Assembly Bill No. 672–Committee on Ways and Means
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AN ACT relating to making appropriations from the state general fund and the state highway fund for the support of the civil government of the State of Nevada for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, and beginning July 1, 2002, and ending June 30, 2003; providing for the use of the money so appropriated; 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. The following sums are hereby appropriated from the State
General Fund for the purposes expressed in sections 2 to 29, inclusive, of
this act and for the support of the government of the State of Nevada for
the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, and
beginning July 1, 2002, and ending June 30, 2003.
2001-2002 2002-2003
Sec. 2. The Office and Mansion of
the Governor.
... For the support of the:
Office of the Governor $2,406,190 $2,359,965
Governor’s Mansion $269,533 $336,415
Governor’s Office of Consumer
Health Assistance$306,354$310,249
High Level Nuclear Waste
Project Office$886,113$881,285
Sec. 3. The Office of Lieutenant
Governor.
For the support of the Office of the
Lieutenant Governor $434,686 $454,173
Sec. 4. The Office of Attorney
General.
For the support of the:
Attorney General Administration
Account$9,767,901$9,485,575
Special Litigation Account $102,401 $102,411
Medicaid Fraud Control Unit $1,000 $1,000
Crime Prevention Program $254,159 $257,461
Office of the Extradition
Coordinator$543,738$538,745
Bureau of Consumer Protection $1,047,269 $1,050,388
Advisory Council for Prosecuting
Attorneys$100$100
Sec. 5. The Office of Secretary of
State.
For the support of the:
Office of the Secretary of State $4,675,750 $4,984,395
Sec. 6. The Office of State
Treasurer.
For the support of the:
Office of the State Treasurer $1,039,321 $1,044,439
Higher Education Tuition
Administration$731,610$771,066
Sec. 7. The Office of State
Controller.
For the support of the Office of the
State Controller $3,424,129 $3,539,784
Sec. 8. Department of
Administration.
For the support of the:
Budget and planning $2,503,580 $2,636,741
Division of Internal Audit $1,779,389 $1,907,435
Clear Creek Youth Center $87,897 $93,963
State Public Works Board $843,315 $855,207
Merit Award Board $5,000 $5,000
Sec. 9. Department of Taxation.
For the support of the:
Department of Taxation $13,402,790 $14,577,170
Sec. 10. Legislative Fund.
For the support of the:
Legislative Commission $705,077 $393,843
Audit Division $2,534,270 $2,606,878
Administrative Division $5,779,502 $5,808,426
Legal Division $4,083,512 $4,668,489
Research Division $2,466,599 $2,428,172
Fiscal Analysis Division $2,081,681 $2,109,946
Interim legislative operations $396,887 $404,666
Sec. 11. Supreme Court of Nevada.
For the support of the:
Supreme Court of Nevada $3,795,966 $3,735,202
Law Library $1,229,472 $1,243,404
Commission on Judicial
Selection$4,838$4,838
Division of Planning and
Analysis$393,570$377,613
Sec. 12. Commission on Judicial
Discipline.
For the support of the Commission
on Judicial Discipline$410,393$421,271
Sec. 13. District Judges’ Salaries
and Judicial Pensions.
For the support of the District
Judges’ salaries and pensions of
Justices, Judges and widows$8,772,478$9,646,665
Sec. 14. Commission on Economic
Development.
For the support of:
Economic development $3,384,276 $3,363,593
Rural community development $138,101 $141,700
Small business and procurement
outreach program$173,838$177,395
Sec. 15. Department of Education.
For the support of:
Education, state programs $2,262,338 $2,253,937
Occupational education $326,321 $331,949
Teacher education and licensing $100 $100
Nutrition education programs $230,355 $234,909
Continuing education $458,513 $459,602
Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act$342,939$342,961
Proficiency testing $4,562,392 $3,538,776
Other state education programs $3,426,440 $2,911,491
Education support services $959,856 $985,348
Commission on Postsecondary
Education$228,067$231,319
Sec. 16. University and Community
College System of Nevada.
