1. Before a contract is awarded, a responding offeror or an officer, employee, representative, agent or consultant of such a person shall not:
(a) Make an offer or promise of future employment or business opportunity to, or engage in a discussion of future employment or business opportunity with, an evaluator or member of the governing body offering the contract;
(b) Offer, give or promise to offer or give money, a gratuity or any other thing of value to an evaluator or member of the governing body offering the contract; or
(c) Solicit or obtain from an officer, employee or member of the governing body offering the contract:
(1) Any proprietary information regarding the contract; or
(2) Any information regarding a response to a solicitation submitted by another person, unless such information is available to the general public.
2. A person who violates any of the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 364 days, or by a fine of not less than $2,000 nor more than $50,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1731; A 2001, 1318; 2007, 2468; 2013, 982; 2019, 778)