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

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(Reprinted with amendments adopted on June 2, 2025)
THIRD REPRINT S.B. 393

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SENATE BILL NO. 393–SENATOR NEAL

MARCH 17, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Revenue and
Economic Development

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

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State: No.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

AN ACT relating to housing; revising the Windsor Park
Environmental Justice Act; clarifying the boundaries of
the Windsor Park neighborhood for the purposes of
determining eligibility to participate in the program
established by the Act; revising certain requirements to be
eligible to acquire a new singl e-family residence under
the Act ; authorizing certain owners of vacant lots in the
Windsor Park neighborhood to exchange the vacant lot
under the program; revising provisions governing the
property taxes levied on a single -family residence
acquired under 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; revising provisions governing the use
of certain money for the purposes of the Act; extending
the reversion date of appropriations made for the purposes
of the Act; making an appropriation; and providing other
matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law contains the Windsor Park Environmental Justice Act, which 1
establishes a program for the relocation of persons residing in the Windsor Park 2
neighborhood of the City of North Las Vegas whose residences have been damaged 3
by the sinking of the gr ound beneath the residences. (Chapter 531, Statutes of 4
Nevada 2023, at page 3538) Under the Act, the Housing Division of the 5
Department of Business and Industry is required to establish and administer a 6

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program by which the owner of a single -family residen ce in the Windsor Park 7
neighborhood who owns the residence on July 1, 2023, may exchange the residence 8
in the Windsor Park neighborhood for a new residence constructed in accordance 9
with the Act. ( Section 9 of chapter 531, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 3540) 10
This bill makes revisions to the Act. 11
Section 1 of this bill clarifies the boundaries of the Windsor Park neighborhood 12
for the purposes of determining the owners of single -family residences or vacant 13
lots who are eligible to participate in the program. 14
Section 2 of this bill: (1) requires that to be eligible to participate in the 15
program, an owner of a single -family residence or vacant lot in the Windsor 16
Park neighborhood must have owned that single -family residence or lot on 17
December 31, 2023, ra ther than July 1, 2023; (2) authorizes a person who is the 18
owner of a vacant lot in the Windsor Park neighborhood and who was the owner, or 19
is the descendant of the former owner, of a single -family residence on that vacant 20
lot in the Windsor Park neighborh ood to participate in the program by exchanging 21
the vacant lot for another vacant lot in an area as near as reasonably practicable to 22
the Windsor Park neighborhood; (3) authorizes a person who resides in the 23
Windsor Park neighborhood to establish that he o r she is the owner of a single -24
family residence or a vacant lot in the Windsor Park neighborhood and, thus, 25
eligible to participate in the program, by executing an affidavit, under penalty of 26
perjury, and presenting certain other documentation to establish inheritance of the 27
property; (4) provides that until J uly 1, 2057, a single -family residence acquired 28
pursuant to the Act is entitled to an abatement of a certain amount of property taxes 29
levied on the single-family residence; (5) provides an exemption fr om taxes on the 30
transfer of real property for certain transfers of a single -family residence pursuant 31
to the Act; (6) requires the Housing Division to file for record a certificate creating 32
a lien on the single -family residence acquired pursuant to the Act to secure 33
repayment of the amount of assistance provided by the Housing Division to pay off 34
any existing mortgage on the single -family residence in the Windsor Park 35
neighborhood if the new residence is sold within 5 years after the time of the filing 36
of the certificate; (7) limits the amount of assistance provided to pay off a mortgage 37
on a single -family residence in the Windsor Park neighborhood to the pay off 38
amount on May 25, 2025; and (8) requires the entity selected to develop and 39
construct a single-family residence pursuant to the Act to be engaged to perform 40
certain additional work related to the project, without formal bidding under existing 41
state law, including, without limitation, demolishing the homes in the Windsor Park 42
neighborhood for the purposes of creating the park required under the Act. 43
Section 3 of this bill: (1) requires that in addition to transferring the proceeds of 44
certain bonds to the Division, the City is required to transfer the interest on those 45
proceeds to the Division for the purposes of the program; and (2) removes the 46
requirement for the Division to pay moving expenses and restitution to owners of 47
single-family residences in the Windsor Park neighborhood from certain 48
Community Development Block Grant funds transferred to the Division and, 49
instead, authorizes those funds to be used by the Division to pay relocation 50
expenses for certain owners and tenants. 51
Section 4 of this bill provides that money appropriated from the State General 52
Fund for the purposes of the Act reverts at the end of the 2025 -2027 biennium 53
rather than at the end of the 2023-2025 biennium. 54
Section 4.5 of this bill appropriates $26,000,000 from th e State General Fund 55
to the Housing Division for the purposes of the Act. 56

