Last-minute appropriations presented by Nevada Legislature

As the 2019 Legislature entered its final few hours, lawmakers amended a laundry list of appropriations into two seemingly innocuous bills — at least some of which could fairly be described as pork.

Ways and Means Chair Maggie Carlton, D-Las Vegas, told her committee before the amendments were presented most of the projects included just had to wait to see how much money was left at the end of session.

Among them are $1 million apiece to relocate the National Atomic Testing Museum and to plan and design renovations, repairs and improvements to the Reno-Sparks Livestock Events Center. The original SB501 only dealt with relocating the Atomic Testing Museum.

After amendment, that measure and SB528 included two-dozen appropriations. SB528 originally contained only a $2 million appropriation to the Ruvo Brain Health Center.

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