NRS354.665. Delinquent documents: Notification; explanation to Committee on Local Government Finance; withholding of payments.

      1.  If a local government does not file a statement, report or other document as required by the provisions of NRS 350.013, 354.6015, 354.6025, 354.624, 354.6245 or 387.303 within 15 days after the day on which it was due, the Executive Director shall notify the governing body of the local government in writing that the report is delinquent. The notification must be noted in the minutes of the first meeting of the governing body following transmittal of the notification.

      2.  If the required report is not received by the Department within 45 days after the day on which the report was due, the Executive Director shall notify the governing body that the presence of a representative of the governing body is required at the next practicable scheduled meeting of the Committee to explain the reason that the report has not been filed. The notice must be transmitted to the governing body at least 5 days before the date on which the meeting will be held.

      3.  If an explanation satisfactory to the Committee is not provided at the meeting as requested in the notice and an arrangement is not made for the submission of the report, the Committee may instruct the Executive Director to request that the State Treasurer withhold from the local government the next distribution from the Local Government Tax Distribution Account if the local government is otherwise entitled to receive such a distribution or of the local school support tax if the local government is a school district. Upon receipt of such a request, the State Treasurer shall withhold the payment and all future payments until the State Treasurer is notified by the Executive Director that the report has been received by the Department.

      (Added to NRS by 1995, 1891; A 2001, 1421, 1814; 2003, 78)