Assembly Bill No. 699–Committee on Ways and Means

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Section 1. The State Board of Finance shall issue general obligation

bonds of the State of Nevada in the face amount of not more than

$157,992,540 for the capital improvements summarized in this section.

This amount is allocated to projects numbered and described in the

executive budget for the fiscal years 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 or

otherwise described as follows:

Sec. 2. 1. The State Board of Finance shall issue general obligation

bonds of the State of Nevada in the face amount of not more than $407,649

for capital improvement project 99-C39L, various general improvements at

the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort, Phase 1B.

2. The proceeds of the bonds issued pursuant to this section must be

allocated to the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

The State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall

administer the project.

3. The Legislature finds and declares that the issuance of bonds

pursuant to this section is necessary for the protection and preservation of

the property of this state and for the purpose of obtaining the benefits

thereof, and constitutes an exercise of the authority conferred by the second

paragraph of section 3 of article 9 of the Constitution of the State of

Nevada.

Sec. 3. Any remaining balance of the allocated amounts authorized in

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

June 30, 2003, and reverts to the bond interest and redemption account in

the consolidated bond interest and redemption fund as soon as all payments

of money committed have been made.

Sec. 4. 1. The State Controller may advance temporarily from the

state general fund, upon the approval of the Chief of the Budget Division of

the Department of Administration, to the State Public Works Board or the

State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, until the date on

which bonds authorized by sections 1 and 2 of this act are sold, amounts

necessary to facilitate the start of the projects enumerated in sections 1 and

2 of this act. The State Controller shall not advance more than the face

amount of the bonds authorized to be issued. The advanced amounts must

be repaid immediately to the state general fund upon the sale of the bonds.

2. The Chief of the Budget Division of the Department of

Administration shall notify the State Controller and the Fiscal Analysis

Division of the Legislative Counsel Bureau of the approval of an advance

from the state general fund to the State Public Works Board or the State

Department of Conservation and Natural Resources pursuant to subsection

1.

Sec. 5. 1. If the University and Community College System of

Nevada determines that all or a portion of the amounts allocated pursuant

to section 1 of this act for project 99-C16, student development center,

TMCC, are not needed to complete the project because there is sufficient

money available from other sources to complete the project, the University

and Community College System of Nevada shall notify the State Public

Works Board of that determination in writing. A notification provided

pursuant to this section must specify the amount allocated pursuant to

section 1 of this act for project 99-C16 that is not needed to complete the

project.

2. Upon the receipt of notification from the University and Community

College System of Nevada that all or a portion of the amounts allocated

pursuant to section 1 of this act for project 99-C16, student development

center, TMCC, are not needed to complete the project, the State Public

Works Board shall transfer the amount specified in the notification to

support the Board in carrying out the program of capital improvements

summarized in this section. The amount specified in the notification must

be allocated in the manner prescribed in this section to projects numbered

and described in the executive budget for the fiscal years 1999-2000 and

2000-2001 or otherwise described as follows:

3. If the State Public Works Board makes a transfer pursuant to

subsection 2, the Manager of the State Public Works Board shall notify:

(a) The Budget Division of the Department of Administration; and

(b) The Legislature or, if the Legislature is not in session, the Interim

Finance Committee,

of the transfer made pursuant to this section.

4. Any remaining balance of the allocated amounts authorized in

subsection 2 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2003,

and reverts to the bond interest and redemption account in the consolidated

bond interest and redemption fund as soon as all payments of money

committed have been made.

Sec. 6. Commencing on July 1, 2001, the Department of Information

Technology shall repay in annual installments to the State Treasurer for

deposit to the bond interest and redemption account in the consolidated

bond interest and redemption fund the cost of project 99-C8, Capitol

Complex conduit system, phase II, project 99-M25, chiller replacement at

computer facility, and project 99-M26, upgrade building data

systems/wiring for Capitol Complex and Sawyer Building. Each installment

must be equal to 5 percent of the total cost of the completed project.

Sec. 7. There is hereby appropriated from the state highway fund to

the State Public Works Board the sum of $11,796,898 to support the Board

in carrying out the program of capital improvements summarized in this

section. This amount is allocated to projects numbered and described in the

executive budget for the fiscal years 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 or

otherwise described as follows:

Sec. 8. 1. The State Public Works Board shall obtain approval for

the siting and location of project 99-H1, new highway patrol building in

Las Vegas, from the Interim Finance Committee or the Legislature if in

session, before expending funding for the design of the facility.

