SB504_EN

Senate Bill No. 504–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, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004, and beginning July 1, 2004, and ending June 30, 2005; authorizing the collection of certain amounts from the counties for the use of the services of the State Public Defender; transferring the State Printing Division of the Department of Administration to the Legislative Counsel Bureau; 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, 2003, and

ending June 30, 2004, and beginning July 1, 2004, and ending

June 30, 2005, by the various officers, departments, boards,

agencies, commissions and institutions of the state government

mentioned in this act:

2003-20042004-2005

Office of the Governor

Office of the Governor... ... $46,938... $0

Washington office... ... 267,079... 267,079

Agency for Nuclear Projects... ... 3,100,000... 3,100,000

Governor’s Office of Consumer Health

Assistance... ... 454,497... 461,955

Energy Conservation... ... 674,281... 580,516

Attorney General

Attorney General Administration

Account... ... 9,490,020... 9,393,045

Crime Prevention Program... ... 29,051... 29,051

Tort claim fund... ... 5,942,203... 6,275,207

Fraud Control Unit for Industrial

Insurance... ... 2,589,542... 2,480,899

Medicaid Fraud Control Unit... ... 1,769,244... 1,598,588

Insurance Fraud Control Unit... ... 1,070,216... 1,202,643

Office of the Extradition Coordinator... ... 107,924... 113,320

Bureau of Consumer Protection... ... 3,096,112... 3,045,242

Advisory Council for Prosecuting

Attorneys... ... $129,966... $126,035

Victims of Domestic Violence... ... 2,232,006... 2,002,922

Secretary of State... ... 3,400,347... 3,545,550

Secretary of State, HAVA Election

Reform... ... 10,700,000... 3,592,283

Commission on Ethics... ... 235,523... 234,983

State Treasurer... ... 383,963... 387,525

Unclaimed Property... ... 794,581... 814,530

Higher Education Tuition

Administration... ... 667,896... 677,500

Millennium Scholarship

Administration... ... 354,375... 325,732

Municipal bond bank revenue... ... 82,277,041... 87,505,307

Municipal bond bank debt service... ... 83,441,702... 88,668,860

Nevada College Savings Trust... ... 293,338... 293,854

Legislative Fund

Legislative Counsel Bureau... ... 1,089,709... 327,116

Judicial Branch

Administrative Office of the Courts... ... 1,700,273... 1,786,295

Supreme Court... ... 5,206,499... 5,206,499

Supreme Court Rural Drug Court... ... 2,509,317... 3,345,755

Uniform system for judicial records... ... 1,307,920... 1,526,821

Supreme Court Law Library... ... 6,047... 6,047

Retired justice duty fund... ... 601,822... 623,986

Judicial education... ... 897,874... 1,061,773

District judges’ travel... ... 300,363... 301,755

Department of Administration

Administrative Services Division... ... 1,672,095... 1,691,629

Budget Division... ... 271,434... 300,789

Insurance and Loss Prevention... ... 23,418,403... 21,660,239

Fund for hospital care to indigent

persons... ... 6,438,391... 7,018,027

Supplemental account for medical

assistance to indigent persons... ... 12,983,897... 10,734,474

Mail room... ... 7,181,000... 7,205,695

... Mail services equipment... ... 248,660... 346,995

State Printing Office... ... 3,435,567... 3,535,352

... Printing office equipment... ... 124,903... 77,084

State Public Works Board inspection

account... ... 4,621,935... 4,784,712

Buildings and Grounds Division... ... 15,777,736... 16,330,980

Clear Creek Youth Center... ... 173,069... 174,157

Marlette Lake Water System... ... 390,431... 400,315

Motor Pool Division... ... 3,917,444... 4,129,534

