2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                             A SB170 804

Amendment No. 804

 

Senate Amendment to Senate Bill No. 170                                                                         (BDR 18‑133)

Proposed by: Committee on Finance

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:              Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

       Adopted       Lost                                               |          Adopted       Lost                                           

Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend sec. 2, page 1, by deleting lines 3 and 4 and inserting:

     “Sec. 2. 1.  The Nevada cultural fund is hereby created as a special revenue fund. The purposes of the fund are to:

     (a) Ensure a stable and healthy cultural climate in this state;

     (b) Advance and promote a meaningful role of the arts and humanities in the lives of individual persons, families and communities throughout this state; and

     (c) Stimulate the provision of additional funding from private sources to carry out the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b).

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The money in the fund must be used to augment and must not be used to replace or supplant any legislative appropriations to the council.

     2.  Except as otherwise provided in”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 1, line 5, by deleting “3,” and inserting “4,”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 1, line 10, by deleting “2.” and inserting “3.”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 1, line 12, by deleting “3.” and inserting “4.”.

     Amend sec. 3, page 2, by deleting lines 3 through 30 and inserting:

     “Sec. 3. The council shall administer the Nevada cultural fund and may expend only the amount of any gifts, grants, donations, interest and income credited to the fund to:

     1.  Provide resources for developing the artistic, administrative and financial stability of cultural organizations that serve and enrich communities throughout this state regarding the arts and humanities;

     2.  Support programs and projects that provide residents of and visitors to this state with access to a broad range of activities regarding the arts and humanities;

     3.  Encourage cultural organizations to reduce their deficits, to establish cash reserves and endowments and to engage in capital projects that will aid in their stabilization; and

     4.  Support initiatives and organizations that encourage access to, the awareness of and education in the arts.”.

     Amend sec. 4, page 2, by deleting lines 34 through 40 and inserting:

“pursuant to section 3 of this act.

     2.  Report to each regular session of the legislature:

     (a) The amount of money expended from the Nevada cultural fund;”.

     Amend sec. 4, page 2, line 42, by deleting “matching”.

     Amend sec. 5, page 3, by deleting lines 17 through 21 and inserting:

“and disburse any money made available to the state by the National Endowment for the Arts pursuant to 20 U.S.C. § 954.”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 6 and renumbering sec. 7 as sec. 6.

     Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

“AN ACT relating to culture; creating the Nevada cultural fund; revising the powers and duties of the state arts council; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.

     Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

“SUMMARY—Creates Nevada cultural fund and revises powers and duties of state arts council. (BDR 18‑133)”.