Section 701A.220 - Application for partial tax abatement; notification by Director1. The owner of a building or other structure, or any other person acting on behalf of the owner, who, with respect to a project involving the building or other structure, wishes to apply to the Director pursuant to this chapter and NRS 701A.110 for a partial tax abatement must, within 120 days after registering the project with Green Business Certification Inc. or the Green Building Initiative, as applicable, submit to the Office of Energy a completed registration application on a form prescribed by the Director and such documentation as the Director may require to determine whether the applicant is eligible for the partial tax abatement.2.Not later than 120 days after receiving the completed registration application and all documentation required pursuant to subsections 1 and 3, as applicable, the Director will determine whether the applicant is eligible for a partial tax abatement. If the Director determines that the applicant is eligible for a partial tax abatement, he or she will issue the project a project registration number and forward a copy of the application and notice of the approval of the application to the applicant and the persons and entities described in subparagraph (3) of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 701A.110.
3. In addition to any other requirement set forth in this section, the applicant must: (a) Identify any information included in the application which the applicant considers to be confidential;(b) If the applicant is applying for a partial tax abatement involving an existing building or other structure, submit with the application such information and documentation as is necessary to substantiate the historical baseline of the site energy data for the building or other structure;(c) Promptly amend the application if there is a significant change in the scope of the project; (d) Utilize an independent third party to prepare an energy model, commissioning report and energy audit, as applicable, and submit the model, report and audit, as applicable, with the application; and(e) If the applicant is seeking to qualify for a partial tax abatement under the Green Globes Rating System, utilize a third-party assessor assigned by the Green Building Initiative to review and verify the information submitted by the applicant as part of the application and approve the project for the purposes of obtaining certification by the Green Building Initiative.4. The Director will not accept a registration application pursuant to this section for a building or other structure that on the date the registration application is submitted has been certified by Green Business Certification Inc. or the Green Building Initiative.5. The Director will not register a project if a complete registration package, including a complete registration application and all required documentation, has not been submitted for that project. If any items are identified as missing from the registration package upon its initial submission, the Director will not register the project unless the complete registration application and all required documentation is submitted within 30 days after the initial submission of the registration package.6. The Director will not grant: (a) More than one partial tax abatement per parcel;(b) A partial tax abatement on a parcel which was previously subject to a partial tax abatement;(c) More than one partial tax abatement on a building or other structure, even if the building or other structure occupies more than one parcel; and(d) A partial tax abatement on a building or other structure which was previously subject to a partial tax abatement.7. The Director may deny a registration application submitted pursuant to this section for any failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter.Nev. Admin. Code § 701A.220
Added to NAC by Office of Energy by R116-07, eff. 12-4-2007; A by R127-13, 6-23-2014; A by R128-18A, eff. 1/30/2019