Assembly Bill No. 102–Committee on Judiciary

 

(On Behalf of the Attorney General)

 

February 13, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Judiciary

 

SUMMARY—Provides that eligibility for parole for prisoner serving consecutive sentences is based upon longest sentence. (BDR 16‑445)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: Yes.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to crimes; providing that prisoners serving two or more consecutive sentences must serve the longer of the sentences before becoming eligible for parole; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1  Section 1. NRS 213.1213 is hereby amended to read as

1-2  follows:

1-3  213.1213  If a prisoner is sentenced pursuant to NRS 176.035 to

1-4  serve two or more concurrent or consecutive sentences, whether or

1-5  not the sentences are identical in length or other characteristics,

1-6  eligibility for parole from any of the concurrent or consecutive

1-7  sentences must be based on the sentence which requires the longest

1-8  period before the prisoner is eligible for parole.

 

1-9  H