2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                          A AB378 1165

Amendment No. 1165

 

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 378                                                                (BDR 34‑852)

Proposed by: Committee on Ways and Means

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:              Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

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Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 1 through 11 and adding new sections designated sections 1 through 3, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:

     “Section 1.  1.  There is hereby appropriated from the interest and income earned on the trust fund for public health created pursuant to NRS 439.605 to the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada an amount equal to 25 percent of the available interest and income that has been earned on the trust fund or the sum of $250,000, whichever is less, for the financial support of the program to provide loans to nursing students pursuant to NRS 396.890 to 396.898, inclusive.

     2.  The Board of Regents shall use the money appropriated by subsection 1 to provide loans for fees, books and living expenses pursuant to NRS 396.890 to 396.898, inclusive, to students who are enrolled in nursing programs of the University and Community College System of Nevada.

     3.  Any remaining balance of the sum appropriated by subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2003, and reverts to the trust fund for public health as soon as all payments of money committed have been made.

     Sec. 2.  On or before August 15, 2002, the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada shall develop a plan toward the goal of doubling the capacity of the programs of nursing of the University and Community College System to enroll students in programs of nursing from its capacity in school year 2000-2001. The Board of Regents shall include that plan as a separately identifiable component of its proposed biennial budget that is submitted pursuant to NRS 353.210 and set forth estimates of expenditures that would be necessary to carry out the plan.

     Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.”.

     Amend the title of the bill to read as follows: 

“AN ACT relating to the University and Community College System of Nevada; making an appropriation to support the program to provide loans to nursing students; requiring the development of a plan to increase the capacity of the programs of nursing within the system; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.

     Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

“SUMMARY—Makes appropriation to support certain loan program for nursing students and requires development of plan to increase capacity of programs of nursing within the University and Community College System of Nevada. (BDR S‑852)”.