Assembly Bill No. 103–Committee on Judiciary

 

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AN ACT relating to the Department of Corrections; eliminating the requirement for the Director of the Department of Corrections to return, upon the expiration or termination of the imprisonment of a prisoner, a certified copy of the judgment of conviction to the county clerk of the issuing county; requiring the Director of the Department to submit a list each month to each county clerk providing certain information concerning offenders who were released from prison or discharged from parole during the previous month; 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 176.335 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    176.335  1.  If a judgment is for imprisonment in the state

prison, the sheriff of the county shall, on receipt of the triplicate

certified copies of the judgment of conviction, immediately notify

the Director of the Department of Corrections and the Director shall,

without delay, send some authorized person to the county where the

prisoner is held for commitment to receive the prisoner.

    2.  When such an authorized person presents to the sheriff

holding the prisoner his order for the delivery of the prisoner, the

sheriff shall deliver to the authorized person two of the certified

copies of the judgment of conviction and a copy of the report of the

presentence investigation or general investigation, as appropriate, if

required pursuant to NRS 176.159, and take from the person a

receipt for the prisoner, and the sheriff shall make return upon his

certified copy of the judgment of conviction, showing his

proceedings thereunder, and both that copy with the return affixed

thereto and the receipt from the authorized person must be filed with

the county clerk.

    3.  The term of imprisonment designated in the judgment of

conviction must begin on the date of sentence of the prisoner by the

court.

    [4.  Upon the expiration of the term of imprisonment of the

prisoner, or the termination thereof for any legal reason, the Director

of the Department of Corrections shall return one of his certified

copies of the judgment of conviction to the county clerk of the

county from whence it was issued, with a brief report of his

proceedings thereunder endorsed thereon, and the endorsed copy

must be filed with the county clerk. The return must show the cause

of the termination of such imprisonment, whether by death, legal

discharge or otherwise.]

    Sec. 2.  Chapter 209 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

thereto a new section to read as follows:

    On or before the fifth day of each month, the Director shall

submit to each county clerk in this state a list which provides:

    1.  The name of each offender who was released from prison

by expiration of his term of imprisonment during the previous

month or who was discharged from parole during the previous

month; and

    2.  The case number of each offense for which the offender

was released or discharged.

    Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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