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1-1 Section 1. Chapter 179A of NRS is hereby amended by adding

1-2 thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2 and 3 of this act.

1-3 Sec. 2. 1. The revolving account to investigate the background of

1-4 volunteers who work with children is hereby created in the state general

1-5 fund.

1-6 2. The director of the department shall administer the account to

1-7 investigate the background of volunteers who work with children. The

1-8 money in the account must be expended only to pay the costs of the

1-9 central repository to process requests from nonprofit agencies to

1-10 determine whether a volunteer of a nonprofit agency who works directly

1-11 with children or a prospective volunteer of the nonprofit agency who will

1-12 work directly with children has committed a sexual offense. The

2-1 existence of the account to investigate the background of volunteers who

2-2 work with children does not create a right in any person to receive money

2-3 from the account.

2-4 3. Any money appropriated by the legislature for the cost of

2-5 investigating the background of volunteers who work with children, any

2-6 money remaining in the budget account of the director of the department

2-7 from fees charged by the central repository for criminal investigations at

2-8 the end of each fiscal year, and gifts, donations, bequests or other

2-9 sources of money received by the director of the department pursuant to

2-10 subsection 4, must be deposited in the account.

2-11 4. The director of the department may apply for and accept any gift,

2-12 donation, bequest, grant or other source of money and any money so

2-13 received is hereby authorized for expenditure in the same manner as

2-14 other money in the account to investigate the background of volunteers

2-15 who work with children.

2-16 5. The interest and income earned on the money in the account to

2-17 investigate the background of volunteers who work with children, after

2-18 deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the account.

2-19 Money in the account remaining at the end of the fiscal year does not

2-20 revert to the state general fund, and the balance in the account must be

2-21 carried forward to the next fiscal year.

2-22 6. The director of the department shall adopt regulations to carry out

2-23 the provisions of this section. The regulations must include, without

2-24 limitation:

2-25 (a) The procedure by which a person may apply for a grant of money

2-26 from the account to investigate the background of volunteers who work

2-27 with children;

2-28 (b) The criteria that the department will consider in determining

2-29 whether to award such a grant of money from the account; and

2-30 (c) Procedures to distribute the money in the account in a fair and

2-31 equitable manner.

2-32 Sec. 3. A state or local governmental agency:

2-33 1. May establish forms and procedures for a person to donate money

2-34 to the account to investigate the background of volunteers who work with

2-35 children while the person is transacting business with the state or local

2-36 governmental agency; and

2-37 2. Shall deposit any money received for the account to investigate the

2-38 background of volunteers who work with children with the state treasurer

2-39 for credit to the account.

2-40 Sec. 4. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.