Senate Bill No. 495–Senators Townsend,
Washington and Mathews

 

May 1, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Taxation

 

SUMMARY—Makes various changes to Consolidated Local Improvements Law. (BDR 21‑1339)

 

FISCAL NOTE:    Effect on Local Government: Yes.

                             Effect on the State: Yes.

 

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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).

 

AN ACT relating to local improvements; authorizing under certain circumstances the acquisition of art and tourism and entertainment projects pursuant to the Consolidated Local Improvements Law; authorizing under certain circumstances the pledge of certain sales and use tax proceeds and state funding for the acquisition of projects pursuant to the Consolidated Local Improvements Law; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1  Section 1. Chapter 271 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

1-2  thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2 to 7, inclusive, of this

1-3  act.

1-4  Sec. 2.  “Art project” means any works of art which are:

1-5  1.  Selected through a public process; and

1-6  2.  Displayed within the boundaries of an improvement district

1-7  at a location which is:

1-8  (a) Accessible to the public; and

1-9  (b) On property:

1-10          (1) Owned by a governmental entity; or

1-11          (2) Over which a governmental entity has a permanent

1-12  easement for public access.


2-1  Sec. 3.  “Tourism and entertainment project” means any

2-2  publicly owned building or complex of buildings to accommodate

2-3  or house public and private activities as a part of a multi-faceted

2-4  center for tourism, including, without limitation, library facilities,

2-5  museum facilities, theater facilities, aquarium facilities, art

2-6  galleries, picture galleries, auditorium facilities, exposition

2-7  facilities, athletic facilities, racing facilities and any other

2-8  structures, fixtures, appurtenances and property and other

2-9  incidentals which are necessary, useful or desirable for such a

2-10  project, or any combination thereof.

2-11      Sec. 4.  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the

2-12  governing body of a municipality may include in an assessment

2-13  ordinance for a project the pledge of a single percentage specified

2-14  in the ordinance, which must not exceed 75 percent, of:

2-15      (a) An amount equal to the proceeds of the taxes imposed

2-16  pursuant to NRS 372.105 and 372.185 with regard to tangible

2-17  personal property sold at retail, or stored, used or otherwise

2-18  consumed, in the improvement district during a fiscal year, after

2-19  the deduction of a sum equal to the amount of those proceeds for

2-20  the fiscal year in which the assessment ordinance is adopted; and

2-21      (b) The amount of the proceeds of the taxes imposed pursuant

2-22  to NRS 374.110, 374.190 and 377.030 with regard to tangible

2-23  personal property sold at retail, or stored, used or otherwise

2-24  consumed, in the improvement district during a fiscal year, after

2-25  the deduction of the amount of those proceeds for the fiscal year

2-26  in which the assessment ordinance is adopted.

2-27      2.  The governing body of a municipality shall not include a

2-28  pledge authorized by subsection 1 in an assessment ordinance for

2-29  a project unless:

2-30      (a) The board of county commissioners of each county in

2-31  which the improvement district is located determines, at a public

2-32  hearing conducted at least 15 days after providing notice of the

2-33  hearing by publication, that:

2-34          (1) As a result of the project:

2-35              (I) Retailers will locate their businesses as such in the

2-36  improvement district; and

2-37              (II) There will be a substantial increase in the proceeds

2-38  from sales and use taxes remitted by retailers with regard to

2-39  tangible personal property sold at retail, or stored, used or

2-40  otherwise consumed, in the improvement district; and

2-41          (2) A preponderance of that increase in the proceeds from

2-42  sales and use taxes will be attributable to transactions with tourists

2-43  who are not residents of this state;


3-1  (b) The Commission on Tourism approves the determination

3-2  made by the board of county commissioners pursuant to

3-3  subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a); and

3-4  (c) The Governor determines that the project and the pledge of

3-5  money authorized by subsection 1 will contribute significantly to

3-6  economic development and tourism in this state.

3-7  3.  Any determination or approval made pursuant to

3-8  subsection 2 is conclusive in the absence of fraud or gross abuse

3-9  of discretion.

3-10      4.  As used in this section, “retailer” has the meaning ascribed

3-11  to it in NRS 374.060.

