1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, each county shall
- pay an assessment for the operation of a regional facility for children
- that serves the county if the facility:
- (a) Is operated by a county whose population is less than 400,000 or
- an administrative entity established pursuant to NRS 277.080 to 277.180,
- inclusive, by counties whose populations are less than 400,000 each;
- (b) Is established by two or more counties pursuant to an interlocal
- agreement or by one county if the facility is operated pursuant to an
- interlocal agreement to benefit other counties; and
- (c) Is not partially supported by the State of Nevada and does not
- receive money from the State of Nevada other than any fees paid to the
- facility for a child referred to the facility by the State of Nevada.
- 2. The administrator of a regional facility for children shall calculate
- the assessment owed by each county pursuant to subsection 1 on or
- before March 1 of each year for the ensuing fiscal year. The assessment
- owed by each county equals:
- (a) For the first 2 years of operation of the regional facility for
- children, the total amount budgeted for the operation of the facility by
- the governing body of the county or other entity responsible for the
- operation of the facility, minus any money received from the State of
- Nevada to pay for fees for a child referred to the facility by the State of
- Nevada, divided by the total number of pupils in the preceding school
- year in all counties served by the facility and multiplied by the number of
- pupils in the preceding school year in the assessed county.
- (b) For each year subsequent to the second year of operation of the
- regional facility for children, unless the counties served by the facility
- enter into an interlocal agreement to the contrary, the total of:
- (1) The total amount budgeted for the operation of the facility by
- the governing body of the county or other entity responsible for the
- operation of the facility, minus any money received from the State of
- Nevada to pay for fees for a child referred to the facility by the State of
- Nevada, divided by the total number of pupils in the preceding school
- year in all counties served by the facility, multiplied by the number of
- pupils in the preceding school year in the assessed county and multiplied
- by one-fourth; and
- (2) The total amount budgeted for the operation of the facility by
- the governing body of the county or other entity responsible for the
- operation of the facility, minus any money received from the State of
- Nevada to pay for fees for a child referred to the facility by the State of
- Nevada, divided by the total number of pupils who were served by the
- facility in the preceding school year from all counties served by the
- facility, multiplied by the number of pupils who were served by the
- facility in the preceding school year from the assessed county and
- multiplied by three-fourths.
- 3. Each county shall pay the assessment required pursuant to
- subsection 1 to the treasurer of the county if the facility is operated by a
- county or to the administrative entity responsible for the operation of the
- regional facility for children in quarterly installments that are due on the
- first day of the first month of each calendar quarter. The money must be
- accounted for separately and may only be withdrawn by the
- administrator of the regional facility for children.
4. The board of county commissioners of each county may levy an ad
valorem tax of not more than 5 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation
upon all taxable property in the county to pay the assessment required
pursuant to subsection 1. The county may pay the assessment from
revenue raised by a tax levied pursuant to this subsection, any other
available money or a combination thereof. Revenue raised by a county to
pay the assessment required pursuant to subsection 1 is not subject to the
limitations on revenue imposed pursuant to chapter 354 of NRS and
must not be included in the calculation of those limitations.
- 5. The provisions of this section do not apply to a county whose
- population is 400,000 or more.
- 6. As used in this section, "regional facility for children" means an
- institution that provides for the temporary care, custody, control and
- treatment of a child under the jurisdiction of a juvenile court who is
- detained because he was found violating a law or ordinance, adjudicated
- delinquent or determined to be in need of supervision. The term includes,
- without limitation, the institution in Lyon County known as Western
- Nevada Regional Youth Facility.