1. A tax increment area may be created pursuant to this section by a cooperative agreement between a city in which the principal campus of the Nevada State College is located or intended to be located and the Nevada System of Higher Education, if the boundaries of the tax increment area include only land:

(a) On which the principal campus of the Nevada State College is located or intended to be located; and

(b) Which:

(1) Consists of not more than 509 acres;

(2) Was transferred by the city creating the tax increment area to the Nevada System of Higher Education for the use of the Nevada State College;

(3) Has never been subject to property taxation; and

(4) The Nevada System of Higher Education has agreed to continue to own for the term of the tax increment area.

The provisions of NRS 278C.160, subsections 4, 6 and 7 of NRS 278C.170, NRS 278C.220, subsections 2 and 3 of NRS 278C.250 and paragraph (d) of subsection 6 of NRS 278C.250 do not apply to a tax increment area created pursuant to this section, but such a tax increment area is subject to the provisions of subsections 2 to 9, inclusive.

2. Whenever the governing body of a city in which the principal campus of the Nevada State College is located or intended to be located and the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada determine that the interests of the city, the Nevada System of Higher Education and the public require an undertaking, the governing body and the Board of Regents may enter into a cooperative agreement pursuant to NRS 277.080 to 277.180, inclusive, which describes by reference to the general types of undertakings authorized pursuant to NRS 278C.140 and the undertakings proposed for the tax increment area, and which contains or refers to an exhibit filed with the clerk of the city and the Secretary of the Board of Regents which contains:

(a) A statement of the last finalized amount of the assessed valuation of the real property within the boundaries of the tax increment area, which boundaries must be in compliance with subsection 1, and a statement that, based upon the records of the county treasurer, no property taxes were collected on any of that property, or on any interest therein, during the most recent year for which those records are available; and

(b) A description of the tax increment area or its location, so that the various tracts of taxable real property and any taxable personal property may be identified and determined to be within or without the tax increment area, except that the description need not describe in complete detail each tract of real property proposed to be included within the tax increment area.

3. The governing body may, at any time after the effective date of a cooperative agreement entered into pursuant to this section, adopt a resolution that provisionally orders the undertakings and creation of the tax increment area.

4. The notice of the meeting required pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 278C.170 must:

(a) Describe by reference the general types of undertakings authorized pursuant to NRS 278C.140 and the undertakings proposed for the tax increment area;

(b) Describe the last finalized amount of the assessed valuation of the real property within the boundaries of the tax increment area, and state that, based upon the records of the county treasurer, no property taxes were collected on any of that property, or on any interest therein, during the most recent year for which those records are available;

(c) Describe the tax increment area or its location, so that the various tracts of taxable real or personal property may be identified and determined to be within or without the tax increment area; and

(d) State the date, time and place of the meeting described in subsection 1 of NRS 278C.170.

5. If, after considering all properly submitted and relevant written and oral complaints, protests, objections and other relevant comments and after considering any other relevant material, the governing body determines that the undertaking is in the public interest and defines that public interest, the governing body shall determine whether to proceed with the undertaking. If the governing body has ordered any modification to an undertaking and has determined to proceed, the governing body must consult with the Board of Regents to obtain its consent to the proposed modification. When the Board of Regents and the governing body are in agreement on the modification, if any, and a statement of the modification is filed with the clerk, if the governing body wants to proceed with the undertaking, the governing body shall adopt an ordinance in the same manner as any other ordinance:

(a) Overruling all complaints, protests and objections not otherwise acted upon;

(b) Ordering the undertaking;

(c) Describing the tax increment area to which the undertaking pertains; and

(d) Creating a tax increment account for the undertaking.

6. Money deposited in the tax increment account as described in subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 278C.250 may be used to pay the capital costs of the undertaking directly, in addition to being used to pay the bond requirements of loans, money advanced or indebtedness incurred to finance or refinance an undertaking, and may continue to be used for those purposes until the expiration of the tax increment area pursuant to NRS 278C.300.

7. The Board of Regents may pledge to any securities it issues under a delegation pursuant to subsection 8, or irrevocably dedicate to the city that will issue securities hereunder, any revenues of the Nevada System of Higher Education derived from the campus of the Nevada System of Higher Education whose boundaries are included in whole or in part in the tax increment area, other than revenues from state appropriations and from student fees, and subject to any covenants or restrictions in any instruments authorizing other securities. Such an irrevocable dedication must be for the term of the securities issued by the city and any securities refunding those securities and may also extend for the term of the tax increment area.

8. The city may delegate to the Board of Regents the authority to issue any security other than a general obligation security which the city is authorized to issue pursuant to this chapter, and in connection therewith, may irrevocably dedicate to the Board of Regents the revenues that are authorized pursuant to this chapter to be pledged or used to repay those securities, including, without limitation, all money in the tax increment account created pursuant to subsection 5. The irrevocable dedication of any security pursuant to this subsection must be for the term of the security issued by the Nevada System of Higher Education and any security refunding those securities and may also extend for the term of the tax increment area.

9. If the boundaries of a county school district include a tax increment area created pursuant to this section and the county school district operates a public school on property within the boundaries of that tax increment area, the county school district and the Nevada System of Higher Education shall consult with one another regarding funding for the operating costs of that public school.

(Added to NRS by 2007, 2459; A 2015, 3199)