... Motor pool vehicle purchase... ... 1,923,677... 1,737,060

Purchasing Division... ... $2,695,509... $2,597,380

Purchasing equipment purchase... ... 107,165... 130,923

Commodity food program... ... 6,633,101... 6,719,467

Hearings Division... ... 4,159,969... 4,159,397

Fund for compensation of victims of crime... ... 6,009,776... 6,082,392

Deferred Compensation Committee... ... 67,288... 76,486

Information Technology Projects... ... 427,224... 255,627

Department of Personnel... ... 10,647,081... 10,804,558

Unemployment compensation account... ... 1,532,236... 1,688,198

Commission on Tourism

Division of Tourism... ... 13,355,362... 14,078,221

Nevada Magazine... ... 2,563,145... 2,733,676

Commission on Economic Development

Commission on Economic

Development... ... 465,000... 165,000

Nevada film office... 849,401... 860,966

Rural community development... ... 3,261,000... 3,261,000

Procurement outreach... ... 305,000... 306,000

Department of Taxation... ... 806,989... 808,553

Department of Information Technology

Director’s Office... ... 2,509,580... 2,485,512

Applications, Design and Development

Division... ... 6,544,718... 6,684,413

Computing Division... ... 17,181,077... 16,861,779

Data Communications and Technical

Services Division... ... 4,895,624... 5,051,066

Planning and Research Unit... ... 1,811,966... 1,820,746

Telecommunications Unit... ... 5,501,861... 4,583,905

Communications Unit... ... 2,239,088... 2,106,818

Department of Education

Education, state programs... ... 166,847... 138,653

Discretionary grants - Unrestricted... ... 2,859,517... 2,859,517

Improve America’s Schools Title I... ... 54,057,667... 53,988,780

Improve America’s Schools Titles VI

& II... ... 24,340,022... 24,340,022

Individuals with Disabilities Education

Act... ... 52,824,112... 52,824,201

Education support services... ... 1,505,760... 1,722,050

NDE, Staffing services... ... 422,358... 431,334

Occupational education... ... 7,927,205... 7,927,205

Nutrition education... ... 52,044,375... 55,918,492

Continuing education... ... 4,155,753... 4,155,753

Drug abuse education... ... 2,219,967... 2,219,967

Discretionary grants - Restricted... ... 9,333,638... 9,306,476

Teacher education and licensing... ... 1,121,794... 1,206,735

School health education—AIDS... ... 227,814... 219,648

Other state education programs... ... $7,450... $7,450

Student incentive grants... ... 526,660... 526,664

Gear-Up... ... 1,164,208... 1,225,180

Commission on Postsecondary Education... ... 96,609... 96,426

University and Community College

System of Nevada

System administration... ... 111,460... 111,460

Agricultural experiment station... ... 1,242,371... 1,242,371

Cooperative extension services... ... 1,741,397... 1,759,232

University of Nevada, Reno... ... 38,040,364... 41,302,377

School of Medical Sciences... ... 2,173,278... 2,193,544

State health laboratory... ... 650,656... 670,176

University of Nevada, Las Vegas... ... 57,326,053... 62,614,883

Law school... ... 2,460,184... 2,464,984

Dental school... ... 2,212,581... 3,190,335

Community College of Southern

Nevada... ... 23,229,863... 25,367,869

Western Nevada Community College... ... 2,478,244... 2,562,614

Truckee Meadows Community College... ... 7,164,522... 7,630,554

Great Basin College... ... 1,517,644... 1,565,403

Nevada State College at Henderson... ... 392,035... 664,893

Desert Research Institute... ... 148,486... 148,486

W.I.C.H.E. Loan Fund... ... 591,993... 592,793

Department of Cultural Affairs

Cultural Affairs administration... ... 18,440... 18,740

State Railroad Museums... ... 241,973... 994,442

