Senate Bill No. 190–Committee on Commerce and Labor

(On Behalf of Department of Employment,
Training and Rehabilitation)

February 15, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Finance

 

SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to certain revolving accounts of rehabilitation division of department of employment, training and rehabilitation. (BDR 53-767)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.

Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: Contains Appropriation not included in Executive Budget.

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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).

 

AN ACT relating to the rehabilitation division of the department of employment, training and rehabilitation; renaming the vocational rehabilitation revolving account as the rehabilitation division revolving account; eliminating the services to the blind revolving account; providing for the transfer of the money in the services to the blind revolving account to the rehabilitation division revolving account; increasing the maximum permissible amount in the rehabilitation division revolving account; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

1-1 Section 1. NRS 615.255 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 615.255 1. There is hereby created the [vocational] rehabilitation

1-3 division revolving account in [the amount of $35,000 to] an amount not to

1-4 exceed $90,000. The money in the revolving account may be used for the

1-5 payment of claims of [applicants] :

1-6 (a) Applicants for or recipients of services from [the bureau and

1-7 vendors] :

1-8 (1) The bureau of vocational rehabilitation, including, without

1-9 limitation, the rehabilitation facilities described in subsection 2 of NRS

1-10 615.200; and

2-1 (2) The bureau of services to the blind and visually impaired,

2-2 including, without limitation, the vending stand program for the blind

2-3 authorized by NRS 426.630 to 426.720, inclusive.

2-4 (b) Vendors providing services to those applicants or recipients under

2-5 procedures established by the [bureau.

2-6 2. Upon written request from the chief, the state controller shall draw

2-7 his warrant from money already appropriated in favor of the chief in the

2-8 sum of $35,000. When the warrant is paid, the chief shall deposit the

2-9 $35,000] division.

2-10 2. The money in the revolving account must be deposited in a bank

2-11 qualified to receive deposits of public money. The bank [must] shall secure

2-12 the deposit with a depository bond satisfactory to the state board of

2-13 examiners, unless it is otherwise secured by the Federal Deposit Insurance

2-14 Corporation.

2-15 3. After expenditure of money from the revolving account, the [chief]

2-16 administrator of the division shall present a claim to the state board of

2-17 examiners. When approved by the state board of examiners, the state

2-18 controller shall draw his warrant in the amount of the claim in favor of the

2-19 [vocational] rehabilitation division revolving account, to be paid to the

2-20 order of the [chief,] administrator, and the state treasurer shall pay it.

2-21 4. Money in the [vocational] rehabilitation division revolving account

2-22 does not revert to the state general fund at the end of the fiscal year, but

2-23 remains in the revolving account.

2-24 5. Purchases paid for from the [vocational] rehabilitation division

2-25 revolving account for the purposes authorized by subsection 1 may be

2-26 exempt from the provisions of the State Purchasing Act at the discretion of

2-27 the chief of the purchasing division of the department of administration or

2-28 his designated representative.

2-29 Sec. 2. NRS 426.565 is hereby repealed.

2-30 Sec. 3. At the end of the 1998-1999 fiscal year, the chief of the bureau

2-31 of services to the blind and visually impaired in the rehabilitation division

2-32 of the department of employment, training and rehabilitation shall transfer

2-33 the assets and liabilities, to the extent the assets are not encumbered for the

2-34 1998-1999 fiscal year, of the services to the blind revolving account that is

2-35 abolished pursuant to section 2 of this act to the rehabilitation division

2-36 revolving account.

2-37 Sec. 4. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1999.

 

3-1 TEXT OF REPEALED SECTION

 

3-2 426.565 Services to the blind revolving account.

3-3 1. There is hereby created the services to the blind revolving account,

3-4 in the amount of $25,000, which must be used by the chief for the purposes

3-5 of:

3-6 (a) Providing inventories of tools, aids, appliances, supplies and other

3-7 accessories used by the blind; and

3-8 (b) Payment of the claims of applicants for or recipients of services of

3-9 the bureau and vendors providing services to those applicants or recipients,

3-10 including maintenance and transportation.

3-11 The chief shall sell tools, aids, appliances, supplies and other accessories

3-12 used by the blind at cost or at cost plus the costs of administration and

3-13 receipts must be deposited forthwith in the services to the blind revolving

3-14 account.

3-15 2. The chief shall deposit the money in the services to the blind

3-16 revolving account in a bank qualified to receive deposits of public money.

3-17 The deposit must be secured by a depository bond satisfactory to the state

3-18 board of examiners, unless otherwise secured by the Federal Deposit

3-19 Insurance Corporation.

3-20 3. Purchases made for the purpose of providing and maintaining the

3-21 inventories authorized by subsection 1 are exempt from the provisions of

3-22 the State Purchasing Act at the discretion of the chief of the purchasing

3-23 division of the department of administration or his designated

3-24 representative.

3-25 4. The bureau shall:

3-26 (a) Maintain current inventory records of all merchandise charged to the

3-27 services to the blind revolving account;

3-28 (b) Conduct a periodic physical count of all the merchandise; and

3-29 (c) Reconcile the results of the periodic physical count with all assets

3-30 and liabilities of the account.

3-31 The balance in the revolving account must equal $25,000 after subtracting

3-32 the accounts payable from the total of the cash, inventories and receivables.

3-33 5. After expenditure of money for payment of the claims of applicants

3-34 for or recipients of services from the bureau and vendors providing services

3-35 to those applicants or recipients, including maintenance and transportation,

3-36 from the services to the blind revolving account, the chief shall present a

3-37 claim to the state board of examiners. When approved by the state board of

4-1 examiners, the state controller shall draw his warrant in the amount of the

4-2 claim in favor of the services to the blind revolving account and the state

4-3 treasurer shall pay it. The receipt must be deposited forthwith in the

4-4 services to the blind revolving account.

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