Nev. Rev. Stat. § 360.285 — Certification of population by Governor

1.  For the purposes of this title, the
Governor shall, on or before March 1 of each year, certify the population of
each town, township, city and county in this state as of the immediately
preceding July 1 from the determination submitted to the Governor by the Department
pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 360.283 .
2.  Where any tax is collected by the
Department for apportionment in whole or in part to any political subdivision
and the basis of the apportionment is the population of the political
subdivision, the Department shall use the populations certified by the Governor.
The transition from one such certification to the next must be made on July 1
following the certification for use in the fiscal year beginning then. Every
payment attributable to a fiscal year must be based upon the certification made
on or before March 1 immediately preceding the fiscal year to which the payment
will be attributed.