For the support of:
System administration $2,848,032 $2,918,711
University Press $652,850 $662,519
Statewide programs—UNR $5,538,688 $6,031,208
Intercollegiate athletics—UNR $2,061,210 $2,103,047
Statewide programs—UNLV $804,823 $820,584
Intercollegiate athletics—UNLV $2,080,833 $2,125,466
Agricultural Experiment Station $6,007,824 $6,153,857
Cooperative Extension Services $5,661,832 $5,828,967
System computing center $14,324,070 $15,153,589
UNLV, William S. Boyd School
of Law$4,749,735$4,986,789
Desert Research Institute $3,946,659 $3,956,975
National Direct Student Loan $49,504 $49,504
University of Nevada, Reno $82,187,718 $82,878,049
University of Nevada, School of
Medicine$16,931,360$17,248,680
Bureau of Laboratory and
Research$1,333,519$1,362,922
University of Nevada, Las Vegas $87,690,495 $88,028,986
Community College of Southern
Nevada$46,870,825$48,547,191
Western Nevada Community
College$12,560,574$12,678,786
Truckee Meadows Community
College$22,090,102$22,333,004
Great Basin College $9,058,140 $9,306,132
Business Center, North $1,793,429 $1,829,949
Business Center, South $1,501,056 $1,533,717
Nevada State College at
Henderson$0$3,747,531
University system—special
projects$1,172,430$1,170,393
Sec. 17. Western Interstate
Commission for Higher Education.
For the administrative support of
Nevada’s membership in the Western
Interstate Commission for Higher
Education$290,341$290,120
For the support of the Western
Interstate Commission for Higher
Education Loan Fund$358,754$731,104
Sec. 18. Department of Cultural
Affairs.
For the support of the:
Cultural Affairs administration $395,915 $412,917
Museums and history $263,605 $266,588
Nevada Historical Society, Reno $563,448 $584,142
Nevada State Museum, Carson
City$160,043$143,183
Nevada Museum and Historical
Society, Las Vegas$857,199$877,122
Lost City Museum $279,153 $288,012
State Railroad Museums $164,518 $177,839
State Arts Council $1,426,559 $1,439,917
Nevada State Library $3,096,997 $3,121,670
Nevada State Library—Literacy $121,372 $123,715
Archives and records $547,236 $560,075
Office of Historic Preservation $273,189 $277,399
Comstock Historic District $90,752 $94,472
Sec. 19. Department of Human
Resources.
For the support of the:
Department of Human Resources
administration$773,191$791,198
Family to Family Connection $1,431,856 $1,490,953
Family Resource Centers $1,450,841 $1,453,163
Indian Affairs Commission $115,391 $119,931
Office of the State Public
Defender$1,000,395$993,292
Division of Health Care
Financing and Policy:
Nevada Medicaid $241,744,350 $271,327,819
. . . Health Care Financing and
Policy. . $303,448. $313,472
Nevada Check Up Program $10,042,447 $10,966,434
Aging Services Division:
Aging Services Division $2,655,245 $2,711,870
Senior Services Program $1,056,412 $1,083,840
. . . Senior citizens’ property tax
assistance. . $3,957,809. $4,332,475
EPS/Homemaker programs $12,819 $13,303
Division of Child and Family
Services:
Juvenile justice programs $729,490 $729,490
UNITY/SACWIS $2,811,766 $2,461,850
. . . Children and family
administration. . $7,412,747. $7,832,320
Child Care Services $474,965 $499,502
Nevada Youth Training Center $5,588,288 $5,693,123
Caliente Youth Center $4,196,093 $4,223,872
Youth community services $24,790,554 $26,049,363
Youth alternative placement $839,716 $1,071,670
Youth parole services $4,277,539 $4,340,504
. . . Northern Nevada child and
adolescent services. . $1,969,804. $2,071,338
. . . Southern Nevada child and
adolescent services. . $5,755,767. $6,168,688
Juvenile correctional facility $5,057,268 $5,118,691
Health Division:
Office of health administration $469,090 $468,366
Alcohol and drug rehabilitation $3,075,984 $3,072,480
Vital statistics $437,952 $441,141
Maternal child health services $1,278,551 $1,228,137
Special Children’s Clinic $4,295,787 $4,327,267
Community health services $207,865 $254,032
Consumer protection $1,085,482 $1,124,791
Radiological health $208,953 $221,676
. . . Sexually transmitted disease
control. . $1,569,392. $1,576,915
Communicable disease control $800,940 $803,268
Emergency medical services $676,259 $691,936
Immunization program $1,118,884 $1,061,104
Health aid to counties $1,316,655 $1,357,815
Division of Mental Health and
Developmental Services:
Division administration $2,031,897 $2,055,879
. . . Mental health information
system. . $360,782. $337,512
. . . Southern Nevada adult mental
health services. . $29,623,669. $31,731,184
. . . Northern Nevada adult mental
health services. . $14,996,959. $15,465,465
Lakes Crossing center $4,865,197 $4,984,420
Rural clinics $4,614,690 $4,955,160
Desert regional center $18,597,818 $20,459,820
Sierra regional center $10,333,495 $10,700,883
Rural regional center $2,991,299 $3,400,953
Family preservation program $617,626 $617,626
Welfare Division:
Welfare administration $6,467,025 $6,609,825
Welfare field services $10,210,319 $10,511,709
Assistance to aged and blind $5,948,653 $6,170,992
. . . Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families. . $24,607,122. $24,607,122
Employment and training $9,301,526 $9,313,094
Sec. 20. Office of the Military.
