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A
A
A
You
that's
all.
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
you
could
hear
us.
Thank
you
very
much
and
all
members
are
present.
So
just
as
a
reminder,
you
can
get
on
the
nevada
legislature
website
to
chanellis,
and
you
can
find
all
the
information
there
about
how
to
register
for
the
meetings
and
participate
in
the
meetings.
A
Just
remember
that
there
are
several
places
and
ways
to
register
and
be
involved,
we'll
have
a
period
of
public
comment
at
the
end
of
the
meeting
and
when
we
do
that,
you'll
have
two
minutes
to
speak
and
that
will
be
about
anything
but
the
bills
that
we
are
hearing
today.
If
you
would
like
to
testify
on
the
bills
that
we
are
hearing
today,
please
do
that
during
the
hearing
for
that
particular
bill.
A
So
with
that
being
said,
we
have
adjusted
our
agenda
and
we
are
going
to
start
with
our
work
session.
I
think
that
we
have
some
people
on
the
line
who
are
waiting
for
that,
so
we
will
go
ahead
and
do
our
work
session
and
then
we'll
jump
to
our
bills.
A
So
with
that
being
said,
we'll
start
with
senate
bill
12
and
ms
keller,
would
you
go
ahead
when
you're
ready?
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
We
have
mr
april
here
to
answer
any
questions
committee.
Any
questions
on
this
bill,
senator
gokuchi,
please.
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
I
was
just
curious.
How
many
do
we
have
an
approximate
number,
how
many
these
these
housing
housing
units
there
are
in
the
state
how
many
people
are
actually
accessing
this
program.
F
Okay,
I
you
know,
I
don't
have
the
exact
number,
but
I
believe,
hang
on
for
just
a
moment.
F
It's
it's!
It's
quite
a
number.
So
over
the
next
five
years,
7
500,
affordable
units
are
at
risk
to
go
through
this
process.
E
Thank
you,
steve
madden
sheriff.
I
made
just
a
quick
follow-up
to
that.
I
I
don't
mind
saying
I'm
a
little
concerned
about
some
of
the
penalties.
You
know
ten
thousand
dollars
upon
an
owner
who
fails
to
you
know,
submit
the
written
notice
you
know
and
again
having
to
submit
a
year
ahead
of
time.
I
I
guess,
I'm
just
concerned.
If
somebody
I
assume,
then,
mr
aycroft,
if
you
missed
the
deadline.
E
F
Steve
across
for
the
record,
as
long
as
there
is
a
year's
notice
ahead
of
time,
then
I
think
you're
fine.
So
if
you
were
at,
if
you
wanted
to
give
the
note
if
you
wanted
to
exit
at
15
months
or
I'm
sorry
15
years
and
you
missed
the
14-year
quote-unquote
deadline
and
you
went
14
years
in
one
month
and
yes,
you
could
potentially
exit
the
program
at
15
years.
One
month.
A
Thank
you
very,
very
much
any
additional
questions
from
the
committee.
Madam
chair,
just
really
quick.
Yes,
your
nail,
please.
G
F
G
Okay,
because
I
just
remember
the
last
time-
I
think
I'm
still
reading
through
the
amendment
that
I
my
question
was
about-
is
that
an
undue
restraint
on
contract
and
the
answer
was
yes,
we
can
do
it
as
long
as
it
was
done,
knowing
that
the
contract
was
going
to
expire
or
had
expired.
G
I
was
going
to
say
that
you
know
I'm
still
reading
through
the
amendment,
but
I
I'll
vote
yes
on
this,
but
I
just
wanted
to
reserve
my
right
that
just
caused
me
that
that
still
I
had
issues
with,
but
I
understood
what
senator
ratty's
goals
were
with
this
bill,
but
that
particular
provision.
I
had
a
problem.
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair
senator
neal,
just
kind
of
piqued,
my
interest
and
again
I
I
thought
I'd
read
the
amendment,
but
I'm
still
not
understanding
it
very
well.
