Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts
NRS 539.385 - Conduct of election.

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts

NRS 539.010 - Short title.

NRS 539.013 - Definitions.

NRS 539.015 - Publication of notice.

NRS 539.017 - Construction.

NRS 539.020 - Petition for organization of district.

NRS 539.023 - Inclusion of state lands in district; Governor may sign petition.

NRS 539.025 - Contents of petition.

NRS 539.027 - Undertaking.

NRS 539.030 - Petition filed in office of county clerk; publication of notice of time of meeting; newspaper in which publication to be made; contents of notice.

NRS 539.033 - Presentation of petition to county commissioners; hearing.

NRS 539.035 - Adjournment of hearing.

NRS 539.037 - Determination as to land to be formed into district.

NRS 539.040 - Informalities in petition to be disregarded; reason for refusal or dismissal of petition; mandamus.

NRS 539.043 - Order granting or denying petition; order granting petition to establish boundaries and designate name.

NRS 539.045 - Order calling election.

NRS 539.047 - Notice of election: Contents; publication.

NRS 539.050 - Election precincts.

NRS 539.053 - Conduct of election; absent voters’ ballots.

NRS 539.055 - Canvass of votes; order declaring territory formed as district under designated name; recording of order and plat.

NRS 539.057 - Conclusiveness of record of county commissioners concerning proceedings.

NRS 539.060 - Name of district; change of name of certain districts.

NRS 539.063 - Officers of district.

NRS 539.065 - Directors: Terms of office; qualifications.

NRS 539.067 - Directors: Oaths; bonds.

NRS 539.070 - Directors: Vacancies in office.

NRS 539.071 - Expansion of number of directors authorized if federal reclamation project operated and project authorized for additional purposes; procedure.

NRS 539.073 - Organization of board; election and appointment of officers.

NRS 539.075 - Secretary and treasurer: Appointment; bond.

NRS 539.077 - Assistant secretary: Appointment; duties.

NRS 539.080 - Compensation and expenses of directors and other officers.

NRS 539.081 - Interest in certain contracts prohibited; penalties.

NRS 539.083 - Office of board.

NRS 539.085 - Regular meetings: Time and place; notice of change of time; judicial day.

NRS 539.087 - Special meetings: Calling by president or board; notice; business to be transacted.

NRS 539.090 - Legal meeting: Attendance of all members.

NRS 539.093 - Meetings public.

NRS 539.095 - Quorum; affirmative vote of majority required for certain questions.

NRS 539.097 - Records open to inspection.

NRS 539.103 - Director not to be employed by district as engineer, watermaster or manager.

NRS 539.105 - Establishment of precincts and polling places.

NRS 539.107 - Procedure for change of boundaries.

NRS 539.110 - Procedure for changing number of directors and divisions; election required.

NRS 539.113 - Procedure for election of directors.

NRS 539.115 - When regular elections of irrigation districts to be held.

NRS 539.117 - When election need not be held; declaration of election of candidates.

NRS 539.120 - Declarations of candidacy; filing fees.

NRS 539.123 - Eligibility to vote; number of votes elector may cast; certain persons and entities entitled to vote and exercise rights of electors; filing of designations or written consents.

NRS 539.125 - Notice of election: Contents; publication.

NRS 539.127 - Registration of electors required; reregistration.

NRS 539.130 - Secretary is ex officio district registrar; appointment of field registrars; duties.

NRS 539.133 - Close of registration: Time.

NRS 539.135 - Oath of individual registrant.

NRS 539.137 - Oath of registrants on behalf of entity that is not natural person.

NRS 539.140 - Persons who may administer registration oath.

NRS 539.143 - Designation of registered voters in rosters and lists of registered electors.

NRS 539.145 - Appointment of inspectors and clerks; designation of time and place of election.

NRS 539.147 - Compensation of registrars and election officers.

NRS 539.150 - Election officers: Oath; vacancies.

NRS 539.153 - Applicability of general election laws.

NRS 539.155 - Returns delivered to secretary; canvass by board of directors; declaration of result.

NRS 539.157 - Declaration of candidates receiving highest number of votes; certificates of election.

NRS 539.160 - Directors subject to recall from office.

