1. Senate Bill No. 551–Committee on Finance

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AN ACT relating to state financial administration; authorizing expenditures by various

officers, departments, boards, agencies, commissions and institutions of the state

government for the fiscal years commencing July 1, 1999, and ending June 30,

2000, and beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001; authorizing the

assessment of certain boards for certain costs of the Budget Division of the

Department of Administration; authorizing the collection of certain amounts from

the counties for the use of the services of the Public Defender; 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. Expenditure of the following sums not appropriated from

the state general fund or the state highway fund is hereby authorized during

the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2000, and

beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001, by the various officers,

departments, boards, agencies, commissions and institutions of the state

government mentioned in this act:

1999-2000 2000-2001

Office of the Governor

Washington office $252,500 $259,300

Commission for Women 1,888 1,888

Agency for Nuclear Projects 841,666 833,716

Attorney General

Administration 8,873,347 9,226,131

Crime prevention 5,000 5,000

Tort claim fund $5,514,999 $5,855,840

Fraud Control Unit for Industrial

Insurance 2,201,456 2,180,578

Medicaid Fraud Unit 1,035,603 1,072,309

Insurance Fraud Unit 857,410 811,371

Office of Extradition Coordinator 87,543 89,732

Private Investigator’s Licensing

Board 358,350 402,414

Bureau of Consumer Protection 1,900,963 1,841,465

Advisory Council for Prosecuting

Attorneys 102,515 22,520

Victims of Domestic Violence 60,740 61,287

Secretary of State 1,961,691 2,033,074

Ethics Commission 745 745

Treasurer 510,495 510,495

Higher education tuition Program 156,000 181,000

Municipal bond bank revenue 79,542,600 79,428,79

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Municipal bond bank debt service 80,969,665 80,855,860

