If it passes the money is held by the state and is used in the county that generates it, Minor said. However, the money is not for County or City roads. He said the money would only be used on state highways.

Commissioners Delmo Andreozzi and Cliff Eklund asked for clarification on the wording in AB191. Andreozzi said some of the wording was “fuzzy” about where the money would be distributed.

“I think part of the reason for some of the confusion, and I think I used this with the newspaper the other day, this is 40 pages of gobbledygook,” said County Manager Rob Stokes. “The legislation is very difficult to understand. We’re still trying to figure out all of the details, the specific details. What we do know, though, is that the state is requiring the county to put this question on the ballot.”

Ellison told the commissioners he voted against the bill because it’s “a bad deal.”

“They’re picking winners and losers,” he said. “This was set up to make the rural counties fail.”

He said the bill was started because Nevada Department of Transportation has a shortfall of funds, and the state should have looked at “a solid number across the state.”