NRS 539.163 - Petition for recall: Contents; required signatures; filing.

NRS 539.165 - Petition for recall: Use of copies; verification.

NRS 539.167 - Petition for recall: Director must hold office 6 months.

NRS 539.170 - Special election: Call; when held.

NRS 539.173 - Vacancy filled if director resigns; continuance in office if director does not resign.

NRS 539.175 - Removal of signature from recall petition: Procedure.

NRS 539.177 - Nominating petitions for successors; filing.

NRS 539.180 - Recall ballots: Reasons for recall and answer thereto; form of proposal; names of nominees.

NRS 539.183 - Result of recall election: Successor elected or vacancy in office created.

NRS 539.185 - Subsequent recall proceedings barred during director’s term unless previous election expenses paid by petitioners.

NRS 539.187 - Applicability of general election laws to recall elections.

NRS 539.188 - Special election may be held upon unanimous vote of board of directors.

NRS 539.189 - Notice of election for election for issuance of bonds or other securities: Contents.

NRS 539.190 - General powers of board of directors.

NRS 539.193 - Agents and employees: Employment and appointment; duties; compensation.

NRS 539.195 - Entry upon land to make surveys and locate works.

NRS 539.197 - Contracts.

NRS 539.200 - Contracts of indemnity and guaranty.

NRS 539.201 - Purchase of liability insurance.

NRS 539.203 - Board of directors authorized to sue and to be sued.

NRS 539.205 - Annual report to State Engineer; recommendations of State Engineer.

NRS 539.207 - Acquisition of property.

NRS 539.210 - Use of proceeds of bonds for acquisition.

NRS 539.213 - Lease of lands for community pasture.

NRS 539.215 - Investigations and representations requisite to acquiring control over governmental lands.

NRS 539.217 - Conveyance or donation of lands acquired by district.

NRS 539.220 - Construction of works across watercourse, road, railway, conduit or other property; restoration of crossed property.

NRS 539.223 - Rights-of-way over state lands granted; duties of State Engineer and Director of State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

NRS 539.225 - Eminent domain; rules of practice.

NRS 539.227 - Vested rights used in connection with mining or generation of power not to be affected or taken.

NRS 539.230 - Appropriation and distribution; use by irrigation district declared public use; place of use of water.

NRS 539.233 - Regulations for distribution and use of water; regulating and measuring devices; distribution of regulations.

NRS 539.234 - Petition for State Engineer to prescribe or clarify rules and regulations relating to distribution and use of water within district.

NRS 539.235 - Distribution of water by division or district for appropriate charge.

NRS 539.237 - Authority to generate, transmit, sell and acquire electric power.

NRS 539.240 - Election required for approval of certain contracts; notice; ballots; limitation; judicial determination of validity.

NRS 539.243 - Election required for approval of lease of power plant or transmission system owned or controlled by district.

NRS 539.245 - Authority of board of directors to provide for drainage.

NRS 539.255 - Award of contract in case of emergency or necessity without advertising for bids.

NRS 539.260 - Direction and satisfaction of district engineer; approval by board.

NRS 539.263 - Contract not to be let unless sufficient money in treasury or payable in district’s bonds.

NRS 539.265 - When bids may be dispensed with; use of construction fund.

NRS 539.267 - Performance of acts necessary to carry out enlarged powers.

NRS 539.270 - General powers.

NRS 539.273 - Purposes of cooperation and contract.

NRS 539.275 - Provisions includable in contract.

NRS 539.277 - Bonds: Transfer to or deposit with United States; payment of interest and principal; rate of interest; call for repayment.

NRS 539.280 - Payment in installments; rate of interest; assessment and levy; lien.

NRS 539.283 - Distribution and apportionment of water; refusal of service to delinquent land; assessment to maintain existing works.

NRS 539.285 - Rent or lease of water.

NRS 539.287 - Dissolution of district or change of boundaries: Consent of Secretary of Interior; excluded areas free from liens and charges.

NRS 539.290 - Collection of money or action as fiscal agent of United States: Acceptance of appointment; duties, liabilities and powers of district.

NRS 539.293 - Additional bonds of district officers: When required; inspection of district books by federal agents.

