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A
A
C
C
A
Thank
you
and
there
are
13
members
present
and
one
absent,
and
if
we
could
just
mark
chair,
flores,
absent
excused
and
present
if
he
does
arrive,
I
would
like
to
welcome
everyone
to
today's
meeting
of
the
assembly
committee
on
government
affairs.
Today
we're
going
to
hold
a
hearing
on
two
bills.
A
As
you
know,
the
legislative
building
remains
closed
to
the
public,
and
so
all
of
the
committee
meetings
are
currently
being
held,
virtually
committee
members
and
staff
and
everyone
else
participating
either
through
zoom
or
by
telephone
for
committee
members,
if
you
could
just
please
remember
the
following
silence
or
turn
off
all
electronics
and
phones
during
the
meeting
and
your
microphones
when
you
are
not
speaking
to
minimize
the
background
noise,
please
leave
your
cameras
on
so
that
we
maintain
a
quorum
throughout
the
remainder
of
today's
meeting
and
please
state
your
name
for
the
record.
A
Every
time
you
unmute
your
mic
to
help
keep
the
accurate
records
and
meeting
minutes
members
of
the
public
who
wish
to
testify
or
present
public
comment
will
have
the
option
to
call
in
or
submit
written
testimony
or
comments.
I
would
encourage
those
wishing
to
offer
testimony
and
a
measure
to
do
so
in
writing
to
ensure
we
receive
your
full
statement
in
the
interest
of
time.
Testimony
and
support
opposition
and
neutral
will
be
limited
to
two
minutes.
A
Please
avoid
repeating
points
that
have
already
been
made
and
feel
free
to
say,
ditto
or
I
agree
with
the
previous
caller.
Additionally,
please
avoid
reading
a
extremely
long
testimony
instead
summarize
and
focus
on
the
key
points
of
the
testimony
and
provide
your
written
testimony
to
the
committee
staff
at
your
earliest
convenience.
A
At
this
time
we
will
now
open
the
hearing
on
sb37.
I
believe
that
we
have
some
members
from
the
attorney
general's
office
here
to
present
good.
D
Morning
vice
chair
torres
and
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
christine
jones
brady.
I
am
the
second
assistant
attorney
general,
with
the
office
of
the
nevada
attorney
general.
I
am
joined
by
my
colleagues
jessica,
adair,
who
is
the
chief
of
staff
kyle
george,
the
first
assistant
attorney
general,
who
also
gave
this
testimony
in
at
the
senate
in
the
senate,
and
also
by
phone,
our
chief
of
investigations,
william
scott
and
our.
D
So
by
way
of
background
under
current
law
before
a
district
attorney
can
refer
a
matter
to
the
office
of
the
attorney
general
for
investigation
or
prosecution,
they
must
make
a
request
to
the
county
commission
and
the
county
commission
must
adopt
a
resolution
authorizing
the
district
attorney
to
do
so.
Historically,
district
attorneys
have
utilized
this
mechanism
when
there
is
either
a
real
or
perceived
conflict
of
interest
that
would
bar
their
office
from
investigating
or
prosecuting
a
matter
more
rarely.
D
The
district
attorney
attorneys
also
have
referred
matters
to
our
office
when
they
lack
resources
to
investigate
or
prosecute
a
case.
Unfortunately,
because
county
commission
meetings
are
public,
placing
a
matter
on
a
county
commission
agenda
for
referral
to
the
ag's
office
also
places
the
subject
of
an
investigation
on
notice
that
they
are
being
investigated.
D
Any
item
that
sufficiently
described
that
is
sufficiently
descriptive
to
conform
to
open
meeting
laws
would
also
necessarily
be
sufficient
to
destroy
the
confidentiality
of
an
investigation.
D
The
office
of
the
attorney
general,
however,
is
cognizant
and
mindful
of
county
commissioners
roles
in
maintaining
their
county
budgets.
For
that
reason,
this
bill
provides
that
the
district
attorney
may
only
bypass
the
county
commission
approval
process.
If
the
attorney
general's
office
informs
the
da
that
it
will
not
seek
reimbursement
costs
and
expenses
associated
with
the
referral
of
the
matter,
we
believe
the
solution
respects
the
constitutional
and
statutory
duties
granted
to
both
district
attorneys
and
county
commissions.