Mr
a
croft,
then
in
the
event
you
decide
you
hit
year.
15
you've
got
a
contract
in
place.
Then
you
say:
okay,
I'm
going
to
renew
the
contract,
but
I'm
going
to
make
changes
in
the
in
in
the
terms
or
conditions
on
the
contract.
Let's
face
it.
15
years
would
be
a
long
time.
E
F
So
stevia
growth
for
the
record,
so,
typically,
what
we
see
senator
is,
as
they
are
approaching,
this
deadline.
F
F
E
I'm
going
to
try
and
clarify
it
if
I
may,
madam
chair
and
I'm
trying
to
keep
this
real
brief,
but
I
I
just
I
I
don't
understand
enough
about
the
program-
I
guess
but
anyway.
So
so
we've
got
this.
This
affordable
housing
you're
there
on
you
know
you're
charging
this
much
rent
for
15
years
of
you're
14.
You
decide!
E
Well
I'm
going
to
need
another
100
a
month
out
of
these
units
just
to
to
make
it
feasible,
and
so
you
say:
okay,
I'm
gonna
at
the
end
of
the
next
year,
I'm
either
gonna
pull
out
of
it
or
I
need
to
enter
into
a
new
contract
and
raise
the
rates.
But
it
almost
sounds
like
that:
you're
saying
that
you
can
enter
into
another
contract
that
would
actually
fund
you
to
rehab
the
units
and
continue
on.
F
Steve
across
for
the
record
yeah,
that
is,
that
is
correct.
Now
the
rental
rates
are
determined
through
hud,
so
they
are,
they
are
fixed
and
they
move
according
to
hud
standards.
So,
typically,
what
you
describe
is
is
not
something
we've
seen
that's
sort
of
baked
in
to
the
original
agreements
and
the
affordability.
E
Okay,
and
so
the
tax
credit,
then
is
in
line
with
again
this
affordable
housing.
So
because
you
have
a
renter
that
really
can't
afford
much
so
he's
only
paying
300
a
month
where
the
basic
price
of
the
unit
would
be
1200,
then
he
would
get
800
or
900
of
tax
credit
to
offset
for
every
one
of
those
units.
F
The
developer
does
dba
growth
for
the
record.
The
developer
does
receive
the
tax
credits
to
help
build
the
building
and
support
the
operations
of
the
building,
but
I
think
senator
you're
kind
of
conflating
it
maybe
with
the
section
8
program.
So
what
happens?
Is
the
hud
determines
the
rate
and
say
that
rate
is
685
dollars
for
that
unit?
That
is
what
the
tenant
has
to
pay.
If
the
tenant
cannot
afford
that
and
for
a
market
rate
unit
would
have
been
call
it
a
thousand
dollars
for
sink
of
argument.
E
F
E
E
F
Steve
across
for
the
record,
yes,
that
is
absolutely
correct.
It
would
be
subject
to
the
same
eviction
type
processes.
I
will
say
that
most,
if
not
all,
of
the
people
who
participate
in
this
program
as
property
managers
developers,
owners
of
properties
will
try
to
figure
out
a
solution
for
that
issue.
F
C
F
Steve
baker
the
record
effectively:
yes,
if
they
go
through
the
qualified
contract
process,
have
given
us
notice,
go
through
the
qualified
contract
process,
then
there
is
a
three-year
bleed
off
of
affordability,
so
existing
residents
will
still
receive
those
affordability
protections
for
a
three-year
period,
but
at
the
end
of
that
three-year
period
for
existing
residents,
it
becomes
fully
marketplace.
C
So
you
know
it's
kind
of
an
interesting
dilemma
on
one
hand,
we
want
to
expand
the
amount
of
open
market
rentals
that
are
available
to
both
drive
the
cost
down
and
to
provide
the
rental
units
needed
yet
at
the
same
time,
we're
kind
of
restricting
these
ones
that
could
actually
go
out
into
the
market
and
help
open
up
help
solve
some
of
that
dilemma.
