Senate Bill No. 486-Committee on Finance

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AN ACT relating to state financial administration; authorizing expenditures by various officers, departments, boards, agencies, commissions and institutions of the state government for the fiscal years commencing July 1, 1997, and ending June 30, 1998, and beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999; authorizing the assessment of certain boards for certain costs of the Budget Division of the Department of Administration; authorizing the collection of certain amounts from the counties for the use of the services of the Public Defender; 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. Expenditure of the following sums not appropriated from the state general fund or the state highway fund is hereby authorized during the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1997, and ending June 30, 1998, and beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999, by the various officers, departments, boards, agencies, commissions and institutions of the state government mentioned in this act:

1997-98 1998-99

Office of the Governor
Washington office $239,000 $246,000
Commission for Women 7,970 5,470
Agency for Nuclear Projects 1,888,763 1,881,670
Attorney General
Administration 5,098,718 4,905,089
Tort claim fund 4,621,439 5,321,143
Fraud Control Unit for Industrial
Insurance 1,819,863 1,832,813
Medicaid fraud unit 861,869 830,692
Insurance fraud unit 829,261 810,481
Special fund 13,365 13,365
Office of Extradition Coordinator 77,300 77,300
Private Investigator's Licensing Board 392,339 412,279
Consumer's Advocate 1,945,162 1,849,688
Secretary of State 1,698,064 1,485,768
Ethics Commission 500 500
Treasurer 467,937 468,595
Municipal bond bank revenue 40,670,425 40,614,826
Municipal bond bank debt service 40,506,462 40,450,863
Legislative fund
Legislative Counsel Bureau 1,102,573 266,691
Judicial branch
Court Administrator 1,018,242 1,048,086
Planning and analysis 202,873 202,873
Supreme Court 2,978,826 2,998,539
Uniform system for judicial records 427,644 445,601
Supreme Court law library 16,000 16,000
Retired justice duty fund 249,238 256,275
Judicial education 903,053 703,460
District judges' travel 310,866 215,018
Department of Administration
Administrative Services Division 886,053 887,753
Budget and Planning Division 140,626 142,913
Benefit services fund 120,430,536 130,368,143
Retired employees group insurance 6,054,938 6,708,879
Fund for workers compensation and
safety 13,336,897 13,048,190
Fund for hospital care to indigent persons 6,208,594 6,711,917
Supplemental account for medical assistance to indigent persons 3,836,702 4,172,952
Mail room 5,963,299 5,792,598
State Printing Office 4,711,156 4,897,970
Printing office equipment 525,644 631,928
State Public Works Board inspection account 2,840,724 2,887,523
Insurance and loss prevention.. 2,417,715 2,490,310
Buildings and Grounds Division 10,462,027 11,173,314
Clear Creek youth center 187,166 187,166
Marlette Lake water system 257,763 341,361
Water treatment plant 264,614 267,179
Motor Pool Division 2,770,036 2,868,242
Motor vehicle purchase 1,110,496 922,267
Purchasing Division 3,540,746 3,576,431
Equipment purchase 80,994 109,155
Food distribution program 3,560,305 3,594,060
Surplus property administration 323,050 348,449
Hearings Division 3,261,387 2,933,504
Workers compensation hearings
reserve 338,442 342,192
Fund for compensation of victims of
crime 4,057,371 3,585,580
Deferred compensation committee 7,919 9,257
Department of Personnel 6,881,585 6,852,741
Unemployment compensation account 705,576 745,576
Commission on Tourism
Division of Tourism 10,753,648 11,344,943
Nevada Magazine 2,389,494 2,682,440
Commission on Economic Development
Division of Economic Development 60,000 60,000
Division of Motion Pictures 635,701 638,534
Rural community development 3,196,296 3,196,296
Small business and procurement
outreach 330,096 330,096
Department of Taxation 1,491,155 1,400,251
Senior citizens property tax assistance 385,927 127,043
Department of Information Services
Director's office 866,125 871,431
Planning & programming 26,089,004 20,565,698
Communications & computing 15,634,811 16,425,695
Planning and research 1,223,563 1,212,256
Department of Education
Education: State programs 17,699 2,500
School improvement program 1,454,843 1,458,782
Improve America's Schools Title I 22,897,277 22,897,277
