353.264 - Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account.
353.264 Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account.
1. The Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account is hereby created in the State General Fund.
2. The State Board of Examiners shall administer the Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account. The money in the Account must be expended only for:
(a) The payment of claims which are obligations of the State pursuant to NRS 41.03435, 41.0347, 62I.025, 176.485, 179.310, 212.040, 212.050, 212.070, 281.174, 282.290, 282.315, 288.203, 293.253, 293.405, 353.120, 353.262, 412.154 and 475.235;
(b) The payment of claims which are obligations of the State pursuant to:
(1) Chapter 472 of NRS arising from operations of the Division of Forestry of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources directly involving the protection of life and property; and
(2) NRS 7.155, 34.750, 176A.640, 179.225 and 213.153,
Ê except that claims may be approved for the respective purposes listed in this paragraph only when the money otherwise appropriated for those purposes has been exhausted;
(c) The payment of claims which are obligations of the State pursuant to NRS 41.0349 and 41.037, but only to the extent that the money in the Fund for Insurance Premiums is insufficient to pay the claims; and
(d) The payment of claims which are obligations of the State pursuant to NRS 535.030 arising from remedial actions taken by the State Engineer when the condition of a dam becomes dangerous to the safety of life or property.
3. The State Board of Examiners may authorize its Clerk, under such circumstances as it deems appropriate, to approve, on behalf of the Board, the payment of claims from the Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account. For the purpose of exercising any authority granted to the Clerk of the State Board of Examiners pursuant to this subsection, any statutory reference to the State Board of Examiners relating to such a claim shall be deemed to refer to the Clerk of the Board.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 1110; A 1964, 11; 1965, 1416; 1967, 1471; 1968, 22, 54; 1969, 640, 1015; 1973, 170; 1975, 345, 514, 896, 1489; 1977, 229, 238, 421, 816, 1011, 1540; 1979, 341, 1166, 1737; 1981, 486, 631, 1690, 1872; 1983, 181, 1090; 1985, 545, 617, 1237; 1987, 112, 1613; 1989, 309; 1991, 92, 1750, 1825; 1995, 865, 2640; 2001, 1079, 1088; 2003, 20, 1134; 2005, 414; 2007, 1187, 2623, 2624)