevada corporations, to civic and philanthropic organizations. The team worked successfully to advocate for clients on legislation that impacted various issues, including: insurance adjusters, property rights and eminent domain, children’s mental health, towing of vehicles, the formation of general improvement districts and supplemental health insurance coverage. The team was also actively engaged in the discussions surrounding redevelopment, independent contractors, construction defects and tax increment districts.
In 2009, the Firm successfully advocated on behalf of its clients on critical Nevada issues, including: renewable energy tax abatements and portfolio standards, sports pools and pari-mutual wagering, economic development and diversification funding, water resources and interbasin transfers, initiative petition signature gathering requirements, prohibition on statewide lotteries, public employee benefits, collective bargaining and workers compensation.
Among its accomplishments during the 2007 legislative session, the team secured passage of language impacting its clients on green building abatements, property tax “remainder parcel” abatements, hospital cost and quality transparency, resort liability for fraudulent entertainment advertising, highway funding, protecting wireless capabilities for master planned communities, real property transfer taxes and construction defect litigation. The legislative team was also significantly involved in broader policy issues such as statewide transportation funding, gaming policy issues, initiative petition reform and eminent domain.
During the 2005 legislative session, the team was successful in passing legislation clarifying the transfer of ownership provisions for publicly-owned telecommunications companies, prohibiting local government licensing of employed professionals, clarifying indemnification provisions of public works projects, clarifying contractor license requirements for master developers, and obtaining funding for regional economic development authorities.
Among the team’s successes in 2003 was the adoption of legislation that created a new water district for Lincoln County and revised provisions governing taxation of centrally-assessed properties. In 2001 the team secured passage of a contested property rights protection bill, county boundary line adjustments, interactive gaming provisions and professional liability amendments.