Improve America's Schools Title VI & II 2,963,641 2,963,641
Individuals With Disabilities Education
Act 14,165,908 15,063,940
Support services 1,725,269 1,704,667
Occupational education 5,265,767 5,265,767
Nutrition education 32,115,347 34,584,030
Continuing education 2,045,465 2,045,465
Drug abuse education 2,073,719 2,073,739
Proficiency testing 319,684 2,234
Discretionary grants program 993,562 834,601
Teacher education and licensing 482,141 496,402
Education of handicapped persons 958,133 1,241,297
School health education--AIDS 250,000 250,000
Other education programs 23,418 24,418
Student incentive grants 365,625 366,716
Trust for education technology 25,000 25,000
Education gift fund 71,859 50,000
Commission on Postsecondary Education 62,900 64,500
Student indemnification fund 180,000 250,000
University and Community College System of Nevada
System administration 72,760 72,760
Science, Engineering and Technology office.. 226,137 175,299
Agriculture experiment station 1,165,081 1,165,081
Cooperative extension service 1,671,126 1,677,321
University of Nevada, Reno 23,524,855 24,801,032
School of medical sciences 1,892,824 1,917,279
State health laboratory 929,998 933,089
University of Nevada, Las Vegas 28,901,258 30,631,636
Law school 311,680 1,532,000
Special projects account 17,366,500 18,153,500
Community College of Southern Nevada 10,850,711 12,233,192
Western Nevada Community College 1,870,335 1,971,604
Truckee Meadows Community College 4,041,733 4,241,626
Great Basin College 1,033,787 1,105,942
Radiation safety board--Southern Nevada 128,906 131,014
Radiation safety board--Northern Nevada 256,753 260,992
Desert Research Institute 148,486 148,486
W.I.C.H.E. loan fund 625,183 573,315
Department of Museums, Library and Arts
Administration 53,817 56,355
Museums and history 160,716 11,170
Nevada railroad museum 415,756 415,076
Lost City museum 82,298 68,738
State museum in Las Vegas 20,000 20,000
Nevada state museum 274,153 275,786
Nevada Historical Society 77,575 45,356
Historic preservation 454,523 460,402
State Council on the Arts 535,835 495,835
State library 1,027,010 753,834
Literacy program 31,000 31,000
Archives and records 6,737 6,737
Records management and micrographics 522,740 538,392
Central libraries automated network 425,648 433,168
Department of Human Resources
State Public Defender 687,705 682,742
Community services block grant 2,112,759 2,113,206
Division of Health Care Financing and Policy 1,858,156 1,710,486
Health resources and cost review 99,500 75,000
Intergovernmental transfer account 142,613,024 119,051,892
Assistance to the medically indigent 409,117,708 456,045,194
Homemaking services 1,599,123 1,624,123
Purchase of social services 13,332,924 13,333,008
Aging Services Division 5,536,399 5,440,346
Senior services program 5,403,375 5,819,572
Division of Child and Family Services
Administration 13,537,786 13,982,992
Northern Nevada child and adolescent services 2,392,701 2,406,918
Southern Nevada child and adolescent services 4,005,965 5,446,486
Child care services 497,018 503,883
Youth alternative placements 653,974 695,426
UNITY project 2,864,432 2,008,415
Family to family connection 376,578 839,151
Nevada youth training center 541,821 541,877
Youth training center--ECIA--Chapters I and II 127,432 128,230
Youth training center farm 10,000 10,000
Youth corrections services 846,050 753,102
Caliente youth center 484,542 484,551
Chapter I--Special education 2,477,161 2,450,120
Youth community services 18,305,531 18,792,948
Victims of domestic violence 2,492,437 2,602,552
Child abuse and neglect 249,209 250,584
Probation subsidies 419,996 419,996
Child welfare trust 938,913 1,020,880
Children's trust account 1,402,947 1,514,587
Health Division
Office of the state health officer 990,810 1,008,743
Vital statistics 325,807 330,494
Bureau of health facilities 3,841,718 3,956,786
Family planning 584,524 579,572
Women's, infants' and children's food supplement program 27,686,684 30,829,328
Maternal child health services 2,588,049 2,643,699
Special children's clinic 704,840 707,214
Community health services 1,590,042 1,603,310
Emergency medical services 32,712 34,022
Health aid to counties 83,616 87,719
Sexually transmitted disease control 5,816,310 5,600,193
Immunization program... 1,949,927 1,865,996
Consumer health protection 1,851,494 1,861,128
Radiological health 679,631 694,029
Communicable disease control 495,580 493,414
Cancer control registry.. 333,745 367,856
