(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 21, 2003)

 

Senate Bill No. 490–Committee on Natural Resources

 

(On Behalf of Washoe County)

 

March 24, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Taxation

 

SUMMARY—Authorizes use of money in infrastructure fund for operation and maintenance of flood control projects in certain counties. (BDR 32‑579)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: No.

 

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

 

AN ACT relating to the tax for infrastructure; authorizing the boards of county commissioners of certain counties to use money in the infrastructure fund for the operation and maintenance of flood control projects; requiring the Board of County Commissioners of Washoe County to submit a progress report to the 73rd Session of the Nevada Legislature concerning certain flood control projects; 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. NRS 377B.160 is hereby amended to read as

1-2  follows:

1-3  377B.160  The money in the infrastructure fund, including

1-4  interest and any other income from the fund:

1-5  1.  In a county whose population is 400,000 or more, must only

1-6  be expended by the water authority, distributed by the water

1-7  authority to its members, distributed by the water authority pursuant

1-8  to NRS 377B.170 to a city or town located in the county whose

1-9  territory is not within the boundaries of the area served by the water

1-10  authority or to a public entity in such a county which provides

1-11  water or wastewater services and which is not a member of the

2-1  water authority or, if no water authority exists in the county, by the

2-2  board of county commissioners for:

2-3  (a) The acquisition, establishment, construction, improvement or

2-4  equipping of water and wastewater facilities;

2-5  (b) The payment of principal and interest on notes, bonds or

2-6  other securities issued to provide money for the cost of projects

2-7  described in paragraph (a); or

2-8  (c) Any combination of those purposes.

2-9  The board of county commissioners may only expend money from

2-10  the infrastructure fund pursuant to this subsection in the manner set

2-11  forth in the plan adopted pursuant to subsection 6 of NRS 377B.100.

2-12      2.  In a county whose population is 100,000 or more but less

2-13  than 400,000, must only be expended by the board of county

2-14  commissioners in the manner set forth in the plan adopted pursuant

2-15  to subsection 6 of NRS 377B.100 for:

2-16      (a) The acquisition, establishment, construction or expansion of:

2-17          (1) Projects for the management of floodplains or the

2-18  prevention of floods; or

2-19          (2) Facilities relating to public safety;

2-20      (b) The payment of principal and interest on notes, bonds or

2-21  other securities issued to provide money for the cost of projects

2-22  described in paragraph (a);

2-23      (c) The ongoing expenses of operation and maintenance of

2-24  projects described in subparagraph (1) of paragraph (a), if such

2-25  projects were included in a plan adopted by the board of county

2-26  commissioners pursuant to subsection 6 of NRS 377B.100 before

2-27  January 1, 2003; or

2-28      [(c)] (d) Any combination of those purposes.

2-29      3.  In a county whose population is less than 100,000, must only

2-30  be expended by the board of county commissioners in the manner

2-31  set forth in the plan adopted pursuant to subsection 6 of NRS

2-32  377B.100 for:

2-33      (a) The acquisition, establishment, construction, improvement or

2-34  equipping of:

2-35          (1) Water facilities; or

2-36          (2) Wastewater facilities;

2-37      (b) The acquisition, establishment, construction or expansion of:

2-38          (1) Projects for the management of floodplains or the

2-39  prevention of floods; or

2-40          (2) Facilities for the disposal of solid waste;

2-41      (c) The construction or renovation of facilities for schools;

2-42      (d) The payment of principal and interest on notes, bonds or

2-43  other securities issued to provide money for the cost of projects

2-44  described in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c); or

2-45      (e) Any combination of those purposes.

3-1  Sec. 2.  The Board of County Commissioners of Washoe

3-2  County shall submit a report to the 73rd Session of the Nevada

3-3  Legislature with regard to the progress that has been made by the

3-4  County in completing any projects described in subparagraph (1) of

3-5  paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of NRS 377B.160, including detailed

3-6  information regarding the amount of money expended from the

3-7  infrastructure fund pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 2 of NRS

3-8  377B.160, as amended by section 1 of this act.

3-9  Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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