SUMMARY--Revises provisions relating to use of gifts of money or personal property donated to veterans' cemeteries. (BDR 37-1044)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to veterans; revising the provisions relating to the use of gifts of money or personal property donated to veterans' cemeteries; 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 NRS 417.220 is hereby amended to read as follows:
417.220 1. Money received by the commissioner or the deputy commissioner from:
(a) Fees pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 417.210;
(b) Allowances for burial from the Department of Veterans Affairs or the Social Security Administration;
(c) Appropriations made by the legislature for veterans' cemeteries; and
(d) Gifts of money or proceeds derived from the sale of gifts of personal property he is authorized to accept,
must be deposited with the state treasurer for credit to the account for a veterans' cemetery in northern Nevada or the account for a veterans' cemetery in southern Nevada, whichever is appropriate, in the state general fund.
2. The interest and income earned on the money in the accounts, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the accounts.
3. [The] Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, the money in each account must only be used for the operation and maintenance of the cemetery for which the account was created.
4. [Gifts] Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, gifts of personal property which the commissioner or the deputy commissioner is authorized to receive but which are not appropriate for conversion to money may be used in kind.
5. The commissioner or the deputy commissioner shall use gifts of money or personal property that he is authorized to accept for the purpose specified by the donor of such a gift.
6. Any money remaining in the accounts at the end of each fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund, but must be carried over into the next fiscal year.