Senate Bill No. 587–Committee on Finance

 

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AN ACT making an appropriation to the Interim Finance Committee to assist school districts in paying for health insurance for their employees; 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. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general

 fund to the Interim Finance Committee the sum of $13,000,000 to provide

 allocations to school districts that incur unexpected expenses related to

 providing health insurance for their employees during the 2001-2003

 biennium. No additional appropriation will be made for this purpose. The

 money appropriated pursuant to this subsection must not be used to

 negotiate the salaries of educational personnel.

   2.  The State Board of Examiners shall adopt policies, procedures and

 criteria for the review of requests for allocations pursuant to subsection 3.

 Upon the adoption of such policies, procedures and criteria, the State

 Board of Examiners shall transmit a copy of the policies, procedures and

 criteria to the Interim Finance Committee for approval. Upon approval of

 the policies, procedures and criteria, the Interim Finance Committee shall

 transmit a copy of the policies, procedures and criteria to the Department

 of Education. The policies, procedures and criteria adopted by the State

 Board of Examiners may not be used until they are approved by the

 Interim Finance Committee.

   3.  If a school district finds that it has unexpected expenses related to

 providing health insurance to its employees during the 2001-2003

 biennium, the school district may submit a request to the Department of

 Education for an allocation from the appropriation in subsection 1.

   4.  The Department of Education, the Budget Division of the

 Department of Administration and the Fiscal Analysis Division of the

 Legislative Counsel Bureau shall jointly review a request submitted

 pursuant to subsection 3, using the policies, procedures and criteria

 approved by the Interim Finance Committee pursuant to subsection 2.

 Upon completion of the review, a recommendation for or against an

 allocation to the requesting school district must be submitted to the State

 Board of Examiners.

   5.  The State Board of Examiners shall consider each request and

 recommend the amount of the allocation, if any, to the Interim Finance

 Committee.

   6.  The Interim Finance Committee is not required to approve the entire

 amount of an allocation recommended pursuant to subsection 5 or to

 allocate the entire amount appropriated by subsection 1.

   7.  Any remaining balance of the sum appropriated by subsection 1

 must not be allocated by the Interim Finance Committee after June 30,

 2003, and reverts to the state general fund as soon as all payments of

 money committed have been made.

   Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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