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Nevada Revised Statutes Title 16. Correctional Institutions; Aid to Victims of Crime § 209.4477. Credits for offender incarcerated during state of emergency due to communicable or infectious disease

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<Section effective until July 1, 2025. See, also, section 209.4477 effective July 1, 2025.>

1. An offender who is actually incarcerated in an institution or facility of the Department pursuant to his or her sentence during a period in which a state of emergency due to a communicable or infectious disease has been declared by the Governor and remains in effect must be allowed, in addition to the credits provided pursuant to NRS 209.433, 209.443, 209.446 or 209.4465, a deduction of 5 days from his or her sentence for each month the offender serves during the state of emergency. An offender shall not be allowed more than 60 days of credit pursuant to this section.

2. Credits earned pursuant to this section:

(a) Apply to eligibility for parole and must be deducted from the minimum term or the minimum aggregate term imposed by the sentence, as applicable, until the offender becomes eligible for parole, unless the offender was sentenced pursuant to a statute which specifies a minimum sentence which must be served before a person becomes eligible for parole; and

(b) Must be deducted from the maximum term or the maximum aggregate term imposed by the sentence, as applicable.

3. Not later than 60 days after a state of emergency due to a communicable or infectious disease has been declared by the Governor, the Director shall submit a report containing a list of the offenders who have received credits pursuant to this section to the Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court, the State Public Defender, the Attorney General, the Executive Director of the Department of Sentencing Policy and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Legislature or, if the Legislature is not in session, to the Joint Interim Standing Committee on the Judiciary.

4. As used in this section:

(a) “Communicable disease” means an infectious disease that can be transmitted from person to person, animal to person or insect to person.

(b) “Infectious disease” means a disease caused by a living organism or other pathogen, including a fungus, bacillus, parasite, protozoan or virus. An infectious disease may or may not be transmissible from person to person, animal to person or insect to person.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 16. Correctional Institutions; Aid to Victims of Crime § 209.4477. Credits for offender incarcerated during state of emergency due to communicable or infectious disease - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-16-correctional-institutions-aid-to-victims-of-crime/nv-rev-st-209-4477/

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