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Section 1. The following sums are hereby appropriated from the state

general fund for the purposes expressed in sections 2 to 28, inclusive, of

this act and for the support of the government of the State of Nevada for the

fiscal years beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2000, and

beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001.

1999-2000 2000-2001

Sec. 6. The Office of State Treasurer.

Sec. 11. Supreme Court of Nevada.

Sec. 20. Office of the Military.

Sec. 22. Department of Prisons.

Sec. 28. Ethics Commission.

Sec. 29. The following sums are hereby appropriated from the state

highway fund for the purposes expressed in this section for the fiscal years

beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2000, and beginning July 1,

2000, and ending June 30, 2001:

Sec. 30. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the sums

appropriated in this act must be:

(a) Expended in accordance with the allotment, transfer, work program

and budget provisions of NRS 353.150 to 353.245, inclusive; and

(b) Work programmed for the 2 separate fiscal years, 1999-2000 and

2000-2001, as required by NRS 353.215. Work programs may be revised

with the approval of the Governor upon the recommendation of the

Director of the Department of Administration and in accordance with the

provisions of the State Budget Act.

2. Transfers to and from salary allotments, travel allotments, operating

expense allotments, equipment allotments and other allotments must be

allowed and made in accordance with the provisions of NRS 353.215 to

353.225, inclusive, and after separate consideration of the merits of each

request.

3. Pursuant to law, sums appropriated for the support of the Supreme

Court of Nevada and the Legislative Fund are excluded from the allotment,

transfer, work program and budget provisions of NRS 353.150 to 353.245,

inclusive.

Sec. 31. The sums appropriated to:

1. Senior citizens’ property tax assistance;

2. Education of handicapped children;

3. Forest fire suppression/emergency response;

4. National Guard benefits;

5. Communicable disease control;

6. Maternal child health services;

7. Welfare administration;

8. Welfare field services;

9. Temporary assistance for needy families (TANF);

10. Assistance to aged and blind;

11. Welfare to work;

12. Employment and training;

13. Nevada Medicaid;

14. Nevada Check-Up Program;

15. Youth community services;

16. Pensions of justices, judges and widows;

17. Attorney general’s special litigation account;

18. Attorney general’s medicaid fraud unit;

19. Attorney general’s extradition coordinator; and

20. Ethics commission,

are available for both fiscal years 1999-2000 and 2000-2001, and may be

transferred from one fiscal year to the other with the approval of the Interim

Finance Committee upon the recommendation of the Governor. The money

appropriated for the support of pensions of justices, judges and widows is

available in both fiscal years 1999-2000 and 2000-2001, and may be

transferred from one fiscal year to the other with the approval of the Interim

Finance Committee.

Sec. 32. Of the amounts appropriated by sections 2 though 29 of this

act, amounts appropriated in fiscal year 1999-2000 to finance an

information technology project in excess of $50,000 are available for both

fiscal years 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 and may be transferred within the

same budget account from one year to the other with the approval of the

Interim Finance Committee upon the recommendation of the Governor.

Any amount transferred must be used to complete the information

technology project as approved by the Legislature.

Sec. 33. Amounts appropriated pursuant to sections 8, 14, 19, 21 and

25 of this act to finance specific programs as outlined in this section are

available for both fiscal years 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 and may be

transferred from one fiscal year to the other with the approval of the Interim

Finance Committee upon the recommendation of the Governor as follows:

1. Of the amounts appropriated to the Commission on Economic

Development pursuant to section 14 of this act, a total of $500,000 in both

fiscal year 1999-2000 and fiscal year 2000-2001 to support the Train

Employees Now Program.

2. Of the amounts appropriated to the Department of Conservation and

Natural Resources pursuant to section 25 of this act:

(a) Within the Division of State Parks a total of $346,699 in fiscal year

1999-2000 to finance maintenance projects.

(b) Within the Division of Forestry a total of $13,785 in fiscal year

1999-2000 for aircraft maintenance training.

(c) Of the amounts appropriated to the Department of Human

Resources, Division of Child and Family Services pursuant to section 19 of

this act:

(1) Within the juvenile justice programs account, a total of $60,000 in

fiscal year 1999-2000 to finance a juvenile corrections needs assessment.

