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Section 1. Chapter 289 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

Sec. 2. NRS 289.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1. 289.010 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. a peace officer for purposes of punishment.

Sec. 3. NRS 481.053 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1. 481.053 1. The governor shall appoint the peace officers’ standards

1. officers.
2. (d) Make necessary inquiries to determine whether agencies of the state

1. and of local governments are complying with standards set forth in its

1. regulations.

1. (e) Carry out the duties required of the committee pursuant to NRS

1. 432B.610 and 432B.620.

1. 5. Regulations adopted by the committee:

1. (a) Apply to all agencies of the state and of local governments which

1. employ persons as peace officers;

1. (b) Must require that all peace officers receive training in the handling

1. of cases involving abuse or neglect of children or missing children; and

1. (c) May require that training be carried on at institutions which it

1. approves in those regulations.

1. 6. The director may adopt regulations necessary for the operation of

1. the committee and the enforcement of laws administered by the committee.

1. 7. As used in this section:

1. (a) "Category II peace officer" means:

1. (1) The bailiff of the supreme court;

1. (2) The bailiffs of the district courts, justices’ courts and municipal

1. courts whose duties require them to carry weapons and make arrests;

1. (3) Constables and their deputies whose official duties require them to

1. carry weapons and make arrests;

1. (4) Inspectors employed by the transportation services authority who

1. exercise those powers of enforcement conferred by chapters 706 and 712 of

1. NRS;

1. (5) Parole and probation officers;

1. (6) Special investigators who are employed full time by the office of

1. any district attorney or the attorney general;

1. (7) Investigators of arson for fire departments who are specially

1. designated by the appointing authority;

1. (8) The assistant and deputies of the state fire marshal;

1. (9) The brand inspectors of the division of agriculture of the

1. department of business and industry who exercise the powers of

1. enforcement conferred in chapter 565 of NRS;

1. (10) Investigators for the state forester firewarden who are specially

1. designated by him and whose primary duties are the investigation of arson;

1. (11) School police officers employed by the board of trustees of any

1. county school district;

1. (12) Agents of the state gaming control board who exercise the

1. powers of enforcement specified in NRS 289.360, 463.140 or 463.1405,

1. except those agents whose duties relate primarily to auditing, accounting,

1. the collection of taxes or license fees, or the investigation of applicants for

1. licenses;

1. (13) Investigators and administrators of the bureau of enforcement of

1. the registration division of the department of motor vehicles and public

1. safety who perform the duties specified in subsection 3 of NRS 481.048;
2. (14) Officers and investigators of the section for the control of

1. emissions from vehicles of the registration division of the department of

1. motor vehicles and public safety who perform the duties specified in

1. subsection 3 of NRS 481.0481;

1. (15) Legislative police officers of the State of Nevada;

1. (16) The personnel of the capitol police division of the department of

1. motor vehicles and public safety appointed pursuant to subsection 2 of

1. NRS 331.140;

1. (17) Parole counselors of the division of child and family services of

1. the department of human resources;

1. (18) Juvenile probation officers and deputy juvenile probation

1. by a department of family, youth and juvenile services established pursuant

1. to NRS 62.1264 whose official duties require them to enforce court orders

1. on juvenile offenders and make arrests;

1. (19) Field investigators of the taxicab authority;

1. (20) Security officers employed full time by a city or county whose

1. pursuant to NRS 211A.080 and the assistant alternative sentencing officers

1. limited to correctional services, and includes the superintendents and

1. correctional officers of the department of prisons.

Sec. 4. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1999.

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