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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Section 8 of the Windsor Park Environmental 1
Justice Act, being chapter 531, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 2
3540, is hereby amended to read as follows: 3
Sec. 8. “Windsor Park neighborhood” means the area of 4
the City lying north of West Cartier Avenue, west of Clayton 5
Street, east of Chamberlain Lane, and south of West Evans 6
Avenue. The are a includes single -family residences and 7
vacant lots on the south side of West Cartier Avenue and 8
otherwise within the area defined in this section. The area 9
also includes single -family residences and vacant lots west 10
of Chamberlain Lane and on West Cartier Avenue, Sommer 11
Court, Hayworth Avenue or Stanton Drive. 12
Sec. 2. Section 9 of the Windsor Park Environmental Justice 13
Act, being chapter 531, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 3540, is 14
hereby amended to read as follows: 15
Sec. 9. 1. The Housing Division shall establish and 16
administer a program pursuant to which the owner of [a] : 17
(a) A single-family residence in the Windsor Park 18
neighborhood who owns that residence on [July 1, ] 19
December 31, 2023, may exchange that single -family 20
residence for another single -family residence constructed in 21
accordance with this section. 22
(b) A vacant lot in the Windsor Park neighborhood who 23
owned a single -family residence in the Windsor Park 24
neighborhood that was formerly located on that vacant lot, 25
or the descendant of such an owner, and who owns that 26
vacant lot on December 31, 2023, may exchange that vacant 27
lot for another vacant lot in an area as near as reasonably 28
practicable to the Windsor Park neighborhood in 29
accordance with this section. The owner or descendant of 30
such an owner must be offered the opportunity to exchange 31
a vacant lot in Windsor Park for a vacant lot that is located 32
in the Cibola Park area of the City and that is available to 33
be exchanged in accordance with any agreements between 34
the City, Clark County and the Housing Division, before 35
being offered any other vacant lot. 36
2. For the purposes of the program established 37
pursuant to this section, a person may establish that he or 38
she is the owner of a single -family residence or a vacant lot 39
in the Windsor Park neighborhood on December 31, 2023, 40
by: 41

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(a) Executing an affidavit, under penalty of perjury, that 1
he or she acquired title to the single -family residence or 2
vacant lot from a deceased relative by operation of law; and 3
(b) Presenting to the Housing Division, or the 4
governmental agency, nonprofit corporation or other entity 5
selected by the Housing Division pursuant to subsection 3, 6
any of the following evidence of ownership: 7
(1) An original deed, deed of trust, bill of sale or land 8
installment contract; 9
(2) A current property tax bill and proof of payment 10
of property taxes for the immediately preceding 15 years; 11
(3) A certified copy of a will naming the applicant as 12
heir to the property along with a death certificate or other 13
evidence that the applicant is the heir to the property and 14
documentation establishing that the applicant has been 15
residing in the single -family residence or has acted as the 16
owner of the vacant lot for the immediately preceding 15 17
years, includin g, without limitation, property tax bills or 18
utility bills; or 19
(4) Any other evidence indicating intent to own the 20
single-family residence or vacant land on or before 21
December 31, 2023, if the applicant was unable to acquire 22
ownership on or before December 31, 2023. 23
[2.] 3. The Housing Division shall apply for any 24
available grants of money from the Federal Government to 25
carry out the provisions of sections 1 to 9.7, inclusive, of this 26
act and shall select a governmental agency, nonprofit 27
corporation or other entity engaged in the development of 28
affordable housing to develop single -family residences on 29
vacant land [adjacent] in areas as near as reasonably 30
practicable to the Windsor Park neighborhood. The 31
governmental agency, nonprofit corporation or other entity 32
selected by the Housing Division pursuant to this subsection 33
shall, in accordance with a financing agreement entered into 34
pursuant to subsection [5,] 6, contract with qualified 35
professionals for a study of vacant land adjacent to the 36
Windsor Park neighborhood that could be acquired to ensure 37
that such land will not subside, acquire vacant land adjacent 38
to the Windsor Park neighborhood if the study finds th at such 39
land will not subside and enter into contracts to develop and 40
construct single-family residences on that land. In awarding 41
such contracts, a preference with a relative weight of 5 42
percent must be assigned to an applicant that is a business in 43
which at least 50 percent of the interest is owned by a resident 44
or former resident of the Windsor Park neighborhood. Any 45

