2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                             A SB233 262

Amendment No. 262

 

Senate Amendment to Senate Bill No. 233                                                                       (BDR 16‑1179)

Proposed by: Committee on Judiciary

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 section 1, page 1, by deleting lines 10 through 13 and inserting:

     “5.  Ensure that any person employed by the department whose primary responsibilities are:

     (a) The supervision, custody, security, discipline, safety and transportation of an offender;

     (b) The security and safety of the staff; and

     (c) The security and safety of an institution or facility of the department,

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is a correctional officer who has the powers of a peace officer pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 289.220.”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 2, by deleting lines 40 through 42 and inserting:

     “(a) Sheriffs, constables, marshals, peace officers, correctional officers employed by the department of prisons, special police officers, police officers of this”.

     Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

“AN ACT relating to correctional officers; providing that any person employed by the department of prisons who has certain responsibilities must be a correctional officer who has the powers of a peace officer; clarifying that correctional officers employed by the department are exempt from certain provisions pertaining to weapons; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.