SUMMARY--Makes various changes concerning governmental entities. (BDR S-1871)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: Contains Appropriation not included in Executive Budget.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to governmental entities; creating the advisory council for prosecuting attorneys and prescribing its powers and duties; authorizing the planning commission of a city, county or region to include in its master plan a provision concerning the acquisition and use of certain land under federal management; requiring the state land use planning agency to cooperate with appropriate federal agencies in developing certain plans or statements of policy; and to prepare and submit a written report to the legislature; repealing the provision that requires the approval of the governor before certain plans or statements of policy of the state land use planning agency are put into effect; providing for the establishment of a program under the administration of the state librarian to provide grants of money to public libraries; requiring the department of human resources to conduct a study of the effectiveness of a system for semiautomated screening of certain medical tests; making various appropriations; 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 Title 19 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new chapter to consist of the provisions set forth as sections 2 to 10, inclusive, of this act.
Sec. 2 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in sections 3 and 4 of this act have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Sec. 3 "Council" means the advisory council for prosecuting attorneys.
Sec. 4 "Prosecutor" means:
1. The attorney general;
2. The district attorney of a county;
3. The city attorney of an incorporated city; or
4. Any deputy attorney or other attorney or person employed by the attorney general or a district attorney or city attorney.
Sec. 5 1. The advisory council for prosecuting attorneys, consisting of seven members, is hereby created. The council consists of:
(a) The attorney general who serves as an ex officio member of the council;
(b) Three members who are district attorneys appointed by the governing body of the Nevada District Attorneys Association;
(c) Two members who are city attorneys of incorporated cities appointed by the governing body of the Nevada League of Cities; and
(d) One member who is employed as a peace officer by a law enforcement agency in this state appointed by the governor.
If the Nevada District Attorneys Association or Nevada League of Cities ceases to exist, the appointment required by this subsection must be made by its successor organization or, if there is no successor organization, by the governor.
2. The members of the council shall elect a chairman and vice chairman by a majority vote. After the initial election, the chairman and vice chairman shall hold office for a term of 1 year beginning on July 1 of each year. If a vacancy occurs in the chairmanship, the members of the council shall elect a chairman from among its members for the remainder of the unexpired term.
3. After the initial terms, each member of the council who is appointed serves for a term of 4 years unless a member vacates the public office which qualified him for appointment to the council. A member of the council who vacates his public office continues to serve on the council until his replacement on the council is appointed. A member may be reappointed.
4. A vacancy on the council must be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
5. Each member of the council:
(a) Serves without compensation; and
(b) While engaged in the business of the council, is entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally.
6. Each member of the council who is an officer or employee of the state or a local government must be relieved from his duties without loss of his regular compensation so that he may prepare for and attend meetings of the council and perform any work necessary to carry out the duties of the council in the most timely manner practicable. A state agency or local government shall not require an officer or employee who is a member of the council to make up the time he is absent from work to carry out his duties as a member, and shall not require the member to take annual vacation or compensatory time for the absence.
Sec. 6 1. The members of the council shall meet at least quarterly and at the times and places specified by a call of the chairman or a majority of the members of the council.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a member of the council may designate in writing a person to represent him at a meeting of the council. A representative designated pursuant to this subsection who attends the meeting of the council for which he is designated:
(a) Shall be deemed to be a member of the council for the purpose of determining a quorum at the meeting; and
(b) May vote on any matter which is voted on by the regular members of the committee at the meeting.
3. The attorney general may designate a representative to serve in his place on the council or to attend a meeting of the council in his place.
4. Four members of the council constitute a quorum, and a quorum may exercise all the power and authority conferred on the council.
5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, county ordinance or city charter, a member of the council:
(a) Is not disqualified from holding a public office or from public employment; and
(b) Does not forfeit any such public office or employment,
because of his membership on the council.
Sec. 7 1. Upon the approval of all its members, the council shall appoint an executive director. The executive director is in the unclassified service of the state and serves at the pleasure of the council. The executive director must be:
(a) An attorney licensed to practice law in this state; and
(b) Appointed on the basis of:
(1) His professional ability and experience in conducting or supervising criminal and civil prosecutions in this state; and
(2) His understanding of criminal law, evidence and the rules and procedures of the courts of this state.
2. The executive director shall:
(a) Carry out the policies of and duties assigned to him by the council;
(b) Prepare and administer the budget of the council; and
(c) Act as the nonvoting recording secretary for the council.
