Senate Bill No. 290–Senator Carlton

 

March 14, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs

 

SUMMARY—Requires armories and other places used for storage of weapons to be equipped with alarm system under certain circumstances. (BDR 36‑914)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: Yes.

                           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 public safety; requiring armories and other places used for the storage of weapons to be equipped with an alarm system under certain circumstances; requiring as a condition of certification that peace officers be informed of the requirement of an alarm system; 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 412.102 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2  412.102  1.  The Office shall provide and maintain armories

1-3  suitable for conducting drills and the safekeeping of federal military

1-4  property, with light, water and heat, for the units of the Nevada

1-5  National Guard organized in the several counties of the State. The

1-6  Office shall ensure that each armory and other place provided by

1-7  the Office for the storage of five or more weapons is equipped with

1-8  an alarm system that is monitored from a remote location.

1-9  2.  The expenses of procuring and maintaining the armories,

1-10  including, without limitation, the alarm systems described in

1-11  subsection 1, and the monthly allowance to cover incidental

1-12  expenses which may be incurred by each unit, must be paid from the

1-13  appropriation for the support of the Nevada National Guard.

 

2-1  Sec. 2.  Chapter 1 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto

2-2  a new section to read as follows:

2-3  Each court of justice for this state shall ensure that each

2-4  armory and other place used by the court of justice for the storage

2-5  of five or more weapons is equipped with an alarm system that is

2-6  monitored from a remote location.

2-7  Sec. 3.  Chapter 232 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

2-8  thereto a new section to read as follows:

2-9  1.  Each state agency shall ensure that each armory and other

2-10  place used by the state agency for the storage of five or more

2-11  weapons is equipped with an alarm system that is monitored from

2-12  a remote location.

2-13      2.  As used in this section, “state agency” means every public

2-14  agency, bureau, board, commission, department, division or

2-15  officer of the Executive Department of State Government.

2-16      Sec. 4.  Chapter 244 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

2-17  thereto a new section to read as follows:

2-18      1.  Each county agency shall ensure that each armory and

2-19  other place used by the county agency for the storage of five or

2-20  more weapons is equipped with an alarm system that is monitored

2-21  from a remote location.

2-22      2.  As used in this section, “county agency” means any

2-23  bureau, board, commission, department, division or officer of a

2-24  county.

2-25      Sec. 5.  Chapter 258 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

2-26  thereto a new section to read as follows:

2-27      Each constable shall ensure that each armory and other place

2-28  used by the constable for the storage of five or more weapons is

2-29  equipped with an alarm system that is monitored from a remote

2-30  location.

2-31      Sec. 6.  Chapter 268 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

2-32  thereto a new section to read as follows:

2-33      1.  Each city agency shall ensure that each armory and other

2-34  place used by the city agency for the storage of five or more

2-35  weapons is equipped with an alarm system that is monitored from

2-36  a remote location.

2-37      2.  As used in this section, “city agency” means any bureau,

2-38  board, commission, department, division or officer of a city.

2-39      Sec. 7.  Chapter 269 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

2-40  thereto a new section to read as follows:

2-41      Each police department or other law enforcement agency of a

2-42  town shall ensure that each armory and other place used by the

2-43  police department or law enforcement agency for the storage of

2-44  five or more weapons is equipped with an alarm system that is

2-45  monitored from a remote location.

3-1  Sec. 8.  Chapter 280 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

3-2  thereto a new section to read as follows:

3-3  Each department shall ensure that each armory and other

3-4  place used by the department for the storage of five or more

3-5  weapons is equipped with an alarm system that is monitored from

3-6  a remote location.

3-7  Sec. 9.  Chapter 289 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

3-8  thereto a new section to read as follows:

3-9  As a condition of the certification of each peace officer, the

3-10  Commission shall require each peace officer to be informed that

3-11  an armory and other place used for the storage of five or more

3-12  weapons is required by statute to be equipped with an alarm

3-13  system that is monitored from a remote location.

3-14      Sec. 10.  NRS 289.450 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-15      289.450  As used in NRS 289.450 to 289.600, inclusive, and

3-16  section 9 of this act, unless the context otherwise requires, the

3-17  words and terms defined in NRS 289.460 to 289.490, inclusive,

3-18  have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

3-19      Sec. 11.  Chapter 386 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

3-20  thereto a new section to read as follows:

3-21      If the board of trustees of a school district employs or appoints

3-22  persons to serve as school police officers pursuant to NRS 391.100

3-23  or to serve pursuant to NRS 393.0718, the board of trustees of the

3-24  school district shall ensure that each armory and other place used

3-25  by such officers or persons for the storage of five or more weapons

3-26  is equipped with an alarm system that is monitored from a remote

3-27  location.

3-28      Sec. 12.  Chapter 396 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

3-29  thereto a new section to read as follows:

3-30      The police department for the System shall ensure that each

3-31  armory and other place used by the police department for the

3-32  storage of five or more weapons is equipped with an alarm system

3-33  that is monitored from a remote location.

3-34      Sec. 13.  This act becomes effective upon passage and

3-35  approval.

 

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