(2) Within the youth alternative placement account, a total of

$633,526 in fiscal year 1999-2000 for juvenile out-of-state and contract

correctional placements.

(d) Of the amounts appropriated to the Department of Administration,

Clear Creek Youth Center pursuant to section 8 of this act, a total of

$50,000 in fiscal year 1999-2000 for maintenance projects.

(e) Of the amounts appropriated to the Nevada Veterans’ Services

Commission for the Veterans Home Account pursuant to section 21 of this

act, a total of $250,623 in fiscal year 1999-2000 for the purchase of

equipment.

Sec. 34. 1. The sums appropriated to the legislative fund by section

10 of this act for the support of the Legislative Commission, the various

divisions of the Legislative Counsel Bureau and Legislative Interim

Operations are available for both fiscal years 1999-2000 and 2000-2001,

and may be transferred among the Legislative Commission, the various

divisions of the Legislative Counsel Bureau and the Legislative Interim

Operations and from one fiscal year to another with the approval of the

Legislative Commission upon the recommendation of the Director of the

Legislative Counsel Bureau.

2. The sums appropriated for the support of salaries and payroll costs

must be applied pursuant to the budget approved by the Legislature

notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 281.123.

Sec. 35. The total amounts appropriated in section 19 of this act to

each of the accounts of the Health Care Financing and Policy Division and

the Welfare Division enumerated in section 31 of this act, except for the

amounts appropriated for the assistance to the aged and blind program, the

welfare administration account, welfare field services account and except as

otherwise provided in this section, are limits. The divisions shall not

request additional money for these programs, except for:

1. Increased state costs in the event that federal financial participation

rates are reduced from those in effect on July 1, 1999; or

2. Costs related to additional services mandated by the Federal

Government on or after October 1, 1999, and not specifically funded in the

Nevada Medicaid account in fiscal years 1999-2000 and 2000-2001.

Sec. 36. The sums appropriated to the Welfare Division by section 19

of this act may be transferred among the various budget accounts of the

Welfare Division with the approval of the Interim Finance Committee upon

the recommendation of the Governor.

Sec. 37. The Division of Health Care Financing and Policy shall work

with the University and Community College System of Nevada, where

possible and allowable, to incorporate dental services available through the

University and Community College System into Medicaid and Nevada

Check-Up health service delivery plans.

Sec. 38. Any money appropriated for expenditure in section 19 of this

act for the Special Children’s Clinic and the Maternal and Child Health

Services in the Health Division of the Department of Human Resources

may be transferred between those programs with the approval of the

Interim Finance Committee upon the recommendation of the Governor.

Sec. 39. Of the sums appropriated to the Welfare Division pursuant to

Senate Bill 547 of the 70th session of the Nevada Legislature, a total of

$43,218 may be used to pay signing bonuses or critical project bonuses to

employees of the Department of Information Technology. A signing bonus

of up to $3,000, which is payable to an employee during his first week of

employment, may be paid to the employee if, in the determination of the

agency administrator, he possesses advanced skills required for the

NOMADS project. A critical project bonus of up to $3,000 may be paid to

an employee working on the NOMADS project upon certification of the

system. The amount to be expended is limited to the amount budgeted for

such bonuses.

Sec. 40. Of the $836,070 appropriated to the Division of Child and

Family Services youth parole services account in both fiscal year 1999-

2000 and fiscal year 2000-2001 pursuant to section 19 of this act, the

Division of Child and Family Services shall not provide any monies in

excess of the amount provided to a local government in fiscal year 1997-98

for county detention costs unless the Division has confirmed that these

amounts shall not be used to offset existing local resources used to support

county detention centers. Any appropriated amounts in excess of monies

provided to a county in fiscal year 1997-98, for detention center costs of

state-paroled youth awaiting parole revocation hearings must be used by

local governments to enhance programs which are designed to reduce

commitments to county and state detention and correctional facilities.

Sec. 41. The sums appropriated to the Department of Prisons by

section 22 of this act may be transferred among the various budget accounts

of the Department of Prisons with the approval of the Interim Finance

Committee upon the recommendation of the Governor.