Sec. 8 The council shall:
1. Develop and carry out a program for training and assisting prosecutors in conducting criminal and civil prosecutions in this state;
2. Coordinate the development of policies for conducting criminal and civil prosecutions in this state;
3. Coordinate the development of proposed legislation for submission to the legislature; and
4. Authorize the payment of expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of sections 2 to 10, inclusive, of this act.
Sec. 9 1. The council may apply for any available grants and accept any gifts, grants, appropriations or donations to assist the council in carrying out its duties pursuant to the provisions of sections 2 to 10, inclusive, of this act.
2. Any money received by the council must be deposited in the account for the advisory council for prosecuting attorneys created pursuant to section 10 of this act.
Sec. 10 1. The account for the advisory council for prosecuting attorneys is hereby created in the state general fund. The council shall administer the account.
2. The money in the account must only be used only to carry out the provisions of sections 2 to 10, inclusive, of this act, and pay the expenses incurred by the council in the discharge of its duties, including:
(a) The payment of expenses for the preparation of motions and briefs and for clerical or legal assistance that is provided to a prosecutor for a criminal or civil prosecution in this state; and
(b) Reimbursement for any extraordinary or unanticipated expenses incurred by a prosecutor as a result of conducting a criminal or civil prosecution in this state, including any expenses related to the appointment of a special prosecutor for that prosecution.
3. All claims against the account must be paid as other claims against the state are paid.
4. The money in the account remains in the account and does not revert to the state general fund at the end of any fiscal year.
Sec. 11 NRS 278.160 is hereby amended to read as follows:
278.160 1. The master plan, with the accompanying charts, drawings, diagrams, schedules and reports, may include such of the following subject matter or portions thereof as are appropriate to the city, county or region, and as may be made the basis for the physical development thereof:
(a) Community design. Standards and principles governing the subdivision of land and suggestive patterns for community design and development.
(b) Conservation plan. For the conservation, development and utilization of natural resources, including water and its hydraulic force, underground water, water supply, forests, soils, rivers and other waters, harbors, fisheries, wildlife, minerals and other natural resources. The plan must also cover the reclamation of land and waters, flood control, prevention and control of the pollution of streams and other waters, regulation of the use of land in stream channels and other areas required for the accomplishment of the conservation plan, prevention, control and correction of the erosion of soils through proper clearing, grading and landscaping, beaches and shores, and protection of watersheds. The plan must also indicate the maximum tolerable level of air pollution.
(c) Economic plan. Showing recommended schedules for the allocation and expenditure of public money in order to provide for the economical and timely execution of the various components of the plan.
(d) Historical properties preservation plan. An inventory of significant historical, archaeological and architectural properties as defined by a city, county or region, and a statement of methods to encourage the preservation of those properties.
(e) Housing plan. The housing plan must include, but is not limited to:
(1) An inventory of housing conditions, needs and plans and procedures for improving housing standards and for providing adequate housing.
(2) An inventory of affordable housing in the community.
(3) An analysis of the demographic characteristics of the community.
(4) A determination of the present and prospective need for affordable housing in the community.
(5) An analysis of any impediments to the development of affordable housing and the development of policies to mitigate those impediments.
(6) An analysis of the characteristics of the land that is the most appropriate for the construction of affordable housing.
(7) An analysis of the needs and appropriate methods for the construction of affordable housing or the conversion or rehabilitation of existing housing to affordable housing.
(8) A plan for maintaining and developing affordable housing to meet the housing needs of the community.
(f) Land use plan. An inventory and classification of types of natural land and of existing land cover and uses, and comprehensive plans for the most desirable utilization of land. The land use plan may include a provision concerning the acquisition and use of land that is under federal management within the city, county or region, including, without limitation, a plan or statement of policy prepared pursuant to NRS 321.7355.
(g) Population plan. An estimate of the total population which the natural resources of the city, county or region will support on a continuing basis without unreasonable impairment.
(h) Public buildings. Showing locations and arrangement of civic centers and all other public buildings, including the architecture thereof and the landscape treatment of the grounds thereof.
(i) Public services and facilities. Showing general plans for sewage, drainage and utilities, and rights of way, easements and facilities therefor, including any utility projects required to be reported pursuant to NRS 278.145.
(j) Recreation plan. Showing a comprehensive system of recreation areas, including natural reservations, parks, parkways, reserved riverbank strips, beaches, playgrounds and other recreation areas, including, when practicable, the locations and proposed development thereof.
