Senate Bill No. 586–Committee on Finance

 

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AN ACT relating to state financial administration; authorizing expenditures by various officers departments, boards, agencies, commissions and institutions of the state government for the fiscal years commencing July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, and beginning July 1, 2002, and ending June 30, 2003; authorizing the collection of certain amounts from the counties for the use of the services of the Public Defender; 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. Expenditure of the following sums not appropriated from

 the State General Fund or the State Highway Fund is hereby authorized

 during the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002,

 and beginning July 1, 2002, and ending June 30, 2003, by the various

 officers, departments, boards, agencies, commissions and institutions of

 the state government mentioned in this act:

 

                                                  2001-2002    2002-2003

Office of the Governor

   Office of the Governor.............    $7,500   $7,500

   Washington office....................    259,300   259,300

   Agency for Nuclear Projects.....    3,024,687   3,024,687

   Governor’s Office of Consumer Health

 Assistance.................................    606,657   613,494

Attorney General

   Attorney General Administration Account..................................    7,755,592   8,556,236

   Crime Prevention Program........    7,441   10,591

   Tort claim fund........................    6,198,720   6,085,552

   Fraud Control Unit for Industrial

 Insurance..................................    2,401,222   2,598,148

   Medicaid Fraud Control Unit....    1,802,119   1,919,151

   Insurance Fraud Control Unit...    915,592   993,981

   Office of the Extradition Coordinator.............................    97,891   102,785

   Bureau of Consumer Protection   2,439,434   2,633,010

   Advisory Council for Prosecuting

 Attorneys..................................    130,633   140,292

   Victims of Domestic Violence..    2,041,690   2,026,821

Secretary of State.......................    2,512,260   2,772,687

Commission on Ethics................    108   108

State Treasurer...........................    700,774   688,075

   Unclaimed Property.................    619,544   627,620

   Higher Education Tuition Administration.........................    322,151   305,586

   Millennium Scholarship Administration.........................    533,881   475,217

   Municipal bond bank revenue...    79,594,746   79,452,303

   Municipal bond bank debt service.....................................    80,572,503   80,411,681

Legislative Fund

   Legislative Counsel Bureau.......    967,862   229,139

Judicial Branch

   Court Administrator.................    1,584,265   1,708,220


   Supreme Court........................    4,109,744   4,394,908

   Uniform system for judicial records....................................    1,017,690   878,294

   Supreme Court Law Library.....    11,968   11,968

   Retired justice duty fund...........    292,532   331,705

   Judicial education.....................    891,022   933,026

   District judges’ travel...............    612,480   624,487

Department of Administration

   Administrative Services Division.    1,373,485   1,541,856

   Budget Division.......................    263,219   276,254

   Insurance and Loss Prevention.    15,563,203   17,660,001

   Fund for hospital care to indigent persons...................................    8,703,216   9,449,944

   Supplemental account for medical

 assistance to indigent persons....    5,480,776   5,978,595

   Mail room................................    6,102,119   6,207,143

     Mail services equipment.........    242,866   244,832

   State Printing Office.................    5,545,512   5,708,186

     Printing office equipment.......    310,084   434,514

   State Public Works Board inspection

 account.....................................    3,945,313   4,065,309

   Buildings and Grounds Division   13,115,341   13,780,185

   Clear Creek Youth Center.........    185,502   185,508

   Marlette Lake water system.......    448,560   479,504

   Motor Pool Division.................    3,958,955   4,188,508

     Motor vehicle purchase.........    1,413,999   1,840,679

   Purchasing Division..................    2,732,291   2,850,426

     Equipment purchase..............    158,313   150,786

     Food distribution program.....    3,545,062   3,299,815

   Hearings Division.....................    3,702,850   3,738,673

Fund for compensation of victims of crime...................................    4,715,954   4,738,717

Deferred Compensation Committee     95,029   113,785

Department of Personnel.............    8,448,664   8,731,333

   Unemployment compensation account...................................    1,801,378   1,766,567

Commission on Tourism

   Division of Tourism.................    17,727,301   16,085,506

   Nevada Magazine.....................    2,660,475   2,667,092

Commission on Economic Development

   Division of Economic Development............................    105,120   105,120

   Division of Motion Pictures......    760,614   781,446

   Rural community development..    3,139,216   3,139,297

   Small business and procurement outreach..................................    309,780   309,780

