Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities
NRS 315.365 - Effect of chapter 16, Statutes of Nevada 1975.


1. Chapter 16, Statutes of Nevada 1975, shall not impair or affect any act done, offense committed or right accruing, accrued or acquired, or liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred prior to July 1, 1975, but the same may be enjoyed, asserted, enforced, prosecuted or inflicted, as fully and to the same extent as if it had not been passed.
2. Chapter 16, Statutes of Nevada 1975, shall not affect the corporate existence of any authority established or operating under the Housing Authorities Law of 1943 or the Housing Law of 1951 prior to July 1, 1975.
3. The passage of chapter 16, Statutes of Nevada 1975, shall not repeal or in any way affect or modify:
(a) Any law authorizing the issuance of any outstanding bonds and other securities by any authority established or operating prior to July 1, 1975, under the Housing Authorities Law of 1943 or the Housing Law of 1951.
(b) Any other contract of any such authority.
(c) Any law pursuant to which there have been levied by or on behalf of any such authority and there have not been paid in full, including without limitation the principal and any interest and penalties, any rents, fees and charges pertaining to the facilities or services, or both facilities and services, provided by any such authority.
(d) The running of the statutes of limitations in force on July 1, 1975.
4. All incomplete proceedings had and taken by any such authority, under any law repealed by chapter 16, Statutes of Nevada 1975, preliminary to and in the acquisition or improvement of any housing project or the issuance of any interim or temporary bond, or any definitive bond, which proceedings are in substantial compliance with the provisions of NRS 315.140 to 315.7813, inclusive, may, at the option of the commissioners of the authority, be completed under the provisions of NRS 315.140 to 315.7813, inclusive, the same as if such incomplete proceedings had been had and taken pursuant to such provisions.
5. The passage of chapter 16, Statutes of Nevada 1975, shall not repeal or in any way affect or modify the power of the commissioners of any authority established or operating under the Housing Authorities Law of 1943 or the Housing Law of 1951 prior to July 1, 1975, concerning the borrowing of money or the acceptance of any grant of public or private money, which power was exercised prior to July 1, 1975.
6. All bonds, notes, contracts, agreements and obligations of authorities relating to financing or undertaking (including cooperating with or acting as agent of the Federal Government in) the development or administration of any project to assure the availability of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities, which bonds, notes, contracts, agreements and obligations were issued or entered into prior to July 1, 1951, are validated and declared legal in all respects, notwithstanding any defect or irregularity therein or any want of statutory authority.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 21; A 1977, 1185)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities

NRS 315.007 - Availability of judicial review; requirements for retention of premises pending judicial review.

NRS 315.011 - Legislative findings and declarations.

NRS 315.021 - Definitions.

NRS 315.031 - Conditions upon which tenant required to vacate public housing.

NRS 315.041 - Notice of termination of tenancy; contents of notice; affidavit filed by tenant; affidavit filed by housing authority or landlord; determination by justice of the peace.

NRS 315.051 - Service of notices: Manner and proof.

NRS 315.061 - Action for damages not precluded; appeal of decision of justice of the peace.

NRS 315.071 - Return of evicted tenant to public housing.

NRS 315.140 - Short title.

NRS 315.150 - Definitions.

NRS 315.160 - "Area of operation" defined.

NRS 315.170 - "Authority" defined.

NRS 315.180 - "Bonds" defined.

NRS 315.190 - "City" defined.

NRS 315.200 - "Clerk" defined.

NRS 315.210 - "Federal Government" defined.

NRS 315.220 - "Governing body" defined.

NRS 315.225 - "Housing Authorities Law of 1943" defined.

NRS 315.226 - "Housing Law of 1951" defined.

NRS 315.230 - "Housing project" defined.

NRS 315.240 - "Mayor" defined.

NRS 315.250 - "Obligee of the authority" and "obligee" defined.

NRS 315.260 - "Persons of low income" defined.

NRS 315.270 - "Real property" defined.

NRS 315.275 - "Regional authority" defined.

NRS 315.280 - "State public body" defined.

NRS 315.290 - "Town" defined.

NRS 315.300 - "Veteran" and "serviceman or servicewoman" defined.

NRS 315.310 - Exemption of real property from execution, process and judgment lien: Enforcement of certain encumbrances, pledges and liens.

NRS 315.320 - Housing authority: Nature; resolution of necessity to function.