(k) Safety plan. In any county whose population is 400,000 or more, identifying potential types of natural and man-made hazards, including hazards from floods, landslides or fires, or resulting from the manufacture, storage, transfer or use of bulk quantities of hazardous materials. The plan may set forth policies for avoiding or minimizing the risks from [such] those hazards.
(l) Seismic safety plan. Consisting of an identification and appraisal of seismic hazards such as susceptibility to surface ruptures from faulting, to ground shaking or to ground failures.
(m) Solid waste disposal plan. Showing general plans for the disposal of solid waste.
(n) Streets and highways plan. Showing the general locations and widths of a comprehensive system of major traffic thoroughfares and other traffic ways and of streets and the recommended treatment thereof, building line setbacks, and a system of naming or numbering streets and numbering houses, with recommendations concerning proposed changes.
(o) Transit plan. Showing a proposed system of transit lines, including rapid transit, streetcar, motorcoach and trolley coach lines and related facilities.
(p) Transportation plan. Showing a comprehensive transportation system, including locations of rights of way, terminals, viaducts and grade separations. The plan may also include port, harbor, aviation and related facilities.
2. The commission may prepare and adopt, as part of the master plan, other and additional plans and reports dealing with such other subjects as may in its judgment relate to the physical development of the city, county or region, and nothing contained in NRS 278.010 to 278.630, inclusive, prohibits the preparation and adoption of any such subject as a part of the master plan.
Sec. 12 NRS 321.7355 is hereby amended to read as follows:
321.7355 1. The state land use planning agency shall prepare, in cooperation with appropriate federal and state agencies and local governments throughout the state, plans or [policy] statements of policy concerning the acquisition and use of lands in the State of Nevada that are under federal management.
2. The state land use planning agency shall, in preparing the plans and statements of policy , [statements,] identify lands which are suitable for acquisition for:
(a) Commercial, industrial or residential development;
(b) The expansion of the property tax base, including the potential for an increase in revenue by the lease and sale of those lands; or
(c) Accommodating increases in the population of this state.
The plans or [policy] statements of policy must not include matters concerning zoning or the division of land and must be consistent with local plans and regulations concerning the use of private property.
3. The state land use planning agency shall [encourage] :
(a) Encourage public comment upon the various matters treated in a proposed plan or [policy] statement of policy throughout its preparation and [shall submit] incorporate such comments into the proposed plan or statement of policy as are appropriate;
(b) Submit its work on a plan or statement of policy periodically for review and comment by the land use planning advisory council, the advisory board on natural resources and any committees of the legislature or subcommittees of the legislative commission that deal with matters concerning the public lands [.] ;
(c) On or before February 1 of each odd-numbered year, prepare and submit a written report to the legislature concerning any activities engaged in by the agency pursuant to the provisions of this section during the immediately preceding biennium, including, without limitation:
(1) The progress and any results of its work; or
(2) Any plans or statements of policy prepared pursuant to this section; and
(d) Provide written responses to written comments received from a county or city upon the various matters treated in a proposed plan or statement of policy.
4. Whenever the state land use planning agency prepares plans or statements of policy [statements] pursuant to subsection 1 and submits those plans or policy statements to the governor, legislature or an agency of the Federal Government, the state land use planning agency shall include with each plan or statement of policy [statement] the comments and recommendations of:
(a) The land use planning advisory council;
(b) The advisory board on natural resources; and
(c) Any committees of the legislature or subcommittees of the legislative commission that deal with matters concerning the public lands.
5. A plan or statement of policy must be approved by the governing bodies of the county and cities affected by it [, and by the governor,] before it is put into effect.
Sec. 13 Chapter 378 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. The state librarian shall establish a program to provide grants of money to the public libraries of this state for the purchase or acquisition of books, library materials and computer data bases. The money must be provided by legislative appropriation, accounted for separately and administered by the state librarian.
2. The state librarian shall, within the limits of legislative appropriation, provide such grants based on the following:
(a) If the requesting library has a budget for materials which is $10,000 or less, the requesting library is eligible to receive a base grant of $1,000, plus a matching grant in an amount that is not more than 75 percent of its budget for materials.
(b) If the requesting library has a budget for materials which is more than $10,000 but less than $75,000, the requesting library is eligible to receive a base grant of $5,000, plus a matching grant in an amount that is not more than 50 percent of its budget for materials.