Department of Taxation..............    1,062,304   636,850

Department of Information Technology

   Director’s Office......................    1,903,202   1,937,836

   Applications, Design and Development

 Division.....................................    7,112,206   6,948,381

   Computing Division.................    15,203,966   14,382,383

   Data Communications and Technical

 Services Division.......................    5,182,837   4,899,311

   Planning and Research Unit......    1,864,436   1,853,141

   Telecommunications Division...    3,492,715   3,473,091


   Communications Division.........    1,846,685   1,746,366

Department of Education

   Education, state programs........    114,273   92,702

   Discretionary grants - Unrestricted.............................    12,085,730   10,071,403

   Improve America’s Schools Title I    25,740,844   25,740,844

   Improve America’s Schools Titles VI & II...........................    4,662,008   4,662,000

   Individuals with Disabilities Education

 Act     37,074,762   37,076,218

   Education support services.......    947,523   964,935

   NDE, Staffing services.............    491,165   512,399

   Occupational education............    6,504,202   6,504,202

   Nutrition education...................    44,074,178   47,386,639

   Continuing education................    2,175,779   2,175,779

   Drug abuse education...............    1,721,192   1,721,192

   Discretionary grants - Restricted.    2,285,927   2,285,927

   Teacher education and licensing   979,998   887,337

   School health education—AIDS.    227,591   227,591

   Other state education programs. 7   7

   Student incentive grants............    524,288   526,116

   Proficiency testing....................    168   168

   Commission on Postsecondary Education................................    77,819   77,819

   School to Careers Program......    2,850,000.............................. 0

University and Community College System

 of Nevada

   System administration..............    283,470   283,470

   Agricultural experiment station..    1,282,844   1,282,844

   Cooperative extension services.    1,685,710   1,704,661

   University of Nevada, Reno......    31,189,553   33,107,381

   University of Nevada, Reno, Athletics..................................    250,000   250,000

   School of Medical Sciences.....    2,693,226   2,732,183

   State health laboratory..............    561,500   578,345

   University of Nevada, Las Vegas   48,076,361   52,271,590

   University of Nevada, Las Vegas,

 Athletics....................................    250,000   250,000

   Law school..............................    3,168,073   3,343,113

   Dental school...........................    1,439,843   3,587,222

   Special projects account...........    18,455,013   18,663,491

   Community College of Southern Nevada....................................    24,654,408   25,233,151

   Western Nevada Community College....................................    3,085,983   3,514,665

   Truckee Meadows Community College....................................    8,613,334   9,281,510

   Great Basin College..................    2,648,421   2,784,916

   Nevada State College at Henderson............................... 0   693,500

   Desert Research Institute..........    648,486   648,486

W.I.C.H.E. Loan Fund...............    1,139,613   763,396

Department of Cultural Affairs

   Cultural Affairs administration...    131,555   133,027

   State Railroad Museums...........    1,361,109   1,471,485

   Lost City Museum...................    73,135   75,795

   Nevada Museum and Historical Society,

 Las Vegas.................................    34,757   36,505


   Nevada State Museum, Carson City.........................................    1,347,122   1,410,997

   Nevada Historical Society, Reno     89,911   96,175

   Office of Historic Preservation.    408,022   426,637

   State Arts Council....................    497,931   497,931

   Nevada State Library................    803,571   810,236

   Literacy program......................    69,936   69,936

   Archives and records...............    3,300   3,300

   Records management and micrographics..........................    817,169   870,878

   Central libraries automated network...................................    467,311   475,197

Department of Human Resources

   State Public Defender...............    942,984   968,012

   DHR administration..................    508,365   508,456

   Purchase of social services.......    13,015,111   13,020,615

   State and community collaborations..........................    2,840,279   2,654,914

   Family to Family Connection....    100,000   100,000

   Community services block grant.    2,830,048   2,830,048

   Fund for a Healthy Nevada.......    11,388,302   11,396,206

Division of Health Care Financing and Policy

   Health Care Financing and Policy   2,918,834   3,006,654

   Intergovernmental transfer account...................................    103,407,158   88,051,778

