1. Joint Sponsors: Senators Amodei, Mathews,
   Shaffer and Wiener

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Section 1. Chapter 33 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

new section to read as follows:

Sec. 2. NRS 33.017 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1. domestic violence.

Sec. 3. NRS 33.020 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1. 33.020 1. If it appears to the satisfaction of the court from specific

1. temporary or extended order for protection against domestic violence must
2. not be granted to the applicant or the adverse party unless he has requested

1. the order and has filed a verified application that an act of domestic

1. violence has occurred or there exists a threat of domestic violence.

1. 2. The court may require the applicant or the adverse party, or both, to

1. appear before it before determining whether to grant the temporary or

1. extended order.

1. 3. A temporary order may be granted with or without notice to the

1. adverse party. An extended order may only be granted after notice to the

1. 1 judicial day after it is filed.

1. 5. If it appears to the satisfaction of the court from specific facts

1. communicated by telephone to the court by an alleged victim that an act of

1. domestic violence has occurred and the alleged perpetrator of the domestic

1. violence has been arrested and is presently in custody pursuant to NRS

1. 171.137, the court may grant a temporary order for protection against

1. domestic violence. Before approving an order under such circumstances,

1. the court shall confirm with the appropriate law enforcement agency that

1. the applicant is an alleged victim and that the alleged perpetrator is in

1. custody. Upon approval by the court, the signed order may be transmitted

1. to the facility where the alleged perpetrator is in custody by electronic or

1. telephonic transmission to a facsimile machine. If such an order is received

1. by the facility holding the alleged perpetrator while he is still in custody,

1. the order must be personally served by an authorized employee of the

1. facility before the alleged perpetrator is released. The court shall mail a

1. copy of each order issued pursuant to this subsection to the alleged victim

1. named in the order and cause the original order to be filed with the court

1. clerk on the first judicial day after it is issued.

1. 6. In a county whose population is 400,000 or more, the court shall be

1. available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including nonjudicial days and

1. holidays, to receive communications by telephone and for the issuance of a

1. temporary order for protection against domestic violence pursuant to

1. subsection 5.

1. 7. In a county whose population is less than 400,000, the court may be

1. available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including nonjudicial days and

1. holidays, to receive communications by telephone and for the issuance of a

1. temporary order for protection against domestic violence pursuant to

1. subsection 5.

1. 8. The clerk of the court shall inform the protected party upon the

1. successful transfer of information concerning the registration to the central

1. repository for Nevada records of criminal history as required pursuant to

1. NRS 33.095.

Sec. 4. NRS 33.080 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1. 33.080 1. A temporary order expires within such time, not to exceed

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