3-12      Sec. 5.  After the adoption of an assessment ordinance in

3-13  accordance with section 4 of this act, the governing body of the

3-14  municipality and the Department of Taxation shall enter into an

3-15  agreement specifying:

3-16      1.  The amount of the proceeds of the taxes imposed pursuant

3-17  to NRS 372.105, 372.185, 374.110, 374.190 and 377.030, which

3-18  were remitted by retailers with regard to tangible personal

3-19  property sold at retail, or stored, used or otherwise consumed, in

3-20  the improvement district during the fiscal year in which the

3-21  assessment ordinance was adopted. If no retailers maintained a

3-22  fixed place of business within the improvement district during that

3-23  fiscal year, the amount of those proceeds shall be deemed to be

3-24  zero.

3-25      2.  The dates and procedure for distribution to the

3-26  municipality of the amounts pledged pursuant to subsection 1 of

3-27  section 4 of this act. The distributions must:

3-28      (a) Be made not less frequently than once each calendar

3-29  quarter; and

3-30      (b) Cease on the date that all assessments imposed pursuant to

3-31  the assessment ordinance have been paid in full, including any

3-32  applicable payments of principal, interest and penalties.

3-33      Sec. 6.  1.  After the adoption of an assessment ordinance in

3-34  accordance with section 4 of this act, the governing body of a

3-35  municipality may, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2,

3-36  enter into an agreement with one or more of the owners of any

3-37  interest in property within the improvement district, pursuant to

3-38  which that owner would agree to make payments to the

3-39  municipality or to another local government that provides services

3-40  in the improvement district, or to both, to defray, in whole or in

3-41  part, the cost of local governmental services during the term of the

3-42  pledge authorized pursuant to subsection 1 of section 4 of this act.

3-43  Such an agreement must specify the amount to be paid by the

3-44  owner of the property interest, which may be stated as a particular


4-1  amount per year or as an amount based upon any formula upon

4-2  which the municipality and owner agree.

4-3  2.  The governing body of a municipality shall not enter into

4-4  an agreement pursuant to subsection 1 unless the governing body

4-5  determines that the project and the assessment of property within

4-6  the improvement district will not have a positive fiscal effect on the

4-7  provision of local governmental services, after considering:

4-8  (a) The amount of the proceeds of all taxes and other

4-9  governmental revenue projected to be received as a result of the

4-10  properties and businesses expected to be located in the

4-11  improvement district;

4-12      (b) The use of the amounts pledged pursuant to subsection 1 of

4-13  section 4 of this act; and

4-14      (c) Any increase in costs for the provision of local

4-15  governmental services, including, without limitation, services for

4-16  police protection and fire protection, as a result of the project and

4-17  the development of land within the improvement district.

4-18      3.  Any determination made pursuant to subsection 2 is

4-19  conclusive in the absence of fraud or gross abuse of discretion.

4-20      Sec. 7.  If the governing body of a municipality adopts an

4-21  assessment ordinance in accordance with section 4 of this act:

4-22      1.  None of the bonds, if any, issued for the improvement

4-23  district may be secured by a pledge of the taxing power or general

4-24  fund of the municipality; and

4-25      2.  NRS 271.495 and 271.500 do not apply to any bonds issued

4-26  for the improvement district.

4-27      Sec. 8.  NRS 271.030 is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-28      271.030  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise

4-29  requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 271.035 to 271.250,

4-30  inclusive, and sections 2 and 3 of this act have the meanings

4-31  ascribed to them in those sections.

4-32      Sec. 9.  NRS 271.265 is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-33      271.265  1.  The governing body of a county, city or town,

4-34  upon behalf of the municipality and in its name, without any

4-35  election, may from time to time acquire, improve, equip, operate

4-36  and maintain, within or without the municipality, or both within and

4-37  without the municipality:

4-38      (a) A commercial area vitalization project;

4-39      (b) A curb and gutter project;

4-40      (c) A drainage project;

4-41      (d) An off-street parking project;

4-42      (e) An overpass project;

4-43      (f) A park project;

4-44      (g) A sanitary sewer project;

4-45      (h) A security wall;


5-1  (i) A sidewalk project;

5-2  (j) A storm sewer project;

5-3  (k) A street project;

5-4  (l) A street beautification project;

5-5  (m) A transportation project;

5-6  (n) An underpass project;

5-7  (o) A water project; and

5-8  (p) Any combination of such projects.