   Nevada Medicaid.....................    500,429,006   553,744,626

   Nevada Check-Up Program......    19,444,735   21,982,444

Aging Services Division

   Aging services grants...............    5,734,443   5,720,988

   Senior Services Program..........    8,788,438   10,328,054

   EPS/Homemaker programs......    2,680,899   2,695,998

   Aging Older Americans Act......    7,402,417   7,629,197

Division of Child and Family Services

   Child and family administration.    18,444,499   18,846,916

   Northern Nevada child and adolescent

 services.....................................    4,331,088   4,348,176

   Southern Nevada child and adolescent

 services.....................................    12,291,193   12,294,455

   Child care services...................    987,367   1,016,894

   Youth alternative placement......    834,131   1,231,852

   UNITY/SACWIS....................    2,898,950   2,560,436

   Nevada Youth Training Center .    479,476   479,679

   Youth parole services...............    20,852   20,852

   Caliente Youth Center .............    179,872   179,872

   Youth community services.......    27,964,239   29,636,929

   Victims of domestic violence....    2,837,476   2,960,403

   Child abuse and neglect............    269,320   269,320

   Juvenile justice programs..........    1,465,500   1,465,500

   Child welfare trust....................    1,433,097   1,526,255

   Children’s trust account...........    1,326,534   1,560,868

   Juvenile Correctional Facility....    731,394   573,901

   Juvenile Accountability Block Grant.......................................    2,709,439   2,517,160

Health Division

   Health Administration...............    2,687,851   2,761,403

   Public health tobacco fund.......    312,664   315,632


   Health alert network..................    439,774   452,965

   Vital statistics...........................    337,711   338,309

   Bureau of health facilities..........    5,138,984   5,277,519

   Family planning........................    922,274   923,017

   Women’s, infants’ and children’s food

 supplement program..................    27,338,967   27,388,374

   Maternal child health services....    2,700,832   2,819,088

   Special Children’s Clinic..........    1,931,502   2,007,892

   Community health services.......    2,063,746   2,089,298

   Emergency medical services.....    26,786   26,786

   Health aid to counties...............    145,282   149,823

   Sexually transmitted disease control.....................................    7,313,453   7,343,240

   Immunization program..............    2,157,835   2,176,845

   Consumer health protection......    1,860,565   1,925,010

   Radiological health...................    735,294   749,854

   Communicable disease control.    2,706,299   2,739,417

   Cancer control registry.............    417,461   472,342

   Radioactive and hazardous waste   11,232,782   11,604,170

   Alcoholism and drug rehabilitation............................    10,057,632   10,036,897

   Alcohol tax program................    908,526   990,008

Division of Mental Health and Developmental

 Services

   Division Administration............    89,839   88,472

   Northern Nevada adult mental health

 services.....................................    3,613,467   3,809,357

   Lakes Crossing Center.............    215,940   219,426

   Rural clinics.............................    3,339,176   3,483,281

   Southern Nevada adult mental health

 services.....................................    9,805,608   10,291,160

   Southern MH/DS food service..    1,221,402   1,253,219

   Desert Regional Center.............    16,778,390   18,542,564

   Sierra Regional Center..............    8,102,852   8,574,630

   Rural Regional Center..............    2,084,852   2,390,995

   Mental health information system   71,887   68,489

Welfare Division

   Welfare Administration.............    19,493,468   17,985,620

   Temporary Assistance for Needy Families...................................    59,072,507   52,625,323

   Welfare field services...............    29,761,930   31,622,164

   Child support enforcement.......    7,178,040   7,436,890

   Child support federal reimbursement.........................    18,772,001   20,592,235

   Employment and training..........    29,686,528   26,542,758

   Low-income home energy assistance................................    4,342,890   3,207,632

Office of the Military...................    3,311,821   3,483,204

   Adjutant General’s construction fund........................................    113,276   82,471

Office of Veterans’ Services

   Executive Director for veterans’ services...................................    391,624   420,174

   Southern Nevada Veterans’ Home......................................    6,002,676   6,968,138

Department of Prisons

   Office of the Director...............    582,707   586,423

   Medical care............................    1,811,278   1,895,678


   Prison industries......................    6,892,988   7,199,120

   Prison warehouse account........    8,641,028   8,895,702

   Nevada State Prison.................    65,452   73,247

   Northern Nevada Correctional Center.....................................    344,601   359,420

   Ely Maximum Security Facility..    36,995   38,181

   Southern Desert Correctional Center.....................................    510,029   445,234

   Warm Springs Correctional Center.....................................    9,521   9,652

   Southern Nevada Women’s Facility....................................    133,278   139,593

   Lovelock Correctional Center...    73,978   77,167

   Offenders’ store fund...............    13,284,219   14,082,975

   Pioche Conservation Camp......    27,219   27,219

   Indian Springs Conservation Camp......................................    9,549   9,549

