Senate Bill No. 292–Senator Rhoads

March 3, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Finance

 

SUMMARY—Authorizes increase in reimbursement for certain educational expenses of members of active Nevada National Guard. (BDR 36-1156)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.

Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: Yes.

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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 state militia; authorizing an increase in the reimbursement for certain educational expenses of the members of the active Nevada National Guard; 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 412.143 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 412.143 1. The adjutant general may authorize the payment of no

1-3 more than [50] 100 percent of the consolidated fee each semester for each

1-4 member of the active Nevada National Guard who attends one of the

1-5 universities within the University and Community College System of

1-6 Nevada as a full-time or part-time student from money appropriated for this

1-7 purpose.

1-8 2. The adjutant general may authorize the payment of no more than

1-9 [50] 100 percent of the credit-hour cost each semester for each member of

1-10 the active Nevada National Guard who attends one of the community

1-11 colleges within the University and Community College System of Nevada

1-12 as a full-time or part-time student from money appropriated for this

1-13 purpose.

1-14 3. To be eligible to receive benefits, a person must be a member in

1-15 good standing of the active Nevada National Guard at the beginning of and

1-16 throughout the entire semester for which benefits are received.

1-17 Sec. 2. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

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