Sec. 42. 1. The sums appropriated to the Department of Motor

Vehicles and Public Safety by section 27 of this act for the support of

payment to the Public Safety Information Services Section may be

transferred among the various budget accounts of the Department of Motor

Vehicles and Public Safety, as enumerated in section 27 of this act, for the

support of payment to the Public Safety Information Services Section with

the approval of the Interim Finance Committee upon the recommendation

of the Governor. The amount transferred between accounts is limited to the

total amount appropriated for payments to the Public Safety Information

Services Section.

2. The sums appropriated to the Department of Motor Vehicles and

Public Safety by section 29 of this act for the support of payment to the

Public Safety Information Services Section may be transferred among the

various budget accounts of the Department of Motor Vehicles and Public

Safety, as enumerated in section 29 of this act, for the support of payment

to the Public Safety Information Services Section with the approval of the

Interim Finance Committee upon the recommendation of the Governor. The

amount transferred between accounts is limited to the total amount

appropriated for payments to the Public Safety Information Services

Section.

3. The sums appropriated in section 29 of this act to the budget

accounts within the Motor Vehicle Branch of the Department of Motor

Vehicles and Public Safety may be transferred between the accounts within

the Motor Vehicle Branch to implement any modifications to the

organizational structure of the Department upon the recommendation of the

Governor and the approval of the Interim Finance Committee.

4. The sums appropriated in section 29 of this act to the field services

account and the central services account may be transferred between the

two accounts to implement the use of new technologies to improve methods

of accessing services provided by the Department of Motor Vehicles and

Public Safety. A transfer of money between the field services account and

the central services account is authorized upon the recommendation of the

Governor and the approval of the Interim Finance Committee.

Sec. 43. 1. Any money appropriated for expenditures in section 29

of this act for the functions of the Transportation Services Authority or the

Taxicab Authority may be transferred among the Transportation Services

Authority, Southern Taxicab Authority and Northern Taxicab Authority

pursuant to legislation adopted by the 70th session of the Nevada

Legislature.

2. If budgetary transfers are required pursuant to subsection 1, on or

before October 1, 1999, the Transportation Services Authority, the

Southern Taxicab Authority and the Northern Taxicab Authority must

submit to the Governor for his approval and for the approval of the Interim

Finance Committee the proposed transfers in subsection 1.

Sec. 44. The sums appropriated to any division, agency or section of

any department of state government for the support of salaries and payroll

costs may be transferred to any other division, bureau, agency or section of

the same department for the support of salaries and payroll costs with the

approval of the Interim Finance Committee upon the recommendation of

the Governor. The amount transferred into a budget account is limited to

the amount budgeted for vacancy savings, and such transfers are also

limited only to those activities which are supported by state general fund or

highway fund appropriations.

Sec. 45. In addition to the requirements of NRS 353.225, for the fiscal

years 1999-2000 and 2000-2001, the Board of Regents of the University

and Community College System of Nevada shall comply with any request

by the Governor to set aside money from the appropriations made by this

act in any specified amount.

Sec. 46. There is hereby appropriated $57,450 from the state general

fund to the Public Employees’ Retirement Board to be expended for the

administration of the legislators’ retirement system for the period July 1,

1999, through June 30, 2001.

Sec. 47. 1. Except as otherwise provided in section 60 of this act,

unencumbered balances of the appropriations made in this act for the fiscal

years 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 must not be committed for expenditure

after June 30 of each fiscal year. Except as otherwise provided in

subsection 2, unencumbered balances of these appropriations revert to the

fund from which appropriated.

2. Any encumbered balance of the appropriations made to the

legislative fund by section 10 of this act does not revert to the state general

fund but constitutes a balance carried forward.

Sec. 48. If any claims which are payable and properly approved

exceed the amount available in the Department of Prisons’ warehouse

account, the State Controller may temporarily transfer, upon the

recommendation of the Director of the Department of Administration, from

the appropriations made in section 22 of this act for the Department of

Prisons, such amount as may be required to pay the claims but not

exceeding a total of $4,000,000.

Sec. 49. The State Controller shall provide for the payment of claims

legally obligated in each fiscal year on behalf of state agencies until the last

Friday of the August immediately following the end of each fiscal year.

Sec. 50. The State Controller shall transfer among the appropriate

accounts and funds the amounts necessary to carry out the budget approved

by the Legislature, and the amounts so transferred shall be deemed

appropriated.