NRS 539.295 - Conveyance of property to United States.

NRS 539.297 - Authorization of proposal to enter into contract.

NRS 539.300 - Notice of election: Contents.

NRS 539.303 - Ballots: Form.

NRS 539.305 - Validation proceedings.

NRS 539.307 - Directors relieved of certain duties; adoption of surveys and plans made by United States.

NRS 539.310 - Payments from revenue derived from annual assessments upon real property; property liable to assessment and levy.

NRS 539.313 - Annual levy or imposition of tolls or charges to meet payments.

NRS 539.315 - Apportionment of assessment in accordance with benefits; ascertainment of benefits.

NRS 539.317 - Assessment of federal public land.

NRS 539.320 - Obligation of district in case of default of land.

NRS 539.323 - Money paid to district treasury and held in United States Contract Fund; disposition of surplus.

NRS 539.325 - Contracts for release of mortgages or liens; assumption by district of indebtedness due United States; apportionment of benefits; collection and payment of taxes and assessments.

NRS 539.327 - Exclusion of district division outside scope of contract.

NRS 539.330 - Contracts of district divisions with United States.

NRS 539.333 - General power; purposes.

NRS 539.335 - Authority to enter into agreements with districts in adjoining states.

NRS 539.337 - Written contracts or resolutions.

NRS 539.340 - Recordation of contracts and resolutions.

NRS 539.343 - Provisions as to ownership of property.

NRS 539.345 - Trial of disputes and enforcement of rights.

NRS 539.347 - Meeting in adjoining state valid.

NRS 539.350 - Diversion of water.

NRS 539.353 - Holding of property in this state or in adjoining state.

NRS 539.355 - Foreign irrigation district authorized to acquire land by purchase or condemnation; conditions.

NRS 539.357 - Use of land declared public use.

NRS 539.360 - Provisions applicable if reciprocal rights granted.

NRS 539.363 - Power of division to construct improvements.

NRS 539.365 - Petition to district directors: Contents; appointment of local board.

NRS 539.367 - Local board: Composition; terms of office; vacancies.

NRS 539.370 - Compensation of local directors.

NRS 539.373 - Powers of local board concerning improvements.

NRS 539.375 - Board of directors of district may incur debts and issue warrants; limitations; assessments.

NRS 539.377 - Plans and estimates of local undertakings: Preparation; statement of source of money; statement of purposes.

NRS 539.380 - Filing of plans and estimates or statement with district secretary; request for election.

NRS 539.383 - Notice of election: Contents; publication.

NRS 539.385 - Conduct of election.

NRS 539.387 - Terms of local directors terminate and local board dissolved if proposal fails.

NRS 539.390 - Authorization for improvements at election; levy and collection of assessments.

NRS 539.393 - Certificates of indebtedness and notes: Signatures of officers of district; treated as bonds of district.

NRS 539.395 - Apportionment of benefits; method of levy and collection of assessments.

NRS 539.397 - Validation proceedings.

NRS 539.400 - Full payment of local undertakings; termination of terms of local directors; disposition of remaining money.

NRS 539.403 - Local improvements affecting two or more divisions: Applicability of NRS 539.363 to 539.403, inclusive.

NRS 539.405 - Petition for creation of local board.

NRS 539.407 - Powers of local board.

NRS 539.410 - Election required for approval to enter contract and levy assessment.

NRS 539.413 - Applicability of laws relating to contracts between districts and United States.

NRS 539.415 - Validation proceedings.

NRS 539.417 - Assumption of operation and maintenance of existing works only; power of local board to levy assessments and impose tolls and charges.

NRS 539.420 - Construction, replacement or extension of works: Power of local board to levy assessments and impose tolls and charges.

NRS 539.423 - Purposes for which land may be formed into improvement district.

NRS 539.425 - Proposal of formation: Recommendation of district engineer; petition of landowners; designation of area by directors.

NRS 539.427 - Plans and estimates of cost of improvement; provision for payment of costs.

NRS 539.430 - Submission of proposed improvement, estimated cost and methods of financing to Department of Taxation.

NRS 539.433 - Election required after approval by Department of Taxation.

