2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                            A AB419 440

Amendment No. 440

 

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 419                                                              (BDR 50‑1279)

Proposed by: Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:              Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

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 the bill as a whole by deleting sections 1 through 3 and adding new sections designated sections 1 and 2, following the enacting clause, to read 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] 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] 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.”.

     Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

“AN ACT relating to arrests; revising the provisions governing the authority of members, agents or local or district officers of certain societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals to make arrests; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.

     Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

“SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing authority of members, agents or local or district officers of certain societies for prevention of cruelty to animals to make arrests. (BDR 50‑1279)”.