1. At the time and place advertised for public hearing, or at any time and place to which the public hearing is from time to time adjourned, the governing body shall hold a public hearing on the tentative budget, at which time interested persons must be given an opportunity to be heard.

2. At the public hearing, the governing body shall indicate changes, if any, to be made in the tentative budget and shall adopt a final budget by the favorable votes of a majority of all members of the governing body. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the final budget must be adopted on or before June 1 of each year. The final budgets of school districts must be adopted on or before June 8 of each year. Should the governing body fail to adopt a final budget that complies with the requirements of law and the regulations of the Committee on Local Government Finance on or before the required date, the budget adopted and used for certification of the combined ad valorem tax rate by the Department of Taxation for the current year, adjusted as to content and rate in such a manner as the Department of Taxation may consider necessary, automatically becomes the budget for the ensuing fiscal year. When a budget has been so adopted by default, the governing body may not reconsider the budget without the express approval of the Department of Taxation. If the default budget creates a combined ad valorem tax rate in excess of the limit imposed by NRS 361.453, the Nevada Tax Commission shall adjust the budget as provided in NRS 361.4547 or 361.455.

3. The final budget must be certified by a majority of all members of the governing body, and a copy of it, together with an affidavit of proof of publication of the notice of the public hearing, must be transmitted to the Nevada Tax Commission. If a tentative budget is adopted by default as provided in subsection 2, the clerk of the governing body shall certify the budget and transmit to the Nevada Tax Commission a copy of the budget, together with an affidavit of proof of the notice of the public hearing, if that notice was published. Certified copies of the final budget must be distributed as determined by the Department of Taxation.

4. Upon the adoption of the final budget or the amendment of the budget in accordance with NRS 354.598005, the several amounts stated in it as proposed expenditures are appropriated for the purposes indicated in the budget.

5. No governing body may adopt any budget which appropriates for any fund any amount in excess of the budget resources of that fund.

6. If a local government makes a change in its final budget which increases the combined ad valorem tax rate, the local government shall submit the amended final budget to the county auditor within 15 days after making the change.

(Added to NRS by 1965, 731; A 1967, 938; 1969, 1083; 1975, 161, 1686; 1979, 1240, 1373; 1981, 311; 1987, 164; 1993, 1432; 1995, 1031; 1997, 1778; 1999, 1358; 2001, 1800, 2319; 2003, 162; 2003, 19th Special Session, 84)