Section 360.7596 - Abatement of city or county permitting fee or licensing fee; reporting of such abatements to Governor and Legislature1. For the purpose of encouraging local economic development, the governing body of a city or county may grant to a production company that produces a qualified production for which a certificate of eligibility for transferable tax credits has been approved pursuant to NRS 360.759 an abatement of all or any percentage of the amount of any permitting fee or licensing fee which the local government is authorized to impose or charge pursuant to chapter 244 or 268 of NRS.2. Before granting any abatement pursuant to this section, the governing body of the city or county must provide by ordinance for a pilot project for granting abatements to production companies for which a certificate of eligibility for transferable tax credits has been approved pursuant to NRS 360.759.3. A governing body of a city or county that grants an abatement pursuant to this section shall, on or before October 1 of each year in which such an abatement is granted, prepare and submit to the Governor and to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Legislature an annual report which includes, for the immediately preceding fiscal year:(a) The number of qualified productions produced within the jurisdiction of the governing body for which a certificate of eligibility for transferable tax credits was approved;(b) The number and dollar value of the abatements granted by the governing body pursuant to this section;(c) The number of persons within the jurisdiction of the governing body that were employed by each qualified production and the amount of wages paid to those persons; and(d) The period during which each qualified production was produced within the jurisdiction of the governing body.Added to NRS by 2013, 3096; A 2015, 1107, 1109Amended by 2015, Ch. 232,§16, eff. 7/1/2015.Amended by 2015, Ch. 232,§19, eff. 7/1/2015.Added by 2013, Ch. 491,§15.5, eff. 6/11/2013, op. 1/1/2014.