D
The
office
of
the
attorney
general
has
conferred
with
stakeholders,
including
district
attorneys,
public
defenders,
the
aclu
and
the
nevada
association
of
counties.
None
of
these
stakeholders
have
articulated
any
concerns
with
this
bill.
We
stand
ready
to
answer
all
committee
questions
on
sb37.
Thank
you.
C
Thank
you
vice
chair
taurus,
and
thank
you
for
bringing
forward
this
language.
I'm
I'm
confused
about
one
area
and
that's
under
section
one
subsection
one
about
line
ten.
The
attorney
general
must
inform
the
district
attorney
attorney
whether
the
office
of
the
attorney
general
will
request
reimbursement
was
that
before
the
case
starts,
is
that
let's
say
that
before
the
case
even
starts
it
doesn't
seem
to
be
a
problem,
but
then,
as
the
case
continues,
it
becomes
larger
and
larger
and
larger.
Is
there
a
way
to
revisit
that
request
of
information.
D
Christine
jones
brady
for
the
record
to
through
vice
chair
torres
to
committee,
assemblywoman
anderson,
thank
you.
So
that
is
so.
I
think
that
that
to
answer
that
question,
we
probably
could
go
back
and
talk
to
the
district
attorney
if
we
needed
to.
However,
that
would
be
in
a
rare
occasion
what
we
do
and
I'll
let
our
chief
kovac
speak
to
this
issue
before
we
take
a
case.
D
We
we
might
request
that
up
front,
but
once
we've
started
the
case,
usually
I
mean,
as
all
cases
go,
there
are
sometimes
added
expenses,
but
that's
usually
encapsulated
in
our
in
our
budget
already,
but
I
will
refer
for
chief
kovac
and
also
for
jessica
adair,
who
manages
our
our
chief
financial
officer
to
weigh
in
on
those
questions
as
well.
E
E
What
we
don't
want
to
do
is
I
agree
to
take
a
referral
from
a
county
from
a
d.a
and
then
send
a
county
commission
a
very
large
bill
that
they
didn't
have
any
way
to
to
agree
to
that
or
to
build
it
into
their
budget.
So
that
is
why
we
added
the
provision
that
the
da's
can
send
us
a
referral
directly.
E
But
if,
if
we
agree
to
take
the
case,
then
we
will
cover
the
costs,
but
thank
you
I
I
do
want
to
know
that
that
decision
that
process,
where
the
ag's
office
and
the
d.a
confer
about
the
cost
of
a
case
is
existing
statute
and
we're
not
proposing
to
make
any
changes
to
that.
C
Thank
you
and
so
a
follow-up
as
well.
This
might
also
it's
it's
not
listed
in
the
language
currently,
and
thank
you,
though,
for
that
clarification,
if
there
is
a
disagreement
between
the
da
and
the
ag's
office
about
how
to
proceed
actually
that
that
has
nothing
to
do
with
with
this
bill.
So
maybe
I'll
have
that
conversation
with
you
offline,
just
assuming
that
there's
like
an
agreement
and
stuff
as
to
how
to
handle
that,
but
that's
not
in
this
language.
So
thank
you
very
much
vice
chair
and
thank
you
for
that
clarification.
A
Thank
you
so
much
anderson
and
mrs
bear
and
jones
brady
for
your
responses.
I
believe
we
have
another
question
from
assemblyman
thomas.
F
Good
morning
vice
chair
and
thank
you
for
this
opportunity
and
thank
the
ag's
office
for
the
presentation.
I
am
very
impressed.
I
have
a
quick
question
when
you
during
your
presentation,
ms
brady,
I
mentioned
about
the
county
commissioners
meetings
being
public,
which
we
all
know,
and
there
is
a
case
that
may.
F
Not
destroy
the
investigation
but
put
people
on
notice
that
are
being
investigated.
I
was
just
wondering
how
many
cases
have
you
been
privy
to
that
this
has
happened.
So
do
you
have
data
to
support
this
narrative.
