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AN ACT relating to the department of prisons; enacting provisions governing the operation of
vending machines located in the visitors’ areas of institutions and facilities of the
department; 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. Chapter 209 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a
new section to read as follows:
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the department shall
operate any vending machine that is located in a visitors’ area of a
facility or an institution of the department.
2. The department may enter into a contract with a private vendor to
operate a vending machine located in a visitors’ area of a facility or an
institution of the department.
3. If the department operates a vending machine pursuant to
subsection 1 or enters into a contract with a private vendor to operate a
vending machine pursuant to subsection 2, the money received by the
department from the operation of the vending machine, less any money
expended for overhead and operating expenses, must be deposited in the
offenders’ store fund created pursuant to NRS 209.221.
4. As used in this section, "vending machine" means any manual or
coin-operated machine or similar device for vending food, beverages or
other articles.
This act becomes effective on July 1, 1999.~