SB 22 — Makes various changes relating to correctional institutions. (BDR 16-262)
Last action — Approved by the Governor. Chapter 319.
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced November 18, 2020. Enacted.
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The latest version of Senate Bill No. 22 adds provisions that allow the Department of Corrections to create a package program for certain offenders and requires the director to provide monthly statements about offenders' accounts. Additionally, it updates how deductions from offenders' accounts and wages are prioritized. This matters because it enhances transparency for offenders regarding their finances and ensures that restitution to victims is prioritized, aligning with constitutional rights.
(ReprintedSenate withBill amendmentsNo. adopted on April 19, 2021) FIRST REPRINT S.B.
2222–Committee Son ENATEJudiciary BCHAPTER.......... ILLN O.
22–COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (O N BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF C ORRECTIONS ) PREFILED N OVEMBER 18, 2020 ____________ Referred to Committee on Judiciary SUMMARY—Makes various changes relating to correctional institutions.
(BDR 16-262) FISCAL NOTE:
Effect on Local Government:
No.
Effect on the State:
Yes.
~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
The Nevada Constitution entitles a victim of crime to full and timely restitution and requires that all monetary payments, money and property collected from any person ordered to make restitution be first applied to pay the amounts ordered as restitution to the victim.
1, § 8A) Under existing law, the Prisoners’ Personal Property Fund is created as a trust fund.
With certain exceptions, an offender in an institution or a facility of thetthe Department of Corrections is required under existing law to deposit all money received by the offender during incarceration in an individual account in the Fund.
The Director of the Department is also required under existing law to deposit in the Fundincarceration theand netvaluables wagesof after certain deductions that are earned by an offender received during 209.241)incarceration. With certain exceptions, existing law authorizes the Director of theS Department of Corrections to make certain deductions from the individual account - *SB22_R1* – 2 – meet an existing obligation for restitution to a victim.
(NRSing 209.241) With certain exceptions, existing law authorizes the Director of the Department of Corrections to make certain deductions from the individual account of an offender or from the gross wages of an offender, including a deduction to meet an existing obligation for restitution to a victim.
(2) the wages of an offender whose hourly wage is equal to or greater than the federal minimum wage;minimum wage.
or (3) the wages of an offender whose hourly wage is less than the federal minimum wage.
For deductions from the individual account of the offender, section 1.9, in addition to the change in priority of the deduction concerning restitution, revises the order of priority of the following:
For deductions from the wages of an offender whose hourly wage is equal to or greater than the federal minimum wage, section 2, in addition to the change in or priority of the deduction concerning restitution, revises the order of priority of the following:
(3) (4) the deduction to repayoffset certainthe costscost orof tomaintaining defraythe certainoffender expenses.titution;in the institution;
and For(4) deductions from the wagesdeduction ofto anrepay offendercertain whosecosts hourlyor wage is less than the federal minimum wage, section 2, in addition to thedefray changecertain inexpenses. priority of the deduction concerning restitution, revises the order of priority of the following:
- 81st Session (2021) – 2 – For deductions from the wages of an offender whose hourly wage is less than the federal minimum wage, section 2, in addition to the change in priority of the deduction concerning restitution, revises the order of priority of the following:
(5) the deduction for the fee imposedthe release or funeral of the offender.d (6) the deduction for geneticexpenses markerrelated analysis;to Existing law establishes various duties of the Director relating to the individual accounts of offenders.
and (6) the deduction for expenses related to theExisting law establishes various duties of the Director relating to the individual accounts of offenders.
(1) authorizes the Department to adopt regulations necessary for the Director to carry out the provisions of law relating to deductions from the individual account of offenders and from the wages of offenders;
and (2)(2)ons requires such regulations to be adopted in accordance with the provisions of the Nevada Administrative Procedure Act.
Section 1.1 authorizes the Director or the Medical Director to prohibit an offender from participating in the package program under certainreceived circumstances.through the package program are not subject to deductions relating toages individual accounts of offenders.
Finally,Section section1.5 1.1of providesthis thatbill themakes contentsa ofconforming packageschange receivedrelating throughto the packagerevised programorder areof notpriority subjectfor to deductions relatingmade tofrom the individual accountsaccount of offenders and from the wages of offenders.
SectionEXPLANATION 1.5 of this bill makes a conforming change relating to the revised order the wages of offenders.ons made from the individual account of offenders and from - *SB22_R1* – 3Matter –in THEbolded PEOPLEitalics OFis THEnew; STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
- 81st Session (2021) – 3 – (a) The offender is receiving medical care from the Medical Director;
4.participating in the package program are not subject to any deduction described in NRS 209.247.
The contents of a package received by an offender participating in the package program are not subject to any deduction described in NRS 209.247.
(b) “Disciplinary segregation” means the separation of an offender from the general population for a specified period when an offender has committed a serious violation of the rules of ana facility or an institution.
Sec.necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 209.247 and 209.463.s 2.
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The Department may adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 209.247 and 209.463.
