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ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 462–ASSEMBLYMEMBER BACKUS
MARCH 17, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs
SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to economic
development. (BDR 22-823)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: May have Fiscal Impact.
Effect on the State: Yes.
CONTAINS UNFUNDED MANDATE (§§ 22, 25)
(NOT REQUESTED BY AFFECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT)
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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to economic development; authorizing the
creation of an industrial park in a contiguous area that
meets certain requirements; authorizing the creation of a
tax increment area and the issuance of bonds and other
securities for certain projects within an inland port or
industrial park; requiring a school district which offers
certain career pathways programs to offer career
exploration opportunities at certain middle and junior
high schools; requiring the designation of a full-time staff
member to coordinate career pathways programs at each
high school which offers such programs; creating the
Career Pathways Oversight Committee; requiring the
appointment of a Career Pathways Oversight Coordinator;
creating the State Seal of Teacher Training; revising
provisions governing the Teacher Academy College
Pathway Program; requiring the Board of Regents of the
University of Nevada to grant a waiver of certain
mandatory fees; revising provisions governing the
program for reimbursement of tuition and fees paid by
teachers who completed the Program; and providing other
matters properly relating thereto.
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Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law sets forth the Inland Port Authority Act, which authorizes one or 1
more boards of county commissioners of a county or governing bodies of an 2
incorporated city to apply to the Office of Economic Development to create, 3
operate and maintain an inland port and inland port authority in a contiguous area 4
that includes certain transportation infrastructure and no residential property. (NRS 5
277B.150) Sections 8-15, 17 and 18 of this bill revise the Inland Port Authority 6
Act to additionally authorize the creation, operation and maintenance of an 7
industrial park and an industrial park authority and makes the existing provisions of 8
the Act applicable to industrial parks and industrial park authorities. Section 8 9
provides that the Act may now be known and cited as the Inland Port and Industrial 10
Park Authority Act. Section 2 of this bill defines the term “industrial park.” 11
Section 5 of this bill authorizes a participating entity in an inland port or 12
industrial park to adopt an ordinance creating a tax increment area consisting of all 13
or part of the inland port or industrial park for the purpose of creating a special 14
account for the payment of bonds or other securities issued to defray the cost of 15
certain projects within the inland port or industrial park. If a participating entity 16
designates such a tax increment area, section 5 provides for the allocation of a 17
portion of the taxes levied upon taxable property in the tax increment area each 18
year to pay the bond requirements of loans, money advanced to, or indebtedness 19
incurred by the municipality to finance or refinance the project. Section 7 of this 20
bill authorizes the issuance of such bonds or securities by counties or incorporated 21
cities that have created an inland port or industrial park. Section 4 of this bill sets 22
forth the projects of an inland port or industrial park which may be undertaken 23
using the funding generated by the tax increment area. Section 3 of this bill defines 24
the term “municipality” for the purposes of the Inland Port and Industrial Park 25
Authority Act. Section 9 of this bill applies the new definitions created by this bill 26
to the existing provisions of the Inland Port and Industrial Park Authority Act. 27
Sections 6 and 20 of this bill exempt a tax increment area created pursuant to 28
section 5 from certain limits on revenue from taxes ad valorem. 29
Section 12 authorizes the Office to initiate the creation of an inland port or 30
industrial park and authority with the approval of the Board of Economic 31
Development. 32
Existing law requires an inland port authority to be governed by a board of 33
directors and sets forth the composition of such a board. (NRS 277B.200) Section 34
16 of this bill adds an additional director to the board if none of the participating 35
entities in the authority is a city and requires this director to be appointed by the 36
Governor. 37
Existing law requires each large school district, meaning a school district in this 38
State which has more than 100,000 pupils enrolled in its public schools (currently 39
the Clark County School District), to offer a Teacher Academy College Pathway 40
Program at every high school in the school district with 250 or more pupils enrolled 41
to enable pupils in grades 9 to 12 to prepare for employment as professionals in K-42
12 education and authorizes a large school district, or a school district which is not 43
a large school district, to offer the Program at other high schools. (NRS 388.223) 44
Section 25 of this bill excludes specialty schools from the high schools at which a 45
large school district is required to offer the Program. Section 25 requires a school 46
district to offer dual credit courses at each high school which offers the Program in 47
subjects which align with the requirements to obtain a bachelor’s degree in 48
education and in sufficient quantity to allow a pupil to obtain at least 2 units of 49
college credit. Section 25 authorizes a school district to apply to the State Board of 50
Education for an exemption from the requirement to offer certain internships and 51
dual credit courses as part of the Program at a high school which is not located in 52
an incorporated city if the school district can demonstrate that the location of the 53
high school makes providing such internships or courses impracticable. 54
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Section 25 authorizes a high school pupil, or a parent or legal guardian of such 55
a pupil, who is aggrieved by a final decision regarding the implementation of the 56
Program made by an administrator of the high school or the board of trustees to 57
request a hearing for reconsideration of the decision by the board of trustees. 58
Existing law requires a school district to ensure that each high school which 59
offers the Program is staffed by a full-time employee who is a licensed teacher or 60
administrator who is responsible for implementing the Program. (NRS 388.223) 61
Section 25 replaces this requirement with a requirement for a school district to 62
ensure that at least one licensed teacher is assigned full-time to implement and 63