(c) If the requesting library has a budget for materials which is more than $75,000 but less than $150,000, the requesting library is eligible to receive a base grant of $10,000, plus a matching grant in an amount that is not more than 33 1/3 percent of its budget for materials.
(d) If the requesting library has a budget for materials which is more than $150,000 but less than $500,000, the requesting library is eligible to receive a base grant of $15,000, plus a matching grant in an amount that is not more than 25 percent of its budget for materials.
(e) If the requesting library has a budget for materials which is more than $500,000, the requesting library is eligible to receive a base grant of $25,000, plus a matching grant in the first year it receives a grant pursuant to this paragraph in an amount that is not more than 10 percent of its budget for materials. The amount of the matching grant provided in any year may be increased by 10 percent in each succeeding year, except that in no event may the matching grant provided in any year exceed 25 percent of the library's budget for materials in that year.
3. The state librarian shall adopt such regulations as are necessary to:
(a) Establish a procedure pursuant to which a public library may apply to receive a grant pursuant to this section;
(b) Determine the eligibility of a public library to receive such a grant; and
(c) Determine the exact amount of a grant to be awarded to a public library.
4. Money granted pursuant to this section must not supplant or cause to be reduced any other source of funding for a public library and must be used exclusively by the public library to purchase or acquire books, library materials and computer data bases.
5. For the purposes of this section, "public library" does not include a library operated within the University and Community College System of Nevada.
Sec. 14 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the state land use planning agency for the preparation of plans or statements of policy pursuant to NRS 321.7355:
For the fiscal year 1997-1998 $68,497
For the fiscal year 1998-1999 $62,118
2. Any balance of the sums appropriated by subsection 1 remaining at the end of the respective fiscal years must not be committed for expenditure after June 30 and reverts to the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have been made.
Sec. 15 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the department of education for vocational student organizations:
For the fiscal year 1997-1998 $100,000
For the fiscal year 1998-1999 $100,000
2. Any balance of the sums appropriated by subsection 1 remaining at the end of the respective fiscal years must not be committed for expenditure after June 30 and reverts to the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have been made.
Sec. 16 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to Lincoln County the sum of $240,000 for the purchase of equipment for the operation of solid waste transfer stations within that county.
2. Any remaining balance of the appropriations made by subsection 1 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. 17 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the City of Caliente the sum of $150,000 for the purchase of equipment for the operation of solid waste transfer stations within that city.
2. Any remaining balance of the appropriations made by subsection 1 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. 18 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the City of Elko the sum of $190,000 for the relocation and restoration of the Valentine Walther Ranch House and Stage Coach Stop.
2. The City of Elko may expend the money appropriated in subsection 1 only if matching money in cash or in kind is provided by the Elko Chamber of Commerce.
3. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1 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. 19 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the Carson City Fire Department the sum of $660,000 for the enhancement of the Northern Nevada Regional Fire Training Facility.
2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after the completion of the project and reverts to the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have been made.
Sec. 20 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the interim finance committee for distribution to Douglas County the sum of $710,000 for the construction of a gymnasium/multi-purpose room at the China Spring Youth Camp.
2. The interim finance committee shall distribute to Douglas County an amount equal to the actual cost for the work performed up to the amount appropriated pursuant to subsection 1 after it receives a report from Douglas County of the work performed and the actual cost for that work.
3. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1 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. 21 There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the Life Line Pregnancy Assistance and Vocational Training Center the sum of $200,000 for the continuation of its nonprofit pregnancy assistance, educational and vocational training center.
Sec. 22 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the Elko County Juvenile Probation Department the sum of $532,574 for the completion of the Northeastern Nevada Juvenile Center in Elko County.
2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after the project is completed and reverts to the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have been made.
Sec. 23 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the National Judicial College the sum of $120,000 for the establishment of a Death Penalty Resource Center to provide education and training for judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys regarding the laws of capital punishment.
2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after the project is completed and reverts to the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have been made.
Sec. 24 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to Esmeralda County the sum of $25,000 for the restoration of the historic Goldfield Parsonage.
2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after the completion of the project and reverts to the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have been made.
Sec. 25 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the division of state library and archives of the department of museums, library and arts the sum of $2,400,000 to carry out the provisions of section 13 of this act.
2. Any unencumbered balance of the money appropriated by this section remaining on June 30, 1999, must be carried forward and does not revert to the state general fund.
Sec. 26 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the University and Community College System of Nevada the sum of $98,000 for the establishment of a program for metal casting within the University and Community College System of Nevada.