D
I'm
gonna
just
a
couple
of
comments,
and
then
I
see
kyle,
george's
nodding
and
so
I'll
refer
it
to
him
and
also
to
chief
kovac.
Usually,
if
that's
part
of
the
problem
and
why
we're
running
this
bill,
we're
asking
for
this
bill
is
that
if
we
do
see
that
there
are
confidentiality
issues,
we
often
will
we
won't
get
the
case
even
if
it
would
probably
be
a
good
idea
for
us
to
get
it.
We
we
can't
risk
the
the
confidentiality
of
an
investigation
in
that
manner.
D
G
Thank
you
for
the
record
kyle
george
first
assistant
attorney
general
assemblywoman.
The
answer
to
the
to
your
question
is
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
data
on
that,
because,
right
now,
the
mechanism
in
place
precludes
it
from
happening
so
under
current
law.
What
the
practice
is
usually
one
day's
office
will
go
to
another
da's
office
and
ask
if
they
will
take
over
conflict
case
as
a
courtesy,
it's
a
very
informal
process.
G
It
isn't
an
ideal
process
because
it
shifts
the
burden
of
cost
and
and
the
expenditure
of
resources
from
one
county
to
another,
but
that
is
in
practice
the
way
it's
usually
done
right
now.
What
we
envision
with
this
is
that,
on
the
rare
occasion
there
is
some
a
need
to
refer
to
the
attorney
general's
office.
There's
a
mechanism
to
do
so
in
appropriate
circumstances.
Of
course,
that
avoids
publicizing
the
existence
of
a
case
before
it's.
It's
the
appropriate
time
to
do
so.
A
Thank
you,
assemblywoman
considine,.
B
Thank
you,
madam
vice
chair,
and
thank
you
for
bringing
this
bill.
Actually
most
of
most
of
my
questions
have
been
answered
by
the
folks
who
the
assembly
folks
who
answered
or
asked
questions
prior,
so
I
just
wanted.
I
guess
to
confirm
all
this,
in
my
mind,
is
currently
if
there
is
a
situation
where
the
confidentiality
is
is
such
that
there
won't
be
a
request
to
the
county
in
those
cases
right
now,
the
ag
just
doesn't
take
it,
and
then
it's
left
with
the
d.a.
B
But
what
this
bill
will
do
is
allow
conflict
case
to
be
referred,
and
the
ag
is
then
accepting
the
cost
for
all
of
that,
because
they
will
not
go
back
to
the
county
for
any
reimbursement
on
it
and
they
will
fully
understand
because
now
that
shifts
the
burden
from
where
that
money
is
coming
from
they,
they
sort
of
fully
understand
that.
Whichever
way
this
goes,
the
attorney
general's
office
is
going
to
be
the
one
that
that
does
not
get
reimbursed.
Am
I
right.
D
Brady
for
the
record,
through
the
vice
chair,
torres
to
assemblywoman
constandine,
yes,
for
the
record,
that
is
what
what
we
currently
do
and
we,
as
as
ms
adair,
also
referenced
before
we
confer
with
the
da's
ahead
of
time
when
they're,
while
they're
in
the
process
of
referring
the
case
we
consult
and
talk
about.
Where
are
the
witnesses?
D
What
kind
of
experts
are
needed?
What
are
the
costs,
the
travel
costs
etc,
and
so
we
do
that
calculation
up
front
and-
and
we
have
yet
under
the
current
system,
which
that
part
is
already
in
place-
we
have
yet
to
go
back
to
them
and
ask
them
for
money
if
we
have
not
agreed
up
front
that
they
will
pay
for
some
or
all
of
the
costs.
D
D
Christine
jones
brady
for
the
record,
through
vice
chair
torres
to
assembly,
women,
yes,.
A
H
H
I
I
J-O-H-N-J-O-N-E-S
we
are
in
full
support
of
sb
37
and
want
to
thank
the
attorneys
general
attorney
general's
office
for
bringing
the
bill.
This
bill
will
significantly
reduce
the
time
it
takes
to
transfer
a
case
to
the
attorney
general's
office
when
the
attorney
general
is
not
seeking
reimbursement
for
the
prosecution.
