CARSON CITY - A bill that would put a $3,300 "hard cap" on collection fees when a homeowner becomes delinquent on HOA dues is still alive during the final scrum at the Nevada Legislature.
Gov. Brian Sandoval signed a bill Thursday night that establishes an apprenticeship fire performer program. If only all bill signings were this exciting.
A bill that would allow special tax districts to finance arenas in Clark and Washoe counties was introduced Monday night in a sudden "behind the bar" meeting of a committee.
Las Vegas taxis have for the past year been tacking a $3 charge onto fares paid with credit or debit cards. Now the industry wants to cement that charge into state law. The Nevada Taxicab Authority, which regulates the industry, set the $3 transaction fee based on the cost of installing credit- and debit-card readers in cabs plus a reasonable profit. Assembly Bill 351 would establish in law the authority’s ability to tack on the fee to fares.
Southern Nevadans will pay about 3.4 percent, or $5.29 a month, more on the average residential home bill to fund energy efficiency programs and the lost sales to NV Energy related to those efforts.
Gov. Brian Sandoval brought doughnuts and coffee to his critics in “Sandoville” this morning, demonstrating how formidable he is in advocating for his budget.
Democratic lawmakers today countered Gov. Brian Sandoval's proposed 5 percent pay cut for state and higher education workers with what would amount to a 4.8 percent reduction in pay, using furlough days and a 2.5 percent cut to salaries.
In a quest for money, lawmakers scrutinized local governments in a hearing Thursday, asking flush Eureka County to help the state and wondering where Clark County had allocated $1.5 billion from 2009 to 2010.
An assembly committee heard Gov. Brian Sandoval’s broad education reform bill Saturday that would put all teachers on one-year contracts and require school districts to decide layoffs on a system other than seniority.
The Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce sent a letter that says the business group could support more revenue for the state if paired with long-term government reforms.
Collection agencies could charge up to $1,950 plus “reasonable attorney fees” on a house that’s late on its homeowner association assessment under a bill passed out of committee Friday by Senate Democrats.
Assembly Democrats split over a pair of education bills that would make it easier to fire teachers and extend the probationary period for new hires, which advanced despite opposition from the state teacher's union.
The state will be able to soften cuts to health and human services because of new projections made for Medicaid over the next two years, the state Department of Health and Human Services said today.