Senate Bill No. 324–Senator Shaffer

 

March 17, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Human Resources and Facilities

 

SUMMARY—Makes various changes concerning Veterans’ Home Account and Gift Account for Veterans’ Home. (BDR 37‑305)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to veterans’ homes; making various changes concerning the Veterans’ Home Account and the Gift Account for Veterans’ Homes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1  Section 1. NRS 417.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2  417.010  As used in this chapter[:] , unless the context

1-3  otherwise requires:

1-4  1.  “Administrator” means the administrator of a veterans’

1-5  home in this state.

1-6  2.  “Deputy Executive Director” means the Deputy Executive

1-7  Director for Veterans’ Services.

1-8  [2.] 3.  “Executive Director” means the Executive Director for

1-9  Veterans’ Services.

1-10      Sec. 2.  NRS 417.145 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-11      417.145  1.  The Veterans’ Home Account is hereby

1-12  established in the State General Fund.

1-13      2.  Money received [by the Executive Director or the Deputy

1-14  Executive Director] from:

1-15      (a) Payments by the Department of Veterans Affairs for veterans

1-16  who receive care in a veterans’ home;

1-17      (b) Other payments for medical care and services;

2-1  (c) Appropriations made by the Legislature for veterans’ homes;

2-2  and

2-3  (d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, gifts of money

2-4  and proceeds derived from the sale of gifts of personal property [he

2-5  is authorized to accept] for the use of veterans’ homes, if the use of

2-6  such gifts has not been restricted by the donor,

2-7  must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the

2-8  Veterans’ Home Account.

2-9  3.  Interest and income must not be computed on the money in

2-10  the Veterans’ Home Account.

2-11      4.  The Veterans’ Home Account must be administered by the

2-12  Executive Director, with the advice of the [Deputy Executive

2-13  Director and the Nevada Veterans’ Services Commission,]

2-14  administrators, and the money deposited in the Veterans’ Home

2-15  Account may only be expended for:

2-16      (a) The operation of veterans’ homes;

2-17      (b) A program or service related to a veterans’ home;

2-18      (c) The solicitation of other sources of money to fund a

2-19  veterans’ home; and

2-20      (d) The purpose of informing the public about issues concerning

2-21  the establishment and uses of a veterans’ home.

2-22      5.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, gifts of

2-23  personal property [which the Executive Director or the Deputy

2-24  Executive Director is authorized to receive] for the use of veterans’

2-25  homes:

2-26      (a) May be sold or exchanged if the sale or exchange is

2-27  approved by the State Board of Examiners; or

2-28      (b) May be used in kind if the gifts are not appropriate for

2-29  conversion to money.

2-30      6.  All money in the Veterans’ Home Account must be paid out

2-31  on claims approved by the Executive Director as other claims

2-32  against the State are paid.

2-33      7.  The Gift Account for Veterans’ Homes is hereby established

2-34  in the State General Fund. [The Executive Director or the Deputy

2-35  Executive Director shall use gifts] Gifts of money or personal

2-36  property [that he is authorized to accept and] which the donor has

2-37  restricted to one or more uses at a veterans’ home[,] must be used

2-38  only in the manner designated by the donor. Gifts of money [that the

2-39  Executive Director or Deputy Executive Director is authorized to

2-40  accept and] which the donor has restricted to one or more uses at a

2-41  veterans’ home must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit

2-42  to the Gift Account for Veterans’ Homes. Money deposited with the

2-43  State Treasurer for credit to the Gift Account for Veterans’ Homes

2-44  pursuant to NRS 482.3764 may be expended only in the manner

2-45  specified in subsection 4 for money in the Veterans’ Home

3-1  Account. The interest and income earned on the money in the Gift

3-2  Account for Veterans’ Homes, after deducting any applicable

3-3  charges, must be credited to the Gift Account for Veterans’ Homes.

3-4  Any money remaining in the Gift Account for Veterans’ Homes at

3-5  the end of each fiscal year does not lapse to the State General Fund,

3-6  but must be carried forward into the next fiscal year.

3-7  Sec. 3.  NRS 482.3764 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-8  482.3764  1.  Before the Department issues to any person,

3-9  pursuant to NRS 482.3763:

3-10      (a) An initial set of special license plates, it shall:

3-11          (1) Collect a special fee for a veterans’ home in the amount

3-12  of $25; and

3-13          (2) Affix a decal to each plate if requested by an applicant

3-14  who meets the requirements set forth in NRS 482.37635.

3-15      (b) An annual renewal sticker, it shall:

3-16          (1) Collect a special fee for a veterans’ home in the amount

3-17  of $20; and

3-18          (2) Affix a decal to each plate if requested by an applicant

3-19  who meets the requirements set forth in NRS 482.37635.

3-20      2.  The Department shall deposit any money collected pursuant

3-21  to this section with the State Treasurer for credit to the [Veterans’

3-22  Home Account.] Gift Account for Veterans’ Homes.

3-23      Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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