teach the Program at each high school which offers the Program. 64
Section 25 requires a pupil, to complete the Program, to: (1) complete at least 2 65
units of college credit in certain courses and internships or complete a program of 66
career and technical education in the area of teaching; and (2) participate in at least 67
15 hours of paid or unpaid work-based learning which is relevant to the field of 68
teaching. 69
Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish 70
certain State Seals, including the State Seal of Biliteracy, the State Seal of Civics 71
and the State Seal of STEM, which may be affixed to the diploma and noted on the 72
transcript of a pupil to recognize that the pupil has met certain requirements. (NRS 73
388.591, 388.5933, 388.594) Section 24 of this bill requires the Superintendent of 74
Public Instruction to create a State Seal of Teacher Training and requires each 75
board of trustees of a school district that offers the Program to affix the Seal to the 76
diploma of and note the receipt of the Seal on the transcript of each pupil who 77
completes the Program. 78
Existing law requires the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to 79
waive the payment of registration fees, laboratory fees and any other mandatory 80
fees assessed each semester against certain students. (NRS 396.5443, 396.5449) 81
Section 26 of this bill requires the Board of Regents to waive the payment of 82
registration fees, laboratory fees and any other mandatory fees assessed each 83
semester for a course of dual credit which a high school pupil enrolls in as part of 84
the Program, for the first 12 credit hours of such courses in which a high school 85
pupil enrolls. Section 26 requires the Board of Regents to grant a waiver of the 86
payment of any application or admission fee for an undergraduate program assessed 87
against a person who has completed the Program. 88
Existing law requires the State Treasurer to establish a program to provide 89
reimbursement for tuition charges, registration fees, laboratory fees and any other 90
mandatory fee paid to an institution within the Nevada System of Higher Education 91
by a person who: (1) completed the Program; and (2) has worked as a full-time, 92
licensed teacher at a public school in this State for at least 3 consecutive school 93
years. (NRS 226.420) Section 19 of this bill removes the requirement for a person 94
to have worked as a full-time, licensed teacher at a public school for at least 3 95
consecutive school years to receive such reimbursement and, instead, authorizes the 96
State Treasurer to provide such reimbursement to anyone who has completed the 97
Program and completed the application for federal student aid. 98
Section 27 of this bill authorizes a phased-in implementation of the Program by 99
requiring a large school district to provide the Program at an increasing number of 100
high schools with 250 or more pupils enrolled until August 1, 2033, by which date 101
every high school in the school district with 250 or more pupils enrolled, other than 102
high schools which are exempt, must provide the Program. 103
Existing law requires the Governor’s Office of Workforce Development to: (1) 104
establish and administer a Career Pathways Demonstration Program; and (2) 105
establish a program for work-based learning opportunities outside of school for 106
pupils enrolled in grades 7 to 12, in coordination with the Department of Education. 107
(NRS 232.985) Sections 22 and 23 of this bill designate these programs, as well as 108
the Teacher Academy College Pathway Program, as career pathways programs. 109
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Section 22 requires a school district which offers a career pathways program at a 110
high school to: (1) offer career exploration opportunities in certain priority 111
industries to pupils at each middle school or junior high school which feeds into the 112
high school; and (2) designate a full-time staff member at the high school to 113
coordinate career pathways programs. 114
Section 23 creates within the Department of Education a Career Pathways 115
Oversight Committee and requires the Committee to: (1) establish metrics to 116
measure the success of the career pathways programs; (2) evaluate the progress and 117
success of the career pathways programs; (3) evaluate programs for dual credit 118
provided by the Nevada System of Higher Education; and (4) report its findings to 119
the State Board and the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Education. Section 23 120
requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to appoint an employee of the 121
Department to act as the Career Pathways Oversight Coordinator to provide certain 122
technical support and assistance in implementing career pathways programs. 123
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 277B of NRS is hereby amended by adding 1
thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2 to 7, inclusive, of this 2
act. 3
Sec. 2. 1. “Industrial park” means land, including, without 4
limitation, all necessary rights, appurtenances, easements and 5
franchises relating to such land, that is acquired and developed by 6
a participating entity or authority for the establishment and 7
location of a series of sites for plants and other buildings for 8
industrial, distribution and wholesale use. 9
2. The term includes, without limitation, the acquisition and 10
provision of water, sewage, drainage, street, road, sidewalk, curb, 11
gutter, street lighting, electrical distribution, railroad or docking 12
facilities, to the extent such facilities are incidental to the use of 13
the land as an industrial park. 14
Sec. 3. “Municipality” means any county or city in this State. 15
Sec. 4. “Undertaking” means any enterprise to acquire, 16
improve or equip, or any combination thereof, in the case of a 17
county or incorporated city with respect to any tax increment area 18
created by an ordinance adopted pursuant to section 5 of this act: 19
1. A drainage and flood control project, as defined in 20
NRS 244A.027; 21
2. An overpass project, as defined in NRS 244A.037; 22
3. A sewerage project, as defined in NRS 244A.0505; 23
4. A street project, as defined in NRS 244A.053; 24
5. An underpass project, as defined in NRS 244A.055; 25
6. A water project, as defined in NRS 244A.056; 26
7. A rail project, as defined in NRS 278C.105; 27
8. An airport project; or 28
9. A utility project. 29
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Sec. 5. 1. If an inland port or industrial park is created by 1
one participating entity, the participating entity, on behalf of the 2
county or incorporated city in which the inland port or industrial 3
park is located, may adopt an ordinance creating a tax increment 4
area within the inland port or industrial park consisting of all or 5
any portion of the inland port or industrial park for the purpose of 6
creating a special account for the payment of bonds or securities 7
issued or loans, money advanced or indebtedness incurred to 8