I
It's
important
to
note
that
the
decision,
whether
to
accept
or
reject
a
prosecution
request
or
whether
to
seek
reimbursement,
is
the
sole
decision
of
the
attorney
general's
office,
and
when
we
submit
a
case
to
the
attorney
general's
office,
we
send
the
justification
for
the
request
to
them
when
they
make
their
decision
again.
The
nevada
district
attorney's
association
is
in
full
support
of
sb-37.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
H
A
Thank
you.
I
think
everybody
that
was
gonna
call
in
must
have
heard
the
testimony
from
the
ag's
office
and
their
questions
were
all
answered
and
they
knew
they
didn't
have
to
call
in
today,
but
they're
very
excited
about
sb
37.
Are
there
any
final
remarks
from
the
sponsors
or
questions
all
right?
At
this
time
we
will
close
the
hearing
on
sb
37,
and
at
this
time
we
will
open
the
hearing
on
sb
46,
which
revises
provisions
relating
to
the
office
of
attorney
general.
A
D
Good
morning
again
to
vice
chair
torres
and
also
members
of
the
committee
for
the
record,
my
name
again
is
christine
jones
brady.
I
am
the
second
assistant
attorney
general,
with
the
office
of
the
nevada
attorney
general.
I
am
joined
by
my
colleagues
chief
of
staff,
jessica,
adair
first
assistant,
kyle
george,
who
gave
this
testimony
in
the
senate
and
also
by
our
chief
of
investigations,
william
scott
and
our
chief
of
prosecutions.
D
I
think
he's
still
on
the
line.
Michael
kovac
sb
46
touches
on
several
different
statutes,
but
they
they
are
distilled.
In
its
essence,
all
the
provisions
of
this
bill
pertain
to
the
safety
of
personnel
of
the
office
of
the
attorney
general.
D
Sections
one
through
four
of
this
bill
allow
the
office
of
the
attorney
general
lawyers
to
seal
their
property
records
with
the
county
recorder
tax,
assessor
their
voter
records
with
the
secretary
of
state
and
to
display
an
alternate
address
on
their
driver's
license.
D
D
Over
the
past
year,
state
agencies
across
the
nation
have
been
harassed,
threatened
or
doxed
for
serving
their
states
and
communities
in
nevada.
Several
officials
were
explicitly
threatened
and
the
office
of
the
attorney
general
at
the
end
in
the
office
of
the
attorney
general
deputy
attorney
generals
from
our
personnel
division,
our
criminal
division,
taxation
division,
public
safety
division
and
solicitor
general's
office
have
either
all
been
have
either
all
expressed
concern
for
their
personal
safety
at
very
points
at
various
points
during
the
past
year
or
they've,
been
personally
threatened.
D
D
The
last
provision,
in
of
this
bill,
section
5,
pertains
to
the
sworn
and
badged
officers
of
our
investigations.
Division
under
current
law
law
enforcement
agencies,
including
sheriff's
offices,
dmv
police,
the
state
fire
marshal,
are
authorized
to
equip
their
vehicles
with
lights
and
sirens
that
readily
identify
them
as
law
enforcement.
D
The
office
of
the
attorney
general
is
not
on
this
list.
As
a
result,
the
investigators
of
the
attorney
general's
office
are
often
put
in
the
position
of
arriving
on
the
scene
in
unmarked
vehicles,
routing
or
blocking
traffic
using
vehicles
with
no
obvious
indicia
of
law
enforcement
while
wearing
badges
and
guns,
but
no
uniform.
D
The
likelihood
of
misidentification
is
high
and
unnecessarily
increases
the
risk
to
both
officers
and
the
public.
During
an
encounter
emergency
lights
and
sirens
on
attorney
general
vehicles
would
permit
investigators
to
visibly
convey
their
status
as
law
enforcement
officers
for
some
distance
and
provide
some
safeguards
against
misidentification.
D
Additionally,
providing
statutory
authority
for
these
peace
officers
to
install
lights
and
sirens
on
their
vehicles
will
put
them
on
equal
footing
with
other
law
enforcement
agencies
in
the
state.
Thank
you
again
for
this
committee's
time
and
effort
on
this
bill.
We
are
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
A
Assembly,
woman,
thomas
and
then
I
will
follow
that
with
someone
with
dickman
I
apologize.
