277.069 - Cooperative agreements concerning insurance: Powers and obligations of parties. - Nevada Statutes

277.069  Cooperative agreements concerning insurance: Powers and obligations of parties.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, any party to an agreement entered into pursuant to NRS 277.067, or any entity established by such an agreement, may:

      (a) Obligate itself to contribute money for the purchase of insurance, the establishment of a reserve or fund for coverage, the payment of any debt, or for any other purpose related to the undertaking;

      (b) Borrow money for any such purpose;

      (c) Issue notes and bonds evidencing the borrowing; and

      (d) Secure payment of the notes and bonds by a pledge of revenues.

      2.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, any obligation to contribute money which is undertaken pursuant to a cooperative agreement:

      (a) Is binding notwithstanding that it is intended to remain in force beyond the current budget year or the terms of office of the present members of the governing body of the obligor.

      (b) If undertaken to pay any debt, does not remain in force more than 30 years after the date of the borrowing.

      (c) If undertaken to pay claims and administrative expenses, does not remain in force more than 10 years, except with respect to claims arising from occurrences during the period it is in force.

      3.  Except for a pledge of revenues or obligation to contribute money which pledges revenues or commits money derived from a source other than taxation, any pledge or obligation which is made or undertaken pursuant to a cooperative agreement by an agency of the State or the Nevada System of Higher Education does not remain in force after the end of the biennium in which it is made or undertaken.

      (Added to NRS by 1987, 1679; A 1993, 371; 1995, 2508; 2005, 363)