2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st) A AB27 497
ASSEMBLY ACTION Initial and Date |SENATE ACTION Initial and Date
Adopted Lost | Adopted Lost
Concurred In Not |Concurred In Not
Receded Not | Receded Not
Amend section 1 of the bill by deleting lines 3 through 7 and inserting:
“1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, if a child is required to perform any work or community service pursuant to this chapter, the supervising entity shall not allow the child to perform the work or community service on or near a highway or in any other dangerous situation.
2. A supervising entity may allow children to perform work or community service on or near a controlled-access highway if:
(a) The children are not required to perform any work or service in the median of the highway;
(b) The work or service is performed behind a guardrail or other safety barrier;
(c) Appropriate warning signs are placed on the highway at least 100 yards in front of the location where the children are working from both directions, as appropriate based on the speed of the vehicles traveling on the highway;
(d) A vehicle with an amber light placed on top of the vehicle is placed at the site in a manner which shields the children from traffic; and
(e) The children are required to wear reflective vests and orange hats.
3. A supervising entity may allow children to perform work or community service on or near a highway that does not have controlled access if:
(a) The children are not required to perform any work or service in the median of the highway;
(b) Appropriate warning signs are placed at least 100 yards in front of the location where the children are working from both directions, as appropriate based on the speed of the vehicles traveling on the highway;
(c) A vehicle with an amber light placed on top of the vehicle is placed at the site in a manner which shields the children from traffic; and
(d) The children are required to wear reflective vests and orange hats.
4. The supervising entity shall notify the parent or guardian of a child whom it supervises of the nature and location of the work or community service to be performed by the child before taking the child to perform such work or service.”.
Amend section 1, page 1, line 8, by deleting “2.” and inserting “5.”.
Amend section 1, page 1, line 12, after “(b)” by inserting:
“Controlled-access highway” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 484.041.
(c)”.
Amend section 1, page 1, between lines 13 and 14 by inserting:
“(d) “Other dangerous situation” means any situation that poses a reasonably foreseeable risk that serious bodily harm or injury to a child could occur.
(e) “Supervising entity” means a person or entity who is responsible for supervising children who are ordered to perform work or community service pursuant to this chapter.”.
Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:
“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.”.
Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows: