§ 463.3088 — Gaming enterprise district: Procedure for appealing denial or grant of petition to designate location outside of Las Vegas Boulevard gaming corridor and rural Clark County gaming zone

Nevada § 463.3088

• Jurisdiction: Nevada
• Title 41: GAMING; HORSE RACING; SPORTING EVENTS
• Ch. 463: Licensing

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1. After a county, city or town makes a decision on a petition filed pursuant to NRS 463.3086 :
(a) The petitioner may appeal to the Committee if the petition is denied; or
(b) An aggrieved party may appeal to the Committee if the petition is granted.
2. A notice of appeal must be filed with the Committee not later than 10 days after the date of the decision on the petition.
3. The Committee may hear only one appeal from the decision on the petition.
4. The Committee shall determine whether a person who files a notice of appeal is an aggrieved party. If more than one person files a notice of appeal, the Committee shall consolidate the appeals of all persons who the Committee determines are aggrieved parties.
5. If the petitioner files a notice of appeal, the county, city or town that denied the petition shall be deemed to be the opposing party, and the county, city or town may elect to defend its decision before the Committee.
6. If a notice of appeal is filed by the petitioner or an aggrieved party, the petitioner shall request the court reporter to prepare a transcript of the report of the hearing on the petition, and the petitioner shall pay the costs of preparing the transcript.
7. The Committee shall consider the appeal not later than 30 days after the date the notice of appeal is filed. The Committee may accept written briefs or hear oral arguments, or both. The Committee shall not receive additional evidence and shall confine its review to the record. In reviewing the record, the Committee may substitute its judgment for that of the county, city or town and may make its own determinations as to the sufficiency and weight of the evidence on all questions of fact or law.
8. The Committee shall issue its decision and written findings not later than 30 days after the appeal is heard or is submitted for consideration without oral argument. The Committee shall affirm or reverse the decision of the county, city or town and shall grant or deny the petition in accordance with its affirmance or reversal.
9. Any party to the appeal before the Committee may appeal the decision of the Committee to grant or deny the petition to the district court. A party must file such an appeal not later than 20 days after the date of the decision of the Committee.
10. The Committee may take any action that is necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. Any action that is taken by the Committee pursuant to this section must be approved by a majority vote of the membership of the Committee.
11. As used in this section, “Committee” means the Review Panel of the Gaming Policy Committee as provided in subsection 6 of NRS 463.021 .

Legislative History

(Added to NRS by 1997, 1706 )