§ 360.975 — Duty of Office of Economic Development to prepare and submit certain reports; content of reports. [Effective through June 30, 2036.]

Nevada § 360.975

• Jurisdiction: Nevada
• Title 32: REVENUE AND TAXATION
• Ch. 360: General

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1. The Office of Economic Development shall, on or before October 1 of each year, prepare and submit to the Governor and to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Legislature an annual report which includes:
(a) For the immediately preceding fiscal year:
(1) The number of applications submitted pursuant to NRS 360.945 ;
(2) The number of qualified projects for which an application was approved;
(3) The amount of transferable tax credits approved;
(4) The amount of transferable tax credits used;
(5) The amount of transferable tax credits transferred;
(6) The amount of transferable tax credits taken against each allowable fee or tax, including the actual amount used and outstanding, in total and for each qualified project;
(7) The number of abatements approved;
(8) The dollar amount of the abatements;
(9) The number of employees engaged in construction of each qualified project who are residents of Nevada and the number of employees employed by each participant in a qualified project who are residents of Nevada;
(10) The number of qualified employees employed by each participant in a qualified project and the total amount of wages paid to those persons; and
(11) For each qualified project, an assessment of whether the participants in the qualified project are making satisfactory progress towards meeting the investment requirements necessary to support the determination by the Office that the project is a qualified project.
(b) For each abatement from taxation that the Office approved during the fiscal years which are 3 fiscal years, 6 fiscal years, 10 fiscal years and 20 fiscal years immediately preceding the submission of the report:
(1) The dollar amount of the abatement;
(2) The value of infrastructure included as an incentive for the qualified project;
(3) The economic sector in which each participant in the qualified project operates, the number of primary jobs related to the qualified project, the average wage paid to employees employed by the participants in the qualified project and the assessed values of personal property and real property of the qualified project; and
(4) Any other information that the Office determines to be useful.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, in addition to the annual reports required to be prepared and submitted pursuant to subsection 1, for the period beginning on July 1, 2017, and ending on June 30, 2024, the Office shall, not less frequently than every 6 months, prepare and submit to the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Legislature a report which includes, for the immediately preceding 6 months:
(a) The dollar amount of the abatements approved for the lead participant in each qualified project;
(b) The number of employees engaged in construction of each qualified project who are residents of Nevada and the number of employees employed by each participant in each qualified project who are residents of Nevada;
(c) The number of qualified employees employed by each participant in each qualified project and the total amount of wages paid to those persons;
(d) For each qualified project an assessment of whether the participants in the qualified project are making satisfactory progress towards meeting the investment requirements necessary to support the determination by the Office that the project is a qualified project; and
(e) Any other information requested by the Legislature.
3. The Office is not required to prepare and submit the report required by subsection 2 if, within 75 days after the end of the period covered by the report:
(a) The Office receives an audit of the participants in the project for the period that would have been covered by the report; and
(b) That audit contains the information required to be included in the report pursuant to paragraphs (a) to (d), inclusive, of subsection 2.
4. In addition to the reports required to be prepared and submitted pursuant to subsections 1 and 2, the Office shall, upon request, make available to the Legislature any information concerning a qualified project or any participant in a qualified project. The Office shall make available any information requested pursuant to this subsection within the period specified in the request.
5. The Office shall provide to the Fiscal Analysis Division of the Legislative Counsel Bureau a copy of any agreement entered into by the Office and the lead participant not later than 30 days after the agreement is executed.
6. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other specific statute, the information requested by the Legislature pursuant to this section may include information considered confidential for other purposes. If such confidential information is requested, the Office shall make the information available to the Fiscal Analysis Division of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for confidential examination.

Legislative History

(Added to NRS by 2014, 28th Special Session, 20 ; A 2017, 191 )