So
I
don't
know
madam
chair
just
rather
than
waiting.
C
Others
said,
I'm
gonna
vote
no
on
this
for
for
a
couple
of
reasons,
one
one,
because
I
think
it
it's
an
impairment
contract,
I'm
very
uncomfortable
with
the
idea
that
we're
going
to
change
horses
in
midstream
and
and
also
I'm
very,
very
uncomfortable
with
a
ten
thousand
dollar
penalty.
So
I
don't
know
all
in
all.
It
just
doesn't
seem
like
it's
the
right
solution
for
this
kind
of
a
problem.
Steve.
Thank
you
for
your
answers
and
thank
you,
madam
chair.
E
Okay
enough
I'll
be
really
brief.
This
time
I
just
want
to
reserve
my
right
to
I'm
going
to
vote
for
the
bill,
but
I
want
to
reserve
my
right
to
change
if
there's
more
information
becomes
available.
Clearly
the
developers
go
into
this
with
their
eyes
open.
I
mean
they
sign
the
contract,
they
take
the
tax
credit,
so
I
can.
I
think
I
can
support
it
along
those
lines,
but
I
just
want
you
to
be
aware.
A
Very
much
and
I
see
that
senator
ratty
has
joined
us
senator
ratty.
Thank
you.
I
understand
you
were
in
a
meeting
and
so
thank
you
for
joining.
A
E
I
I
think
I'm
satisfied.
I
thank
you
and
I
want
to
welcome
senator
raddy,
but
I
I'd
like
to
say
if
I
have
any
other
questions,
I
will
be
reaching
out
to
senator
ratty.
Thank
you.
G
A
It
senator
hansen,
and
I
would
invite
you
in
to
ask
questions
while
senator
is
looking
through,
that.
C
Thanks
ma'am
chair
more
of
a
statement
I
just
I'm
I'm
uncomfortable
with.
I
think
it's
an
impairment
contract.
I
know
she
got
an
lcd
opinion
that
suggests
otherwise,
but
you
know
we're
changing
the
changing
the
rules
kind
of
after
that
13-year
window
and
I'm
also
very
uncomfortable
with
the
the
my
opinion,
draconian
penalties,
the
people
that
failed
to
to
do
those
things
within
the
new
time
frames
so,
and
I'm
also
uncomfortable
frankly,
with
the
keeping
more
affordable
rental
units
off
of
the
open
mark.
H
Okay,
again
senator
raddy
for
the
record,
senator
neil
is
there:
is
there
anything
anything's
I
mean
it's.
The
section
four
is
a
relatively
long.
I
know
section,
and
I
know
that
mr.
G
H
Well,
here's
what
I'll
say
you
know.
It's
certainly
scheduled
for
work
session
today,
but
we've
got
time
before
the
deadline.
So
if
you
have
questions
about,
I
understand
senator
hansen's
position.
We've
spoken,
I
I
don't
know
that.
There's
anything
that
I'm
going
to
say
that's
going
to
change
his
mind,
so
I
I'm
not
expecting
that
sort
of
an
outcome.
H
But
but
if
you
have
sincere
policy
questions
that
you'd
like
clarification
before
you
vote,
I
am
perfectly
okay
with
rolling
this
to
another
work
session,
to
make
sure
that
senator
neil,
perhaps
we
can
get
your
questions
answered
offline.
A
Thank
you
senator
ratty,
for
that
that
was
going
to
be
my
suggestion,
and
I
appreciate
that
flexibility.
I
think
that
that
might
be
a
wonderful
suggestion.
So
a
committee.
If
you
don't
mind,
I
will
roll
this
to
another
work
session
and
we
will
make
sure
that
all
of
your
questions
are
answered
and
miss
keller.
I
don't
believe
I
need
to
take
a
vote
on
that,
but
would
you
clarify
that
for
me.
