(Las Vegas) - The Nevada Legislature's Subcommittee to Conduct a Review of Nevada's Revenue Structure moved forward today with two key elements to evaluate the adequacy of Nevada's revenue structure to meet the state's future needs and set strategic goals for improving the state's quality of life.

A broad range of groups and citizens involved in business and industry, education, health care and other human services, energy and infrastructure will be asked to nominate individuals to serve on a Nevada Vision Stakeholder Group.  This group will recommend strategic measures to the subcommittee for improving Nevada's national standings in quality of life measures.  

The subcommittee agreed to form a working group chaired by Assemblyman Marcus Conklin to review applications from a variety of groups to serve on the Nevada Vision Stakeholder Group. The Stakeholder group will make recommendations to the legislative subcommittee in developing a strategic plan for Nevada for 5 years, 10 years and 20 years. 

The subcommittee also agreed to form another working group chaired by Senate Minority Leader William Raggio to select a consultant who will work with the Nevada Vision Stakeholder Group in developing a strategic vision for the state. The consultant will also conduct an economic analysis of Nevada's revenue structure and make recommendations to the subcommittee on measures to improve the stability of the state's revenue structure and its ability to meet strategic goals.

"These actions lay the groundwork for identifying where we want to be as a state in years and decades to come - when it comes to things like education, transportation, or human services - and the revenue structure necessary to reach those goals. These are steps towards improving the quality of life in Nevada," said Nevada Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford, chairman of the legislative subcommittee. "The Nevada Vision Stakeholder Group is particularly important, because it will give us the benefit of the experience and expertise of a broad cross-section of Nevadans in shaping our future."

The Subcommittee to Conduct a Review of Nevada's Revenue Structure, a subcommittee of the Legislature's Interim Finance Committee, was created by Senate Concurrent Resolution 37 in the 2009 Nevada Legislature. The subcommittee was charged with reviewing proposals for broad-based taxes that are fair and equitable, as well as strategies for mitigating tax burdens on businesses and consumers. With input from the Nevada Vision Stakeholder Group, the subcommittee also will propose strategies for improving Nevada's national rankings in critical areas such as education, health and human services, public safety, economic diversifications, job creation, transit and energy use. The subcommittee's recommendations, once reviewed by the Interim Finance Committee next year, will be presented to the 2011 Nevada Legislature.

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