2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 445B - Air Pollution
NRS 445B.834 - Additional fee for form certifying emission control compliance; notification to Department concerning purposes of fee; uses of fee.

1. The board of county commissioners of a county whose population is 100,000 or more may by ordinance impose an additional fee for each form certifying emission control compliance.

2. If a board of county commissioners imposes an additional fee pursuant to subsection 1, the board of county commissioners shall notify the Department of Motor Vehicles for the purposes of collecting and distributing the additional fee pursuant to subsection 7 of NRS 445B.830.

3. If a board of county commissioners imposes an additional fee pursuant to subsection 1, the board shall:

(a) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (b), use any money received from the additional fee to support the programs of local air pollution control agencies to reduce emissions from a motor vehicle; and

(b) Allocate at least 50 percent of any money received from the additional fee to support the programs of local air pollution control agencies to reduce emissions from a motor vehicle for the benefit of historically underserved communities.

4. As used in this section:

(a) "Additional fee" does not include any fee that is imposed pursuant to paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 445B.830.

(b) "Block" means the smallest geographical unit whose boundaries were designated by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce in its topographically integrated geographic encoding and referencing system.

(c) "Block group" means a combination of blocks whose numbers begin with the same digit.

(d) "Census tract" means a combination of block groups.

(e) "Historically underserved community" means:

(1) A census tract:

(I) Designated as a qualified census tract by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 42(d)(5)(B)(ii); or

(II) In which, in the immediately preceding census, at least 20 percent of households were not proficient in the English language;

(2) A community in this State with at least one public school:

(I) In which 75 percent or more of the enrolled pupils in the school are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1751 et seq.; or

(II) That participates in universal meal service in high poverty areas pursuant to Section 104 of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, Public Law 111-296; or

(3) A community in this State located on qualified tribal land, as defined in NRS 370.0325.

(Added to NRS by 2001, 2681; A 2021, 2177)