Assembly Bill No. 424–Assemblymen McClain, Manendo, Parks, Ohrenschall, Dini and Leslie

 

March 19, 2001

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Joint Sponsors: Senators Titus and Care

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Referred to Concurrent Committees on Transportation
and Ways and Means

 

SUMMARY—Directs Department of Transportation to construct or cause to be constructed sound barriers alongside certain portion of U.S. Interstate No. 515 in Clark County. (BDR S‑875)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: No.

                                    Effect on the State: Contains Appropriation not included in Executive Budget.

 

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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 public highways; directing the Department of Transportation to construct or cause to be constructed walls to function as sound barriers alongside a certain portion of U.S. Interstate No. 515 in Clark County; making an appropriation; 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. To the extent money is distributed to the Department of

1-2  Transportation pursuant to section 2 of this act, the Department shall

1-3  construct or cause to be constructed walls to function as sound barriers

1-4  along those portions of both sides of U.S. Interstate No. 515 where there

1-5  are no existing soundwalls between Charleston Boulevard and Russell

1-6  Road in Clark County.

1-7    Sec. 2.  1.  There is hereby appropriated from the state highway fund

1-8  to the Department of Transportation the sum of $6,000,000 for the

1-9  construction of the walls described in section 1 of this act.

1-10    2.  The money appropriated by subsection 1 may be used only to the

1-11  extent that matching money is provided by the Federal Government, Clark

1-12  County or from sources other than the appropriation made by subsection 1.

2-1    3.  The State Controller shall only distribute money from the

2-2  appropriation made by subsection 1 to the extent that matching money

2-3  required by subsection 2 has been committed.

2-4    4.  When the walls are completed, any remaining balance of the

2-5  appropriation made by subsection 1 reverts to the state highway fund as

2-6  soon as all payments of money committed have been made.

2-7    Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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