For the support of the:
Nevada National Guard $1,945,864 $2,028,949
National Guard benefits $95,441 $95,441
Sec. 21. Office of Veterans’
Services.
For the support of the:
Executive Director for veterans’
services$886,405$857,853
Southern Nevada Veterans’
Home$3,958,025$3,470,619
Sec. 22. Department of Prisons.
For the support of the:
Office of the Director $10,563,455 $10,478,742
Medical care $29,491,221 $30,110,254
Southern Nevada Correctional
Center$440,167$452,521
Southern Desert Correctional
Center$14,914,287$14,914,841
Nevada State Prison $12,571,613 $13,152,553
Northern Nevada Correctional
Center$13,876,578$14,303,757
Warm Springs Correctional
Center$6,459,101$6,703,921
Ely Maximum Security Prison $19,756,228 $20,366,691
Lovelock Correctional Center $16,140,404 $17,009,361
Southern Nevada Women’s
Private Prison$10,727,572$11,501,047
Stewart Conservation Camp $1,136,683 $1,169,346
Ely Conservation Camp $929,239 $935,773
Humboldt Conservation Camp $928,019 $945,117
Indian Springs Conservation
Camp$1,126,522$1,123,281
Jean Conservation Camp $1,153,650 $1,199,141
Pioche Conservation Camp $1,162,191 $1,181,164
Carlin Conservation Camp $942,092 $958,722
Wells Conservation Camp $900,837 $911,325
Silver Springs Conservation
Camp$907,489$932,266
Tonopah Conservation Camp $873,501 $897,394
Northern Nevada Restitution
Center$287,274$302,529
High Desert State Prison $20,827,849 $22,117,486
Sec. 23. Department of Business and
Industry.
For the support of the:
Business and Industry
administration$186,906$193,808
Committee to Hire the
Handicapped$238,211$242,710
Division of Financial Institutions $2,052,217 $1,980,329
Consumer Affairs Division $1,204,197 $1,221,080
Real Estate Administration $1,166,681 $1,180,631
Division of Insurance $2,553,221 $2,641,228
Employee-Management
Relations Board$145,241$145,117
Office of Labor Commissioner $1,134,331 $1,158,097
Nevada Athletic Commission $309,803 $312,580
Sec. 24. State Department of
Agriculture.
For the support of the:
Agriculture administration $332,124 $333,550
Plant industry program $1,221,624 $1,274,447
Veterinary medical services $733,475 $739,672
Weights and measures program $311,568 $272,022
Junior Livestock Show Board $36,850 $36,937
Predatory Animal and Rodent
Committee$610,093$614,777
Sec. 25. State Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources.
For the support of the:
Conservation Natural Resources
administration$1,508,007$1,551,244
Division of State Parks $3,378,312 $3,423,917
Nevada Tahoe regional planning $473 $473
Nevada natural heritage $60,840 $73,418
Division of Forestry $2,746,135 $2,803,399
Forest fire
suppression/emergency response$1,000,000$1,000,000
Forestry honor camps $4,647,620 $4,745,457
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency $1,514,932 $1,513,393
Water and mining $366,372 $368,221
Division of Water Resources $3,984,994 $4,037,131
Division of State Lands $1,064,072 $1,081,575
Division of Conservation
Districts$313,498$318,620
Division of Wildlife $697,396 $699,071
Sec. 26. Department of
Employment, Training and
Rehabilitation.
