Amendment No. 977

 

Assembly Amendment to Senate Bill No. 499  First Reprint                                                (BDR S‑1364)

Proposed by: Committee on Ways and Means

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Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:               Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

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       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend section 1, page 1, line 7, by deleting “$1,800,000” and inserting “$1,500,000”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 2 through 4 as sections 3 through 5 and adding a new section designated sec. 2, following section 1, to read as follows:

     “Sec. 2. In addition to the sum made available for allocation pursuant to subsection 2 of section 1 of this act, the Interim Finance Committee is hereby authorized, for the purpose of assisting the state entities described in that subsection, to expend for allocation pursuant to section 3 of this act:

     1.  Three hundred thousand dollars from the forfeiture accounts administered by the State Treasurer pursuant to NRS 179.1187; and

     2.  Such additional amounts from the forfeiture accounts administered by the State Treasurer pursuant to NRS 178.1187 as may be available in those accounts on or before June 30, 2005.”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 1, by deleting line 13 and inserting:

“Committee of the money:

     (a) Appropriated by section 1 of this act; and

     (b) If the state entity is a state entity described in subsection 2 of section 1 of this act, authorized for expenditure pursuant to section 2 of this act.”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 2, between lines 12 and 13, by inserting:

     “4.  With respect to the state entities described in subsection 2 of section 1 of this act:

     (a) The State Board of Examiners and the Interim Finance Committee shall, in determining whether an allocation should be made from the sum appropriated pursuant to that subsection, consider whether additional money is available for use from the forfeiture accounts administered by the State Treasurer pursuant to NRS 179.1187.

     (b) The Interim Finance Committee shall, in granting allocations to such state entities, apply the following preference:

          (1) To first pay for such allocations from the proceeds available from the forfeiture accounts administered by the State Treasurer pursuant to NRS 179.1187; and

          (2) To pay for such allocations secondarily by using the proceeds appropriated from the State General Fund as described in subsection 2 of section 1 of this act.”.

     Amend the title of the bill, third line, after “equipment;” by inserting:

“additionally making available for such purposes certain funds in the forfeiture accounts administered by the State Treasurer;”.