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Statutes > Nevada > Title-21 > Chapter-271 > General-procedure-for-local-improvements > 271-490271.490 Fund for payment of bonds; fund or account for penalties, collection costs and interest; payment of administrative costs incurred in connection with district.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the assessments, when levied, shall be and remain a lien on the respective tracts of land assessed until paid, as provided herein, and, when collected, shall be placed in a special fund and as such shall at all times constitute a sinking fund for and be deemed specially appropriated to the payment of the assessment bonds and interest thereon, and shall not be used for any other purpose until the bonds and interest thereon are fully paid, except for the assessments paid during the 30-day payment period provided in NRS 271.405 and applied directly to the costs of the project.
2. Penalties, collection costs and interest on a delinquency imposed pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 271.415 or 271.585 in connection with the collection of an assessment or an installment payment that is not paid when it comes due may be deposited in any fund or account of the municipality designated by the governing body or designated by the chief financial officer of the municipality if the governing body has authorized the chief financial officer to make such a designation.
3. If permitted by the ordinance authorizing the issuance of a bond, the assessments and any penalties, collection costs or interest not needed in any year to pay the principal and interest on the bonds may be used to pay the administrative costs of the municipality incurred in connection with the district and the collection of the assessments.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 1374; A 2005, 1835)
