Existing law authorizes certain governmental agencies to collect certain personal information. (Chapter 239B of NRS) Section 1 of this bill authorizes an agency of criminal justice that collects demographic information on race or ethnicity to include a separate category for persons of Middle Eastern or North African descent. Section 1 requires any other governmental agency that collects demographic information on race or ethnicity to include a separate category for persons of Middle Eastern or North African descent. Section 1 defines “agency of criminal justice” to mean: (1) any court; and (2) any governmental agency or subunit of any governmental agency which performs a function in the administration of criminal justice pursuant to a statute or executive order, and which allocates a substantial part of its budget to a function in the administration of criminal justice, including, without limitation, a local law enforcement agency, the Nevada Highway Patrol, the Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Corrections. (NRS 179A.030) Section 2 of this bill makes a conforming change to apply the relevant definition of governmental agency to section 1. Section 2.5 of this bill makes an appropriation to the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services for computer programming to carry out the provisions of this bill.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 239B.024
Reprint 1: 239B.024
As Enrolled: 239B.024
BDR: 239B.024