AB 272 — Requires law enforcement agencies in certain counties to participate in the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network. (BDR 15-603)

REQUIRESAssembly TWO-THIRDSBill MAJORITYNo. VOTE (§ 1) (Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 19, 2019) FIRST REPRINT A.B.

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272–ASSEMBLYMENHafen, RHansen, OBERTSLeavitt, ;Nguyen and Yeager CHAPTER..........

HAFEN , HANSEN , LEAVITT , GUYEN AND Y EAGER M ARCH 15, 2019 ____________ Referred to Committee on Judiciary SUMMARY—Requires law enforcement agencies in certain counties to participate in the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network.

(BDR 15-603) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

May have Fiscal Impact.

Effect on the State:

No.

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Section(1) 1requires the board of thiscounty bill:commissioners of such a county to designate as forensic laboratory or laboratories to conduct tests and perform other duties set forth in section 1;

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andSection (3)1 also requires a designated forensic laboratorylaboratory: to conduct tests on the semiautomatic pistol or shell casing and to input the resulting data from the tests into the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives of the United States coordinate with all participating law enforcement agencies when investigationsy:

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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, any law enforcement agency in the county that seizes or recovers a semiautomatic pistol or shell casing from a semiautomatic pistol which was unlawfully possessed, used for an unlawful purpose, recovered from a crime scene or reasonably believed to have been - 80th Session (2019) – 2 – used in or associated with the commission of a crime shall, as soon as practicable after seizing or recovering the semiautomatic pistol or shell casing, deliver the semiautomatic pistol or shell casing to a designated forensic laboratory for the purpose of testing.

(c) Upon receipt of a semiautomatic pistol from a law enforcement agency pursuant to this section, the designated forensic laboratory shall:

and (3) After performing the duties set forth in subparagraphs (1) and (2), return the shell casing to the law enforcement agency thattha(e) deliveredIn addition to performing the shellduties casing.set forth in paragraphs (c) and (d), a designated forensic laboratory shall:

- *AB272_R1* – 3 – (e) In addition to performing the duties set forth in paragraphs (c) and (d), a designated forensic laboratory shall:

- 80th Session (2019) – 3 – (a) “Designated forensic laboratory” means a forensic laboratory designated by the board of county commissioners pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1.

“Firearm capable of being concealed upon the person” appliesinches toin andlength.cludes includes all firearms having a barrel less than 12 inches4. in length.

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