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. The interest and income

2-43  earned on the money in the Gift Account for Veterans’ Homes, after

2-44  deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the Gift

2-45  Account for Veterans’ Homes. Any money remaining in the Gift

3-1  Account for Veterans’ Homes at the end of each fiscal year does not

3-2  lapse to the State General Fund, but must be carried forward into the

3-3  next fiscal year.

3-4  Sec. 3.  Sections 2 and 9 of Assembly Bill No. 192 of this

3-5  session are hereby repealed.

3-6  Sec. 4.  1.  This section and section 3 of this act become

3-7  effective upon passage and approval.

3-8  2.  Sections 1 and 2 of this act become effective on July 1,

3-9  2003.

 

3-10  TEXT OF REPEALED SECTIONS

 

3-11      Section 2 of Assembly Bill No. 192 of this session:

3-12      Sec. 2. NRS 482.3764 is hereby amended to read as

3-13  follows:

3-14      482.3764  1.  Before the Department issues to any

3-15  person, pursuant to NRS 482.3763:

3-16      (a) An initial set of special license plates, it shall:

3-17          (1) Collect a special fee for a veterans’ home in the

3-18  amount of $25; and

3-19          (2) Affix a decal to each plate if requested by an

3-20  applicant who meets the requirements set forth in NRS

3-21  482.37635.

3-22      (b) An annual renewal sticker, it shall:

3-23          (1) Collect a special fee for a veterans’ home in the

3-24  amount of $20; and

3-25          (2) Affix a decal to each plate if requested by an

3-26  applicant who meets the requirements set forth in NRS

3-27  482.37635.

3-28      2.  The Department shall deposit any money collected

3-29  pursuant to this section with the State Treasurer for credit to

3-30  the [Veterans’ Home Account.]Gift Account for Veterans’

3-31  Homes, established by subsection 7 of NRS 417.145.

3-32      Section 9 of Assembly Bill No. 192 of this session:

3-33      Sec. 9.  NRS 417.145 is hereby amended to read as

3-34  follows:

3-35      417.145  1.  The Veterans’ Home Account is hereby

3-36  established in the State General Fund.

3-37      2.  Money received by the Executive Director or the

3-38  Deputy Executive Director from:

3-39      (a) Payments by the Department of Veterans Affairs for

3-40  veterans who receive care in a veterans’ home;

4-1  (b) Other payments for medical care and services;

4-2  (c) Appropriations made by the Legislature for veterans’

4-3  homes; and

4-4  (d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, gifts of

4-5  money and proceeds derived from the sale of gifts of personal

4-6  property he is authorized to accept for the use of veterans’

4-7  homes, if the use of such gifts has not been restricted by the

4-8  donor,

4-9  must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the

4-10  Veterans’ Home Account.

4-11      3.  Interest and income must not be computed on the

4-12  money in the Veterans’ Home Account.

4-13      4.  The Veterans’ Home Account must be administered

4-14  by the Executive Director, with the advice of the Deputy

4-15  Executive Director and the Nevada Veterans’ Services

4-16  Commission, and the money deposited in the Veterans’ Home

4-17  Account may only be expended for:

4-18      (a) The operation of veterans’ homes;

4-19      (b) A program or service related to a veterans’ home;

4-20      (c) The solicitation of other sources of money to fund a

4-21  veterans’ home; and

4-22      (d) The purpose of informing the public about issues

4-23  concerning the establishment and uses of a veterans’ home.

4-24      5.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, gifts of

4-25  personal property which the Executive Director or the Deputy

4-26  Executive Director is authorized to receive for the use of

4-27  veterans’ homes:

4-28      (a) May be sold or exchanged if the sale or exchange is

4-29  approved by the State Board of Examiners; or

4-30      (b) May be used in kind if the gifts are not appropriate for

4-31  conversion to money.

4-32      6.  All money in the Veterans’ Home Account must be

4-33  paid out on claims approved by the Executive Director as

4-34  other claims against the State are paid.

4-35      7.  The Gift Account for Veterans’ Homes is hereby

4-36  established in the State General Fund. The Executive Director

4-37  or the Deputy Executive Director shall use gifts of money or

4-38  personal property that he is authorized to accept and which

4-39  the donor has restricted to one or more uses at a veterans’

4-40  home, only in the manner designated by the donor. Gifts of

4-41  money that the Executive Director or Deputy Executive

4-42  Director is authorized to accept and which the donor has

4-43  restricted to one or more uses at a veterans’ home must be

4-44  deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Gift

4-45  Account for Veterans’ Homes. In addition to any gifts of

5-1  money or personal property described in this subsection,

5-2  any money collected pursuant to NRS 482.3764 must be

5-3  deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Gift

5-4  Account for Veterans’ Homes. Money collected pursuant to

5-5  NRS 482.3764 that is deposited with the State Treasurer for

5-6  credit to the Gift Account for Veterans’ Homes may only be

5-7  expended:

5-8  (a) For a program or service related to a veterans’

5-9  home;

5-10      (b) To solicit other sources of money to fund a veterans’

5-11  home; and

5-12      (c) To inform the public about issues concerning the

5-13  establishment and uses of a veterans’ home.

5-14  The interest and income earned on the money in the Gift

5-15  Account for Veterans’ Homes, after deducting any applicable

5-16  charges, must be credited to the Gift Account for Veterans’

5-17  Homes. Any money remaining in the Gift Account for

5-18  Veterans’ Homes at the end of each fiscal year does not

5-19  [lapse] revert to the State General Fund, but must be carried

5-20  forward into the next fiscal year.

 

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