Assembly Bill No. 257–Committee on Ways and Means

 

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AN ACT making appropriations to restore the balance in the Contingency Fund and 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 Contingency Fund created by NRS 353.266 the

sum of $8,092,456 to restore and increase the balance in the

Contingency Fund attributable to the State General Fund to

$12,000,000.

    2.  There is hereby appropriated from the State Highway Fund

to the Contingency Fund created by NRS 353.266 the sum of

$1,889,536 to restore the balance in the Contingency Fund

attributable to the State Highway Fund to $2,000,000. The money

appropriated in this subsection must be accounted for separately and

may only be used for expenditures that may be properly made from

the State Highway Fund.

   Sec. 2.  1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General

Fund to the Interim Finance Committee the sum of $5,800,000 to

provide allocations to school districts that incur unexpected

expenses related to providing health insurance for their employees

during the 2003-2005 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

2003-2005 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 by the Department of Education 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, 2005, and reverts to the State General

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

    Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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