defray the costs of an undertaking, as supplemented by the Local 9
Government Securities Law. 10
2. If an inland port or industrial park is created by two or 11
more participating entities, the participating entities may enter 12
into an interlocal or cooperative agreement for the ordering of an 13
undertaking whose boundaries encompass all or part of the inland 14
port or industrial park and the creation of a tax increment area 15
and the tax increment account pertaining thereto. A tax increment 16
area created pursuant to this subsection must be administered as 17
provided in the interlocal or cooperative agreement, 18
notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary. If 19
the participating entities enter into an interlocal or cooperative 20
agreement pursuant to this subsection, the participating entities 21
may, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the interlocal 22
or cooperative agreement: 23
(a) Jointly take any action required to be taken by a 24
participating entity for the creation of a tax increment area 25
pursuant to this section, except that each participating entity must 26
adopt an ordinance in order to create the tax increment area; 27
(b) Enter into contracts for the undertaking; and 28
(c) Issue bonds or otherwise finance the cost of the 29
undertaking. 30
3. A participating entity may amend an ordinance creating a 31
tax increment area pursuant to this section by adopting a 32
supplemental ordinance to: 33
(a) Modify the undertaking by specifying new undertakings or 34
removing or modifying undertakings specified in the original 35
ordinance. 36
(b) Add areas to or remove areas from a tax increment area. 37
The amount of taxes to be allocated to a tax increment account 38
pursuant to subsection 5 must be computed separately for the 39
original tax increment area and each addition of land thereto. 40
4. A participating entity shall not adopt an ordinance creating 41
a tax increment area pursuant to this section unless: 42
(a) The board has determined that the undertaking described 43
in the ordinance is necessary or desirable to further the purposes 44
of the inland port or industrial park. 45
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(b) The participating entity makes a finding at a public 1
hearing that the undertaking will benefit the inland port or 2
industrial park. 3
5. After the effective date of the ordinance adopted pursuant 4
to subsection 1, any taxes levied upon taxable property in the tax 5
increment area each year by or for the benefit of the State, the 6
municipality and any public body must be divided as follows: 7
(a) That portion of the taxes that would be produced by the 8
rate upon which the tax is levied each year by or for each of those 9
taxing agencies upon the total sum of the assessed value of the 10
taxable property in the tax increment area as shown upon the last 11
equalized assessment roll used in connection with the taxation of 12
the property by the taxing agency, must be allocated to, and when 13
collected must be paid into, the funds of the respective taxing 14
agencies as taxes by or for the taxing agencies on all other 15
property are paid. 16
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the portion of 17
the taxes levied each year in excess of the amount determined 18
pursuant to paragraph (a) must be allocated to, and when 19
collected must be paid into, the tax increment account pertaining 20
to the undertaking to pay the bond requirements of loans, money 21
advanced to, or indebtedness, whether funded, refunded, assumed 22
or otherwise, incurred by the municipality to finance or refinance, 23
in whole or in part, the undertaking. Unless the total assessed 24
valuation of the taxable property in the tax increment area exceeds 25
the total assessed value of the taxable property in the tax 26
increment area as shown by the last equalized assessment roll 27
referred to in this subsection, all of the taxes levied and collected 28
upon the taxable property in the tax increment area must be paid 29
into the funds of the respective taxing agencies. When the loans, 30
advances and indebtedness, if any, and interest thereon, have been 31
paid, all money thereafter received from taxes upon the taxable 32
property in the tax increment area must be paid into the funds of 33
the respective taxing agencies as taxes on all other property are 34
paid. 35
6. The portion of the taxes levied each year in excess of the 36
amount determined pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 5 37
which is attributable to any tax rate levied by a taxing agency: 38
(a) To produce revenue in an amount sufficient to make 39
annual repayments of the principal of, and the interest on, any 40
bonded indebtedness that was approved by a majority of the 41
registered voters within the area of the taxing agency voting upon 42
the question, must be allocated to, and when collected must be 43
paid into, the debt service fund of that taxing agency. 44
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(b) In excess of any tax rate of that taxing agency applicable to 1
the last taxation of the property before the effective date of the 2
ordinance, if that additional rate was approved by a majority of the 3
registered voters within the area of the taxing agency voting upon 4
the question, must be allocated to, and when collected must be 5
paid into, the appropriate fund of that taxing agency. 6
(c) Pursuant to NRS 387.3285 or 387.3287, if that rate was 7
approved by a majority of the registered voters within the area of 8
the taxing agency voting upon the question, must be allocated to, 9
and when collected must be paid into, the appropriate fund of the 10
taxing agency. 11
(d) For the support of the public schools within a county 12
school district pursuant to NRS 387.195, must be allocated to, and 13
when collected must be paid into, the State Education Fund. 14
7. The provisions of paragraph (a) of subsection 6 include, 15
without limitation, a tax rate approved for bonds of a county 16
school district issued pursuant to NRS 350.020, including, without 17
limitation, amounts necessary for a reserve account in the debt 18
service fund. 19
8. A tax increment area must expire not more than 30 years 20
after the date on which the ordinance which creates the area 21
becomes effective. 22
9. As used in this section, the term “last equalized assessment 23
roll” means the assessment roll in existence on the 15th day of 24
March immediately preceding the effective date of the ordinance. 25
Sec. 6. The allowed revenue from taxes ad valorem 26
determined pursuant to NRS 354.59811 does not apply to a tax 27
increment area created pursuant to this chapter. 28
Sec. 7. 1. To defray in whole or in part the cost of any 29
undertaking, a participating entity may issue the following 30
securities: 31
(a) Notes; 32
(b) Warrants; 33
(c) Interim debentures; 34
(d) Bonds; and 35
(e) Temporary bonds. 36
2. Any net revenues derived from the operation of an 37
