NAC319.971. Annual plan: Public hearings before adoption; notice of hearing; adoption; training sessions; fees.

     1. Before adopting an annual plan and preparing the application for tax credits, the Administrator will hold at least one public hearing in Clark County, one public hearing in Washoe County and one public hearing in a county other than Clark County or Washoe County designated by the Administrator. The Administrator may hold additional hearings.

     2. At least one of the hearings specified in subsection 1 will be scheduled as a part of a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Housing created pursuant to NRS 319.173.

     3. The hearings will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 241 of NRS. The Division will maintain a list of persons whom the Division will notify for each hearing. The Division will include on the list the name of each person who applied for tax credits during the year immediately preceding the year in which the hearing is held. Any other person may submit a request to the Division to be included on the list. The Division will include the name of such a person on the list for 2 years after the date the request is submitted to the Division.

     4. The Division will include in its notice for a public hearing held pursuant to this section a statement that persons may submit written comments. If the Administrator receives a written comment not less than 2 days before a scheduled hearing, the comment will be discussed at the hearing.

     5. The Division will prepare a draft of the annual plan at least 30 days before the first hearing and provide a copy of the plan to each person whose name is included on the list specified in subsection 3.

     6. After conducting the hearings, the Administrator will adopt a final annual plan and the application for tax credits, including instructions for completing the application.

     7. After adopting an annual plan and the application and its instructions pursuant to this section, the Division will hold at least one training session in the northern portion of the State and one training session in the southern portion of the State. Each training session will include a discussion of the annual plan, the application and its instructions and the provisions of NAC 319.951 to 319.999, inclusive. In addition to the training sessions, the Division will conduct periodic training sessions to ensure compliance with those sections. The Division may impose a fee for attending a training session to defray the cost of:

     (a) Materials used at a training session;

     (b) Speakers, if the speakers are not employees of the Division; or

     (c) Renting or leasing a facility used for a training session.

     (Added to NAC by Housing Div. by R057-97, eff. 1-15-98)