NRS387.516. Application for guarantee agreement; duties of State Treasurer; limitations on amount of guarantee; ineligibility of certain obligations; investigation and report by Executive Director.

      1.  The board of trustees of a school district may apply to the State Treasurer for a guarantee agreement whereby money in the State Permanent School Fund is used to guarantee the payment of the debt service on bonds that the school district will issue. The amount of the guarantee for bonds of each school district outstanding at any one time must not exceed $40,000,000.

      2.  The application must be on a form prescribed by the State Treasurer. The State Treasurer shall develop the form in consultation with the Executive Director.

      3.  Medium-term obligations entered into pursuant to the provisions of NRS 350.087 to 350.095, inclusive, are not eligible for guarantee pursuant to NRS 387.513 to 387.528, inclusive.

      4.  Upon receipt of an application for a guarantee agreement from a school district, the State Treasurer shall provide a copy of the application and any supporting documentation to the Executive Director. As soon as practicable after receipt of a copy of an application, the Executive Director shall investigate the ability of the school district to make timely payments on the debt service of the bonds for which the guarantee is requested. The Executive Director shall submit a written report of the investigation to the State Board of Finance indicating his or her opinion as to whether the school district has the ability to make timely payments on the debt service of the bonds.

      (Added to NRS by 1997, 2707; A 1999, 599; 2001, 2334; 2007, 1089, 2524)