Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 548 - Conservation

NRS 548.069 - "Renewable natural resources" and "resources" defined. - "Renewable natural resources" or "resources" includes land, soil, water, vegetation,...

NRS 548.075 - "State" defined. - "State" means the State of Nevada. [Part 3:212:1937; 1931 NCL...

NRS 548.085 - "Supervisor" defined. - "Supervisor" means one of the members of the governing body...

NRS 548.090 - "United States" defined. - "United States" includes the United States of America, the Natural...

NRS 548.095 - Legislative declaration: Generally. - It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination:...

NRS 548.100 - Legislative declaration: Consequences for failure to plan for conservation. - It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination,...

NRS 548.105 - Legislative declaration: Leadership by local communities; appropriations. - 1. It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative...

NRS 548.110 - Legislative declaration: Need for conservation. - It is hereby declared to be the policy of the...

NRS 548.113 - Legislative declaration: Special expertise of conservation districts. - It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination,...

NRS 548.115 - Creation; number and appointment of members. - The State Conservation Commission, consisting of two ex officio members...

NRS 548.120 - Ex officio members and alternates. - 1. The following shall serve, ex officio, as members of...

NRS 548.125 - Appointment and terms of office of appointed members; vacancies. - 1. For the purposes of this section: (a) Area 1...

NRS 548.135 - Seal. - The Commission shall adopt a seal, which seal shall be...

NRS 548.140 - Chair. - The Commission shall designate its Chair annually from among its...

NRS 548.145 - Compensation of members and employees; operating expenses. - 1. Each member of the Commission is entitled to receive...

NRS 548.148 - Meetings. - The Commission may meet regularly at quarterly intervals. Additional meetings...

NRS 548.150 - Quorum. - A majority of the Commission shall constitute a quorum, and...

NRS 548.155 - Personnel: Employment; compensation; surety bonds; delegation of authority. - 1. The State Conservation Commission may employ such personnel, permanent...

NRS 548.157 - Conservation Districts Program in State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to supply staff. - The Program shall perform staff services for the Commission in...

NRS 548.160 - Rules and regulations. - The Commission may adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations...

NRS 548.165 - Records. - The Commission shall keep a full and accurate record of...

NRS 548.170 - Attorney General to provide legal services. - The Attorney General shall provide such legal services as the...

NRS 548.175 - General powers and duties. - The Commission has the following duties and powers: 1. To...

NRS 548.178 - Establishment of programs for distributing grants to conservation districts; qualifications for grant; use of grant; distribution of unequal amounts; regulations. - 1. The Commission may establish programs for distributing, within the...

NRS 548.180 - Cooperation of state agencies and state institutions with Commission. - Upon request of the Commission, for the purpose of carrying...

NRS 548.185 - Petition for organization of district: Filing; contents; consolidation of petitions. - 1. Any 10 occupiers of land lying within the limits...

NRS 548.190 - Hearing on petition: Notice; inclusion of other territory. - 1. Within 30 days after such a petition has been...

NRS 548.195 - Determination of need for district: Factors for consideration by Commission; township or townships included in district; determination without hearing authorized. - 1. After such hearing, if the Commission determines, upon the...

NRS 548.200 - Denial of petition if Commission determines there is no need for district; filing of subsequent petition after determination. - 1. If the Commission shall determine after the hearing and...

NRS 548.205 - Determination of administrative practicability and feasibility; referendum on proposition of creation of district. - 1. After the Commission has made and recorded a determination...

NRS 548.210 - Commission to supervise hearings and referendum; conduct of referendum; informalities not to invalidate. - 1. The Commission shall: (a) Pay all expenses for the...

NRS 548.215 - Administrative practicability and feasibility of district: Publication of results of referendum; denial of petition; factors for consideration by Commission; organization of district upon favorable determination. - 1. The Commission shall publish the result of the referendum...

NRS 548.220 - Subsequent petition after determination by Commission that operation of district is not administratively practicable and feasible. - After 6 months shall have expired from the date of...

NRS 548.225 - Appointment of temporary supervisors; termination of appointments upon election of supervisors. - 1. If the Commission determines that the operation of the...

NRS 548.230 - Procedure to make district a governmental subdivision and corporate and political public body. - The district shall be a governmental subdivision of this State...

NRS 548.235 - Temporary supervisors to present application to Program; contents of application and statements. - 1. The five appointed supervisors shall present to the Program...

NRS 548.240 - Program to examine and record application and statement; action if name of district similar to name of another district; when district constituted; certificate of organization; boundaries. - 1. The Program shall examine the application and statement, and...

NRS 548.245 - Proof of establishment of district. - 1. In any suit, action or proceeding involving the validity...

