SB283 - Makes appropriations to Clark County and the Cities of Reno and Sparks for programs for rental assistance to certain persons. (BDR S-1109)

S.B. 283 - *SB283* SENATE BILL NO. 283–SENATORS CANNIZZARO, SCHEIBLE, PAZINA, FLORES, DONDERO LOOP; CRUZ-CRAWFORD, DALY, DOÑATE, NGUYEN, OHRENSCHALL AND TAYLOR MARCH 5, 2025 ____________ Referred to Committee on Finance SUMMARY—Makes appropriations to Clark County and the Cities of Reno and Sparks for programs for rental assistance to certain persons. (BDR S-1109) FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No. Effect on the State: Contains Appropriation not included in Executive Budget. ~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. AN ACT making appropriations to Clark County and the Cities of Reno and Sparks for programs for rental assistance to certain persons; 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. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State 1 General Fund to Clark County for programs for rental assistance to 2 persons who are elderly, persons with disabilities and families or 3 persons facing an unanticipated emergency the following sums: 4 For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 ............................. $12,000,000 5 For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 ............................. $12,000,000 6 2. Upon acceptance of the money appropriated by subsection 1, 7 the County Manager of Clark County agrees to: 8 (a) Prepare and transmit a report to the Interim Finance 9 Committee on or before December 18, 2026, that describes each 10 expenditure made from the money appropriated by subsection 1 11 from the date on which the money was received by Clark County 12 through December 1, 2026; 13 (b) Prepare and transmit a final report to the Interim Finance 14 Committee on or before September 17, 2027, that describes each 15 – 2 – - *SB283* expenditure made from the money appropriated by subsection 1 1 from the date on which the money was received by Clark County 2 through June 30, 2027; and 3 (c) Upon request of the Legislative Commission, make available 4 to the Legislative Auditor any of the books, accounts, claims, 5 reports, vouchers or other records of information, confidential or 6 otherwise, of Clark County, regardless of their form or location, that 7 the Legislative Auditor deems necessary to conduct an audit of the 8 use of the money appropriated by subsection 1. 9 3. Any balance of the sums appropriated by subsection 1 10 remaining at the end of the respective fiscal years must not be 11 committed for expenditure after June 30 of the respective fiscal 12 years by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity 13 to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise 14 transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated 15 money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after 16 September 18, 2026, and September 17, 2027, respectively, by 17 either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity 18 to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and 19 must be reverted to the State General Fund on or before 20 September 18, 2026, and September 17, 2027, respectively. 21 Sec. 2. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State 22 General Fund to the City of Reno for programs for rental assistance 23 to persons who are elderly, persons with disabilities and families or 24 persons facing an unanticipated emergency the following sums: 25 For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 ............................... $3,000,000 26 For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 ............................... $3,000,000 27 2. Upon acceptance of the money appropriated by subsection 1, 28 the City Manager of the City of Reno agrees to: 29 (a) Prepare and transmit a report to the Interim Finance 30 Committee on or before December 18, 2026, that describes each 31 expenditure made from the money appropriated by subsection 1 32 from the date on which the money was received by the City of Reno 33 through December 1, 2026; 34 (b) Prepare and transmit a final report to the Interim Finance 35 Committee on or before September 17, 2027, that describes each 36 expenditure made from the money appropriated by subsection 1 37 from the date on which the money was received by the City of Reno 38 through June 30, 2027; and 39 (c) Upon request of the Legislative Commission, make available 40 to the Legislative Auditor any of the books, accounts, claims, 41 reports, vouchers or other records of information, confidential or 42 otherwise, of the City of Reno, regardless of their form or location, 43 that the Legislative Auditor deems necessary to conduct an audit of 44 the use of the money appropriated by subsection 1. 45 – 3 – - *SB283* 3. Any balance of the sums appropriated by subsection 1 1 remaining at the end of the respective fiscal years must not be 2 committed for expenditure after June 30 of the respective fiscal 3 years by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity 4 to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise 5 transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated 6 money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after 7 September 18, 2026, and September 17, 2027, respectively, by 8 either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity 9 to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and 10 must be reverted to the State General Fund on or before 11 September 18, 2026, and September 17, 2027, respectively. 12 Sec. 3. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State 13 General Fund to the City of Sparks for programs for rental 14 assistance to persons who are elderly, persons with disabilities and 15 families or persons facing an unanticipated emergency the following 16 sums: 17 For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 ............................... $1,500,000 18 For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 ............................... $1,500,000 19 2. Upon acceptance of the money appropriated by subsection 1, 20 the City Manager of the City of Sparks agrees to: 21 (a) Prepare and transmit a report to the Interim Finance 22 Committee on or before December 18, 2026, that describes each 23 expenditure made from the money appropriated by subsection 1 24 from the date on which the money was received by the City of 25 Sparks through December 1, 2026; 26 (b) Prepare and transmit a final report to the Interim Finance 27 Committee on or before September 17, 2027, that describes each 28 expenditure made from the money appropriated by subsection 1 29 from the date on which the money was received by the City of 30 Sparks through June 30, 2027; and 31 (c) Upon request of the Legislative Commission, make 32 available to the Legislative Auditor any of the books, accounts, 33 claims, reports, vouchers or other records of information, 34 confidential or otherwise, of the City of Sparks, regardless of their 35 form or location, that the Legislative Auditor deems necessary to 36 conduct an audit of the use of the money appropriated by 37 subsection 1. 38 3. Any balance of the sums appropriated by subsection 1 39 remaining at the end of the respective fiscal years must not be 40 committed for expenditure after June 30 of the respective fiscal 41 years by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity 42 to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise 43 transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated 44 money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after 45 – 4 – - *SB283* September 18, 2026, and September 17, 2027, respectively, by 1 either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity 2 to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and 3 must be reverted to the State General Fund on or before 4 September 18, 2026, and September 17, 2027, respectively. 5 Sec. 4. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025. 6 H