EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

1-1 Section 1. NRS 200.610 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 200.610 As used in NRS 200.610 to 200.690, inclusive:

1-14 officer in the ordinary course of his duties; or

2-1 (2) A hearing aid or similar device being used to correct subnormal

2-2 hearing to not better than normal; or

2-3 (b) Any sending or receiving equipment.

2-4 2. "Person" [includes public officials and law enforcement officers of

2-5 the state and of a county or municipality or other political subdivision of

2-6 the state.

2-7 2.] has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 179.445.

2-8 3. "Wire communication" means the transmission of writing, signs,

2-9 signals, pictures and sounds of all kinds by wire, cable, or other similar

2-10 connection between the points of origin and reception of such

2-11 transmission, including all facilities and services incidental to such

2-12 transmission, which facilities and services include, among other things, the

2-13 receipt, forwarding and delivering of communications.

2-14 [3.] 4. "Radio communication" means the transmission of writing,

2-15 signs, signals, pictures, and sounds of all kinds by radio or other wireless

2-16 methods, including all facilities and services incidental to such

2-17 transmission, which facilities and services include, among other things, the

2-18 receipt, forwarding and delivering of communications. The term does not

2-19 include the transmission of writing, signs, signals, pictures and sounds

2-20 broadcast by amateurs or public or municipal agencies of the State of

2-21 Nevada, or by others for the use of the general public.

2-22 Sec. 2. NRS 200.620 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-23 200.620 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 179.410 to

2-42 operate the service or facilities of that person.

3-1 3. Any person who has made an interception in an emergency situation

3-2 as provided in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 shall, within 72 hours of the

3-3 interception, make a written application to a justice of the supreme court or

3-4 district judge for ratification of the interception. The interception must not

3-5 be ratified unless the applicant shows that:

3-6 (a) An emergency situation existed and it was impractical to obtain a

3-7 court order before the interception; and

3-8 (b) Except for the absence of a court order, the interception met the

3-9 requirements of NRS 179.410 to 179.515, inclusive.

3-10 4. NRS 200.610 to 200.690, inclusive, do not prohibit the recording,

3-11 and NRS 179.410 to 179.515, inclusive, do not prohibit the reception in

3-12 evidence, of conversations on wire or radio communications installed in

3-13 the office of an official law enforcement or fire-fighting agency, or a

3-14 public utility, if the equipment used for the recording is installed in a

3-15 facility for wire communications or on a telephone with a number listed in

3-16 a directory, on which emergency calls or requests by a person for response

3-17 by the law enforcement or fire-fighting agency or public utility are likely

3-18 to be received. In addition, those sections do not prohibit the recording or

3-19 reception in evidence of conversations initiated by the law enforcement or

3-20 fire-fighting agency or public utility from such a facility or telephone in

3-21 connection with responding to the original call or request, if the agency or

3-22 public utility informs the other party that the conversation is being

3-23 recorded.

3-24 Sec. 3. NRS 179.430 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-25 179.430 "Intercept" means the aural or other acquisition of the

3-28 equipment.

3-29 Sec. 4. The amendatory provisions of this act do not apply to offenses

3-30 that were committed before October 1, 1999.