For the support of:
Nevada Equal Rights
Commission$858,999$888,303
Bureau of Vocational
Rehabilitation$2,533,209$2,670,268
Bureau of Services to the Blind
and Visually Impaired$948,165$978,208
Community based services $2,195,091 $2,241,937
Developmental disabilities $119,455 $120,271
Welfare to work $226,720 $0
Sec. 27. Department of Motor
Vehicles.
For the support of the:
Field services $15,031 $15,031
Sec. 28. Department of Public
Safety.
For the support of the:
Training Division $64,920 $37,480
DMV justice grant $80,097 $81,014
Highway Patrol (dignitary
protection)$36,388$36,388
Dignitary protection $604,663 $597,011
Investigation Division $5,404,975 $5,309,855
Division of Emergency
Management$518,573$530,450
Hazardous Materials Training
Center$1,000$1,000
Parole Board $1,115,374 $1,102,652
Division of Parole and Probation $26,990,517 $27,860,466
Drug Commission $56,786 $53,931
Sec. 29. Commission on Ethics.
For the support of the Commission
on Ethics
$319,13
4$318,895
Sec. 30. The following sums are hereby appropriated from the State
Highway Fund for the purposes expressed in this section for the fiscal
years beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, and beginning
July 1, 2002, and ending June 30, 2003:
Department of Taxation $429,048 $0
Department of Motor Vehicles:
Director’s Office $931,744 $1,047,136
Administrative Services $4,417,185 $4,175,885
Hearings Office $778,118 $796,348
Automation $7,227,622 $7,431,342
Field services $13,801,701 $14,169,919
Compliance enforcement $1,390,303 $1,335,615
Central services $7,809,000 $7,825,797
Management services $4,901,587 $5,027,359
Motor carrier $2,190,514 $2,183,931
Department of Public Safety:
Training Division $1,116,897 $893,704
Highway Patrol $48,055,314 $47,619,466
Highway safety plan &
administration$176,318$148,515
Division of Investigations $219,591 $222,018
Emergency Response
Commission$195,213$202,410
Transportation Services
Authority$1,789,043$1,806,299
Sec. 31. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the sums
appropriated in this act must be:
(a) Expended in accordance with the allotment, transfer, work program
and budget provisions of NRS 353.150 to 353.245, inclusive; and
(b) Work programmed for the 2 separate fiscal years, 2001-2002 and
2002-2003, as required by NRS 353.215. Work programs may be revised
with the approval of the Governor upon the recommendation of the
Director of the Department of Administration and in accordance with the
provisions of the State Budget Act.
2. 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.
3. Pursuant to law, sums appropriated for the support of the Supreme
Court of Nevada and the Legislative Fund are excluded from the
allotment, transfer, work program and budget provisions of NRS 353.150
to 353.245, inclusive.
Sec. 32. The sums appropriated to:
1. Senior citizens’ property tax assistance;
2. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA);
3. Forest fire suppression/emergency response;
4. National Guard benefits;
5. Communicable disease control;
6. Maternal child health services;
7. Immunization program;
8. Welfare administration;
9. Welfare field services;
10. Temporary assistance for needy families (TANF);
11. Assistance to aged and blind;
12. Welfare to work;
13. Employment and training;
14. Nevada Medicaid;
15. Division of Health Care Financing and Policy;
16. Nevada Check Up program;
17. Youth community services;
18. Pensions of justices, judges and widows;
19. Attorney General’s special litigation account;
20. Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit;
21. Attorney General’s extradition coordinator;
22. Commission on Ethics; and
23. Veterans’ Home Account,
are available for both fiscal years 2001-2002 and 2002-2003, and may be
transferred from one fiscal year to the other with the approval of the
Interim Finance Committee upon the recommendation of the Governor.
The money appropriated for the support of pensions of justices, judges and
widows is available in both fiscal years 2001-2002 and 2002-2003, and
may be transferred from one fiscal year to the other with the approval of
the Interim Finance Committee.
