SB 108 — Revises provisions governing the Account for the Channel Clearance, Maintenance, Restoration, Surveying and Monumenting Program. (BDR 48-88)

S.B.Senate Bill No.

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108–SENATOR TITUS PREFILED JANUARY 22, 2025 ____________ Referred to Committee on Natural Resources SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing the Account for the Channel Clearance, Maintenance, Restoration, Surveying and Monumenting Program.

(BDR 48-88) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

No.

Effect on the State:

Yes.

~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

LegislativeLegiExisting Counsel’slaw: Digest:

(1) creates the Account for the Channel Clearance, Maintenance, Restoration, Surveying and Monumenting Program in the State General Fund;

and (2) requires that the money in this Account be used to award grants under the Program to cities, counties and other political subdivisions of this State and tribal governments in this State as equivalent matching money for projects for the clearance, maintenance, restoration, surveying and monumenting of navigable rivers.and the Program.

Under(NRS existing532.220, law,532.230) Existing law also creates theter the Account Contingency Account in the State EngineerGeneral isFund requiredand toprescribes administera theprocedure for allocation of money in that Account andby the Program.Interim Finance Committee, upon the recommendation of the State Board of Examiners, for prescribed purposes, including as provided in specific statute.

(NRS 532.220,353.266, Fund353.268, and353.269) prescribesUnder aexisting procedurelaw, forthe allocationState ofEngineer moneyis inrequired thatto Accountrequest byan thelallocation Interimfrom Finance Committee, upon the recommendationMaintenance, ofRestoration, theSurveying Stateand BoardMonumenting ofProgram Examiners,is fornot prescribedsufficient purposes,to includingprovide asa providedgrant inunder specificthe statute.Program.

(NRSIn 353.266,addition, 353.268, 353.269) Under existing law, the State Engineer is required to request an allocation from the Contingency Account if the balance in the Account for the Channel Clearance, Maintenance, Restoration, Surveying and Monumenting Engineer is authorized to request an allocation from the Contingency Account if theatethe balance in the Account for the Channel Clearance, Maintenance, Restoration, Surveying and Monumenting Program is below $250,000.

(1) increases this balance for triggering discretionary requests from the Contingency Account to $500,000;Clearance, Maintenance, Restoration, Surveying and Monumenting Program that is not committed for expenditure is included in the calculation of that balance.

andEXPLANATION (2)– providesMatter that only money in thebolded Accountitalics for the Channel Clearance, Maintenance, Restoration, Surveying and Monumenting Program that is notnew; committed for expenditure is included in the calculation of that balance.

-matter *SB108*between –brackets 2[omitted –material] THEis SENATEmaterial ANDto ASSEMBLY,be DOomitted. ENACT AS FOLLOWS:D IN Section 1.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1.

If the balance in the Account that is not committed for expenditure is below [$250,000,] $500,000, the State Engineer may request- an83rd allocationSession from(2025) the– Contingency2 Account– pursuant to NRS 353.266, 353.268 and 353.269.353.269.ntingency Account pursuant to 4.

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