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<text id=93AT0580>
<title>
Nevada--Economy
</title>
<history>
Compact ALMANAC--United States Directory
Nevada
</history>
<article>
<source>Compact</source>
<hdr>
Economy
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<body>
<p>FW Rank: 12
</p>
<p>1992 Rank: 14
</p>
<p>Population: 1.3 million
</p>
<p>Moody's bond rating: Aa
</p>
<p>Standard & Poor's bond rating: AA
</p>
<p>Governor: Robert Miller, Democrat
</p>
<p>Legislature: Democratic majority in House; Republican
majority in Senate
</p>
<p>-- Ranking pluses: Efforts at strategic planning; responsible
budgeting aimed at maintaining balance despite revenue shortfalls;
evolving performance measurement system (though with more
emphasis on effectiveness needed); good estimates of Medicaid
spending; GFOA Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in
Financial Reporting; well funded pension.
</p>
<p>-- Ranking minuses: Revenue projections only cover the next
biennium; some revenue estimating problems; room for more
program evaluation; rainy day fund is currently empty.
</p>
<p>-- Comments: The state industrial insurance system, which
handles workers; compensation, is in trouble. Its unfunded liability
has mushroomed in recent years - with some actuaries placing the
unfunded amount as high as $2.2 billion. The legislature has been
consumed with efforts to reform the system, a process complicated
by conflicting actuarial reports. Revenue shortfalls and $178 million
in budget cuts last year prompted the governor to set up a
commission to reexamine state government. Details are still fuzzy,
but a large reduction in boards and commissions, agencies and
middle management positions is likely. Gaming revenues, weakened
by the poor economy, are holding their own, but the expansion of
gambling activities in other states is a continuing cause for concern.
</p>
<p>Source: "The State of the States," Financial World Magazine,
May 11, 1993 (Vol. 161, No. 10); New York, NY.
</p>
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