Senate Bill No. 9–Joint Rules Committee

 

Prefiled June 13, 2001

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Referred to Committee of the Whole

 

SUMMARY—Makes appropriation to Interim Finance Committee to provide assistance to certain educational programs. (BDR S‑8)

 

FISCAL NOTE:    Effect on Local Government: No.

                                 Effect on the State: Contains Appropriation not included in Executive Budget.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT making an appropriation to the Interim Finance Committee to provide assistance to certain educational programs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1    Section 1. 1.  There is hereby appropriated from the state general

1-2  fund to the Interim Finance Committee the sum of $5,000,000 for

1-3  allocations to existing educational programs that are at risk of termination

1-4  because of a lack of funding.

1-5    2.  The money appropriated by subsection 1 may only be allocated to

1-6  an existing educational program if all other sources of funding for the

1-7  existing educational program that have been appropriated by the

1-8  Legislature have been exhausted by the requesting program. Money

1-9  allocated pursuant to this section must not be used to negotiate the salaries

1-10  of educational personnel.

1-11    3.  The State Board of Examiners shall adopt policies, procedures and

1-12  criteria for the review of requests for allocations pursuant to subsection 4.

1-13  Upon the adoption of such policies, procedures and criteria, the State

1-14  Board of Examiners shall transmit a copy of the policies, procedures and

1-15  criteria to the Interim Finance Committee for approval. Upon approval of

1-16  the policies, procedures and criteria, the Interim Finance Committee shall

1-17  transmit a copy of the policies, procedures and criteria to the Department

1-18  of Education. The policies, procedures and criteria adopted by the State

1-19  Board of Examiners may not be used until they are approved by the Interim

1-20  Finance Committee.

1-21    4.  If the administrator of an existing educational program believes that

1-22  the program is at risk of termination because of a lack of funding during

2-1  the 2001-2003 biennium, the administrator of the program may submit a

2-2  request to the Department of Education for an allocation from the

2-3  appropriation in subsection 1.

2-4    5.  The Department of Education, the Budget Division of the

2-5  Department of Administration and the Fiscal Analysis Division of the

2-6  Legislative Counsel Bureau shall jointly review a request submitted

2-7  pursuant to subsection 4, using the policies, procedures and criteria

2-8  approved by the Interim Finance Committee pursuant to subsection 3.

2-9  Upon completion of the review, a recommendation for or against an

2-10  allocation to the requesting educational program must be submitted to the

2-11  State Board of Examiners.

2-12    6.  The State Board of Examiners shall consider each request and

2-13  recommend the amount of the allocation, if any, to the Interim Finance

2-14  Committee.

2-15    7.  The Interim Finance Committee is not required to approve the entire

2-16  amount of an allocation recommended pursuant to subsection 6 or to

2-17  allocate the entire amount appropriated by subsection 1.

2-18    8.  Any remaining balance of the sum appropriated by subsection 1

2-19  must not be allocated by the Interim Finance Committee after June 30,

2-20  2003, and reverts to the state general fund as soon as all payments of

2-21  money committed have been made.

2-22    Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

 

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