Senate Bill No. 389–Senators O’Donnell, Rawson, Titus, Raggio, Jacobsen, Amodei, Care, Coffin, James, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, Porter, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Washington and Wiener

 

March 19, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Taxation

 

SUMMARY—Revises provision concerning amount paid to Civil Air Patrol account. (BDR 32‑1157)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: Yes.

                                    Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to the Civil Air Patrol; increasing the maximum amount that may be paid to the Civil Air Patrol account from the account for taxes on aviation fuel; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1    Section 1. NRS 365.565 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2    365.565  The tax derived from aviation fuel must be distributed

1-3  quarterly from the account for taxes on aviation fuel in the following

1-4  manner:

1-5    1.  There must be transferred to the Civil Air Patrol account, hereby

1-6  created, from the account for taxes on aviation fuel, for the ensuing fiscal

1-7  year, a sum not to exceed [$85,000] $130,000 or the total amount in the

1-8  account, whichever is less. The amount so transferred must be expended

1-9  for the support of the Nevada Wing [27001] of the Civil Air Patrol and is

1-10  in addition to and separate from any legislative appropriations made to the

1-11  Civil Air Patrol account for the support of that wing.

1-12    2.  Money in the Civil Air Patrol account may be paid out only upon

1-13  claims certified by the wing commander and the wing finance officer and

1-14  approved by the state board of examiners, in the same manner as other

1-15  claims against the state are paid.

1-16    3.  Money in the Civil Air Patrol account may be used only by the wing

1-17  to:

1-18    (a) Carry out its search, rescue and emergency operations;

1-19    (b) Maintain a headquarters; and

2-1    (c) Purchase, maintain and repair emergency and training equipment.

2-2    4.  No money in the Civil Air Patrol account may be expended for:

2-3    (a) The purchase of any aircraft;

2-4    (b) Travel expenses;

2-5    (c) Training expenses; or

2-6    (d) Fuel for vehicles or aircraft used in an official mission of the United

2-7  States Air Force.

2-8    5.  Any person who makes a claim against the Civil Air Patrol account

2-9  shall reimburse the account if payment for the claim is also received from

2-10  another source.

2-11    6.  There must be remitted to the treasurer of each county such portion

2-12  of the remaining balance in the account for taxes on aviation fuel as is

2-13  proportional to the excise taxes remitted by dealers or users in his county.

2-14    Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

 

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