Radioactive material disposal 9,104,537 9,341,063
Mental Hygiene and Mental Retardation Division 111,790 39,456
Nevada Mental Health Institute 3,138,930 3,419,259
Facility for the mentally ill offender 164,462 170,746
Rural clinics 1,623,657 1,775,372
Southern Nevada adult mental health services 2,396,573 2,590,981
Southern MH/MR food service 994,653 1,146,063
Southern Nevada mental retardation services 8,776,841 9,536,411
Northern Nevada mental retardation services 5,900,504 6,184,448
Rural retardation services 771,773 829,219
Mental health information systems 11,211 1,238
Welfare Division
Administration 16,685,429 13,160,802
Aid to families with dependent children 34,766,555 32,654,592
Welfare field services 15,356,799 15,983,141
Child support enforcement 42,434,842 40,055,110
Employment and training 13,441,602 14,441,441
Homeless grants 242,508 189,700
Low-income home energy assistance.. 2,341,199 2,338,273
Office of the Military 2,634,998 2,668,669
Adjutant General's construction fund 1,029,519 1,014,813
Department of Prisons
Office of the director 2,399,647 2,411,150
Medical care 857,096 925,128
Prison industries 5,547,804 6,813,504
Prison industry capital projects 351,262 483,327
Prison warehouse account 6,920,768 7,573,718
Nevada state prison 50,329 54,714
Northern Nevada correctional center 249,084 271,378
Southern Nevada correctional center 21,413 25,071
Ely maximum security facility 29,194 29,216
Southern desert correctional center 147,121 147,826
Nevada women's correctional center 27,921 43,451
Southern Nevada private women's facility 203,489 276,693
Lovelock correctional center 52,008 56,613
Offenders' store fund 10,339,932 10,035,533
Pioche conservation camp 53,705 54,693
Indian Springs conservation camp 18,735 18,899
Wells conservation camp 29,256 29,451
Humboldt conservation camp 28,066 28,254
Ely conservation camp 27,633 27,818
Inmate welfare account 1,253,685 1,263,612
Destitute prisoners' fund 13,935 13,424
Tonopah conservation camp 30,074 30,276
Jean conservation camp 5,544 7,730
Stewart conservation camp 63,964 64,500
Carlin conservation camp 22,189 22,338
Silver Springs conservation camp 21,522 21,147
Northern restitution center 484,544 484,544
Southern restitution center 331,128 331,128
Prison dairy 915,647 838,570
Department of Business and Industry
Director's office 487,672 475,439
Industrial development bond program 327,412 331,167
Division of Insurance 1,184,290 989,270
Cost stabilization 287,228 246,607
National association of insurance commissioners 56,921 55,328
Self-insurance--Workers compensation 431,586 452,018
Self-insurance association insolvency fund 120,696 161,470
Insurance examiners 3,915,672 3,686,573
Insurance recovery fund 187,450 187,450
Insolvency fund 4,247,526 4,434,414
Insurance education and research 536,283 461,310
Taxicab Authority 4,418,274 4,205,684
Division of Minerals 895,729 932,489
Minerals reclamation pool 845,443 1,103,827
Manufactured Housing Division 1,327,714 1,488,841
Mobile home parks 199,744 190,420
Manufactured housing education and recovery 810,280 781,401
Lot rent subsidy program 711,998 724,192
Division of Financial Institutions 11,639 11,636
Financial institutions audit program 69,577 70,092
Financial institutions investigations 561,605 588,300
Division of Industrial Relations 3,963,179 5,366,060
Enforcement for industrial safety 3,927,564 4,125,031
Safety consultation and training 2,005,663 1,856,962
Mine inspections 956,723 851,426
Consumer affairs restitution 113,292 86,698
Office of hospital patients 191,064 187,285
Energy conservation 749,351 536,794
Petroleum overcharge rebate account 643,964 503,246
Real Estate Division 561,966 645,046
Real estate education and research 673,393 544,882
Real estate recovery 406,608 418,377
Real estate investigative fund 12,306 11,700
Division of Unclaimed Property 390,918 378,861
Housing Division 6,887,204 7,029,954
Weatherization program 403,421 402,402
Low-income housing trust 8,352,869 8,086,614
Division of Agriculture
Plant industry fund 566,672 565,954
Gas pollution standards 513,696 519,899
Apiary inspection fund 21,256 23,460
Agriculture registration and enforcement fund 747,559 782,867
Livestock inspection fund 664,322 646,711
Grading and certification of agricultural
products 279,950 267,426
Insect abatement 57,823 58,825
Alfalfa seed research 39,055 35,956
Veterinary medical services 1,989 1,989
Rural rehabilitation trust 126,863 112,293
Nevada Beef Council 211,914 228,756
