Senate Bill No. 14

Senate Bill No. 14-Committee on Judiciary

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AN ACT relating to the state board of parole commissioners; eliminating the limitation on the number of terms a member of the board may serve; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

[Approved March 31, 1997]

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

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Section 1. NRS 213.1087 is hereby amended to read as follows:
213.1087 1. [After the initial terms, the] The term of office of each member of the board is 4 years.
2. Appointments to the board must be made by the governor within 60 days from the time any vacancy occurs.
3. [The governor shall not appoint a person to serve as a member of the board for more than two terms. A member of the board shall be deemed to have served a full term if he serves as a member for more than 2 years during any given term.
4.] Members of the board are in the unclassified service of the state. They shall devote their entire time and attention to the business of the board and shall not pursue any other business or occupation or hold any other office of profit which detracts from the full and timely performance of their duties.
[5.] 4. Any member of the board may administer an oath or affirmation to any person offering to testify upon the hearing of an application for parole or in a parole revocation hearing, and any district judge, county clerk or notary public may take and certify an affidavit or deposition to be used upon such an application, either for or against it, or in a parole revocation hearing.
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.
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