Senate Bill No. 171-Committee on Finance
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- AN ACT relating to state financial administration; making an appropriation and revising the reversion for certain previously appropriated money to restore the balance in the contingency fund; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
[Approved June 30, 1997]
- THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 39 of chapter 446, Statutes of Nevada 1995, at page 1395, is hereby amended to read as follows:
- Sec. 39. 1. Except as otherwise provided in [section] sections 45, 47 and 50 of this act, unencumbered balances of the appropriations made in this act for the fiscal years 1995-1996 and 1996-1997 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30 of each fiscal year. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 [,] and sections 45 and 47 of this act, unencumbered balances of these appropriations revert to the fund from which appropriated.
- 2. Any encumbered balance of the appropriations made to the legislative fund by section 11 of this act does not revert to the state general fund but constitutes a balance carried forward.
Sec. 2. Section 45 of chapter 446, Statutes of Nevada 1995, at page 1395, is hereby amended to read as follows:
- Sec. 45. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the contingency fund, created [pursuant to] by NRS 353.266, the sum of $5,777,746 to restore the fund's balance to $8,000,000.
- 2. Any amount of the appropriation made by subsection 1 that is not committed for expenditure on or before June 30, 1997, does not revert to the state general fund but constitutes a balance carried forward.
Sec. 3. Section 47 of chapter 446, Statutes of Nevada 1995, at page 1395, is hereby amended to read as follows:
- Sec. 47. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the contingency fund, created [pursuant to] by NRS 353.266, the sum of $8,000,000 to address unprojected increases in the inmate population of the department of prisons and unprojected increases in the caseload of the division of parole and probation of the department of motor vehicles and public safety.
- 2. Any amount of the appropriation made by subsection 1 that is not committed for expenditure on or before June 30, 1997, does not revert to the state general fund but constitutes a balance carried forward for unrestricted use pursuant to NRS 353.266, 353.268 and 353.269 and any other statute which authorizes the allocation of money from the contingency fund.
Sec. 4. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the contingency fund, created by NRS 353.266, the sum of $241,301 to restore the balance in the fund to approximately $9,000,000.
Sec. 5. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval or on June 30, 1997, whichever occurs earlier.
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