Assembly Bill No. 419–Assemblymen Gustavson, Berman, Carpenter, Cegavske, Claborn, Collins, Gibbons, Humke and Price
Joint Sponsor: Senator Washington
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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. NRS 574.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:
574.010 Any three or more citizens of the State of Nevada who
incorporate as a body corporate under the general laws for corporations in
this state [(] set forth in chapter 78 of NRS [),] for the purpose of
preventing cruelty to animals [,] may , except as otherwise provided in
NRS 574.040, avail themselves of the privileges and benefits of NRS
574.010 to 574.040, inclusive.
Sec. 2. NRS 574.040 is hereby amended to read as follows:
574.040 1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and NRS
574.350, [all members, agents and all local and district officers of each of
the societies] a member, agent or local or district officer of a society so
incorporating, [as shall] if authorized in writing by the trustees of the
[societies be authorized in writing,] society, approved by the district judge
of the county, and sworn in the same manner as peace officers are sworn,
may make arrests for [the] a violation of the provisions of this chapter in
the same manner as is provided for other officers. The provisions of this
subsection apply only to a society that, on the date the society submits an
application to the district judge for approval for a member, agent or
local or district officer of the society to make arrests pursuant to this
subsection:
(a) Has at least 25 members; and
(b) Has been incorporated in accordance with NRS 574.010 for not
less than 5 years immediately preceding the submission of the
application.
2. [All such members] Before submitting an application specified in
subsection 1, the society shall submit to the sheriff of the county a
complete set of the fingerprints of the member, agent or local or district
officer of the society to whom the application relates. Upon receipt of the
fingerprints, the sheriff shall forward the fingerprints to the central
repository for Nevada records of criminal history for submission to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation for a report concerning the criminal
history of the member, agent or local or district officer of the society.
Upon receipt of the report, the sheriff shall forward the report to the
society. The society shall include the report in the application submitted
pursuant to subsection 1.
3. A member, agent or local or district officer who is authorized to
make arrests pursuant to subsection 1 shall, when making [such] those
arrests, exhibit and expose a suitable badge, to be adopted by the society
. [3. All persons resisting]
4. A person who resists such a specially appointed [officers, as such,]
officer shall be punished for that resistance in the same manner as is
provided for the punishment of resistance to other officers.
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