SUMMARY--Enhances penalty for gross misdemeanors committed on school property, on school bus or at bus stop. (BDR 15-1278)
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; 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.
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.