SB 393 — Revises the Windsor Park Environmental Justice Act. (BDR S-701)

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revising certainthe requirementsrequirement that to be eligible to acquire a new single-family residence under the Act;Act, a person must own a single-family residence in the Windsor Park neighborhood on a certain date;

providing certain methods to establish ownership of a single-family residence in the Windsor Park neighborhood for the purposes of the Act;

revising provisions governing real property transfer taxes imposed on the transfer of such a residence;

revising provisions governing the development of a park to memorialize the residents of the Windsor Park neighborhood;

making an appropriation;

(Chapter 531, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 3538) Under the Act, the Housing Division of the Department of Business and Industry is required to establish and administer a - *SB393_R2**SB393_R1* – 2 – program by which the owner of a single-family residence in the Windsor Park neighborhood who owns the residence on July 1, 2023, may exchange the residence in the Windsor Park neighborhood for a new residence constructed in accordance with the Act.

Section 1 of this bill clarifies the boundaries of the Windsor Park neighborhood for the purposes of determining the owners of single-family residences or vacant lotSectionrequires 2that to be eligible to participate in the program, an owner of thisa bill:single-family residence or vacant lot in the Windsor Park neighborhood must have owned that single-family residence or lot on December 31, 2023, rather than July 1, 2023;

(1)(2) requiresauthorizes thata toperson bewho eligibleis tothe participateowner of a vacant lot in the program,Windsor anPark ownerneighborhood and who was the owner, or is the descendant of the former owner, of a single-family residence oron that vacant lot in the Windsor Park neighborhood mustto haveparticipate ownedin thatthe single-familyprogram residenceby orexchanging the vacant lot onfor Decemberanother 31,vacant 2023,lot ratherin thanan Julyarea 1,as 2023;near as reasonably practicable to the Windsor Park neighborhood;

(2)(3) authorizes a person who is the owner of a vacant lot in the Windsor Park neighborhood and who was the owner, or is the descendant of the former owner, of a single-family residence on that vacant lot in the Windsor Park neighborhood to participate in the program by exchanging the vacant lot for another vacant lot in an area as near as reasonably practicable to Windsor Park neighborhood to establish that he or she is the owner of a single-single-family family residence or a vacant lot in the Windsor Park neighborhood and, thus, eligible to participate in the program, by executing an affidavit, under penalty of perjury, and presenting certain other documentation to establish inheritance of the property;

and (4) provides that untilfor Junethe 30,purposes 2057,of adetermining the amount of property taxes levied on single-family residenceresidences acquired pursuant to the ActAct, isthe entitledassessed tovalue anof abatementsuch ofresidences amust certainbe amountdetermined ofas propertyif taxessuch leviedresidences onwere thenot single-familynew residence;improvements.

(5) provides an exemption from taxes on the to the Act;

(6) requires the entity selected to develop and construct a single-family residence pursuant to the Act to be engaged to perform certain additional work related to the project, without formal bidding under existing state law, including, without limitation, demolishing the homes in the Windsor Park neighborhood for the purposes of creating the park required under the Act.

(1) requires that in addition to transferring the proceeds of certain bonds to the Division, the City is required to transfer the interest on those proceeds tototo the the Division for the purposes of the program;

and (2) removes the requirement for the Division to pay moving expenses and restitution to owners of single-family residences in the Windsor Park neighborhood from certain owners of Community Development Block Grant funds transferred to the Division and, instead, authorizes those funds to be used by the Division to pay relocation expenses for certain owners and tenants.

Section 4 of this bill provides that money appropriated from the State General Fund for the purposes of the Act reverts at the end of the 2025-20272025- 2027 biennium rather than at the end of the 2023-2025 biennium.

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“Windsor Park neighborhood” means the area of the City lying north of West Cartier Avenue,Street, west of Clayton - *SB393_R2* – 3 – Street, east of Chamberlain Lane, and south of West Evans Avenue.

The area includes single-family residences and vacant lots on the south side of West Cartier AvenueStreet and otherwise within the area defined in this section.

The- area*SB393_R1* also– includes3 single-family– residencesSec. and vacant lots west of Chamberlain Lane and on West Cartier Avenue, Sommer Court, Hayworth Avenue or Stanton Drive.

