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Senate Bill No. 582–Committee on Finance

 

May 29, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Finance

 

SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing certain appropriations for public lands and China Spring Youth Camp. (BDR S‑1566)

 

FISCAL NOTE:                     Effect on Local Government: No.

                                 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 governmental administration; revising the date after which the remaining balance of an appropriation to the Legislative Committee on Public Lands must not be committed for expenditure; requiring the Interim Finance Committee to distribute to Douglas County a portion of an appropriation for the China Spring Youth Camp; requiring Douglas County to submit to the Interim Finance Committee quarterly reports and a final accounting concerning a portion of that appropriation; 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. Section 6 of chapter 544, Statutes of Nevada 1999, at page

1-2  2844, is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-3     Sec. 6.  1.  There is hereby appropriated from the state general

1-4  fund to the legislative fund the sum of $250,000 for use by the

1-5  Legislative Committee on Public Lands for the following purposes:

1-6     (a) To maximize opportunities for the transfer and acquisition of

1-7  federal public lands within Nevada;

1-8     (b) To study water management practices within the Humboldt

1-9  River Basin; or

1-10    (c) Any other purpose related to maximizing the utilization and

1-11  enjoyment of public lands by Nevadans.

1-12  The money appropriated pursuant to this subsection may be expended

1-13  directly by the Legislative Committee on Public Lands or through

1-14  money granted to applicants.

1-15    2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by

1-16  subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after [June 30,

1-17  2001,] January 31, 2002, and reverts to the state general fund as soon

1-18  as all payments of money committed have been made.

2-1    Sec. 2. Section 30 of chapter 544, Statutes of Nevada 1999, at page

2-2  2849, is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-3     Sec. 30.  1.  There is hereby appropriated from the state general

2-4  fund to the Interim Finance Committee for distribution to Douglas

2-5  County the sum of $2,800,000 for improvements to and the expansion

2-6  of the China Spring Youth Camp including:

2-7     (a) The construction of a new 24-bed female juvenile dormitory;

2-8     (b) The construction of a new 40-bed male juvenile dormitory;

2-9     (c) The construction of an administration building; and

2-10    (d) Improvements to the septic system to handle the increased

2-11  population.

2-12    2. [The] Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the

2-13  Interim Finance Committee shall distribute to Douglas County an

2-14  amount equal to the actual cost for the work performed up to the

2-15  amount appropriated pursuant to subsection 1 after it receives a report

2-16  from Douglas County of the work performed and the actual cost for

2-17  that work.

2-18    3. The Interim Finance Committee shall, within 15 days after

2-19  the effective date of this act, distribute to Douglas County the

2-20  amount of the appropriation specified in subsection 1 that has not

2-21  been distributed by the Interim Finance Committee pursuant to

2-22  subsection 2 on or before that date. Douglas County shall, within 10

2-23  days after July 1, October 1, January 1 and April 1 of each year

2-24  until the projects are completed, submit to the Interim Finance

2-25  Committee a report concerning the work performed and the actual

2-26  cost for that work for the quarter immediately preceding the date on

2-27  which the report is submitted. Upon completion of the projects,

2-28  Douglas County shall submit to the Interim Finance Committee a

2-29  final accounting of the money expended for the projects pursuant to

2-30  this subsection.

2-31    4.  Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by

2-32  subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after the projects

2-33  are completed and reverts to the state general fund as soon as all

2-34  payments of money committed have been made.

2-35    Sec. 3. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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