Legislative Fund

Legislative Counsel Bureau 1,206,787 285,947

Judicial Branch

Court Administrator 1,243,237 1,369,321

Planning and analysis 98,672 73,216

Supreme Court 3,167,684 3,296,426

Uniform system for judicial records 894,038 773,231

Supreme Court Law Library 11,400 11,400

Retired justice duty fund 380,901 344,549

Judicial education 800,779 696,363

District judges’ travel 345,109 501,634

Department of Administration

Administrative Services Division 941,183 946,907

Budget Division 240,428 231,824

State workers’ compensation 14,399,729 13,474,129

Fund for hospital care to indigent

persons 7,369,727 8,002,268

Supplemental account for medical

assistance to indigent persons 4,530,077 4,951,770

Mail room 6,555,571 6,434,307

Mail services equipment 73,372 156,515

State Printing Office 4,812,950 5,258,052

Printing office equipment 579,295 541,886

State Public Works Board

inspection account 3,149,125 3,183,002

Insurance and loss prevention.. $3,513,663 $3,600,478

Buildings and Grounds Division 11,761,942 11,507,179

Clear Creek youth center 190,848 195,754

Marlette Lake water system 124,372 111,411

Water treatment plant 216,244 203,945

Motor Pool Division 3,316,081 3,622,905

Motor vehicle purchase 1,912,154 1,857,760

Purchasing Division 3,071,074 2,714,349

Equipment purchase 141,563 144,711

Food distribution program 3,016,637 2,986,210

Surplus property administration 218,254 198,347

Hearings Division 3,133,174 3,157,858

Workers’ compensation hearings

reserve 615,007 493,120

Fund for compensation of victims

of crime 3,933,152 3,376,547

Deferred compensation committee 28,676 29,409

Department of Personnel 8,405,647 8,169,611

Unemployment compensation

account 763,860 776,235

Commission on Tourism

Division of Tourism 10,419,626 10,377,371

Nevada Magazine 2,639,027 2,741,468

Commission on Economic Development

Division of Economic Development 110,000 110,000

Division of Motion Pictures 669,460 674,995

Rural community development 3,028,822 3,028,822

Small business and procurement

outreach 304,831 304,831

Department of Taxation 1,537,515 1,480,684

Senior citizens’ property tax

assistance 985,209

Department of Information Technology

Director’s office 1,436,147 1,469,622

Design and development 17,302,377 17,103,130

Communication and Computing

Division 12,957,396 12,067,350

Data communications and technical

services 4,775,888 5,339,293

Planning and research 1,372,543 1,340,318

Telecommunications unit 3,092,941 3,141,099

Communications unit 1,539,069 1,602,582

Department of Education

Education: State programs $17,699 $2,500

Discretionary grants - Unrestricted 4,224,026 4,216,006

Improve America’s Schools Title I 23,821,212 23,810,782

Improve America’s Schools Titles

VI & II 3,350,525 3,360,231

Individuals with Disabilities

Education Act 24,113,163 25,030,924

Support services 1,466,091 1,494,569

Occupational education 5,972,106 5,807,192

Nutrition education 43,653,165 49,955,573

Continuing education 2,247,640 2,194,162

Drug abuse education 1,769,329 1,761,252

Discretionary grants - Restricted 1,473,392 1,473,290

Teacher education and licensing 702,992 908,821

Education of handicapped persons 336,530 336,530

School health education—AIDS 227,971 227,960

Other state education programs 31,076 31,076

Student incentive grants 302,625 303,962

Trust fund for education technology 26,010 26,010

Education gift fund 50,634 50,634

Commission on Postsecondary

Education 66,136 65,000

Account for student indemnification 287,500 290,00

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Fund for school improvement 5,200,000 10,269,320

School to Careers Program 1,956,295 1,019,578

University and Community College

System of Nevada

System administration 283,470 283,470

Office of Science, Engineering and

Technology 128,370 131,733

Agricultural experiment station 1,198,300 1,198,300

Cooperative extension services 1,657,454 1,676,816

University of Nevada, Reno 26,657,573 28,665,697

University of Nevada, Reno,

Athletics 250,000 250,000

School of Medical Sciences 2,599,951 2,657,999

State health laboratory 713,177 730,131

University of Nevada, Las Vegas 39,922,049 44,844,745

University of Nevada, Las Vegas,

Athletics 250,000 250,000

Law school 1,480,199 2,282,019

Dental school $3,210,000 $4,730,000

Special projects account 23,987,939 24,703,652

Community College of Southern

Nevada 15,736,408 17,988,579

Western Nevada Community

College 2,393,426 2,614,583

Truckee Meadows Community

College 5,687,952 6,344,349

Great Basin College 2,050,676 2,570,428

Radiation safety board—Southern

Nevada 134,344 137,536

Radiation safety board—Northern

Nevada 268,052 274,241

Desert Research Institute 648,486 648,486

W.I.C.H.E. loan fund 664,882 655,461

Department of Museums, Library
and Arts

Administration 76,447 78,991

Museums and history 15,690 15,733

Nevada railroad museum 450,345 452,797

Lost City museum 75,137 75,652

Nevada Museum and Historical

Society, Las Vegas 9,082 9,082

Nevada State Museum, Carson City 305,381 307,477

Nevada Historical Society, Reno 71,151 74,673

Office of Historic Preservation 379,306 381,254

State Arts Council 569,889 569,889

State library 1,069,178 794,17

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Literacy program 103,200 103,200

