Assembly Bill No. 189

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

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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.

[Approved June 6, 1997]

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.
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