2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 14 PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL CASES
Chapter 176 Judgment and Execution
NRS 176.0915 Fee for obtaining biological specimen and for testing; inclusion in sentence; creation of county fund; use of money in fund.

NRS 176.0915 Fee for obtaining biological specimen and for testing; inclusion in sentence; creation of county fund; use of money in fund.

1. If a biological specimen is obtained from a defendant pursuant to NRS 176.0913, the court, in addition to any other penalty, shall order the defendant, to the extent of the defendant's financial ability, to pay the sum of $150 as a fee for obtaining the specimen and for conducting the analysis to determine the genetic markers of the specimen. The fee:

(a) Must be stated separately in the judgment of the court or on the docket of the court;

(b) Must be collected from the defendant before or at the same time that any fine imposed by the court is collected from the defendant; and

(c) Must not be deducted from any fine imposed by the court.

2. All money that is collected pursuant to subsection 1 must be paid by the clerk of the court to the county treasurer on or before the fifth day of each month for the preceding month.

3. The board of county commissioners of each county shall by ordinance create in the county treasury a fund to be designated as the fund for genetic marker testing. The county treasurer shall deposit money that is collected pursuant to subsection 2 in the fund for genetic marker testing. The money must be accounted for separately within the fund.

4. Each month, the county treasurer shall use the money deposited in the fund for genetic marker testing to pay for the actual amount charged to the county for obtaining a biological specimen from a defendant pursuant to NRS 176.0913.

5. The board of county commissioners of each county may apply for and accept grants, gifts, donations, bequests or devises which the board of county commissioners shall deposit with the county treasurer for credit to the fund for genetic marker testing.

6. If money remains in the fund after the county treasurer makes the payments required by subsection 4, the county treasurer shall pay the remaining money each month to the forensic laboratory that is designated by the county pursuant to NRS 176.0917 to conduct or oversee genetic marker testing for the county. A forensic laboratory that receives money pursuant to this subsection shall use the money to cover any expense related to genetic marker testing.

(Added to NRS by 1997, 1668; A 2001, 3033; 2009, 82)