701.580 - Interest and income; deposits; acceptance of gifts, grants and bequests; use of money to benefit renewable energy systems limited.

701.580  Interest and income; deposits; acceptance of gifts, grants and bequests; use of money to benefit renewable energy systems limited.

      1.  The interest and income earned on money in the Fund and the Account for Set-Aside Programs must be credited to the Fund and the Account for Set-Aside Programs, respectively.

      2.  All payments of principal and interest on all loans made to a renewable energy system and all proceeds from the sale, refunding or prepayment of obligations of a renewable energy system acquired or loans made in carrying out the purposes of the Fund must be deposited in the State Treasury for credit to the Fund.

      3.  The Director may accept gifts, contributions, grants and bequests of money from any public or private source. The money so accepted must be deposited in the State Treasury for credit to the Fund, or the Account for Set-Aside Programs, and can be used to provide money from the State to match the federal grant, as required by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

      4.  Only federal money deposited in a separate subaccount of the Fund, including repayments of principal and interest on loans made solely from federal money, and interest and income earned on federal money in the Fund, may be used to benefit renewable energy systems not governmentally owned.

      (Added to NRS by 2009, 2002)