Lost City Museum... ... 73,136... 74,937

Nevada Museum and Historical

Society, Las Vegas... ... 35,745... 37,185

Nevada State Museum, Carson City... ... 325,016... 330,202

Nevada Historical Society, Reno... ... 57,446... 60,000

Office of Historic Preservation... ... 602,788... 595,183

State Arts Council... ... 551,591... 801,591

Nevada State Library... ... 1,026,399... 1,029,719

Literacy program... ... 84,150... 84,150

Archives and records... ... 6,446... 6,446

Records management and

micrographics... ... 710,871... 721,000

Central libraries automated network... ... 429,957... 436,460

Department of Human Resources

State Public Defender... ... 1,112,036... 1,107,133

Indian Affairs Commission... ... 10,000... 0

DHR administration... ... 2,023,297... 2,085,315

Developmental Disabilities... ... 446,374... 446,374

HR, Grants Management Unit... ... 28,194,390... 27,621,238

DHR, Blue Cross Blue Shield

Settlement... ... $300,000... $225,000

Community Based Services... ... 3,940,993... 3,075,358

Fund for a Healthy Nevada... ... 16,984,163... 16,977,184

Division of Health Care Financing and

Policy

Health Care Financing and Policy... ... 4,646,736... 4,555,989

Intergovernmental transfer account... ... 75,367,698... 80,334,362

Nevada Medicaid... ... 663,801,202... 733,033,652

Nevada Check-Up Program... ... 21,883,794... 24,605,246

Aging Services Division

Aging services grants... ... 6,811,113... 5,953,313

Senior Services Program... ... 8,603,108... 9,295,790

EPS/Homemaker programs... ... 2,846,109... 2,815,130

Aging Older Americans Act... ... 9,718,863... 9,967,985

Senior Citizens’ Property Tax

Assistance... ... 810,000... 278,812

Division of Child and Family Services

Child and family administration... ... 11,445,825... 11,514,569

Child Welfare Integration... ... 20,079,208... 21,085,605

Northern Nevada child and adolescent

services... ... 4,020,957... 4,045,140

Southern Nevada child and adolescent

services... ... 10,676,500... 9,954,882

Child care services... ... 820,320... 825,341

Youth alternative placement... ... 1,600,871... 1,658,410

UNITY/SACWIS... ... 2,487,239... 2,528,501

Nevada Youth Training Center ... ... 387,861... 387,861

Youth parole services... ... 20,359... 20,359

Caliente Youth Center ... ... 278,221... 278,221

Youth community services... ... 15,911,715... 16,913,548

Victims of domestic violence... ... 4,025,348... 3,602,552

Child abuse and neglect... ... 349,287... 349,287

Juvenile justice programs... ... 1,732,660... 1,732,626

Child welfare trust... ... 287,211... 326,123

Transition from foster care... ... 1,108,000... 1,162,000

Juvenile Correctional Facility... ... 340,654... 434,748

Juvenile Accountability Block Grant... ... 2,024,100... 2,024,100

Health Division

Health Administration... ... 2,669,209... 2,710,349

Environmental Public Health Tracking

System... ... 518,566... 518,566

Public health tobacco fund... ... 538,872... 657,986

Health alert network... ... 10,733,771... 10,732,510

Vital statistics... ... 501,622... 501,622

Health Facilities Hospital Licensing... ... 5,481,368... 5,771,634

Women’s, infants’ and children’s food

supplement program... ... $35,131,207... $35,143,109

Maternal child health services... ... 3,729,638... 3,742,797

Special Children’s Clinic... ... 4,426,718... 4,496,630

Community health services... ... 3,342,868... 3,354,495

Emergency medical services... ... 39,268... 62,972

State and Community Collaborations... ... 3,255,013... 3,262,316

Sexually transmitted disease control... ... 9,625,075... 9,652,226

Immunization program... ... 3,472,620... 3,531,243