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restriction on the price which the Housing Division may pay 1
to acquire a parcel of real property does not apply to an 2
acquisition pursuant to this section. 3
[3.] 4. The number of single -family residences 4
constructed pursuant to this section must be sufficient in 5
number to enable each [household residing in ] owner of a 6
single-family residence in the Windsor Park neighborhood on 7
[July 1,] December 31, 2023, to obtain such a single -family 8
residence, and the single -family residences constructed 9
pursuant to this section must enable [a household residing in] 10
an owner of a single -family residence in the Windsor Park 11
neighborhood on [July 1, ] December 31, 2023, to obtain a 12
single-family residence with at least the same amount of 13
square footage as the residence in the Windsor Park 14
neighborhood. The number of vacant lots acquired pursuant 15
to this section must be sufficient in number and size to 16
enable each owner described in paragraph (b) of subsection 17
1 of a vacant lot in the Windsor Park neighborhood who 18
owned a vacant lot in the Windsor Park neighborhood on 19
December 31, 2023, to exchange the vacant lot in the 20
Windsor Park neighborhood for a vacant lot with at least 21
the same number of acres as the vacant lot in the Windsor 22
Park neighborhood. 23
[4.] 5. The City shall grant the employees and 24
representatives of the governmental entity, nonprofit 25
corporation or other entity selected by the Housing Division, 26
and the Housing Division, access to any right -of-way owned 27
or controlled by the City and access to any lots owned by the 28
City within the Windsor Park neighborhood when such access 29
is necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, and the 30
City shall not unreasonably withhold such access. 31
[5.] 6. The governmental entity, nonprofit corporation 32
or other entity selected by the Housing Division pursuant to 33
subsection [2,] 3, the City and the Housing Division shall 34
enter into an agreement to finance the development and 35
construction of single -family residences pursuant to this 36
section. The agreement must require: 37
(a) The use of money appropriated or authorized by the 38
Legislature to the Housing Division for the purposes set forth 39
in this section. 40
(b) Any other money from any public or private source, 41
including, without limitation, any gift, grant, appropriation or 42
contribution, available to be used for the purposes set forth in 43
this section. 44

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[6.] 7. Upon the issuance of a certificate of occupancy 1
for each single -family residence constructed pursuant to this 2
section, the owner of a single-family residence in the Windsor 3
Park neighborhood who owns that residence on [July 1, ] 4
December 31, 2023, may excha nge that single -family 5
residence for a single-family residence which was constructed 6
pursuant to this section and which has at least the same 7
amount of square footage as the residence being exchanged. 8
If the single-family residence being exchanged is: 9
(a) Encumbered by a mortgage or deed of trust, the 10
single-family residence may not be exchanged unless the 11
existing mortgage or deed of trust is paid in full. The Housing 12
Division shall provide assistance to arrange any financing 13
necessary to pay off the exis ting mortgage or deed of trust, 14
including, without limitation, any down payment assistance 15
available under any program administered by the Housing 16
Division. The amount of the existing mortgage or deed of 17
trust paid off through any assistance provided by th e 18
Housing Division pursuant to this paragraph must not 19
exceed the pay off amount as of May 25, 2025. 20
(b) Leased to a tenant occupying the single -family 21
residence under a lease agreement, the lease agreement 22
remains in effect with the same terms and conditions. 23
 [Any] The Housing Division shall file for record a 24
certificate in the office of the county recorder which states 25
the amount of the mortgage or deed of trust paid off 26
pursuant to this subsection. From the time of the filing of 27
the certificate, the a mount of the mortgage or deed of trust 28
paid off pursuant to this subsection constitutes a lien upon 29
the single-family residence acquired pursuant to this 30
subsection [may not be sold for a period of ] for the amount 31
of the mortgage or deed of trust paid off pursuant to this 32
subsection. A lien under this subsection is prior to all other 33
liens and encumbrances on the unit except liens for taxes 34
and other governmental assessments , charges or liens 35
against the single-family residence and the first mortgage or 36
deed of trust on the single -family residence acquired 37
pursuant to this subsection. The lien expires 5 years [after 38
the single -family residence is acquired, except that such a 39
single-family residence may be transferred in a transaction 40
that is exempt from the taxes imposed by chapter 375 of NRS 41
pursuant to NRS 375.090. 42
7.] after the time of the filing of the certificate. 43
8. Until July 1, 2057, a single -family residence 44
acquired pursuant to subsection 7 is entitled to an 45