undertaking supported by the issuance of securities pursuant to 38
this section must be pledged for the payment of the securities. The 39
securities must be made payable from any such net pledged 40
revenues as the bond requirements become due from time to time 41
by the bond ordinance, trust indenture or other proceedings that 42
authorize the issuance of the securities or otherwise pertain to 43
their issuance. 44
3. Securities issued pursuant to this section: 45
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(a) Must be made payable from tax proceeds accounted for in 1
the tax increment account maintained by the participating entity 2
pursuant to section 5 of this act; and 3
(b) May, at the option of the participating entity and if 4
otherwise so authorized by law, be made payable from the taxes 5
levied by the participating entity against all taxable property 6
within the boundaries of the participating entity. 7
A participating entity may also issue general obligation 8
securities other than the ones authorized by this chapter that are 9
made payable from taxes without also making the securities 10
payable from any net pledged revenues or tax proceeds accounted 11
for in the tax increment account maintained by the participating 12
entity pursuant to section 5 of this act. 13
4. Any securities payable only in the manner provided in 14
either paragraph (a) of subsection 3 or in both subsection 2 and 15
paragraph (a) of subsection 3: 16
(a) Are special obligations of the participating entity and are 17
not in their issuance subject to any debt limitation imposed by law; 18
(b) While they are outstanding, do not exhaust the debt 19
incurring power of the participating entity; and 20
(c) May be issued under the provisions of the Local 21
Government Securities Law without any compliance with the 22
provisions of NRS 350.020 to 350.070, inclusive, except as 23
otherwise provided in the Local Government Securities Law, only 24
after the issuance of municipal bonds is approved under the 25
provisions of NRS 350.011 to 350.0165, inclusive. 26
5. Any securities payable from taxes in the manner provided 27
in paragraph (b) of subsection 3, regardless of whether they are 28
also payable in the manner provided in paragraph (a) of 29
subsection 3 or in both subsection 2 and paragraph (a) of 30
subsection 3: 31
(a) Are general obligations of the participating entity and are 32
in their issuance subject to such debt limitation; 33
(b) While they are outstanding, do exhaust the power of the 34
participating entity to incur debt; and 35
(c) May be issued under the provisions of the Local 36
Government Securities Law only after the issuance of municipal 37
bonds is approved under the provisions of: 38
(1) NRS 350.011 to 350.0165, inclusive; or 39
(2) NRS 350.020 to 350.070, inclusive, 40
except for the issuance of notes or warrants under the Local 41
Government Securities Law that are payable out of the revenues 42
for the current year and are not to be funded with the proceeds of 43
interim debentures or bonds in the absence of such bond approval 44
under the two acts designated in subparagraphs (1) and (2). 45
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Sec. 8. NRS 277B.010 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1
277B.010 This chapter may be known and cited as the Inland 2
Port and Industrial Park Authority Act. 3
Sec. 9. NRS 277B.020 is hereby amended to read as follows: 4
277B.020 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise 5
requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 277B.030 to 6
277B.070, inclusive, and sections 2, 3 and 4 of this act have the 7
meanings ascribed to them in those sections. 8
Sec. 10. NRS 277B.030 is hereby amended to read as follows: 9
277B.030 “Authority” means an inland port authority or 10
industrial park authority created pursuant to this chapter. 11
Sec. 11. NRS 277B.150 is hereby amended to read as follows: 12
277B.150 1. Subject to the requirements set forth in NRS 13
277B.150 to 277B.180, inclusive, an inland port or industrial park 14
may be created only in a contiguous area that: 15
(a) Includes at least two of the following: 16
(1) A municipally owned airport with a runway of at least 17
4,500 feet. 18
(2) A portion of a highway that is part of the National 19
Highway System. 20
(3) Operating assets of at least one Class I railroad as 21
classified by the Surface Transportation Board. 22
(b) Does not include any residential property. 23
(c) In the case of an industrial park, may include property 24
adjacent to the industrial park. 25
2. All areas within the boundaries of an inland port or 26
industrial park must be within the boundaries of the county or 27
counties and incorporated city or cities, as applicable, of the one or 28
more participating entities which apply to the Office pursuant to 29
NRS 277B.160 for the creation of the inland port [.] or industrial 30
park. 31
3. If the boundaries of an inland port or industrial park will 32
include a municipally owned airport as described in subparagraph 33
(1) of paragraph (a) of subsection 1: 34
(a) The municipality that owns and operates the airport must be 35
a participating entity; or 36
(b) If the municipality that owns and operates the airport is not a 37
participating entity, the municipality, by ordinance, must approve of 38
the inclusion of the airport within the boundaries of the inland port 39
[.] or industrial park. 40
Sec. 12. NRS 277B.160 is hereby amended to read as follows: 41
277B.160 1. One or more participating entities may apply to 42
the Office to create, operate and maintain an inland port or 43
industrial park and authority. 44
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2. A participating entity is eligible to apply to the Office 1
pursuant to subsection 1 if the county or incorporated city, as 2
applicable, of the participating entity is located in whole or in part 3
within the proposed boundaries of the inland port [.] or industrial 4
park. 5
3. The Office may [approve] : 6
(a) Approve the creation of an inland port or industrial park and 7
authority if the Office determines that the proposed inland port or 8
industrial park and authority will serve the economic interests of 9
this State. 10
(b) With the approval of the Board of Economic Development 11
created by NRS 231.033, initiate the creation of an inland port or 12
industrial park, as applicable, and authority. 13
Sec. 13. NRS 277B.170 is hereby amended to read as follows: 14
277B.170 1. If the Office approves the creation of an inland 15
port or industrial park and authority pursuant to NRS 277B.160, 16
each participating entity shall hold at least two public hearings to 17
discuss the creation of the inland port or industrial park and 18
authority. 19
2. The participating entity shall give notice of the hearing by 20
publication in a newspaper published in the county not later than 7 21
days before the hearing. The notice must include, without limitation: 22
(a) The date, time and place for the hearing; 23
