Senate Bill No. 231–Committee on Judiciary

 

(On Behalf of Interim Study of System of
Juvenile Justice in Nevada (ACR 13))

 

February 22, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Judiciary

 

SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to detention homes for temporary detention of children. (BDR 5‑574)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: No.

                                    Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to juvenile justice; revising provisions relating to detention homes for the temporary detention of children; permitting such homes, under certain circumstances, to adjoin, be located on the same grounds as, or share common grounds or common facilities with an adult jail or adult lockup; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1    Section 1. NRS 62.180 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2    62.180  1.  Provision must be made for the temporary detention of

1-3  children in a detention home to be conducted as an agency of the court or

1-4  in some other appropriate public institution or agency, or the court may

1-5  arrange for the care and custody of such children temporarily in private

1-6  homes subject to the supervision of the court, or may arrange with any

1-7  private institution or private agency to receive for temporary care and

1-8  custody children within the jurisdiction of the court.

1-9    2.  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and subject to the

1-10  provisions of this chapter, any county may provide, furnish and maintain at

1-11  public expense a building suitable and adequate for the purpose of a

1-12  detention home for the temporary detention of children. In a county whose

1-13  population is 35,000 or more, the board of county commissioners shall

1-14  provide the detention facilities. Two or more counties, without regard to

1-15  their respective populations, may provide a combined detention home

1-16  under suitable terms agreed upon between the respective boards of county

2-1  commissioners and the judges of the juvenile court regularly sitting in the

2-2  judicial districts covering the counties.

2-3    3.  Any detention home built and maintained under this chapter must be

2-4  constructed and conducted as nearly like a home as possible, and must not

2-5  be deemed to be or treated as a penal institution. [In a county whose

2-6  population is 35,000 or more,]

2-7    4.  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a detention home

2-8  built and maintained under this chapter must not [be adjoining or] adjoin,

2-9  be located on the same grounds as , or share common facilities or

2-10  common grounds with a prison, an adult jail or an adult lockup. If a

2-11  detention home built and maintained under this chapter complies with

2-12  the provisions of 28 C.F.R. § 31.303 relating to collocated facilities, the

2-13  detention home may adjoin, be located on the same grounds as, or share

2-14  common facilities or common grounds with an adult jail or an adult

2-15  lockup.

2-16    [4.] 5. In addition to detention homes, a county may provide and

2-17  maintain at public expense programs which provide alternatives to placing

2-18  a child in a detention home.

2-19    Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

 

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