Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts

NRS 541.010 - Short title. - This chapter may be known and cited as the Water...

NRS 541.020 - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...

NRS 541.030 - Legislative declarations. - 1. It is declared that to provide for the conservation...

NRS 541.040 - District courts vested with jurisdiction to establish water conservancy districts; limitation of powers. - The district court sitting in and for any county in...

NRS 541.050 - Establishment of district: Requirements; filing of petitions; contents; effect of defects; amendments and corrections. - 1. Before any water conservancy district is established under this...

NRS 541.060 - Filing of bond. - At the time of filing the petition, or at any...

NRS 541.070 - Time and place for hearing; jurisdiction of district court; judge not to be disqualified. - 1. Immediately after the filing of the petition, the court...

NRS 541.080 - Protesting petition; requisite signers; filing and objections; decree establishing district; place of business; dismissal of petition or proceedings; finality and conclusiveness of order; appeal; collateral attack. - 1. At any time after the filing of a petition...

NRS 541.090 - Findings and decree to be filed with Secretary of State, county recorders and county clerks. - Within 30 days after the district has been declared a...

NRS 541.100 - Board of directors: Appointment; qualifications; terms; filling of vacancies; meetings and reports. - 1. Within 60 days after the entry of the decree...

NRS 541.110 - Directors: Oath; officers; seal; record of proceedings of board; copy of minutes or audio recordings; compensation. - 1. Each director before entering upon his or her official...

NRS 541.120 - Quorum of board. - A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum, and...

NRS 541.130 - Duties of secretary; board may employ chief engineer, attorney and other employees. - 1. The secretary shall: (a) Be custodian of the records...

NRS 541.140 - Powers of board. - The board shall have power on behalf of the district:...

NRS 541.145 - Powers of board concerning irrigation, flood control, drainage, safety and health projects. - The board shall have the following powers concerning the management,...

NRS 541.150 - Subdistricts: Organization; proceedings; board’s consent to furnish water; decree of organization; powers and duties of board of directors. - 1. Subdistricts may be organized upon the petition of the...

NRS 541.160 - Board may levy and collect taxes and special assessments; classification of methods. - In addition to the other means of providing revenue for...

NRS 541.170 - Board to fix rate of levy under class A; maximum rate; certification to county commissioners. - To levy and collect taxes under class A as herein...

NRS 541.180 - Board may sell or lease water to municipalities upon petition; levy and collection of special assessments under class B. - 1. To levy and collect special assessments under class B...

NRS 541.190 - Board may sell or lease water to irrigation districts; levy and collection of special assessments under class C. - 1. To levy and collect special assessments upon lands under...

NRS 541.200 - Board may sell or lease water to persons and private corporations on petition; levy and collection of taxes under class D. - 1. To levy and collect special assessments upon lands under...

NRS 541.205 - Board may undertake irrigation, flood control, drainage, safety and health projects; levy and collection of special assessments under class E. - 1. To levy and collect special assessments upon lands under...

NRS 541.207 - Board or subcontracting agency not required to furnish water for artificially created lake or stream if restricted or prohibited by ordinances; exceptions. - In any county whose population is 700,000 or more: 1....

NRS 541.210 - Board may levy additional assessments to pay deficiencies. - The board, in making the annual assessments and levies as...

NRS 541.220 - Board to hear objections to assessments; procedure; appeal to district court. - 1. Prior to March 1 of each year in which...

NRS 541.230 - Officials charged with duty to collect taxes; taxes levied create equal lien. - The officer or body having authority to levy taxes within...

NRS 541.240 - Sale of real property for unpaid taxes and assessments. - If the taxes and assessments levied are not paid as...

NRS 541.250 - Property exempt from assessments. - All property of whatever kind and nature owned by the...

NRS 541.260 - Board may dispose of water under contracts. - The board may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the...

NRS 541.270 - Liens to secure payment of annual installments. - To meet the annual installments as provided in contracts for...

NRS 541.280 - Board may create sinking fund. - Whenever a contract of indebtedness has been created by the...

NRS 541.290 - Powers of board in distribution of water. - The board shall have the following powers concerning the management,...

NRS 541.300 - Contracts relating to electrical energy. - The board is authorized to enter into contracts for the...

NRS 541.310 - Change of boundaries: Petition for inclusion of other lands; procedure. - 1. The boundaries of any district organized under the provisions...

NRS 541.320 - Petition for exclusion of lands in district; procedure; court order. - 1. The owner or owners in fee of any lands...

NRS 541.330 - Board may enter into contracts relative to payments to be made to United States. - To pay for construction, operation, and maintenance of works and...

NRS 541.340 - Acquisition of works: Procedure for creation of indebtedness; elections. - 1. Whenever the board of a district incorporated under this...

NRS 541.350 - Publication of resolution for creation of indebtedness. - The resolution provided for in NRS 541.340 must be published...

NRS 541.360 - Conduct of election; canvass of returns. - The respective election boards shall conduct the election in their...

NRS 541.370 - Majority vote required to authorize indebtedness; resubmission of proposition. - 1. If it appears from the returns that a majority...

NRS 541.380 - Board may petition court for judicial determination of orders, acts, power, taxes and contracts. - 1. The board may, in its discretion, at any time...

NRS 541.390 - Notice; jurisdiction of district court not lost for failure to give notice. - In every case where a notice is provided for in...

NRS 541.400 - Cases to be heard by court at earliest practicable moment. - 1. All cases in which there may arise a question...

NRS 541.410 - Liberal construction of chapter. - This chapter, being necessary to secure and preserve the public...

NRS 541.420 - Conflicting laws declared nonoperative. - All laws or parts of laws conflicting in any way...