Assembly Bill No. 198–Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining

 

(On Behalf of Clark County)

 

February 20, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining

 

SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to expenditures for air quality. (BDR 40‑176)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: No.

                                    Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to air pollution; revising the provisions relating to expenditures from the pollution control account for purposes relating to air quality; 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 445B.830 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2    445B.830  1.  In areas of the state where and when a program is

1-3  commenced pursuant to NRS 445B.770 to 445B.815, inclusive, the

1-4  following fees must be paid to the department of motor vehicles and public

1-5  safety and accounted for in the pollution control account, which is hereby

1-6  created in the state general fund:

1-7  (a) For the issuance and annual renewal of a license for an

1-8  authorized inspection station, authorized maintenance station,

1-9  authorized station or fleet station................. $25

1-10  (b) For each set of 25 forms certifying emission control

1-11  compliance................................................ 125

1-12  (c) For each form issued to a fleet station   5

1-13    2.  Except as otherwise provided in subsections 4, 5 and 6, and after

1-14  deduction of the amount required for grants pursuant to paragraph (a) of

1-15  subsection 4, money in the pollution control account may, pursuant to

1-16  legislative appropriation or with the approval of the interim finance

1-17  committee, be expended by the following agencies in the following order

1-18  of priority:

1-19    (a) The department of motor vehicles and public safety to carry out the

1-20  provisions of NRS 445B.770 to 445B.845, inclusive.

2-1    (b) Local governmental agencies in nonattainment or maintenance

2-2  areas for an air pollutant for which air quality criteria has been issued

2-3  pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 7408, for programs related to the improvement of

2-4  the quality of the air.

2-5    (c) The state department of conservation and natural resources to carry

2-6  out the provisions of this chapter.

2-7    [(c)] (d) The state department of agriculture to carry out the provisions

2-8  of NRS 590.010 to 590.150, inclusive.

2-9    [(d)] (e) The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency to carry out the

2-10  provisions of NRS 277.200 with respect to the preservation and

2-11  improvement of air quality in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

2-12    3.  The department of motor vehicles and public safety may prescribe

2-13  by regulation routine fees for inspection at the prevailing shop labor rate,

2-14  including, without limitation, maximum charges for those fees, and for the

2-15  posting of those fees in a conspicuous place at an authorized inspection

2-16  station or authorized station.

2-17    4.  The department of motor vehicles and public safety shall by

2-18  regulation establish a program to award grants of money in the pollution

2-19  control account to local governmental agencies in nonattainment or

2-20  maintenance areas for [carbon monoxide] an air pollutant for which air

2-21  quality criteria has been issued pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 7408, for

2-22  programs related to the improvement of the quality of air. The grants to

2-23  agencies in a county pursuant to this subsection must be made from:

2-24    (a) An amount of money in the pollution control account that is equal to

2-25  one-fifth of the amount received for each form issued in the county

2-26  pursuant to subsection 1; and

2-27    (b) Excess money in the pollution control account. As used in this

2-28  paragraph, “excess money” means the money in excess of $500,000

2-29  remaining in the pollution control account at the end of the fiscal year, after

2-30  deduction of the amount required for grants pursuant to paragraph (a) and

2-31  any disbursements made from the account pursuant to subsection 2.

2-32    5.  Any regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 4 must provide for

2-33  the creation of an advisory committee consisting of representatives of state

2-34  and local agencies involved in the control of emissions from motor

2-35  vehicles. The committee shall:

2-36    (a) Review applications for grants and make recommendations for their

2-37  approval, rejection or modification;

2-38    (b) Establish goals and objectives for the program for control of

2-39  emissions from motor vehicles;

2-40    (c) Identify areas where funding should be made available; and

2-41    (d) Review and make recommendations concerning regulations adopted

2-42  pursuant to subsection 4 or NRS 445B.770.

2-43    6.  Grants proposed pursuant to subsections 4 and 5 must be submitted

2-44  to the deputy director of the motor vehicles branch of the department of

2-45  motor vehicles and public safety and the administrator of the division of

2-46  environmental protection of the state department of conservation and

2-47  natural resources. Proposed grants approved by the deputy director and the

2-48  administrator must not be awarded until approved by the interim finance

2-49  committee.

3-1    Sec. 2.  NRS 218.6827 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-2    218.6827  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, the

3-3  interim finance committee may exercise the powers conferred upon it by

3-4  law only when the legislature is not in regular or special session.

3-5    2.  During a regular session, the interim finance committee may also

3-6  perform the duties imposed on it by subsection 5 of NRS 284.115,

3-7  subsection 2 of NRS 321.335, NRS 322.007, subsection 2 of NRS 323.020,

3-8  NRS 323.050, subsection 1 of NRS 323.100, subsection 1 of NRS 341.145,

3-9  NRS 353.220, 353.224, 353.2705 to 353.2771, inclusive, and 353.335,

3-10  paragraph (b) of subsection 4 of NRS 407.0762[,] and NRS 428.375,

3-11  439.630, [subsection 6 of NRS] 445B.830 and [NRS] 538.650. In

3-12  performing those duties, the senate standing committee on finance and the

3-13  assembly standing committee on ways and means may meet separately and

3-14  transmit the results of their respective votes to the chairman of the interim

3-15  finance committee to determine the action of the interim finance committee

3-16  as a whole.

3-17    3.  During a regular or special session, the interim finance committee

3-18  may exercise the powers and duties conferred upon it pursuant to the

3-19  provisions of NRS 353.2705 to 353.2771, inclusive.

3-20    4.  If the interim finance committee determines that a fundamental

3-21  review of the base budget of a state agency is necessary, it shall, by

3-22  resolution, notify the legislative commission of that finding for assignment

3-23  of the review to a legislative committee for the fundamental review of the

3-24  base budgets of state agencies established pursuant to NRS 218.5382.

3-25    Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.

 

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