1. Senate Bill No. 282–Committee on Finance

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AN ACT relating to state financial administration; reallocating an appropriation for education

that was made by the 69th session of the Nevada Legislature; and providing other

matters properly relating thereto.

 

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Section 53 of chapter 473, Statutes of Nevada 1997, at

page 1784, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 53. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state

general fund to the department of education the sum of [$23,950]

$57,850 for the payment of compensation, per diem allowances and

travel expenses pursuant to subsection 8 of section 43 of this act.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by

subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30,

1999, and reverts to the state general fund as soon as all payments

of money committed have been made.

Sec. 2. Section 54 of chapter 473, Statutes of Nevada 1997, at page

1784, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 54. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state

general fund to the department of education to pay the costs

incurred by the department of education for purchasing,

administering and scoring the examinations required of pupils who

are enrolled in the 10th grade by the amendatory provisions of NRS

389.015:

    1. For the fiscal year 1997-1998 $130,000
    1. For the fiscal year 1998-1999 [$85,000] $96,500
  1. 2. The examinations purchased and administered by the
  1. department of education must be:
  1. (a) Purchased from the same vendor from whom the 4th and 8th
  1. grade examinations are purchased; and
  1. (b) The version of the examination that is administered to pupils
  1. in the 4th and 8th grades which is appropriate for administration in
  1. the 10th grade.

3. The sums appropriated by subsection 1 are available for

either fiscal year. Any balance remaining of those sums must not be

committed for expenditure after June 30, 1999, and reverts to the

state general fund as soon all payments of money committed have

been made.

Sec. 3. Section 59 of chapter 473, Statutes of Nevada 1997, at page

1785, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 59. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state

general fund to the department of education for the fiscal year 1998-

1999 the sum of [$82,100] $36,700 to pay the salary, travel

expenses, administrative and equipment expenses of an employee

responsible for carrying out, administering, monitoring and

evaluating the effectiveness of programs of remediation adopted by

the department of education pursuant to section 10 of this act.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by

subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30,

1999, and reverts to the state general fund as soon as all payments

of money committed have been made.

Sec. 4. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

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