(b) The boundaries of the proposed inland port [,] or industrial 24
park, including, without limitation, a map of the proposed inland 25
port [;] or industrial park; and 26
(c) The powers of the proposed authority. 27
Sec. 14. NRS 277B.180 is hereby amended to read as follows: 28
277B.180 If a participating entity obtains approval of the 29
Office for the creation of an inland port or industrial park and 30
authority pursuant to NRS 277B.160, the participating entity shall 31
create the inland port or industrial park and authority by ordinance. 32
The ordinance must include, without limitation: 33
1. A description of the boundaries of the inland port [;] or 34
industrial park; 35
2. The location of the principal office of the authority; 36
3. The name of the inland port or industrial park and 37
authority; and 38
4. The number of directors who will compose the board of the 39
authority pursuant to NRS 277B.200. 40
Sec. 15. NRS 277B.190 is hereby amended to read as follows: 41
277B.190 1. If a participating entity wishes to withdraw from 42
an authority with regard to which there is more than one 43
participating entity, the participating entity shall: 44
(a) Adopt an ordinance providing for the withdrawal; 45
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(b) Obtain approval from the board; and 1
(c) Give notice to the other participating entity or entities of its 2
intent to withdraw, 3
at least 6 months before the date on which the withdrawal would 4
be effective. 5
2. Upon the withdrawal of a participating entity from the 6
authority pursuant to subsection 1: 7
(a) The boundaries of the inland port or industrial park must be 8
adjusted by the other participating entity or entities to comply with 9
the provisions of NRS 277B.150; or 10
(b) The authority must be dissolved pursuant to subsection 3 as 11
soon as practicable. 12
3. An authority is dissolved if: 13
(a) The dissolution is approved by the board; 14
(b) Each participating entity agrees to the dissolution; 15
(c) All debts and other liabilities of the authority have been paid 16
or discharged, or adequate provision has been made for the payment 17
of all debts and other liabilities; 18
(d) There are no suits pending against the authority, or adequate 19
provision has been made for the satisfaction of any judgment, order 20
or decree that may be entered against the authority in any pending 21
suit; and 22
(e) The authority has a commitment from another governmental 23
entity to assume jurisdiction of all property of the authority. 24
Sec. 16. NRS 277B.200 is hereby amended to read as follows: 25
277B.200 1. An authority must be governed by a board of 26
directors with an odd-numbered membership set by the participating 27
entity or entities. If there is more than one participating entity, the 28
membership of the board of directors must be agreed to by all of the 29
participating entities. The board of directors must be composed of: 30
(a) One director appointed by each county that is a participating 31
entity, if any; 32
(b) One director appointed by each city that is a participating 33
entity, if any; 34
(c) One director appointed by the Governor, if none of the 35
participating entities is an incorporated city; 36
(d) If the authority includes a municipally owned airport 37
described in subparagraph (1) of paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of 38
NRS 277B.150, one director appointed by: 39
(1) In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, the 40
department of aviation of the county; or 41
(2) In a county whose population is less than 700,000, the 42
governing body of the airport authority, if any, and if there is not an 43
airport authority, by the governing body of the municipality which 44
owns the airport; and 45
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[(d)] (e) Any other directors appointed in accordance with this 1
section and as provided in an ordinance adopted by a participating 2
entity pursuant to NRS 277B.180. 3
2. A director must reside within the boundaries of the 4
participating entity that appoints him or her. 5
3. The following persons are not eligible to be appointed to a 6
board: 7
(a) An elected official of any governmental entity. 8
(b) An employee of a participating entity. 9
4. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the directors 10
described in subsection 1 must be appointed to terms of 4 years. The 11
terms must be staggered in such a manner that, to the extent 12
possible, the terms of one-half of the directors will expire every 2 13
years. The initial directors of the authority shall, at the first meeting 14
of the board after their appointment, draw lots to determine which 15
directors will initially serve terms of 2 years and which will serve 16
terms of 4 years. A director may be reappointed. 17
5. A vacancy occurring during the term of a director must be 18
filled by the appointing participating entity for the unexpired term as 19
soon as is reasonably practicable. 20
Sec. 17. NRS 277B.320 is hereby amended to read as follows: 21
277B.320 1. An authority may enter into an agreement that 22
provides for the lease of rights-of-way, the granting of easements or 23
the issuance of franchises, concessions, licenses or permits. 24
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3, 4 and 5, with 25
the consent of any county, city or other governmental entity, an 26
authority may: 27
(a) Use streets, alleys, roads, highways and other public ways of 28
the county, city or other governmental entity; and 29
(b) Relocate, raise, reroute, change the grade of or alter, at the 30
expense of the authority: 31
(1) A street, alley, highway, road or railroad; 32
(2) Electric lines and facilities; 33
(3) Telegraph and telephone properties and facilities; 34
(4) Pipelines and facilities; 35
(5) Conduits and facilities; and 36
(6) Other property, 37
as necessary or useful in the construction, reconstruction, repair, 38
maintenance and operation of the inland port [.] or industrial park, 39
as applicable. 40
3. An authority may not alter: 41
(a) A highway that is part of the state highway system without 42
the consent of the Department of Transportation. 43
(b) A railroad without the consent of the railroad company. 44
(c) A municipally owned airport. 45
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4. If an inland port or industrial park includes a municipally 1
owned airport: 2
(a) An authority may not interfere with or exercise any control 3
over commercial air transportation operations or airlines that operate 4
at the airport; and 5
(b) The airport authority, department of aviation or other 6
existing governing body that owns or manages the airport retains 7
such ownership or management control. 8
5. Nothing in this section authorizes an authority to perform 9
any action in violation of any requirement of federal law or 10
condition to the receipt of federal money. 11
Sec. 18. NRS 277B.340 is hereby amended to read as follows: 12
277B.340 An authority may market, advertise and promote the 13
