Acts for which person 21 years of age or older or holder of adult-use cannabis establishment license not exempt from state prosecution. [Effective July 1, 2020.]

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1. A person is not exempt from state prosecution for any of the following acts:

(a) Driving, operating or being in actual physical control of a vehicle or a vessel under power or sail while under the influence of cannabis.

(b) Engaging in any other conduct prohibited by NRS 484C.110, 484C.120, 484C.130, 484C.430, subsection 2 of NRS 488.400, NRS 488.410, 488.420, 488.425 or 493.130.

(c) Possessing a firearm in violation of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 202.257.

(d) Possessing cannabis in violation of NRS 453.336 or possessing paraphernalia in violation of NRS 453.560 or 453.566:

(1) If the possession of the cannabis or paraphernalia is discovered because the person engaged in the adult use of cannabis in:

(I) Any public place or in any place open to the public or exposed to public view; or

(II) Any local detention facility, county jail, state prison, reformatory or other correctional facility, including, without limitation, any facility for the detention of juvenile offenders; or

(2) If the possession of the cannabis or paraphernalia occurs on school property.

(e) Knowingly delivering cannabis to another person who is not 21 years of age or older unless:

(1) The recipient holds a valid registry identification card or letter of approval issued to the person by the Board or its designee pursuant to NRS 678C.230 or 678C.270.

(2) The person demanded and was shown bona fide documentary evidence of the age and identity of the recipient issued by a federal, state, county or municipal government, or subdivision or agency thereof.

2. As used in this section, "school property" means the grounds of any public school described in NRS 388.020 and any private school as defined in NRS 394.103.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 3835, effective July 1, 2020)


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