Consumer health protection... ... 2,229,917... 2,033,054

Radiological health... ... 863,352... 1,118,846

Communicable disease control... ... 4,486,948... 4,514,063

Cancer control registry... ... 1,254,758... 1,253,584

Radioactive and hazardous waste... ... 12,082,989... 12,293,838

Alcoholism and drug rehabilitation... ... 17,048,557... 16,848,751

Alcohol tax program... ... 1,057,932... 988,000

Division of Mental Health and

Developmental Services

Division Administration... ... 594,320... 597,771

Northern Nevada adult mental health

services... ... 4,041,089... 4,254,380

Lakes Crossing Center... ... 101,566... 101,267

Rural clinics... ... 3,769,252... 3,994,184

Southern Nevada adult mental health

services... ... 12,545,376... 13,159,821

Southern MH/DS food service... ... 1,289,960... 1,301,062

Desert Regional Center... ... 21,554,510... 25,624,316

Sierra Regional Center... ... 9,859,109... 11,670,558

Rural Regional Center... ... 3,624,619... 4,417,552

Mental health information system... ... 177,949... 102,898

Welfare Division

Welfare Administration... ... 16,849,753... 17,275,023

Temporary Assistance for Needy

Families... ... 32,280,392... 23,880,936

Welfare field services... ... 34,259,569... 34,498,077

Child support enforcement... ... 9,205,030... 9,986,972

Child support federal reimbursement... ... 21,909,410... 23,808,907

Child Assistance and Development... ... 25,325,627... 25,324,198

Energy assistance.... ... 13,436,684... 12,586,346

Office of the Military... ... 4,262,760... 4,329,180

Adjutant General’s construction fund... ... 38,995... 38,798

Office of Veterans’ Services

Executive Director for veterans’

services... ... 611,216... 622,243

Southern Nevada Veterans’ Home... ... 6,866,864... 8,997,201

Department of Corrections

Office of the Director... ... $889,487... $115,617

Medical care... ... 1,295,448... 1,334,573

Correctional Programs... ... 1,198,130... 1,227,340

Prison industries... ... 7,469,831... 7,449,719

Nevada State Prison... ... 76,185... 76,719

Northern Nevada Correctional Center... ... 317,463... 320,235

Ely State Prison... ... 60,530... 60,926

Southern Desert Correctional Center... ... 217,840... 193,242

Warm Springs Correctional Center... ... 24,906... 24,906

Southern Nevada Women’s

Correctional Facility... ... 138,054... 140,800

Lovelock Correctional Center... ... 110,452... 111,474

Offenders’ store fund... ... 12,585,125... 12,627,438

Pioche Conservation Camp... ... 31,665... 31,802

Indian Springs Conservation Camp... ... 18,573... 18,573

Wells Conservation Camp... ... 19,748... 19,748

Humboldt Conservation Camp... ... 23,409... 23,409

Ely Conservation Camp... ... 17,954... 17,954

Inmate welfare account... ... 3,908,308... 3,795,883

Tonopah Conservation Camp... ... 13,936... 13,936

Jean Conservation Camp... ... 28,204... 28,204

Stewart Conservation Camp... ... 83,632... 83,632

Carlin Conservation Camp... ... 26,153... 26,153

High Desert State Prison... ... 4,211,988... 2,440,869

Silver Springs Conservation Camp... ... 10,865... 10,865

Northern Nevada Restitution Center... ... 457,373... 457,373

Prison dairy... ... 1,469,440... 1,614,416

Department of Business and Industry

Business and Industry administration... ... 829,031... 844,528

Industrial development revenue bond

program... ... 1,194,181... 1,276,425

Consumer Affairs Division... ... 13,500... 13,500

Division of Insurance... ... 2,658,974... 2,741,600

... Cost stabilization... ... 251,269... 223,862

... National Association of Insurance

Commissioners... ... 63,436... 65,123

... Captive insurers... ... 109,506... 136,900

... Self-insurance—Workers’