use of the inland port or industrial park that the authority 14
constructs, owns, operates, regulates or maintains. 15
Sec. 19. NRS 226.420 is hereby amended to read as follows: 16
226.420 1. The State Treasurer shall establish by regulation a 17
program to provide reimbursement for tuition charges, registration 18
fees, laboratory fees and any other mandatory fees paid to an 19
institution within the Nevada System of Higher Education by a 20
person who [:] has completed: 21
(a) [Completed a] A Teacher Academy College Pathway 22
Program offered pursuant to NRS 388.223; and 23
(b) [Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, has worked 24
as a full-time, licensed teacher at a public school in this State for at 25
least 3 consecutive school years.] The Free Application for Federal 26
Student Aid provided for by U.S.C. § 1090. 27
2. The program may not provide reimbursement for any tuition 28
charge, registration fee, laboratory fee or any other mandatory fee 29
which was paid or otherwise provided for through a scholarship, 30
financial aid, waiver or similar financial assistance. 31
[3. The State Treasurer may provide partial reimbursement of 32
tuition charges, registration fees, laboratory fees and any other 33
mandatory fees paid by a person who completed a Teacher 34
Academy College Pathway Program offered pursuant to NRS 35
388.223 and who has worked as a full-time, licensed teacher at a 36
public school in this State for 1 year or 2 consecutive years in an 37
amount not to exceed, for each year of service at a public school in 38
this State, one-third of the total tuition charges, registration fees, 39
laboratory fees and any other mandatory fees paid by the person to 40
an institution within the Nevada System of Higher Education which 41
are subject to reimbursement pursuant to this section and the 42
regulations adopted pursuant thereto.] 43
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Sec. 20. NRS 354.59811 is hereby amended to read as 1
follows: 2
354.59811 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 244.377, 3
278C.260, 354.59813, 354.59815, 354.59818, 354.5982, 354.5987, 4
354.705, 354.723, 450.425, 450.760, 540A.265 and 543.600, and 5
section 6 of this act, for each fiscal year beginning on or after 6
July 1, 1989, the maximum amount of money that a local 7
government, except a school district, a district to provide a 8
telephone number for emergencies or a redevelopment agency, may 9
receive from taxes ad valorem, other than those attributable to the 10
net proceeds of minerals or those levied for the payment of bonded 11
indebtedness and interest thereon incurred as general long-term debt 12
of the issuer, or for the payment of obligations issued to pay the cost 13
of a water project pursuant to NRS 349.950, or for the payment of 14
obligations under a capital lease executed before April 30, 1981, 15
must be calculated as follows: 16
(a) The rate must be set so that when applied to the current fiscal 17
year’s assessed valuation of all property which was on the preceding 18
fiscal year’s assessment roll, together with the assessed valuation of 19
property on the central assessment roll which was allocated to the 20
local government, but excluding any assessed valuation attributable 21
to the net proceeds of minerals, assessed valuation attributable to a 22
redevelopment area and assessed valuation of a fire protection 23
district attributable to real property which is transferred from private 24
ownership to public ownership for the purpose of conservation, it 25
will produce 106 percent of the maximum revenue allowable from 26
taxes ad valorem for the preceding fiscal year, except that the rate so 27
determined must not be less than the rate allowed for the previous 28
fiscal year, except for any decrease attributable to the imposition of 29
a tax pursuant to NRS 354.59813 in the previous year. 30
(b) This rate must then be applied to the total assessed valuation, 31
excluding the assessed valuation attributable to the net proceeds of 32
minerals and the assessed valuation of a fire protection district 33
attributable to real property which is transferred from private 34
ownership to public ownership for the purpose of conservation, but 35
including new real property, possessory interests and mobile homes, 36
for the current fiscal year to determine the allowed revenue from 37
taxes ad valorem for the local government. 38
2. As used in this section, “general long-term debt” does not 39
include debt created for medium-term obligations pursuant to NRS 40
350.087 to 350.095, inclusive. 41
Sec. 21. Chapter 388 of NRS is hereby amended by adding 42
thereto the provisions set forth as sections 22, 23 and 24 of this act. 43
Sec. 22. 1. A school district which offers a career pathways 44
program at any high school in the school district shall offer career 45
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exploration opportunities in the priority industries identified by the 1
Governor’s Office of Workforce Innovation pursuant to NRS 2
232.985 to pupils at each middle school or junior high school 3
which feeds into such a high school. 4
2. A school district shall designate a full-time staff member at 5
each high school which offers a career pathways program to 6
coordinate the career pathways programs at the high school. 7
3. For the purposes of this section, a middle school or junior 8
high school feeds into a high school if any part of the zone of 9
attendance for the middle school or junior high school overlaps 10
with the zone of attendance for the high school. 11
4. As used in this section: 12
(a) “Career pathways program” means: 13
(1) A Teacher Academy College Pathway Program offered 14
pursuant to NRS 388.223; 15
(2) A career pathway offered as part of the Career 16
Pathways Demonstration Program pursuant to NRS 232.985; or 17
(3) A program for work-based learning opportunities 18
provided pursuant to NRS 232.990. 19
(b) “Zone of attendance” has the meaning ascribed to it in 20
NRS 385B.045. 21
Sec. 23. 1. There is hereby created within the Department 22
the Career Pathways Oversight Committee consisting of the 23
following members: 24
(a) The Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of 25
Workforce Innovation, or his or her designee; 26
(b) The Superintendent of Public Instruction, or his or her 27
designee; and 28
(c) The following three members appointed by the Governor: 29
(1) One member who is a teacher who is assigned full-time 30
to implement and teach a Teacher Academy College Pathway 31
Program offered pursuant to NRS 388.223, nominated by the 32
President of the Clark County Education Association; 33
(2) One member who is an administrator of a public school 34
that provides a career pathways program, nominated by the 35
Nevada Association of School Administrators; and 36
(3) One member who represents the Nevada System of 37
Higher Education, nominated by the Board of Regents of the 38
University of Nevada. 39
2. The Committee shall: 40
(a) Establish metrics to measure the short- and long-term 41
