Amendment No. 918

Assembly Amendment to Senate Bill No. 500 First Reprint (BDR 31-293)

Proposed by: Committee on Government Affairs

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

ASSEMBLY ACTION Initial and Date | SENATE ACTION Initial and Date

Adopted Lost | Adopted Lost

Concurred In Not | Concurred In Not

Receded Not | Receded Not

Amend sec. 4, page 1, line 10, after "and" by inserting:

"an agency or".

Amend sec. 5, page 1, line 14, by deleting "agency;" and inserting:

"agency or the State of Nevada;".

Amend the bill as a whole by adding a new section designated sec. 10.5, following sec. 10, to read as follows:

"Sec. 10.5. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an agency may request the state controller, in writing, to act as the collection agent for the agency. Such a request must include the circumstances in which the state controller may act as the collection agent for the agency.

2. The provisions of this section do not apply to:

(a) The department of taxation;

(b) The employment security division of the department of employment, training and rehabilitation;

(c) The Nevada gaming commission;

(d) The division of industrial relations of the department of business and industry;

(e) The department of motor vehicles and public safety; and

(f) The state industrial insurance system.".

Amend sec. 12, page 2, by deleting line 19 and inserting:

"Sec. 12. The state controller and the".

Amend sec. 13, page 2, line 25, by deleting:

"director of the department of administration" and inserting "state controller".

Amend sec. 23, page 7, by deleting lines 32 through 41 and inserting:

"Sec. 23. 1. If the state controller and attorney general determine that it is impractical to collect a debt, the state controller shall designate the debt as a bad debt. A debt that has been designated as a bad debt pursuant to this subsection may be removed from the records and books of account of the agency to which the debt is owed or the State of Nevada, as appropriate, except that a bad debt that is so removed remains a legal and binding obligation owed by the debtor to the agency or the State of Nevada, as appropriate.".

Amend sec. 23, page 7, line 42, by deleting "3." and inserting "2.".

Amend sec. 23, page 7, line 43, by deleting "canceled" and inserting:

"designated as bad debts".

Amend sec. 23, page 8, line 3, by deleting "canceled," and inserting:

"removed from the records and books of account of the agency or the State of Nevada,".

Amend sec. 25, page 8, by deleting lines 35 through 37 and inserting:

"(b) [Upon approval of the attorney general, direct the cancellation of any accounts or money due the state.

(c)] Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, withhold from the".

Amend sec. 25, page 8, line 41, by deleting "(c)" and inserting "[(c)] (b)".