Archives and records 7,928 7,928

Records management and

micrographics 805,407 853,636

Central libraries automated network 506,453 509,054

Department of Human Resources

State Public Defender 810,746 828,313

Purchase of social services 11,977,583 11,563,595

Chapter I—Special education 2,057,736 2,007,161

Family to family connection 505,098 505,098

Community services block grant 2,629,621 2,629,621

Division of Health Care Financing
and Policy

Health Care Financing and Policy 2,183,067 2,198,204

Health resources and cost review 201,634 174,634

Intergovernmental transfer account $148,230,709 $126,478,350

Nevada Medicaid 424,195,810 459,345,941

Nevada Check-Up Program 11,908,264 17,271,073

Aging Services Division 6,037,262 6,056,316

Senior services program 6,643,003 7,595,364

EPS/Homemaker programs 2,468,178 1,974,154

Division of Child and Family Services
Administration 14,807,852 15,362,822

Northern Nevada child and

adolescent services 3,675,631 3,620,131

Southern Nevada child and

adolescent services 9,406,934 9,373,997

Child care services 611,603 617,865

Youth alternative placement 934,682 741,818

UNITY/SACWIS project 4,611,607 3,089,423

Nevada Youth Training Center 648,951 650,041

Youth training center farm 10,000 10,000

Youth parole services 922,492 798,376

Caliente Youth Center 322,135 322,135

Youth community services 21,953,284 23,053,223

Victims of domestic violence 2,653,474 2,753,629

Child abuse and neglect 236,493 237,578

Juvenile justice programs 466,180 466,180

Trust fund for child welfare 1,210,587 1,262,498

Children’s trust account 1,432,471 1,143,639

Juvenile Correctional Facility 121,596 382,515

Juvenile Accountability Block

Grant 2,675,859 574,456

Health Division

Health Administration 1,389,059 1,397,185

Vital statistics 371,022 376,50

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Bureau of health facilities 4,185,458 4,127,771

Family planning 721,556 763,829

Women’s, infants’ and children’s

food supplement program 25,012,028 25,050,173

Maternal child health services 2,876,897 2,847,638

Special children’s clinic 1,151,111 1,080,949

Community health services 1,821,849 1,849,961

Emergency medical services 22,905 29,305

Health aid to counties 90,723 94,068

Sexually transmitted disease

control 6,865,298 6,875,258

Immunization program... 2,274,264 2,253,786

Consumer health protection $1,924,009 $1,921,195

Radiological health 716,483 712,788

Communicable disease control 2,638,893 2,848,614

Cancer control registry.. 395,331 400,962

Radioactive and hazardous

waste 10,192,656 10,079,555

Alcoholism and drug

rehabilitation 10,588,534 10,588,534

Alcohol tax program 708,740 708,740

Division of Mental Health and

Developmental Services

Administration 30,200 30,200

Nevada Mental Health Institute 3,217,352 3,211,163

Facility for the mentally ill

offender 144,393 144,393

Rural clinics 1,999,373 1,990,234

Southern Nevada adult mental

health services 3,252,267 3,303,997

Southern MH/MR food service 1,199,304 1,230,709

Southern Nevada mental

retardation services 11,920,382 13,474,177

Northern Nevada mental

retardation services 7,282,051 7,558,857

Rural mental retardation
services 1,505,595 1,860,767

Welfare Division

Administration 14,020,856 12,975,891

Temporary Assistance for Needy

Families 41,794,890 42,454,413

Welfare field services 17,204,631 17,498,979

Child support enforcement 9,240,720 9,392,982

Collection and distribution

account 134,724,406 148,512,116

Employment and training 18,873,751 19,833,81

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Homeless grants 280,000 280,000