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- 81st Session (2021) – 4 – (b) To relocate, expand, upgrade or modify an existing industry in the industrial program to enhance or improve operations or security or to provide additional employment or training of offenders;
(c) To purchase or lease equipment to be used for the training of offenders or in the operations of prison industries;
the training of (d) To pay or fund the operations of prison industries, including, without limitation, paying the salaries of staff and wages of offenders if the cash balance in the Fund for Prison Industries is below the average monthly expenses for the operation of prison industries;
Upon approval of the appropriateexpended.te committee or committees, the money may be so expended.4.
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The Director may accept money, including the net amount of any wages earned during the incarceration of an offender after any deductions made by the Director and valuables belonging to an offender at the time of his or her incarceration or afterward received by gift, inheritance or the like or earned during the incarceration- of81st anSession offender,(2021) and– shall5 deposit– the money in the Prisoners’ Personal Property Fund, which is hereby created as a trust fund.
(c) May permit the distribution of money to a governmental entity for any applicable deduction authorized pursuant to NRS 209.247 or any other deduction authorized by law from any money deposited in the individual account of an offender from any source otheroth(d) thanShall provide each offender with a monthly statement concerning the offender’sindividual wages.account of the offender.
(d) Shall provide each offender with a monthly statement concerning the individual account of the offender.
and (b) Must(1) beElectronically, providedfree toof thecharge; offender:
- *SB22_R1* – 6 – (1) Electronically, free of charge;
(a)- If81st anSession offender’s(2021) share– of6 the– cost of administering the Prisoners’ Personal Property Fund for the quarter is less than the amount of interest and income earned by the offender, the Director shall credit the individual account of the offender with an amount equal to the difference between the amount of interest and income earned by the offender and the offender’s share of the cost of administering the Prisoners’ Personal Property Fund.
A person who aids or encourages an offender not to deposit all money the offender receives into the individual account of the offender in the Prisoners’ Personal Property Fund as required in this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 209.2475 [,] and subsection 4 of section 1.1 of this act and subject to the limitation set forth in subsection 2, the Director may make the [following] deductions [, in the following order of priority,]priority,]e described in subsection 3 from any money deposited in the - *SB22_R1* – 7 – individual account of an offender from any source other than the offender’s wages .
- 81st Session (2021) – 7 – (1) An amount the Director [deems] considers reasonable [for deposit with the State Treasurer for credit to the Fund for the Compensation of Victims of Crime created pursuant to NRS 217.260.
2.]to a victim of his or her crime;ation of the offender for restitution (2) An amount the Director considers reasonable to meet an existing obligation of the offender for restitutionthe tosupport a victim of histhe oroffender’s herfamily crime;;
(2) An amount the Director considers reasonable to meet an existing obligation of the offender for the support of the offender’s family ;
(6) An amount the Director deems reasonable for deposit with the State Treasurer for credit to the Fund for the Compensation of Victims of Crime created pursuant to NRS 217.260;
of Victims of Crime created pursuant to (7) An amount the Director considers reasonable to [meet an existing obligation of] pay the balance of any fee imposed upon the offender for [restitution to a victim of his or her crime.] genetic marker analysis and included in the judgment entered against the offender pursuant to NRS 176.0915;
[7.] (8) An amount the Director considers reasonable to pay the balance of an administrative assessment included in the judgment entered against the offender for each crime for which the offender is incarcerated and the balance of an unpaid administrative assessment included in a judgment entered against the offender for a crime - *SB22_R1* – 8 – committed in this state for which the offender was previously convicted [.
An] , and any amount deducted from a source other than the wages earned by the offender during his or her incarceration,- 81st Session (2021) – 8 – submitted:ion, pursuant to this [subsection,] subparagraph, must be submitted:[(a)] (I) If the offender does not have an administrative assessment owing from a judgment entered for a crime previously committed in this state, to the court that entered the judgment against the offender for which he or she is incarcerated [.
[(a)] (I) If the offender does not have an administrative assessment owing from a judgment entered for a crime previously committed in this state, to the court that entered the judgment against the offender for which he or she is incarcerated [.
and (9) An amount the Director considers reasonable to pay the balance of a fine included in the judgment entered against the offender for each crime for which the offender is incarcerated and the balance of an unpaid fine included in a judgment entered against the offender for a crime committed in this state for which the offender was previously convicted [.
An] , and any amountamounth the deducted from any source other than the wages earned by the offender during his or her incarceration, pursuant to this [subsection,] subparagraph, must be submitted:
An amount the Director considers reasonable to pay the balance of any fee imposed upon the offender for genetic marker analysispursuant andto includedNRS in176.0915.the the judgment entered against the offender pursuant toThe NRSDirector 176.0915.shall determine the priority of any] ;
The Director shall determine the priority of any] ;
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Except as otherwise provided in NRS 209.2475, and subject to the limitation set forth in subsection 2, the Director may- make81st theSession [following](2021) deductions– [,9 in– the following order of priority,] described in subsection 3 or 4, as applicable, from the wages earned by an offender from any source during the offender’s incarceration .
