Assembly Bill No. 15–Committee of the Whole

 

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AN ACT relating to making appropriations to the Department of Cultural Affairs for expenses relating to the continued operation of the Southern Nevada Office of the Nevada Humanities Committee and for the creation of a Nevada Online Encyclopedia; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

    Section 1. 1.  There is hereby appropriated from the State

 General Fund to the Department of Cultural Affairs the sum of

 $200,000 for expenses relating to the continued operation of the

 Southern Nevada Office of the Nevada Humanities Committee.

    2.  Upon acceptance of the money appropriated by subsection 1,

 the Nevada Humanities Committee agrees to:

    (a) Prepare and transmit a report to the Interim Finance

 Committee on or before December 15, 2004, that describes each

 expenditure made from the money appropriated by subsection 1

 from the date on which the money was received by the Nevada

 Humanities Committee through December 1, 2004; and

    (b) Upon request of the Legislative Commission, make available

 to the Legislative Auditor any books, accounts, claims, reports,

 vouchers or other records of information, confidential or otherwise

 and irrespective of their form or location, which the Legislative

 Auditor deems necessary to conduct any audit of the use of the

 money appropriated pursuant to subsection 1.

    Sec. 2.  1.  There is hereby appropriated from the State

 General Fund to the Department of Cultural Affairs the sum of

 $100,000 for expenses relating to the creation of a Nevada Online

 Encyclopedia.

    2.  The appropriation made by subsection 1 is contingent upon

 the Department of Cultural Affairs obtaining matching money from

 the Federal Government and other sources. The Department of

 Cultural Affairs shall submit proof satisfactory to the State

 Controller that the matching money has been committed from the

 Federal Government and other sources before the money

 appropriated by subsection 1 may be distributed.

    Sec. 3.  Any remaining balance of the appropriations made by

 sections 1 and 2 of this act must not be committed for expenditure

 after June 30, 2005, and reverts to the State General Fund as soon

 as all payments of money committed have been made.

    Sec. 4.  This section and sections 1 to 3, inclusive, of this act

become effective upon passage and approval and apply retroactively

 to July 1, 2003.

 

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