1. Assembly Bill No. 82–Committee on Judiciary

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AN ACT relating to sanity commissions; revising the provisions governing the compensation

of the members of a sanity commission; 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 178.465 is hereby amended to read as follows:

  1. 178.465 The members of the sanity commission are only entitled to
  1. receive [reasonable compensation fixed by the judge impaneling the
  1. commission.] compensation for conducting an examination of and
  1. preparing reports regarding the person designated by the judge in the
  1. order impaneling the commission. In consultation with the presiding
  1. judge of the judicial district from which the order to impanel the
  1. commission was issued or, if the district has no presiding judge, a judge
  1. designated by mutual consent of the district judges of that district, the
  1. administrator of the division of mental health and developmental services
  1. of the department of human resources shall fix a reasonable rate of
  1. compensation for the members of the commission. The compensation is a
  1. charge against and must be paid by the division [of mental health and
  1. developmental services of the department of human resources] upon an
  1. order therefor signed by the judge who impaneled the commission and
  1. submitted to the administrator . [of the division.] The administrator shall
  1. submit a claim for payment of the order in the manner provided by law.
  1. After the appropriation for this purpose is exhausted, money must be
  1. allocated to the division [of mental health and developmental services] out
  1. of the reserve for statutory contingency account upon approval by the state
  1. board of examiners, for payment of the compensation.

Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1999.

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