1. The Director may, with the approval of the Office of Finance, authorize the State Treasurer to issue, sell or deliver general obligation bonds of the State or revenue bonds if viable to support the purposes of the Account.
2. If the Director authorizes the issuance of those bonds, the State Treasurer may:
(a) Sue and be sued to establish or enforce any right arising out of a project receiving financial assistance or of any state securities issued pursuant to this authorization;
(b) Acquire and hold municipal securities, and exercise all of the rights of holders of those securities;
(c) Sell or otherwise dispose of municipal securities and assets acquired in connection with those securities, unless limited by any agreement which relates to the securities;
(d) Make contracts and execute all necessary or convenient instruments;
(e) Accept grants of money from the Federal Government, the State, any agency or political subdivision, or any other person;
(f) Adopt regulations relating to projects receiving financial assistance and the administration of those projects;
(g) Employ for himself or herself or for any municipality or interstate agency, any necessary legal, fiscal, engineering and other expert services in connection with projects receiving financial assistance and with the authorization, sale and issuance of state securities and municipal securities;
(h) Enter into agreements and arrangements consistent with NRS 445A.060 to 445A.160, inclusive, concerning the issuance of state securities and the purchase of municipal securities; and
(i) Undertake other matters which he or she determines to be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of NRS 445A.060 to 445A.160, inclusive.
3. Before any bonds are issued pursuant to this section, the State Board of Finance must certify that sufficient revenue will be available in the Account to pay the interest and installments of principal as they become due.
4. The money in the Account that is available for the payment of the interest and installments of principal on the bonds must be pledged as the primary source for the payment of the bonds. The full faith and credit of the State may be pledged.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1258; A 1993, 645; 1997, 3013)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
NRS 445A.015 - Furnishing impure water for public use unlawful; concentration of fluoride in water.
NRS 445A.020 - "Public water system" defined.
NRS 445A.030 - Publication of proposal; submission to registered voters.
NRS 445A.035 - Proposal to be voted on at next general election.
NRS 445A.060 - Legislative findings and declarations.
NRS 445A.070 - "Account" defined.
NRS 445A.075 - "Commission" defined.
NRS 445A.080 - "Construction" defined.
NRS 445A.085 - "Department" defined.
NRS 445A.090 - "Director" defined.
NRS 445A.100 - "Interstate agency" defined.
NRS 445A.105 - "Municipality" defined.
NRS 445A.110 - "Pollution control project" defined.
NRS 445A.115 - "Treatment works" defined.
NRS 445A.120 - Creation and purpose; payment of claims; faith of State pledged.
NRS 445A.125 - Interest and income; deposits; acceptance of gifts, grants and bequests.
NRS 445A.130 - Powers and duties of Department.
NRS 445A.135 - Regulations of Commission.
NRS 445A.140 - Limitations on use of money; compliance with federal law.
NRS 445A.150 - Employment of expert services.
NRS 445A.155 - Issuance of bonds to support Account.
NRS 445A.175 - Discharge of waste prohibited; issuance of permit subject to provision of sewerage.
NRS 445A.185 - Construction of NRS 445A.170 to 445A.190, inclusive.
NRS 445A.203 - "Account for the Revolving Fund" defined.
NRS 445A.205 - "Account for Set-Aside Programs" defined.
NRS 445A.207 - "Administrator" defined.
NRS 445A.210 - "Commission" defined.
NRS 445A.215 - "Construction" defined.
NRS 445A.220 - "Division" defined.
NRS 445A.225 - "Federal grant" defined.
NRS 445A.230 - "Project" defined.
NRS 445A.235 - "Public water system" defined.
NRS 445A.240 - "Safe Drinking Water Act" defined.
NRS 445A.245 - "Small water system" defined.
NRS 445A.250 - "State securities" defined.
NRS 445A.255 - Creation and purpose; payment of claims; faith of State pledged.
NRS 445A.265 - Powers and duties of Division; limitations.
NRS 445A.270 - Regulations of Commission.
NRS 445A.275 - Limitations on use of money; compliance with federal law.
NRS 445A.285 - Employment of expert services.
NRS 445A.290 - Legislative findings and declarations; issuance of securities.
NRS 445A.315 - "Administrator" defined.
NRS 445A.320 - "Commission" defined.
NRS 445A.325 - "Contaminant" defined.
NRS 445A.330 - "Department" defined.
NRS 445A.335 - "Diffuse source" defined.
NRS 445A.340 - "Director" defined.
NRS 445A.345 - "Discharge" defined.
NRS 445A.350 - "Division" defined.
NRS 445A.355 - "Effluent limitation" defined.
NRS 445A.360 - "General permit" defined.
NRS 445A.363 - Hazardous waste" defined.
NRS 445A.365 - "Individual permit" defined.
NRS 445A.370 - "Interstate agency" defined.
NRS 445A.375 - "Municipality" defined.
NRS 445A.380 - "Package plant for sewage treatment" defined.
NRS 445A.385 - "Permit" defined.
NRS 445A.390 - "Person" defined.
NRS 445A.395 - "Point source" defined.
NRS 445A.400 - "Pollutant" defined.
NRS 445A.405 - "Pollution" defined.
NRS 445A.410 - "Treatment works" defined.