NRS 539.435 - Form of question to be submitted to voters.

NRS 539.437 - Conduct of election.

NRS 539.440 - Apportionment of benefits.

NRS 539.443 - Confirmation proceedings in district court: Procedure; notice.

NRS 539.445 - Authorization to carry out improvement.

NRS 539.447 - Sale of securities; deposit of proceeds in improvement district fund.

NRS 539.450 - Securities: Execution by district officers; lien upon issuance of bonds.

NRS 539.453 - Levy and collection of annual assessments for payment of interest and redemption of securities.

NRS 539.455 - Payment of assessments before issuance of securities.

NRS 539.457 - Powers of directors and officers of district.

NRS 539.460 - Applicability of chapter to improvement districts.

NRS 539.463 - Issuance; conditions.

NRS 539.465 - Election required to authorize issuance; conduct of election; maturity of and interest on bonds.

NRS 539.467 - Confirmation of proceedings by district court.

NRS 539.470 - Apportionment of benefits; levy of annual assessments for interest and redemption of bonds.

NRS 539.473 - Certification of bonds by State Controller.

NRS 539.475 - Sale and exchange of bonds.

NRS 539.477 - Debt or liability in excess of express provisions void; incurrence forbidden.

NRS 539.480 - Limitation on indebtedness; issuance of warrants or negotiable notes; levy and collection of assessments; limitation on and calculation of assessments; annual adjustment.

NRS 539.483 - Monthly financial reports of district treasurer; verification and filing.

NRS 539.485 - Monthly posting and publication of claims allowed by board of directors.

NRS 539.487 - Annual publication of district financial statement.

NRS 539.490 - County treasurer to deliver all money collected to treasurer of district.

NRS 539.493 - Funds created.

NRS 539.495 - Construction fund: Source.

NRS 539.497 - Construction fund: Authorized disbursements.

NRS 539.500 - Construction fund: Transfers to general fund.

NRS 539.503 - Bond fund: Source.

NRS 539.505 - Bond fund: Investment and transfer of surplus money.

NRS 539.507 - General fund: Division into general fund and operation and maintenance fund.

NRS 539.510 - General fund: Source.

NRS 539.513 - General fund: Board may fix rates of tolls or charges; collection in advance; enforcement of debt; liens.

NRS 539.515 - General fund: Expenditures for development, operation and maintenance of recreational grounds; limitations.

NRS 539.517 - General fund: Expenditure for exploiting district resources; limitation; tax.

NRS 539.520 - Duties of district treasurer; liability on official bond.

NRS 539.523 - Directors may make temporary transfers.

NRS 539.525 - Regulation of disbursements from funds; approval of vouchers.

NRS 539.527 - Interest coupons: Payment by district treasurer.

NRS 539.530 - Deposit of money in bank or credit union in state.

NRS 539.533 - Deposit of district money in accordance with general laws.

NRS 539.537 - Security of deposits: Surety bonds; securities in lieu of surety bond.

NRS 539.540 - Resolution of directors: General plan of proposed operations.

NRS 539.543 - Surveys and examinations; direction and certification by irrigation engineer.

NRS 539.545 - Estimate of amount of money necessary to be raised; election required.

NRS 539.547 - Notice of election: Posting; publication; contents.

NRS 539.550 - Ballots: Form.

NRS 539.553 - Conduct of election; number of votes elector may cast; certain persons and entities entitled to vote; filing of designations or written consents; informalities not to invalidate election.

NRS 539.557 - Additional bond issues: Election required.

NRS 539.560 - Determination of benefits: Apportionment; procedure.

NRS 539.563 - Meeting to review apportionment of benefits: Notice; hearing.

NRS 539.565 - Confirmation proceedings in district court: Petition; contents; notice of hearing on petition; pleadings.

NRS 539.567 - Confirmation proceedings: Confirmation of apportionment; corrections by court; final judgment; costs.

NRS 539.570 - Sale of bonds authorized; public or private sale; terms.

NRS 539.573 - Bonds not to be sold for less than 90 percent of par value and accrued interest.

NRS 539.575 - Use of unsold bonds in payment of construction; approval of Department of Taxation.

