1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 244.367 , a board of county commissioners may by ordinance provide for the imposition of a civil penalty in lieu of a criminal penalty for the violation of an ordinance enacted by the board concerning the licensing or regulation of businesses unless state law provides a criminal penalty for the same act or omission. 2. If a board of county commissioners adopts an ordinance providing for the imposition of a civil penalty in lieu of a criminal penalty as described in subsection 1, the board shall: (a) Determine violations and levy civil penalties for those violations; or (b) Delegate to a hearing officer or hearing board the authority to determine violations and levy civil penalties for those violations. 3. The amount of a civil penalty levied pursuant to subsection 2 must not exceed $1,000 for each violation. 4. As used in this section, an ordinance concerning the licensing or regulation of businesses includes, without limitation, an ordinance that: (a) Prescribes the criteria that must be satisfied before the business may be licensed in the county or its license may be renewed in the county; (b) Sets forth the licensing fee that must be paid before the business may be licensed in the county or its license may be renewed in the county; (c) Describes the practices, transactions or acts in which a business licensed in the county may engage; (d) Describes the practices, transactions or acts in which a business licensed in the county is prohibited from engaging; or (e) Prohibits the operation within the county of a business that is: (1) Unlicensed; or (2) Not licensed to engage in the particular activities in which it is engaging.
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