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Nevada : 2023 Regular Session : BILL  SB99

Makes an appropriation to the Desert Research Institute of the Nevada System of Higher Education to support the Nevada State Cloud Seeding Program. (BDR S-592)

Sponsor: Sen Pete Goicoechea

Bill Details

AN ACT making an appropriation to the Desert Research Institute of the Nevada System of Higher Education to support the Nevada State Cloud Seeding Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Bill summary

This bill, formally designated as Senate Bill No. 99, focuses on an appropriation to support the Nevada State Cloud Seeding Program administered by the Desert Research Institute of the Nevada System of Higher Education. It allocates a total of $1.2 million from the State General Fund, distributed as $600,000 for the fiscal year 2023-2024 and $600,000 for the fiscal year 2024-2025.

Key provisions of the bill include:

  1. The Desert Research Institute is mandated to prepare and submit a detailed report to the Interim Finance Committee by September 1, 2024, covering all expenditures made from the appropriated funds between the date of receipt and June 30, 2024. A similar report is required by September 1, 2025, for the expenditures up to June 30, 2025.

  2. Any remaining balance of the appropriated funds at the end of each fiscal year cannot be committed for expenditure after June 30 of the respective year, and any unspent funds must be reverted to the State General Fund by specific deadlines (September 20, 2024, and September 19, 2025).

  3. The act will take effect on July 1, 2023.

The bill is intended to provide financial resources for the cloud seeding program while ensuring accountability through reporting and timelines for the use of funds.

History

The bill was first filed in February 2023 and progressed through multiple stages in the legislature. It was reviewed by the Committee on Finance, successfully passed a series of readings in both the Senate and Assembly, and was declared an emergency measure to expedite its consideration. The bill ultimately passed the Assembly with unanimous support, received approval from the Governor, and was enacted into law as Chapter 401, becoming effective on July 1, 2023. Since the bill has passed and is now law, there are no further legislative steps required for this specific bill.

  • Thu 02 Feb 2023 Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Finance. To printer.
  • Fri 03 Feb 2023 From printer.
  • Mon 06 Feb 2023 Read first time. To committee.
  • Thu 13 Apr 2023 Notice of exemption.
  • Thu 01 Jun 2023 From committee: Do pass.
  • Thu 01 Jun 2023 Placed on Second Reading File.
  • Fri 02 Jun 2023 Read second time.
  • Sat 03 Jun 2023 Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
  • Sat 03 Jun 2023 In Assembly.
  • Sat 03 Jun 2023 Read first time. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. To committee.
  • Sun 04 Jun 2023 From committee: Do pass.
  • Sun 04 Jun 2023 Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution.
  • Sun 04 Jun 2023 Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
  • Mon 05 Jun 2023 Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.
  • Tue 06 Jun 2023 In Senate. To enrollment.
  • Thu 08 Jun 2023 Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
  • Wed 14 Jun 2023 Approved by the Governor.
  • Thu 15 Jun 2023 Chapter 401. (Effective July 1, 2023)

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