2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st) A SB86 547
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Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 1 and 2 and adding new sections designated sections 1 through 4, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:
“Section 1. The Legislative Commission shall appoint a committee consisting of an equal number of legislators from the Assembly and the Senate to conduct an interim study concerning the use of police powers on public school grounds and at school activities.
Sec. 2. The committee appointed pursuant to section 1 of this act shall include, without limitation, the following topics in its study:
1. An exploration of the feasibility of establishing a community-based policing system within school districts that currently employ school police;
2. A full review of potential mechanisms for establishing community police “precincts” or units of local law enforcement within schools currently served by school police, including employee transition matters, such as the retraining of school police personnel, employment opportunities for school police personnel within the new structure and any special training needed for local law enforcement;
3. An examination of the possible options for funding such a reassignment of responsibilities, including transfers of funds or the creation of special taxing districts; and
4. An analysis of the existing jurisdictional issues and the relationship between school police and local law enforcement.
Sec. 3. 1. The Legislative Commission shall submit a report of its findings and any recommendations for legislation to the 72nd session of the Nevada Legislature.
2. Any recommended legislation proposed by the committee appointed pursuant to section 1 of this act must be approved by a majority of the members of the Senate and a majority of the members of the Assembly appointed to the committee.
Sec. 4. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the legislative fund created by NRS 218.085 the sum of $10,000 for allocation by the Legislative Commission to pay for consulting services to assist the committee in carrying out the interim study.”.
Amend the bill as a whole by adding a preamble, immediately preceding the enacting clause, to read as follows:
“Whereas, For at least the past several legislative sessions, jurisdictional issues involving school police and local law enforcement have been reviewed and presented to legislators; and
Whereas, There are key issues of jurisdiction, interlocal agreements and notification procedures that appear to remain unresolved among the various parties; and
Whereas, The principal concern of all parties must be the safety of the school children of Nevada and the assurance that schools are a safe haven where learning can take place; now, therefore”.
Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:
“AN ACT relating to school police; directing the Legislative Commission to conduct an interim study concerning the use of police powers on public school grounds and at school activities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.
Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows: