Assembly Bill No. 422

Assembly Bill No. 422-Committee on Judiciary

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AN ACT relating to records of criminal history; adding a representative of the office of court administrator to the membership of the advisory committee for the uniform program for reporting crimes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

[Approved June 23, 1997]

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

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Section 1. NRS 179A.078 is hereby amended to read as follows:
179A.078 1. The director of the department shall establish within the central repository [,] a uniform program for reporting crimes [which] that is designed to collect statistical data relating to crime or delinquency of children and to facilitate the collection and analysis of statistical data relating to crime at a central location.
2. To assist in establishing and carrying out the program required by subsection 1, the director shall establish an advisory committee consisting of [seven] eight members selected by the director. The committee must be composed of:
(a) One member who represents an association of district judges in this state;
(b) One member who represents an association of justices of the peace and judges of municipal courts in this state;
(c) One member who represents an association of district attorneys in this state;
(d) One member who represents a law enforcement agency located in a county whose population is less than 400,000;
(e) One member who represents a law enforcement agency located in a county whose population is 400,000 or more;
(f) One member who represents the Nevada [Highway Patrol; and] highway patrol;
(g) One member who represents the University and Community College System of Nevada and has knowledge of the criminal justice system [.] ; and
(h) One member who represents the office of court administrator.
3. The members of the advisory committee are not entitled to receive compensation while engaged in the business of the advisory committee.
4. [Any] A member who is selected to fill a vacancy must possess the same general qualifications as his predecessor in office.
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.
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