MINUTES OF THE meeting

of the

ASSEMBLY Committee on Government Affairs

 

Seventy-Second Session

April 16, 2003

 

 

The Committee on Government Affairswas called to order at 9:15 a.m., on Wednesday, April 16, 2003.  Chairman Mark Manendo presided in Room 3143 of the Legislative Building, Carson City, Nevada.  Exhibit A is the Agenda.  Exhibit B is the Guest List.  All exhibits are available and on file at the Research Library of the Legislative Counsel Bureau.

 

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT:

 

Mr. Mark Manendo, Chairman

Mr. Kelvin Atkinson

Mr. Chad Christensen

Mr. Tom Collins

Mr. Pete Goicoechea

Mr. Tom Grady

Mr. Joe Hardy

Mr. Ron Knecht

Mrs. Ellen Koivisto

Mr. Bob McCleary

Ms. Peggy Pierce

Ms. Valerie Weber

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT:

 

Mr. Wendell P. Williams (excused)

 

GUEST LEGISLATORS PRESENT:

 

Mr. John Oceguera, Clark County Assembly District No. 16

 

STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT:

 

Susan Scholley, Committee Policy Analyst

Eileen O'Grady, Committee Counsel

JoAnn Aldrich, Committee Secretary

OTHERS PRESENT:

 

Brenda J. Erdoes, Legislative Counsel, Legal Division, Legislative Counsel Bureau

 

 

Senate Bill 198:  Clarifies provision governing advances to budget accounts supported by administrative assessments. (BDR 31-604)

 

Chairman Manendo opened the hearing on S.B. 198, and introduced Legislative Counsel Brenda J. Erdoes, who presented the bill to the Committee.

 

Ms. Erdoes stated that the bill evolved as the result of a problem that arose in the Interim Finance Committee.  The problem was with budget accounts that were funded by administrative assessments.  Often they were not able to determine when the administrative assessments would arrive, or if the assessments would arrive at the same time, which created problems with the revenue stream and with the budget.

 

Two sessions ago, the Legislature implemented a specific procedure for advances for agencies funded by administrative assessments.  However, the language was not clear, and confusion arose in the Interim Finance Committee about whether an advance could be received for each month of the year, or simply one advance at the end of the year.

 

When they examined the legislative history of the measure, it became very clear that the intent was to allow advances only for the last month of each fiscal year, where it was necessary to cover the budget account. 

 

This bill would simply clarify that portion of the statute to alleviate any future uncertainty and confusion.

 

The new subsection 4, on page 2 of the bill, was added to improve the procedure for those advances, which were allowed only for agencies funded by administrative assessments.  When the budget director approved one of the advances, the procedure would require that the Fiscal Analysis Division be notified at that time.

 

Chairman Manendo asked if there were questions.  There were none.  Chairman Manendo closed the hearing on S.B. 198.

 

ASSEMBLYMAN KNECHT MOVED TO DO PASS S.B. 198.

 

ASSEMBLYMAN HARDY SECONDED THE MOTION.

 

THE MOTION CARRIED BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT.  (Mr. Williams was absent for the vote.)

 

Chairman Manendo adjourned the meeting at 9:25 a.m.

 

 

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED:

 

 

 

                                                           

JoAnn Aldrich

Committee Secretary

 

 

APPROVED BY:

 

 

 

                                                                                         

Assemblyman Mark Manendo, Chairman

 

 

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