5-9  2.  In addition to the power specified in subsection 1, the

5-10  governing body of a city having a commission form of government

5-11  as defined in NRS 267.010, upon behalf of the municipality and in

5-12  its name, without any election, may from time to time acquire,

5-13  improve, equip, operate and maintain, within or without the

5-14  municipality, or both within and without the municipality:

5-15      (a) An electrical project;

5-16      (b) A telephone project;

5-17      (c) A combination of an electrical project and a telephone

5-18  project;

5-19      (d) A combination of an electrical project or a telephone project

5-20  with any of the projects, or any combination thereof, specified in

5-21  subsection 1; and

5-22      (e) A combination of an electrical project and a telephone

5-23  project with any of the projects, or any combination thereof,

5-24  specified in subsection 1.

5-25      3.  In addition to the power specified in subsections 1 and 2, the

5-26  governing body of a municipality, on behalf of the municipality and

5-27  in its name, without an election, may finance an underground

5-28  conversion project with the approval of each service provider that

5-29  owns the overhead service facilities to be converted.

5-30      4.  In addition to the power specified in subsections 1, 2 and 3,

5-31  if the governing body of a municipality complies with the

5-32  provisions of section 4 of this act, the governing body of the

5-33  municipality, on behalf of the municipality and in its name,

5-34  without any election, may from time to time acquire, improve,

5-35  equip, operate and maintain, within or without the municipality,

5-36  or both within and without the municipality:

5-37      (a) An art project; and

5-38      (b) A tourism and entertainment project.

5-39      Sec. 10.  NRS 271.431 is hereby amended to read as follows:

5-40      271.431  As used in NRS 271.431 to 271.434, inclusive,

5-41  “revenue” means any money pledged wholly or in part for crediting

5-42  to or payment of assessments, subject to any existing pledges or

5-43  other contractual limitations and may include:

5-44      1.  Moneys derived from one, all or any combination of revenue

5-45  resources appertaining to any facilities of the municipality, financed


6-1  in whole or in part with the proceeds of assessments levied pursuant

6-2  to the assessment ordinance, including , but not limited to , use and

6-3  service charges, rents, fees and any other income derived from the

6-4  operation or ownership of, from the use or services of, or from the

6-5  availability of or services appertaining to, the lease of, any sale or

6-6  other disposal of, any contract or other arrangement, or otherwise

6-7  derived in connection with such facilities or all or any part of any

6-8  property appertaining to the facilities.

6-9  2.  Any loans, grants or contributions to the municipality from

6-10  the Federal Government, the State or any public body for the

6-11  payment of all or any portion of the cost of the project for which the

6-12  assessments were levied.

6-13      3.  The proceeds of any excise taxes levied and collected by the

6-14  municipality or otherwise received by it and authorized by law to be

6-15  pledged for the payment of the project for which the assessments

6-16  were levied or for the payment of the assessments levied to finance

6-17  the cost of the project but excluding the proceeds of any general (ad

6-18  valorem) taxes.

6-19      4.  Any money pledged pursuant to an assessment ordinance

6-20  adopted in accordance with section 4 of this act.

6-21      Sec. 11.  NRS 271.4315 is hereby amended to read as follows:

6-22      271.4315  1.  The governing body may apply any revenues to

6-23  the payment of assessments and in so doing may pledge the revenue

6-24  to such payment. The revenues [shall] must be credited in the

6-25  proportion which each individual assessment or installment of

6-26  principal bears to the total of all individual assessments in the

6-27  assessment to which the revenues are to be credited. The application

6-28  of revenues [shall] must be made pursuant to the provisions set forth

6-29  in the assessment ordinance.

6-30      2.  If an individual assessment, or any installment of principal

6-31  and interest has been paid in cash, the credit [shall] must be returned

6-32  in cash to the person or persons paying the same upon their

6-33  furnishing satisfactory evidence of payment. Where all or any part

6-34  of an individual assessment remains unpaid and is payable in

6-35  installments of principal, the credit [shall] must be applied to the

6-36  installment, and if after the payment of the installment there remains

6-37  an unused portion of the credit, the unused portion [shall] must be

6-38  applied to the payment of interests, and if after the payment of such

6-39  principal and interest there remains an unused portion of the credit,

6-40  the unused portion [shall] must, as determined by the governing

6-41  body, be applied [to] :

6-42      (a) To the next ensuing installment or installments of principal

6-43  and interest ; or

 


7-1  (b) As a prepayment of the assessment, including any

7-2  applicable penalty for that prepayment,

7-3  until the credit is applied in its entirety.

