Nevada § 354.59887 - Limitations on fees applicable to public utilities: Rate; quarterly payments; collection; penalties and interest on delinquent amounts; apportionment among customers of public utility

§ 354.59887. Limitations on fees applicable to public utilities: Rate; quarterly payments; collection; penalties and interest on delinquent amounts; apportionment among customers of public utility

If a city or county adopts an ordinance imposing or increasing a fee: 1. The entire amount of any fee to which the ordinance applies must be: (a) Imposed at the same rate upon each public utility that provides similar services

within the jurisdiction of the city or county; and (b) Paid by the public utility to the city or county in legal tender of the United

States or in a check, draft or note that is payable in legal tender of the United

States. 2. The city or county: (a) Shall require each public utility to which the ordinance applies to pay quarterly

the fees imposed upon it that it has collected from its customers. (b) May, to the extent it determines that it is impracticable to collect from a public

utility to which the ordinance applies any of the fees imposed upon the public utility,

collect any of those fees directly from the customers of the public utility located

within the jurisdiction of the city or county in proportion to the amount of revenue

the public utility derives from each of those customers. (c) May, except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, assess combined penalties

and interest of not more than 2 percent per month of the delinquent amount of any

fee to which the ordinance applies. If a city annexes any land, it may not assess any penalties or interest pursuant to

this paragraph regarding any fee imposed for the operation of a public utility within

the annexed land during any period: (1) Before the effective date of the annexation; or (2) More than 30 days before the city provides the public utility with notice of the

annexation, whichever occurs later. (d) May provide, by ordinance, that the fees imposed upon the public utility may be

collected from a governmental entity of the State if that entity is a customer of

the public utility. 3. A public utility to which the ordinance applies shall, except for any fees collected

by the city or county pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2, collect the aggregate

of all its fees imposed by the city or county directly from its customers located

within the jurisdiction of the city or county in proportion to the amount of revenue

the public utility derives from each of those customers. The fees may be shown on a customer's bill individually or collectively. 4. A public utility to which the ordinance applies shall not collect from a customer

any penalties or interest assessed pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 2.