Amendment No. 68

Senate Amendment to Senate Bill No. 89 (BDR 38-977)

Proposed by: Committee on Human Resources and Facilities

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Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

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Amend section 1, page 1, by deleting line 14 and inserting:

"utility bills received by them for the costs of heating and cooling their residential dwellings.".

Amend sec. 5, page 3, line 10, by deleting "120A.180" and inserting:

"120A.180, or $290,000 of that money to the extent available, whichever is greater,".

Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 6 and 7 as sections 7 and 8 and adding a new section designated sec. 6, following sec. 5, to read as follows:

"Sec. 6. NRS 120A.370 is hereby amended to read as follows:

120A.370 1. There is hereby created in the state treasury the abandoned property trust fund.

2. All money received by the division under this chapter, including the proceeds from the sale of abandoned property, must be deposited by the administrator in the state treasury for credit to the abandoned property trust fund.

3. Before making a deposit, the administrator shall record the name and last known address of each person appearing from the holders’ reports to be entitled to the abandoned property and of the name and last known address of each insured person or annuitant, and with respect to each policy or contract listed in the report of an insurance company, its number, the name of the company and the amount due. The record must be available for public inspection at all reasonable business hours.

4. The administrator may pay from money available in the abandoned property trust fund:

(a) Any costs in connection with the sale of abandoned property.

(b) Any costs of mailing and publication in connection with any abandoned property.

(c) Reasonable service charges.

(d) Any costs incurred in examining the records of a holder and in collecting the abandoned property.

(e) Any valid claims filed pursuant to this chapter.

5. At the end of each fiscal year [10] 50 percent of the money deposited in the state treasury for credit to the abandoned property trust fund that is from abandoned money of a utility as described in NRS 120A.180, or $290,000 of that money to the extent available, whichever is greater, must be deposited with the state treasurer for credit to the fund to assist indigent persons with utility bills created pursuant to section 1 of this act.

6. After the appropriate amount of money has been deposited pursuant to subsection 5, at the end of each fiscal year the amount of the balance in the fund in excess of $100,500 must be deposited with the state treasurer for credit to the state general fund but remains subject to the valid claims of holders pursuant to NRS 120A.340 or owners pursuant to NRS 120A.380.

7. If there is an insufficient amount of money in the abandoned property trust fund to pay any cost or charge pursuant to subsection 4, the state board of examiners may, upon the application of the administrator, authorize a temporary transfer from the state general fund to the abandoned property trust fund of an amount necessary to pay those costs or charges. The administrator shall repay the amount of the transfer as soon as sufficient money is available in the abandoned property trust fund.".

Amend sec. 7, page 4, line 33, by deleting "6" and inserting "7".

Amend sec. 7, page 4, after line 34 by inserting:

"3. Section 6 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.".

Amend the title of the bill, third line, by deleting "10 percent" and inserting:

"a certain amount".