Predatory animal and rodent control 20,000 20,000
Sheep commission 16,508 15,637
Woolgrowers predatory animal control 42,769 31,557
Athletic Commission 100,000 100,000
Attorney for injured workers 1,822,246 1,716,667
Dairy Commission 1,254,541 1,259,686
Employee Management Relations Board 2,961 2,961
Gaming Control Board 4,242,475 4,243,968
Gaming control board investigative fund 6,157,593 6,159,087
Public Service Commission of Nevada 8,433,183 8,864,096
Administrative fines 4,459 4,459
Colorado River Commission 3,658,747 3,746,774
Research and development 361,860 288,761
Fort Mohave Valley development fund 2,324,390 1,320,458
Power marketing fund 42,464,845 49,306,809
State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Environmental protection administration 1,613,661 1,592,247
Bureau of air quality 2,302,582 2,312,576
Water and mining 5,256,591 5,441,541
Waste management and federal
facilities 7,604,803 7,727,199
Environmental Commission 38,738 25,785
Division of State Lands 58,540 59,892
Division of Water Resources 126,163 87,838
Water planning 278,100 158,100
Water planning capital improvements 213,534 136,155
Division of State Parks 3,036,466 3,233,554
Mining cooperative fund 129,591 129,361
Division of Forestry 1,062,901 1,063,247
Forestry intergovernmental agreement 5,166,771 5,766,605
Forestry honor camp 875,445 875,675
Forestry nurseries 450,356 451,923
Forest fire suppression/emergency response 4,119,227 4,120,087
Heil wild horse bequest 1,230,090 1,230,618
Nevada natural heritage 230,051 233,736
Division of conservation districts 30,487 23,520
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency 33,333 33,333
Nevada Tahoe regional planning 10,000 10,000
Division of Wildlife 15,341,097 15,404,331
Boat program 5,944,152 6,346,296
Trout management 901,522 890,754
Habitat mitigation 1,010,777 1,026,828
Wildlife heritage 1,544,536 2,016,601
Obligated reserve 2,091,289 1,436,269
Department of Transportation 472,601,394 416,678,134
Department of Motor Vehicles and Public Safety
Director's office 577 604
Administrative Services Division 46,678 46,730
Division of Emergency Management 255,216 257,698
Emergency management federal grants 956,284 970,443
Emergency management assistance program 868,625 785,944
Commissioner for Veterans' Affairs 333,454 357,204
Veterans' home 39,258 51,752
Veterans' gifts and donations 32,251 30,867
Emergency response commission 751,707 763,613
State Fire Marshal 896,356 942,915
Hazardous materials training center 642,350 651,863
Narcotics control 1,395,592 1,404,934
Drug commission 27,905 27,979
Record search program 4,813,536 5,032,554
Field services 9,163,454 10,079,799
Drivers license 689,769 711,437
Automation 131,372 128,060
Investigations division 10,000 10,000
Highway patrol 1,273,327 1,358,856
Public safety information services 2,939,197 3,073,828
Capitol police 1,298,185 1,337,123
Forfeitures--Law enforcement 1,576,479 1,966,789
Hazardous materials 3,116 3,116
Motor vehicle pollution control 11,663,020 13,496,374
Criminal history repository 5,220,663 5,471,564
Salvage, wreckers and body shops regulation... 157,371 166,831
Peace officers' standards and training 1,266,144 1,029,248
Highway safety 506,077 506,715
Bicycle safety program 146,677 147,525
Motorcycle safety program 435,552 346,000
Registration 1,139,259 1,008,557
Motor carrier 362,507 398,758
Traffic safety--Federal grants 1,063,522 1,063,522
Justice assistance act 7,400,000 7,625,000
DMV & PS justice grant account 145,358 145,228
Division of Parole and Probation 3,316,442 3,512,566
Verification of insurance 3,773,745 3,925,975
Public employees' retirement fund 7,868,256 9,389,494
State Industrial Insurance System 773,350,839 997,310,229
Rehabilitation center 5,347,665 5,324,040
Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation
Director's office 1,155,529 1,213,230
Administrative services 2,099,340 2,159,722
Information and development processing 7,681,573 7,951,087
Employment Security Division 29,536,048 30,779,478
Employment security special fund 8,201,320 5,348,590
Claimant employment fund 8,131,648 8,749,507
State job training office 15,628,542 15,749,434
Rehabilitation Division
Administration 552,783 458,937
Vocational rehabilitation 8,193,825 8,409,831
Vocational assessment centers 1,712,294 1,692,587
Services to the blind 2,293,460 2,293,176
Blind business enterprise program 4,538,684 2,472,612
Community-based services 2,336,674 2,390,686
Alcoholism and drug rehabilitation 7,488,374 7,374,559
