The Commission shall:
1. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to NRS 176.0134 and subject to the discretion of the Chair, evaluate and study the elements of this State’s system of criminal justice.
2. Recommend standards, policies and procedures for integrated criminal justice information sharing between criminal justice agencies in this State and the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History.
3. Provide a copy of any recommendations described in subsection 2 to the Director of the Department of Public Safety.
4. Evaluate and review issues relating to the submittal, storage and testing of sexual assault forensic evidence kits, including, without limitation, the review of any report required pursuant to NRS 200.3788.
5. For each regular session of the Legislature, prepare a comprehensive report including the Commission’s recommended changes pertaining to the administration of justice in this State, the Commission’s findings and any recommendations of the Commission for proposed legislation. The report must be submitted to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for distribution to the Legislature not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year.
6. As used in this section, "sexual assault forensic evidence kit" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 200.364.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1354; A 2007, 2819, 3194; 2011, 231; 2013, 2777; 2017, 436, 493, 1062, 4192; 2019, 2083, 2084, effective January 1, 2021)