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AB127 • 2025

Makes an appropriation to the Office for New Americans in the Office of the Governor to provide grants to counties and cities to implement language access plans. (BDR S-396)

AN ACT making an appropriation to the Office for New Americans in the Office of the Governor to provide grants to counties and cities to implement language access plans; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT making an appropriation to the Office for New Americans in the Office of the Governor to provide grants to counties and cities to implement language access plans; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

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Assembly Committee on Ways and Means
Last action
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Plain English Breakdown

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Makes an appropriation to the Office for New Americans in the Office of the Governor to provide grants to counties and cities to implement language access plans. (BDR S-396)

Makes an appropriation to the Office for New Americans in the Office of the Governor to provide grants to counties and cities to implement language access plans.

What This Bill Does

  • Makes an appropriation to the Office for New Americans in the Office of the Governor to provide grants to counties and cities to implement language access plans.
  • (BDR S-396)

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-01-28 Nevada Electronic Legislative Information System

    (No further action taken.) (See full list below)

Official Summary Text

Makes an appropriation to the Office for New Americans in the Office of the Governor to provide grants to counties and cities to implement language access plans. (BDR S-396)

Current Bill Text

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A.B. 127

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ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 127–COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

(ON BEHALF OF THE JOINT INTERIM STANDING
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS)

PREFILED JANUARY 28, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Ways and Means

SUMMARY—Makes an appropriation to the Office for New
Americans in the Office of the Governor to provide
grants to counties and cities to implement language
access plans. (BDR S-396)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State: Contains Appropriation not included
in Executive Budget.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

AN ACT making an appropriation to the Office for New Americans
in the Office of the Governor to provide grants to counties
and cities to implement language access plans; and
providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State 1
General Fund to the Office for New Americans in the Office of the 2
Governor created by NRS 223.910 the sum of $ 5,000,000 for the 3
award of grants of money to the governing bodies of counties and 4
cities in this State for the implementation of language access plans 5
pursuant to NRS 244.184 and 268.01925. 6
2. Not more than $200,000 of the money appropriated by 7
subsection 1 may be used by the Off ice for New Americans for 8
administrative costs incurred relating to the awarding of grants 9
pursuant to subsection 1. 10
3. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by 11
subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 12
2027, by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity 13

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to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise 1
transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated 2
money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after 3
September 17, 2027, by either the entity to which the money was 4
appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently 5
granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State General 6
Fund on or before September 17, 2027. 7
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025. 8

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