Section 16 of this bill establishes the Keep Nevada Working Act and provides that sections 16-20 of this bill may be cited as such. Section 18 of this bill creates the Keep Nevada Working Task Force and sets forth the membership of the Task Force. Section 19 of this bill requires the Task Force to meet quarterly and sets forth various other administrative functions. Finally, section 20 of this bill: (1) prescribes the duties of the Task Force; (2) requires the Task Force to submit an annual report to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmission to the Legislative Commission; (3) authorizes the Lieutenant Governor to accept gifts, grants or donations for the purpose of the Task Force; and (4) requires state and local agencies, boards, commissions, departments and officers, employees and agents thereof to assist the Task Force under certain circumstances. Section 20.6 of this bill requires the Attorney General to publish model policies which provide guidance and training recommendations to state or local law enforcement agencies. Section 20.6 also requires each state or local law enforcement agency to: (1) adopt policies that are consistent with the model policies of the Attorney General; or (2) notify the Attorney General that the state or local law enforcement agency is not adopting policies consistent with the model policies. Similarly, section 20.9 of this bill requires the Attorney General to publish model policies which provide recommendations to limit immigration enforcement at public schools, institutions of higher education, certain health care facilities, courthouses and other state and local governmental agencies. Additionally, section 20.9 requires such entities to: (1) adopt policies consistent with the model policies of the Attorney General; or (2) notify the Attorney General that the entity is not adopting policies consistent with the model policies of the Attorney General. Section 20.9 also encourages certain other organizations to adopt policies consistent with the model policies of the Attorney General. Section 26.5 of this bill makes an appropriation to the Immigration Clinic at the William S. Boyd School of Law of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, for the purpose of providing pro bono legal services relating to immigration law.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 211.007
Reprint 1: 211.007