NRS244A.539. Enforcement of collection of service charges by requiring tax levy.

      1.  The county, or the State acting through the board, may enforce the collection of service charges made thereby to any public body which fails to pay such charges within 90 days after they become due and payable, in addition to any other remedy fixed by contract or otherwise, by an action in the nature of a writ of mandamus or other action in any court of competent jurisdiction to compel the levy without limitation as to rate or amount, except for the limitation in Section 2 of Article 10 of the Nevada Constitution, by the governing body of the public body and the collection of taxes on and against all taxable property therein sufficient in amount to pay such delinquent charges, together with penalties for delinquencies, court costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees and other cost of collection.

      2.  The governing body of the public body may so levy such taxes sufficient for the payment of such charges as they become due and payable. The governing body may also apply for that purpose any other funds that may be in the treasury of the public body and legally available therefor, whether derived from any service charges imposed by the public body for the use of or otherwise in connection with its sewer system, or from any other source.

      3.  Upon such payments being made, the levy or levies of taxes for the payment of the service charges so imposed by the county or the State may thereupon to that extent be diminished.

      4.  Except to the extent specified in subsection 3, each such public body shall annually levy taxes as provided in subsection 1 sufficient in amount to pay such service charges of the county or the State promptly as they become due and payable.

      (Added to NRS by 1973, 1738; A 1977, 30)