As we’ve elsewhere discussed, standby service charges represent: 1. Some sort of monetary levy against and of direct benefit to real property; 2. Imposed for the mere availability to access and receive water and/or sewer services; 3. Where those services … Continue reading →
Because staff and current/past Boards want/have wanted our money so they can continue to intentionally spend beyond their means, and they’re committed/have been committed to a “means justify(ing) ends” philosophy, is it any surprise we’ve been told that based upon … Continue reading →
Courts have oftentimes been asked to define the characteristics of a “fee,” and how they differ from other kinds of monetary exactions such as “taxes.” And as elsewhere explained, just because staff and past Boards have called Recreation (“RFF”) and … Continue reading →
Nev. Const. Art. 8, Sec. 8: As elsewhere discussed, we begin our analysis with the Nevada Constitution given it “is the ‘supreme law of the state which ‘control[s] over any conflicting statutory provisions.’” Nev. Const. Art. 8, Sec. 8 instructs that the … Continue reading →
“In 1997, the Legislature enacted the Local Government Tax Distribution Account, referred to as the (Consolidated or) C-Tax (1997 Nev. Stat., ch. 660, §1, at 3278). The C-Tax is designed to fund local governments and their corresponding entities by ‘creat[ing] a … Continue reading →
There are several different types of real property “assessments.” There can be the assessment for purposes of ad valorem taxation. As well as the assessment in an homeowners’ association for common expenses. And here there can be “a special assessment … Continue reading →
Nev. Const. Art. 8, Sec. 8: As elsewhere discussed, we begin our analysis with the Nevada Constitution given it “is the ‘supreme law of the state which ‘control[s] over any conflicting statutory provisions.’” Nev. Const. Art. 8, Sec. 8 instructs that the … Continue reading →
As explained elsewhere, general improvement districts (“GIDs”) are limited purpose forms of local government with very little means of generating revenue. So when they undertake functions beyond their limited purpose(s), generating the revenues necessary to financially support those functions becomes … Continue reading →
So as elsewhere stated, we see that the District’s central services costs are directly allocated and transferred from its Utility, Community Services and Beach Funds to its General Fund. But where do the monies from these former funds actually come … Continue reading →
As we have discussed elsewhere, the only basic powers a general improvement district (“GID”) may legitimately exercise (including the power to fix fees and assess taxes) are those expressly granted in its initiating and supplemental ordinance(s) “as supplemented by the … Continue reading →