The Office of Finance shall, on an annual basis, contract for the services of an independent contractor, in accordance with the provisions of NRS 333.700, to:
1. Review sentences imposed in this State and the practices of the State Board of Parole Commissioners and project annually the number of persons who will be:
(a) In a facility or institution of the Department of Corrections;
(b) On probation;
(c) On parole; and
(d) Serving a term of residential confinement,
during the 10 years immediately following the date of the projection; and
2. Review preliminary proposals and information provided by the Commission and project annually the number of persons who will be:
(a) In a facility or institution of the Department of Corrections;
(b) On probation;
(c) On parole; and
(d) Serving a term of residential confinement,
during the 10 years immediately following the date of the projection, assuming the preliminary proposals were recommended by the Commission and enacted by the Legislature.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1355; A 2001 Special Session, 215; 2009, 2231; 2017, 126)