Senate Bill No. 453-Committee on Taxation

(On Behalf of Senator Adler)

June 9, 1997
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Referred to Committee on Taxation

SUMMARY--Revises provisions governing distribution of supplemental city-county relief tax. (BDR 32-1490)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: Yes.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.

EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.

AN ACT relating to taxation; revising the provisions governing the distribution of revenue from the supplemental city-county relief tax; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1 NRS 377.057 is hereby amended to read as follows:
377.0571. The state controller, acting upon the relevant information furnished by the department, shall distribute monthly from the fees, taxes, interest and penalties which derive from the supplemental city-county relief tax collected in all counties and from out-of-state businesses during the preceding month, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, to:
(a) Douglas, Esmeralda, Eureka, Lander, Lincoln, Lyon, Mineral, Nye, Pershing [, Storey] and White Pine counties, an amount equal to one-twelfth of the amount distributed in the immediately preceding fiscal year multiplied by one plus:
(1) The percentage change in the total receipts from the supplemental city-county relief tax for all counties and from out-of-state businesses, from the fiscal year 2 years preceding the immediately preceding fiscal year to the fiscal year preceding the immediately preceding fiscal year; or
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the percentage change in the population of the county, as certified by the governor pursuant to NRS 360.285, added to the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for the year ending on December 31 next preceding the year of distribution,
whichever is less, except that the amount distributed to the county must not be less than the amount specified in subsection 10. If the United States Bureau of the Census issues population totals that conflict with the totals certified by the governor pursuant to NRS 360.285, the percentage change calculated pursuant to subparagraph (2) for the ensuing fiscal year must be an estimate of the change in population for the calendar year, based upon the population totals issued by the Bureau of the Census.
(b) All other counties, the amount remaining after making the distributions required by paragraph (a) to each of these counties in the proportion that the amount of supplemental city-county relief tax collected in the county for the month bears to the total amount of supplemental city-county relief tax collected for that month in the counties whose distribution will be determined pursuant to this paragraph.
2. If the amount of supplemental city-county relief tax collected in a county listed in paragraph (a) of subsection 1 for the 12 most recent months for which information concerning the actual amount collected is available on February 15 of any year exceeds by more than 10 percent the amount distributed pursuant to paragraph (a) to that county for the same period, the state controller shall distribute that county's portion of the proceeds from the supplemental city-county relief tax pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 in all subsequent fiscal years, unless a waiver is granted pursuant to subsection 3.
3. A county which, pursuant to subsection 2, is required to have its portion of the proceeds from the supplemental city-county relief tax distributed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 may file a request with the Nevada tax commission for a waiver of the requirements of subsection 2. The request must be filed on or before February 20 next preceding the fiscal year for which the county will first receive its portion of the proceeds from the supplemental city-county relief tax pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 and must be accompanied by evidence which supports the granting of the waiver. The commission shall grant or deny a request for a waiver on or before March 10 next following the timely filing of the request. If the commission determines that the increase in the amount of supplemental city-county relief tax collected in the county was primarily caused by:
(a) Nonrecurring taxable sales, it shall grant the request.
(b) Normal or sustainable growth in taxable sales, it shall deny the request.
A county which is granted a waiver pursuant to this subsection is not required to obtain a waiver in any subsequent fiscal year to continue to receive its portion of the proceeds from the supplemental city-county relief tax pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 unless the amount of supplemental city-county relief tax collected in the county in a fiscal year again exceeds the threshold established in subsection 2.
4. The amount apportioned to each county must then be apportioned among the several local governments therein, including the county and excluding the school district, any district created to provide a telephone number for emergencies, any district created under chapter 318 of NRS to furnish emergency medical services, any redevelopment agency, any tax increment area and any other local government excluded by specific statute, in the proportion which each local government's basic ad valorem revenue bears to the total basic ad valorem revenue of all these local governments.
5. As used in this section, the "basic ad valorem revenue" of each local government, except as otherwise provided in subsection 6 of NRS 354.5987, is its assessed valuation, including assessed valuation attributable to a redevelopment agency or tax increment area but excluding the portion attributable to the net proceeds of minerals, for the year of distribution, multiplied by the rate levied on its behalf for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1981, for purposes other than paying the interest on and principal of its general obligations. For the purposes of this subsection:
(a) A county whose actual tax rate, for purposes other than debt service, for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 1981, was less than 50 cents per $100 of assessed valuation is entitled to the use of a rate not greater than 80 cents per $100 of assessed valuation.
(b) A fire district in such a county whose tax rate was more than 50 cents per $100 of assessed valuation is entitled to the use of a rate not greater than $1.10 per $100 of assessed valuation.
6. For the purposes of determining basic ad valorem revenue, the assessed valuation of a:
(a) Fire protection district includes property which was transferred from private ownership to public ownership after July 1, 1986, pursuant to:
(1) The Santini-Burton Act, Public Law 96-586; or
(2) Chapter 585, Statutes of Nevada 1985, at page 1866, approved by the voters on November 4, 1986.
(b) Local government includes property which was transferred from private ownership, after July 1, 1997, to property held in trust for an Indian tribe pursuant to the provisions of the Indian Reorganization Act, 25 U.S.C. §§ 461 et seq.
7. On or before February 15 of each year, the executive director shall provide to each local government a preliminary estimate of the revenue it will receive from the supplemental city-county relief tax in the next fiscal year.
8. On or before March 15 of each year, the executive director shall:
(a) Make an estimate of the receipts from the supplemental city-county relief tax on an accrual basis for the next fiscal year in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and
(b) Provide to each local government an estimate of the tax that local government would receive based upon the estimate made pursuant to paragraph (a) and calculated pursuant to the provisions of this section.
9. A local government may use the estimate provided by the executive director pursuant to subsection 8 in the preparation of its budget.
10. The minimum amount which may be distributed to the following counties in a month pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 is as follows:

Douglas $580,993
Esmeralda 53,093
Lander 155,106
Lincoln 72,973
Lyon 356,858
Mineral 118,299
Nye 296,609
Pershing 96,731
[Storey 69,914]
White Pine 158,863

11. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) "Local government" includes a fire protection district organized pursuant to chapter 473 of NRS.
(b) "Local government" does not include the Nevada rural housing authority.
Sec. 2 This act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 1997, and applies retroactively from January 1, 1997.

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