Senate Bill No. 352–Senator Rawson

 

March 17, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Finance

 

SUMMARY—Designates Nevada Cancer Institute as official cancer institute of State of Nevada and makes appropriation for creation of infrastructure needed to establish oral cancer and forensic institute. (BDR 40‑650)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: Contains Appropriation not included in Executive Budget.

 

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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 public health; designating the Nevada Cancer Institute as the official cancer institute of the State of Nevada; making an appropriation; 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. Chapter 457 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

1-2  thereto a new section to read as follows:

1-3  The Nevada Cancer Institute is hereby designated as the

1-4  official cancer institute of the State of Nevada.

1-5  Sec.  2.  1.  There is hereby appropriated from the State

1-6  General Fund to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, the sum of

1-7  $1,500,000 for the creation of the infrastructure needed to establish

1-8  an oral cancer and forensic institute.

1-9  2.  Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by

1-10  subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30,

1-11  2005, and reverts to the State General Fund as soon as all payments

1-12  of money committed have been made.

1-13      Sec.  3.  1.  This section and section 1 of this act becomes

1-14  effective upon passage and approval.

2-1  2.  Section 2 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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