Assembly Bill No. 55–Committee on Government Affairs

 

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AN ACT relating to county jails; eliminating the requirement that a county jail be located at the county seat; 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 211.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   211.010  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, at least one

 [common] county jail must be built or provided in each county, and

 maintained in good repair at the expense of the county. The county jail

 required by this section is not required to be located in conjunction with

 the office of the sheriff that is maintained at the county seat if the board

 of county commissioners determines that a different location in the

 county would better serve the needs of the county. Upon such a

 determination, the county jail may be located at any place in the county.

   2.  The board of county commissioners of a county, with the

 concurrence of the sheriff, may enter into an agreement with any other

 county or city in this state, in accordance with the provisions of NRS

 277.080 to 277.180, inclusive, for the construction, operation or

 maintenance of a jail or the detention of the prisoners of the county.

   Sec. 2.  NRS 211.090 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   211.090  1.  A board of county commissioners may establish a branch

 county jail in any township in the county except the township [containing

 the county seat,] where the county jail required by NRS 211.010 is

 located, if in its judgment the public needs require it, and provide that

 persons charged with or convicted of a misdemeanor in the township

 [mentioned in the order must] in which a branch county jail is located

 may be imprisoned in the branch county jail instead of in the county jail .

 [at the county seat.]

   2.  Any judge or justice of the peace before whom a conviction may be

 had may order that a prisoner be imprisoned in the county jail of the

 county wherein [such] the conviction may be had if the public safety or

 the safety of [such] the prisoner requires it.

   Sec. 3.  NRS 243.140 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   243.140  The county seat of Eureka County is located at the town of

 Eureka. A courthouse[, jail] and other necessary county buildings [shall]

 must be provided by the board of county commissioners of Eureka

 County.

   Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001..

 

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