(On Behalf of the Nevada Sheriffs and Chiefs Association)
February 6, 1997
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Referred to Committee on Judiciary
SUMMARY--Revises provisions governing fees for records of criminal history. (BDR 14-547)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: Yes.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to records of criminal history; revising the provisions governing the fees for such records; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. NRS 179A.140 is hereby amended to read as follows:
179A.140 [Agencies of criminal justice:
1. Shall charge a fee for information relating to sexual offenses or other records of criminal history furnished in response to a request by a prospective employer concerning an applicant for employment; and
2. May]
1. An agency of criminal justice may charge a reasonable fee for [any other] information relating to sexual offenses or other records of criminal history furnished to any person or governmental entity except another agency of criminal justice.
[3.] The central repository shall not charge such a fee for information relating to a person regarding whom the central repository furnished a similar report within the immediately preceding 6 months in conjunction with the application by that person for professional licensure.
2. All money received or collected by the department pursuant to this section must be used to defray the cost of operating the central repository.
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1997.