Sec. 51. The State Controller shall pay the annual salaries of Supreme

Court Justices, district court judges, the Governor, the Lieutenant

Governor, the Secretary of State, the Treasurer, the Controller and the

Attorney General in biweekly installments for each day worked up to an

including the date of payment. The payment of a portion of the annual

salaries of these officers at the end of a calendar year for the purpose of

reconciling the amount of the salary paid during that calendar year with the

amount of the salary set forth in statute for that office must not be made if it

will result in the issuance of a separate check.

Sec. 52. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to

the legislative fund, created pursuant to NRS 218.085, the sum of

$1,700,000.

Sec. 53. 1. If the Attorney General determines that delays in the

receipt of recovery revenue for the Medicaid Fraud Unit will result in

insufficient revenues to pay authorized expenditures, he may submit a

request for a temporary advance from the state general fund to the Director

of the Department of Administration to pay authorized expenditures to

support the operations of the unit.

2. The Director of the Department of Administration shall notify the

State Controller and the Fiscal Analysis Division of the Legislative Counsel

Bureau if he approves a request made pursuant to subsection 1. The State

Controller shall draw a warrant upon receipt of such notification.

3. An advance from the State General Fund approved by the Director

of the Department of Administration as authorized pursuant to this section

is limited to the total estimated amounts due from outstanding billings for

recoveries and must not exceed the total authorized recoveries in the

appropriate fiscal year.

4. Any money which is temporarily advanced from the State General

Fund to the Medicaid Fraud Unit pursuant to this section must be repaid on

or before the last Friday in August immediately following the end of the

fiscal year.

Sec. 54. 1. If the Executive Director for Veteran Affairs determines

that delays in the receipt of federal reimbursement for services provided by

the Southern Nevada Veterans’ Home will result in insufficient revenues to

pay authorized expenditures, he may submit a request for a temporary

advance from the State General Fund to the Director of the Department of

Administration to pay authorized expenditures to support operational costs

of the Veterans’ Home.

2. The Director of the Department of Administration shall notify the

State Controller and the Fiscal Analysis Division of the Legislative Counsel

Bureau if he approves a request made pursuant to subsection 1. The State

Controller shall draw a warrant upon receipt of such notification.

3. An advance for the State General Fund approved by the Director of

the Department of Administration as authorized pursuant to this section is

limited to the total estimated amounts due from outstanding billings for

federal reimbursements for operational costs incurred by the Veterans’

Home.

4. Any money which is temporarily advanced from the State General

Fund to the Southern Nevada Veterans’ Home pursuant to this section must

be repaid on or before the last Friday in August immediately following the

end of the fiscal year.

Sec. 55. 1. If the Director of the State Department of Conservation

and Natural Resources determines that, because of delays in the receipt of

revenue for services billed to the Federal Government, local governments

and other state governments, the amount of current claims for expenses

incurred in the suppression of fire or response to emergencies exceeds the

amount of money available to pay such claims within 30 days, he may

request from the Director of the Department of Administration a temporary

advance from the state general fund to pay authorized expenses.

2. The Director of the Department of Administration shall notify the

State Controller and the Fiscal Analysis Division of the Legislative Counsel

Bureau if he approves a request made pursuant to subsection 1. The State

Controller shall draw his warrant upon receipt of such notification.

3. An advance from the State General Fund:

(a) May be approved by the Director of the Department of

Administration only for expenses incurred in the suppression of fires or

response to emergencies charged to the budget account for forest fire

suppression/emergency response of the Division of Forestry of the State

Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Before approving the

advance, the Director shall verify that billings for reimbursement have been

sent to the agencies of the Federal Government, local governments or other

state governments responsible for reimbursing the Division of Forestry for

costs incurred in fire suppression or emergency response activities.

(b) Is limited to the total due from outstanding billings for reimbursable

expenses incurred in the suppression of fires or response to emergencies as

approved for payment to the state by agencies of the Federal Government,

local governments, and other state governments.

4. Any money which is temporarily advanced from the State General

Fund to the budget account for forest fire suppression/emergency response

pursuant to this section must be repaid on or before the last Friday in

August immediately following the end of the fiscal year.