Low-income home energy

assistance.. 2,300,093 2,300,244

Welfare to Work 3,660,972

Office of the Military 3,123,322 3,201,546

Adjutant General’s construction

fund 6,652,422 5,260,422

Nevada Veterans’ Services Commission

Executive Director for Veteran

Affairs $381,881 $409,982

Veterans’ Home 23,456 5,909,838

Department of Prisons

Office of the director 2,862,886 2,861,995

Medical care 1,664,750 1,781,044

Prison industries 7,378,813 9,157,700

Prison industry capital projects 546,999 666,175

Prison warehouse account 7,475,207 7,946,458

Nevada state prison 65,461 53,865

Northern Nevada correctional

center 394,714 371,255

Southern Nevada correctional

center 55,170 9,519

Ely maximum security facility 26,924 27,014

Southern desert correctional center 159,458 141,632

Warm Springs correctional center 14,563 14,620

Southern Nevada women’s facility 92,961 88,408

Lovelock correctional center 55,881 53,920

Offenders’ store fund 11,949,801 12,098,952

Pioche conservation camp 26,062 26,261

Indian Springs conservation camp 10,423 10,423

Wells conservation camp 13,709 13,709

Humboldt conservation camp 15,209 15,209

Ely conservation camp 13,051 13,051

Inmate welfare account 3,593,689 3,617,882

Account for destitute prisoners 13,135 12,900

Tonopah conservation camp 12,120 12,120

Jean conservation camp 13,810 14,797

Stewart conservation camp 58,289 58,289

Carlin conservation camp 13,425 13,425

Mens’ prison no. 7 (Cold Creek

State Prison) 256,699

Silver Springs conservation camp 14,285 11,904

Northern restitution center 480,833 480,833

Southern restitution center 319,307 324,797

Prison dairy 879,216 901,698

Department of Business and Industry

Director’s office 608,640 594,974

Industrial development bond

program 437,276 379,844

Division of Insurance 846,752 866,958

Cost stabilization $329,946 $282,660

National association of

insurance commissioners 57,711 60,233

Self-insurance—Workers’

compensation 497,718 509,765

Self-insurance association

insolvency fund 184,326 248,603

Insurance examiners 3,002,706 3,038,371

Insurance recovery account 226,398 226,398

Insurance insolvency guaranty

fund 5,772,251 6,261,620

Insurance education and

research 547,776 526,844

Taxicab Authority 3,919,785 3,686,526

Transportation Services Authority 52,154 52,154

Administrative fines 173,846 259,062

Manufactured Housing Division 1,706,165 1,594,492

Mobile home parks 170,556 197,981

Manufactured housing education

and recovery 905,907 865,722

Lot rent subsidy program 798,609 786,086

Division of Financial Institutions 15,234 15,210

Financial institutions audit

program 71,969 73,695

Financial institutions

investigations 731,614 828,710

Division of Industrial Relations 5,819,545 5,774,309

Enforcement for industrial safety 4,940,245 5,591,069

Safety consultation and training 2,143,284 2,206,085

Mine safety and training 1,071,868 1,070,804

Consumer affairs restitution 290,710 290,710

Office for hospital patients 182,971 163,116

Energy conservation 609,791 554,286

Petroleum overcharge rebate

account 607,026 437,585

Real Estate Division 794,269 789,645

Real estate education and

research 774,470 744,261

Real estate recovery 398,700 409,160

Real estate investigative fund 5,458 5,498

Common-interest communities 333,395 408,41

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Division of Unclaimed Property 440,229 421,848

Housing Division 7,660,182 7,987,630

Weatherization program $428,830 $427,478

Account for low-income housing 8,991,555 9,587,308

Nevada Athletic Commission 80,489 80,489

Office of Nevada attorney for

injured workers 1,950,984 1,922,929

State Dairy Commission 1,212,280 1,217,292

Employee-Management Relations

Board 3,000 3,000

Office of Labor Commissioner 1,153 1,153

Commission on Mineral Resources:

Division of Minerals 884,720 874,351

Minerals reclamation pool 1,047,776 1,036,056

State Department of Agriculture

Administration 81,763 83,039

Plant industry fund 230,883 324,783

Weights and Measures 834,335 902,917

Gas pollution standards 529,312 424,143

Apiary inspection fund 18,126 15,330

Agriculture registration and

enforcement fund 833,514 837,840

Livestock inspection fund 1,002,921 978,972

Grading and certification of

agricultural products 408,518 399,959

Noxious weeds and insect control 65,485 68,368

Alfalfa seed research 37,329 38,006

Veterinary medical services 3,593 3,583

Rural rehabilitation trust 188,908 228,800

Garlic and Onion Research 88,000 88,000

Nevada Beef Council 380,288 395,039

Predatory animal and rodent control 94,081 88,140

State Gaming Control Board 4,256,047 4,362,740

Gaming control board investigative

fund 6,184,534 6,291,227

Public Utilities Commission of Nevada 11,095,767 10,719,375

Administrative fines 20,352 40,352

Colorado River Commission 4,401,551 4,694,819

Research and development 611,697 622,926

Fort Mojave Valley development

fund 263,621 257,948

Power marketing fund 34,089,747 35,071,978

Power Delivery System 34,969,791 35,845,349

State Department of Conservation and

Natural Resources

Administration $16,036 $16,13

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Environmental protection administration 2,227,765 2,520,875

