1. The Nevada State Infrastructure Bank is hereby created within the Department.
2. The purpose of the Bank is to provide loans and other financial assistance to qualified borrowers for the development, construction, repair, improvement, operation, maintenance, decommissioning and ownership of transportation facilities, utility infrastructure, water and wastewater infrastructure, renewable energy infrastructure, recycling and sustainability infrastructure, digital infrastructure, social infrastructure and other infrastructure related to economic development as necessary for public purposes.
3. The Bank is administered by and operates under the direction of a Board of Directors consisting of:
(a) The Director of the Department of Transportation or his or her designee;
(b) The State Treasurer or his or her designee;
(c) The Director of the Department of Business and Industry or his or her designee;
(d) The Executive Director of the Office of Economic Development or his or her designee;
(e) The Director of the Office of Energy or his or her designee; and
(f) Two representatives of the general public, at least one of whom must reside in a county whose population is 700,000 or more, appointed by the Governor.
4. Each member of the Board of Directors who is appointed pursuant to subsection 3 serves at the pleasure of the appointing authority.
5. A vacancy on the Board of Directors in an appointed position must be filled by the appointing authority in the same manner as the original appointment.
6. The Board of Directors shall elect annually from among its members a Chair and a Vice Chair.
7. Four members of the Board of Directors constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the affirmative vote of at least four members of the Board of Directors is required to take action.
8. The members of the Board of Directors are public officers and are subject to all applicable provisions of law, including, without limitation, the provisions of chapter 281A of NRS.
9. A meeting of the Board of Directors must be conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 241 of NRS.
10. Each member of the Board of Directors who is not otherwise an officer or employee of this State is entitled:
(a) To receive $100 for each full day of attending a meeting of the Board of Directors; and
(b) While engaged in the business of the Board of Directors, to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally. The per diem allowance and travel expenses provided to a member of the Board of Directors who is an officer or employee of this State or a political subdivision of this State must be paid by the state agency or political subdivision that employs him or her.
11. A member of the Board of Directors who is an officer or employee of this State or a political subdivision of this State must be relieved from his or her duties without loss of regular compensation so that he or she may prepare for and attend meetings of the Board of Directors and perform any work necessary to carry out the duties of the Board of Directors in the most timely manner practicable. A state agency or political subdivision of this State shall not require an officer or employee who is a member of the Board of Directors to:
(a) Make up the time the member is absent from work to carry out his or her duties as a member of the Board of Directors; or
(b) Take annual leave or compensatory time for the absence.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4128; A 2021, 3812, 3816)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities
NRS 408.015 - Rules of construction.
NRS 408.033 - "Board" defined.
NRS 408.037 - "Business" defined.
NRS 408.042 - "Conveyance system" defined.
NRS 408.045 - "Department" defined.
NRS 408.046 - "Director" defined.
NRS 408.0465 - "Discharge" defined.
NRS 408.047 - "Displaced person" defined.
NRS 408.050 - "Encroachment" defined.
NRS 408.056 - "Family" defined.
NRS 408.057 - "Farm operation" defined.
NRS 408.058 - "Farmer" defined.
NRS 408.059 - "Federal-aid highways" defined.
NRS 408.060 - "Freeway" defined.
NRS 408.065 - "Frontage road" defined.
NRS 408.067 - "Grade line" defined.
NRS 408.070 - "Highway" defined.
NRS 408.077 - "Planning agency" defined.
NRS 408.078 - "Public lands" defined.
NRS 408.080 - "Rights-of-way" defined.
NRS 408.090 - "Shall" and "may" construed.
NRS 408.100 - Declaration of legislative intent.
NRS 408.106 - Creation; Board of Directors.
NRS 408.111 - Composition; heads of divisions.
NRS 408.116 - Legal actions; process.
NRS 408.118 - Study of operations of Department: Legislative approval required.
NRS 408.121 - Adoption and use of seal; appointment and duties of Secretary.
NRS 408.133 - Plan for measuring performance of Department; report on level of achievement.
NRS 408.146 - Sale or lease of certain water rights to public utility; reconveyance.
NRS 408.151 - Loans from financial institutions; limitations.
NRS 408.160 - Director: Appointment; term.
