1. The governing body of a city which provides utility services may elect by ordinance to have delinquent charges for any or all of those utility services collected on the tax roll in the same manner, by the same persons, and at the same time as, together with and not separately from, the county’s general taxes. The governing body shall cause a description of each parcel of real property with respect to which the charge is delinquent on May 1 and the amount of the delinquent charge to be prepared and filed with the board of county commissioners no later than June 1. The description of each parcel and the amount of the delinquent charge must be filed in a form approved by the county treasurer.

2. The powers authorized by this section are alternative to all other powers of the city for the collection of such charges.

3. The real property may be described by reference to maps prepared by and on file in the office of the county assessor or by descriptions used by the county assessor.

4. The amount of the charge constitutes a lien against the lot or parcel of land against which the charge has been imposed as of the time when the lien of taxes on the roll attach.

5. The county treasurer shall include the amount of the charges on bills for taxes levied against the respective lots and parcels of land. Thereafter, the amount of the charges must be collected at the same time and in the same manner and by the same persons as, together with and not separately from, the general taxes for the county.

6. All laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of general taxes of the county, including, but not limited to, those pertaining to the matters of delinquency, correction, cancellation, refund, redemption and sale, are applicable to delinquent charges for utility services.

7. The county treasurer may issue separate bills for those charges and separate receipts for collection on account of those charges.

8. The governing body shall pay to the county treasurer, on the date it files the information described in subsection 1, 4 percent of the amount of the delinquent charges for the utility services to be collected on the tax roll or the amount estimated by the county treasurer which is necessary to collect and distribute those delinquent charges, whichever is greater. If the amount paid by the governing body to the county treasurer exceeds the actual amount which is necessary to collect and distribute the delinquent charges, the county treasurer shall refund the excess amount to the governing body within 1 year after the date the governing body files the information described in subsection 1.

9. As used in this section, “utility services” means sewerage, storm drainage or water service, or any combination of those services.

(Added to NRS by 1995, 2560; A 2017, 375)