   Wells Conservation Camp........    14,091   14,091

   Humboldt Conservation Camp.    16,325   16,325

   Ely Conservation Camp............    13,565   13,565

   Inmate welfare account.............    3,955,960   4,418,992

   Account for destitute prisoners.    13,872   14,464

   Tonopah Conservation Camp...    14,786   14,786

   Jean Conservation Camp..........    8,816   9,556

   Stewart Conservation Camp.....    59,746   59,746

   Carlin Conservation Camp........    14,141   14,141

   High Desert State Prison...........    140,273   147,712

   Silver Springs Conservation Camp......................................    11,563   12,158

   Northern Restitution Center......    499,050   499,050

   Prison dairy.............................    1,640,101   1,499,508

 

Department of Business and Industry

   Business and Industry administration..........................    711,947   753,587

   Industrial development revenue bond

 program....................................    870,106   934,033

   Division of Insurance...............    1,500,265   1,557,246

     Cost stabilization...................    263,243   227,499

     National Association of Insurance

 Commissioners                                           59,524                                           40,072

     Captive insurers....................    37,000   64,200

     Self-insurance—Workers’

 compensation............................                                            447,014                                           474,980

     Insurance examiners..............    3,717,533   3,494,346

     Insurance recovery account...    293,710   293,710

     Insurance education and research...................................    691,571   548,190

   Taxicab Authority....................    5,431,446   5,107,613

   Transportation Services Authority ................................    58,973   58,973

     Administrative fines...............    248,661   268,388

   Manufactured Housing Division   1,362,918   1,360,624

     Mobile home parks................    244,209   271,602

     Manufactured housing education and

 recovery....................................                                            714,537                                           675,622

     Lot rent subsidy program......    643,111   539,854

   Division of Financial Institutions.    26,529   26,546

     Financial institutions audit program...................................    87,966   86,234


     Financial institutions investigations...........................    916,118   913,494

   Division of Industrial Relations.    5,998,066   6,156,193

     Enforcement for industrial safety......................................    5,933,281   6,188,335

     Safety consultation and training   2,078,464    2,146,066

     Mine safety and training.........    1,180,681   1,208,752

   Energy conservation.................    671,710   611,953

   Petroleum overcharge rebate account...................................    620,100   469,396

   Real Estate Division.................    1,164,717   1,184,737

     Real estate education and research...................................    763,942   719,558

     Real estate recovery..............    412,240   423,840

     Real estate investigative fund..    1,156   1,156

     Common-interest communities     906,725   1,162,039

   Housing Division......................    9,065,838   9,075,560

     Weatherization program.........    588,917   588,465

     Account for low-income housing....................................    10,858,171   11,812,396

   Nevada Athletic Commission....    100,000   100,000

   Office of Nevada Attorney for Injured

 Workers....................................    2,432,354   2,525,032

   State Dairy Commission...........    1,261,157   1,110,716

   Employee-Management Relations Board......................................    2,907   2,912

   Office of Labor Commissioner.    474   474

Commission on Mineral Resources:

   Division of Minerals.................    1,085,616   1,062,765

   Minerals bond reclamation pool   1,317,858   1,712,380

 

State Department of Agriculture

   Agriculture administration.........    399,302   411,478

   Plant industry program.............    620,143   621,741

   Weights and measures program   893,821   916,794

   Gas pollution standards............    639,628   532,946

   Agriculture registration and enforcement

 account.....................................    1,317,579   1,395,321

   Livestock inspection account....    1,292,884   1,203,682

   Grading and certification of agricultural

 products...................................    409,529   417,374

   Noxious weeds and insect pest control

 program....................................    49,182   45,224

   Veterinary medical services.......    23,472   23,472

   Rural rehabilitation trust account.    289,430   316,368

   Garlic, Onion and Alfalfa Seed Research.................................    129,836   133,666

   Predatory Animal and Rodent Committee...............................    187,212   188,920

State Gaming Control Board.......    6,486,578   6,486,578

   Gaming Control Board investigation fund.....................    9,494,038   9,494,338

Public Utilities Commission of Nevada....................................    12,066,414   10,773,547

Colorado River Commission.......    4,821,367   4,003,032

   Research and development.......    736,296   753,219

   Fort Mojave Valley development fund........................................    1,712,327   581,331

