Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 371 - Governmental Services Tax
NRS 371.047 - Supplemental governmental services tax: Use of proceeds for certain purposes related to construction of highway with limited access.

1. A county may use the proceeds of the tax imposed pursuant to NRS 371.043 or 371.045, or of bonds, notes or other obligations incurred to which the proceeds of those taxes are pledged to finance a project related to the construction of a highway with limited access, to:
(a) Purchase residential real property which shares a boundary with a highway with limited access or a project related to the construction of a highway with limited access, and which is adversely affected by the highway. Not more than 1 percent of the proceeds of the tax or of any bonds to which the proceeds of the tax are pledged may be used for this purpose.
(b) Pay for the cost of moving persons whose primary residences are condemned for a right-of-way for a highway with limited access and who qualify for such payments. The board of county commissioners shall, by ordinance, establish the qualifications for receiving payments for the cost of moving pursuant to this paragraph.
2. A county may, in accordance with NRS 244.265 to 244.296, inclusive, dispose of any residential real property purchased pursuant to this section, and may reserve and except easements, rights or interests related thereto, including, but not limited to:
(a) Abutter’s rights of light, view or air.
(b) Easements of access to and from abutting land.
(c) Covenants prohibiting the use of signs, structures or devices advertising activities not conducted, services not rendered or goods not produced or available on the real property.
3. Proceeds from the sale or lease of residential real property acquired pursuant to this section must be used for the purposes set forth in this section and in NRS 371.043 or 371.045, as applicable.
4. For the purposes of this section, residential real property is adversely affected by a highway with limited access if the construction or proposed use of the highway:
(a) Constitutes a taking of all or any part of the property, or interest therein;
(b) Lowers the value of the property; or
(c) Constitutes a nuisance.
5. As used in this section:
(a) "Highway with limited access" means a divided highway for through traffic with full control of access and with grade separations at intersections.
(b) "Primary residence" means a dwelling, whether owned or rented by the occupant, which is the sole principal place of residence of that occupant.
(c) "Residential real property" means a lot or parcel of not more than 1.5 acres upon which a single-family or multifamily dwelling is located.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2745; A 1997, 496; 2001, 593; 2007, 2837; 2009, 2079; 2017, 1357)