Sec. 33. Of the amounts appropriated by sections 2 though 29 of this
act, amounts appropriated in fiscal year 2001-2002 to finance an
information technology project in excess of $50,000 are available for both
fiscal years 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 and may be transferred within the
same budget account from one year to the other with the approval of the
Interim Finance Committee upon the recommendation of the Governor.
Any amount transferred must be used to complete the information
technology project as approved by the Legislature.
Sec. 34. Amounts appropriated pursuant to section 14 and 15 of this
act to finance specific programs as outlined in this section are available for
both fiscal years 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 and may be transferred from
one fiscal year to the other with the approval of the Interim Finance
Committee upon the recommendation of the Governor as follows:
1. Of the amounts appropriated to the Commission on Economic
Development pursuant to section 14 of this act, a total of $500,000 in both
fiscal year 2001-2002 and fiscal year 2002-2003 to support the Train
Employees Now Program.
2. Of the amount appropriated to the Department of Education, other
state education programs, pursuant to section 15 of this act:
(a) A total of $50,000 in fiscal year 2001-2002 for Peer Mediation
Programs; and
(b) A total of $150,000 in both fiscal year 2001-2002 and fiscal year
2002-2003 for successful completion of the National Teacher Certification
Program,
may be transferred from one fiscal year to the other with the approval of
the Interim Finance Committee upon the recommendation of the
Governor.
Sec. 35. 1. The sums appropriated to the Legislative Fund by section
10 of this act for the support of the Legislative Commission, the various
divisions of the Legislative Counsel Bureau and interim legislative
operations are available for both fiscal years 2001-2002 and 2002-2003,
and may be transferred among the Legislative Commission, the various
divisions of the Legislative Counsel Bureau and the interim legislative
operations and from one fiscal year to another with the approval of the
Legislative Commission upon the recommendation of the Director of the
Legislative Counsel Bureau.
2. Any unexpended balance of the sum appropriated to the Legal
Division of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for fiscal year 2000-2001
pursuant to section 10 of chapter 571, Statutes of Nevada 1999, must be
carried forward to fiscal year 2001-2002.
3. The sums appropriated for the support of salaries and payroll costs
must be applied pursuant to the budget approved by the Legislature
notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 281.123.
Sec. 36. The total amounts appropriated in section 19 of this act to
each of the accounts of the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy
and the Welfare Division enumerated in section 32 of this act, except for
the amounts appropriated for the assistance to the aged and blind program,
the welfare administration account, welfare field services account and,
except as otherwise provided in this section, are limits. The divisions shall
not request additional money for these programs, except for:
1. Increased state costs in fiscal year 2001-2002 in the event that
federal financial participation rates are reduced from those in effect on
October 1, 2001;
2. Increased state costs in fiscal year 2002-2003 in the event that
federal financial participation rates are less than legislatively approved
effective on October 1, 2002; or
3. Costs related to additional services mandated by the Federal
Government on or after October 1, 2001, and not specifically funded in the
Nevada Medicaid account in fiscal years 2001-2002 and 2002-2003.
Sec. 37. The sums appropriated to the Welfare Division by section 19
of this act may be transferred among the various budget accounts of the
Welfare Division with the approval of the Interim Finance Committee
upon the recommendation of the Governor.
Sec. 38. The sums appropriated to Nevada Medicaid and the Nevada
Check Up program by section 19 of this act may be transferred between
each budget with the approval of the Interim Finance Committee upon the
recommendation of the Governor.
Sec. 39. The Division of Health Care Financing and Policy shall work
with the University and Community College System of Nevada, where
possible and allowable, to incorporate dental services available through
the University and Community College System of Nevada into Medicaid
and Nevada Check Up health service delivery plans.
Sec. 40. The sums appropriated to the Department of Prisons by
section 22 of this act may be transferred among the various budget
accounts of the Department of Prisons in the same manner and within the
same limits as allowed for revisions of work programs in NRS 353.220.
Sec. 41. Of the amounts appropriated to the Department of Public
Safety by sections 28 and 30 of this act, amounts appropriated to the
various budget accounts enumerated in those sections for the support of
payment to the Public Safety Information Services Section may be
transferred among the various budgets of the Department of Public Safety
as enumerated in sections 28 and 30 of this act for the support of payment
to the Public Safety Information Services Section with the approval of the
Interim Finance Committee upon the recommendation of the Governor.