   Power marketing fund..............    178,448,161   211,102,539

   Power Delivery System............    77,048,575   87,724,415


State Department of Conservation and Natural

Resources

   Administration.........................    36,071   38,713

   Environmental protection administration..........................    2,721,987   2,596,798

     Bureau of air quality..............    3,184,616   3,265,890

     Water programs....................    6,302,695   6,203,455

     Waste management and federal

 facilities.....................................                                            9,652,808                                           9,589,375

     Mining regulation and reclamation..............................    3,038,483   2,850,924

     State Environmental Commission............................    39,482   39,485

   Division of State Lands............    161,688   162,588

   Division of Water Resources....    305,637   305,784

   Water planning capital improvements..........................    191,681   177,737

   Division of State Parks.............    6,794,230   5,651,137

   Division of Forestry.................    1,453,123   1,454,456

     Forestry intergovernmental agreement................................    8,408,192   8,613,915

     Forestry honor camp.............    2,094,121   2,095,796

     Forestry nurseries..................    467,204   439,347

     Forest fire suppression/emergency

 response...................................                                            4,012,346                                           4,012,582

   Heil wild horse bequest............    1,194,907   975,788

   Nevada natural heritage.............    392,243   400,017

   Division of Conservation Districts...................................    15,579   15,636

   Tahoe Regional Planning Agency   5,827,383   6,522,686

   Nevada Tahoe regional planning   10,000   10,000

   Division of Wildlife..................    23,295,191   22,248,160

     Boat program........................    6,146,138   5,947,687

     Trout management.................    681,480   1,011,107

     Obligated reserve..................    2,443,222   2,408,470

Department of Transportation.....    601,281,433   690,723,859

Department of Motor Vehicles

   Salvage, wreckers and body shops

 regulation..................................    537,483   520,177

   Record search program............    6,237,756   6,423,383

   Automation..............................    176,560   176,560

   Motor carrier...........................    832,597   1,007,075

   Motor vehicle pollution control.    6,817,071   7,160,206

   Verification of insurance...........    4,814,324   4,428,753

   DMV—Hearings......................    4,060   4,060

   Field services...........................    14,984,189   15,370,427

   Compliance enforcement..........    38,073   39,899

   Central services........................    1,162,352   1,194,432

   Management services...............    391,362   409,023

   Director’s office......................    30,224   33,968

   Administrative services.............    963,560   1,580,408

Department of Public Safety

   Division of Emergency Management............................    2,040,111   2,028,649..............................

   Division of Parole and Probation   2,990,265   2,990,265

   Investigation Division...............    374,921   2,441

   Narcotics control.....................    1,543,752   1,613,676


   Training Division......................    15,182   4,000

   Fire Marshal.............................    1,974,322   1,893,940

     Hazardous Materials Training Center.....................................    1,223,786   1,221,593

   Traffic safety...........................    1,713,342   1,713,342

   Highway safety........................    709,353   705,358

   Bicycle safety program.............    186,845   193,898.................................

   Motorcycle safety program.......    397,734   380,559

   Forfeitures—Law enforcement.    1,924,346   1,617,873

   Drug commission.....................    26,134   25,115

   Director’s office......................    1,399,366   1,465,677

   Internal affairs..........................    254,571   255,655

   Justice Assistance Act..............    8,918,443   8,930,944

   Central Repository for Nevada Records of

 Criminal History........................    8,654,499   9,190,305

   Nevada Highway Patrol Division.    625,784   533,971

   Administrative services.............    1,633,474   1,610,904

   Highway safety grants..............    686,512   688,820

   Capitol Police Division.............    1,684,771   1,712,663

   State Emergency Response Commission............................    883,182   892,727

   Public safety information services     4,546,039   4,673,953

   DMV & PS justice grant account   5,371,548   5,379,099

Peace officers’ standards and training....................................    2,270,093   2,285,954

Public employees’ retirement fund     8,123,769   6,551,387

Public employees’ benefits program...................................    164,236,758   181,449,401

Retired employee group insurance.    13,947,905   14,067,246

Department of Employment, Training and

 Rehabilitation

   Administrative services.............    3,639,661   3,807,316

   Information and development processing...............................    5,886,556   6,055,432

   Research and analysis..............    2,882,847   2,983,620

   Employment Security Division..    47,314,881   48,527,510

   Employment security special fund     8,674,242   5,641,153

   Welfare to work.......................    2,761,651.............................. 0