7-4  Sec. 12.  Chapter 360 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

7-5  thereto a new section to read as follows:

7-6  1.  The State Controller, acting upon the collection data

7-7  furnished by the Department, shall remit to the governing body of

7-8  a municipality that adopts an assessment ordinance in accordance

7-9  with section 4 of this act, in the manner provided pursuant to an

7-10  agreement made pursuant to section 5 of this act:

7-11      (a) From the State General Fund the amount of money

7-12  pledged pursuant to the ordinance in accordance with paragraph

7-13  (a) of subsection 1 of section 4 of this act, which amount is hereby

7-14  appropriated for that purpose; and

7-15      (b) From the Sales and Use Tax Account in the State General

7-16  Fund the amount of the proceeds pledged pursuant to the

7-17  ordinance in accordance with paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of

7-18  section 4 of this act.

7-19      2.  The governing body of a municipality that adopts an

7-20  assessment ordinance in accordance with section 4 of this act shall

7-21  promptly remit to the State Controller any amount received

7-22  pursuant to this section in excess of the amount required to carry

7-23  out the provisions of NRS 271.4315 with regard to the project for

7-24  which the assessment ordinance was adopted. The State Controller

7-25  shall deposit any money received from a governing body of a

7-26  municipality pursuant to this subsection in the appropriate

7-27  account in the State General Fund for distribution and use as if

7-28  the money had not been pledged pursuant to an assessment

7-29  ordinance adopted in accordance with section 4 of this act.

7-30      Sec. 13.  NRS 374.785 is hereby amended to read as follows:

7-31      374.785  1.  All fees, taxes, interest and penalties imposed and

7-32  all amounts of tax required to be paid to counties under this chapter

7-33  must be paid to the Department in the form of remittances payable

7-34  to the Department.

7-35      2.  The Department shall deposit the payments in the State

7-36  Treasury to the credit of the Sales and Use Tax Account in the State

7-37  General Fund.

7-38      3.  The State Controller, acting upon the collection data

7-39  furnished by the Department, shall, each month, from the Sales and

7-40  Use Tax Account in the State General Fund:

7-41      (a) Transfer .75 percent of all fees, taxes, interest and penalties

7-42  collected in each county during the preceding month , excluding

7-43  any amounts required to be remitted pursuant to section 12 of this

7-44  act, to the appropriate account in the State General Fund as

7-45  compensation to the State for the costs of collecting the tax.


8-1  (b) Transfer .75 percent of all fees, taxes, interest and penalties

8-2  collected during the preceding month from out-of-state businesses

8-3  not maintaining a fixed place of business within this state ,

8-4  excluding any amounts required to be remitted pursuant to section

8-5  12 of this act, to the appropriate account in the State General Fund

8-6  as compensation to the State for the costs of collecting the tax.

8-7  (c) Determine for each county the amount of money equal to the

8-8  fees, taxes, interest and penalties collected in the county pursuant to

8-9  this chapter during the preceding month , less the amount transferred

8-10  pursuant to paragraph (a).

8-11      (d) Transfer the total amount of taxes collected pursuant to this

8-12  chapter during the preceding month from out-of-state businesses not

8-13  maintaining a fixed place of business within this state, less the

8-14  amount transferred pursuant to paragraph (b)[,] and excluding any

8-15  amounts required to be remitted pursuant to section 12 of this act,

8-16  to the State Distributive School Account in the State General Fund.

8-17      (e) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 387.528[,] or as

8-18  required to carry out section 12 of this act, transfer the amount

8-19  owed to each county to the Intergovernmental Fund and remit the

8-20  money to the credit of the county school district fund.

8-21      4.  For the purpose of the distribution required by this section,

8-22  the occasional sale of a vehicle shall be deemed to take place in the

8-23  county to which the governmental services tax payable by the buyer

8-24  upon that vehicle is distributed.

8-25      Sec. 14.  NRS 377.050 is hereby amended to read as follows:

8-26      377.050  1.  All fees, taxes, interest and penalties imposed and

8-27  all amounts of tax required to be paid to counties under this chapter

8-28  must be paid to the Department in the form of remittances made

8-29  payable to the Department.