2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1 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. 27 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the National Judicial College the sum of $4,000,000 for the expansion of the building that houses the National Judicial College on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno.
2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after the project is completed and reverts to the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have been made.
Sec. 28 1. There is hereby appropriated to the University and Community College System of Nevada for the establishment of a dental clinic and dental residency program affiliated with the Community College of Southern Nevada, in cooperation with the University of Nevada School of Medicine:
For the fiscal year 1997-1998 $162,350
For the fiscal year 1998-1999 $544,200
2. Any balance of the sums appropriated by subsection 1 remaining at the end of the respective fiscal years must not be committed for expenditure after June 30 and reverts to the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have been made.
Sec. 29 The department of human resources shall:
1. Conduct a study to determine the effectiveness of using a semiautomated computer screening system for the examination of Pap smears to screen for cervical cancer. The study must include the rescreening, through the use of such a screening system, of Pap smears obtained from women in this state who have been determined to have high-grade squamous cell abnormalities or whose deaths or hysterectomies were related to cervical cancer.
2. Report the results of the study and any recommended legislation to the 70th session of the Nevada legislature.
Sec. 30 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the department of human resources the sum of $75,000 to conduct the study required by section 29 of this act.
2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1 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.
3. If the appropriation made by subsection 1 is insufficient to carry out the requirements of section 29 of this act, the department of human resources may request an allocation by the interim finance committee from the contingency fund pursuant to NRS 353.266, 353.268 and 353.269.
Sec. 31 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the department of museums, library and arts the sum of $135,000 for an additional position and necessary travel expenses for the Nevada Humanities Committee in southern Nevada.
2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1 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. 32 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the division of child and family services of the department of human resources to provide financial assistance to the adoptive parents of children with special needs which are not discovered until after the adoption:
For the fiscal year 1997-1998 $27,002
For the fiscal year 1998-1999 $74,256
2. Any balance of the sums appropriated by subsection 1 remaining at the end of the respective fiscal years must not be committed for expenditure after June 30 and reverts to the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have been made.
Sec. 33 As soon as practicable after October 1, 1997, the members of the advisory council for prosecuting attorneys created pursuant to section 5 of this act who are appointed, must be appointed to initial terms as follows:
1. One member who is appointed by the governing body of the Nevada District Attorneys Association and the member who is appointed by the governor, to terms that expire on July 1, 1999;
2. One member who is appointed by the governing body of the Nevada District Attorneys Association and one member who is appointed by the governing body of the Nevada League of Cities, to terms that expire on July 1, 2000; and
3. One member who is appointed by the governing body of the Nevada District Attorneys Association and one member who is appointed by the governing body of the Nevada League of Cities, to terms that expire on July 1, 2001.
Sec. 34 There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the account for the advisory council for prosecuting attorneys created pursuant to section 10 of this act, the sum of $200,000 to carry out the provisions of sections 2 to 10, inclusive, of this act.
Sec. 35. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the office of historic preservation of the department of museums, library and arts the sum of $50,000 for the census computerization project.
2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1 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. 36. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the University and Community College System of Nevada the sum of $400,000 for the construction of a bridge exit and other improvements at the Desert Research Institute on Flamingo Road in Las Vegas.
2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after completion of the project and reverts to the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have been made.
Sec. 37. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the division of state parks of the state department of conservation and natural resources the sum of $225,000 to be transferred to Clark County for the purpose of planning for the usage of bonds funds available pursuant to the park bonds approved by the voters of this state as Question No. 5 and athletic fields in the urban area of Clark County.
2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after completion of the project and reverts to the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have been made.
Sec. 38. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the division of state parks of the state department of conservation and natural resources the sum of $800,000 for improvements at Morman Fort State Park.
2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1 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. 39. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the University and Community College System of Nevada the sum of $500,000 for improvements in athletic facilities for ADA compliance.
2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1 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. 40. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the trust fund for the education of dependent children, created by NRS 396.545, the sum of $33,308.
Sec. 41. 1. This section and sections 13 to 24, inclusive, 26 to 31, inclusive, and 36 to 40, inclusive, of this act become effective on June 30, 1997.
2. Sections 25 and 32 of this act become effective on July 1, 1997.
3. Sections 1 to 12, inclusive, 33, 34 and 35 of this act become effective on October 1, 1997.
4. The appropriations made by sections 14, 15, 28 and 32 of this act for fiscal year 1998-1999 must not be made available for expenditure until July 1, 1998.