Nevada Revised Statutes 417.103 – Digital copy of state laws and newly enacted legislation relating to veterans: Biennial preparation and transmittal to veterans; addendum after special session of Legislature; posting of digital copy on Internet website
1. The Director shall, not later than September 1 following each regular session of the Legislature, prepare a digital copy of the provisions of NRS relating to veterans and transmit a digital copy to each veteran in this State for whom the Department has an electronic mail address of record.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 417.103
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- veteran: means a resident of this State who:
2. The Director shall, to the extent practicable, include with the digital copy provided pursuant to subsection 1, a memorandum that includes:
(a) A description of each statute newly enacted by the Legislature which affects veterans in this State. The memorandum may compile each statute into one document.
(b) A description of each bill, or portion of a bill, newly enacted by the Legislature that appropriates or authorizes money for veterans, or otherwise affects the amount of money that is available for veterans’ services, including, without limitation, each line item in a budget for such an appropriation or authorization. The memorandum may compile each bill, or portion of a bill, as applicable, into one document.
(c) If a statute or bill described in the memorandum requires the Director or the Department to take action to carry out the statute or bill, a brief plan for carrying out such duties.
(d) The date on which each statute and bill described in the memorandum becomes effective and the date by which each statute and bill must be carried into effect.
3. If a statute or bill described in subsection 2 is enacted during a special session of the Legislature that concludes after July 1, the Director shall, to the extent practicable, prepare an addendum to the memorandum that includes the information required by this section for each such statute or bill. The addendum must be provided electronically to each veteran who received the memorandum not later than 30 days after the conclusion of the special session.
4. The Director shall publish a digital copy of the information prepared pursuant to this section on the Internet website maintained by the Department.