NRS350.013. Municipalities to submit annually statement of current and contemplated general obligation debt and special elective taxes, statement of debt management policy, plan for capital improvement or alternate statement and certain information regarding chief financial officer; update of information; exceptions.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, on or before August 1 of each year, the governing body of a municipality which proposes to issue or has outstanding any general obligation debt, other general obligations or special obligations, or which levies or proposes to levy any special elective tax, shall submit to the Department of Taxation and the commission:

      (a) A complete statement of current general obligation debt and special elective taxes, and a report of current debt and special assessments and retirement schedules, in the detail and form established by the Committee on Local Government Finance.

      (b) A complete statement, in the detail and form established by the Committee on Local Government Finance, of general obligation debt and special elective taxes contemplated to be submitted to the commission during the fiscal year.

      (c) A written statement of the debt management policy of the municipality, which must include, without limitation:

             (1) A discussion of its ability to afford existing general obligation debt, authorized future general obligation debt and proposed future general obligation debt;

             (2) A discussion of its capacity to incur authorized and proposed future general obligation debt without exceeding the applicable debt limit;

             (3) A discussion of its general obligation debt that is payable from property taxes per capita as compared with such debt of other municipalities in this State;

             (4) A discussion of its general obligation debt that is payable from property taxes as a percentage of assessed valuation of all taxable property within the boundaries of the municipality;

             (5) Policy regarding the manner in which the municipality expects to sell its debt;

             (6) A discussion of its sources of money projected to be available to pay existing general obligation debt, authorized future general obligation debt and proposed future general obligation debt; and

             (7) A discussion of its operational costs and revenue sources, for the ensuing 5 fiscal years, associated with each project included in its plan for capital improvement submitted pursuant to paragraph (d), if those costs and revenues are expected to affect the property tax rate.

      (d) Either:

             (1) Its plan for capital improvement for the ensuing 5 fiscal years, which must include any contemplated issuance of general obligation debt during this period and the sources of money projected to be available to pay the debt; or

             (2) A statement indicating that no changes are contemplated in its plan for capital improvement for the ensuing 5 fiscal years.

      (e) A statement containing the name, title, mailing address and telephone number of the chief financial officer of the municipality.

      2.  The governing body of a municipality may combine a statement or plan required by subsection 1 with the corresponding statement or plan of another municipality if both municipalities have the same governing body or the governing bodies of both municipalities agree to such a combination.

      3.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the governing body of each municipality shall update all statements and plans required by subsection 1 not less frequently than once each fiscal year.

      4.  In a county whose population is 100,000 or more, the governing body of each municipality shall update all statements and plans required by subsection 1 not less often than once each fiscal year and not more often than twice each fiscal year, except that a municipality may update a statement or plan required by subsection 1 more often than twice each fiscal year:

      (a) If the governing body determines, by a two-thirds vote, that an emergency requires that a statement or plan be updated;

      (b) To include an item related to:

             (1) An installment purchase that does not count against a debt limit; or

             (2) An obligation for which no additional property tax is expected;

      (c) To update the purpose of a special elective tax without changing the rate of the special elective tax; or

      (d) To comply with the requirements of subsection 5 of NRS 268.625 or subsection 1 of NRS 350.091.

      5.  The provisions of this section do not apply to the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority so long as the Authority does not have any general obligation bonds outstanding and does not issue or propose to issue any such bonds. At least 30 days before each annual meeting of the commission, the Authority shall submit to the Department of Taxation a written statement regarding whether the Authority is planning to propose to issue any general obligation bonds before the next following annual meeting of the commission.

      (Added to NRS by 1971, 942; A 1977, 538; 1993, 2656; 1995, 147, 308, 766; 2001, 880, 2304; 2005, 125)