1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, when personal property, or a portion of personal property, which for any reason is exempt from taxation is leased, loaned or otherwise made available to and used by a natural person, association or corporation in connection with a business conducted for profit, the leasehold interest, possessory interest, beneficial interest or beneficial use of any such lessee or user of the property is subject to taxation to the extent the:

(a) Portion of the property leased or used; and

(b) Percentage of time during the fiscal year that the property is leased to the lessee or used by the user, in accordance with NRS 361.2275,

can be segregated and identified. The taxable value of the interest or use must be determined in the manner provided in subsection 3 of NRS 361.227 and in accordance with NRS 361.2275.

2. Taxes must be assessed to lessees or users of exempt personal property and collected in the same manner as taxes assessed to owners of other personal property, except that taxes due under this section do not become a lien against the personal property. When due, the taxes constitute a debt due from the lessee or user to the county for which the taxes were assessed and, if unpaid, are recoverable by the county in the proper court of the county.

3. The provisions of this section do not apply to personal property:

(a) Used in vending stands operated by persons who are blind under the auspices of the Bureau of Services to Persons Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired of the Rehabilitation Division of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

(b) Owned by a public airport and used for the purposes of the public airport.

(Added to NRS by 1965, 1157; A 1971, 659; 1973, 1406; 1977, 1098; 1987, 293; 1993, 1575, 2311; 1995, 579, 1809; 1997, 1173; 2001, 841, 1546; 2003, 53)