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exemption from property taxes that is equal to the difference 1
between the taxes levied on the single-family residence that 2
was acquired pursuant to subsection 7, as determined 3
pursuant to NRS 361.225 and 361.227, on the date on which 4
that single -family residence was acquired, and the taxes 5
levied on the single -family residence in the Windsor Park 6
neighborhood that was exchanged, as determined pursuant 7
to NRS 361.225 and 361.227 , for the fiscal year in which 8
the single -family residence in the Windsor Park 9
neighborhood was exchanged. The provisio ns of NRS 10
361.4722, 361.4723 and 361.4724 apply to the calculation of 11
the taxes on the single-family residence levied on the single-12
family residence acquired pursuant to subsection 7. 13
9. The taxes imposed pursuant to chapter 375 of NRS 14
do not apply to a ny transfer of property pursuant to the 15
provisions of this Act by the governmental agency, nonprofit 16
corporation or other entity that has entered into an 17
agreement pursuant to subsection 6, or an affiliate of such 18
an entity, or a transfer of property pursuant to the provision 19
of this Act to or from a resident of the Windsor Park 20
neighborhood, or the owner of a vacant lot in the Windsor 21
Park neighborhood, who is exchanging a single -family 22
residence or a vacant lot pursuant to this Act. 23
10. The power, sewer and other connection fees imposed 24
by the City on a single -family residence in the Windsor Park 25
neighborhood must be transferred to a single-family residence 26
acquired pursuant to this section as the power, sewer and the 27
connections fees to be imposed on th at single -family 28
residence. 29
[8.] 11. Any property in the Windsor Park 30
neighborhood that is exchanged pursuant to this section must 31
be used only for the purposes of a public park to memorialize 32
the past and present residents of the Windsor Park 33
neighborhood [.] , which must be available for use, without 34
charge, to schools and churches that serve the Windsor 35
Park neighborhood. For the purposes of creating such a 36
public park, t he governmental agency, nonprofit 37
corporation or other entity selected by the Housing Division 38
pursuant to subsection 3 must be engaged under an 39
agreement, which must be separate from any agreement 40
entered into pursuant to subsection 6, for any additional 41
work necessary to develop and construct such a park, 42
including, without limita tion, the demolition of any 43
residences transferred pursuant to this section. Any 44
agreement for the demolition of the residences pursuant to 45

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this subsection is exempt from the provisions of state law 1
governing the award of a contract by governmental entities, 2
and any payments pursuant to such an agreement must be 3
paid entirely from money appropriated by the Legislature 4
for that purpose. After the demolition of the residences 5
pursuant to this subsection, the City shall maintain the 6
property as a public park f or the purposes described in this 7
subsection. 8
Sec. 3. Section 9.3 of the Windsor Park Environmental Justice 9
Act, being chapter 531, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 3542, is 10
hereby amended to read as follows: 11
Sec. 9.3. 1. The Housing Division shall establish a 12
program to pay: 13
(a) The [moving] relocation expenses of [and restitution 14
to] the owners of single -family residences in the Windsor 15
Park neighborhood [in the manner set forth in this section. ] 16
who acquire a single -family residence pursuant to section 9 17
of this act and who move from the Windsor Park 18
neighborhood to the acquired single-family residence. 19
(b) The cost of the rehabilitation of the homes constructed 20
with money received by the City f rom Community 21
Development Block Grants for the purpose of rehabilitating 22
homes in the Windsor Park neighborhood [.] in an amount 23
not to exceed $10,000 per single-family residence. 24
2. The City shall transfer to the Housing Division: 25
(a) Any remaining pro ceeds of general obligation bonds 26
issued by the City and purchased by the Federal National 27
Mortgage Association for the purpose of relocating residents 28
of the Windsor Park neighborhood [.] , and any remaining 29
interest on those proceeds. 30
(b) Any money remaining from Community Development 31
Block Grants awarded to the City for the purpose of 32
relocating residents in the Windsor Park neighborhood. 33
(c) Any money remaining from Community Development 34
Block Grants awarded to the City for the purpose of 35
constructing residences for the residents of the Windsor Park 36
neighborhood. 37
 Any money received pursuant to this subsection must be 38
accounted for separately and may be used only to carry out 39
the provisions of this section. 40
3. From amounts transferred to the Housin g Division 41
pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection 2, the 42
Housing Division shall [: 43
(a) Pay restitution in the amount of $50,000 to the owner 44
of a single -family residence in the Windsor Park 45

