SUMMARY--Prohibits person from carrying or possessing dangerous knife while on property of school. (BDR 15-1718)
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 crimes; prohibiting a person from carrying or possessing a dangerous knife while on the property of the University and Community College System of Nevada or a private or public school; providing a penalty; 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 202.265 is hereby amended to read as follows:
202.2651. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall not carry or possess, while on the property of the University and Community College System of Nevada or a private or public school or while in a vehicle of a private or public school:
(a) An explosive or incendiary device;
(b) A dirk, dagger [or] , switchblade knife [;] or dangerous knife;
(c) A nunchaku or trefoil;
(d) A blackjack or billy club or metal knuckles; or
(e) A pistol, revolver or other firearm.
2. Any person who violates subsection 1 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
3. This section does not prohibit the possession of a weapon listed in subsection 1 on the property of a private or public school by a:
(a) Peace officer;
(b) School security guard; or
(c) Person having written permission from the president of a branch or facility of the University and Community College System of Nevada or the principal of the school to carry or possess the weapon.
4. For the purposes of this section:
(a) "Dangerous knife" means a knife having a blade that is 2 inches or more in length when measured from the tip of the knife which is customarily sharpened to the unsharpened extension of the blade which forms the hinge connecting the blade to the handle.
(b) "Explosive or incendiary device" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 202.260.
[(b)] (c) "Firearm" includes:
(1) Any device used to mark the clothing of a person with paint or any other substance; and
(2) Any device from which a metallic projectile, including any ball bearing or pellet, may be expelled by means of spring, gas, air or other force.
[(c)] (d) "Nunchaku" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 202.350.
[(d)] (e) "Switchblade knife" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 202.350.
[(e)] (f) "Trefoil" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 202.350.
[(f)] (g) "Vehicle" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 484.148.
Sec. 2 The amendatory provisions of this act do not apply to offenses that are committed before October 1, 1997.
Sec. 3 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.