The amount transferred between accounts is limited to the total amount
appropriated in the accounts for the support of payment to the Public
Safety Information Services Section.
Sec. 42. 1. The sums appropriated to the Department of Motor
Vehicles by sections 27 and 30 of this act may be transferred among the
various budgets within the Department of Motor Vehicles as necessary to
implement any modifications to the organizational structure of that
department pursuant to the provisions of Senate Bill No. 481 of this
session, upon the recommendation of the Governor and approval of the
Interim Finance Committee. Any such modifications to the organizational
structure of the Department of Motor Vehicles must be based on a plan
submitted by the Department and recommended by the Governor not later
than January 1, 2002.
2. The sums appropriated to the Department of Public Safety by
sections 28 and 30 of this act may be transferred among the various
budgets within the Department of Public Safety as necessary to implement
any modifications to the organizational structure of that Department
pursuant to the provisions of Senate Bill No. 481 of this session, upon the
recommendation of the Governor and approval of the Interim Finance
Committee. Any such modifications to the organizational structure of the
Department of Public Safety must be based on a plan submitted by the
Department and recommended by the Governor not later than January 1,
2002.
Sec. 43. The sums appropriated to any division, agency or section of
any department of state government for the support of salaries and payroll
costs may be transferred to any other division, bureau, agency or section
of the same department for the support of salaries and payroll costs with
the approval of the Interim Finance Committee upon the recommendation
of the Governor. The amount transferred into a budget account is limited
to the amount budgeted for vacancy savings, and costs related to positions
that were not budgeted for merit salary increases. Such transfers are also
limited only to those activities which are supported by State General Fund
or State Highway Fund appropriations.
Sec. 44. In addition to the requirements of NRS 353.225, for the fiscal
years 2001-2002 and 2002-2003, the Board of Regents of the University
and Community College System of Nevada shall comply with any request
by the Governor to set aside money from the appropriations made by this
act in any specified amount.
Sec. 45. 1. There is hereby appropriated $64,888 from the state
general fund to the Public Employees’ Retirement Board to be expended
for the administration of the Legislators’ Retirement System for the period
July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2003.
2. There is hereby appropriated $20,798 from the state general fund to
the Public Employees’ Retirement Board to be expended for actuarial
services provided for activities related to the judicial retirement system.
Sec. 46. 1. The Legislative Auditor shall conduct a preliminary
performance audit survey of Clark and Washoe County School Districts.
The purpose of the survey must be to identify potential audit issues in each
district. The results of the survey must be presented to the 72nd session of
the Legislature for its consideration and selection for subsequent
performance audits.
2. The provisions of subsection 2 of NRS 218.775 and subsection 1 of
NRS 218.780 apply to Clark and Washoe County School Districts for the
purpose of the preliminary performance audit survey.
3. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the
Legislative Fund a total of $77,716 in fiscal year 2001-02 and $77,174 in
fiscal year 2002-03 to carry out the provisions of this section.
Sec. 47. 1. Except as otherwise provided in section 60 of this act,
unencumbered balances of the appropriations made in this act for the fiscal
years 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 must not be committed for expenditure
after June 30 of each fiscal year. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 2, unencumbered balances of these appropriations revert to the
fund from which appropriated.
2. Any encumbered balance of the appropriations made to the
Legislative Fund by section 10 of this act does not revert to the State
General Fund but constitutes a balance carried forward.
Sec. 48. If any claims which are payable and properly approved
exceed the amount available in the Department of Prisons’ warehouse
account, the State Controller may temporarily transfer, upon the
recommendation of the Director of the Department of Administration,
from the appropriations made in section 22 of this act for the Department
of Prisons, such amount as may be required to pay the claims, but not
exceeding a total of $4,000,000.
Sec. 49. The State Controller shall provide for the payment of claims
legally obligated in each fiscal year on behalf of state agencies until the
last business day of the August immediately following the end of each
fiscal year. The State Controller shall process any transactions requested
by the Director of the Department of Administration from the prior fiscal
period until the third Friday in September immediately following the end
of the fiscal year.
Sec. 50. The State Controller shall transfer among the appropriate
accounts and funds the amounts necessary to carry out the budget
approved by the Legislature, and the amounts so transferred shall be
deemed appropriated.
