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2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Deb Andraca and 30 co-sponsors

AB 578 appropriates funds from the Nevada General Fund to DCNR for the Division of Forestry and Forestry Conservation Camps to replace equipment, fund deferred maintenance, and sup

Fiscal estimate received

Purpose / Intent

AB 578 makes targeted appropriations from the State General Fund to the Nevada State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), primarily to the Division of Forestry and the Forestry Conservation Camps budget account, to replace equipment (including computer/IT equipment and vehicles), fund deferred maintenance, and support conservation projects through the Nevada Shared Stewardship Agreement.

Key provisions and dollar amounts

$6,000,000 to the Division of Forestry — grants and operating expenses for conservation projects under the Nevada Shared Stewardship Agreement (Sec. 1).

$67,279 to the Division of Forestry — replacement of computer and information technology equipment (Sec. 2).

$2,048,082 to the Division of Forestry — deferred maintenance projects (Sec. 3).

$2,592,156 to DCNR — Forestry Conservation Camps budget account for replacement of vehicles (Sec. 4).

$932,918 to DCNR — Forestry Conservation Camps budget account for deferred facilities maintenance (Sec. 5).

Forestry Conservation Camps — replacement of equipment: $111,690 for FY 2025–26 and $111,690 for FY 2026–27 (Sec. 7).

Forestry Conservation Camps — replacement of computer & information technology equipment: $19,270 for FY 2025–26 and $13,972 for FY 2026–27 (Sec. 8).

Spending controls, timelines and reversion rules

Appropriations in Sections 1–5: uncommitted balances may not be committed after June 30, 2027; any remaining funds must not be spent after September 17, 2027, and must be reverted to the originating fund by that date (Sec. 6).

Funds in Sec. 7 and Sec. 8 carry fiscal-year-specific reversion deadlines: remaining balances may not be committed after June 30 of each fiscal year; unspent monies must be reverted to the State General Fund by Sept. 18, 2026, and Sept. 17, 2027, as specified.

Effective date: July 1, 2025 (Sec. 9).

Who is affected / likely impacts

Primary recipients: Division of Forestry and the Forestry Conservation Camps (within DCNR).

Secondary recipients: local partners and grantees that receive Shared Stewardship grants; vendors and contractors supplying equipment, vehicles, IT systems, and maintenance services.

Fiscal impact: statewide appropriation from the State General Fund as listed above; bill summary notes no effect on local government and appropriations were included in the Executive Budget.

Procedural / status notes

The enrolled version includes the appropriation language and the effective date (July 1, 2025). The enrolled text sets specific spending and reversion deadlines.

The bill as enrolled/printed is focused on Nevada appropriations. (Several documents provided with this package include unrelated legislative text from a different AB 578 concerning food-delivery platform consumer protections — that material is not part of the enrolled appropriations act summarized here.)

If you want, I can:
- Extract the appropriation schedule in table form for budgeting or reporting; or
- Draft a short one-page memo describing how the Shared Stewardship grant funding could be deployed by the Division of Forestry.

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