Bureau of air quality 2,893,226 2,792,271

Water and mining 3,958,173 3,991,995

Waste management and federal

facilities 9,138,900 9,740,805

Mining regulation and

reclamation 2,696,779 2,391,951

State Environmental

Commission 38,788 32,675

Division of State Lands 214,209 206,367

Division of Water Resources 187,460 193,133

Water planning 225,748 225,748

Water planning capital

improvements 135,401 144,575

Division of State Parks 4,724,111 4,703,254

Mining cooperative fund 129,142 129,440

Division of Forestry 1,247,292 1,210,384

Forestry intergovernmental

agreement 6,242,906 6,313,746

Forestry honor camp 1,505,872 1,545,872

Forestry nurseries 495,713 525,276

Forest fire

suppression/emergency

response 4,013,648 4,014,443

Heil wild horse bequest 1,221,844 1,221,877

Nevada natural heritage 304,430 300,805

Division of Conservation Districts 30,691 30,551

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency 1,365,969 1,375,456

Nevada Tahoe regional planning 13,720 13,720

Division of Wildlife 19,370,038 19,432,666

Boat program 6,927,523 6,527,161

Trout management 787,929 737,703

Habitat mitigation 676,781 652,405

Wildlife heritage 2,203,577 2,607,567

Obligated reserve 3,020,786 2,456,146

Department of Transportation 437,672,315 438,217,260

Department of Motor Vehicles and

Public Safety

Division of Emergency

Management $728,257 $687,216

Emergency assistance 500,000 500,000

Emergency management

assistance program 679,407 679,407

State Emergency Response

Commission 739,316 822,922

State Fire Marshal 1,400,058 1,480,795

Hazardous materials training center 816,056 763,634

Record search program 5,845,153 6,102,483

Field services 10,449,810 10,882,039

Management services 920,739 946,501

Central services 923,692 964,996

Compliance enforcement 35,822 36,428

Salvage, wreckers and body shops

regulation... 370,344 430,363

Motor carrier 534,652 550,692

Verification of insurance 3,641,229 3,773,161

Automation 160,956 160,956

Motor vehicle pollution control 12,126,573 10,987,958

Investigation Division 132,936 6,709

Narcotics control 1,424,278 1,386,826

Nevada Highway Patrol Division 1,506,812 1,229,345

Hazardous materials 20,626 19,388

Highway safety grants 716,883 712,901

Public safety information services 4,371,799 3,890,996

Training division 4,000 4,000

Capitol Police Division 1,549,082 1,588,157

Division of Parole and Probation 2,666,079 2,744,778

Forfeitures—Law enforcement 2,036,861 2,243,303

Central repository for Nevada

records of criminal history 6,899,972 6,658,289

DMV & PS—Hearings 2,576 2,576

Highway safety 492,712 496,477

Bicycle safety program 273,491 222,094

Motorcycle safety program 416,109 321,704

Traffic safety 2,035,118 2,035,018

Justice assistance act 10,065,961 10,065,961

Drug commission 25,819 26,176

DMV & PS justice grant account 206,501 217,647

Peace officers’ standards and training 1,193,747 1,185,589

Public employees’ retirement fund $8,985,810 $7,314,949

Public employees’ health program 137,375,791 158,612,373

Retired employee group insurance 9,652,300 11,668,860

Employers Insurance Company of
Nevada 2,408,227,827 2,353,276,362

JHC Health Center 7,127,548 7,644,593

Department of Employment, Training

and Rehabilitation

Director’s office 1,107,660 1,149,609

Administrative services 2,259,455 2,242,930

Information and development

processing 5,466,569 5,309,344

Research and analysis 2,754,686 2,691,629

One-stop career centers 738,696 737,912

Employment Security Division 32,166,525 31,571,462

Employment security special

fund 8,085,246 8,369,791

