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

 

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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:

 

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

   365.565  The tax derived from aviation fuel must be distributed

 quarterly from the account for taxes on aviation fuel in the following

 manner:

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

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

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

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

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

 in addition to and separate from any legislative appropriations made to the

 Civil Air Patrol account for the support of that wing.

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

 claims certified by the wing commander and the wing finance officer and

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

 claims against the state are paid.

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

 to:

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

   (b) Maintain a headquarters; and

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

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

   (a) The purchase of any aircraft;

   (b) Travel expenses;

   (c) Training expenses; or

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

 States Air Force.

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

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

 another source.

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

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

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

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

 

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