EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

1-1 Section 1. NRS 417.220 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 417.220 1. Money received by the executive director or the deputy

1-12 [for a] of the executive director in the state general fund and accounted

2-1 for separately for a veterans’ cemetery in northern Nevada [or the account

2-2 for] and a veterans’ cemetery in southern Nevada, whichever is

2-3 appropriate . [, in the state general fund.]

2-4 2. The interest and income earned on the money in the [accounts,]

2-5 budget account of the executive director for a veterans’ cemetery in

2-6 northern Nevada and for a veterans’ cemetery in southern Nevada, after

2-7 deducting any applicable charges, must be [credited to the accounts.]

2-8 accounted for separately.

2-9 3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, the money [in each

2-10 account] deposited pursuant to subsection 1 may only be used for the

2-11 operation and maintenance of the cemetery for which the [account was

2-12 created.] money was accounted separately.

2-13 4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, gifts of personal

2-14 property which the executive director or the deputy executive director is

2-15 authorized to receive but which are not appropriate for conversion to

2-16 money may be used in kind.

2-17 5. The executive director or the deputy executive director shall use

2-18 gifts of money or personal property that he is authorized to accept and for

2-19 which the donor has restricted to one or more uses at a veterans’ cemetery,

2-20 only in the manner designated by the donor. Gifts of money that the

2-21 executive director or the deputy executive director is authorized to accept

2-22 and for which the donor has restricted to one or more uses at a veterans’

2-23 cemetery must be accounted for separately in the state general fund.

2-24 6. Any money remaining in the [accounts] budget account of the

2-25 executive director that is accounted for separately for a veterans’

2-26 cemetery in northern Nevada and for a veterans’ cemetery in southern

2-27 Nevada at the end of each fiscal year does not revert to the state general

2-28 fund, but must be carried over into the next fiscal year.

2-29 Sec. 2. NRS 482.3794 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-30 482.3794 1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the

2-43 applicant.

3-1 3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the department shall,

3-2 upon the request of an applicant, substitute for the seal of the branch of the

3-3 Armed Forces of the United States the emblem or other insigne of the

3-4 specific military unit to which the applicant was assigned if:

3-5 (a) The military unit is a recognized unit within the particular branch of

3-6 the Armed Forces of the United States; and

3-7 (b) At least 250 applicants request the substitution of that emblem or

3-8 insigne.

3-9 4. The director may use or imitate a seal, emblem or other insigne of a

3-10 branch, or unit within that branch, of the Armed Forces of the United

3-11 States only if that use or imitation complies with the provisions of 10

3-12 U.S.C. § 1057, as that section existed on October 1, 1995.

3-13 5. In addition to all other applicable registration and license fees and

3-14 privilege taxes, the fee for the initial issuance of the special license plates

3-15 is $35. The annual renewal fee is $10.

3-16 6. In addition to all other applicable registration and license fees and

3-17 privilege taxes, a person who requests special license plates issued

3-18 pursuant to this section shall pay:

3-19 (a) A fee of $25 for the initial issuance of the plates; and

3-20 (b) A fee of $20 for the annual renewal of the plates,

3-21 for the support of veterans’ cemeteries in this state.

3-22 7. The department shall deposit the fees collected pursuant to

3-23 subsection 6 with the state treasurer for credit to the budget account of the

3-24 executive director for veteran affairs in the state general fund and

3-25 accounted for separately for a:

3-26 (a) [The account for a veterans’] Veterans’ cemetery in northern

3-27 Nevada [created] pursuant to NRS 417.220, if the plates were issued for a

3-28 vehicle registered in the counties of Washoe, Storey, Douglas, Lyon,

3-29 Churchill, Pershing, Humboldt, Lander, Elko, Eureka, Mineral, White Pine

3-30 or Carson City; or

3-31 (b) [The account for a veterans’] Veterans’ cemetery in southern

3-32 Nevada [created] pursuant to NRS 417.220, if the plates were issued for a

3-33 vehicle registered in the counties of Lincoln, Nye, Esmeralda or Clark.

3-34 8. If during a registration year, the holder of special plates issued

3-35 pursuant to this section disposes of the vehicle to which the plates are

3-36 affixed, he shall retain the plates and:

3-37 (a) Affix them to another vehicle which meets the requirements of this

3-38 section and report the change to the department in accordance with the

3-39 procedure set forth for other transfers; or

3-40 (b) Within 30 days after removing the plates from the vehicle, return

3-41 them to the department.

4-1 9. If the special plates issued pursuant to this section are lost, stolen or

4-2 mutilated, the owner of the vehicle may obtain a set of replacement license

4-3 plates from the department for a fee of $10.

4-4 Sec. 3. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.