Senate Bill No. 46-Committee on Government Affairs

(On Behalf of Clark County)

January 29, 1997
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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs

SUMMARY--Authorizes county to construct improvements on property of school district located within county. (BDR 20-202)

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 counties; authorizing a board of county commissioners to expend money to construct, reconstruct, improve or repair recreational or cultural facilities on the property of a school district located within the county; authorizing a county park and recreation commission to enter into a contract with such a school district for the construction, improvement and development of such facilities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

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Section 1 NRS 244.307 is hereby amended to read as follows:
244.307 1. The board of county commissioners may, by resolution, authorize the expenditure of county money for the construction, reconstruction , improvement or repair of any recreational or cultural facility the title to which is held by [an] :
(a) An incorporated city located within the county [.] ; or
(b) A school district located within the county, if the board of county commissioners or the county park and recreation commission has entered into a contract with the school district which provides for the construction, reconstruction, improvement or repair of the facility.
2. Each such resolution must:
(a) Describe the facility for which the money is to be expended.
(b) Specify the maximum amount of money to be expended and the terms upon which it is to be expended.
(c) Contain a finding by the board of county commissioners that a substantial benefit will be derived by the inhabitants of the county as a whole by the expenditure of such money.
Sec. 2 NRS 244.30792 is hereby amended to read as follows:
244.30792 The commission may have the following powers and duties as determined by the board and as set forth by the board in the organizational ordinance:
1. To determine policy [in regard to] concerning recreational, cultural and park facilities.
2. To [promulgate] adopt regulations governing the use of such facilities.
3. To prepare plans for additional recreational, cultural and park facilities and the development of existing facilities.
4. To operate and maintain existing facilities.
5. To fix, and from time to time increase or decrease, rates, tolls and charges for services and the use or availability of facilities.
6. To employ technical and clerical staff.
7. To prepare and submit annual budgets to the board.
8. To purchase or lease land subject to the statutes governing purchases and leases of land by the board.
9. To acquire by gift, bequest or devise any personal property, or any real property within the county, for recreational, cultural or park facilities.
10. To administer any trusts declared for recreational, cultural and park facilities in the county.
11. To enter into contracts for the construction and development of recreational, cultural and park facilities.
12. To enter into a contract with a school district located within the county for the construction, improvement and development of recreational and cultural facilities located on the property of the school district.
13. To expend all money collected to the credit of facilities under the control of the commission, but all money received for such facilities must be deposited in the county treasury to the credit of the commission and paid out only upon warrants drawn by the commission upon properly authenticated vouchers of the commission after approval of the [same] vouchers by the county auditor.
[13.] 14. To perform such additional duties for park, recreational and cultural programs as may be delegated by the board.
Sec. 3 This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

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