success of the career pathways programs. 42
(b) Evaluate the progress and success of the career pathways 43
programs. 44
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(c) Evaluate programs for dual credit provided by institutions 1
within the Nevada System of Higher Education. 2
(d) Report the results of the evaluations conducted pursuant to 3
paragraphs (b) and (c) to the State Board and the Joint Interim 4
Standing Committee on Education on or before June 1 of each 5
year. 6
3. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall appoint an 7
employee of the Department to act as the Career Pathways 8
Oversight Coordinator, who shall: 9
(a) Provide technical support to assist in the implementation of 10
career pathways programs. 11
(b) Assist in coordinating the efforts of entities involved in the 12
implementation of career pathways programs, including, without 13
limitation, the Department, school districts, the Nevada System of 14
Higher Education, institutions within the System and the 15
Governor’s Office of Workforce Innovation. 16
4. As used in this section, “career pathways program” has the 17
meaning ascribed to it in section 22 of this act. 18
Sec. 24. 1. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall: 19
(a) Create a State Seal of Teacher Training that may be 20
affixed to the diploma and noted on the transcript of a pupil to 21
recognize that the pupil has completed a Teacher Academy 22
College Pathway Program offered pursuant to NRS 388.223; and 23
(b) Deliver the State Seal of Teacher Training to each school 24
district that offers the Program. 25
2. Each board of trustees of a school district that offers the 26
Program shall: 27
(a) Identify the pupils who have completed the Program; and 28
(b) Affix the State Seal of Teacher Training to the diploma 29
and note the receipt of the State Seal of Teacher Training on the 30
transcript of each pupil who completes the Program. 31
3. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may adopt 32
regulations as necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. 33
4. As used in this section, “Program” has the meaning 34
ascribed to it in NRS 388.223. 35
Sec. 25. NRS 388.223 is hereby amended to read as follows: 36
388.223 1. [Each] Except as otherwise provided in 37
subsection 2, each large school district shall offer a Teacher 38
Academy College Pathway Program at every high school in the 39
school district with 250 or more pupils enrolled that will enable 40
interested pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, to prepare for 41
employment in professions in K-12 education. A large school 42
district may offer a Program at high schools with fewer than 250 43
pupils. A school district that is not a large school district may offer a 44
Program at one or more high schools in the school district. 45
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2. A large school district is not required to offer a Program at 1
a specialty school. 2
3. A large school district, and a school district that is not a 3
large school district which elects to offer the Program, shall: 4
(a) Advertise the Program and the benefits of participation in the 5
Program. 6
(b) Ensure that at least one licensed teacher is assigned full-7
time to implement and teach the Program at each high school in 8
the school district which offers such a Program [is staffed by a full-9
time employee who is: 10
(1) A licensed teacher or administrator; and 11
(2) Responsible for implementing the Program at the school.] 12
, except that such a teacher may also serve as the person 13
designated pursuant to section 2 of this act to coordinate the 14
career pathways programs at the high school. 15
(c) Assess each pupil entering grade 9 who is or will be enrolled 16
in a high school which offers such a Program and who is interested 17
in participating in the Program, identify any barriers, including, 18
without limitation, academic, financial, socioeconomic and 19
transportation barriers, to the participation in and completion of the 20
Program by such interested pupils and, if such barriers are 21
identified, inform the pupil and the parents or legal guardian of the 22
pupil of any programs and services which are available to help the 23
pupil to overcome such barriers and provide such programs and 24
services to the pupil. 25
(d) Offer internships at elementary, junior high or middle 26
schools in the school district to qualified pupils in grades 11 and 12 27
who participate in the Program. 28
(e) Offer employment as a paraprofessional to qualified high 29
school graduates who have completed the Program and are enrolled 30
in a program to become a teacher at an institution in the Nevada 31
System of Higher Education. 32
(f) For qualified applicants for employment with the school 33
district who have completed the Program and who have submitted a 34
timely application, provide an offer of employment or decline to 35
provide an offer of employment to such an applicant not later than 36
January 31 of the year immediately preceding the school year for 37
which the applicant applied for employment. 38
(g) Enter into an agreement with the Board of Regents of the 39
University of Nevada to: 40
(1) Enable pupils who participate in the Program to earn up 41
to 12 units of college credit for courses taken and internships 42
engaged in as part of the Program at no cost to the pupil. 43
(2) Establish qualifications for teachers of the school district 44
who teach courses in the Program which are eligible for college 45
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credit, which may include, without limitation, a minimum of 4 years 1
of classroom teaching experience or a Master’s degree. 2
(3) Guarantee the admission of otherwise academically 3
qualified pupils who complete the Program to institutions in the 4
Nevada System of Higher Education. 5
(4) Provide programs, services, scholarships and financial aid 6
to assist pupils who participate in the Program in applying for 7
admission to institutions in the Nevada System of Higher Education 8
and completing the Program at such an institution. 9
(h) Offer dual credit courses at each high school in the school 10
district which offers the Program: 11
(1) In subjects which align with the requirements for 12
obtaining a bachelor’s degree in education; and 13
(2) In sufficient quantity that a pupil may obtain at least 2 14
units of college credit through the Program. 15
(i) Inform pupils who participate in the Program and the parents 16
and legal guardians of such pupils about programs, services, 17
scholarships and financial aid which are available to assist pupils in 18
applying for admission to institutions in the Nevada System of 19
Higher Education and completing the Program at such an institution. 20
[3.] 4. A school district may apply to the State Board for an 21
exemption from the provisions of paragraph (d) or (h) of 22
subsection 3 with respect to a high school which is not located in 23
an incorporated city if the school district can demonstrate that the 24