I
just
saw
your
note.
F
Thank
you
vice
chair
and
again,
thank
you,
miss
brady
for
bringing
forth
this
this
bill.
I
think
that
it
is
really
important
to
have
protection
for
the
office
of
attorney
general,
just
like
the
office
of
the
district
attorney
and
so
forth.
For
all
those
agencies
that
require
protection.
F
My
biggest
question
right
now
has
to
do
with
during
your
presentation.
You
said
any
employee
employed
any
person
employed
by
the
office
of
attorney
general,
so
my
question
has
to
do
with
a
support
staff.
Does
this
include
support
staff,
I.e
your
secretaries,
your
clerks,
your
process
servers
your
investigators.
D
Christine
jones
brady
for
the
record
through
to
assemblywoman
thomas
through
okay.
Thank
you.
So
the
plain
language
of
the
the
law
reads
yes
to
any
person,
and
that
would
include
support
staff.
The
reason
why
that
may
be
important
is
sometimes
oh.
Okay.
I
will
defer
to
kyle
george
on
this.
G
I
apologize
for
interrupting
ms
brady
for
the
record
kyle
george
first
assistant
attorney
general.
The
the
language
of
the
bill
is
limited
to
those
who
prosecute
and
defend
actions
which
would
only
be
limited
to
eternities
in
these
roles.
E
And
if
I
may
we're
going
to
tag
team,
this
answer
jessica.
Dare
for
the
record.
The
reason
for
that
is
when,
when
you
are
as
an
attorney,
you
are
making
a
filing
a
public
filing
with
the
court.
Your
name
and
your
bar
number
are
on
that
document.
So
that
is
why
we
want
to
keep
that
person's.
Then
home
address
confidential.
E
C
Thank
you.
Miss
vice
chair,
appreciate
this
and
I
really
like
this
bill,
but
my
question
is,
since
the
attorney
general
is
the
top
law
enforcement
official
in
the
state,
I'm
wondering
why
we're
not
affording
all
law
enforcement
officers
the
same
protections,
wouldn't
the
officer
who's
on
the
front
lines
every
day
who
interacts
with
the
public
every
day
who
arrested
the
dangerous
criminal,
be
just
as
much
at
risk
as
the
attorney
who
prosecutes
them.
G
Thank
you
for
the
record.
Kyle
george
first
assistant
assembly,
woman
under
existing
law
law
and
other
law
enforcement
officers
do
have
that
ability.
The
attorney
general's
office
is
the
only
office
that
does
not
under
current
law.
So
right
now,
sheriff's
offices,
police
departments,
da's
city
attorneys,
have
it
but
personnel
in
the
attorney
general's
office
do
not
so.
The
purpose
of
this
bill
is
to
bring
us
some
equal
footing
with
other
law
enforcement
agencies
and
to
get
what
they
already
have.
E
A
lot
of
the
record,
if
you
look
on
page
three
section,
two
line:
42,
that's
sub
e:
it
states
any
peace
officer
or
retired
peace
officer.
C
Follow
up,
madam
vice
chair,
please
I'll
follow
up,
so
I
would
direct
you
to
section.
One
which
refers
to
the
reporter's
office
does
not
have
that
same
line
as
section
2e
and
that's
where
the
police
officers
are
missing,
and
I
would
respectfully
ask
if
you
would
be
open
to
amending
this
bill
to
to
add
the
police
officers
in
section
one.
E
G
And
if,
if
I
may
follow
up
as
well
assemblywoman
on
page
three
of
the
bill
lines.
G
Caught
me,
while
I
track
it
down
again
and
I
just
lost
it-
I
I
do
believe
they
are
line
five
item
j,
any
inspector
officer
investigator
employed
by
this
state
or
political
subdivision
designated
by
his
employer.
I'm
sorry,
that's
code
enforcement
yeah.
We
are
receptive
to
that
subject
to
internal
discussions
and
discussion
of
law
enforcement
about
whether
or
not
they
have
that
in
other
parts
of
statute
as
well.
C
Yeah,
it's
section,
one
refers
to
the
recorder's
office
and,
and
they
are
not
included
in
there,
so
I
really
appreciate
the
discussion
and
feel
free
to
contact
me
appreciate
it.