compensation... ... 506,438... 514,738

... Insurance examiners... ... 3,187,438... 3,123,236

... Insurance recovery account... ... 455,170... 455,170

... Insurance education and research... ... 754,132... 711,453

Taxicab Authority... ... 5,151,895... 5,378,217

Transportation Services Authority... ... 646,880... 697,802

... Administrative fines... ... 424,681... 361,789

Manufactured Housing Division... ... $1,256,205... $1,293,278

... Mobile home parks... ... 382,025... 381,586

... Manufactured housing education

and recovery... ... 544,874... 504,447

... Lot rent subsidy program... ... 424,725... 417,679

Division of Financial Institutions... ... 4,576,417... 4,557,104

... Financial institutions audit program... ... 100,576... 91,848

... Financial institutions investigations... ... 1,327,353... 1,607,665

Division of Industrial Relations... ... 6,404,178... 6,460,704

... Enforcement for industrial safety... ... 6,149,900... 6,256,243

... Safety consultation and training... ... 2,141,599... 2,170,508

... Mine safety and training... ... 1,161,123... 1,166,413

Real Estate Division... ... 1,629,041... 1,620,801

... Real estate education and research... ... 829,946... 686,577

... Real estate recovery... ... 470,920... 507,024

... Common-interest communities... ... 2,407,057... 2,493,597

Housing Division... ... 9,788,015... 10,041,535

... Weatherization program... ... 4,749,390... 6,429,781

... Low-income housing trust fund... ... 14,217,333... 14,663,146

Nevada Athletic Commission... ... 50,000... 50,000

Office of Nevada Attorney for Injured

Workers... ... 3,001,846... 2,905,944

State Dairy Commission... ... 1,652,527... 1,679,431

Employee-Management Relations

Board... ... 4,354... 4,354

Commission on Mineral Resources

Division of Minerals... ... 1,062,388... 1,036,060

State Department of Agriculture

Agriculture administration... ... 578,539... 572,988

Plant industry program... ... 539,528... 540,718

Weights and measures program... ... 1,063,391... 1,065,303

Gas pollution standards... ... 599,081... 526,158

Agriculture registration and

enforcement account... ... 1,611,814... 1,443,168

Livestock inspection account... ... 1,400,490... 1,218,408

Grading and certification of agricultural

products... ... 402,885... 441,172

Noxious weeds and insect pest control

program... ... 525,078... 532,391

Veterinary medical services... ... 222,073... 222,061

State Predatory Animal and Rodent

Committee... ... 237,230... 237,925

State Gaming Control Board... ... 8,287,749... 9,107,056

Gaming Control Board investigation

fund... ... 10,209,624... 10,166,431

Public Utilities Commission of Nevada... ... 15,612,671... 14,436,630

Colorado River Commission of Nevada... ... $6,124,087... $7,362,722

Research and development... ... 804,012... 823,474

Fort Mojave Valley development fund... ... 1,962,590... 1,267,478

Power marketing fund... ... 269,352,401... 297,223,791

Power Delivery System... ... 123,048,805... 132,862,755

State Department of Conservation and

Natural Resources

Administration... ... 175,993... 175,316

Environmental protection

administration... ... 3,660,199... 3,566,574

... Bureau of air quality... ... 4,364,320... 4,540,372

... Water pollution control... ... 5,119,035... 5,451,460

... Water quality planning... ... 3,540,970... 3,569,655

... Federal Facilities... ... 1,716,000... 1,638,928

... Waste management and corrective

actions... ... 9,565,427... 9,474,397

... Mining regulation and reclamation... ... 2,843,498... 3,019,115

... Safe Drinking Water Act... ... 9,409,714... 9,414,848

... State Environmental Commission... ... 40,269... 40,268

... Water Planning capital

improvements... ... 183,557... 179,574

Division of State Lands... ... 538,904... 509,621

Division of Water Resources... ... 405,885... 410,714

Division of State Parks... ... 5,186,630... 6,113,735

Division of Forestry... ... 5,594,686... 5,006,979

... Forestry intergovernmental

agreement... ... 8,057,367... 8,547,309

... Forestry honor camp... ... 2,202,178... 2,216,853

... Forestry nurseries... ... 658,133... 678,462

... Forest fire suppression/emergency

response... ... 4,978,936... 4,976,456

Heil wild horse bequest... ... 726,613... 650,480

Nevada natural heritage... ... 564,825... 461,893

Division of Conservation Districts... ... 18,876... 19,763

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency... ... 7,217,134... 6,992,540

