267.125 - Land improvement fund: Creation by ordinance; composition; expenditures.

267.125  Land improvement fund: Creation by ordinance; composition; expenditures.

      1.  The governing body of a city having the type of commission form of government described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 267.010, which has acquired by the provisions of any federal or any other law real property within its corporate boundaries, and which has adopted a policy, by its charter, of leasing or selling such real property, or portions thereof, in a manner that will result in the maximum benefit accruing to the city from such leases and sales, may, by ordinance, with the approval of the Department of Taxation, create a land improvement fund, which fund shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 354 of NRS.

      2.  The land improvement fund may be composed of:

      (a) Moneys transferred from any capital improvement fund existing pursuant to the provisions of the charter when so authorized by the registered voters of the city at an election.

      (b) Moneys contributed from the general fund of the city by action of the governing body, which contributions need not be repaid to the general fund of the city.

      (c) Such portion of the proceeds received by the city from the lease and sale of the real property as may be provided for by the charter or by city ordinance.

      (d) Any other moneys the deposit of which in the land improvement fund is budgeted for by the governing body or authorized by the registered voters of the city.

      3.  Moneys in the land improvement fund may be expended for:

      (a) Preparation of real property for sale or lease and costs incidental thereto.

      (b) Acquisition and construction of improvements on such real property prior to its sale or lease.

      (Added to NRS by 1963, 641; A 1965, 737; 1975, 1681)