Well it depends upon what type of “fee” we’re talking about. For instance, Water And Sanitary Sewer Fees: If it’s a sanitary sewer or a water facilities fee, NRS 318.199(2) instructs that the District’s “Board of trustees (‘Board’) shall hold … Continue reading →
Again, it depends upon what type of fee we’re talking about. However for starters, NRS 318.197(4): NRS 318.197(4) expressly instructs that “the Board may provide for the collection of (those rates, tolls and) charges” provided for in NRS 318.197(1). NRS … Continue reading →
We’ve elsewhere shared the authority: all general improvement districts (“GIDs”) have to adopt “rates, tolls, and charges;” the kinds of “fees,” in a vacuum, they’re permitted to adopt; the limits on those “fees;” and, the various kinds of “fees” past … Continue reading →
Listen to Trustee Mick Homan: “Every parcel owner that has purchased their property over the last 55 years was fully aware of th(is) recreation model. They made their investment decision(s) with full transparency. When I moved to Incline Village, this model … Continue reading →
In a nutshell, taxes. Not fees, but taxes. And invalid ones no less! Nevertheless, let’s not go there…yet. Let’s assume for purposes of argument the RFF/BFF are fees. Fees “based on the rights of (a governmental) entity as proprietor of … Continue reading →
If one examines NRS 318, nowhere will one find the terms “fuels management” or “defensible space” (go ahead and do a word search). If one examines IVGID staff’s accounting glossary within the budget the Board adopts each year, one will find the … Continue reading →
Given we’ve shared that a general improvement district’s (“GID’s”) Board of Trustees’ (“Board’s”) power to “fix, and from time to time increase or decrease…rates, tolls or charges” flows from NRS 318.197(1), and that this NRS fails to expressly identify “franchise … Continue reading →
But for a judicial confirmation petition which “pray(s for)…judicial examination and determination of the validity of any power conferred or of any instrument, act or project of the municipality, whether or not such power has been exercised, such instrument has … Continue reading →
What remedies are available to a GID assuming one or more members of the public allege the former is exceeding its limited powers? The answer appears at NRS 43.100(1) which instructs that: “The governing body…(of a)…municipality…may file or cause to … Continue reading →