SUMMARY--Requires parolees to submit to periodic tests for controlled substances as condition of parole. (BDR 16-111)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: Yes.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to parole; requiring parolees to submit to periodic tests for controlled substances as a condition of parole; 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 213.123 is hereby amended to read as follows:
213.123 1. Upon the granting of parole to a prisoner, the board [may, when the circumstances warrant,] shall require as a condition of parole that the parolee submit to periodic tests to determine whether the parolee is using [any] a controlled substance. [Any such use or any] The use of a controlled substance or the failure or refusal to submit to a test is a ground for revocation of parole.
2. Any expense incurred as a result of [any] a test is a charge against the division.