SUMMARY--Increases minimum fee that parolee or probationer is required to pay to defray costs of supervision. (BDR 16-1836)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
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 offenders; increasing the minimum fee that a parolee or probationer is required to pay to defray the cost of supervision; 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 213.1076 is hereby amended to read as follows:
213.10761. The division shall:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, charge each parolee or probationer a fee to defray the cost of his supervision.
(b) Adopt by regulation a schedule of fees to defray the costs of supervision of a parolee or probationer. The regulation must provide for a monthly fee of at least [$12.] $30.
2. The chief may waive the fee to defray the cost of supervision, in whole or in part, if he determines that payment of the fee would create an economic hardship on the parolee or probationer.
3. Unless waived pursuant to subsection 2, the payment by a parolee or probationer of a fee charged pursuant to subsection 1 is a condition of his parole or probation.
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1997.