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I'm assuming this only applies to objects that are actually owned by someone. Point being that any NV E exits are not included in this law. Correct?

The law is effective as of May 30, 2015.

FYI, the statute sets it as a 'Category E felony', which is the 'lightest' felony they have in NV. Here's the punishment language:

"NRS 193.130(e) A category E felony is a felony for which a court shall sentence a convicted person to imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 4 years. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 176A.100, upon sentencing a person who is found guilty of a category E felony, the court shall suspend the execution of the sentence and grant probation to the person upon such conditions as the court deems appropriate. Such conditions of probation may include, but are not limited to, requiring the person to serve a term of confinement of not more than 1 year in the county jail. In addition to any other penalty, the court may impose a fine of not more than $5,000, unless a greater penalty is authorized or required by statute."

This means that unless you're a huge fuck-head, if the charge sticks you'd almost definitely receive a one year suspended sentence, meaning no jail time, but lots of community service and about a $1k fine. Oh, and you'd still have a fucking felony on your record. In practice though, you'd more likely plea it down to misdemeanor trespassing (unless you have priors).

Edited to add: The foregoing does not constitute legal advice. I'm not your lawyer. Blah blah blah. Fuck off.

Turn off your GoPros shitheads. Straight from the drafting text of the law:

Turn off your GoPros shitheads. Straight from the drafting text of the law:

"Amendment: An amendment was proposed by the Nevada Resort Association prohibiting BASE (Building-Antennae–Span–Earth) jumping unless explicitly permitted in advance. A person who violates this prohibition is considered a trespasser and guilty of a category E felony.

Explanation: Unauthorized BASE (Building-Antennae-Span-Earth) jumping has been an increasingly popular trend in Las Vegas, with several videos being posted to YouTube each year documenting jumps from various Las Vegas Strip properties. The activity features individuals with parachutes in backpacks jumping from property roofs, (or in some instances, balconies of property guest rooms) leaving properties open to questions of liability. Under current law, BASE jumping is not specifically listed as a criminal offense and the trespassing statute is vague. The amendment proposes to amend SB 160 to specifically prohibit BASE jumping and make it an act criminally punishable in Nevada, unless explicitly permitted in advance. The amendment further proposes that a person who violates this prohibition is considered a trespasser pursuant to Section 2 of the bill, and is guilty of a category E felony under NRS 193.130."
(Source: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/...oadName=SB%20160.pdf)

If you don't like it, write the fuck-knocker state senator who introduced it: State Majority Senator Michael Roberson (unsurprisingly, Republican). Love letters can be sent to:

Michael Roberson
http://Michael.Roberson@sen.state.nv.us
P.O. Box 530940
Henderson, NV 89053-0940
702-612-6929
https://www.leg.state.nv.us/.../A/Senate/Current/20

Also, don't forget to send your love to the Nevada Resort Association, which lobbied for this bill's passing, and to Sheldon Adelson, for being a mind-numbingly colossal douche.

Interesting. So the next time they want to promote the opening of a high rise casino, I wonder who will be willing to whore them selves out to do the promotion or the next movie stunt.

So it seems this is a direct result of the Youboob heros not giving a shit about anyone but themselves and posting their exploits for the world to see.

Why the hell do people think it's ok to publicly display jumps from sites they were not invited to jump from? What are you gaining from it? A few dollars and a few adolescents that think your rad? Well you just screwed all your brothers and sisters over for your ego....

Thanks and fuck you!

(que the angry Swiss guy)

what happened to "if someone sees you, your jump was not a success"?

...and points to a significant flaw in our justice system with special interest law making.

Although I have personally messaged people putting videos and pictures of a well-known Vegas jumped building and I despise the sharing of the latter on social media, I feel this is just a minor issue in the big picture.

The real problem here is a senator took time away from a state that has potentially one of the worst water crises facing it in the world to write a law about BASE jumping. Specifically endowing it with a criminal offense punishable by a felony offense. This law was probably not consulted with any BASE jumpers and points to a significant flaw in our justice system with special interest law making.

Of course the sentence regarding the waiver of liability should be passed as a way to abstain from lawsuits, however to punish a victimless crime with innocuous motive by a felony offense shows just how much individual freedom we appreciate in this country.

One thing that is curious to me is that this was considered an 'emergency' action and pushed through quickly. I'm wondering if anyone recently got busted and is threatening to sue because of an injury or maybe just to get out of a charge.

I doubt it was an emergency in the case of responding to a pending suit. I could be wrong, but that just doesn't seem likely. More likely is that BASE has become more and more visible and the casinos are taking note and want to cover their asses. The language from the original drafting of the amendment that surfers98 posted above supports this. I think he nailed it.