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Section 1. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general

fund to the City of Las Vegas the sum of $150,000 for grants to support

athletic programs for children after the regularly scheduled school day and

on weekends.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 2. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to

White Pine County the sum of $110,000 for expenses related to the trial of

Thomas Coleman.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 3. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to

Boulder City the sum of $250,000 to assist in the design, construction and

installation of exhibits at the Boulder City Museum.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 4. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to

the Interim Finance Committee the sum of $100,000 for the operational

costs of the Commission on Racial and Economic Bias within the Judicial

System.

2. The Commission on Racial and Economic Bias within the Judicial

System shall submit a request to the Interim Finance Committee to receive

funding from the money appropriated by subsection 1. The request must

include a proposed budget for the expenditure of the money requested. The

Interim Finance Committee need not approve the entire funding upon the

Commission’s request. Information describing the manner in which any

previously allocated money was expended must be provided by the

Commission with any subsequent request for funding.

3. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 5. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to

the State Department of Agriculture the sum of $40,000 for research on

White Rot.

2. The State Department of Agriculture may only expend an amount of

the money appropriated by subsection 1 equal to the amount for which

matching money is provided from the Garlic and Onion Research and

Promotion Account created by NRS 561.423 or donations, or a

combination of both.

3. Any remaining balance of the sum appropriated by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 6. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to

the State Department of Agriculture the sum of $80,000 for the

development of a statewide data base and economic analysis relating to

grazing trends on public lands and their effect on private business, rural

economies, and county and state governments.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

3. The Director of the State Department of Agriculture shall use the

money appropriated by subsection 1 to develop a statewide data base and

economic analysis relating to grazing trends on public lands. The data base

and analysis must be completed on or before the first day of the 71st

legislative session.

4. The data base must include:

(a) An inventory of all federally administered land in Nevada

summarizing and verifying past and present grazing authorizations issued

by the Federal Government. To the extent practical, this inventory must

incorporate existing information that is verified in terms of its accuracy and

compiled in a usable format.

(b) Individual grazing allotments from federal records, arranged into a

data base that is based on geographic areas and including all geographical

information associated with the grazing allotments. All compiled and

verified records of individual grazing allotments must be subjected to an

economic input and output model that has been regionally calibrated and

verified by the Applied Economics and Statistics Department of the

University of Nevada, Reno.

5. The economic analysis must include a determination of the annual

economic effect on the livestock industry, business sectors and

governmental revenues and the economic effect on the income and property

values of ranchers.

6. The summarized results of this study must be compiled into a written

report on or before January 1, 2001. Two hundred copies of the report must

be produced. Copies must be delivered to the Governor, Nevada

Legislature, Nevada Congressional Delegation, Nevada Association of

Counties, Nevada Cattlemen’s Association, Nevada Farm Bureau and other

appropriate state and federal agencies.

7. The Director is authorized to hire a qualified contractor to complete

the written report within the limits of the appropriation made by subsection

1.

Sec. 7. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to

the City of Las Vegas the sum of $300,000 for continued support of the

child care training program currently operated by the City of Las Vegas.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 8. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to

Lyon County the sum of $25,000 for the expansion of the Lyon County

Museum and the restoration of the Thompson School House.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 9. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to

the University and Community College System of Nevada the sum of

$100,000 for the Southern Nevada Writing Project and the Northern

Nevada Writing Project.

2. The money appropriated by subsection 1 must be allocated equally

between the Southern Nevada Writing Project and the Northern Nevada

Writing Project for deposit in separate accounts for each project.

3. Disbursements from these accounts to pay the expenses of the

projects must be made by the Board of Regents of the University and

Community College System of Nevada upon the request of the

administrator of the respective project.

4. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 10. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to the State Arts Council of the Department of Museums, Library and Arts

the sum of $150,000 for the support of the Grants Program, the Arts in

Education Program and the Folk Arts Program.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 11. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to Churchill County the sum of $85,000 for the expenses related to the

operation of a veterans’ field service office in Churchill County.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 12. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to the Department of Education the sum of $50,000 for the award of grants

to schools for training and for the establishment of programs for peer

mediation and conflict resolution and the expansion of existing programs

for peer mediation and conflict resolution.

2. The Department of Education shall use the money appropriated by

subsection 1 to award grants to schools for the establishment of programs

for peer mediation and conflict resolution and the expansion of existing

programs for peer mediation and conflict resolution. The Department shall

give priority either to schools which do not have an existing program or to

those schools that have a high incidence of:

(a) Violence between pupils;

(b) Violence directed against teachers or other members of the staff;

(c) Violence involving weapons; or

(d) Any combination of paragraph (a), (b) or (c).

3. Each grant awarded pursuant to subsection 2 must not exceed

$2,500. The grants must not be used for the administrative salaries of

school administrators.

