Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 213 - Pardons, Paroles and Probation; Remissions of Fines and Commutations of Punishments
PARDONS, REMISSIONS OF FINES, COMMUTATIONS OF PUNISHMENTS
Applications
Section 213.055 - Procedures and criteria for selection of applications for consideration by Board; additional selections
Current through December 31, 2024
1. The Secretary shall establish procedures and criteria for the selection of applications for clemency to be considered by the Board at a meeting. The Secretary shall:
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, a member of the Board may select an application for clemency for the consideration of the Board at a meeting notwithstanding the procedures and criteria established by the Secretary pursuant to subsection 1, any regulation of the Board or the recommendation or absence of a recommendation from the Director of the Department or the Chief Parole and Probation Officer. A member of the Board who wishes to select an application for the consideration of the Board must inform the Secretary of the selection not less than 50 days before the date of the meeting at which the Board will consider the application, unless the member demonstrates good cause for a shorter period of time.
3. Members of the State Board of Parole Commissioners and the Director of the Department may provide to the Secretary the names of inmates who may merit consideration for clemency.
4. Before a meeting of the Board, the Governor may remove from consideration any application for clemency that has been selected for the consideration of the Board.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Pardons Comm'rs by R085-09, eff. 8-13-2010
NRS 213.017, 233B.040, 233B.050