Thank
you
so
much,
madam
vice
chair.
A
There
was
quite
a
bit
of
opposition
from
our
committee
members
on
that
additional
amendment,
so
I
would
encourage
the
attorney
general's
office
to
reach
out
to
fellow
committee
members
and
see
if
that
would
be
something
that
all
members
of
the
committee
would
be
open
to,
because
I
think
that
there's
a
lot
of
good
parts
of
this
legislation,
I
would
hate
for
us
to
see
it
amended
to
a
point
where
our
colleagues
would
not
be
comfortable
with
this
piece
of
legislation
at
this
time.
Members.
Are
there
any
questions?
A
Oh
mr
george,
I'm.
G
Sorry,
madame
vice
chair,
nrs
2475601a,
does
in
fact
provide
that
law
enforcement
does
have
the
ability
to
keep
records.
The
county
recorded
records
confidential.
So
it
looks
like
it
is
an
existing
law
and
to
repeat
it.
That's
nrs247.
G
I
Hey
cal,
this
is
chief
scott.
If
I
may
add
a
comment.
I
Yes,
for
the
record,
my
name
is
chief,
william
scott
and
about
attorney
general's
office.
Yes,
the
investigators
at
the
nevada
attorney
general's
office
are
cad
category
2,
post-certified
investigators,
so
they
would
fall
underneath
that
existing
nrs
that
first
assistant
kyle
george
just
spoke
of.
A
All
right
seeing
none,
we
will
now
begin
to
hear
testimony
in
support
of
sb
46
broadcast.
If
you
could
go
to
the
phones.
Please.
H
A
Thank
you
and
from
the
attorney
general's
office.
Do
you
have
any
additional
remarks
to
close?
No,
madam
chair.
A
A
A
H
H
J
They
then
brought
him
to
washa
county
jail
where
reno
police.
Actually,
my
brother
did.
That
was
able
to
get
one
leg
out
of
the
hobble.
He
wasn't
kicking
anybody
or
anything.
It's
never
alleged
that
he
was
kicking
anybody
at
that
point.
You
know
pd
took
him
out
of
the
cruiser,
and
then
they
put
the
hobble
back
on
him
even
tighter
seconds
before
the
sheriff
carried
him
into
the
jail
where
he
was
then
still
hog
tied,
told
them.
J
He
couldn't
breathe,
told
them
that
he
had
had
major
lung
surgery,
which
he
had
it
collapsed
long
prior
that
he
was
going
to
die
and
that
he
needed
an
ambulance.
The
nurse
asked
him
again:
why
do
you?
Why
can't
you
breathe,
sir?
And
he
told
her,
I
told
you-
I
had
major
lung
surgery,
I'm
going
to
die,
you're
going
to
kill
me
and
sure
enough.
They
did.
They
put
them
face
down
four
deputies
on
top
of
them.
His
legs
knees
back
necked.
J
J
A
Thank
you,
ms
grant
broadcast
the
next
caller.
Please.
A
Thank
you
and
thank
you
committee
for
showing
up
on
time
and
making
sure
that
we're
ready
for
today's
hearing
and
doing
our
homework.
I
just
want
to
remind
the
committee
that
tomorrow
we
will
be
meeting
at
9
00
a.m.
On
thursday
april
15th.
A
I
believe
that
there
will
be
some
updates
about
this
possibly
meeting
in
person
that
should
be
in
the
committee's
email.
So
please
make
sure
that
you
check
that
as
I
I
know
that
there
will
be
several
changes
going
on
as
the
building
begins
to
reopen
to
members
of
the
public
physically,
although
we
will
continue
to
be
open
virtually
and
physically
as
well.
Additionally,
I
want
to
remind
the
committee
that
we
will
have
two
bill
hearings
tomorrow
on
sb
28
and
on
sb
47.
A
So
I
encourage
you
to
read
those
ahead
of
time
to
be
prepared
for
for
committee.
Thank
you
for
doing
your
good
work.
As
there
are
no
more
individuals
wishing
to
provide
public
comment,
we
will
move
to
adjournment.
This
committee
is
now
joined.