Nevada Revised Statutes 246.075 – Additional fee for marriage license in certain counties; fund for promotion of marriage tourism; county clerk to report projected expenditures from fund
1. In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, the board of county commissioners may impose by ordinance an additional fee of not more than $14 for the issuance of a marriage license.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 246.075
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- population: means the number of people in a specified area as determined by the last preceding national decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce pursuant to Section 2 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States and reported by the Secretary of Commerce to the Governor pursuant to 13 U. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.050
2. An ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 must include a provision creating a special revenue fund designated as the fund for the promotion of marriage tourism. Any money collected from a fee imposed pursuant to subsection 1 must be paid by the county clerk to the county treasurer, and the county treasurer shall deposit the money received in the fund.
3. Any interest earned on money in the fund, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the fund.
4. Any money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year must not revert to the county general fund, and the balance in the fund must be carried forward to the next fiscal year.
5. The money in the fund:
(a) Must be used by the county clerk only to promote wedding tourism in the county.
(b) Must not be used to replace or supplant any money available to fund the regular operations of the office of the county clerk.
6. If a board of county commissioners adopts an ordinance pursuant to subsection 1, on or before July 1 of each year, the county clerk shall report to the board of county commissioners the projected expenditures of the money in the fund for the following fiscal year.