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Department of Public Safety Records & Technology Division Records Bureau. NCJIS Advisory Committee Update July 23, 2009 Julie Butler, Records Bureau Chief. 2009 Legislative Update. Significant Bills Budgetary Impact Grant Submission Plans Q & A. 2009 Division Bills. AB 81, NRS 179A
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Department of Public SafetyRecords & Technology DivisionRecords Bureau NCJIS Advisory Committee Update July 23, 2009 Julie Butler, Records Bureau Chief
2009 Legislative Update • Significant Bills • Budgetary Impact • Grant Submission Plans • Q & A
2009 Division Bills • AB 81, NRS 179A • AB 46, Various NRS • AB 93, NRS 200.471 • AB 497, NRS 176 (Assembly Judiciary) • SB 28, NRS 480.460 & 480.500
AB 81Effective October 1, 2009 • Records Bureau Housekeeping • Clarifies eligibility to receive criminal history records • Clarifies difference between name-based & fingerprint-based criminal history records • Removes obsolete language regarding: • Missing Persons • Collection of statistical data on sex offenders & juvenile sex offenders
AB 46Effective January 1, 2010 • Implements NICS Improvement Act in NV • Gives courts the ability to share mental competency records of defendants with the Brady Unit for the purposes of firearms background checks • Allows for an appeals process from being declared mentally incompetent to own a firearm
AB 93Effective May 6, 2009 • Changes the definition of Assault • Added the “unlawful attempt to use physical force against another person” • Kept the current definition of “intentionally placing another person in reasonable apprehension of bodily harm” • Can now be used as a potential disqualifier in a Brady background check for firearms purchases
AB 497 (Assembly Judiciary)Effective July 1, 2010 • Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice • Central Repository to collect statistical information from statewide criminal justice agencies: • Law enforcement agencies (state & local) • Attorney General’s Office • Courts • Department of Corrections • Parole & Probation Division • Report information to Advisory Commission
SB 28Effective May 4, 2009 • Missing Persons & Unidentified Dead • Requires dental records of Missing Persons / Unidentified Dead to go to County Coroners, not Central Repository or Investigation Division • Local law enforcement no longer required to report Missing Persons/Unidentified Dead to Central Repository or Investigation Division • Deletes record keeping requirements for Central Repository & Investigation Division
10-11 Legislatively Approved Budget Lisa Young Chief Fiscal Officer
Records Bureau • Fiscal Year 2010 is budgeted at a 10 % decrease over FY 2008. • Fiscal Year 2011 is budgeted at 75% of FY 2009. • Elimination of 2 FTE in the Fingerprint Technician Unit. • Goals for the biennium include restoring the Reserve balance.
Technology Bureau • Elimination of 3 vacant FTEs in the Applications (Programming) Unit due to other DPS Divisions required cuts. • Funding allows us to maintain existing systems (with paperclips and rubber bands). • Staffing levels allow for only maintenance and small projects. • MSA Contractors will be required for new requests.
AB 497 • We will be reassigning duties to the fiscal Management Analyst position (currently vacant). • Position will be responsible for coordinating the needs of the Judicial Advisory Commission.
Federal Grants • Current Grants and Future Applications • 2008 SMART Grant (Current) • Enhancements to Sex Offender Registry • 2009 NCHIP Grant, Awaiting Letter of Award • Cooperative effort with AOC for Dispositions • 2009 NARIP Grant, Applied 5/22/09 • Improvements to Brady Program & Website • On lookout for “any and all” to make improvements