NRS246.190. Account for acquisition or improvement of technology used for issuing marriage licenses and filing certificates; annual report.

      1.  If a county clerk imposes an additional fee pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 246.180, the proceeds collected from such a fee must be accounted for separately in the county general fund. Any interest earned on money in the account, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the account. Money that remains in the account at the end of a fiscal year does not revert to the county general fund, and the balance in the account must be carried forward to the next fiscal year.

      2.  The money in the account must be used only to acquire technology for or to improve the technology used in the office of the county clerk for the issuance of marriage licenses and the filing of certificates of marriage, including, without limitation, costs related to acquiring or improving technology for converting and archiving records, purchasing hardware and software, maintaining the technology, training employees in the operation of the technology and contracting for professional services relating to the technology.

      3.  The county clerk shall submit an annual report to the board of county commissioners which contains:

      (a) An estimate of the proceeds that the county clerk will collect from the additional fee imposed pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 246.180 in the following fiscal year; and

      (b) A proposal for expenditures of the proceeds from the additional fee imposed pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 246.180 for the costs related to the technology required for the office of the county clerk for the following fiscal year.

      (Added to NRS by 2007, 884)