Sec. 51. The State Controller shall pay the annual salaries of Supreme
Court Justices, District Court Judges, the Governor, the Lieutenant
Governor, the Secretary of State, the State Treasurer, the State Controller
and the Attorney General in biweekly installments for each day worked up
to and including the date of payment. The payment of a portion of the
annual salaries of these officers at the end of a calendar year for the
purpose of reconciling the amount of the salary paid during that calendar
year with the amount of the salary set forth in statute for that office must
not be made if it will result in the issuance of a separate check.
Sec. 52. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to
the Legislative Fund, created pursuant to NRS 218.085, the sum of
$1,700,000.
Sec. 53. 1. If the Attorney General determines that delays in the
receipt of recovery revenue for the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit will
result in insufficient revenues to pay authorized expenditures, he may
submit a request for a temporary advance from the State General Fund to
the Director of the Department of Administration to pay authorized
expenditures to support the operations of the unit.
2. The Director of the Department of Administration shall notify the
State Controller and the Fiscal Analysis Division of the Legislative
Counsel Bureau if he approves a request made pursuant to subsection 1.
The State Controller shall draw a warrant upon receipt of such a
notification.
3. An advance from the State General Fund approved by the Director
of the Department of Administration as authorized pursuant to this section
is limited to the total estimated amounts due from outstanding billings for
recoveries and must not exceed the total authorized recoveries in the
appropriate fiscal year.
4. Any money which is temporarily advanced from the State General
Fund to the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit pursuant to this section must be
repaid on or before the last business day in August immediately following
the end of the fiscal year.
Sec. 54. 1. If the Executive Director for Veterans’ Services
determines that delays in the receipt of federal reimbursement for services
provided by the Veterans’ Home in Southern Nevada will result in
insufficient revenues to pay authorized expenditures, he may submit a
request for a temporary advance from the State General Fund to the
Director of the Department of Administration to pay authorized
expenditures to support operational costs of the Veterans’ Home.
2. The Director of the Department of Administration shall notify the
State Controller and the Fiscal Analysis Division of the Legislative
Counsel Bureau if he approves a request made pursuant to subsection 1.
The State Controller shall draw a warrant upon receipt of such a
notification.
3. An advance for the State General Fund approved by the Director of
the Department of Administration as authorized pursuant to this section is
limited to the total estimated reimbursement due from the Federal
Government for operational costs incurred by the Veterans’ Home in
Southern Nevada.
4. Any money which is temporarily advanced from the State General
Fund to the Veterans’ Home in Southern Nevada pursuant to this section
must be repaid on or before the last business day in August immediately
following the end of the fiscal year.
Sec. 55. 1. If the Director of the State Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources determines that, because of delays in the receipt of
revenue for services billed to the Federal Government, local governments
and other state governments, the amount of current claims for expenses
incurred in the suppression of fire or response to emergencies exceeds the
amount of money available to pay such claims within 30 days, he may
request from the Director of the Department of Administration a
temporary advance from the State General Fund to pay authorized
expenses.
2. The Director of the Department of Administration shall notify the
State Controller and the Fiscal Analysis Division of the Legislative
Counsel Bureau if he approves a request made pursuant to subsection 1.
The State Controller shall draw his warrant upon receipt of such a
notification.
3. An advance from the State General Fund:
(a) May be approved by the Director of the Department of
Administration only for expenses incurred in the suppression of fires or
response to emergencies charged to the budget account for forest fire
suppression/emergency response of the Division of Forestry of the State
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Before approving the
advance, the Director shall verify that billings for reimbursement have
been sent to the agencies of the Federal Government, local governments or
other state governments responsible for reimbursing the Division of
Forestry for costs incurred in fire suppression or emergency response
activities.
(b) Is limited to the total due from outstanding billings for reimbursable
expenses incurred in the suppression of fires or response to emergencies as
approved for payment to the state by agencies of the Federal Government,
local governments, and other state governments.
4. Any money which is temporarily advanced from the State General
Fund to the budget account for forest fire suppression/emergency response
pursuant to this section must be repaid on or before the last business day in
August immediately following the end of the fiscal year.
