1. Except as otherwise provided in this section or subsections 6 and 7 of NRS 279.676 , an agency of a city whose population is 500,000 or more that receives revenue from taxes pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 279.676 shall set aside:
(a)Not less than 15 percent of that revenue received on or before October 1, 1999, and 18 percent of that revenue received after October 1, 1999, but before October 1, 2011, to increase, improve and preserve the amount of affordable housing in the community;
(b)Not less than 18 percent of that revenue received on or after October 1, 2011, but before July 1, 2017, to:
(1)Increase, improve, preserve or enhance the operating viability of affordable housing in the community; and
(2)Improve existing public educational facilities located within
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1. Except as otherwise provided in this section or subsections 6 and 7 of NRS 279.676 , an agency of a city whose population is 500,000 or more that receives revenue from taxes pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 279.676 shall set aside:
(a) Not less than 15 percent of that revenue received on or before October 1, 1999, and 18 percent of that revenue received after October 1, 1999, but before October 1, 2011, to increase, improve and preserve the amount of affordable housing in the community;
(b) Not less than 18 percent of that revenue received on or after October 1, 2011, but before July 1, 2017, to:
(1) Increase, improve, preserve or enhance the operating viability of affordable housing in the community; and
(2) Improve existing public educational facilities located within a redevelopment area or within 1 mile of a redevelopment area; and
(c) Eighteen percent of that revenue received on or after July 1, 2017, but before March 6, 2031, to increase, improve, preserve or enhance the operating viability of affordable housing in the community and:
(1) Increase, improve, preserve or enhance public educational facilities;
(2) Support public educational activities and programs; or
(3) Increase, improve, preserve or enhance public educational facilities and support public educational activities and programs,
Ê which are located in or within 1 mile of a redevelopment area or which serve pupils who reside in or within 1 mile of a redevelopment area; and
(d) Eighteen percent of that revenue received on or after March 6, 2031, to:
(1) Increase, improve, preserve or enhance public educational facilities;
(2) Support public educational activities and programs; or
(3) Increase, improve, preserve or enhance public educational facilities and support public educational activities and programs,
Ê described in paragraph (c).
2. For each fiscal year, the agency shall prepare a written report concerning the amount of money expended for the purposes set forth in paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of subsection 1, as applicable, and shall, on or before November 30 of each year, submit a copy of the report to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Legislative Commission, if the report is received during an odd-numbered year, or to the next session of the Legislature, if the report is received during an even-numbered year.
3. The obligation of an agency to set aside not less than 15 percent of the revenue from taxes allocated to and received by the agency pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 279.676 is subordinate to any existing obligations of the agency. As used in this subsection, “existing obligations” means the principal and interest, when due, on any bonds, notes or other indebtedness whether funded, refunded, assumed or otherwise incurred by the agency before July 1, 1993, to finance or refinance in whole or in part, the redevelopment of a redevelopment area. For the purposes of this subsection, obligations incurred by an agency after July 1, 1993, shall be deemed existing obligations if the net proceeds are used to refinance existing obligations of the agency.
4. The obligation of an agency to set aside an additional 3 percent of the revenue from taxes allocated to and received by the agency pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 279.676 is subordinate to any existing obligations of the agency. As used in this subsection, “existing obligations” means the principal and interest, when due, on any bonds, notes or other indebtedness whether funded, refunded, assumed or otherwise incurred by the agency before October 1, 1999, to finance or refinance in whole or in part, the redevelopment of a redevelopment area. For the purposes of this subsection, obligations incurred by an agency after October 1, 1999, shall be deemed existing obligations if the net proceeds are used to refinance existing obligations of the agency.
5. From the revenue set aside by an agency pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection 1, not more than 50 percent of that amount may be used to:
(a) Increase, improve, preserve or enhance the operating viability of affordable housing in the community; or
(b) Increase, improve, preserve or enhance public educational facilities, support public educational activities and programs or increase, improve, preserve or enhance public educational facilities and support public educational activities and programs which are located in or within 1 mile of a redevelopment area or which serve pupils who reside in or within 1 mile of a redevelopment area,
Ê unless the agency establishes that such an amount is insufficient to pay the cost of a project identified in the redevelopment plan for the redevelopment area.
6. Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of subsection 1 and subsection 5, the agency may expend or otherwise commit money for the purposes of subsection 1 outside the boundaries of the redevelopment area.