Senate Bill No. 398–Committee on Finance

(On Behalf of Budget Division)

March 12, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Finance

 

SUMMARY—Creates fund for disbursement of payments for child support collected by welfare division of department of human resources. (BDR 38-1581)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.

Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.

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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 child support; creating a fund for the disbursement of payments for child support collected by the welfare division of the department of human resources; 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 422.245 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 422.245 Any federal money allotted to the State of Nevada for public

1-3 assistance programs and other programs for which the welfare division is

1-4 responsible and such other money as may be received by the state for such

1-5 purposes must , except as otherwise provided in section 2 of this act, be

1-6 deposited in the appropriate accounts of the welfare division in the state

1-7 general fund.

1-8 Sec. 2. Chapter 425 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

1-9 new section to read as follows:

1-10 1. The state child support disbursement fund is hereby created as an

1-11 agency fund, to be administered by the chief. All money collected or

1-12 otherwise received by the enforcing authority to carry out the provisions

1-13 of 42 U.S.C. § 654b must be deposited in the fund. The fund is a

1-14 continuing fund without reversion. Any interest and income earned on

1-15 the money in the fund must, after deducting any applicable charges, be

1-16 credited to the fund.

2-1 2. If a check which is accepted for deposit in the fund is dishonored

2-2 upon presentation for payment:

2-3 (a) The amount of the check must be charged against the fund; and

2-4 (b) The enforcing authority shall comply with subsection 2 of NRS

2-5 425.410.

2-6 3. The money in the fund must be used to carry out the provisions of

2-7 42 U.S.C. § 654b.

2-8 Sec. 3. NRS 425.420 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-9 425.420 [All] Except as otherwise required to carry out the

2-10 provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 654b, all money collected in fees, costs,

2-11 attorney’s fees, interest payments, incentive payments or other payments

2-12 received by the administrator which cannot be identified as to the support

2-13 account to which it should be credited, [shall] must be deposited in the

2-14 state general fund.

2-15 Sec. 4. 1. This section and sections 2 and 3 of this act become

2-16 effective on July 1, 1999.

2-17 2. Section 1 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 1999.

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