AB 350 — Revises provisions governing forfeiture of property. (BDR 14-472)

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350–COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY M ARCH 20, 2023 ____________ Referred to Committee on Judiciary SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing forfeiture of property.

(BDR 14-472) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

May have Fiscal Impact.

Effect on the State:

Yes.

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Existing law requires each law enforcement agency to annually submit a report to the Office of the Attorney General containing certain information regarding the seizurethe Attorney General to compile such reports and forfeitureissue an aggregate report of property.all of forfeitures in this State and make such a report available:

Existing law additionally requires the Office of forfeitures in this State and make such a report available:

(NRS 179.1205) This bill requires each law enforcement agency to include certain additional information relating to seizures and forfeitures in the report that the law enforcement agency submits to the Office of the Attorney General.the reports relating to seizures and forfeitures that are published on its Internet website available in a machine-readable format.

ThisEXPLANATION bill– additionallyMatter requires the Office of the Attorney General to make website available in abolded machine-readableitalics format.sis thatnew; are published on its Internet THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

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

On an annual basis, each law enforcement agency shall report the following information about each individual - *AB350* – 2 – seizure and forfeiture completed by the law enforcement agency under state forfeiture law:

and [(5) Disposition] (4)- Place82nd Session (2023) – 2 – seized at:Place of seizure, including whether the property was seized(I) at:A residence;

(I) A residence;

(III) The suspect was acquitted;

-including *AB350*whether:ome –of 3any –judicial (7)forfeiture proceeding, (I) The outcomecase ofwas anydismissed judicialpursuant forfeitureto proceeding,subsection including8 whether:of NRS 179.1173;

(I) The case was dismissed pursuant to subsection 8 of NRS 179.1173;

(8) Whether a stipulated agreement between the parties regarding the property was reached pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS- 179.1171,82nd subsectionSession (2023) – 3 – provision of law;section 9 of NRS 179.1173 or any other provision(9) The disposition of law;the property following the [seizure;] forfeiture including whether the property is:

(9) The disposition of the property following the [seizure;] forfeiture including whether the property is:

(2) Payment of reasonable expenses, except personnel costs, of the seizure, storage and maintenance of custody of any forfeited property;proper(3) Distribution of proceeds pursuant to NRS 179.118, 179.1187, 179.1233 and 207.500.

and (3) Distribution of proceeds pursuant to NRS 179.118, 179.1187, 179.1233 and 207.500.

4.General shall make available:of each year, the Office of the Attorney (a) On its Internet website, the reports submitted by law enforcement agencies and the aggregate report.

On(b) orUpon beforerequest, Aprilprinted 1copies of eachthe year,reports thesubmitted Officeby oflaw theenforcement Attorneyagencies Generaland shallthe makeaggregate available:report.

- *AB350* – 4 – enforcement agencies and the aggregate report.bmitted by law (b) Upon request, printed copies of the reports submitted by law enforcement agencies and the aggregate report.

As used in this subsection, “machine-readable” means a - 82nd Session (2023) – 4 – format by which information or data can be easily processed by a computer without human intervention while ensuring no semantic meaning is lost.

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