(2) An amount the Director considers reasonable to meet an existing obligation of the offender for the support of his or her familyfamily(3) An amount determined by the Director, with the approval of the Board, for deposit in the State Treasury for credit to the Fund for New Construction of Facilities for Prison Industries, but only if the offender is employed through a program for prison industries ;
(3) An amount determined by the Director, with the approval of the Board, for deposit in the State Treasury for credit to the Fund for New Construction of Facilities for Prison Industries, but only if the offender is employed through a program for prison industries ;
(f)] (5) A deduction pursuant to NRS 209.246 ;
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(7) An amount determined by the Director for deposit in a savings account for the offender, in which interest on the money deposited does not accrue, to be used for the payment of the expenses of the offender related to his or her release or, if the - *SB22_R1* – 10 – offender dies before his or her release, to defray expenses related to arrangements for his or her funeral ;
(h)]- (8)81st AnSession amount(2021) the– Director10 considers– reasonable [to meet an existing obligation of the offender for restitution to any victim of his or her crime.] for deposit with the State Treasurer for credit to the Fund for the Compensation of Victims of Crime;
[(1)] (I) If the offender does not have an administrative assessment owing from a judgment entered for a crime previously committed in this state, to the court that entered the judgment against the offender for which the offender is incarcerated [.
and (11) An amount the Director considers reasonable to pay the balance of a fine included in the judgment entered against the offender for each crime for which the offender is incarcerated and the balance of an unpaid fine included in a judgment entered against the offender for a crime committed in this state for which the deducted from the wages of the offender waspursuant previouslyto convictedthist [.[paragraph] subparagraph must be submitted:
An] , and any amount deducted from the wages of the offender pursuant to this [paragraph] subparagraph must be submitted:
or (II) If the offender has a fine owing from a judgment entered for a crime previously committed in this state, to the court - *SB22_R1*81st Session (2021) – 11 – that first entered a judgment for which a fine or administrative assessment is owing, until the balance owing has been paid [.[.ive The Director shall determine the priority of any] ;
The Director shall determine the priority of any] ;
[(b)] (2) An amount determined by the Director, with the approval of the Board, for deposit in the State Treasury for credit to the Fund for New Construction of Facilities for Prison Industries, but only if the offender is employed through a program for prisonprison, industries ;
(f) An amount the Director considers reasonable to pay the balance of any fee imposed upon the offender for genetic marker analysis and included in the judgment entered against the offender pursuant to NRS 176.0915.
(6) An amount determined by the Director for deposit in a savings account for the offender, in which interest on the money deposited does not accrue, to be used for the payment of the expenses of the offender related to the offender’s release or, if the offender- dies81st beforeSession the(2021) offender’s– release,12 to– defray expenses related to arrangements for the offender’s funeral ;
[.][.]xpenses - *SB22_R1* – 12 – (7) An amount the Director deems reasonable for deposit with the State Treasurer for credit to the Fund for the Compensation of Victims of Crime;
(a) The Governor.
(j) The Division of Industrial Relations of the Department of Business and Industry acting to enforce the provisions ofment of NRS 618.375.
(n)- The81st CannabisSession Compliance(2021) Board.– 13 – 2.) TExcept as otherwise provided in subsection 5 and NRS 391.323, the Department of Education, the Board of the Public Employees’ Benefits Program and the Commission on Professional Standards in Education are subject to the provisions of this chapter for the purpose of adopting regulations but not with respect to any contested case.
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Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5 and NRS 391.323, the Department of Education, the Board of the Public Employees’ Benefits Program and the Commission on Professional - *SB22_R1* – 13 – Standards in Education are subject to the provisions of this chapter for the purpose of adopting regulations but not with respect to any contested case.
and (d)cases, NRS 90.800 for the use of summary orders in contested cases, prevail over the general provisions of this chapter.
(c)pursuant Ato regulationNRS adopted388.255 byor the394.1694;tate State Board of Education pursuant(d) toThe NRSjudicial 388.255review orof 394.1694;decisions of the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada;
(d) The judicial review of decisions of the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada;
(f) The adoption or amendment of a rule or regulation to be included in the State Plan for Services for Victims of Crime by the - 81st Session (2021) – 14 – Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 217.130;
(g) The adoption, amendment or repeal of rules governing the conduct of contests and exhibitions of unarmed combat by the NevadaNev(h) AthleticThe Commissionadoption, amendment or repeal of regulations by the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 467.075;447.335 to 447.350, inclusive.
or - *SB22_R1* – 14 – (h) The adoption, amendment or repeal of regulations by the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 447.335 to 447.350, inclusive.
The State Board of Parole Commissioners is subject to the notprovisions withof respectthis tochapter anyfor contestedthe case.osepurpose of adopting regulations but Sec.not with respect to any contested case.
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Action History
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Approved by the Governor. Chapter 319.
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Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
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Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate. To enrollment.
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Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
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Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
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From committee: Do pass. Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
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In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.
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From committee: Do pass, as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
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From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee. Exemption effective.
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From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 349.) Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. To printer.
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Notice of eligibility for exemption.
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Read first time. To committee.
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From printer.
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Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.
Sponsors
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