2. The State Public Works Board shall not expend the $2,000,000

designated for the costs of acquiring the property on which the facility will

be located for any purpose other than for the purpose of acquiring the

property on which the facility will be located.

Sec. 9. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, any

remaining balance of the appropriations made by section 7 of this act must

not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2003, and reverts to the

state highway fund as soon as all payments of money committed have been

made.

2. Any remaining balance of the $2,000,000 that is designated for the

acquisition of the property on which project 99-H1, new highway patrol

building, Las Vegas, will be located must not be committed for expenditure

after June 30, 2001, and reverts to the state highway fund as soon as all

payments of money committed have been made.

Sec. 10. The amounts appropriated pursuant to section 7 of this act

from the state highway fund must be allocated by the State Controller as the

money is required for the projects and must not be transferred to the

projects from the state highway fund until required to make contract

payments.

Sec. 11. There is hereby appropriated from the penalties and interest

account maintained by the Employment Security Division of the

Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation to the State Public

Works Board the sum of $525,991 to support the Board in carrying out the

program of capital improvements summarized in this section. This amount

is allocated to projects numbered and described in the executive budget for

the fiscal years 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 or otherwise described as

follows:

Sec. 12. The State Public Works Board shall transfer the sum of $60

from the amount allocated pursuant to section 5 of chapter 613, Statutes of

Nevada 1989, at pages 1372 and 1373, for project 89-39, State Library,

Carson City, to projects as authorized in section 18 of this act.

Sec. 13. The State Public Works Board shall transfer the sum of

$63,120 from the amounts allocated pursuant to section 4 of chapter 497,

Statutes of Nevada 1991, at pages 1526, 1527 and 1528, from the projects

identified in this section to projects as authorized in section 18 of this act:

Sec. 14. The State Public Works Board shall transfer the sum of

$21,450 from the interest on the proceeds of the bonds issued pursuant to

section 2 of chapter 718, Statutes of Nevada 1991, at page 2382, for project

91-C15, classroom and office complex, UNLV, to projects as authorized in

section 18 of this act.

Sec. 15. The State Public Works Board shall transfer the sum of

$514,246 from the amounts allocated or appropriated pursuant to sections

1, 7 and 14 of chapter 351, Statutes of Nevada 1993, at pages 1126 to

1131, inclusive, from the projects identified in this section to projects as

authorized in section 18 of this act:

Sec. 16. The State Public Works Board shall transfer the sum of

$638,827 from the amounts appropriated pursuant to section 1 of chapter

619, Statutes of Nevada 1995, at pages 2331 to 2335, inclusive, from the

projects identified in this section to projects as authorized in section 18 of

this act:

Sec. 17. The State Public Works Board shall transfer the sum of

$2,820,326 from the amounts allocated or appropriated pursuant to sections

1, 10 and 17 of chapter 478, Statutes of Nevada 1997, at pages 1827 to

1835, inclusive, from the projects identified in this section to projects as

authorized in section 18 of this act:

Sec. 18. The State Public Works Board shall use the $4,058,029

transferred from the projects identified in sections 12 to 17, inclusive, of

this act to support the Board in carrying out the program of capital

improvements summarized in this section. This amount is allocated to

projects numbered and described in the executive budget for the fiscal

years 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 or otherwise described as follows:

Sec. 19. Any remaining balance of the allocated amounts in section 18

of this act must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2003, and

reverts to the fund of origin as soon as all payments of money committed

have been made.

Sec. 20. Expenditure of the following sums not appropriated from the

state general fund or the state highway fund is hereby authorized for the

following projects numbered and described in the executive budget for the

fiscal years 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 or otherwise described as follows:

Sec. 21. 1. The State Controller may advance temporarily from the

state general fund, upon the approval of the Chief of the Budget Division of

the Department of Administration, to the State Public Works Board, until

the date on which the sums not appropriated from the state general fund or

the state highway fund for project 99-C1, Men’s Prison No. 7 (Cold Creek

State Prison), Phase II, are received, amounts necessary to facilitate the

start of the project. The State Controller shall not advance more than the

amount authorized for the project pursuant to section 20 of this act. The

advanced amounts must be repaid immediately to the state general fund

upon the receipt of the sums not appropriated from the state general fund or

the state highway fund.

2. The Chief of the Budget Division of the Department of

Administration shall notify the State Controller and the Fiscal Analysis

Division of the Legislative Counsel Bureau of the approval of an advance

from the state general fund to the State Public Works Board pursuant to

subsection 1.