Sec. 56. 1. If the Governor orders the Nevada National Guard into
active duty as described in NRS 412.122 for an emergency as described in
NRS 353.263 and the Adjutant General of the Nevada National Guard
determines expenditures will be required, the Adjutant General may
request from the Director of the Department of Administration a
temporary advance from the State General Fund for the payment of
authorized expenses.
2. The Director of the Department of Administration shall notify the
State Controller and the Fiscal Analysis Division of the Legislative
Counsel Bureau of the approval of a request made pursuant to subsection
1. The State Controller shall draw his warrant upon receipt of the approval
by the Director of the Department of Administration.
3. An advance from the State General Fund:
(a) Must be approved by the Director of the Department of
Administration for expenses incurred as a result of activation of the
Nevada National Guard.
(b) Is limited to $25,000 per activation as described in subsection 1.
4. Any money which is temporarily advanced from the State General
Fund to an account pursuant to subsection 3 must be repaid as soon as
possible, and must come from the emergency account established under
NRS 353.263.
Sec. 57. 1. If the Director of the Department of Prisons determines
that delays in the receipt of revenue for services billed to the Federal
Government for housing illegal aliens will result in insufficient revenues
to pay authorized expenditures of the Department of Prisons, he may
request from the Director of the Department of Administration a
temporary advance from the State General Fund to pay authorized
expenses.
2. The Director of the Department of Administration shall notify the
State Controller and the Fiscal Analysis Division of the Legislative
Counsel Bureau if he approves a request made pursuant to subsection 1.
The State Controller shall draw his warrant upon receipt of such a
notification.
3. An advance from the State General Fund:
(a) May be approved by the Director of the Department of
Administration;
(b) Is limited to the total due from outstanding billings to the Federal
Government for costs related to the housing of illegal aliens; and
(c) Must not exceed $400,000 per fiscal year.
4. Any money which is temporarily advanced from the State General
Fund to the Department of Prisons pursuant to this section must be repaid
on or before the last business day in August immediately following the
end of the fiscal year.
Sec. 58. 1. If projections of the ending balance of the State General
Fund fall below the amount estimated by the 2001 Legislature for fiscal
year 2001-2002 or 2002-2003, the Director of the Department of
Administration shall report this information to the State Board of
Examiners.
2. If the State Board of Examiners determines that the ending balance
of the State General Fund is projected to be less than $50,000,000 for
fiscal year 2001-2002 or 2002-2003, the Governor, pursuant to NRS
353.225, may direct the Director of the Department of Administration to
require the State Controller or the head of each department, institution or
agency to set aside a reserve of not more than 15 percent of the total
amount of operating expenses or other appropriations and money
otherwise available to the department, institution or agency.
3. A reserve must not be set aside pursuant to this section unless:
(a) The Governor, on behalf of the State Board of Examiners, submits a
report to the Legislature, or if the Legislature is not in session, to the
Interim Finance Committee, stating the reasons why a reserve is needed
and indicating each department, institution or agency that will be required
to set aside a reserve; and
(b) The Legislature or the Interim Finance Committee approves the
setting aside of the reserve.
Sec. 59. If the State of Nevada is required to make payment to the
United States Treasury under the provisions of Public Law 101-453, the
Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990, the State Controller, upon
approval of the State Board of Examiners, may make such payments from
the interest earnings of the State General Fund or interest earnings in other
funds when interest on federal money has been deposited in those funds.
Sec. 60. 1. Of the sums appropriated to the State Arts Council by
section 18 of this act, the following amounts must be used to support the
Challenge Grant Program:
For the fiscal year 2001-2002$105,246
For the fiscal year 2002-2003$105,246
2. Any amounts provided to support the Challenge Grant Program
as provided by this section which are not committed for expenditure by
June 30 of each fiscal year may be carried forward for a maximum of 2
fiscal years after which time any unexpended amounts revert to the State
General Fund. If a challenge grant project is completed in less than 3 fiscal
years, any unexpended money must not be reallocated and reverts to the
State General Fund at the close of the fiscal year.
3. All money appropriated by section 18 of this act other than the sums
designated in subsection 1 to support the Challenge Grant Program is
subject to the provisions of section 47 of this act.
Sec. 61. 1. This section and section 52 of this act become effective
upon passage and approval.
2. Sections 1 to 51, inclusive, and 53 to 60, inclusive, of this act
become effective on July 1, 2001.
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