SUMMARY--Revises provisions governing rate of imprisonment in default of administrative assessment, fine or forfeiture. (BDR 14-677)
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 sentencing; revising the provisions that govern the rate of imprisonment in default of an administrative assessment, fine or forfeiture; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1 NRS 176.065 is hereby amended to read as follows:
176.065 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, [whenever] when a person is sentenced to both fine and imprisonment, or to pay a forfeiture in addition to imprisonment, he must be confined in the state prison, the city or county jail , or a detention facility, whichever is designated in his sentence of imprisonment, for an additional period of 1 day for each [$25] $75 of the amount until the administrative assessment and the fine or forfeiture are satisfied or the maximum term of imprisonment prescribed by law for the offense committed has elapsed, whichever is earlier, but his eligibility for parole is governed only by his sentence of imprisonment.
2. The provisions of this section do not apply to indigent persons.
Sec. 2. NRS 176.075 is hereby amended to read as follows:
176.075 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, [whenever] when a person is sentenced to pay a fine or forfeiture without an accompanying sentence of imprisonment, he must be confined in the city or county jail or detention facility for a period of not more than 1 day for each [$25] $75 of the amount until the administrative assessment and the fine or forfeiture are satisfied.
2. The provisions of this section do not apply to indigent persons.