AB 71 — Makes various changes concerning expenditures related to disasters and emergencies. (BDR 31-349)

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71–COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT A FFAIRS (O NB EHALF OF THE D IVISION OFE MERGENCY M ANAGEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY ) PREFILED N OVEMBER 20, 2018 ____________ Referred to Committee on Government Affairs SUMMARY—Makes various changes concerning expenditures related to disasters and emergencies.

(BDR 31-349) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

No.

Effect on the State:

Yes.

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-Section *AB71_R1*3 –of 2this –bill creates a revolving account within the State General Fund for the awarding of grants by the Division of Emergency Management of theneralthe Fund Department of Public Safety to persons who own and occupy homes damaged by a disaster for costs related to the damages.

Existing law creates the Emergency Assistance Account in the State General governmentsFund: in this State that are affected by an emergency or disaster for which available resources of this State or the local government are inadequate to provide a satisfactory remedy;

or(1) (2)to provide supplemental emergency assistance to paythis anyState actualor expensesto incurredlocal governments in this State that are affected by thean Divisionemergency or disaster for which available resources of this State or the local government are inadequate to provide a administration during an emergency or disaster.

(NRS 414.135) Section 4 of this for bill authorizes a temporary advance from the State General Fund to the Emergency Assistance Account for payment of expenses that are authorized to be paid from that Account relating to a state of emergency or declaration of disaster if the Chief of the Division determines that the balance in the Account is insufficient to cover those expenses.

THEEXPLANATION PEOPLE– OFMatter THEin STATEbolded OFitalics NEVADA,is REPRESENTEDnew; IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

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- 80th Session (2019) – 2 – THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

The Attorney General may enter into an agreement with a tribal government to provide for the distribution of money from the Account as a grant or loan to the tribaltribalribution government because of a disaster.

The Interim Finance Committee shall not approve such a transfer of money to the revolving account if the transfer would result in a balance in - *AB71_R1* – 3 – the revolving account that is more than 25 percent of the balance of the Disaster Relief Account.

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Any money which is advanced from the State General Fund to the Emergency Assistance Account pursuant to subsection 1 must be repaid as soon as the money which the advanceAccount.replaced replaced is deposited in the Emergency Assistance AccSec.Sec.

[or] (b) The governing body of a local government pursuant to NRS 414.090 or an agreement entered into pursuant to section 2 of this act and the Division pursuant to NRS 353.2753, -welfare *AB71_R1*of –the 4residents –of this requiresState.the immediate action to protect the health, safety and welfareSec. of the residents of this State.

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- 80th Session (2019) – 4 – (a) A direct legislative appropriation to the Disaster Relief Account;

If, at the end of each quarter of a fiscal year, the balance in the Disaster Relief Account exceeds 0.75 percent of the total amount of all appropriations from the State General Fund for the operationtoperation of all departments, institutions and agencies of State Government and authorized expenditures from the State General Fund for the regulation of gaming for that fiscal year, the State Controller shall not, until the balance in the Disaster Relief Account is 0.75 percent or less of that amount, transfer any money in the Account to Stabilize the Operation of the State Government from the State General Fund to the Disaster Relief Account pursuant to the provisions of NRS 353.288.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 353.276, [such] grants to state agencies and local governments will be disbursed on the basis of - *AB71_R1* – 5 – reimbursement of costs authorized pursuant to NRS 353.274 and of 353.2745.

 Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if the anticipated amount determined pursuant to paragraph (b) exceeds the available - 80th Session (2019) – 5 – money in the Disaster Relief Account for such grants and loans, all grants and loans from the Disaster Relief Account for the disaster must be reduced in the same proportion that the anticipated amount of the grants and loans exceeds the money in the Disaster Relief Account that is available for grants and loans for the disaster.

Sec.inclusive, of this act become effective upon passage and approval.

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This section and sections 1, 2, 3 and 5 to 9, inclusive, of this act become effective upon passage and approval.

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