2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                     A SB357 R1 1135

Amendment No. 1135

 

Assembly Amendment to Senate Bill No. 357  First Reprint                                              (BDR 40‑1180)

Proposed by: Assemblymen Arberry, Bache, Beers, Brown, Buckley, Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Koivisto, Lee, McClain, Mortenson, Nolan, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Perkins, Price, Tiffany and Williams

Amendment Box: Replaces Amendment No. 1082.

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 the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 2, renumbering section 1 as sec. 2 and adding a new section designated section 1, following the enacting clause to read as follows:

     “Section 1. Chapter 445B of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

     1.  If the board of county commissioners of a county whose population is 400,000 or more determines that the imposition of an additional fee is necessary to carry out the program for the control of air pollution established pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 445B.500, the board of county commissioners may impose on or before July 1, 2002, an additional fee not to exceed $3 for each form certifying emission control compliance to be collected in the manner set forth in NRS 445B.830.

     2.  If the board of county commissioners imposes an additional fee pursuant to subsection 1, the board of county commissioners shall propose to the registered voters of the county at the general election held in 2002 the question of whether to impose an additional fee not to exceed $6 for each form certifying emission control compliance. If a majority of the registered voters of the county do not approve the question, any fee imposed pursuant to subsection 1 must not be collected after December 1, 2002. If a majority of the registered voters of the county approve the question, the board of county commissioners may collect not more than the amount of the additional fee stated on the ballot, including any additional fee imposed pursuant to subsection 1 after December 1, 2002.

     3.  The department of motor vehicles and public safety shall distribute any additional fees for forms certifying emission control compliance collected pursuant to this section to the local air pollution control agency in the county from which the additional fees were collected to carry out the program for the control of air pollution established pursuant to NRS 445B.500.

     4.  If the question proposed pursuant to subsection 2 is approved by the voters, the local air pollution control agency in the county in which the question is approved shall submit on or before October 1 of each year to the director of the legislative counsel bureau for transmittal to the interim finance committee a report on:

     (a) The amount of money that the agency received during the immediately preceding fiscal year from the imposition of the additional fee; and

     (b) The purposes for which that money was expended to carry out the program for the control of air pollution established pursuant to NRS 445B.500.”.

     Amend section 1, pages 1 and 2, by deleting lines 13 through 16 on page 1 and lines 1 and 2 on page 2.

     Amend section 1, page 2, lines 3 and 4, by deleting:

“4 [, 5 and 6,] to 7, inclusive,” and inserting:

“4, 5 and 6,”.

     Amend section 1, page 2, line 5, by deleting “[4,] 5,” and inserting “4,”.

     Amend section 1, page 2, by deleting lines 27 through 32.

     Amend section 1, page 2, line 33, by deleting “5.” and inserting “4.”.

     Amend section 1, pages 2 and 3, by deleting lines 47 and 48 on page 2 and line 1 on page 3, and inserting:

“any disbursements made from the account pursuant to subsection 2.

     5.  Any regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 4 must provide”.

     Amend section 1, page 3, line 11, by deleting “[4] 5” and inserting “4”.

     Amend section 1, page 3, by deleting line 12 and inserting:

     “6.  Grants proposed pursuant to subsections 4 and 5 must”.

     Amend sec. 3, page 3, by deleting lines 43 through 46 and inserting:

     “Sec. 3. 1.  This section and section 1 of this act become effective upon passage and approval.

     2.  Section 2 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.

     3.  Section 1 of this act expires by limitation on June 30, 2009.”.

     Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

“AN ACT relating to air pollution; revising the provisions governing the disbursement of money from the pollution control account; authorizing the board of county commissioners of certain larger counties, in certain circumstances, to impose an additional fee for each form certifying emission control compliance for a limited period; requiring approval of the voters for continuation or increase of such a fee; providing that such fees must be distributed to the local air pollution control agency in the county in which the fees were collected; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.

     Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

“SUMMARY—Authorizes board of county commissioners of certain larger counties, in certain circumstances, to impose additional fee for each form certifying emission control compliance for limited period and revises provisions governing the disbursement of money from the pollution control account. (BDR 40‑1180)”.