Claimant employment fund 9,623,511 10,168,574

State Job Training Office 12,393,654 4,088,478

Rehabilitation Division

Administration 495,660 521,765

Vocational rehabilitation 9,417,226 9,626,680

Vocational assessment centers 2,032,186 2,147,002

Services to the blind 2,311,557 2,552,423

Blind business enterprise

program 3,018,297 3,124,097

Client assistance program 130,382 130,614

Community-based services 1,847,365 2,005,646

Bureau of Disability

Adjudication 7,192,585 7,433,820

Developmental disabilities 402,786 402,785

Office of equal rights 466,776 466,776

Professional and vocational boards

Nevada State Board of

Accountancy 567,513 586,465

State Board of Architecture,

Interior Design and Residential

Design 769,791 724,813

Board of Landscape Architecture 103,191 110,667

State Barbers’ Health and

Sanitation Board 105,264 89,375

Chiropractic Physicians’ Board of

Nevada 256,265 263,769

State Contractors’ Board $6,912,032 $8,771,019

State Board of Cosmetology 1,265,972 1,024,976

Board of Dental Examiners of

Nevada 754,378 827,042

State Board of Professional

Engineers and Land Surveyors 1,419,078 1,475,270

State Board of Funeral Directors,

Embalmers and Operators of

Cemeteries and Crematories 58,340 48,180

Board of Hearing Aid Specialists 26,042 23,988

Nevada State Board of Examiners

for Administrators of Facilities

for Long-Term Care 126,629 127,598

Board for the Regulation of

Liquefied Petroleum Gas 237,423 213,202

Board of Examiners for Audiology and Speech Pathology 55,214 56,580

Board of Medical Examiners 3,142,016 2,841,966

Board of Examiners for Marriage

and Family Therapists 167,457 167,147

State Board of Nursing 2,030,432 1,925,909

Board of Dispensing Opticians 111,332 114,800

Board of Homeopathic Medical

Examiners 17,770 19,455

Nevada State Board of Optometry 296,857 309,360

State Board of Osteopathic

Medicine 99,700 117,958

State Board of Pharmacy 1,635,294 1,606,734

Board of Occupational Therapy 171,751 198,919

State Board of Physical Therapy

Examiners 730,984 712,020

Board of Registered Environmental

Health Specialists for

Registration of Public Health

Sanitarians 7,063 7,599

Certified Court Reporters’ Board of

Nevada 76,036 72,920

State Board of Oriental Medicine 40,731 39,244

State Board of Podiatry 48,743 54,027

Board of Psychological Examiners 135,750 191,189

Nevada State Board of Veterinary

Medical Examiners $332,983 $381,724

Board of Examiners for Social
Workers 202,269 209,797

Sec. 2. 1. Expenditure of $22,641,762 by the State Gaming Control

Board from the state general fund pursuant to the provisions of NRS

463.330 is hereby authorized during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999,

and ending June 30, 2000.

2. Expenditure of $22,816,316 by the State Gaming Control Board

from the state general fund pursuant to the provisions of NRS 463.330 is

hereby authorized during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending

June 30, 2001.

Sec. 3. The money authorized to be expended by the provisions of

sections 1 and 2 of this act, except the legislative fund and judicial

agencies, must be expended in accordance with the allotment transfer, work

program and budget provisions of NRS 353.150 to 353.245, inclusive, and

transfers to and from salary allotments, travel allotments, operating expense

allotments, equipment allotments and other allotments must be allowed and

made in accordance with the provisions of NRS 353.215 to 353.225,

inclusive, and after separate consideration of the merits of each request.