NRS 539.577 - Cancellation of authorized bond issue; levy of assessments in lieu of bonds; limitations.

NRS 539.580 - Payment of bonds and interest from revenue derived from annual assessments.

NRS 539.583 - Payment of interest from bond fund.

NRS 539.585 - Payment before issuance of bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness.

NRS 539.587 - Insufficient money to complete improvement: Levy of assessment; issuance of additional bonds.

NRS 539.590 - Prior liens.

NRS 539.593 - Power of directors to levy assessments to spread redemption of bonds.

NRS 539.595 - Directors may execute agreement with bond purchasers guaranteeing tax levy for bond redemption; approval of Department of Taxation; recording of agreement.

NRS 539.597 - County auditor to spread minimum sinking fund tax on assessment books.

NRS 539.600 - Agreement binding on subsequent boards of directors; directors may increase tax.

NRS 539.603 - Proceedings if county officers fail to perform duties pertaining to sinking fund tax.

NRS 539.605 - Faith and credit of State pledged.

NRS 539.607 - Issuance of notes authorized to meet obligations of district after levy of tax; levy and collection of special tax.

NRS 539.610 - Redemption of bonds before maturity: Procedure.

NRS 539.613 - Issuance authorized without election; purposes; exchange or sale; lien.

NRS 539.6133 - Voluntary surrender or limitation on maturity; limitation on principal, interest and maturity.

NRS 539.6135 - Use of proceeds; payment of incidental costs.

NRS 539.6137 - Escrow or trust for payment of refunded or refunding bonds.

NRS 539.614 - Source of payment and security; applicability of provisions of chapter; conclusiveness of board’s determination of compliance with chapter.

NRS 539.615 - Series and issue of bonds.

NRS 539.617 - Consecutive numbering; negotiability and payment; multiples of $100.

NRS 539.620 - Directors may fix and determine time for issuance and maturity; limit on maturity.

NRS 539.623 - Form of bonds.

NRS 539.624 - Issuance separately or in combination.

NRS 539.625 - Date of bonds.

NRS 539.627 - Denominations.

NRS 539.630 - Interest.

NRS 539.633 - Places of payment.

NRS 539.635 - Record to be kept by secretary and treasurer.

NRS 539.6353 - Rights and remedies cumulative.

NRS 539.6355 - Failure of holder of bonds to proceed does not relieve district of liability.

NRS 539.636 - Power of board of directors.

NRS 539.6361 - Reserve fund from bond proceeds: Creation, accumulation and maintenance; augmentations.

NRS 539.6362 - Payment of deficiency from general fund, reserve fund or other available revenue; levy of ad valorem tax.

NRS 539.6363 - Duties of board of directors in making levy.

NRS 539.6364 - Considerations in certifying annual levies; additional levies in event of insufficient revenue.

NRS 539.6365 - Payment of taxes to district; lien.

NRS 539.6366 - Sale of property for nonpayment of taxes.

NRS 539.6371 - Issuance authorized to finance revenue-producing project.

NRS 539.6375 - Covenants and other provisions.

NRS 539.638 - Liens.

NRS 539.6385 - Rights and powers of holders of bonds.

NRS 539.639 - Trustees and receivers.

NRS 539.640 - Resolution of district concerning availability of bonds for legal investments; copy filed with Department of Taxation.

NRS 539.643 - Investigation of affairs of district; report of Department of Taxation.

NRS 539.645 - Provisions of NRS 539.643 directory only.

NRS 539.647 - Certification of bonds by State Controller.

NRS 539.650 - Expenditures from construction fund after certification of bonds prohibited without consent of Department of Taxation.

NRS 539.653 - Progressive construction: Certification of bonds as needed; prior approval of Department of Taxation if all bonds certified.

NRS 539.655 - Form of certificate of State Controller; facsimile signature authorized.

NRS 539.657 - District to pay expenses of investigation and report.

NRS 539.660 - Bonds as legal investments and security.

NRS 539.663 - Bonds of irrigation districts of other states as legal investments; limitations.

NRS 539.665 - Faith of State of Nevada pledged.

NRS 539.667 - Secretary is district assessor; preparation of assessment book annually; contents of assessment book.

