(REPRINTED WITH ADOPTED AMENDMENTS)

 

Assembly Bill No. 27–Assemblyman Perkins

 

Prefiled January 22, 2001

 

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Referred to Committee on Judiciary

 

SUMMARY—Prohibits entity that supervises juvenile who is ordered to perform work or community service from placing juvenile on highway except under certain circumstances or other dangerous situation. (BDR 5‑671)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                             Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to juveniles; prohibiting an entity that supervises a juvenile who is ordered to perform work or community service from placing the juvenile on a highway except under certain circumstances or in any other dangerous situation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1    Section 1. Chapter 62 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

1-2  new section to read as follows:

1-3    1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, if a child is

1-4  required to perform any work or community service pursuant to this

1-5  chapter, the supervising entity shall not allow the child to perform the

1-6  work or community service on or near a highway or in any other

1-7  dangerous situation.

1-8    2.  A supervising entity may allow children to perform work or

1-9  community service on or near a controlled-access highway if:

1-10  (a) The children are not required to perform any work or service in

1-11  the median of the highway;

1-12  (b) The work or service is performed behind a guardrail or other

1-13  safety barrier;

1-14  (c) Appropriate warning signs are placed on the highway at least 100

1-15  yards in front of the location where the children are working from both

1-16  directions, as appropriate based on the speed of the vehicles traveling on

1-17  the highway;

1-18  (d) A vehicle with an amber light placed on top of the vehicle is placed

1-19  at the site in a manner which shields the children from traffic; and

1-20  (e) The children are required to wear reflective vests and orange hats.

2-1    3.  A supervising entity may allow children to perform work or

2-2  community service on or near a highway that does not have controlled

2-3  access if:

2-4    (a) The children are not required to perform any work or service in

2-5  the median of the highway;

2-6    (b) Appropriate warning signs are placed at least 100 yards in front of

2-7  the location where the children are working from both directions, as

2-8  appropriate based on the speed of the vehicles traveling on the highway;

2-9    (c) A vehicle with an amber light placed on top of the vehicle is placed

2-10  at the site in a manner which shields the children from traffic; and

2-11  (d) The children are required to wear reflective vests and orange hats.

2-12  4.  The supervising entity shall notify the parent or guardian of a

2-13  child whom it supervises of the nature and location of the work or

2-14  community service to be performed by the child before taking the child to

2-15  perform such work or service.

2-16  5.  As used in this section:

2-17  (a) “Community service” includes, without limitation, public service,

2-18  work on public projects, supervised work for the benefit of the

2-19  community or any other work required by the court.

2-20  (b) “Controlled-access highway” has the meaning ascribed to it in

2-21  NRS 484.041.

2-22  (c) “Highway” means a street, road or thoroughfare of any kind used

2-23  by the public.

2-24  (d) “Other dangerous situation” means any situation that poses a

2-25  reasonably foreseeable risk that serious bodily harm or injury to a child

2-26  could occur.

2-27  (e) “Supervising entity” means a person or entity who is responsible

2-28  for supervising children who are ordered to perform work or community

2-29  service pursuant to this chapter.

2-30  Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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