SB 161 — Eliminates the Advisory Committee to Study Laws Concerning Sex Offender Registration and transfers its duties to the Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice. (BDR 14-514)

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161–COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (ON B EHALF OF THE S UNSET S UBCOMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ) M ARCH 2, 2021 ____________ Referred to Committee on Judiciary SUMMARY—Eliminates the Advisory Committee to Study Laws Concerning Sex Offender Registration and transfers its duties to the Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice.

(BDR 14-514) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

No.

Effect on the State:

No.

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matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

Existing law creates the Advisory Committee to Study Laws Concerning Sex relatingOffender toRegistration state and federalrequires law concerning the registrationCommittee ofto: sex offenders and any litigation concerning those laws;

(2)(1) prepareidentify a report of the activities and findingsstudy ofissues therelating Committeeto state and anyfederal recommendationslaw for proposed legislation concerning the registration of sex offenders developedand byany thelitigation Committee;concerning those laws;

(2) prepare a report of the activities and (3)findings onof orthe beforeCommittee and any recommendations for proposed legislation concerning September 1 of each even-numbered year, submit the report prepared by thetheor before Committee to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for submission to the theLegislative AdvisoryCommission. Commission on the Administration of Justice and prescribes its duties, which include:

(NRS 179D.132, 179D.136) Existing law also creates the Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice and prescribes its duties, which include:

(2) recommending standards, policies and procedures for integrated criminal justice information sharing between criminal justice agencies in thiswithin State and the CentralRecords, RepositoryCommunications forand NevadaCompliance RecordsDivision of Criminalthe HistoryDepartment withinof thePublic Records,Safety Communications and Complianceproviding Divisiona copy of any such recommendations to the DepartmentDirector of the Department of Public Safety;

and (3) for each regular session of therectorthe Legislature, preparing a comprehensive report including the Commission’s - *SB161* – 2 – recommended changes pertaining to the administration of justice in this State, the Commission’s findings and any recommendations of the Commission for proposed legislation, which must be submitted to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for distribution to the Legislature not later than December 1 of each even- numberednumbSection year.4 of this bill eliminates the Committee and section 1 of this bill transfers the duties of the Committee to the Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice.

(NRS 176.0123, 176.0125) Section 42 of this bill eliminatesmakes theconforming Committeechanges andto sectiontransfer 1any ofmoney thisremaining billin transfers the dutiesCommittee’s ofaccount the Committee to the AdvisoryCommission’s Commissionaccount. on the Administration of Justice.

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anymatter moneybetween remainingbrackets in[omitted thematerial] Committee’sis accountmaterial to thebe Commission’somitted. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

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

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Evaluate and review issues relating to the submittal, storage and testing of sexual assault forensic evidence kits, including, withoutNRS limitation,200.3788.ation, the review of any report required pursuant to NRS5. 200.3788.

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On July 1, 2021, any money remaining in the Special Account for the Support of the Committee created pursuant to NRS 179D.138, as that section exists on June 30, 2021, must be - *SB161* – 3 – transferred to the Special Account for the Support of the Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice created pursuant to NRS 176.01255.

LEADLINES~~~~~ OF21 REPEALED- SECTIONS81st 179D.130Session “Committee”(2021) defined.

179D.132 Creation;

members and appointing authorities;

Chair;

terms;

vacancies;

meetings;

quorum;

salaries and per die179D.134 Organization authority to appoint member.

179D.136 Duties of Committee.

179D.138 Grants, bequests, devises, donations and gifts;

Special Account for the Support of the Committee.

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