Division of Wildlife... ... 23,579,043... 23,550,041

... Boat program... ... 5,338,865... 6,107,849

... Trout management... ... 16,472,676... 9,173,988

... Obligated reserve... ... 4,298,603... 5,382,875

Department of Transportation... ... 618,832,152... 669,759,687

Department of Motor Vehicles

Salvage, wreckers and body shops

regulation...... ... 529,640... 512,721

Record search program... ... 9,953,580... 10,257,547

Automation... ... 4,373,331... 4,521,468

Motor carrier... ... 1,153,160... 1,199,312

Motor vehicle pollution control... ... $8,592,825... $9,395,811

Verification of insurance... ... 10,847,997... 10,847,997

DMV—Hearings... ... 2,186... 2,186

Field services... ... 16,879,056... 17,651,164

Compliance enforcement... ... 269,713... 326,789

Central services... ... 5,379,854... 5,593,924

Management services... ... 322,569... 329,071

Director’s office... ... 94,468... 98,436

Administrative services... ... 4,051,335... 4,889,951

Department of Public Safety

Division of Emergency Management... ... 5,694,286... 5,706,307

Division of Parole and Probation... ... 2,941,279... 2,941,279

Investigation Division... ... 52,185... 2,185

Narcotics control... ... 1,778,732... 1,788,393

Training Division... ... 8,250... 8,250

State Fire Marshal... ... 2,659,315... 2,333,890

Traffic safety... ... 2,579,271... 2,588,108

Highway safety... ... 1,088,669... 907,793

Bicycle safety program... ... 170,875... 180,077

Motorcycle safety program... ... 465,760... 464,734

Forfeitures—Law enforcement... ... 1,136,316... 1,889,422

Director’s office... ... 2,228,771... 2,355,170

Office of professional responsibility... ... 341,143... 339,888

Justice Assistance Act... ... 6,023,396... 6,023,396

Criminal History Repository... ... 10,617,885... 11,603,467

Nevada Highway Patrol Division... ... 461,735... 453,464

Administrative services... ... 1,459,332... 1,491,529

Highway safety grants... ... 2,234,401... 1,440,310

Capitol Police Division... ... 1,899,089... 1,950,052

State Emergency Response

Commission... ... 944,627... 907,761

Public safety information services... ... 5,388,904... 5,519,309

Public safety justice grant account... ... 392,883... 403,553

Peace Officers’ Standards and Training

Commission

Peace officers’ standards and training... ... 1,641,350... 1,537,528

Police Corps Program... ... 668,100... 694,261

Public Employees’ Retirement Fund... ... 8,200,033... 8,183,594

Public Employees’ Benefits Program

Public Employees’ Benefits Program... ... 212,678,904... 244,434,932

Retired Employee Group Insurance... ... 20,293,994... 22,814,274

Department of Employment, Training and

Rehabilitation

Administrative services... ... 3,820,376... 3,945,983

Information and development

processing... ... 6,479,441... 7,134,081

Research and analysis... ... $3,171,295... $3,166,685

Employment Security Division... ... 50,414,619... 50,833,216

Employment security special fund... ... 23,913,010... 10,106,142

Welfare to work... ... 345,913... 0

Career enhancement program... ... 15,015,722... 14,022,722

Rehabilitation Division

Rehabilitation administration... ... 419,439... 484,304

Office of disability employment policy... ... 270,486... 250,094

Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation... ... 12,153,886... 13,088,246

Bureau of Services to the Blind and

Visually Impaired... ... 2,909,541... 3,037,569

Blind business enterprise program... ... 2,442,601... 2,030,650

Client assistance program... ... 160,022... 162,041

Bureau of Disability Adjudication... ... 9,991,940... 10,139,415

Nevada Equal Rights Commission... ... 533,508... 561,213

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 $257,412 for Fiscal Year 2003-2004 and the sum of

