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Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law states that: (1) a public nuisance is a crime against the order and 1 economy of the State; and (2) a person commits a public nuisance if he or she 2 engages in various activities, including without limitation, unlawfully interfering 3 with or obstructing a street, bridge or highway. (NRS 202.450) A person who 4 commits or maintains a public nuisance for which no special punishment is 5 prescribed is guilty of a misdemeanor, and a court may order the person to abate the 6 nuisance and pay a civil penalty of not less than $500 but not more than $5,000. 7 (NRS 202.470, 202.480) Section 3.2 of this bill expands existing law by making it 8 a public nuisance for a person, by force, threat, intimidation or any other unlawful 9 means, to prevent or obstruct the free passage or transit over or through certain 10 highways, roads, state lands or other public lands or lands dedicated to public use 11 or to knowingly misrepresent the status of or assert any right to the exclusive use 12 and occupancy of those highways, roads, state lands or other public lands or lands 13 dedicated to public use, if the person has no leasehold interest in or claim or color 14 of title to the highway, road, state land or other public land or land dedicated to 15 public use. Sections 3.4-3.8 of this bill make conforming changes. 16 SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. (Deleted by amendment.) 1

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Ira Hansen (R)*,  James Settelmeyer (R)*, 

Approved by the Governor. Chapter 413. (on 06/05/2019)

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