Nevada Revised Statutes Section 373.160 - Revenue and Taxation

Pledges and liens to secure payment of revenue bonds or other securities.

1. The ordinance or ordinances providing for the issuance of any bonds or other securities issued hereunder payable from the receipts from the motor vehicle fuel excise taxes herein designated may at the discretion of the board, in addition to covenants and other provisions authorized in the Local Government Securities Law, contain covenants or other provisions as to the pledge of and the creation of a lien upon the receipts of the taxes collected for the county pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 373.030 and paragraph (d) of subsection 1 of NRS 373.065, excluding any tax proceeds to be distributed directly under the provisions of NRS 373.150, or the proceeds of the bonds or other securities pending their application to defray the cost of the project, or both such tax proceeds and security proceeds, to secure the payment of revenue bonds or other securities issued hereunder.

2. If the board determines in any ordinance authorizing the issuance of any bonds or other securities hereunder that the proceeds of the taxes levied and collected pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 373.030 and paragraph (d) of subsection 1 of NRS 373.065 are sufficient to pay all bonds and securities, including the proposed issue, from the proceeds thereof, the board may additionally secure the payment of any bonds or other securities issued pursuant to the ordinance hereunder by a pledge of and the creation of a lien upon not only the proceeds of any motor vehicle fuel tax authorized at the time of the issuance of such securities to be used for such payment in subsection 6 of NRS 373.130, but also the proceeds of any such tax thereafter authorized to be used or pledged, or used and pledged, for the payment of such securities, whether such tax be levied or collected by the county, the State of Nevada, or otherwise, or be levied in at least an equivalent value in lieu of any such tax existing at the time of the issuance of such securities or be levied in supplementation thereof.

3. The pledges and liens authorized by subsections 1 and 2 extend to the proceeds of any tax collected for use by the county on any motor vehicle fuel so long as any bonds or other securities issued hereunder remain outstanding and are not limited to any type or types of motor vehicle fuel in use when the bonds or other securities are issued.

Last modified: February 27, 2006