$260,971 for Fiscal Year 2004-2005 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, 2003, the money appropriated

by subsection 1 in its entirety for the Fiscal Year 2003-2004 before

other disbursements required by law are made;

(b) Disburse, on or after July 1, 2004, the money appropriated

by subsection 1 in its entirety for the Fiscal Year 2004-2005 before

other disbursements required by law are made; and

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 2003-2004 and the sum

of $247,953 for Fiscal Year 2004-2005 to support the operation of

the EPS/Homemaker programs.

(b) The sum of $1,590,971 for Fiscal Year 2003-2004 and the

sum of $1,708,707 for Fiscal Year 2004-2005 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, 2003, the money appropriated

by subsection 3 in its entirety for the Fiscal Year 2003-2004 before

other disbursements are made; and

(b) Disburse, on or after July 1, 2004, the money appropriated

by subsection 3 in its entirety for the Fiscal Year 2004-2005 before

other disbursements are made.

5. Any balance of the sums appropriated by subsection 1

remaining at the end of the respective fiscal year reverts as soon as

all payments of money committed have been made as follows: 10

percent to the Trust Fund for Public Health, 40 percent to the

Millennium Scholarship Trust Fund, and 50 percent to the Fund for

a Healthy Nevada.

6. Any balance of the sums appropriated by subsection 3

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 $26,913,795 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, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004.

2. Expenditure of $26,753,782 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, 2004, and ending June 30, 2005.

3. Any balance of the 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 $406,705 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, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004.

2. Expenditure of $408,151 by the Nevada 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, 2004, and ending June 30, 2005.

3. Any balance of the 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 11 of

this act and subsection 3 of section 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 the following fees collected from the

registration of students, resident or nonresident:

2003-20042004-2005

University of Nevada, Reno $29,802,190 $32,786,063

University of Nevada, Las Vegas 54,894,896 59,946,770

Community College of Southern

Nevada 22,977,193 25,115,199

Western Nevada Community College 2,436,751 2,519,047

Truckee Meadows Community

College 7,065,809 7,531,841

Dental School 2,212,581 3,190,335

Great Basin College 1,489,644 1,537,403

William S. Boyd School of Law 2,460,184 2,464,984

School of Medicine 1,933,278 1,953,544

Nevada State College at Henderson 385,605 657,681

2. The University and Community College System of Nevada

may expend any additional registration fees collected from students

for the purpose of meeting the salaries and related benefits for

incremental instructional faculty necessary as a result of registering

additional students beyond the budgeted enrollments. The

University and Community College System of Nevada may also

expend, with the approval of the Interim Finance Committee, any

additional nonresident tuition fees and any additional registration

fees not utilized for incremental instructional faculty costs in

addition to the authorized amounts for the respective years.

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. The sums authorized by section 1 of this act for

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Threshold Research/Pathway

2007 are available for both Fiscal Years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005

and may be transferred from one fiscal year to the other with the

approval of the Interim Finance Committee upon the

recommendation of the Governor.

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 fiscal For the fiscal

year endingyear ending

June 30, 2004 June 30, 2005

Carson City $500,861 $498,653

Eureka County...... 46,038 45,835

Humboldt County.. 170,364 169,613

Lincoln County...... 75,174 74,842

Pershing County...... 100,083 99,642

Storey County...... 25,799 25,685

White Pine County...... 193,717 192,863

Totals.... 1,112,036 1,107,133

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 2003 Legislature for employees of the

State Public Defender’s Office for Fiscal Year 2003-2004 and Fiscal

Year 2004-2005.

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 2003-2004 and 2004-2005, 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. Any unspent sums authorized in Fiscal Year 2002-

2003 by section 1 of chapter 586, Statutes of Nevada 2001, at page

3018 for Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Threshold Research are

available for Fiscal Year 2003-2004.