Sec. 4. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and limited

by section 5 of this act, and in accordance with the provisions of NRS

353.220, the Chief of the Budget Division of the Department of

Administration may, with the approval of the Governor, authorize the

augmentation of the amounts authorized in sections 1 and 2 of this act for

expenditure by a given officer, department, board, agency, commission and

institution from any other state agency, from any agency of local

government or of the Federal Government, or from any other source which

he determines is in excess of the amount so taken into consideration by this

act. The Chief of the Budget Division of the Department of Administration

shall reduce any authorization whenever he determines that money to be

received will be less than the amount so authorized in sections 1 and 2 of

this act.

2. The Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau may, with the

approval of the Legislative Commission, authorize the augmentation of the

amount authorized in section 1 of this act to the legislative fund for

expenditure by the Legislative Counsel Bureau from any source which he

determines is in excess of the amount so taken into consideration by this

act. The Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau shall reduce the

authorization whenever he determines that money to be received will be

less than the amount so authorized in section 1 of this act.

Sec. 5. Except as otherwise provided in sections 6 and 17 of this act,

where the operation of an office, department, board, agency, commission,

institution or program is financed by an appropriation or appropriations

from the state general fund as well as by money received from other

sources, the portion provided by appropriation from the state general fund

must be decreased to the extent that the receipts of the money from other

sources is exceeded, but such a decrease must not jeopardize the receipts of

such money as is to be received from other sources.

Sec. 6. The University and Community College System of Nevada

may expend, with the approval of the Interim Finance Committee, any

additional fees collected from the registration of students, resident or

nonresident, in addition to the following amounts for the respective fiscal

years:

1999-2000 2000-2001

University of Nevada, Reno $20,416,146 $22,290,015

University of Nevada, Las Vegas 37,576,416 42,345,468

Community College of Southern Nevada 15,412,923 17,656,079

Western Nevada Community College 2,304,218 2,523,049

Truckee Meadows Community College 5,490,452 6,139,649

Great Basin College 1,330,899 1,543,036

William S. Boyd School of Law 1,480,199 2,282,019

School of Medicine 1,668,911 1,728,565

Sec. 7. Whenever claims which are payable and properly approved

exceed the amount of cash in the wildlife account in the state general fund,

the state controller may, with the approval of the Chief of the Budget

Division of the Department of Administration, transfer temporarily from

the state general fund to the wildlife account such an amount as may be

required to pay the claims, but not to exceed 50 percent of the amount

receivable from the Federal Government and estimated revenue from

license fees receivable in the same fiscal year as authorized in section 1 of

this act.

Sec. 8. The following amounts are authorized for expenditure from the

University and Community College System of Nevada Endowment Fund in

the accounts authorized in section 1 of this act:

1999-2000 2000-2001

System Administration $172,010 $172,010

Special projects account 23,987,939 24,703,652

University of Nevada, Reno 100,000 100,000

University of Nevada, Reno, Athletics 250,000 250,000

University of Nevada, Las Vegas 100,000 100,000

University of Nevada, Las Vegas,

Athletics 250,000 250,000

Community College of Southern Nevada $37,500 $37,500

Truckee Meadows Community College 37,500 37,500

Western Nevada Community College 37,500 37,500

Great Basin College 667,988 969,012

School of Medicine 931,040 932,434

Desert Research Institute 500,000 500,000

Sec. 9. 1. The Chief of the Budget Division of the Department of

Administration shall assess each professional or licensing board at the

beginning of each fiscal year for its proportional share of the total salary

and operating costs of an employee of the Budget Division who is

responsible for monitoring compliance by such boards with the allotment,

transfer, work program and budget provisions of NRS 353.150 to 353.245,

inclusive. Each board’s share of the total costs must be equal to the

percentage, which the budget of each board represents to the total of all

budgets of professional and vocational boards as approved by the

Legislature.

