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AB8 • 2025

Revises provisions relating to state financial administration. (BDR 31-378)

AN ACT relating to state financial administration; revising provisions governing deposits of public money under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to state financial administration; revising provisions governing deposits of public money under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Assembly Committee on Government Affairs
Last action
Official status
Approved by the Governor. Chapter 61. (See full list below)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific penalties for non-compliance, leaving this detail uncertain.

Changes to State Money Deposits

This law changes the deposit requirements for public money received by state officers, departments, or commissions, allowing certain exceptions for specific departments.

What This Bill Does

  • It requires all state officers, departments, and commissions to deposit their public money on or before Thursday of each week in a financial institution designated by the State Treasurer.
  • If any department accumulates $10,000 or more at any point during the week, it must deposit this money within one working day after it accumulates.
  • The Department of Wildlife and the Division of State Parks are exempt from the requirement to deposit $10,000 or more by the next working day; instead, they have up to 10 working days to make such deposits.

Who It Names or Affects

  • State officers and departments that handle public money
  • Financial institutions designated by the State Treasurer

Terms To Know

financial institution
A bank, savings and loan association, or other place where money is kept safe.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The law does not change how the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services must handle child support payments.
  • It's unclear if there are any specific penalties for departments that do not follow these rules.

Bill History

  1. 2024-10-29 Nevada Electronic Legislative Information System

    Approved by the Governor. Chapter 61. (See full list below)

Official Summary Text

Revises provisions relating to state financial administration. (BDR 31-378)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
- 83rd Session (2025)
Assembly Bill No. 8–Committee
on Government Affairs

CHAPTER..........

AN ACT relating to state financial administration; revising
provisions governing deposits of public money under certain
circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating
thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Under existing law, with certain exceptions, all public money received by every
state officer, department or commission must be: (1) deposited on or before
Thursday of each week; and (2) if, on any day the money accumulated for deposit
is $10,000 or more, deposited not later than the next working day. However , if the
Department of Wildlife accumulates $10,000 or more, the money must be deposited
within 10 working days. (NRS 353.250) This bill also exempts the Division of State
Parks of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources from the
requirement to deposit $10,000 or more accumulated during any day by the next
working day and requires the Division to instead deposit the money within 10
working days.

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

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. NRS 353.250 is hereby amended to read as follows:
353.250 1. The State Treasurer shall designate the financial
institutions into which money received by a state officer, department
or commission must be deposited.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 , 4 and 5,
every state officer, department or commission which receives o r
which may receive any money of the State of Nevada or for its use
and benefit shall deposit on or before Thursday of each week, in a
financial institution designated by the State Treasurer to the credit of
the State Treasurer’s Account, all money receive d by that officer,
department or commission during the previous week.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection s 4 and 5, if on
any day the money accumulated for deposit is $10,000 or more, a
deposit must be made not later than the next working day.
4. If the Department of Wildlife or the Division of State Parks
of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
accumulates for deposit $10,000 or more on any day, the money
must be deposited within 10 working days.
5. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if the
Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of

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- 83rd Session (2025)
Health and Human Services accumulates for deposit $10,000 or
more in child support payments on any day, the money must be
deposited within 2 working days after its accumulation. Any such
money for which the Division is unable to identify the obligee
within 2 working days after its accumulation must, within 5 working
days after its accumulation, be:
(a) Deposited, if the Division is able to identify the obligee.
(b) Returned to the payor, if the Division is unable to identify
the obligee.
6. Every officer, department or commission which is required
to deposit money with the State Treasurer shall comply with that
requirement by depositing the money in a fi nancial institution
designated by the State Treasurer to the credit of the State
Treasurer’s Account.
7. Every officer, head of any department or commissioner who
fails to comply with the provisions of this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor in office.
8. As used in this section, “financial institution” means a bank,
savings and loan association, savings bank, thrift company or credit
union regulated pursuant to title 55 of NRS.
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

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