NRS 408.163 - Director: Qualifications; classification.
NRS 408.170 - Director: Other employment prohibited; removal.
NRS 408.172 - Chief Counsel: Appointment; assistants; duties; classification.
NRS 408.178 - Qualifications and classifications of Deputy Directors and Chief Engineer.
NRS 408.180 - Oaths of Director and Deputy Directors.
NRS 408.185 - Facsimile signatures of Director and Deputy Directors.
NRS 408.190 - Duties of Director: General plan of highways; information, statistics and maps.
NRS 408.195 - Duties of Director: General supervision of highways.
NRS 408.201 - Duties of Director: Policies for use of recycled materials in highways.
NRS 408.203 - Duties of Director: Reports to Legislature.
NRS 408.210 - Powers of Director: Closing and construction of highways; removal of encroachments.
NRS 408.212 - Powers of Director: Easements for monorail or other systems of transportation.
NRS 408.213 - Powers of Director: Designation of highway as scenic route; adoption of regulations.
NRS 408.214 - Duties of Director: Designation of restricted highways.
NRS 408.215 - Duties of Director: Records; index of deeds; regulations.
NRS 408.220 - Duties of Director: Reports to Board.
NRS 408.234 - Motor Vehicle Recovery and Transportation Planner: Creation; duties.
NRS 408.245 - Acceptance of federal acts.
NRS 408.250 - Federal acts: State highways; contracts; pledge to match federal money.
NRS 408.255 - Federal acts: Secondary and feeder highways; contracts; pledge to match federal money.
NRS 408.265 - Federal money deposited in State Highway Fund.
NRS 408.273 - Issuance of bonds.
NRS 408.280 - Program for work on highways: Contents; distribution.
NRS 408.283 - Cooperative agreements between Department of Transportation and county commissioners.
NRS 408.2831 - Contents of agreement.
NRS 408.2832 - Priority of improvement projects; determination of ability of county to perform.
NRS 408.2833 - Standards for project.
NRS 408.290 - Procedure for establishment of new routes.
NRS 408.307 - Comstock Highway: Designation; placement of markers.
NRS 408.309 - Designation of Route 94.
NRS 408.313 - Manner of construction; use of recycled materials.
NRS 408.317 - Supervision of work by Director; payments from State Highway Fund.
NRS 408.327 - Advertisement for bids; publication.
NRS 408.337 - Bids and bidders: Security; forfeiture; refunds.
NRS 408.343 - Bids and bidders: Procedure for award of contract; regulations.
NRS 408.346 - Monetary incentive for early completion of contract.
NRS 408.363 - Claims against contractor’s bond; action against surety.
NRS 408.377 - Subcontractor: Approval; compliance with laws.
NRS 408.379 - Subcontractor: State business license required.
NRS 408.387 - Contract: Publication of notice of final acceptance; final settlement.
NRS 408.3876 - "Design-build contract" defined.
NRS 408.3877 - "Design-build team" defined.
NRS 408.3878 - "Prime contractor" defined.
NRS 408.3879 - "Project" defined.
NRS 408.388 - Projects for which Department may contract with design-build team.
NRS 408.3881 - Public meeting; notice.
NRS 408.3882 - Procedure for selecting design-build team.
NRS 408.3884 - Qualifications of design-build team.
NRS 408.3887 - Employment of architect or engineer as consultant during construction.
NRS 408.3888 - Certain submittals confidential until notice of intent to award contract is issued.
NRS 408.397 - Procedure for diversion or change of route of highway.
NRS 408.413 - Improvement of state highway Route No. 81.
NRS 408.423 - Permit required to excavate state highway; exception; fee.
NRS 408.433 - Roadside parks and rest areas: Unlawful acts; penalties.
NRS 408.442 - Entry and inspection of premises.
NRS 408.444 - Violations: Remedies; exception.
NRS 408.446 - Violations: Director authorized to issue order for compliance; exception.
NRS 408.448 - Violations: Injunctive relief; exception.
NRS 408.449 - Violations: Civil penalty; exceptions.
NRS 408.487 - Acquisition of property: Purposes.
NRS 408.489 - Acquisition of property: Manner; costs.