   Career enhancement program....    10,716,082   11,160,271

Rehabilitation Division

   Rehabilitation administration.....    428,299   450,068

   Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation...........................    10,753,129   11,336,454

   Bureau of Services to the Blind and

 Visually Impaired.......................    2,800,116   2,944,210

   Blind business enterprise program...................................    2,076,766   1,858,742

   Client assistance program.........    143,354   151,970

   Community-based services.......    2,875,946   2,921,917

   Bureau of Disability Adjudication   7,923,121   8,264,300

   Developmental disabilities.........    408,984   408,984

   Nevada Equal Rights Commission............................    467,541   467,541

 

   Sec. 2.  1.  There is hereby appropriated from the money:

   (a) Received by the State of Nevada pursuant to any settlement entered

 into by the State of Nevada and a manufacturer of tobacco products; or


   (b) Recovered by the State of Nevada from a judgment in a civil action

against a manufacturer of tobacco products,

the sum of $238,501 for fiscal year 2001-2002 and the sum of $251,825 for

 fiscal year 2002-2003 to support the operation of the Attorney General

 administration program.

   2.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, upon

 receipt of sufficient money received by the State of Nevada pursuant to

 any settlement entered into by the State of Nevada and a manufacturer of

 tobacco products or recovered by the State of Nevada from a judgment in

 a civil action against a manufacturer of tobacco products, the State

 Controller shall:

   (a) Disburse, on or after July 1, 2001, the money appropriated by

 subsection 1 in its entirety for the fiscal year 2001-2002 before other

 disbursements required by law are made;

   (b) Disburse, on or after July 1, 2002, the money appropriated by

 subsection 1 in its entirety for the fiscal year 2002-2003 before other

 disbursements required by law are made; and

   (c) Thereafter in each fiscal year, disburse all other money appropriated

 from this same source on a pro rata basis by percentage allocated by law.

   3.  There is hereby appropriated from the Fund for a Healthy Nevada:

   (a) The sum of $247,953 for fiscal year 2001-2002 and the sum of

 $263,234 for fiscal year 2002-2003 to support the operation of the

 EPS/Homemaker programs.

   (b) The sum of $622,523 for fiscal year 2001-2002 and the sum of

 $846,510 for fiscal year 2002-2003 to support the operation of the Senior

 Services program.

   4.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 6 of NRS 439.620 to

 the contrary, the State Controller shall, from the money reserved for

 allocation by the Aging Services Division of the Department of Human

 Resources pursuant to paragraph (d) of subsection 1 of NRS 439.630:

   (a) Disburse, on or after July 1, 2001, the money appropriated by

 subsection 3 in its entirety for the fiscal year 2001-2002 before other

 disbursements are made; and

   (b) Disburse, on or after July 1, 2002, the money appropriated by

 subsection 3 in its entirety for the fiscal year 2002-2003 before other

 disbursements are made.

   5.  Any balance of the sums appropriated by this section remaining at

 the end of the respective fiscal year reverts to the Fund for a Healthy

 Nevada as soon as all payments of money committed have been made.

   Sec. 3.  1.  Expenditure of $23,059,287 by the State Gaming Control

 Board from the State General Fund pursuant to the provisions of NRS

 463.330 is hereby authorized during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001,

 and ending June 30, 2002.

   2.  Expenditure of $23,220,158 by the State Gaming Control Board

 from the State General Fund pursuant to the provisions of NRS 463.330 is

 hereby authorized during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002, and

 ending June 30, 2003.

   3.  Any balance of sums authorized by subsections 1 and 2 remaining at

 the end of the respective fiscal year reverts to the State General Fund.


   Sec. 4.  1.  Expenditure of $475,012 by the Gaming Commission

from the State General Fund pursuant to the provisions of NRS 463.330 is

 hereby authorized during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and

 ending June 30, 2002.

   2.  Expenditure of $460,954 by the Gaming Commission from the State

 General Fund pursuant to the provisions of NRS 463.330 is hereby

 authorized during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002, and ending

June 30, 2003.

   3.  Any balance of sums authorized by subsections 1 and 2 remaining at

 the end of the respective fiscal year reverts to the State General Fund as

 soon as all payments of money committed have been made.

   Sec. 5.  The money authorized to be expended by the provisions of

 sections 1 to 4, inclusive, of this act, except for expenditures from the

 Legislative Fund and by judicial agencies, must be expended in

 accordance with the allotment transfer, work program and budget

 provisions of NRS 353.150 to 353.245, inclusive, and transfers to and

 from salary allotments, travel allotments, operating expense allotments,

 equipment allotments and other allotments must be allowed and made in

 accordance with the provisions of NRS 353.215 to 353.225, inclusive, and

 after separate consideration of the merits of each request.