A
Okay
well
committee,
then,
if
you
don't
mind,
we'll
roll
senate
bill
12
to
another
work
session
and
we'll
move
ourselves
to
senate
bill
45
and
thank
you
senator
ratty
for
jumping
on
and
if
you
have
another
meeting,
feel
free
to
jump
off.
Thank.
H
A
D
At
the
hearing,
the
office
of
the
attorney
general
proposed
a
conceptual
amendment
which
made
several
changes
in
section
three
of
the
bill.
The
amendment
removes
reference
to
sexual
assault
and
human
trafficking
regarding
the
account
for
programs
related
to
domestic
violence
and
certain
authorized
expenditures
of
the
account
in
section
4,
subsection
1.
The
amendment
clarifies
the
attorney
general
shall
appoint
a
committee
on
domestic
violence
and
remove
sexual
assault
and
human
trafficking
from
the
committee
name
in
section
4,
subsection
2.
A
You
very
much
committee
questions
about
this
bill.
C
A
Thank
you,
senator
hansen.
Will
the
secretary
please
call
the
roll
for
our
vote.
B
B
G
C
A
Thank
you
very
much.
The
motion
carries
and
I
will
I
will.
I
think
I
will
take
this
floor
statement
and
we'll
move
forward
to
senate
bill
127.,
miss
keller.
If
you
will
go
ahead
and
give
us
an
overview
of
this
bill,
and
I
believe
we
have
some
folks,
mr
hardy
senator
hardy
and
possibly
the
mayor
of
mesquite
in
the
wings.
So
thank.
A
Thank
you
very
much
questions
from
the
committee.
A
Seeing
none
I'll
entertain
a
motion.
A
Amend
and
do
pass.
Thank
you
from
a
first
motion
from
vice
chair
orange
hall
and
a
second
from
senator
okacia.
Thank
you
very
much.
Will
the
secretary
please
take
the
role.
E
C
A
Yes,
thank
you
very
much
and
the
motion
carries
and
I'll
assign
the
floor
statement
to
senator
gokuchiya.
A
Ma'am
and
with
that
we
will
begin
our
bill
hearing
and
just
as
a
a
note
of
information,
we
have
pulled
senate
bill
200
from
the
session
today
from
our
agenda,
and
so
we
will
go
right
to
assembly,
bill
13.
B
I
In
addition,
management
is
comprised
of
the
state
controller,
the
chief
deputy
controller
and
one
executive
assistant.
The
financial
reporting
section
is
comprised
of
10
full-time
positions
headed
by
one
lead,
comprehensive
annual
financial
reporting.
Accountant
financial
reporting
activities
is
provided
to
a
broad
audience:
municipal
bondholders
and
underwriters,
the
governor
and
legislatures.
I
The
state
must
follow
accounting
statements
and
standards
applicable
to
state
and
local
governments
issued
by
the
government
and
accounting
standards.
Board
states
are
required
to
produce
their
comprehensive
annual
financial
reports
in
conformity
with
these
standards.
To
sell
municipal
bonds
and
obtain
federal
grants,
the
the
annual
financial
report
is
required
to
be
included
in
the
annual
single
audit.
I
A
single
audit
is
the
audit
of
federal
awards.
Also,
the
annual
financial
report
information
is
used
for
accumulation
of
comparable
historical
data
year
over
year
and
jurisdiction
to
jurisdiction.
The
annual
financial
report
is
essential
to
the
marketing
and
selling
of
state
bonds,
as
well
as
for
attaining
obtaining
federal
grant
moneys.
I
I
I
I
The
vendor
services
also
is
responsible
for
applying
foreign
vendor
backup
withholding
when
we
speak
about
foreign
vendors,
I'm
speaking
about
ones
that
are
outside
the
country,
they
are
also
responsible
for
irs
form,
1099-b
notices
and
irs
levies.
