Amendment No. 83

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 94 (BDR 37-455)

Proposed by: Committee on Ways and Means

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Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

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Amend section 1, pages 1 and 2, by deleting lines 2 through 12 on page 1 and lines 1 through 28 on page 2 and inserting:

"417.220 1. The account for veterans’ affairs is hereby created in the state general fund.

2. Money received by the executive director or the deputy executive director from:

(a) Fees charged pursuant to NRS 417.210;

(b) Allowances for burial from the Department of Veterans Affairs [or the Social Security Administration;

(c) Appropriations made by the legislature for veterans’ cemeteries;] ;

(c) Receipts from the sale of gifts and general merchandise; and

(d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection [5,] 6 and NRS 417.145 and 417.147, gifts of money [or] and proceeds derived from the sale of gifts of personal property he is authorized to accept, if the use of such gifts has not been restricted by the donor,

must be deposited with the state treasurer for credit to the account for veterans’ affairs and must be accounted for separately for a veterans’ cemetery in northern Nevada or [the account for] a veterans’ cemetery in southern Nevada, whichever is appropriate . [, in the state general fund.

2.] 3. The interest and income earned on the money [in the accounts,] deposited pursuant to subsection 2, after deducting any applicable charges, must be [credited to the accounts.

3.] accounted for separately. Interest and income must not be computed on:

(a) Money appropriated from the state general fund to the account for veterans’ affairs.

(b) Fees charged pursuant to NRS 417.110 that are deposited in the account for veterans’ affairs.

4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection [5,] 6, the money [in each account] deposited pursuant to subsection 2 may only be used for the operation and maintenance of the cemetery for which the [account was created.

4.] money was collected.

5. Except as otherwise provided in subsection [5,] 6, gifts of personal property which the executive director or the deputy executive director is authorized to receive but which are not appropriate for conversion to money may be used in kind.

[5.] 6. The gift account for veterans’ cemeteries is hereby created in the state general fund. The executive director or the deputy executive director shall use gifts of money or personal property that he is authorized to accept and for which the donor has restricted to one or more uses at a veterans’ cemetery, only in the manner designated by the donor. Gifts of money that the executive director or the deputy executive director is authorized to accept and for which the donor has restricted to one or more uses at a veterans’ cemetery must be accounted for separately in the [state general fund.

6.] gift account for veterans’ cemeteries. The interest and income earned on the money deposited pursuant to this subsection must, after deducting any applicable charges, be accounted for separately for a veterans’ cemetery in northern Nevada or a veterans’ cemetery in southern Nevada, as applicable. Any money remaining in the [accounts] gift account for veterans’ cemeteries at the end of each fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund, but must be carried over into the next fiscal year.".

Amend sec. 2, page 3, by deleting lines 23 and 24 and inserting:

"subsection 6 with the state treasurer for credit to the account for veterans’ affairs in the state general fund and".

Amend the title of the bill as follows:

"AN ACT relating to veterans’ affairs; revising certain provisions relating to the account for a veterans’ cemetery in northern Nevada and the account for a veterans’ cemetery in southern Nevada; creating an account for veterans’ affairs and a gift account for veterans’ cemeteries; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.".