Nevada AB 70: Revises provisions governing the deposit of child support payments collected by the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services. (BDR 31-299)

Bill Text

- 81st Session (2021)
Assembly Bill No. 70–Committee
on Government Affairs

CHAPTER..........

AN ACT relating to state financial administration; revising
provisions governing deposits of public money under certain
circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating
thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law requires, subject to certain exceptions, the deposit of all public
money received by a state officer, department or commission in a designated
financial institution on or before Thursday of each week. Under the exceptions in
existing law, a state officer, department or commission that accumulates for deposit
$10,000 or more on any day is required to make a deposit not later than the next
working day, except the Department of Wildlife has 10 working days to make such
a deposit. (NRS 353.250) This bill adds another exception in the circumstances in
which the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of
Health and Human Services accumulates for deposit $10,000 or more in child
support payments on any day. This bill requires the Division to deposit the money
within 2 working days after its accumulation except any of that money for which
the Division is unable to identify the obligee within that period is required, within 5
working days after its accumulation, to be: (1) deposited, if the Division is able to
identify the obligee; or (2) returned to the payor, if the Division is unable to
identify the obligee.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

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

Section 1. NRS 353.250 is hereby amended to read as follows:
353.250 1. The State Treasurer shall designate the financial
institutions into which money received by a state officer, department
or commission must be deposited.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 , 4 and [4,] 5,
every state officer, department or commission which receives or
which may receive any money of the State of Nevada or for its use
and benefit shall deposit on or before Thursday of each week, in a
financial institution designated by the State Treasurer to the credit of
the State Treasurer’s Account, all money received by that officer,
department or commission during the previous week.
3. Except as otherwise provided in [subsection] subsections 4
[,] and 5, if on any day the money accumulated for deposit is
$10,000 or more, a deposit must be made not later than the next
working day.

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- 81st Session (2021)
4. If the Department of Wildlife accumulates for deposit
$10,000 or more on any day, the money must be deposited within 10
working days.
5. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if the
Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of
Health and Human Services accumulates for deposit $10,000 or
more in child support payments on any day, the money must be
deposited within 2 working days after its accumulation. Any such
money for which the Division is unable to identify the obligee
within 2 working days after its accumulation must, within 5
working days after its accumulation, be:
(a) Deposited, if the Division is able to identify the obligee.
(b) Returned to the payor, if the Division is unable to identify
the obligee.
6. Every officer, department or commission which is required
to deposit money with the State Treasurer shall comply with that
requirement by depositing the money in a financial institution
designated by the State Treasurer to the credit of the State
Treasurer’s Account.
[6.] 7. Every officer, head of any department or commissioner
who fails to comply with the provisions of this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor in office.
[7.] 8. As used in this section, “financial institution” means a
bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, thrift company or
credit union regulated pursuant to title 55 of NRS.
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

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