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1-1 Section 1. 1. The Committee to Study the Funding of Higher

1-2 Education, consisting of 12 voting members and 4 nonvoting members, is

1-3 hereby created.

1-4 2. The following persons shall serve as voting members of the

1-5 Committee:

1-6 (a) Three members of the Senate, appointed by the Majority Leader of

1-7 the Senate;

1-8 (b) Three members of the Assembly, appointed by the Speaker of the

1-9 Assembly;

1-10 (c) Three members of the Board of Regents, appointed by the Chairman

1-11 of that board; and

1-12 (d) Three members appointed by the Governor.

1-13 3. The Governor shall appoint the following persons to serve as the

1-14 nonvoting members of the Committee:

1-15 (a) One person who is employed in the Budget Division of the

1-16 Department of Administration; and

1-17 (b) Three persons who are employed by the University and Community

1-18 College System of Nevada.

2-1 4. The Chairman of the Legislative Commission shall designate one of

2-2 the members as Chairman of the Committee.

2-3 5. The Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau shall provide the

2-4 necessary professional staff and a secretary for the Committee.

2-5 6. For each day or portion of a day during which they attend a meeting

2-6 of the Committee or are otherwise engaged in the business of the

2-7 Committee:

2-8 (a) The voting members of the Committee who are Legislators are

2-9 entitled to receive the compensation provided for a majority of the

2-10 members of the Legislature during the first 60 days of the preceding regular

2-11 session plus the per diem allowance provided for state officers and

2-12 employees generally and the travel expenses provided pursuant to NRS

2-13 218.2207.

2-14 (b) The voting members of the Committee who are members of the

2-15 Board of Regents are entitled to receive travel expenses and a per diem

2-16 allowance at the rates established in NRS 396.070.

2-17 (c) The voting members of the Committee appointed by the Governor

2-18 are entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided

2-19 for state officers and employees generally.

2-20 Sec. 2. The Committee shall:

2-21 1. Compare the existing method of funding higher education in Nevada

2-22 with the methods used in other states; and

2-23 2. Determine whether the other methods would be appropriate and

2-24 useful in Nevada.

2-25 Sec. 3. The Committee may hold public hearings at such times and

2-26 places as it deems necessary to afford the general public and

2-27 representatives of governmental agencies and of organizations interested in

2-28 higher education an opportunity to present relevant information and

2-29 recommendations.

2-30 Sec. 4. The Committee may employ such educational and financial

2-31 consultants as it deems necessary for this study.

2-32 Sec. 5. The Committee may accept and use all gifts and grants which it

2-33 receives to further its work.

2-34 Sec. 6. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to

2-35 the Legislative Commission the sum of $150,000 for the purpose of

2-36 conducting a study of the funding of higher education as provided in this

2-37 act.

2-38 2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

2-39 must not be committed for expenditure after December 31, 2000, and

2-40 reverts to the state general fund as soon as all payments of money

2-41 committed have been made.

3-1 Sec. 7. The Committee shall submit to the Legislative Commission a

3-2 report of its findings and recommendations for legislation before the

3-3 commencement of the 71st session of the Legislature.

3-4 Sec. 8. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1999, and expires by

3-5 limitation on January 1, 2001.