AB70
AN ACT relating to energy; authorizing the board of county commissioners of a county to require applicants for a partial abatement of certain taxes imposed on certain renewable energy facilities to reimburse the county for costs incurred by the county to participate in the preparation of a federal environmental impact statement; authorizing the Director of the Office of Energy within the Office of the Governor to condition approval of such a partial abatement on compliance with the requirement to pay such a reimbursement; prohibiting a county from taking certain actions with respect to a renewable energy facility that the county has approved or recommended approval for a partial abatement; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to energy; authorizing the board of county commissioners of a county to require applicants for a partial abatement of certain taxes imposed on certain renewable energy facilities to reimburse the county for costs incurred by the county to participate in the preparation of a federal environmental impact statement; authorizing the Director of the Office of Energy within the Office of the Governor to condition approval of such a partial abatement on compliance with the requirement to pay such a reimbursement; prohibiting a county from taking certain actions with respect to a renewable energy facility that the county has approved or recommended approval for a partial abatement; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Introduction Date
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Primary Sponsor
Assembly Committee on Growth and Infrastructure
Public exhibits
2
Support 0 · Opp 0 · Neutral 2
Auditor findings
0
recusal 0 · QPQ 0
AN ACT relating to energy; authorizing the board of county commissioners of a county to require applicants for a partial
Existing law authorizes certain renewable energy facilities to apply to the Director of the Office of Energy within the Office of the Governor for a partial abatement of certain sales and use taxes and property taxes. As soon as practicable after the Director receives such an application, existing law requires the Director to forward a copy of the application to certain persons and entities, including the board of county commissioners. (NRS 701A.360) Under existing law, the Director is prohibited from approving the application unless the application is: (1) approved by the board of county commissioners; or (2) deemed approved by the board of county commissioners because the board of county commissioners has not approved or disapproved the application within a certain period after the board of county commissioners receives from the Director a copy of the application. (NRS 701A.365) Section 1 of this bill authorizes the board of county commissioners of a county, unless an alternative cost recovery mechanism has been adopted by the county, to require an applicant for a partial abatement of certain taxes imposed on a renewable energy facility located on federal land within the county to reimburse the county for actual administrative and operational costs incurred by the county, in an amount not to exceed $50,000, to participate in the preparation of an environmental impact statement required with respect to the facility pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 4
NELIS exhibits (2 on file)
Neutral (2)
- Proposed Amendment — Vinson Guthreau, National Association of Counties (Testimony)
- (unattributed) (Testimony)
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