Adoption of this amendment will MAINTAIN a 2/3s majority vote requirement for final passage of SB144 R2 (§ 2).
Amend sec. 2, page 2, by deleting lines 11 through 16 and inserting:
“2. If a fee is charged pursuant to subsection 1:
(a) The fee must by charged only once annually.
(b) The total of all fees collected annually pursuant to subsection 1 must not exceed an amount equal to the annual salary of a half-time position the duty of which is to administer the federal grants.”.
Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sec. 8 as sec. 9 and adding a new section, designated sec. 8, to read as follows:
“Sec. 8. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 6, Statutes of Nevada 2001, Special Session, from the $20,000,000 in general obligation bonds allocated to the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to be administered by the Division of State Lands pursuant to subparagraph (5) of paragraph (a) of subsection 7 of section 2 of that act:
1. The sum of $150,000 must be allocated to Virginia City for distribution to the Comstock Cemetery Foundation for restoration of historic Virginia City cemetery if a commitment for at least a 100 percent matching amount of money from one or more federal grants is obtained for the cost of the restoration project. This allocation must be made from the first bonds sold pursuant to chapter 6 of Statutes of Nevada 2001, Special Session.
2. The sum of $136,000 must be allocated to Lincoln County for the restoration of the historic fairgrounds in Panaca, Nevada, if a commitment is received from Lincoln County to match the allocated money through the provision of all labor for the restoration project. This allocation must be made from the second group of bonds sold pursuant to chapter 6 of Statutes of Nevada 2001, Special Session.”.
Amend the title of the bill, thirteenth line, after “parks;” by inserting:
“providing for the allocation of certain bonds proceeds for historic restoration projects in Virginia City and Lincoln County;”.