1. Senate Bill No. 398–Committee on Finance

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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:

Section 1. NRS 422.245 is hereby amended to read as follows:

  1. 422.245 Any federal money allotted to the State of Nevada for public
  1. assistance programs and other programs for which the welfare division is
  1. responsible and such other money as may be received by the state for such
  1. purposes must , except as otherwise provided in section 2 of this act, be
  1. deposited in the appropriate accounts of the welfare division in the state
  1. general fund.

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

new section to read as follows:

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

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

otherwise received by the enforcing authority to carry out the provisions

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

continuing fund without reversion. Any interest and income earned on

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

credited to the fund.

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

upon presentation for payment:

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

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

425.410.

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

42 U.S.C. § 654b.

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

  1. 425.420 [All] Except as otherwise required to carry out the
  1. provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 654b, all money collected in fees, costs,
  1. attorney’s fees, interest payments, incentive payments or other payments
  1. received by the administrator which cannot be identified as to the support
  1. account to which it should be credited, [shall] must be deposited in the
  1. state general fund.

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

effective on July 1, 1999.

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

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