NRS 445A.415 - "Waters of the State" defined.
NRS 445A.420 - "Water quality standard" defined.
NRS 445A.430 - Fees: Establishment by Commission; disposition.
NRS 445A.440 - Department designated as State Water Pollution Control Agency.
NRS 445A.445 - Duties of Director.
NRS 445A.455 - Disqualification of Director; exception.
NRS 445A.460 - Administrator: Qualifications; disqualification; exception.
NRS 445A.475 - Permits: Issuance of general permits.
NRS 445A.480 - Permits: Authority of Department to require individual permit.
NRS 445A.485 - Permits: Issuance of temporary permits.
NRS 445A.490 - Permits: Issuance prohibited in certain cases.
NRS 445A.495 - Permits: Term; renewal.
NRS 445A.500 - Permits: Conditions; notice of application.
NRS 445A.510 - Permits: Collection of fee.
NRS 445A.515 - Compliance with conditions of permit required.
NRS 445A.520 - Standards of water quality.
NRS 445A.525 - Effluent limitations: Establishment; enforcement.
NRS 445A.530 - Effluent limitations: Additional limitations.
NRS 445A.540 - Package plant for sewage treatment: Conditions for issuing permit.
NRS 445A.545 - Package plant for sewage treatment: Assessment lien.
NRS 445A.560 - Package plant for sewage treatment: Regulation by local governing body.
NRS 445A.580 - Continuing planning process.
NRS 445A.585 - Permit required for construction of treatment works.
NRS 445A.605 - Appeals to Commission: Appealable matters; action by Commission.
NRS 445A.610 - Appeals to Commission: Hearings.
NRS 445A.615 - Issuance of permit for Department of Wildlife to kill fish through use of toxicants.
NRS 445A.620 - Certification of applicant if federal license or permit required.
NRS 445A.630 - Radioactive and hazardous wastes: Conditions of permit.
NRS 445A.635 - Radioactive and hazardous wastes: Bond for compliance with permit.
NRS 445A.645 - Radioactive and hazardous wastes: Violations; penalties.
NRS 445A.650 - Municipality may recover cost of sewage treatment and refuse to receive wastes.
NRS 445A.655 - Entry and inspection of premises.
NRS 445A.660 - Observation, recording and reporting of discharges.
NRS 445A.665 - Public access to information; disclosure of confidential information.
NRS 445A.670 - Attorney General to serve as legal counsel.
NRS 445A.675 - Violations: Remedies and sanctions; exception.
NRS 445A.685 - Violations: Specific remedies do not impair other rights.
NRS 445A.690 - Violations: Compliance orders; exception.
NRS 445A.695 - Violations: Injunctive relief; exception.
NRS 445A.700 - Violations: Civil penalties; enforcement proceedings.
NRS 445A.705 - Violations: Criminal penalties.
NRS 445A.710 - Furnishing false information or tampering with device unlawful; penalties.
NRS 445A.715 - Procedure for administrative hearing.
NRS 445A.720 - Final authority concerning prevention, abatement and control of water pollution.
NRS 445A.725 - Provisions of title 48 of NRS unaffected.
NRS 445A.730 - Effective date of regulations and standards.
NRS 445A.800 - Declaration of state policy.
NRS 445A.807 - "Capability" defined.
NRS 445A.8075 - "Commission" defined.
NRS 445A.808 - "Community water system" defined.
NRS 445A.810 - "Contaminant" defined.
NRS 445A.812 - "District board of health" defined.
NRS 445A.814 - "Division" defined.
NRS 445A.815 - "Federal Act" defined.
NRS 445A.817 - "Financial capability" defined.
NRS 445A.827 - "Managerial capability" defined.
NRS 445A.828 - "Noncommunity water system" defined.
NRS 445A.829 - "Nontransient water system" defined.
NRS 445A.830 - "Operator" defined.
NRS 445A.835 - "Person" defined.
NRS 445A.838 - "Public utility" defined.
NRS 445A.840 - "Public water system" defined.
NRS 445A.843 - "Service connection" defined.
NRS 445A.845 - "Supplier of water" defined.
NRS 445A.847 - "Technical capability" defined.
NRS 445A.848 - "Transient water system" defined.
NRS 445A.850 - "Water system" defined.
NRS 445A.855 - Commission: Adoption of primary and secondary standards of drinking water.
NRS 445A.860 - Commission: Adoption of regulations.
NRS 445A.861 - Deposit and use of fees.
NRS 445A.865 - Commission: Contracts; assistance; hearings; subpoenas.
NRS 445A.885 - Systems constructed after June 30, 1991: Requirements for permit.
NRS 445A.890 - Systems constructed after June 30, 1991: Preliminary requests for comments.
NRS 445A.895 - Systems constructed after June 30, 1991: Conditions for issuance of permit.
NRS 445A.900 - Systems constructed after June 30, 1991: Prerequisites to liens for assessments.
NRS 445A.905 - Systems constructed after June 30, 1991: Disposition of proceeds of assessments.
NRS 445A.915 - Systems constructed after June 30, 1991: Effect of provisions.
NRS 445A.925 - Duties of Division and district boards of health.
NRS 445A.930 - Imminent hazard; issuance and review of emergency order; public warning.