Sec. 56. 1. If the Governor orders the Nevada National Guard into

active duty as described in NRS 412.122 for an emergency as described in

NRS 353.263 and the Adjutant General of the Nevada National Guard

determines expenditures will be required, the Adjutant General may request

from the Director of the Department of Administration a temporary

advance from the state general fund for the payment of authorized

expenses.

2. The Director of the Department of Administration shall notify the

State Controller and the Fiscal Analysis Division of the Legislative Counsel

Bureau of the approval of a request made pursuant to subsection 1. The

State Controller shall draw his warrant upon receipt of the approval by the

Director of the Department of Administration.

3. An advance from the State General Fund:

(a) Must be approved by the Director of the Department of

Administration for expenses incurred as a result of activation of the Nevada

National Guard.

(b) Is limited to $25,000 per activation as described in subsection 1.

4. Any money which is temporarily advanced from the state general

fund to an account pursuant to subsection 3 must be repaid as soon as

possible, and must come from the emergency account established under

NRS 353.263.

Sec. 57. 1. If the Director of the Department of Prisons determines

that delays in the receipt of revenue for services billed to the Federal

Government, for housing illegal aliens will result in insufficient revenues to

pay authorized expenditures of the Department of Prisons, he may request

from the Director of the Department of Administration a temporary

advance from the State General Fund to pay authorized expenses.

2. The Director of the Department of Administration shall notify the

State Controller and the Fiscal Analysis Division of the Legislative Counsel

Bureau if he approves a request made pursuant to subsection 1. The State

Controller shall draw his warrant upon receipt of such notification.

3. An advance from the State General Fund may be approved by the

Director of the Department of Administration, is limited to the total due

from outstanding billings to the Federal Government for costs related to the

housing of illegal aliens and must not exceed $2,500,000, per fiscal year.

4. Any money which is temporarily advanced from the State General

Fund to the Department of Prisons pursuant to this section must be repaid

on or before the last Friday in August immediately following the end of the

fiscal year.

Sec. 58. 1. If projections of the ending balance of the State General

Fund fall below the amount estimated by the 1999 Legislature for fiscal

year 1999-2000 or 2000-2001, the Director of the Department of

Administration shall report this information to the State Board of

Examiners.

2. If the State Board of Examiners determines that the ending balance

of the State General Fund is projected to be less than $40,000,000 for fiscal

year 1999-2000 or 2000-2001, the Governor, pursuant to NRS 353.225,

may direct the Director of the Department of Administration to require the

State Controller or the head of each department, institution or agency to set

aside a reserve of not more than 15 percent of the total amount of operating

expenses or other appropriations and money otherwise available to such

department, institution or agency.

3. A reserve must not be set aside pursuant to this section unless:

(a) The Governor, on behalf of the State Board of Examiners, submits a

report to the Legislature, or if the Legislature is not in session, to the

Interim Finance Committee, stating the reasons why a reserve is needed and

indicating each department, institution or agency that will be required to set

aside a reserve; and

(b) The Legislature or the Interim Finance Committee approves setting

aside of the reserve.

Sec. 59. If the State of Nevada is required to make payment to the

United States Treasury under the provisions of Public Law 101-453, the

Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990, the State Controller, upon

approval of the State Board of Examiners, may make such payments from

the interest earnings of the State General Fund or interest earnings in other

funds when interest on federal money has been deposited in those funds.

Sec. 60. 1. Of the sums appropriated to the State Arts Council by

section 18 of this act, the following amounts must be used to support the

challenge grant program:

2. Any amounts provided to support the challenge grant program as

provided by this section which are not committed for expenditure by June

30 of each fiscal year may be carried forward for a maximum of 2 fiscal

years after which time any unexpended amounts revert to the State General

Fund. If a challenge grant project is completed in less than 3 fiscal years,

any unexpended money must not be reallocated and reverts to the State

General Fund at the close of the fiscal year.

3. All money appropriated by section 18 of this act other than the sums

designated in subsection 1 to support the challenge grant program is subject

to the provisions of section 47 of this act.

Sec. 61. 1. This section and section 52 of this act become effective

upon passage and approval.

2. Sections 1 to 51, inclusive, and 53 to 60, inclusive, of this act

become effective on July 1, 1999.

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