(REPRINTED WITH ADOPTED AMENDMENTS) " FIRST REPRINT A.C.R. 24" Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 24--Committee on Ways and Means April 12, 1995 _____________ Referred to Committee on Ways and Means SUMMARY--Directs adjustment of sums of money from issuance of certain state general obligation bonds previously authorized for expenditure for certain purposes related to protection and preservation of natural resources. (BDR R-1935) EXPLANATION--Matter in italics is new; matter in bra ckets [ ] is material to be omitted. ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION--Directing the adjustment of sums of money from the issuance of certain state general obligation bonds previously authorized for expenditure for certain purposes related to the protection and preservation of natural resources. WHEREAS, Section 1 of chapter 785, Statutes of Nevada 1989, at page 1864, authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds of the state for the purposes of protecting, preserving and obtaining the benefits of natural resources; and WHEREAS, Section 2 of chapter 785, Statutes of Nevada 1989, at page 1864, provides that certain sums of money from the issuance of the general obligation bonds must be allocated to the Division of State Parks of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for carrying out such purposes; and WHEREAS, Section 3 of chapter 785, Statutes of Nevada 1989, at page 1865, as amended by chapter 83, Statutes of Nevada 1991, at page 148, provides that if the Legislature is in regular or special session, the Administrator of the Division of State Parks of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources must obtain the approval and direction of the Legislature before he may expend money in addition to those amounts previously authorized for the acquisition and development of real or personal property, interests in real or personal property or a combination thereof; and WHEREAS, The Administrator of the Division of State Parks of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has requested the approval and direction of the 68th session of the Legislature to adjust the sums of money which were allocated to the Division of State Parks from the issuance of the general obligation bonds and which were previously authorized by the Interim Finance Committee for expenditure; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, THE SENATE CONCURRING, That the sums of money which were allocated to the Division of State Parks of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources from the issuance of general obligation bonds pursuant to chapter 785, Statutes of Nevada 1989, and which were previously authorized by the Interim Finance Committee for expenditure for purposes related to certain parks in this state, be adjusted as follows: 1. Reduce the sum of money authorized for the acquisition of real or personal property or interests in real or personal property by $42,208; 2. Reduce the sum of money authorized for the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park by $53,817; 3. Reduce the sum of money authorized for the South Fork State Recreation Area by $42,231; 4. Reduce the sum of money authorized for the Washoe Lake State Park by $27,667; 5. Reduce the sum of money authorized for the Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park by $23,731; 6. Increase the sum of money authorized for the Kershaw Canyon-Ryan State Park by $28,977; 7. Increase the sum of money authorized for the Spring Mountain Ranch State Park by $8,081; 8. Increase the sum of money authorized for the Valley of Fire State Park by $4,448; 9. Increase the sum of money authorized for the Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area by $2,962; 10. Increase the sum of money authorized for the Floyd R. Lamb State Park by $15,311; and 11. Increase the sum of money authorized for the Cathedral Gorge State Park by $129,875; and be it further RESOLVED, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and transmit a copy of this resolution to the Administrator of the Division of State Parks of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. -30-