   Sec. 6.  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and limited

 by section 7 of this act, and in accordance with the provisions of NRS

 353.220, the Chief of the Budget Division of the Department of

 Administration may, with the approval of the Governor, authorize the

 augmentation of the amounts authorized in sections 1 to 4, inclusive, of

 this act for expenditure by a given officer, department, board, agency,

 commission and institution from any other state agency, from any agency

 of local government or of the Federal Government, or from any other

 source which he determines is in excess of the amount so taken into

 consideration by this act. The Chief of the Budget Division of the

 Department of Administration shall reduce any authorization whenever he

 determines that money to be received will be less than the amount so

 authorized in sections 1 to 4, inclusive, of this act.

   2.  The Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau may, with the

 approval of the Legislative Commission, authorize the augmentation of the

 amount authorized in section 1 of this act to the Legislative Fund for

 expenditure by the Legislative Counsel Bureau from any source which he

 determines is in excess of the amount so taken into consideration by this

 act. The Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau shall reduce the

 authorization whenever he determines that money to be received will be

 less than the amount so authorized in section 1 of this act.

   Sec. 7.  Except as otherwise provided in sections 8 and 16 of this act,

 where the operation of an office, department, board, agency, commission,

 institution or program is financed by an appropriation or appropriations

 from the State General Fund or the State Highway Fund as well as by

 money received from other sources, the portion provided by appropriation

 from the State General Fund or the State Highway Fund must be decreased

 to the extent that the receipts of the money from other sources is exceeded,

 but such a decrease must not jeopardize the receipts of such money as is to

 be received from other sources.


   Sec. 8.  1.  The University and Community College System of

Nevada may expend, with the approval of the Interim Finance Committee,

 any additional fees collected from the registration of students, resident or

 nonresident, in addition to the following amounts for the respective fiscal

 years:

 

                                                2001-20022002-2003

 

   University of Nevada, Reno....    $24,189,015   $26,228,770

   University of Nevada, Las Vegas   42,199,871   45,368,504

   Community College of Southern Nevada..................................    18,271,242   20,264,875

   Western Nevada Community College..................................    2,198,407   2,311,664

   Truckee Meadows Community College..................................    6,079,104   6,517,901

   Dental School..........................   0   1,450,000

   Great Basin College................    1,529,255   1,664,944

   William S. Boyd School of Law     2,511,473   2,599,713

   School of Medicine................    1,760,792   1,799,749

   Nevada State College at Henderson...............................   0   668,500

 

   2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 5 of chapter 556, Statutes

 of Nevada 1999, at page 2906, the University and Community College

 System of Nevada may expend in fiscal year 2000-2001, with the approval

 of the Interim Finance Committee, any revenues that exceed the level set

 in the legislatively approved budget for that revenue source to meet the

 cost of energy (utilities) that exceeds the amount set for that purpose in the

 legislatively approved budget.

   Sec. 9.  Whenever claims which are payable and properly approved

 exceed the amount of cash in the Wildlife Account in the State General

 Fund, the State Controller may, with the approval of the Chief of the

 Budget Division of the Department of Administration, transfer temporarily

 from the State General Fund to the Wildlife Account such an amount as

 may be required to pay the claims, but not to exceed 50 percent of the

 amount receivable from the Federal Government and estimated revenue

 from license fees receivable in the same fiscal year as authorized in

 section 1 of this act.

   Sec. 10.  1.  The following amounts are authorized for expenditure

 from the University and Community College System of Nevada

 Endowment Fund in the accounts authorized in section 1 of this act:

 

                                                2001-20022002-2003

 

   System Administration.............    $172,010   $172,010

   Special projects account...........    18,455,013   18,663,491

   University of Nevada, Reno......    100,000   100,000

   University of Nevada, Reno, Athletics..................................    250,000   250,000

   University of Nevada, Las Vegas   4,003,102   4,932,835

   University of Nevada, Las Vegas,

 Athletics....................................    250,000   250,000

   UNLV Dental School...............    1,417,236   2,137,222

   William S. Boyd School of Law   656,600   743,400


   Community College of Southern Nevada....................................    5,913,166   4,453,276