8-30      2.  The Department shall deposit the payments with the State

8-31  Treasurer for credit to the Sales and Use Tax Account in the State

8-32  General Fund.

8-33      3.  The State Controller, acting upon the collection data

8-34  furnished by the Department, shall , before making the

8-35  distributions required by NRS 377.055 and 377.057, monthly

8-36  transfer from the Sales and Use Tax Account .75 percent of all fees,

8-37  taxes, interests and penalties collected pursuant to this chapter

8-38  during the preceding month , excluding any amounts required to be

8-39  remitted pursuant to section 12 of this act, to the appropriate

8-40  account in the State General Fund[, before making the distributions

8-41  required by NRS 377.055 and 377.057,] as compensation to the

8-42  State for the cost of collecting the tax.

8-43      Sec. 15.  NRS 377.055 is hereby amended to read as follows:

8-44      377.055  1.  The Department shall monthly determine for each

8-45  county an amount of money equal to the sum of:


9-1  (a) Any fees and any taxes, interest and penalties which derive

9-2  from the basic city-county relief tax collected in that county

9-3  pursuant to this chapter during the preceding month, less the

9-4  corresponding amount transferred to the State General Fund

9-5  pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 377.050; and

9-6  (b) That proportion of the total amount of taxes which derive

9-7  from that portion of the tax levied at the rate of one-half of 1 percent

9-8  collected pursuant to this chapter during the preceding month from

9-9  out-of-state businesses not maintaining a fixed place of business

9-10  within this state, less the corresponding amount transferred to the

9-11  State General Fund pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 377.050, which

9-12  the population of that county bears to the total population of all

9-13  counties which have in effect a city-county relief tax

9-14  ordinance,

9-15  and , except as otherwise required to carry out section 12 of this

9-16  act, deposit the money in the Local Government Tax Distribution

9-17  Account created by NRS 360.660 for credit to the respective

9-18  subaccounts of each county.

9-19      2.  For the purpose of the distribution required by this section,

9-20  the occasional sale of a vehicle shall be deemed to take place in the

9-21  county to which the governmental services tax payable by the buyer

9-22  upon that vehicle is distributed.

9-23      Sec. 16.  NRS 377.057 is hereby amended to read as follows:

9-24      377.057  1.  The State Controller, acting upon the relevant

9-25  information furnished by the Department, shall distribute monthly

9-26  from the fees, taxes, interest and penalties which derive from the

9-27  supplemental city-county relief tax collected in all counties and

9-28  from out-of-state businesses during the preceding month, excluding

9-29  any amounts required to be remitted pursuant to section 12 of this

9-30  act and except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, to:

9-31      (a) Douglas, Esmeralda, Eureka, Lander, Lincoln, Lyon,

9-32  Mineral, Nye, Pershing, Storey and White Pine counties, an amount

9-33  equal to one-twelfth of the amount distributed in the immediately

9-34  preceding fiscal year multiplied by one plus:

9-35          (1) The percentage change in the total receipts from the

9-36  supplemental city-county relief tax for all counties and from out-of-

9-37  state businesses, from the fiscal year 2 years preceding the

9-38  immediately preceding fiscal year to the fiscal year preceding the

9-39  immediately preceding fiscal year; or

9-40          (2) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the

9-41  percentage change in the population of the county, as certified by

9-42  the Governor pursuant to NRS 360.285, added to the percentage

9-43  change in the Consumer Price Index for the year ending on

9-44  December 31 next preceding the year of distribution,


10-1  whichever is less, except that the amount distributed to the county

10-2  must not be less than the amount specified in subsection 5. If the

10-3  Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce

10-4  issues population totals that conflict with the totals certified by the

10-5  Governor pursuant to NRS 360.285, the percentage change

10-6  calculated pursuant to subparagraph (2) for the ensuing fiscal year

10-7  must be an estimate of the change in population for the calendar

10-8  year, based upon the population totals issued by the Bureau of the

10-9  Census.

10-10     (b) All other counties, the amount remaining after making the

10-11  distributions required by paragraph (a) to each of these counties in

10-12  the proportion that the amount of supplemental city-county relief tax

10-13  collected in the county for the month bears to the total amount of

10-14  supplemental city-county relief tax collected for that month in the

10-15  counties whose distribution will be determined pursuant to this

10-16  paragraph.

