The Director:

1. Shall adopt regulations:

(a) Prescribing the minimum level of benefits that a facility must provide to its employees;

(b) Prescribing such requirements for an application for a partial abatement pursuant to NRS 701A.300 to 701A.390, inclusive, as will ensure that all information and other documentation necessary for the Director, in consultation with the Office of Economic Development, to make an appropriate determination is filed with the Director;

(c) Requiring each recipient of a partial abatement pursuant to NRS 701A.300 to 701A.390, inclusive, to file annually with the Director such information and documentation as may be necessary for the Director to determine whether the recipient is in compliance with any eligibility requirements for the abatement; and

(d) Regarding the capital investment that a facility must make to meet the requirement set forth in paragraph (d) or (e) of subsection 1 of NRS 701A.365; and

2. May adopt such other regulations as the Director determines to be necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 701A.300 to 701A.390, inclusive; and

3. May charge and collect a fee from each applicant who submits an application for a partial abatement pursuant to NRS 701A.300 to 701A.390, inclusive. The amount of the fee must consist of:

(a) An amount that does not exceed the actual cost to the Director for processing and approving the application; and

(b) A reasonable amount established by a regulation adopted by the Director pursuant to this paragraph. The Office shall use the proceeds of the fee for activities of the Office that support and expand renewable energy development in this State and are specified in a regulation adopted by the Director pursuant to this paragraph. The Director shall adopt regulations specifying the amount of the fee described in this section and setting forth the specific activities of the Office that the proceeds of the fee will support and expand.

(Added to NRS by 2009, 2004; A 2011, 2075, 3483; 2013, 3206; 2019, 1183, effective July 1, 2020)