EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

1-1 Section 1. NRS 244.33512 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 244.33512 In a county in which a tax has been imposed pursuant to

1-14 district to pay the cost of:

2-1 (a) Projects related to the construction and maintenance of sidewalks,

2-2 streets, avenues, boulevards, highways, bridges and other public rights of

2-3 way used primarily for vehicular or fixed guideway traffic, including,

2-4 without limitation, overpass projects, street projects and underpass

2-5 projects, as defined in NRS 244A.037, 244A.053 and 244A.055,

2-6 respectively, within the boundaries of the district or within 1 mile outside

2-7 those boundaries if the governing body finds that such projects outside the

2-8 boundaries of the district will facilitate transportation within the district;

2-9 (b) Payment of principal and interest on notes, bonds or other

2-10 obligations issued by the county to fund projects described in paragraph

2-11 (a); or

2-12 (c) Any combination of those uses.

2-13 3. In addition to those uses set forth in subsection 2, if a county has

2-14 created one or more transportation districts and all or any portion of those

2-15 districts are located in an area that is governed by an interstate compact

2-16 entered into by this state and a state that borders this state, the county may

2-17 use any part of the money retained which is collected within the

2-18 boundaries of a transportation district to pay the cost of establishing,

2-19 operating and maintaining a public transit system , including any

2-20 improvement thereto, within the boundaries of the district, or outside those

2-21 boundaries if the governing body finds that such a system outside the

2-22 boundaries of the district will facilitate transportation within the district, or

2-23 both.

2-24 4. If the county has entered into an agreement pursuant to NRS

2-25 277.080 to 277.170, inclusive, which contemplates later payment by the

2-26 other party of a portion of the cost of a project which may be funded

2-27 pursuant to subsection 2, the county may pay from retained proceeds the

2-28 principal and interest on notes, bonds or other obligations issued in

2-29 anticipation of that payment.

2-30 5. Any part of the money retained which is collected in the

2-31 unincorporated area of the county and not within any transportation district

2-32 created by the county or a city must be used for the same purposes within

2-33 the unincorporated area of the county or within 1 mile outside that area if

2-34 the board of county commissioners finds that such projects outside that

2-35 area will facilitate transportation within that area.

2-36 6. As used in this section [, "public] :

2-37 (a) "Improvement" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 244A.033.

2-38 (b) "Public transit system" means a system [employing] designed to

2-39 facilitate the transportation of members of the general public, including:

2-40 (1) The use of motor buses, rails or any other means of conveyance,

2-41 operated by whatever type of power [, that is operated for the conveyance

2-42 of members of the general public.] ; and

3-1 (2) An offstreet parking project or an overpass project as defined in

3-2 NRS 244A.035 and 244A.037, respectively.

3-3 Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1999.