Is The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Permitted to Charge Utility Service Providers Franchise Fees, And Allow Them to Involuntarily “Pass Through” Those Fees to Local Parcel Owners?
Assuming Arguendo The District’s Recreation (“RFF”) and Beach (“BFF”) Facility “Fees” Are Actually “Fees,” Can They Permissibly Be Re-Labeled as “Service Charges…For (Recreation) Services or Facilities Furnished by The District?”
No they cannot. And here are the reasons why. As we’ve demonstrated elsewhere, “each year, the District establishes…annual Recreation…and Beach Facility Fee(s)…collected from property owners within the District through a levy placed on the(ir) property tax bill(s)…As part of the … Continue reading →
Is The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Permitted to Lobby Legislators to Influence Legislation And Involuntarily Assess Local Parcel Owners The Costs?
Is The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Permitted to Donate District Assets as Well as The Use Thereof, And Involuntarily Assess Local Parcel Owners The Costs?
Is The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Permitted to Snowplow And Sand Someone Else’s Property (Here Portions of The County’s Ski Way And Country Club Drive), And Involuntarily Assess Local Parcel Owners The Cost?
Is The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Permitted to Maintain And Repair Someone Else’s Property (Here The School District’s Upper Incline High School Athletic Field), And Involuntarily Assess Local Parcel Owners The Costs?
Is The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Permitted to Maintain Someone Else’s Property (Here The County’s East-West Parks), And Involuntarily Assess Local Parcel Owners The Costs?
Do The District’s Recreation (“RFF”) And Beach (“BFF”) Facility Fees Violate Article 4, Sections 20-21 of The Nevada Constitution?
We begin our discussion with the acknowledgment that “the Nevada Constitution is the ‘supreme law of the state,’ which ‘control[s] over any conflicting statutory provisions.’” As such “we recognize that the Legislature is endowed with considerable lawmaking authority under Article … Continue reading →
Assuming Arguendo IVGID’s Recreation (“RFF”) and Beach (“BFF”) Facility Fees Are Legitimate “Fees,” Are They The “Recreation Standby And Service Charges” The District Represents?
As elsewhere explained, the RFF/BFF do not meet the requisites of a “fee,” regardless of the precise label assigned. So it really doesn’t matter if they are the “standby and service charges” the District represents. Nevertheless, naysayers will argue otherwise … Continue reading →