As demonstrated elsewhere, general improvement districts (“GIDs”) are limited purpose special districts. Therefore their powers are to be strictly construed and limited to those provided by the Legislature as explicitly conferred by their County Boards of Commissioners (“County Boards”) in the GID’s initiating … Continue reading →
As demonstrated elsewhere, general improvement districts (“GIDs”) are limited purpose special districts. Therefore their powers are to be strictly construed and limited to those provided by the Legislature as explicitly conferred by their County Boards of Commissioners (“County Boards”) in the GID’s initiating … Continue reading →
Introduction: As demonstrated elsewhere, the purpose of general improvement districts (“GIDs”) is supposed to be “to provide various urban type services (to real property in)…areas where such services (a)re not available and (cannot) be provided (for) by general purpose government(s)” such as counties, … Continue reading →
Introduction: As demonstrated elsewhere, the purpose of general improvement districts (“GIDs”) is supposed to be “to provide various urban type services (to real property in)…areas where such services (a)re not available and (cannot) be provided (for) by general purpose government(s)” such as counties, … Continue reading →
As with the propriety of all local governmental powers, 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 … Continue reading →
Introduction: As demonstrated elsewhere, the purpose of general improvement districts (“GIDs”) is supposed to be “to provide various urban type services (to real property in)…areas where such services (a)re not available and (cannot) be provided (for) by general purpose government(s)” such as counties, cities … Continue reading →
So if the subject power which has led you to this discussion has not been expressly provided for by the Legislature; or if it has, it has not been expressly granted to the District by the Washoe County Board (“County … Continue reading →
Yes we all know about the Washoe and Paiute Indians who populated the Lake Tahoe region for ten thousand (10,000) or more years before the white man’s purported arrival in 1844. And the tens of thousands of emigrants who stopped … Continue reading →
As Incline Village’s largest property owner, why would Crystal Bay Development Co. (“CBDC”), Incline Villager’s developer, ever choose to abdicate operation and regulation of its holdings to anyone, let alone a general improvement district (GID)? Wouldn’t this frustrate its intent … Continue reading →
Recall that Art Wood and Company’s purchase of the lands which would eventually become Incline Village was consummated in September of 1959. So when was Nevada’s GID law adopted? March 30, 1959. And what was its stated purpose? To “promote … Continue reading →