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neighborhood who resides in the neighborhood on July 1, 1
2023, and who was the initial occupant of that single -family 2
residence, or to the descendants of that owner who inherited 3
the single-family residence from the initial occupant and who 4
reside in the single-family residence on July 1, 2023. 5
(b) Pay restitution in the amount of $10,000 to the person 6
who was the initial occupant of a single -family residence in 7
the Windsor Park neighborhood, or to the descendants of that 8
person who inherited the single -family residence from the 9
initial occupant. 10
(c) Pay] pay the actual [moving] relocation expenses , as 11
defined by federal guidelines for the use of Community 12
Development Block Grant funds, in an amount not to 13
exceed $50,000, of a person who owns a single -family 14
residence in the Windsor Park neighborhood on 15
December 31, 2023, who acquires a single -family residence 16
pursuant to section 9 of this act and who moves from the 17
Windsor Park neighborhood to that acquired single -family 18
residence. 19
[4. From the amount transferred to the Housing Division 20
pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 2, the Housing 21
Division shall pay, in an amount not to exceed $10,000 per 22
single-family residence, the cost of rehabilitating a single -23
family residence constructed for a resident of the Windsor 24
Park neighborhood using money rece ived by the City from a 25
Community Development Block Grant. The governmental 26
entity, nonprofit corporation or other entity selected by the 27
Housing Division pursuant to subsection 2 of section 9 of this 28
act shall inspect the single -family residence to determ ine 29
whether or not the rehabilitation has been satisfactorily 30
completed. 31
5.] Such relocation expenses may be paid to a person 32
who was the tenant of an owner of a single-family residence 33
in the Windsor Park neighborhood on December 31, 2023, 34
and who is re quired to move residences as a result of the 35
program established pursuant to section 9 of this act. Any 36
relocation expenses must be paid in advance directly to the 37
owner or tenant incurring the expenses based on 38
documentation establishing the actual amount of the 39
expenses. To the extent that money transferred to the Housing 40
Division pursuant to subsection 2 is insufficient to make the 41
entire amount of the payments required by subsection 1 or 3 , 42
[or 4,] the Housing Division shall reduce such payments on a 43
pro rata basis. 44

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Sec. 4. Section 11 of chapter 531, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at 1
page 3543, is hereby amended to read as follows: 2
Sec. 11. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the 3
State General Fund to the Housing Division of the 4
Department of Business and Industry the sum of $12,000,000 5
for the purposes set forth in sections 1 to 9.7, inclusive, of 6
this act. 7
2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by 8
subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after 9
June 30, [2025,] 2027, by the entity to which the 10
appropriation is made or any entity to which money from the 11
appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any 12
manner, and any portion of the appropriated money 13
remaining must not be spent for any purpose after 14
September [19, 2025,] 17, 2027, by either the entity to which 15
the money was appropriated or the entity to which the 16
money was subsequently granted or transferred , and must be 17
reverted to the State General Fund on or before 18
September [19, 2025.] 17, 2027. 19
Sec. 4.5. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State 20
General Fund to the Housing Division of the Department of 21
Business and Industry the sum of $26,000,000 for the purposes set 22
forth in the Windsor Park Environmental Justice Act, being chapter 23
531, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 35 38, and the provisions of 24
sections 1 to 4, inclusive, of this act. 25
2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by 26
subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 27
2027, by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity 28
to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise 29
transferred in any manner, an d any portion of the appropriated 30
money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after 31
September 17, 2027, by either the entity to which the money was 32
appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently 33
granted or transferred, and must be re verted to the State General 34
Fund on or before September 17, 2027. 35
Sec. 5. 1. This section and sections 1 to 4, inclusive, of this 36
act become effective upon passage and approval. 37
2. Section 4.5 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2025. 38

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