   Truckee Meadows Community College....................................    2,437,847   2,663,371

   Western Nevada Community College....................................    822,287   1,134,447

   Great Basin College..................    1,099,012   1,099,012

   School of Medicine..................    932,434   932,434

   Desert Research Institute .........    500,000   500,000

 

   2.  The Estate Tax Emergency Fund is established to assist the

 University and Community College System of Nevada campuses that

 encounter difficulty in responding to enrollment growth with up to

 $1,000,000 authorized for transfer from the University and Community

 College Endowment Fund. Before obligating any of the money in this

 fund to the campuses of the UCCSN, the University and Community

 College System of Nevada must obtain approval from the Interim Finance

 Committee. The money in this fund is available in fiscal years 2001-2002

 and 2002-2003.

   Sec. 11.  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, the

 State Public Defender shall collect not more than the following amounts

 from the counties for the use of his services:

 

 

                                          For the fiscalFor the fiscal

                                            year ending  year ending

                                         June 30, 2002June 30, 2003

 

Carson City........................ $438,488     $450,126

Eureka County.......................    42,434         43,561

Humboldt County................ 136,733       140,362

Lincoln County......................    51,864         53,240

Pershing County.................. 103,728       106,481

Storey County.......................    21,217         21,780

White Pine County............... 148,520       152,462

Totals................................ $942,984     $968,012

 

   2.  The State Public Defender may assess and collect, from the

 counties, their pro rata share of any salary benefit or cost of living

 increases approved by the 2001 Legislature for employees of the State

 Public Defender’s Office for fiscal year 2001-2002 and fiscal year 2002

-2003.

   3.  If any county chooses to contribute an additional amount, the State

 Public Defender may, with the approval of the Interim Finance

 Committee, accept it and apply it to augment his services.

   Sec. 12.  In fiscal years 2001-2002 and 2002-2003, the State Treasurer

 shall allocate the amount of tax on motor vehicle fuel computed pursuant

 to NRS 365.535, to be paid on fuel used in watercraft for recreational

 purposes, equally between the Division of Wildlife and the Division of

 State Parks of the State Department of Conservation and Natural

 Resources.

   Sec. 13.  On and after July 1, 1995, money collected by the Division of

 Wildlife and designated by the Division as an obligated sum in the

 Wildlife


Account to be used only for the purposes specified by the law pertaining to

the money or by the donor of the money must be transferred to a separate

 account designated as the Division of Wildlife’s Obligated Reserve

 Account.

   Sec. 14.  The Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of the

 Department of Human Resources shall work with the University and

 Community College System of Nevada where possible and allowable, to

 incorporate dental services available through the University and

 Community College System of Nevada into the Medicaid and the Nevada

 Check-Up health service delivery plans.

   Sec. 15.  Any money authorized for expenditure for the purpose of any

 information technology projects greater than $50,000 in fiscal year 2001

-2002 that remain unexpended on June 30, 2002, may be carried forward to

 fiscal year 2002-2003.

   Sec. 16.  Money authorized for expenditure in section 1 of this act for

 the Division of Forestry of the State Department of Conservation and

 Natural Resources for the special reserves for extraordinary costs of

 operation, repair and maintenance of fire-fighting vehicles may be

 expended for that purpose notwithstanding the provisions of section 7 of

 this act.

   Sec. 17.  Any money authorized for expenditure in section 1 of this act

 for the Division of State Parks of the State Department of Conservation

 and Natural Resources for park improvements that remains unexpended on

 June 30, 2002, may be carried forward to fiscal year 2002-2003.

   Sec. 18.  Any money authorized for expenditure in section 1 of this act

 for the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Public Safety

 may be transferred among the accounts within the Department of Motor

 Vehicles and among the accounts within the Department of Public Safety

 to implement any modifications to the organizational structure of the

 department, pursuant to the provisions of Senate Bill No. 481 adopted by

 the 71st session of the Nevada Legislature, upon the recommendation of

 the Governor and the approval of the Interim Finance Committee. Funds

 may not be transferred between the Department of Motor Vehicles and the

 Department of Public Safety. Modifications to the organizational structure

 must be based on a plan submitted by the Departments and recommended

 by the Governor not later than January 1, 2002.

   Sec. 19.  1.  This section and subsection 2 of section 8 of this act

 become effective upon passage and approval.

   2.  Sections 1 to 7, inclusive, subsection 1 of section 8, and sections 9

 to 18, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.

 

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