Assembly Bill No. 515

Assembly Bill No. 515-Assemblymen Koivisto, Herrera, Gustavson, Ohrenschall, Sandoval, Anderson, Buckley, Carpenter, Nolan, Manendo, Cegavske, Collins, Lee, Parks, Lambert, Chowning, Freeman, Bache, Giunchigliani and Krenzer

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AN ACT relating to crimes; enhancing the penalty for gross misdemeanors that are committed on public or private school property, on a school bus or at a bus stop; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

[Approved July 8, 1997]

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

Section 1. Chapter 193 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. Any person who commits a gross misdemeanor on the property of a public or private school, at an activity sponsored by a public or private school, or on a school bus or at a bus stop used to load and unload a school bus while the bus is engaged in its official duties:
(a) Shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not fewer than 15 days but not more than 1 year; and
(b) In addition to imprisonment, may be punished by a fine of not more than $2,000.
2. For the purposes of this section, "school bus" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 483.160.
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.
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