Assembly Bill No. 189

Assembly Bill No. 189-Assemblymen Carpenter, Sandoval, Anderson, Herrera, Collins, Neighbors, Ohrenschall and Gustavson

February 19, 1997
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Referred to Committee on Judiciary

SUMMARY--Requires certain boards of county commissioners to conduct study regarding feasibility of establishing program to require inmates of its county jail to perform community service. (BDR S-752)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: Yes.

Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.

EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.

AN ACT relating to community service by county inmates; requiring certain boards of county commissioners to conduct a study regarding the feasibility of establishing a program to require the inmates of its county jail to perform community service; providing an exception; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

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Section 1 1. Each board of county commissioners of a county that does not have a program that requires inmates housed in its county jail to perform community service on or before January 6, 1998, shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of establishing a program which would require such a program.
2. The study must include, without limitation, an analysis of:
(a) The cost of establishing such a program, including, without limitation, the cost of any payment for an insurance policy, payment for the overtime of county employees and costs of transportation;
(b) The amount of money that the county would save if the inmates performed community service;
(c) Any issue regarding the safety and security of the public, the inmates and personnel of the county jail and law enforcement agencies; and
(d) The jobs and services that the inmates could perform in the community.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1, each board of county commissioners shall submit a report containing its findings on or before January 6, 1999, to the director of the legislative counsel bureau for transmittal to the 70th session of the Nevada legislature.
Sec. 2 The provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 354.599 do not apply to any additional expenses of a local government that are related to the provisions of this act.