NVDEMS Roberta Lange Chair, Nevada State Democratic Party 6233 Dean Martin Drive Las Vegas, NV 89118 February 28, 2017 Barbara Bolton Custodian of Records, Administration Division ‘Nevada Gaming Control Board P.O. Box 8003 Carson City, NV 89702-8003 Dear Public Records Request Officer: Under the Nevada Open Records Act § 239 er seg., I write to request a copy of a publicly- reported recording of a meeting between Gaming Control Board Chairman A.G. Burnett and Attomey General Adam Laxalt in April of 2016, regarding a then-ongoing wrongfial termination lawsuit against the Las Vegas Sands Corporation. According to news sources, Chairman Burnett recorded this conversation and subsequently turned the recording over to the Federal Bureau of Investigations based on the content of the conversation.’ As a recording made by the head of a state agency that was preserved as evidence due to the information contained therein, this recording falls squarely within the definition of “official state record” under Nevada public records law. The Nevada Independent also requested a copy of this recording on February 16, 2017, explaining that “[bJecause the recording was made in the furtherance of Chairman A.G. Burnett's public duties, the recording is ipso facto a public record.” " Jon Ralston, Chief Gaming Regulator Secretly Recorded Conversation with Attorney General, Turned Tape Over 10 FBI, The Nevada Independent (Feb. 15, 2017), available at hitos:/ithenevadaindependeny cle/ehier- gaming. regulator-gave-recording-of-conversation with Nev. Rev. Stat. §239.005(6K) Ralston, supra note I eNVDEMS NVDEMS.COM P 702.737.8683 F 702.735.2700 6293 DEAN MARTIN DRIVE LAS VEGAS, NV 89118.3800In addition to this letter, I have also submitted a request for same public record through your online system. The preferred delivery method for this request is email, if the format allows. Ifa recording of the conversation is not available, we request a complete transcript of the conversation. If fees for searching or copying these records exceed $25.00, please let me know. | understand that I am required to pay in full prior to the reproduction of this material Pursuant to Section 239.0107(1) of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the records | am requesting should be made available to me no later than five business days from the date you receive this, request. If accessing and reproducing the records take longer than five business days, please contact me with information about when I might expect copies or the ability to inspect the requested records. If you deny any or all of this request, please cite each specific exemption you feel justifies the refusal to release the information and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me under the law. Thank you for considering my request and I look forward to hearing back from you within five business days regarding this request. Sincerely, Katie foamy Roberta Lange Chair, Nevada State Democ 702.737.8683 * Public Records Request Form, Nevada Gaming Control Board, available at ntp://saming.nv.gov/index aspx 'recordid 1578p ‘See Nev. Rev. Stat, § 239.0107(1)(d).