2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                             A SB553 480

Amendment No. 480

 

Senate Amendment to Senate Bill No. 553                                                                         (BDR 30‑130)

Proposed by: Committee on Government Affairs

Amendment Box: Resolves conflict in section 44 with section 28 of S.B. No. 59. Makes substantive change.

Resolves Conflicts with: SB59

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. 23, page 13, by deleting lines 30 through 37 and inserting:

     “[(b) Another statute of this state expressly governs the creation, perfection, priority or enforcement of a security interest created by this state or a governmental unit of this state;

     (c) A statute of another state, a foreign country, or a governmental unit of another state or a foreign country, other than a statute generally applicable to security interests, expressly governs creation, perfection, priority, or enforcement of a security interest created by the state, country, or governmental unit; or”.

     Amend sec. 23, page 13, line 38, by deleting “(d)” and inserting:

     “(d)] or

     (b)”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 25 through 27 and adding:

     “Secs. 25-27.  (Deleted by amendment.)”.

     Amend sec. 32, page 16, line 47, by deleting “expenses.” and inserting:

expenses, except that:

     1.  The proceeds of any obligation issued to construct or acquire a facility may be used to pay operating expenses for the period provided in subsection 7 of NRS 350.516.

     2.  The proceeds of a medium-term obligation issued by a local government with respect to which the Nevada tax commission has determined that a financial emergency exists pursuant to NRS 354.685 may be used to pay operating expenses with the approval of the executive director of the department of taxation.”.

     Amend sec. 44, page 25, line 3, by deleting:

“motor vehicle privilege” and inserting “governmental services”.

     Amend sec. 44, page 25, lines 6 and 7, by deleting:

“motor vehicle privilege” and inserting “governmental services”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 48 through 59 as sections 49 through 60 and adding a new section designated sec. 48, following sec. 47, to read as follows:

     “Sec. 48. NRS 387.335 is hereby amended to read as follows:

     387.335  1.  The board of trustees of a county school district may issue its general obligations to raise money for the following purposes, and no others:

     (a) Construction, design or purchase of new buildings for schools, including, but not limited to, teacherages, dormitories, dining halls, gymnasiums and stadiums.

     (b) Enlarging, remodeling , [or] repairing or replacing existing buildings or grounds for schools, including, but not limited to, teacherages, dormitories, dining halls, gymnasiums and stadiums.

     (c) Acquiring sites for building schools, or additional real property for necessary purposes related to schools, including, but not limited to, playgrounds, athletic fields and sites for stadiums.

     (d) Paying expenses relating to the acquisition of school facilities which have been leased by a school district pursuant to NRS 393.080.

     (e) Purchasing necessary furniture and equipment for schools [.] , including, without limitation, equipment used in educating pupils, furniture for school buildings and equipment used for the transportation of pupils. If money from the issuance of general obligations is used to purchase furniture and equipment to replace existing furniture and equipment, and that existing furniture and equipment subsequently is sold, the proceeds from the sale must be applied toward the retirement of those obligations. If equipment used for the transportation of pupils is purchased pursuant to this paragraph, only the following equipment may be purchased:

          (1) Motor vehicles that use biodiesel, compressed natural gas or a similar fuel formulated to reduce emissions from the amount of emissions produced from traditional fuels such as gasoline and diesel fuel; 

          (2) Equipment to retrofit motor vehicles to use biodiesel, compressed natural gas or a similar fuel formulated to reduce emissions from the amount of emissions produced from traditional fuels such as gasoline and diesel fuel; or

          (3) Equipment for the transportation, storage or dispensing of biodiesel, compressed natural gas or similar fuels formulated to reduce emissions from the amount of emissions produced from traditional fuels such as gasoline and diesel fuel.

     2.  Any one or more of the purposes enumerated in subsection 1 may, by order of the board of trustees entered in its minutes, be united and voted upon as one single proposition.

     3.  Any question submitted pursuant to this section and any question submitted pursuant to NRS 387.3285 may, by order of the board of trustees entered in its minutes, be united and voted upon as a single proposition.

     4.  As used in this section, “biodiesel” has the meaning ascribed to it in 42 U.S.C. § 13220.”.

     Amend sec. 59, page 37, by deleting lines 1 through 4 and inserting:

     “Sec. 60.  1.  This section and section 48 of this act become effective upon passage and approval.

     2.  Sections 1 to 22, inclusive, 24 to 43, inclusive, 45, 46, 47 and 49 to 59, inclusive, become effective on July 1, 2001.

     3.  Sections 23 and 44 of this act become effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2001.”.