Sec. 15. Any money authorized for expenditure for the

purpose of any information technology projects in section 1 of this

act for the Department of Administration, Information Technology

Projects that are budgeted to cost in excess of $50,000 in Fiscal

Year 2003-2004 that remains unexpended on June 30, 2004, may be

carried forward to Fiscal Year 2004-2005. Any amount carried

forward must be used to complete the information technology

project as approved by the Legislature.

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

chapter 586, Statutes of Nevada 2001, for the Division of State

Parks of the State Department of Conservation and Natural

Resources for park improvements that remains unexpended on

June 30, 2003, may be carried forward to each fiscal year of the

2003-2005 biennium to complete the projects as authorized by the

2001 Legislature.

Sec. 18. 1. From the authorized expenditure is section 1 of

this act, there is hereby allocated from the Commission on Tourism

to the State Arts Council the sum of $250,000 for distribution to the

Las Vegas Performing Arts Center Foundation for the planning and

design of a performing arts center in the City of Las Vegas.

2. Upon acceptance of the money allocated by subsection 1, the

Las Vegas Performing Arts Center Foundation agrees to:

(a) Prepare and transmit a report to the Interim Finance

Committee on or before December 15, 2005, that describes each

expenditure made from the money appropriated by subsection 1

from the date on which the money was received by the Las Vegas

Performing Arts Center Foundation through December 1, 2005; and

(b) Upon request of the Legislative Commission, make available

to the Legislative Auditor any books, accounts, claims, reports,

vouchers or other records of information, confidential or otherwise

and irrespective of their form or location, that the Legislative

Auditor deems necessary to conduct an audit of the use of the

moneys allocated to the Las Vegas Performing Arts Center

Foundation.

3. Any remaining balance of the allocation must not be

committed for expenditure after June 30, 2006, and reverts to the

Commission on Tourism as soon as all payments of money

committed have been made.

Sec. 19. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the

contrary:

1. The State Printing Division of the Department of

Administration is hereby transferred to the Legislative Counsel

Bureau on July 1, 2003. On that date, all real and personal property

of the Printing Division must be transferred to and become the

property of the Legislative Counsel Bureau.

2. The Director may incorporate the Printing Division into one

or more of the existing divisions of the Legislative Counsel Bureau

or create a new division of the Legislative Counsel Bureau.

3. All debt of the State Printing Division of the Department of

Administration to the State General Fund or any other state fund or

entity is hereby forgiven.

4. All outstanding capital improvement projects funded by this

and previous sessions for the State Printing Division of the

Department of Administration are hereby transferred to the

Legislative Counsel Bureau. The State Public Works Board shall

work with the Legislative Counsel Bureau and complete all of these

capital improvement projects for which expenditures have been

approved not later than the date on which the money approved for

those projects is required to be reverted.

5. No public agency is required to use the services of the

Printing Division, and the Printing Division is not required to

produce any work for a state agency except work required by statute

to be produced for:

(a) The Legislative Counsel Bureau or the Nevada Legislature;

(b) The Supreme Court of Nevada.

6. Authority for the administration of the State Printing Fund is

transferred to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau.

7. The employees of the Printing Division are hereby

transferred to and become employees of the Legislative Counsel

Bureau.

8. The Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau may retain

such employees of the Printing Division who are transferred to the

Legislative Counsel Bureau as he deems appropriate for the

continued operation of the Printing Division, and may establish

the compensation and duties of the employees who are retained and

the positions that continue in existence. The Director of the

Legislative Counsel Bureau may change the compensation of

the employees of the Printing Division and may incorporate any

of the positions from the Printing Division into existing positions of

the Legislative Counsel Bureau but shall not expend more than the

total amount approved for expenditure for that purpose in each

respective fiscal year. To the extent practicable, the existing

employees of the Printing Division must be retained.

Sec. 20. 1. This section and sections 1 to 17, inclusive, and

19 of this act become effective on July 1, 2003.

2. Section 18 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2004.

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