I
The
10
ibs
relate
to
preparing
1099s
system
administration
and
financial
help
desk
is
also
included
by
agency
services
and
they
maintain
the
financial
system
advantage
and
assisting
agencies
with
advantage,
testing
and
troubleshooting
security
for
advantage
in
third
party
check.
Printing
software
include
user
setup
and
removal.
I
Operations
is
federal,
grant
importing,
which
includes
compilation
and
certifying
the
state's
single
audit
reports.
They
train
agencies
for
grant
reporting
for
the
schedule
of
expenditures
for
federal
awards.
We
assist
agencies
and
outside
auditors
to
resolve
these
problems
of
the
single
single
audit
report
and
we
also
prepare
the
cash
management
improvement,
acts
annual
report,
additional
duties
of
agency
services
include
processing,
wires
print
checks.
I
I
The
third
section
I'm
going
to
talk
about
is
our
debt
collection
section
and
it
is
comprised
of
four
full-time
positions
and
it's
headed
by
a
chief
accountant.
The
section
is
responsible
for
the
collection
of
debts
owed
to
the
state
of
nevada
and
is
regulated
by
chapter
353c
of
the
nevada,
revised
statutes
and
nevada
administrative
code.
I
Debt
collections.
Excuse
me,
responsibilities
include
collecting
and
managing
past
due
state
receivables,
provide
information,
training
and
technical
assistance
to
state
agencies
on
collection,
related
topics
and
accounts,
receivable
processes
they
process
and
reconcile
payments
received
from
debtors.
I
We
provide
reconciling
reports
to
state
agencies,
and
this
report
is
used
to
reconcile
the
accounts
before
between
the
state
controller's
office
and
the
state
agencies,
submitting
uncollectible
accounts
and
receivable
for
board
of
examples,
approval
of
write-off
and
they
also
compile
the
quarterly
and
year-end
accounts.
Receivable
reports
for
the
state
of
nevada
and
this
report
is
used
to
it
is
included
in
preparing
the
comprehensive
annual
financial
report.
I
The
fourth
section
I'd
like
to
talk
about
is
information
technology
section.
It
is
comprised
of
ten
full-time
positions
headed
by
one
it
manager,
two,
the
I.t
sections
responsibilities
include
systems
and
networking
responsible
for
the
maintenance
and
support
of
it,
networking
and
server
hardware
and
the
it
support
of
the
controller
office
users.
E
I
Section
is
responsible
for
the
management
of
the
controller's
office,
information
technology,
security
policies
and
information
technology,
security
of
the
controller's
office
staff.
The
information
technology
section
also
maintains
the
agency's
networks,
servers,
websites,
applications,
anti-virus
office,
365
and
user
profiles.
A
Thank
you
controller.
That
was
a
lot
of
information.
I
know
for
all
the
committee,
and
so
I
was
kind
of
wondering
if
you
could,
as
we
ask
questions
zero
in
on
assembly
bill
13
for
us,
so
that
we
will
understand
that
as
well.
Any
questions
from
the
committee.
G
I
I
I
I
pretty
much
outlined
those
in
that
we
do
the
financial
report
and
we
have
debt
collection
and
we're
responsible
for
cutting
checks,
the
bank,
reconciliation
and
stuff
like
that,
so
it's
the
nrs
is
actually
you
know,
there's
not
a
lot
there
and
a
lot
of
our
functions
I
to
my
understanding,
is,
is
more
in
the
nevada
administrative
code.
That
is
a
little
bit
more
detailed
out
of
what
we
do.
I
G
G
What
I
was
trying
to
understand
was
whether
or
not
the
language
that
was
in
this
bill
that
you
are
changing,
which
is
the
income
and
property,
did
it
have
any
kind
of
nexus
to
any
kind
of
constitutional
provisions
or
initiative.
Petitions
like
because
the
case
el
louis
versus
duran,
which
kind
of
set
out
the
statutory
duties
I
was
trying
to
get
an
understanding
on
how
these
duties
were
derived
because
the
statute
goes
like
all
the
way
back
to
like
1915
yeah,
and
so
I
that's
what
I
really
wanted
you
to
put
on
the
record.
