Senate Bill No. 63–Committee on Judiciary
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AN ACT relating to crimes; providing an additional penalty for murder or attempted murder
of a person who is 65 years of age or older; and providing other matters properly
relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1. NRS 193.167 is hereby amended to read as follows:1-2
193.167 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 193.169, any1-3
person who commits the crime of:1-4
(a) Murder;1-5
(b) Attempted murder;1-6
(c) Assault;1-7
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more;1-13
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false pretenses; or1-15
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against any person who is 65 years of age or older shall be punished by1-17
imprisonment in the county jail or state prison, whichever applies, for a1-18
term equal to and in addition to the term of imprisonment prescribed by1-19
statute for the crime. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 1-20 indicates page 5, line 15). The sentence prescribed by this subsection must run1-21
consecutively with the sentence prescribed by statute for the crime.1-22
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 193.169, any person who1-23
commits a criminal violation of the provisions of chapter 90 or 91 of NRS1-24
against any person who is 65 years of age or older shall be punished by1-25
imprisonment in the county jail or state prison, whichever applies, for a1-26
term equal to and in addition to the term of imprisonment prescribed by1-27
statute for the criminal violation. The sentence prescribed by this1-28
subsection must run consecutively with the sentence prescribed by statute1-29
for the criminal violation.1-30
3. This section does not create any separate offense but provides an1-31
additional penalty for the primary offense, whose imposition is contingent1-32
upon the finding of the prescribed fact.1-33
Sec. 2. NRS 176A.120 is hereby amended to read as follows:1-34
176A.120 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the court1-35
shall not grant probation to a person whose conduct during the commission1-36
of the crime for which he was convicted satisfies the requirements for1-37
imposing an additional term of imprisonment pursuant to paragraph2-2
193.167, until the convicted person has paid to the victim of the offense at2-3
least 80 percent of the amount of restitution set by the court pursuant to2-4
NRS 176.033.2-5
2. The court shall not deny probation to a person as provided in2-6
subsection 1 unless the court determines that the person has willfully failed2-7
to make restitution to the victim of the crime and the person has the ability2-8
to make restitution.2-9
Sec. 3. NRS 213.1216 is hereby amended to read as follows:2-10
213.1216 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the board2-11
shall not release on parole a prisoner whose conduct during the commission2-12
of the crime for which he was imprisoned satisfies the requirements for2-13
imposing an additional term of imprisonment pursuant to paragraph2-14
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193.167, until the prisoner has paid to the victim of the offense at least 802-16
percent of the amount of restitution set by a court pursuant to NRS2-17
176.033.2-18
2. The board shall not refuse to release a prisoner on parole as2-19
provided in subsection 1 unless the board determines that the prisoner has2-20
willfully failed to make restitution to the victim of the crime and the2-21
prisoner has the ability to make restitution.2-22
Sec. 4. The amendatory provisions of this act do not apply to offenses2-23
that are committed before the effective date of this act.2-24
Sec. 5. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.~