(On Behalf of the Budget Division of the
Department of Administration)
March 5, 1997
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Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
SUMMARY--Makes appropriation to contingency fund for allocation by Interim Finance Committee to Administrative Office of the Courts. (BDR S-1411)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: Contains Appropriation included in Executive Budget.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT making an appropriation to the contingency fund for allocation by the Interim Finance Committee to the Administrative Office of the Courts to conduct an assessment of the current automation of the court system; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the contingency fund created pursuant to NRS 353.266 the sum of $224,145 for allocation by the Interim Finance Committee to the Administrative Office of the Courts to conduct a statewide assessment of the current automation of the court system in this state and an analysis of future needs.
2. Upon the request of the Administrative Office of the Courts, the Interim Finance Committee shall allocate an amount not to exceed the appropriation made by subsection 1 if the Administrative Office of the Courts submits an acceptable plan for conducting such an assessment and analysis, including, without limitation, the selection of a person or entity to conduct the assessment and analysis.
Sec. 2 Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by section 1 of this act must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 1999, and reverts to the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have been made.
Sec. 3 This act becomes effective upon passage and approval or on June 30, 1997, whichever occurs earlier.