NRS 539.670 - Levy of assessments and tax by board; computation and entry in assessment book.

NRS 539.673 - Assessment by district board of land escaping assessment.

NRS 539.675 - Use of preceding assessments for succeeding years; deemed regular levy.

NRS 539.677 - Levy of assessments by county commissioners or Department of Taxation; duties of district attorney and Attorney General.

NRS 539.680 - Correction of assessments; notice of time of meeting to correct assessments; retention of assessment book in district office for inspection; changes in assessments.

NRS 539.683 - Collection of assessments: Procedure; duties of county and district officers.

NRS 539.685 - Addition of unpaid tolls and charges to assessment levies.

NRS 539.687 - Assessment as lien against property; bond lien as preferred lien.

NRS 539.690 - Special assessments: Procedure for levy; election; authority to levy assessments for number of years for specific purposes.

NRS 539.693 - Sale of land in district because of delinquency in payment of tax; land sold subject to accrued and accruing liens for charges, tolls, assessments and taxes.

NRS 539.695 - Procedure for summary foreclosure of lien for accrued charges, tolls or assessments; notice of sale; sale for delinquency in taxes.

NRS 539.697 - Distribution and sale of water acquired at sale for delinquent tax or summary foreclosure.

NRS 539.700 - Exclusion of land from benefits if land sold for delinquent taxes or assessments: Consent of bondholders and others.

NRS 539.703 - Water and water rights become part of general supply when land excluded from further participation in benefits.

NRS 539.705 - Land excluded from participation in benefits: Transfer of storage rights and benefits apportioned to other land.

NRS 539.708 - Petition for annexation: Contents; inclusion of lands within municipal corporation.

NRS 539.712 - Notice of filing of petition for annexation: Posting; contents; advancement of costs by petitioners.

NRS 539.714 - Hearing on annexation petition.

NRS 539.716 - Conditions precedent to annexation; apportionment and assessment of benefits.

NRS 539.718 - Order of annexation: Contents; survey.

NRS 539.722 - Resolution approving annexation notwithstanding electors’ objections: Adoption; contents.

NRS 539.724 - Election on question of annexation: Notice; procedure; form of ballots.

NRS 539.726 - Order of annexation following election: Contents; recording.

NRS 539.728 - Apportionment of benefits following annexation: Compliance with statutes.

NRS 539.732 - Lands in one district not to be included in another district.

NRS 539.734 - Inclusion within district of state lands and state lands held under contract to purchase.

NRS 539.736 - Exclusion of land: Grounds; limitations.

NRS 539.738 - Notice of proposed exclusion: Publication; contents.

NRS 539.742 - Resolution excluding land; objections.

NRS 539.744 - Order or denial of exclusion; publication of order.

NRS 539.746 - Recording of order excluding land or changing boundaries with plat.

NRS 539.748 - Petition to district court by aggrieved persons.

NRS 539.750 - Petition for dissolution of district: Filing with clerk of district court; order of district judge.

NRS 539.753 - Contents of petition.

NRS 539.755 - Determination of sufficiency of percentages required on petition: What governs clerk of district court.

NRS 539.757 - Ballots: Form.

NRS 539.760 - Conduct of election; canvass of votes.

NRS 539.763 - Certification of election results to district court; examination of returns by court; order of dissolution; filing of financial statement.

NRS 539.765 - Court governed by NRS 539.287 where contract with United States exists.

NRS 539.767 - Order of dissolution not to be entered until bonded indebtedness liquidated or consent of bondholders filed.

NRS 539.770 - Payment of other indebtedness to be provided for; duties of county officers in closing affairs of district.

NRS 539.773 - Liquidation of indebtedness; levy of assessments; collection of taxes; sale of district property by county commissioners; disposition of proceeds.

NRS 539.775 - Contract with United States or bonded indebtedness not bar to dissolution if provision made for payment.

NRS 539.777 - Entry of order dissolving district; further indebtedness prohibited.

NRS 539.780 - Unlawful interference with officer, agent or employee of district; criminal and civil penalties.

NRS 539.783 - Liability of water user negligently or wrongfully impairing system of works; notice to repair.