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1. The Account for Veterans Affairs is hereby created in the State General Fund.
2. Money received by the Director from:
(a)Fees charged pursuant to NRS 417.210 ; (b)Allowances for burial from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or other money provided by the Federal Government for the support of veterans’ cemeteries;
(c)Receipts from the sale of gifts and general merchandise;
(d)Grants obtained by the Director for the support of veterans’ cemeteries; and
(e)Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6 and NRS 417.115 , 417.145 , 417.147 and 417.410 , gifts of money and proceeds derived from the sale of gifts of personal property that he or she is authorized to accept, if the use of such gifts has not been restricted by the donor,
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1. The Account for Veterans Affairs is hereby created in the State General Fund.
2. Money received by the Director from:
(a) Fees charged pursuant to NRS 417.210 ;
(b) Allowances for burial from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or other money provided by the Federal Government for the support of veterans’ cemeteries;
(c) Receipts from the sale of gifts and general merchandise;
(d) Grants obtained by the Director for the support of veterans’ cemeteries; and
(e) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6 and NRS 417.115 , 417.145 , 417.147 and 417.410 , gifts of money and proceeds derived from the sale of gifts of personal property that he or she is authorized to accept, if the use of such gifts has not been restricted by the donor,
Ê must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Account for Veterans Affairs and must be accounted for separately for a veterans’ cemetery in northern Nevada or a veterans’ cemetery in southern Nevada, whichever is appropriate.
3. The interest and income earned on the money deposited pursuant to subsection 2, after deducting any applicable charges, must be accounted for separately. Interest and income must not be computed on money appropriated from the State General Fund to the Account for Veterans Affairs.
4. The money deposited pursuant to subsection 2 may only be used for the operation and maintenance of the cemetery for which the money was collected. In addition to personnel he or she is required to employ pursuant to paragraph (m) of subsection 1 of NRS 417.090 and subsection 1 of NRS 417.200 , the Director may use money deposited pursuant to subsection 2 to employ such additional employees as are necessary for the operation and maintenance of the cemeteries, except that the number of such additional full-time employees that the Director may employ at each cemetery must not exceed 60 percent of the number of full-time employees for national veterans’ cemeteries that is established by the National Cemetery Administration of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
5. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, gifts of personal property which the Director is authorized to receive but which are not appropriate for conversion to money may be used in kind.
6. The Gift Account for Veterans Cemeteries is hereby created in the State General Fund. Gifts of money that the Director is authorized to accept and which the donor has restricted to one or more uses at a veterans’ cemetery must be accounted for separately in the Gift Account for Veterans Cemeteries. The interest and income earned on the money deposited pursuant to this subsection must, after deducting any applicable charges, be accounted for separately for a veterans’ cemetery in northern Nevada or a veterans’ cemetery in southern Nevada, as applicable. Any money remaining in the Gift Account for Veterans Cemeteries at the end of each fiscal year does not revert to the State General Fund, but must be carried over into the next fiscal year.
7. The Director shall use gifts of money or personal property that he or she is authorized to accept and for which the donor has restricted to one or more uses at a veterans’ cemetery in the manner designated by the donor, except that if the original purpose of the gift has been fulfilled or the original purpose cannot be fulfilled for good cause, any money or personal property remaining in the gift may be used for other purposes at the veterans’ cemetery in northern Nevada or the veterans’ cemetery in southern Nevada, as appropriate.