Nevada 2025 Regular Session

Nevada Assembly Bill AB2 Compare Versions

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7	7	ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 2–COMMITTEE
8	8	ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
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10	10	(ON BEHALF OF THE STATE CONTROLLER)
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12	12	PREFILED SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
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15	15	Referred to Committee on Government Affairs
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17	17	SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to state purchasing.
18	18	(BDR 27-414)
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20	20	FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
21	21	Effect on the State: Yes.
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25	25	EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
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28	28	AN ACT relating to state purchasing; providing for the disposition
29	29	of rebates for purchases made with procurement cards;
30	30	and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
31	31	Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
32	32	Existing law sets forth various procedures for public purchasing by state 1
33	33	agencies in the Executive Department of the State Government, known as “using 2
34	34	agencies.” (NRS 333.020, 333.250-333.460) Existing law further creates the 3
35	35	Account to Stabilize the Operation of State Government in the State General Fund, 4
36	36	commonly known as the Rainy Day Fund. (NRS 353.288) 5
37	37	This bill provides for the disposition of money received by the State in the form 6
38	38	of rebates for purchases made by using charge cards issued to using agencies or 7
39	39	their authorized representatives, commonly known as “procurement cards,” where 8
40	40	the disposition is not otherwise prohibited by law or any other restriction on the use 9
41	41	or disposition of the money used for such a purchase. Under the provisions of this 10
42	42	bill, after deducting administrative costs: (1) 50 percent of any such rebate must be 11
43	43	deposited into the Account to Stabilize the Operation of the State Government; and 12
44	44	(2) the other 50 percent must be given to the using agency that made the purchase. 13
45	45	Such money deposited into the Rainy Day Fund must not be used to replace or 14
46	46	supplant funding from other sources. Also, such money received by the using 15
47	47	agency: (1) must not be used to replace or supplant funding from other sources; and 16
48	48	(2) may be used at the discretion of the head of the agency. 17
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55	55	THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
56	56	SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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58	58	Section 1. Chapter 333 of NRS is hereby amended by adding 1
59	59	thereto a new section to read as follows: 2
60	60	1. Except as otherwise prohibited by law or any other 3
61	61	applicable restriction on the use or disposition of the money used 4
62	62	for the purchase, any money provided to the State in the form of a 5
63	63	rebate for a purchase made with a procurement card must, after 6
64	64	deducting administrative costs, be distributed as follows: 7
65	65	(a) Fifty percent must be deposited into the Account to 8
66	66	Stabilize the Operation of the State Government created by NRS 9
67	67	353.288; and 10
68	68	(b) Fifty percent must be given to the using agency that made 11
69	69	the purchase. 12
70	70	2. The money: 13
71	71	(a) Deposited into the Account to Stabilize the Operation of the 14
72	72	State Government pursuant to subsection 1 must not be used to 15
73	73	replace or supplant funding available from other sources. 16
74	74	(b) Received by a using agency pursuant to subsection 1: 17
75	75	(1) Must not be used to replace or supplant funding 18
76	76	available from other sources; and 19
77	77	(2) May be used at the discretion of the head of the using 20
78	78	agency. 21
79	79	3. As used in this section, “procurement card” means a 22
80	80	charge card issued to a using agency or its authorized 23
81	81	representative for the purchase of goods and services pursuant to 24
82	82	the provisions of this chapter. 25
83	83	Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025. 26
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