2. The assessments must be paid by September 1 of each year.

Sec. 10. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, the

State Public Defender shall collect not more than the following amounts

from the counties for the use of his services:

For the fiscal For the fiscal

year ending year ending

June 30, 2000 June 30, 2001

Carson City $420,489 $438,060

Eureka County 22,515 22,515

Humboldt County 120,079 120,078

Lincoln County 30,020 30,01

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Pershing County 82,554 82,553

Storey County 15,010 15,010

White Pine County 120,079 120,078

Totals 810,746 828,313

2. The State Public Defender may assess and collect, from the counties,

their pro rata share of any salary benefit or cost of living increases

approved by the 1999 Legislature for employees of the State Public

Defender’s Office for fiscal year 1999-2000 and fiscal year 2000-2001.

3. If any county chooses to contribute an additional amount, the State

Public Defender may, with the approval of the Interim Finance Committee,

accept it and apply it to augment his services.

Sec. 11. In fiscal years 1999-2000 and 2000-2001, the State Treasurer

shall allocate the amount of tax on motor vehicle fuel computed pursuant to

NRS 365.535, to be paid on fuel used in watercraft for recreational

purposes, equally between the Division of Wildlife and the Division of

State Parks of the State Department of Conservation and Natural

Resources.

Sec. 12. On and after July 1, 1995, money collected by the Division of

Wildlife and designated by the Division as an obligated sum in the wildlife

account to be used only for the purposes specified by the law pertaining to

the money or by the donor of the money must be transferred to a separate

account designated as the Division of Wildlife’s obligated reserve account.

Sec. 13. The Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of the

Department of Human Resources shall work with the University and

Community College System of Nevada to, where possible and allowable,

incorporate the dental services available through the University and

Community College System of Nevada into the Medicaid and the Nevada

Check-Up health service delivery plans.

Sec. 14. Any money authorized for expenditure for the purpose of any

information technology projects greater than $50,000 in fiscal year 1999-

2000 that remain unexpended on June 30, 2000, may be carried forward to

fiscal year 2000-2001.

Sec. 15. Any money authorized for expenditure in section 1 of this act

for the Special Children’s Clinic and Maternal and Child Health Services in

the Health Division of the Department of Human Resources may be

transferred between those programs upon the approval of the Interim

Finance Committee and upon the recommendation of the Governor.

Sec. 16. Notwithstanding, the provision of section 5 of chapter 247,

Statutes of Nevada 1997, at page 886, the State Fire Marshal Division of

the Department of Motor Vehicles and Public Safety shall balance forward

any funds remaining after reverting to the general fund 100 percent of the

general fund appropriation for fiscal year 1998-1999.

Sec. 17. Money authorized for expenditure in section 1 of this act for

the Division of Forestry of the State Department of Conservation and

Natural Resources for the special reserves for extraordinary costs of

operation, repair and maintenance of fire-fighting vehicles may be

expended for that purpose notwithstanding the provisions of section 5 of

this act.

Sec. 18. Any money authorized for expenditure in section 1 of this act

for the motor vehicle branch of the Department of Motor Vehicles and

Public Safety may be transferred among the accounts within the motor

vehicle branch to implement any modifications to the organizational

structure of the department, pursuant to legislation adopted by the 70th

session of the Nevada Legislature, upon the recommendation of the

Governor and the approval of the Interim Finance Committee.

Sec. 19. 1. Any money authorized for expenditure in section 1 of this

act for the functions of the Transportation Services Authority and the

Taxicab Authority may be transferred among the Transportation Services

Authority, the Southern Taxicab Authority and the Northern Taxicab

Authority pursuant to legislation adopted by the 70th session of the Nevada

Legislature.

2. If budgetary transfers are required pursuant to subsection 1, on or

before October 1, 1999, the Transportation Services Authority, the

Southern Taxicab Authority and the Northern Taxicab Authority must

submit to the Governor for his approval and for the approval of the Interim

Finance Committee the proposed transfers in subsection 1.

Sec. 20. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1999.

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