Senate Bill No. 13–Senator Rhoads
Prefiled January 11, 2001
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Referred to Committee on Finance
SUMMARY—Provides for administration of program to
provide grants for local treatment and control of invasive species of weeds
that are not native to Nevada. (BDR S‑638)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on
the State: Contains Appropriation not included in
Executive Budget.
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EXPLANATION
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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1-1 Section
1. 1. The Director shall administer a program to
provide
1-2 grants for the local treatment and control of
invasive species of weeds that
1-3 are not native to Nevada. In carrying out the
program, the Director shall:
1-4 (a) Each fiscal
year solicit in every county of this state proposals from
1-5 qualified entities to carry out one or more
projects. Each proposal must
1-6 require a qualified entity to provide not less than
25 percent of the cost of a
1-7 project, through the contribution of money received
from any source other
1-8 than the state, services in kind, or any combination
of such money and
1-9 services.
1-10 (b) Establish
priorities for the evaluation of proposals from qualified
1-11 entities and award grants to qualified entities on a
competitive basis.
1-12 2. The recipient of a grant awarded pursuant to
subsection 1:
1-13 (a) Shall not
use any part of the grant for the payment of any
1-14 administrative fees or expenses.
1-15 (b) Shall
submit to the Director, not later than:
1-16 (1) Ninety
days after the completion of the project for which the grant
1-17 was received; or
2-1 (2) The
last day of the fiscal year for which the grant was
received,
2-2 whichever occurs later, a written report on the
project. The report must
2-3 include, without limitation, a statement of the
amount of acreage treated for
2-4 the control of each pertinent species of weed and
the methods of treatment
2-5 used.
2-6 3. The Director shall compile the information
contained in the reports
2-7 he receives pursuant to subsection 2 and, on or
before December 31, 2002,
2-8 submit a summary of the results of the program
administered pursuant to
2-9 this section to the Governor and to the Director of
the Legislative Counsel
2-10 Bureau for transmittal to the appropriate standing
committees of the 72nd
2-11 session of the Nevada Legislature.
2-12 4. As used in this section:
2-13 (a) “Director”
means the Director of the State Department of
2-14 Agriculture.
2-15 (b) “Project”
means a local project for the treatment and control of one
2-16 or more invasive species of weeds that are not
native to Nevada.
2-17 (c) “Qualified
entity” means:
2-18 (1) A
county;
2-19 (2) A
conservation district created pursuant to chapter 548 of NRS
2-20 before July 1, 2001; or
2-21 (3) A weed
control district created pursuant to chapter 555 of NRS
2-22 before July 1, 2001.
2-23 Sec. 2. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state
general fund
2-24 to the State Department of Agriculture to carry out
section 1 of this act:
2-25 For the fiscal year 2001-2002. $250,000
2-26 For the fiscal year 2002-2003. $250,000
2-27 2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made
by subsection 1
2-28 for:
2-29 (a) The
fiscal year 2001-2002 must be transferred and added to the
2-30 money appropriated for the fiscal year 2002-2003.
2-31 (b) The
fiscal year 2002-2003, including any money added thereto
2-32 pursuant to paragraph (a), must not be committed for
expenditure after
2-33 June 30, 2003, and reverts to the state general fund
as soon as all payments
2-34 of money committed have been made.
2-35 Sec. 3. 1. The Director of the State Department of
Agriculture shall
2-36 contract with an independent contractor to serve as
a coordinator for the
2-37 program required pursuant to section 1 of this act.
The program coordinator
2-38 shall maintain an office in Elko, Nevada, and
provide the Director with
2-39 such technical and managerial assistance as the
Director requires to carry
2-40 out the program.
2-41 2. There is hereby appropriated from the state
general fund to the State
2-42 Department of Agriculture to carry out subsection 1:
2-43 For the fiscal year 2001-2002. $100,000
2-44 For the fiscal year 2002-2003. $100,000
2-45 3. Any balance of the sums appropriated by
subsection 2 remaining at
2-46 the end of the respective fiscal years must not be
committed for
2-47 expenditure after June 30 of the respective fiscal
years and reverts to the
3-1 state general fund as soon as all payments of money
committed have been
3-2 made.
3-3 Sec. 4. 1. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.
3-4 2. Section 1 of this act expires by limitation
on June 30, 2003.
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