NRS 315.330 - Factual findings required.

NRS 315.340 - Determination of unsafe or insanitary conditions: Considerations.

NRS 315.350 - Actions involving authority’s contracts; establishment of authority conclusively presumed; sufficiency of resolution.

NRS 315.360 - Continuation of housing authorities organized under prior laws.

NRS 315.365 - Effect of chapter 16, Statutes of Nevada 1975.

NRS 315.370 - Appointment of commissioners: Number; term; qualifications; vacancies.

NRS 315.380 - Officers of authority.

NRS 315.390 - Compensation and expenses of commissioner.

NRS 315.400 - Conflicts of interest.

NRS 315.410 - Removal of commissioners.

NRS 315.420 - Nature and functions; power to effectuate purposes.

NRS 315.430 - General powers.

NRS 315.435 - Area of another authority.

NRS 315.440 - Powers concerning housing projects.

NRS 315.450 - Contracts for services or works: Compliance with wage and hour laws; conditions of federal aid.

NRS 315.460 - Powers relating to real and personal property.

NRS 315.470 - Authorized investments; redemption or repurchase of bonds.

NRS 315.480 - Exercise of powers granted in NRS 315.420 to 315.470, inclusive.

NRS 315.490 - Acquisition, operation or disposition of property by public bodies: Law applicable.

NRS 315.500 - Rentals.

NRS 315.510 - Tenant selection: Preferences.

NRS 315.513 - Tenant eligibility: Money deposited in individual development account not considered income. [Effective January 1, 2022.]

NRS 315.515 - Duty to ensure provision of instruction in financial literacy to tenant who deposits income in individual development account. [Effective January 1, 2022.]

NRS 315.520 - Remedies of authority’s obligee: Effect of NRS 315.500 and 315.510.

NRS 315.530 - Cooperation between authorities.

NRS 315.540 - Payments in lieu of taxes.

NRS 315.550 - Powers of state public bodies respecting housing projects.

NRS 315.560 - Federal aid.

NRS 315.570 - Housing in rural areas.

NRS 315.580 - Housing for veterans and servicemen or servicewomen.

NRS 315.590 - Lease of government war housing projects by authority.

NRS 315.600 - Bonds for corporate and refunding purposes.

NRS 315.610 - Types of bonds; additional security.

NRS 315.620 - Liability on bonds; debt limitations.

NRS 315.630 - Resolution authorizing bonds: Contents.

NRS 315.640 - Sale.

NRS 315.650 - Discontinuance in office: Negotiability.

NRS 315.660 - Validity; conclusive presumptions.

NRS 315.670 - Authorized provisions: Bonds; trust indentures; mortgages.

NRS 315.680 - Pledges and mortgages.

NRS 315.690 - Limitation of further indebtedness; bond proceeds; lost and destroyed bonds; extension of bond and interest payment; redemption.

NRS 315.700 - Rental income; special funds.

NRS 315.710 - Procedure relating to bondholders’ contracts.

NRS 315.720 - Use, maintenance and insurance of property.

NRS 315.725 - Program to jointly self-insure and purchase insurance or reinsurance.

NRS 315.730 - Obligees’ powers and duties.

NRS 315.740 - Exercise of enumerated powers.

NRS 315.750 - Submission to and certification of bonds by Attorney General.

NRS 315.760 - Housing authority bonds: Authorized investments.

NRS 315.770 - Remedies of authority’s obligee.

NRS 315.780 - Additional remedies conferrable by authority on obligee.

NRS 315.7805 - Formation.

NRS 315.7807 - Dissolution of individual authorities.

NRS 315.7809 - Appointment of commissioners; number; term; qualifications; vacancies.

NRS 315.7811 - Additional powers.

NRS 315.7813 - Reservation or nomination of land from Bureau of Land Management prohibited; exception.

NRS 315.961 - Policy of State; findings and declarations.

NRS 315.962 - Definitions.

NRS 315.9625 - "Affordable housing" defined.

NRS 315.963 - "Area of operation" defined.

NRS 315.964 - "Authority" defined.

NRS 315.965 - "Bonds" defined.

NRS 315.9655 - "Business entity" defined.

NRS 315.966 - "City" defined.

NRS 315.967 - "Executive Director" defined.

NRS 315.968 - "Federal Government" defined.

NRS 315.969 - "Housing project" defined.

NRS 315.971 - "Local authority" defined.