Alcohol tax program 645,765 645,765
Bureau of disability adjudication 6,956,482 6,986,387
Developmental disabilities 402,406 402,406
Social security administration/vocational
rehabilitation 364,056 354,123
Office of equal rights 465,795 465,795
Community services 497,068 498,577
Professional and vocational boards
Board of Accountancy 590,924 566,348
Board of Architecture 813,744 861,938
Board of Landscape Architecture 81,824 91,870
Barbers' Health and Sanitation Board 126,796 143,921
Board of Chiropractic Examiners 219,363 218,526
Contractors' Board 4,315,433 4,534,689
Board of Cosmetology 1,077,428 866,831
Board of Dental Examiners 421,473 455,738
Board of Professional Engineers and Land
Surveyors 1,301,632 1,374,320
Board of Funeral Directors, Embalmers and Operators of Cemeteries and Crematories 36,268 31,548
Board of Hearing Aid Specialists 14,923 15,881
Board of Examiners for Administrators of Facilities for Long-Term Care 112,846 139,099
Board for Regulation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas 245,372 238,581
Board of Examiners for Audiology and Speech Pathology.. 45,414 47,164
Board of Medical Examiners 2,441,754 2,440,582
Board of Examiners for Marriage and Family Therapists 106,557 129,057
Board of Nursing 1,849,608 1,706,367
Board of Dispensing Opticians 88,527 96,414
Board of Homeopathic Medical
Examiners 28,388 27,796
Board of Optometry 231,348 247,138
Board of Osteopathic Medicine 141,800 123,600
Board of Pharmacy 1,313,087 1,415,454
Board of Occupational Therapy 118,351 129,551
Board of Physical Therapy Examiners 188,113 246,096
Board for Registration of Public Health Sanitarians 6,228 6,638
Certified Court Reporters Board of Nevada 82,200 79,118
Board of Oriental Medicine 34,410 29,886
Board of Podiatry 41,693 42,693
Board of Psychological Examiners 112,752 169,451
Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners 211,164 216,685
Board of Examiners for Social Workers 149,437 158,226
Sec. 2. 1. Expenditure of $20,248,765 by the State Gaming Control Board from the state general fund pursuant to the provisions of NRS 463.330 is hereby authorized during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, and ending June 30, 1998.
2. Expenditure of $20,792,722 by the state gaming control board from the state general fund pursuant to the provisions of NRS 463.330 is hereby authorized during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999.
Sec. 3. The money authorized to be expended by the provisions of sections 1 and 2 of this act, except the legislative fund and judicial agencies, must be expended in accordance with the allotment transfer, work-program and budget provisions of NRS 353.150 to 353.245, inclusive, and transfers to and from salary allotments, travel allotments, operating expense allotments, equipment allotments and other allotments must be allowed and made in accordance with the provisions of NRS 353.215 to 353.225, inclusive, and after separate consideration of the merits of each request.
Sec. 4. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and limited by section 5 of this act, and in accordance with the provisions of NRS 353.220, the Chief of the Budget Division of the Department of Administration may, with the approval of the Governor, authorize the augmentation of the amounts authorized in sections 1 and 2 of this act for expenditure by a given officer, department, board, agency, commission and institution from any other state agency, from any agency of local government or of the Federal Government, or from any other source which he determines is in excess of the amount so taken into consideration by this act. The Chief of the Budget Division of the Department of Administration shall reduce any authorization whenever he determines that money to be received will be less than the amount so authorized in sections 1 and 2 of this act.
2. The Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau may, with the approval of the Legislative Commission, authorize the augmentation of the amount authorized in section 1 of this act to the legislative fund for expenditure by the Legislative Counsel Bureau from any source which he determines is in excess of the amount so taken into consideration by this act. The Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau shall reduce the authorization whenever he determines that money to be received will be less than the amount so authorized in section 1 of this act.
