Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts
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 of the district and of its corporate seal.
(b) Assist the board in such particulars as it may direct in the performance of its duties.
(c) Attest, under the corporate seal of the district, all certified copies of the official records and files of the district that may be required of the Secretary by this chapter, or by any person ordering the same and paying the reasonable cost of transcription, and any portion of the record so certified and attested shall prima facie import verity.
(d) Serve also as treasurer of the district unless a treasurer is otherwise provided for by the board.
2. The board may also employ a chief engineer, who may be an individual, copartnership or corporation; an attorney; and such other engineers, attorneys and other agents and assistants as may be needful; and may provide for their compensation, which, with all other necessary expenditures, shall be taken as a part of the cost or maintenance of the improvement. The chief engineer shall be superintendent of all works and improvements, and shall make a full report to the board each year, or oftener if required by the board, and may make such suggestions and recommendations to the board as the chief engineer may deem proper.
3. The secretary and treasurer and such other agents or employees of the district as the board of directors may direct shall furnish surety bonds, at the expense of the district, in amount and form fixed and approved by the court in accordance with the provisions of chapter 282 of NRS.
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Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts

NRS 541.010 - Short title.

NRS 541.020 - Definitions.

NRS 541.030 - Legislative declarations.

NRS 541.040 - District courts vested with jurisdiction to establish water conservancy districts; limitation of powers.

NRS 541.050 - Establishment of district: Requirements; filing of petitions; contents; effect of defects; amendments and corrections.

NRS 541.060 - Filing of bond.

NRS 541.070 - Time and place for hearing; jurisdiction of district court; judge not to be disqualified.

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.

NRS 541.090 - Findings and decree to be filed with Secretary of State, county recorders and county clerks.

NRS 541.100 - Board of directors: Appointment; qualifications; terms; filling of vacancies; meetings and reports.

NRS 541.110 - Directors: Oath; officers; seal; record of proceedings of board; copy of minutes or audio recordings; compensation.

NRS 541.120 - Quorum of board.

NRS 541.130 - Duties of secretary; board may employ chief engineer, attorney and other employees.

NRS 541.140 - Powers of board.

NRS 541.145 - Powers of board concerning irrigation, flood control, drainage, safety and health projects.

NRS 541.150 - Subdistricts: Organization; proceedings; board’s consent to furnish water; decree of organization; powers and duties of board of directors.

NRS 541.160 - Board may levy and collect taxes and special assessments; classification of methods.

NRS 541.170 - Board to fix rate of levy under class A; maximum rate; certification to county commissioners.

NRS 541.180 - Board may sell or lease water to municipalities upon petition; levy and collection of 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.

NRS 541.200 - Board may sell or lease water to persons and private corporations on petition; levy and collection of taxes under class D.

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

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.

NRS 541.210 - Board may levy additional assessments to pay deficiencies.

NRS 541.220 - Board to hear objections to assessments; procedure; appeal to district court.

NRS 541.230 - Officials charged with duty to collect taxes; taxes levied create equal lien.

NRS 541.240 - Sale of real property for unpaid taxes and assessments.

NRS 541.250 - Property exempt from assessments.

NRS 541.260 - Board may dispose of water under contracts.

NRS 541.270 - Liens to secure payment of annual installments.

NRS 541.280 - Board may create sinking fund.

NRS 541.290 - Powers of board in distribution of water.

NRS 541.300 - Contracts relating to electrical energy.

NRS 541.310 - Change of boundaries: Petition for inclusion of other lands; procedure.

NRS 541.320 - Petition for exclusion of lands in district; procedure; court order.

NRS 541.330 - Board may enter into contracts relative to payments to be made to United States.

NRS 541.340 - Acquisition of works: Procedure for creation of indebtedness; elections.

NRS 541.350 - Publication of resolution for creation of indebtedness.

NRS 541.360 - Conduct of election; canvass of returns.

NRS 541.370 - Majority vote required to authorize indebtedness; resubmission of proposition.

NRS 541.380 - Board may petition court for judicial determination of orders, acts, power, taxes and contracts.

NRS 541.390 - Notice; jurisdiction of district court not lost for failure to give notice.

NRS 541.400 - Cases to be heard by court at earliest practicable moment.

NRS 541.410 - Liberal construction of chapter.

NRS 541.420 - Conflicting laws declared nonoperative.