Nevada Senate creates Silver State General Assistance Program to respond to emergencies
The Senate unanimously passed SB3 on a voice vote, creating the Silver State General Assistance Program to allow the governor and the interim finance committee to direct state general fund balances for immediate assistance in extraordinary circumstances, including food security. An amendment deleting specified appropriations was adopted first.
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The Nevada Senate passed Senate Bill 3 on a unanimous roll call after adopting a committee amendment that removed specified appropriations. The bill establishes the Silver State General Assistance Program, a state mechanism to allow, in an extraordinary circumstance, collaboration between the governor's office and the Interim Finance Committee to use unrestricted general fund balance to provide immediate assistance to Nevada families.
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