Sec. 5. Except as otherwise provided in sections 6 and 18 of this act, where the operation of an office, department, board, agency, commission, institution or program is financed by an appropriation or appropriations from the state general fund as well as by money received from other sources, the portion provided by appropriation from the state general fund must be decreased to the extent that the receipts of the money from other sources is exceeded, but such a decrease must not jeopardize the receipts of such money as is to be received from other sources.
Sec. 6. The University and Community College System of Nevada may expend, with the approval of the interim finance committee, any additional fees collected from the registration of students, resident or nonresident, in addition to the following amounts for the respective fiscal years:

1997-98 1998-99

University of Nevada, Reno $17,434,471 18,871,151
University of Nevada, Las Vegas 27,063,451 28,793,829
Community College of Southern Nevada 10,508,318 11,866,176
Western Nevada Community College 1,765,229 1,865,704
Truckee Meadows Community College 3,879,233 4,079,126
Great Basin College 959,347 1,028,823
School of medical sciences 1,515,876 1,540,331
Law school 21,680 920,000
Sec. 7. Whenever claims which are payable and properly approved exceed the amount of cash in the wildlife account in the state general fund, the state controller may, with the approval of the Chief of the Budget Division of the Department of Administration, transfer temporarily from the state general fund to the wildlife account such an amount as may be required to pay the claims, but not to exceed 50 percent of the amount receivable from the Federal Government and estimated revenue from license fees receivable in the same fiscal year as authorized in section 1 of this act.
Sec. 8. The following amounts are authorized for expenditure from the University and Community College System of Nevada Endowment Fund in the accounts authorized in section 1 of this act:

1997-98 1998-99

Special projects account $17,366,500 $18,153,500
University of Nevada, Reno 100,000 100,000
University of Nevada, Las Vegas 100,000 100,000
Law school 290,000 410,000
Community College of Southern Nevada 37,500 37,500
Truckee Meadows Community College 37,500 37,500
Western Nevada Community College 37,500 37,500
Great Basin College 37,500 37,500
Sec. 9. 1. The Chief of the Budget Division of the Department of Administration shall assess each professional or licensing board at the beginning of each fiscal year for its proportional share of the total salary and operating costs of an employee of the budget division who is responsible for monitoring compliance by such boards with the allotment, transfer, work program and budget provisions of NRS 353.150 to 353.245, inclusive. Each board's share of the total costs must be equal to the percentage which the budget of each board represents of the total of all budgets of professional and vocational boards as approved by the Legislature.
2. The assessments must be paid by September 1 of each year.
Sec. 10. The Director of the Department of Administration shall annually prepare a statewide cost allocation plan distributing service agency indirect costs among the various agencies in accordance with the principles and procedures established by federal regulations and guidelines.
Sec. 11. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, the State Public Defender shall collect not more than the following amounts from the counties for the use of his services:

For the fiscal For the fiscal
year ending year ending
June 30, 1998 June 30, 1999

Carson City $330,098 $327,715
Eureka County 17,193 17,069
Humboldt County 123,787 122,894
Lincoln County 24,070 23,896
Pershing County 72,209 71,688
Storey County 10,315 10,241
White Pine County 110,033 109,239
Totals 687,705 682,742

2. The State Public Defender may assess and collect, from the counties, their pro rata share of any salary increases or cost of living increases approved by the 1997 Legislature for employees of the state public defenders office for fiscal year 1997-98 and fiscal year 1998-99.
3. If any county chooses to contribute an additional amount, the State Public Defender may, with the approval of the Interim Finance Committee, accept it and apply it to augment his services.
Sec. 12. In fiscal years 1997-98 and 1998-99, the state treasurer shall allocate the amount of tax on motor vehicle fuel computed pursuant to NRS 365.535 to be paid on fuel used in watercraft for recreational purposes equally between the Division of Wildlife and the Division of State Parks in the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Sec. 13. On and after July 1, 1995, money collected by the Division of Wildlife and designated by the division as an obligated sum in the wildlife account to be used only for the purposes specified by the law pertaining to the funds or by the donor of the funds shall be transferred to a separate account designated as the Division of Wildlife's obligated reserve account.
