Senate Bill No. 324–Senator Shaffer

 

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AN ACT relating to veterans’ homes; making various changes concerning the Veterans’ Home Account and the Gift Account for Veterans’ Homes; 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 417.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    417.010  As used in this chapter[:] , unless the context

 otherwise requires:

    1.  “Administrator” means the administrator of a veterans’

 home in this state.

    2.  “Deputy Executive Director” means the Deputy Executive

 Director for Veterans’ Services.

    [2.] 3.  “Executive Director” means the Executive Director for

 Veterans’ Services.

    Sec. 2.  NRS 417.145 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    417.145  1.  The Veterans’ Home Account is hereby

 established in the State General Fund.

    2.  Money received [by the Executive Director or the Deputy

 Executive Director] from:

    (a) Payments by the Department of Veterans Affairs for veterans

 who receive care in a veterans’ home;

    (b) Other payments for medical care and services;

    (c) Appropriations made by the Legislature for veterans’ homes;

 and

    (d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, gifts of money

 and proceeds derived from the sale of gifts of personal property [he

 is authorized to accept] for the use of veterans’ homes, if the use of

 such gifts has not been restricted by the donor,

must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the

 Veterans’ Home Account.

    3.  Interest and income must not be computed on the money in

 the Veterans’ Home Account.

    4.  The Veterans’ Home Account must be administered by the

 Executive Director, with the advice of the [Deputy Executive

 Director and the Nevada Veterans’ Services Commission,]

 administrators, and the money deposited in the Veterans’ Home

 Account may only be expended for:

    (a) The operation of veterans’ homes;

    (b) A program or service related to a veterans’ home;

    (c) The solicitation of other sources of money to fund a

 veterans’ home; and

    (d) The purpose of informing the public about issues concerning

the establishment and uses of a veterans’ home.

    5.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, gifts of

 personal property [which the Executive Director or the Deputy

 Executive Director is authorized to receive] for the use of veterans’

 homes:

    (a) May be sold or exchanged if the sale or exchange is

 approved by the State Board of Examiners; or

    (b) May be used in kind if the gifts are not appropriate for

 conversion to money.

    6.  All money in the Veterans’ Home Account must be paid out

 on claims approved by the Executive Director as other claims

 against the State are paid.

    7.  The Gift Account for Veterans’ Homes is hereby established

 in the State General Fund. [The Executive Director or the Deputy

 Executive Director shall use gifts] Gifts of money or personal

 property [that he is authorized to accept and] which the donor has

 restricted to one or more uses at a veterans’ home[,] must be used

 only in the manner designated by the donor. Gifts of money [that

 the Executive Director or Deputy Executive Director is authorized

 to accept and] which the donor has restricted to one or more uses at

 a veterans’ home must be deposited with the State Treasurer for

 credit to the Gift Account for Veterans’ Homes. The interest and

 income earned on the money in the Gift Account for Veterans’

 Homes, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to

 the Gift Account for Veterans’ Homes. Any money remaining in

 the Gift Account for Veterans’ Homes at the end of each fiscal year

 does not lapse to the State General Fund, but must be carried

 forward into the next fiscal year.

    Sec. 3.  Sections 2 and 9 of Assembly Bill No. 192 of this

 session are hereby repealed.

    Sec. 4.  1.  This section and section 3 of this act become

 effective upon passage and approval.

    2.  Sections 1 and 2 of this act become effective on

July 1, 2003.

 

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