Sec. 22. Except as otherwise provided in section 2 of this act, the State

Public Works Board shall carry out the provisions of this act as provided in

chapter 341 of NRS. The Board shall ensure that qualified persons are

employed to accomplish the authorized work. Every contract pertaining to

the work must be approved by the Attorney General.

Sec. 23. All state and local governmental agencies involved in the

design and construction of the projects enumerated in this act shall

cooperate with the State Public Works Board to expedite the completion of

the project.

Sec. 24. 1. An ad valorem tax of 15 cents on each $100 of assessed

valuation of taxable property is hereby levied for the fiscal year

commencing July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2000, and an ad valorem

tax of 15 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation of taxable property is

hereby levied for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2000, and ending June

30, 2001. The taxes levied must be collected in the manner provided in

chapter 361 of NRS on all taxable property in this state including the net

proceeds of minerals and excluding such property as is by law exempt from

taxation.

2. The proceeds of the tax levied by subsection 1 are hereby

appropriated for each fiscal year to the consolidated bond interest and

redemption fund to discharge the obligations of the State of Nevada as they

are respectively due in that fiscal year. Any balance of the money

appropriated by this section remaining at the end of the respective fiscal

years does not revert to the state general fund.

Sec. 25. 1. On or before July 1, 1999, and July 1, 2000, the State

Controller shall estimate the amount of proceeds of the tax levied by

section 24 of this act. If the amount is less than the total obligation of the

State of Nevada for payment of the interest on and principal of bonds which

will become due in the fiscal year, he shall reserve in the state general fund

an amount which is sufficient to pay the remainder of the total obligation.

The State Controller may revise the estimate and amount reserved.

2. If the money in the consolidated bond interest and redemption fund

is insufficient to pay those obligations as they become due, the State

Controller shall cause the money in reserve to be transferred from the state

general fund to the consolidated bond interest and redemption fund. The

amount reserved is hereby contingently appropriated for that purpose. Any

balance of the sums appropriated by this subsection remaining at the end of

the respective fiscal years must not be committed for expenditure after June

30 of the respective fiscal years and reverts to the state general fund as soon

as all payments of money committed have been made.

3. The State Controller shall report to the Legislature or, if the

Legislature is not in session, to the Interim Finance Committee:

(a) The amount of any estimate made pursuant to subsection 1 and the

amount of money reserved in the state general fund based upon the

estimate;

(b) The amount of money transferred from the state general fund

pursuant to subsection 2; and

(c) The amount of money which reverts to the state general fund

pursuant to subsection 2.

Sec. 26. The State Board of Finance, in its capacity as the State

General Obligation Bond Commission and to the extent that money is

available, shall pay the expenses related to the issuance of general

obligation bonds approved by the 70th session of the Nevada Legislature

from the proceeds of those bonds.

Sec. 27. Expenditure of the following sums not appropriated from the

state general fund or the state highway fund is hereby authorized from the

consolidated bond interest and redemption fund in the amount of

$69,300,982 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30,

2000, and in the amount of $75,252,778 for the fiscal year beginning July

1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001.

Sec. 28. With the approval of the Interim Finance Committee, the

State Public Works Board and the University and Community College

System of Nevada may transfer appropriated and authorized money from

one project to another within the same agency or within the University and

Community College System of Nevada for those projects listed in sections

1, 7, 11, 18, 20 and 30 of this act.

Sec. 29. The State Public Works Board shall let a single contract for

project number 99-C1, Men’s Prison No. 7 (Cold Creek State Prison),

phase II. The contract for construction is exempt from the provisions

relating to bids in NRS 341.145 to 341.151, inclusive.

Sec. 30. The money collected pursuant to the annual tax on slot

machines imposed pursuant to NRS 463.385 that is distributed to the

special capital construction fund for higher education, except any amount

of that money that is needed to pay the principal and interest on bonds, is

appropriated to the State Public Works Board for the following capital

improvement projects for the University and Community College System of

Nevada:

Sec. 31. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by section

30 of this act must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2003,

and reverts to the fund of origin as soon as all payments of money

committed have been made.

Sec. 32. Section 26 of chapter 619, Statutes of Nevada 1995, as

amended by section 30 of chapter 478, Statutes of Nevada 1997, at page

1837, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 33. Section 27 of chapter 619, Statutes of Nevada 1995, as

amended by section 30 of chapter 478, Statutes of Nevada 1997, at page

1837, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 34. Section 3 of chapter 478, Statutes of Nevada 1997, at page

1831, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 35. Section 11 of chapter 478, Statutes of Nevada 1997, at page

1832, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 36. Section 18 of chapter 478, Statutes of Nevada 1997, at page

1835, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 37. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

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