4. Participating schools may submit an application for a grant to the

Department of Education and each grant must be awarded on a competitive

basis according to the criteria set forth in subsection 2.

5. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 13. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to Clark County for disbursement to Nevada Partners the sum of $250,000

for the support of programs that help prepare unemployed and under-

employed persons to enter the work force and make significant

contributions in southern Nevada.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 14. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to the City of Las Vegas the sum of $2,800,000 for disbursement to the

Community Development Program Center of Nevada for the revitalization

of the Herbert Gerson Park into a mixed-use, mixed-income development.

The City of Las Vegas shall disburse the money appropriated by this

subsection within 30 days after receipt from the state.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 15. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to Clark County the sum of $200,000 for the establishment of a pilot

program to provide guardians ad litem for children who are abused or

neglected.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 16. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to the Office of the Attorney General the sum of $50,000 for disbursement

to the Nevada Network for Domestic Violence to provide statewide training

of welfare intake workers to identify victims of domestic violence, refer

them to appropriate services and follow up as necessary.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 17. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to the City of Sparks the sum of $100,000 for the remodeling and

renovation of the Sparks Heritage Museum.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 18. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to Clark County the sum of $200,000 for distribution to the nonprofit

organization Greater Las Vegas Inner-City Games for the continuation of

sports, educational and cultural activities in the Greater Las Vegas area.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 19. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to the Office of the Governor the sum of $200,000 for use by the Nevada

Commission for National and Community Service to pay a portion of the

costs to provide AmeriCorps programs in Nevada.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 20. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to the City of Las Vegas the sum of $500,000 for funding of the activities

of the California-Nevada Super Speed Ground Transportation Commission.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 21. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to Clark County for distribution to the Enterprise Community Federal

Credit Union the sum of $100,000 for the funding of small business loans

and for additional operating expenses related to the expansion of the

services provided by the credit union.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 22. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to the Fernley Town Board the sum of $40,000 for restoration of the

Fernley Train Depot.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 23. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to the City of Henderson the sum of $500,000 for disbursement to

Opportunity Village to assist in the construction of a new facility.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 24. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to Humboldt County the sum of $350,000 for certain improvements to the

Juvenile Detention Center of the Sixth Judicial District.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 25. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to the City of Las Vegas for distribution to the nonprofit corporation

designated "The Shade Tree" the sum of $200,000 for the construction of a

facility to provide emergency shelter for women and children.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 26. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to the Department of Museums, Library and Arts the sum of $50,000 for

the production of the Nevada History CD-ROM Project.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 27. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to the Department of Museums, Library and Arts the sum of $100,000 for

disbursement to the Las Vegas Performing Arts Center to assist in the

construction of a performing arts center.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

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

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 28. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to Clark County the sum of $100,000 for disbursement to the Old

Logandale School Historical and Cultural Society for the restoration of the

historic Logandale Elementary School.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 29. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to the legislative fund the sum of $10,000 for expenditure by the Close Up

Foundation of Nevada, an organization that helps high school pupils attend

the Nevada Legislature during the legislative session.

2. Allocations from the appropriation made by subsection 1 must be

approved by the Legislative Commission upon its acceptance of a proposal

for the expenditure of money appropriated by subsection 1 by the Close Up

Foundation.

3. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 30. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to the Department of Museums, Library and Arts the sum of $25,000 for

disbursement to the Las Vegas Art Museum for the procurement of new

exhibits and enhancement of the permanent collection.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 31. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to the Department of Museums, Library and Arts the sum of $10,000 for

disbursement to the Charleston Heights Art Center for student participation

in after-school programs of drama and art.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 32. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to the City of Yerington the sum of $50,000 for disbursement to the Mason

Valley Boys and Girls Club to assist in the construction of a facility and to

provide operating expenses for the facility.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 33. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to the Department of Museums, Library and Arts the sum of $50,000 for

disbursement to the Las Vegas Lied Discovery Children’s Museum for the

procurement of new exhibits and enhancement of the permanent collection.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 34. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to the Department of Museums, Library and Arts the sum of $50,000 for

disbursement to the Las Vegas Natural History Museum for the

procurement of new exhibits and enhancement of the permanent collection.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 35. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to the Department of Museums, Library and Arts the sum of $100,000 for

disbursement to the Carson City Children’s Museum for the procurement of

new exhibits and enhancement of the permanent collection.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 36. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to the Division of State Parks the sum of $19,500 for the purchase of a

patrol boat for use at the Lake Tahoe State Park at Sand Harbor.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 37. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

to the Division of State Library and Archives the sum of $1,000,000 to

provide grants to public libraries as provided in NRS 378.087.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2001, and reverts to

the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 38. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1999.

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