Nevada § 360.950 - Consideration of application by Office of Economic Development; public meeting required; requirements for notice of public meeting; approval of application; submission of information to Office; confidentiality of information contained in application

acknowledgment of the request for an abatement from any county, school district, city

or town which the Office determines may experience a direct economic effect as a result

of the abatement. (b) Shall not take any action on the application unless the Office takes that action

at a public meeting conducted for that purpose. (c) Shall, at least 30 days before any public meeting conducted for the purpose of

taking any action on the application, provide notice of the application and the date,

time and location of the public meeting at which the Office will consider the application

to: (1) Each participant in the project; (2) The Department; (3) The Nevada Gaming Control Board; (4) The governing body of the county, the board of trustees of the school district

and the governing body of the city or town, if any, in which the project will be located; (5) The governing body of any other political subdivision that the Office determines

could experience a direct economic effect as a result of the abatement; and (6) The general public. 2. The date of the public meeting to consider an application submitted pursuant to NRS 360.945 must be not later than 60 days after the date on which the Office receives the completed

application. 3. The Office shall approve an application submitted pursuant to NRS 360.945 if the Office finds that the project is a qualified project. The Office shall issue a decision on the application not later than 30 days after

the conclusion of the public meeting on the application. 4. The lead participant in a qualified project shall submit all accountings and other

required information to the Office and the Department not later than 30 days after

a date specified in the decision issued by the Office. If the Office or the Department determines that information submitted pursuant to

this subsection is incomplete, the lead participant shall, not later than 30 days

after receiving notice that the information is incomplete, provide to the Office or

the Department, as applicable, all additional information required by the Office or

the Department. 5. Until the Office of Economic Development provides notice of the application and

the public meeting pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 1, the information contained

in the application provided to the Office of Economic Development: (a) Is confidential proprietary information of the business; (b) Is not a public record; and (c) Must not be disclosed to any person who is not an officer or employee of the Office

of Economic Development unless the lead participant consents to the disclosure. 6. After the Office provides notice of the application and the public meeting pursuant

to paragraph (c) of subsection 1: (a) The application is a public record; and (b) Upon request by any person, the Executive Director of the Office shall disclose

the application to the person who made the request, except for any information in

the application that is protected from disclosure pursuant to subsection 7. 7. Before the Executive Director of the Office discloses the application to the public,

the lead participant may submit a request to the Executive Director of the Office

to protect from disclosure any information in the application which, under generally

accepted business practices, would be considered a trade secret or other confidential

proprietary information of the business. After consulting with the business, the Executive Director of the Office shall determine

whether to protect the information from disclosure. The decision of the Executive Director of the Office is final and is not subject

to judicial review. If the Executive Director of the Office determines to protect the information from

disclosure, the protected information: (a) Is confidential proprietary information of the business; (b) Is not a public record; (c) Must be redacted by the Executive Director of the Office from any copy of the

application that is disclosed to the public; and (d) Must not be disclosed to any person who is not an officer or employee of the Office

of Economic Development unless the lead participant consents to the disclosure.