Assembly Bill No. 467–Committee on Ways and Means

 

(ON Behalf of the Department of Administration)

 

March 24, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Ways and Means

 

SUMMARY—Authorizes State Forester Firewarden to carry forward money to purchase, repair and maintain certain equipment and vehicles. (BDR 42‑1257)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to the State Forester Firewarden; authorizing the State Forester Firewarden to carry forward certain unexpended revenue and expend the money to purchase, repair and maintain certain equipment and vehicles; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1  Section 1. Chapter 472 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

1-2  thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2 and 3 of this act.

1-3  Sec. 2. 1.  Any revenue collected by the State Forester

1-4  Firewarden from the Federal Government, local governments and

1-5  other state governments for expenses incurred in the suppression

1-6  of fire or response to emergencies in a fiscal year, which is in

1-7  excess of the amounts authorized for expenditure from that

1-8  revenue source in the budgets of the State Forester Firewarden for

1-9  that fiscal year, does not lapse to the State General Fund but must

1-10  be carried forward to the next fiscal year.

1-11      2.  The money carried forward pursuant to subsection 1 may

1-12  be expended or carried forward for an additional 2 fiscal years to

1-13  allow a sufficient amount of money to accumulate to carry out the

1-14  provisions of this section. The money may be carried forward for

2-1  more than 2 fiscal years upon request by the State Forester

2-2  Firewarden and approval by the Director of the Department of

2-3  Administration and the Interim Finance Committee.

2-4  3.  The money carried forward pursuant to subsections 1 and

2-5  2 must only be used to purchase, repair and maintain equipment

2-6  and vehicles used by the Division of Forestry of the State

2-7  Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

2-8  4.  Before the State Forester Firewarden may commit money

2-9  for expenditure pursuant to subsection 3, a schedule of proposed

2-10  purchases, repairs and maintenance of equipment or vehicles

2-11  must be approved by the Interim Finance Committee upon

2-12  recommendation by the Director of the Department of

2-13  Administration.

2-14      Sec. 3.  1.  Any money deposited in the Division of Forestry

2-15  Account pursuant to NRS 209.231 for the Conservation Camps

2-16  Budget in a fiscal year, which is in excess of the amounts

2-17  authorized for expenditure from that source in the Conservation

2-18  Camps Budget of the Division of Forestry for that fiscal year, does

2-19  not lapse to the State General Fund but must be carried forward to

2-20  the next fiscal year.

2-21      2.  The money carried forward pursuant to subsection 1 may

2-22  be expended or carried forward for an additional 2 fiscal years to

2-23  allow a sufficient amount of money to accumulate to carry out the

2-24  provisions of this section. The money may be carried forward for

2-25  more than 2 fiscal years upon request by the State Forester

2-26  Firewarden and approval by the Director of the Department of

2-27  Administration and the Interim Finance Committee.

2-28      3.  The money carried forward pursuant to subsections 1 and

2-29  2 must only be used to purchase, repair and maintain equipment

2-30  and vehicles used in the operation of conservation camps.

2-31      4.  Before the State Forester Firewarden may commit money

2-32  for expenditure pursuant to subsection 3, a schedule of proposed

2-33  purchases, repairs and maintenance of equipment or vehicles

2-34  must be approved by the Interim Finance Committee upon

2-35  recommendation by the Director of the Department of

2-36  Administration.

2-37      Sec. 4. NRS 209.231 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-38      209.231  1.  Any money received from the operation of any

2-39  conservation camp established under this chapter or from the

2-40  assignment of any crew of a conservation camp to the extent that the

2-41  money is not used for salaries, overhead or operating expenses of

2-42  any camp or crew, must be placed in the Division of Forestry

2-43  Account.

2-44      2.  [The] Except as otherwise provided in section 3 of this act,

2-45  the State Forester Firewarden, as Executive Head of the Division of

3-1  Forestry of the State Department of Conservation and Natural

3-2  Resources, may:

3-3  (a) Expend the money received pursuant to subsection 1 for:

3-4       (1) The renovation, repair or improvement of buildings and

3-5  real property for any conservation camp.

3-6       (2) The acquisition of special clothing, tools and equipment

3-7  and payment of expenses directly related to work projects performed

3-8  by a crew of a conservation camp such as, but not limited to, the

3-9  costs of utilities and operation of equipment.

3-10      (b) Direct all activities in connection with any renovation, repair

3-11  or improvement of buildings and real property for any conservation

3-12  camp or work project of a conservation camp.

3-13      Sec. 5.  NRS 218.6827 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-14      218.6827  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2

3-15  and 3, the Interim Finance Committee may exercise the powers

3-16  conferred upon it by law only when the Legislature is not in regular

3-17  or special session.

3-18      2.  During a regular session, the Interim Finance Committee

3-19  may also perform the duties imposed on it by subsection 5 of NRS

3-20  284.115, subsection 2 of NRS 321.335, NRS 322.007, subsection 2

3-21  of NRS 323.020, NRS 323.050, subsection 1 of NRS 323.100, NRS

3-22  353.220, 353.224, 353.2705 to 353.2771, inclusive, and 353.335,

3-23  paragraph (b) of subsection 4 of NRS 407.0762 and NRS 428.375,

3-24  439.620, 439.630, 445B.830 and 538.650[.] , and sections 2 and 3

3-25  of this act. In performing those duties, the Senate Standing

3-26  Committee on Finance and the Assembly Standing Committee on

3-27  Ways and Means may meet separately and transmit the results of

3-28  their respective votes to the Chairman of the Interim Finance

3-29  Committee to determine the action of the Interim Finance

3-30  Committee as a whole.

3-31      3.  During a regular or special session, the Interim Finance

3-32  Committee may exercise the powers and duties conferred upon it

3-33  pursuant to the provisions of NRS 353.2705 to 353.2771, inclusive.

3-34      4.  If the Interim Finance Committee determines that a

3-35  fundamental review of the base budget of a state agency is

3-36  necessary, it shall, by resolution, notify the Legislative Commission

3-37  of that finding for assignment of the review to a legislative

3-38  committee for the fundamental review of the base budgets of state

3-39  agencies established pursuant to NRS 218.5382.

3-40      Sec. 6.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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