location of the high school makes compliance with those 25
provisions impracticable. 26
5. A large school district, and a school district that is not a 27
large school district which elects to offer the Program, may enter 28
into an agreement with the Board of Regents of the University of 29
Nevada to provide a faculty mentor from the Nevada System of 30
Higher Education to teachers of the school district who teach 31
courses in the Program to ensure such courses align with the 32
contents and rigor of equivalent courses taught at institutions within 33
the Nevada System of Higher Education. If the provisions of this 34
subsection conflict with the provisions of chapter 388G of NRS, the 35
provisions of this subsection prevail. 36
[4.] 6. To complete the Program a pupil must: 37
(a) Successfully complete: 38
(1) At least 2 units of college credit for courses and 39
internships which align with the requirements for obtaining a 40
bachelor’s degree in education; or 41
(2) A program of career and technical education 42
established pursuant to NRS 388.380 in the area of teaching; and 43
(b) Participate in at least 15 hours of paid or unpaid work-44
based learning which is relevant to the field of teaching and may 45
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include, without limitation, an internship offered pursuant to 1
paragraph (d) of subsection 3 or a work-based learning 2
opportunity provided pursuant to NRS 232.990. 3
7. The State Board: 4
(a) Shall adopt regulations that prescribe the curriculum for the 5
Program which are consistent with the provisions of this section. To 6
the extent a school district provides programs of career and 7
technical education other than the Program, such programs of career 8
and technical education must nonetheless be consistent with the 9
regulations adopted pursuant to this paragraph, to the extent 10
applicable. 11
(b) May adopt such other regulations as are necessary to carry 12
out the provisions of this section. 13
[5.] 8. A pupil who is enrolled in a high school within a 14
school district, or a parent or legal guardian of such a pupil, who 15
is aggrieved by a final decision regarding the implementation of 16
the Program made by an administrator of the high school or the 17
board of trustees may, within 30 days after the decision is 18
rendered, make a written request to the board of trustees for a 19
hearing for reconsideration of the decision. The board shall 20
schedule the hearing within 30 days after receiving the request. 21
The decision of the board of trustees after its reconsideration 22
hearing is a final decision subject to judicial review as provided by 23
law. 24
9. As used in this section: 25
(a) “Large school district” means any school district in this State 26
which has more than 100,000 pupils enrolled in its public schools. 27
(b) “Program” means the Teacher Academy College Pathway 28
Program created pursuant to this section. 29
(c) “Specialty school” means a public school that operates as a 30
magnet school or program, a school or program for career and 31
technical education, a school or program for special education or 32
an alternative program of education. 33
Sec. 26. Chapter 396 of NRS is hereby amended by adding 34
thereto a new section to read as follows: 35
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Board of 36
Regents shall grant a waiver of the payment of registration fees, 37
laboratory fees and any other mandatory fees assessed each 38
semester for a course of dual credit at an institution within the 39
System which a high school pupil enrolls in as part of a Teacher 40
Academy College Pathway Program offered pursuant to 41
NRS 388.223. 42
2. For the purpose of assessing fees and charges against a 43
person to whom such a waiver is granted, the person shall be 44
deemed to be a bona fide resident of this State. 45
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3. The Board of Regents is only required to grant a waiver 1
pursuant to subsection 1 for the first 12 credit hours of such 2
courses in which a high school pupil enrolls. 3
4. The Board of Regents shall grant a waiver of the payment 4
of any application or admission fee assessed against a person who 5
applies to the undergraduate program at an institution within the 6
System and who has completed a Teacher Academy College 7
Pathway Program offered pursuant to NRS 388.223. 8
Sec. 27. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 388.223, 9
as amended by section 25 of this act, each large school district shall: 10
(a) Not later than August 1, 2027, offer a Teacher Academy 11
College Pathway Program at not less than 25 percent of the total 12
number of high schools in the school district with 250 or more 13
pupils enrolled. 14
(b) Not later than August 1, 2029, offer a Teacher Academy 15
College Pathway Program at not less than 50 percent of the total 16
number of high schools in the school district with 250 or more 17
pupils enrolled. 18
(c) Not later than August 1, 2031, offer a Teacher Academy 19
College Pathway Program at not less than 75 percent of the total 20
number of high schools in the school district with 250 or more 21
pupils enrolled. 22
(d) Not later than August 1, 2033, offer a Teacher Academy 23
College Pathway Program at every high school in the school district 24
with 250 or more pupils enrolled. 25
2. The total number of high schools with 250 or more pupils 26
enrolled does not include any school which is excused from 27
providing the Program pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 388.223, as 28
amended by section 25 of this act. 29
3. In selecting the high schools at which to offer a Teacher 30
Academy College Pathway Program in accordance with the 31
schedule described in subsection 1, a large school district shall 32
ensure that the schools selected in each phase listed in paragraphs 33
(a) to (d), inclusive, of subsection 1 reflect the diversity of schools 34
within the large school district, including, without limitation: 35
(a) Geographic diversity; and 36
(b) Both Title I schools, as defined in NRS 385A.040, and 37
schools which are not Title I schools. 38
4. A large school district which complies with the provisions of 39
this section is not in violation of the provisions of NRS 388.223, as 40
amended by section 25 of this act. 41
5. As used in this section, “large school district” means any 42
school district in this State which has more than 100,000 pupils 43
enrolled in its public schools. 44
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Sec. 28. The provisions of NRS 354.599 do not apply to any 1
additional expenses of a local government that are related to the 2
provisions of this act. 3
Sec. 29. The provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 218D.380 do 4
not apply to any provision of this act which adds or revises a 5
requirement to submit a report to the Legislature. 6
Sec. 30. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025. 7
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