Nev. considers bill to kill tax roll publication requirement
By Sandra Chereb, Las Vegas Review-Journal
CARSON CITY — County assessors would no longer be required to publish annual property tax rolls in the local newspaper under a proposal that would save taxpayers statewide hundreds of thousands of dollars at the expense of newspapers.
Senate Bill 95 sponsored by Sen. David Parks, D-Las Vegas, would give counties the option to instead publish the list on their Internet websites. Counties with populations fewer than 100,000 residents — currently all but Clark and Washoe — would have to make at least 10 copies available to the public free of charge.
In testimony Tuesday before the Senate Committee on Revenue and Economic Development, Parks said the existing requirement to publish tax rolls in the newspaper is an “antiquated system” that wastes precious taxpayer dollars.
According to the Nevada Assessor’s Association, the legal requirement cost Nevada counties nearly $811,000 last year.