Sec. 14. Pursuant to Senate Bill No. 427 of this session, the Director of the Department of Human Resources may request Interim Finance Committee approval to transfer from the Nevada Medicaid budget in section 1, the authorized expenditures legislatively approved for Elder Protective Services for FY 1997-98 and FY 1998-99, to the division within the department designated to administer the program by the director of the department. The amount of authorization transferred, if requested and approved, shall only include the salary of positions and operating costs specifically identified for the Elder Protective Services Program in the Medicaid budget approved by the legislature.
Sec. 15. Any funds included within the amounts authorized for expenditure in sections 1 and 2 of this act for the purpose of preparing computer systems for the Year 2000 that remain unexpended on June 30, 1998, may be carried forward to fiscal year 1998-99.
Sec. 16. 1. Any funds authorized for expenditure in section 1 of this act for transportation-related functions of the Public Service Commission of Nevada may be transferred to the Transportation Services Authority created pursuant to legislation adopted by the 69th session of the Nevada Legislature.
2. Before October 1, 1997, the Public Service Commission of Nevada must submit to the Governor for his approval and for the approval of the Interim Finance Committee the proposed transfers in subsection 1.
Sec. 17. Funds authorized for expenditure in section 1 of this act for the Division of Forestry of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for the special reserves for extraordinary costs of operation, repair and maintenance of fire-fighting vehicles may be expended for that purpose notwithstanding the provisions of section 5 of this act.
Sec. 18. 1. Funds authorized for expenditure in section 1 of this act for the agency for Nuclear Projects for FY 1998-99 shall be reserved by the Director of the Department of Administration. The Office of Nuclear Projects shall submit to the Interim Finance Committee no later than November 30, 1997, and May 31, 1998, semi-annual reports on federal action related to the agency's actual and anticipated revenues, actual and planned expenditures and a statement of whether the agency's system of internal accounting and administrative control is in compliance with the uniform system adopted pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 353A.020.
2. The Director of the Department of Administration may, with the approval of the Interim Finance Committee, release the funds reserved for FY 1998-99 for approved expenditures of the agency.
Sec. 19. Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 353.246, the State Industrial Insurance Committee shall provide a report to the Interim Finance Committee which includes a detailed plan for marketing and advertising before obligating for expenditure any of the $3,000,000 placed in reserve for that purpose in each year of the biennium.
Sec. 20. NRS 225.140 is hereby amended to read as follows:
225.140 1. In addition to other fees authorized by law, the Secretary of State shall charge and collect the following fees:

For a copy of any law, joint resolution, transcript of record, or other paper on file or of record in his office, other than a document required to be filed pursuant to Title 24 of NRS, per page $1.00
For a copy of any document required to be filed pursuant to Title 24 of NRS, per page .50
For certifying to any such copy and use of the state seal, for each impression 5.00
For registering a mark, insigne or name 50.00
For the delivery of an attested certificate of the record of the registration of a mark, insigne or name 10.00
For each passport or other document signed by the Governor and attested by the Secretary of State 10.00
For a negotiable instrument returned unpaid 10.00

2. The Secretary of State:
(a) Shall charge a reasonable fee for searching records and documents kept in his office.
(b) May charge or collect any filing or other fees for services rendered by him to the State of Nevada, any local governmental agency or agency of the Federal Government, or any officer thereof in his official capacity or respecting his office or official duties.
(c) May not charge or collect a filing or other fee for:
(1) Attesting extradition papers or executive warrants for other states.
(2) Any commission or appointment issued or made by the Governor, either for the use of the state seal or otherwise.
(d) May charge a reasonable fee, not to exceed $100, for providing special services including, but not limited to, providing service on the day it is requested or within 24 hours, accepting documents filed by telecopier, and other use of new technology.
3. All fees collected pursuant to paragraph (d) of subsection 2 must be deposited with the state treasurer for credit to the account for special services of the Secretary of State in the state general fund. Any amount remaining in the account at the end of a fiscal year [must be carried forward into the next fiscal year.] in excess of $2,000,000 must be transferred to the state general fund. Money in the account may be transferred to the Secretary of State's operating general fund budget account and must only be used to create and maintain the capability of the office of the Secretary of State to provide special services, including, but not limited to, providing service:
(a) On the day it is requested or within 24 hours; or
(b) Necessary to increase or maintain the efficiency of the office.
Sec. 21. 1. This section and section 20 of this act become effective on June 30, 1997.
2. Sections 1 to 19, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 1997.
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