1.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, if a qualified borrower that has obtained a loan or other financial assistance from the Bank fails to remit in full any amount due to the Bank on the date on which the amount is due under the terms of any note or other loan obligation given to the Bank by the qualified borrower, the Bank shall notify the appropriate state agencies or officers, including, without limitation, the State Controller, who shall withhold all or a portion of any state money or other money administered by the State and its agencies, boards and instrumentalities that is allotted or appropriated to the qualified borrower and apply an amount necessary to the payment of the amount due.

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 408.55079

  • 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
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.

2.  This section does not authorize the State or an agency, board or instrumentality thereof, or the State Controller, to withhold any money allocated or appropriated to a qualified borrower if to do so would violate the terms of:

(a) An appropriation by the Legislature;

(b) Any federal law;

(c) A contract to which the State is a party;

(d) A contract to which a governmental unit or qualified borrower is a party; or

(e) A judgment of a court that is binding upon the State.