NRS 315.972 - "Obligee" defined.

NRS 315.973 - "Persons of low and moderate income" defined.

NRS 315.976 - "Town" defined.

NRS 315.977 - Creation of Authority; appointment of commissioners; quorum; majority vote required to carry question.

NRS 315.978 - Certificate of appointment or reappointment of commissioner: Filing.

NRS 315.979 - Organization of Authority: Officers; bylaws and rules; employees; report and recommendations.

NRS 315.980 - Compensation of commissioners.

NRS 315.981 - Conflicts of interest.

NRS 315.982 - Removal of commissioners; filling of vacancy in office.

NRS 315.983 - Nature and functions; general powers; creation of business entity for development, operation or management of housing projects.

NRS 315.9835 - Area of operation.

NRS 315.984 - Powers of Authority concerning housing projects and low-rent housing.

NRS 315.98425 - Powers of business entity concerning housing projects; inapplicability of Open Meeting Law to meetings of business entity.

NRS 315.9845 - Determination of income.

NRS 315.988 - Powers of Authority under Housing Authorities Law of 1947.

NRS 315.989 - State projects subject to local ordinances.

NRS 315.990 - Payments in lieu of taxes.

NRS 315.991 - Acquisition, operation or disposition of property by public agencies: Law applicable.

NRS 315.992 - Exemption of property from execution, process and judgment lien; enforcement of certain encumbrances, pledges and liens.

NRS 315.993 - Projects not to be constructed or operated for profit by Authority; fixing of rentals or payments.

NRS 315.994 - Tenant selection.

NRS 315.9943 - Tenant eligibility: Money deposited in individual development account not considered income. [Effective January 1, 2022.]

NRS 315.9945 - Duty of Authority to ensure provision of instruction in financial literacy to tenant who deposits income in individual development account. [Effective January 1, 2022.]

NRS 315.995 - Remedies of Authority’s obligee: Effect of NRS 315.993 and 315.994.

NRS 315.996 - Powers of state public bodies respecting housing projects.

NRS 315.9981 - Definitions.

NRS 315.99815 - "Lending institution" defined.

NRS 315.99818 - "Mortgage" defined.

NRS 315.9982 - "Mortgage loan" defined.

NRS 315.99825 - "Real property" defined.

NRS 315.99828 - "Residential housing" defined.

NRS 315.9983 - Mortgages and loans: Generally.

NRS 315.99832 - Mortgages and loans: Security; repayment; interest.

NRS 315.99834 - Mortgages and loans: Related powers.

NRS 315.99836 - Mortgages and loans: Fees and charges.

NRS 315.99838 - Mortgages and loans: Insurance.

NRS 315.9984 - Findings necessary for financing.

NRS 315.99842 - Notes, bonds and other obligations: Issuance; amounts; payment.

NRS 315.99844 - Notes, bonds and other obligations: Type; interest; sale.

NRS 315.99846 - Notes, bonds and other obligations: Pledges.

NRS 315.99848 - Notes, bonds and other obligations: Trust indentures.

NRS 315.9985 - Notes, bonds and other obligations: Guarantees of payment.

NRS 315.99852 - Notes, bonds and other obligations: Redemption; remarketing or refunding.

NRS 315.99854 - Notes, bonds and other obligations: Provision for or requirement of means of assuring repayment; payment of associated fees and costs.

NRS 315.99856 - Notes, bonds and other obligations: Waiver of exemption of interest from federal income taxation; issuance of obligations not exempt from taxation.

NRS 315.99858 - Notes, bonds and other obligations: Refunding obligations.

NRS 315.9986 - Notes, bonds and other obligations: Establishment, use and requirements for bond reserve funds.

NRS 315.99862 - Notes, bonds and other obligations: Limitations on bond reserve funds.

NRS 315.99864 - Notes, bonds and other obligations: Purpose of bond reserve fund requirements.

NRS 315.99866 - Notes, bonds and other obligations: Remedies of bondholders and noteholders.

NRS 315.99868 - Notes, bonds and other obligations: Pledge against impairment of holders’ rights and remedies; credit of State or political subdivision not pledged.

NRS 315.9987 - Notes, bonds and other obligations: Submission to and certification by Attorney General.

NRS 315.99872 - Notes, bonds and other obligations: Legal investments; securities.

NRS 315.99874 - Notes, bonds and other obligations: Signatures of commissioners and officers.