NRS 408.503 - Eminent domain: Resolution by Board; precedence over other legal actions.
NRS 408.507 - Lease or rental of property.
NRS 408.513 - Acquisition of property by towns and cities; costs; transfer of interest to State.
NRS 408.517 - Acquisition of property by counties; costs; transfer of interest to State.
NRS 408.527 - Procedure for relinquishment of roadways; regulations.
NRS 408.533 - Disposal of property.
NRS 408.543 - State consent to close public road on public land: Duties of Department.
NRS 408.5471 - "Transportation facility" defined.
NRS 408.5473 - Authority of Department to authorize transportation facilities.
NRS 408.5475 - Submission of request to Department; contents of request.
NRS 408.548 - Authority of Department to request submission of proposals; regulations.
NRS 408.5484 - Certain submittals confidential until notice of intent to award contract is issued.
NRS 408.5485 - Contract for transportation services.
NRS 408.549 - Federal, state or local assistance.
NRS 408.55011 - "Council" defined.
NRS 408.55012 - "Longitudinal access" defined.
NRS 408.55013 - "Permit" defined.
NRS 408.55014 - "Right-of-way" defined.
NRS 408.55015 - "Statewide telecommunications purposes" defined.
NRS 408.55016 - "Telecommunications facility" defined.
NRS 408.55017 - "Telecommunications provider" defined.
NRS 408.55018 - "Utility facility" defined.
NRS 408.55019 - "Wireless access" defined.
NRS 408.55025 - In-kind compensation: Types; valuation by Department.
NRS 408.55049 - "Bank" defined.
NRS 408.55051 - "Board of Directors" defined.
NRS 408.550515 - "Digital infrastructure" defined.
NRS 408.55052 - "Eligible costs" defined.
NRS 408.55053 - "Eligible project" defined.
NRS 408.55054 - "Executive Director" defined.
NRS 408.55055 - "Federal accounts" defined.
NRS 408.55056 - "Financing agreement" defined.
NRS 408.55057 - "Governmental unit" defined.
NRS 408.55058 - "Loan" defined.
NRS 408.55059 - "Loan obligation" defined.
NRS 408.55061 - "Other financial assistance" defined.
NRS 408.550615 - "Other infrastructure related to economic development" defined.
NRS 408.55062 - "Project revenue" defined.
NRS 408.55063 - "Qualified borrower" defined.
NRS 408.55064 - "Qualified project" defined.
NRS 408.550643 - "Recycling and sustainability infrastructure" defined.
NRS 408.550645 - "Renewable energy infrastructure" defined.
NRS 408.550647 - "Social infrastructure" defined.
NRS 408.55065 - "State and local accounts" defined.
NRS 408.55066 - "Transportation facility" defined.
NRS 408.55067 - "Utility" defined.
NRS 408.55068 - "Utility infrastructure" defined.
NRS 408.550685 - "Water and wastewater infrastructure" defined.
NRS 408.55071 - Board of Directors: Powers; duties; limitations on conduct of Bank.
NRS 408.55072 - Executive Director: Appointed by Governor; duties; powers; compensation.
NRS 408.55076 - Bank may provide insurance or reinsurance of loans; duties; requirements.
NRS 408.55077 - Permissible forms of security for issuance of revenue bonds by Bank.
NRS 408.55078 - Obligation to third person by Bank: Limitations; requirements.
NRS 408.55081 - Immunity from civil liability for certain persons.
NRS 408.55082 - Bank not required to provide notice or hearing before performing certain acts.
NRS 408.55083 - Bank exempt from taxation.
NRS 408.55084 - Bonds and other securities issued by Bank exempt from taxation.
NRS 408.55085 - Qualified borrower retains right to issue bonds.
NRS 408.55086 - Relation to other law.
NRS 408.55087 - Required reports.
NRS 408.551 - "Center" defined.
NRS 408.553 - Designation of locations for signs and centers.
NRS 408.559 - Development and review of plan.
NRS 408.561 - Toll-free telephone system for public accommodations; apportionment of costs.
NRS 408.562 - Director’s recommendations for programs: Approval by Board; funding.
NRS 408.563 - Agreements with governmental agencies or others.
NRS 408.571 - Educational program: Duty of Department to develop; content.