Nevada Revised Statutes 481.0535 – Powers and duties of Director: Expenditure of appropriations to assist certain entities to purchase and obtain evidence; receipt and safekeeping of money
1. The Director may expend money that the Legislature appropriates to assist local law enforcement agencies or the Division of Compliance Enforcement of the Department in the purchase of evidence and in employing persons other than peace officers to obtain that evidence.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 481.0535
- 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
- Department: means the Department of Motor Vehicles. See Nevada Revised Statutes 481.015
- Director: means the Director of the Department. See Nevada Revised Statutes 481.015
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
2. Upon receiving a written request from the Director, or a designee of the Director, for money appropriated for a purpose specified in subsection 1, the State Controller shall:
(a) Draw a warrant, payable to the Department; or
(b) Electronically transfer money to the appropriate account of the Department, as appropriate, in an amount which does not exceed any limit set by the Legislature in the appropriation.
3. The Director may keep money drawn pursuant to this section in accounts in one or more banks or credit unions or in cash.