Amendment No. 47

Senate Amendment to Senate Bill No. 139 (BDR 27-433)

Proposed by: Committee on Government Affairs

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Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

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Receded Not | Receded Not

Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 1 and 2 as sections 3 and 4 and adding new sections designated as sections 1 and 2, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:

"Section 1. Chapter 333 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

1. The chief may donate commodities, supplies, materials and equipment that he determines have reached the end of their useful lives to any organization described in NRS 372.3261.

2. If the chief donates such commodities to a tax-supported or nonprofit school or other health or educational institution pursuant to subsection 1, the provisions of subsection 2 of NRS 333.124 do not apply.

Sec. 2. NRS 333.124 is hereby amended to read as follows:

333.124 1. The donated commodities account is hereby created in the state general fund for the use of the chief in acquiring commodities donated by the Federal Government and its agencies and to purchase and distribute nutritious food in accordance with NRS 333.225.

2. [If] Except as otherwise provided in section 1 of this act, if a tax-supported or nonprofit school or other health or educational institution receives a donated commodity secured through the purchasing division, the chief shall charge the school or institution a fee in an amount sufficient to repay part or all of the cost of transportation and other costs incurred in acquiring the commodity.

3. All money received by the chief pursuant to this section must be deposited in the state treasury for credit to the donated commodities account. The interest and income earned on the money in the account must be credited to the account.

4. Costs of freight, storage, handling charges and other administrative expenses, including compensation of purchasing division personnel, incidental to the acquisition of the donated commodities and the administration of the supplemental food program may be paid from the donated commodities account.".

Amend sec. 2, page 2, line 13, by deleting:

"on July 1, 1999." and inserting:

"upon passage and approval.".