10-17     2.  If the amount of supplemental city-county relief tax

10-18  collected in a county listed in paragraph (a) of subsection 1 for the

10-19  12 most recent months for which information concerning the actual

10-20  amount collected is available on February 15 of any year exceeds by

10-21  more than 10 percent the amount distributed pursuant to paragraph

10-22  (a) to that county for the same period, the State Controller shall

10-23  distribute that county’s portion of the proceeds from the

10-24  supplemental city-county relief tax pursuant to paragraph (b) of

10-25  subsection 1 in all subsequent fiscal years, unless a waiver is

10-26  granted pursuant to subsection 3.

10-27     3.  A county which, pursuant to subsection 2, is required to

10-28  have its portion of the proceeds from the supplemental city-county

10-29  relief tax distributed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 may

10-30  file a request with the Nevada Tax Commission for a waiver of the

10-31  requirements of subsection 2. The request must be filed on or before

10-32  February 20 next preceding the fiscal year for which the county will

10-33  first receive its portion of the proceeds from the supplemental city-

10-34  county relief tax pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 and must

10-35  be accompanied by evidence which supports the granting of the

10-36  waiver. The Commission shall grant or deny a request for a waiver

10-37  on or before March 10 next following the timely filing of the

10-38  request. If the Commission determines that the increase in

10-39  the amount of supplemental city-county relief tax collected in the

10-40  county was primarily caused by:

10-41     (a) Nonrecurring taxable sales, it shall grant the request.

10-42     (b) Normal or sustainable growth in taxable sales, it shall deny

10-43  the request.

10-44  A county which is granted a waiver pursuant to this subsection is

10-45  not required to obtain a waiver in any subsequent fiscal year to


11-1  continue to receive its portion of the proceeds from the

11-2  supplemental city-county relief tax pursuant to paragraph (a) of

11-3  subsection 1 unless the amount of supplemental city-county relief

11-4  tax collected in the county in a fiscal year again exceeds the

11-5  threshold established in subsection 2.

11-6      4.  The amount apportioned to each county must be deposited in

11-7  the Local Government Tax Distribution Account created by NRS

11-8  360.660 for credit to the respective accounts of each county.

11-9      5.  The minimum amount which may be distributed to the

11-10  following counties in a month pursuant to paragraph (a) of

11-11  subsection 1 is as follows:

 

11-12  Douglas..................................... $580,993

11-13  Esmeralda...................................... 53,093

11-14  Lander.......................................... 155,106

11-15  Lincoln.......................................... 72,973

11-16  Lyon............................................. 356,858

11-17  Mineral........................................ 118,299

11-18  Nye.............................................. 296,609

11-19  Pershing......................................... 96,731

11-20  Storey............................................. 69,914

11-21  White Pine................................... 158,863

 

11-22     6.  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise

11-23  requires:

11-24     (a) “Enterprise district” has the meaning ascribed to it in

11-25  NRS 360.620.

11-26     (b) “Local government” has the meaning ascribed to it in

11-27  NRS 360.640.

11-28     (c) “Special district” has the meaning ascribed to it

11-29  in NRS 360.650.

11-30     Sec. 17.  NRS 387.1235 is hereby amended to read as follows:

11-31     387.1235  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2,

11-32  local funds available are the sum of:

11-33     (a) The amount computed by multiplying .0025 times the

11-34  assessed valuation of the school district as certified by the

11-35  Department of Taxation for the concurrent school year; and

11-36     (b) The proceeds of the local school support tax imposed by

11-37  chapter 374 of NRS[.] , excluding any amounts required to be

11-38  remitted pursuant to section 12 of this act. The Department of

11-39  Taxation shall furnish an estimate of these proceeds to the

11-40  Superintendent of Public Instruction on or before July 15 for the

11-41  fiscal year then begun, and the Superintendent shall adjust the final

11-42  apportionment of the current school year to reflect any difference

11-43  between the estimate and actual receipts.


12-1      2.  The amount computed under subsection 1 that is attributable

12-2  to any assessed valuation attributable to the net proceeds of minerals

12-3  must be held in reserve and may not be considered as local funds

12-4  available until the succeeding fiscal year.

12-5      Sec. 18.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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