NRS428.285. Levy of tax ad valorem for remittance to fund and Intergovernmental Transfer Account; certain smaller counties to remit certain amount of money to allow State Plan for Medicaid to include payment of certain expenditures relating to long-term care; certain counties to remit certain amount for credit to Supplemental Account.

      1.  The board of county commissioners of each county shall establish a tax rate of at least 6 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation for the purposes of the tax imposed pursuant to subsection 2. A board of county commissioners may increase the rate to not more than 10 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation.

      2.  In addition to the levies provided in NRS 428.050 and 428.185 and any tax levied pursuant to NRS 450.425, the board of county commissioners shall levy a tax ad valorem at a rate necessary to produce revenue in an amount equal to an amount calculated by multiplying the assessed valuation of all taxable property in the county by the tax rate established pursuant to subsection 1, and subtracting from the product the amount of unencumbered money remaining in the fund on May 1 of the current fiscal year.

      3.  For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 1989, the board of county commissioners of each county shall remit to the State Controller from the money in the fund an amount of money equivalent to the amount collected from 1 cent on each $100 of assessed valuation of all taxable property in the county for credit to the Intergovernmental Transfer Account in the State General Fund.

      4.  For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2013, in a county whose population is less than 100,000, the board of county commissioners shall, pursuant to an interlocal agreement with the State, remit to the State Controller an amount of money determined by the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services to be adequate for the State Plan for Medicaid to include the payment of the nonfederal share of expenditures set forth in NRS 422.272. In such a county, the amount of money that the board of county commissioners may be required to remit, as determined by the Director pursuant to this subsection, must not exceed an amount of money equivalent to the amount collected from 8 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation of all taxable property in the county.

      5.  Not later than January 1, 2014, and not later than January 1 of each year thereafter, the board of county commissioners of each county shall remit to the State Controller an amount equal to the amount collected by the board of county commissioners pursuant to NRS 439B.340 for the previous fiscal year for credit to the Supplemental Account.

      6.  The tax so levied and its proceeds must be excluded in computing the maximum amount of money which the county is permitted to receive from taxes ad valorem and the highest permissible rate of such taxes.

      (Added to NRS by 1985, 2031; A 1987, 91; 1989, 1860; 1991, 481; 2001, 2926; 2005, 1675; 2013, 2865, 2883)