- 82nd Session (2023)
Senate Bill No. 8–Committee on Government Affairs
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AN ACT relating to juvenile justice; designating criminal
investigators employed by the Division of Child and Family
Services of the Department of Health and Human Services as
category II peace officers; and providing other matters
properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law classifies peace officers as category I, category II or category III
peace officers and requires peace officers in each category to meet certain training
and educational requirements. (NRS 289.460, 289.470, 289.480, 289.510) Section
1 of this bill designates criminal investigators employed by the Division of Child
and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services as category
II peace officers. Section 2 of this bill makes a conforming change necessitated by
the addition of criminal investigators to the list of category II peace officers in
section 1.
EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; 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:
Section 1. NRS 289.470 is hereby amended to read as follows:
289.470 “Category II peace officer” means:
1. The bailiffs of the district courts, justice courts and
municipal courts whose duties require them to carry weapons and
make arrests;
2. Subject to the provisions of NRS 258.070, constables and
their deputies;
3. Inspectors employed by the Nevada Transportation
Authority who exercise those powers of enforcement conferred by
chapters 706 and 712 of NRS;
4. Special investigators who are employed full-time by the
office of any district attorney or the Attorney General;
5. Investigators of arson for fire departments who are specially
designated by the appointing authority;
6. Investigators for the State Forester Firewarden who are
specially designated by the State Forester Firewarden and whose
primary duties are related to the investigation of arson;
7. Agents of the Nevada Gaming Control Board who exercise
the powers of enforcement specified in NRS 289.360, 463.140 or
463.1405, except those agents whose duties relate primarily to
auditing, accounting, the collection of taxes or license fees, or the
investigation of applicants for licenses;
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8. Investigators and administrators of the Division of
Compliance Enforcement of the Department of Motor Vehicles who
perform the duties specified in subsection 2 of NRS 481.048;
9. Officers and investigators of the Section for the Control of
Emissions From Vehicles and the Enforcement of Matters Related
to the Use of Special Fuel of the Department of Motor Vehicles who
perform the duties specified in subsection 3 of NRS 481.0481;
10. Legislative police officers of the State of Nevada;
11. Parole counselors of the Division of Child and Family
Services of the Department of Health and Human Services;
12. Criminal investigators who are employed by the Division
of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and
Human Services;
13. Juvenile probation officers and deputy juvenile probation
officers employed by the various judicial districts in the State of
Nevada or by a department of juvenile justice services established
by ordinance pursuant to NRS 62G.210 whose official duties require
them to enforce court orders on juvenile offenders and make arrests;
[13.] 14. Field investigators of the Taxicab Authority;
[14.] 15. Security officers employed full-time by a city or
county whose official duties require them to carry weapons and
make arrests;
[15.] 16. The chief of a department of alternative sentencing
created pursuant to NRS 211A.080 and the assistant alternative
sentencing officers employed by that department;
[16.] 17. Agents of the Cannabis Compliance Board who
exercise the powers of enforcement specified in NRS 289.355;
[17.] 18. Criminal investigators who are employed by the
Secretary of State; and
[18.] 19. The Inspector General of the Department of
Corrections and any person employed by the Department as a
criminal investigator.
Sec. 2. NRS 289.480 is hereby amended to read as follows:
289.480 “Category III peace officer” means a peace officer
whose authority is limited to correctional services, including the
superintendents and correctional officers of the Department of
Corrections. The term does not include a person described in
subsection [18] 19 of NRS 289.470.
Sec. 3. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.
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