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The owner or descendant of such an owner must be offered the opportunity to exchange a vacant lot in Windsor Park for a vacant lot that is located in the Cibola Park area of the City and that is available to be exchanged in accordance with any agreements between the City, Clark County and the Housing Division, before being offered any other vacant lot.

- *SB393_R2* – 4 – (2) A current property tax bill and proof of payment of property taxes for the immediately preceding 15 years;

(3) A certified copy of a will naming the applicant as heir to the property along with a death certificate or other evidence of that the applicant is the heir to the property and documentation establishing that the applicant has been residing in the single-family residence or has acted as the owner of the vacant lot for the immediately preceding 15 years, including, without limitation, property tax bills or utility bills;

or (4) Any other evidence indicating intent to own the single-family residence or vacant land on or before - *SB393_R1* – 4 – December 31, 2023, if the applicant was unable to acquire ownership on or before December 31, 2023.

The number of single-family residences constructed pursuant to this section must be sufficient in number to enable each [household residing in] owner of a single-family residence in the Windsor Park neighborhood on [July 1,] December 31, 2023, to obtain such a single-family residence, and the single-family residences constructed - *SB393_R2* – 5 – pursuant to this section must enable [a household residing in] an owner of a single-family residence in the Windsor Park neighborhood on [July 1,] December 31, 2023, to obtain a single-family residence with at least the same amount of square footage as the residence in the Windsor Park neighborhood.

The number of vacant lots acquired pursuant to this section must be sufficient in number and size to enable each owner described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of a vacant lot in the Windsor Park neighborhood who owned a vacant lot in the Windsor Park neighborhood on December 31, 2023, to exchange the vacant lot in the Windsor Park neighborhood for a vacant lot with at least - *SB393_R1* – 5 – the same number of acres as the vacant lot in the Windsor Park neighborhood.

- *SB393_R2* – 6 – (a) Encumbered by a mortgage or deed of trust, the single-family residence may not be exchanged unless the existing mortgage or deed of trust is paid in full.

 Any single-family residence acquired pursuant to this subsection may not be sold for a period of 5 years after the - *SB393_R1* – 6 – single-family residence is acquired, except that such a single- family residence may be transferred in a transaction that is exempt from the taxes imposed by chapter 375 of NRS pursuant to NRS 375.090.

Until July 1, 2057, a single-family residence acquired pursuant to subsection 7 is entitled to an exemption from property taxes that is equal to the difference between the taxesassessed leviedvalue onof the single-family residence in the Windsor Park neighborhood that was acquired pursuant to subsection 7, as determined pursuant to NRS 361.225 and 361.227, onand the dateassessed onvalue which that single-family residence was acquired, and the taxes levied on the single-family residence inwould thehave Windsorhad Parkif neighborhoodit thatwere wasnot exchanged,considered asa determinednew pursuantimprovement toon NRS 361.225 and 361.227, for the fiscaldate yearon in which the single-family residence in the Windsor Park neighborhood was exchanged.acquired.

The provisions of NRS 361.4722, 361.4723 and 361.4724 apply to the calculation of the taxes on the single-family residence levied on the single- family residence acquired pursuant to subsection 7.

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[8.]For 11.the purposes of creating such a public park, the governmental agency, nonprofit corporation or other entity selected by the Housing Division pursuant to subsection 3 shall demolish any residences transferred pursuant to this section.

Any property in the Windsor Park neighborhood that is exchanged pursuant to this section must be used only for the purposes of a public park to memorialize the past and present residents of the Windsor Park neighborhood [.] , which must be available for use, without charge, to schools and churches that serve the Windsor Park neighborhood.

For the purposes of creating such a public park, the governmental agency, nonprofit corporation or other entity selected by the Housing Division pursuant to subsection 3 must be engaged under an agreement, which must be separate from any agreement entered into pursuant to subsection 6, for any additional work necessary to develop and construct such a park, including, without limitation, the demolition of any residences transferred pursuant to this section.

Any agreement for the demolition of the residences pursuant to this subsection is exempt from the provisions of state law governing the award of a contract by governmental entities, and any payments pursuant to such an agreement must be paid entirely from money appropriated by the Legislature for that purpose.

After the demolition of the residences pursuant to this subsection, the City shall maintain the property as a public park for the purposes described in this subsection.