G
G
It's
in
the
legislative
digest
where
it
talks
about.
You
know
the
performance
of
the
duties
and
as
part
of
those
statutory
duties.
There
was
a
case.
I
guess
that
created
these
particular
duties,
and
so
that's
what
I
was
trying
to
say.
I
Yeah,
that's
correct,
I
do
not
know,
but
can
I
get
back
to
you
on
that?
I'd
rather
write
it'd
probably
be
better
to
write
it
down
in
any
email
because
it
gets
pretty
techy.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you,
senator
controller.
Could
you
please
go
to
section
one
a
where
you
have
put
in
the
bill
line
five
change
from
immediately
preceding
fixed
school
year
and
give
us
some
information
on
that?
Okay,.
I
What
the
section
is
clarifying
the
information
when
it
says
condition
of
revenue
that
doesn't
really
that's
that
doesn't
that
doesn't
mean
anything
to
us
as
accountants.
What
what
we
would?
I
A
Okay,
thank
you
not
sure.
That's
a
that,
I
understand.
Is
there
anybody
else
that
has
any
questions.
A
Okay,
thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you
controller
we'll
go
to
anybody
on
the
line
wishing
to
provide
support
for
this
bill.
A
Thank
you
very
much,
we'll
go
to
neutral.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Do
you
have
any
closing
comments
controller,
or
did
we
lose
her
there?
She
is.
Do
we
have
any
closing
comments.
I
Thank
you,
senator
noah.
I
don't
have
any
questions,
I'm
just
I'm
just
just
here
to
stand
by,
for
you
guys.
A
Okay,
thank
you
very
much.
We
will
close
the
hearing
on
assembly
bill
13.
and
the
next
thing
that
we
have
is.
We
have
two
bdrs
that
require
committee
introduction
and
the
first
is
bdr31717.
A
This
measure
encourages
the
board
of
regents
to
establish
a
compensation
system
for
certain
employees.
A
vote
to
introduce
the
bdr
requires
a
majority
of
the
whole
committee,
three
votes
in
favor
and
I'd
like
to
remind
the
members.
A
vote
in
favor
does
not
indicate
your
support
of
the
bdr.
It
only
allows
the
bdr
to
become
a
bill
or
resolution
and
may
be
referred
to
the
committee
for
possible
hearings,
so
I
will
entertain
a
motion.
A
C
A
A
A
Second,
by
senator
goku
chia
any
discussion
will
the
secretary
please
take
a
roll
call
vote.
E
C
A
Yes,
thank
you
very
much
motion
carries
and
I
think
that
is
all
we
have
for
bdrs.
So
we'll
move
on
to
our
period
of
public
comment.
We
are
going
to
wait
just
a
minute
to
give
our
members
of
the
public
a
chance
to
call
in
and
broadcasting
when
you're
ready.
Please
go
ahead.
Please
remember
that
during
our
public
comment
period,
members
of
the
public
are
invited
to
comment
on
any
matters
within
the
purview
of
the
committee
except
the
bills
that
we
have
just
heard.
The
bill
hearings
have
closed.
A
However,
we
do
encourage
you
to
submit
written
comments
and
please
remember
to
statements
clearly
spell
your
name,
and
you
have
two
minutes
broadcasting
when
you're
ready.
H
A
Thank
you
very
much,
we'll
wait
just
pause
and
see
if
we
get
anyone
and
if
not
move
on.
H
A
Thank
you
very
much
hearing
no
public
comment.
That
concludes
our
meeting.
Our
next
meeting
will
be
friday.
We
will
begin
our
meeting
early
at
2.
30
p.m,
instead
of
3
30..
So
please
join
us
and
we
hope
to
see
you
then
thank
you
very
much
committee
members
and
staff
and
we'll
see
you
all.