NRS 548.250 - Nominating petitions for candidates for supervisors; signatures. - 1. Within 30 days after the date of issuance by...

NRS 548.255 - Notice of election. - The Commission shall give due notice of an election to...

NRS 548.260 - Arrangement of names of candidates for supervisors. - The names of all nominees on behalf of whom such...

NRS 548.265 - Eligibility to vote at election. - All registered voters residing within the district are eligible to...

NRS 548.270 - Duties of Commission. - The Commission shall: 1. Supervise the conduct of such election....

NRS 548.275 - Election of supervisors; terms of office. - 1. In the election held in 1976, two terms of...

NRS 548.280 - District to be governed by elected and appointed supervisors. - Each district shall be governed by a board consisting of...

NRS 548.283 - Appointment of supervisors to represent cities and counties; alternates. - 1. The governing bodies of any incorporated cities located within...

NRS 548.285 - Procedure for election of supervisors. - 1. The county clerk of the county in which a...

NRS 548.290 - Terms of office. - 1. Each supervisor who is appointed under the provisions of...

NRS 548.295 - Vacancy in office. - 1. A vacancy in the office of supervisor of a...

NRS 548.300 - Removal from office. - A supervisor may be removed by the State Conservation Commission,...

NRS 548.305 - Quorum. - A majority of the supervisors constitutes a quorum, and except...

NRS 548.310 - Compensation and expenses. - A supervisor shall receive no compensation for his or her...

NRS 548.315 - Chair, secretary and other employees: Designation and employment; delegation of powers and duties; surety bonds. - 1. The supervisors shall designate a chair and may, from...

NRS 548.320 - Records; annual audit of accounts. - The supervisors shall: 1. Provide for the keeping of a...

NRS 548.325 - District attorneys to provide legal services. - District attorneys shall provide such legal services as the supervisors...

NRS 548.330 - Supervisors to furnish Commission information. - The supervisors shall furnish to the State Conservation Commission, upon...

NRS 548.335 - City or county representatives may advise and consult with supervisors. - The supervisors may invite the legislative body of any municipality...

NRS 548.340 - Conservation district is governmental subdivision; exercise of public powers. - A conservation district organized under the provisions of this chapter...

NRS 548.345 - Surveys, investigations and research. - In addition to other powers granted in this chapter, a...

NRS 548.350 - Demonstrational projects. - In addition to other powers granted in this chapter, a...

NRS 548.355 - Preventive and control measures; repair and restoration of property. - In addition to other powers granted in this chapter, a...

NRS 548.360 - Cooperation and agreements with agencies for conserving renewable natural resources. - In addition to other powers granted in this chapter, a...

NRS 548.365 - Availability of agricultural and engineering machinery, fertilizer and seeds. - In addition to other powers granted in this chapter, a...

NRS 548.370 - Construction, operation and maintenance of facilities and structures. - In addition to other powers granted in this chapter, a...

NRS 548.375 - Comprehensive plans for conservation. - In addition to other powers granted in this chapter, a...

NRS 548.380 - Administration of projects; acceptance of gifts; participation in cost-sharing on federally financed projects. - In addition to other powers granted in this chapter, a...

NRS 548.385 - Capacity to sue and be sued; seal; perpetual succession; execution of contracts; rules and regulations. - In addition to other powers granted in this chapter, a...

NRS 548.390 - Conditions for extension of benefits to lands not controlled by State or its agencies. - As a condition to the extending of any benefits under...

NRS 548.393 - Acquisition and disposition of property: Power to acquire, maintain and improve property; use of income received therefrom; disposal. - In addition to other powers granted in this chapter, a...

NRS 548.395 - Acquisition and disposition of property: Applicability of other laws. - No provisions with respect to the acquisition, operation or disposition...

NRS 548.397 - Acquisition and disposition of property: Payments in lieu of taxes; amount; collection. - 1. If a district acquires real property on or after...

NRS 548.400 - Cooperation between districts. - 1. The supervisors of any two or more districts organized...

NRS 548.405 - Cooperation of state agencies and political subdivisions; applicability of regulations for use of land to publicly owned land. - 1. Agencies of this State which shall have jurisdiction over,...

NRS 548.4051 - "Parcel" defined. - As used in NRS 548.4051 to 548.4056, inclusive, "parcel" has...

NRS 548.4052 - Annual fee on parcels in district: Imposition; collection and deposit; use. - 1. Subject to the provisions of NRS 548.4053 and 548.4054,...

NRS 548.4053 - Annual fee on parcels in district: Submission of question to voters upon receipt of petition; notice of election; contents of ballot; approval by voters. - 1. A board of county commissioners shall submit to the...

NRS 548.4054 - Annual fee on parcels in district: Election by mail in lieu of primary special or general election; date of election; mailing and marking ballots; appointment of electors to count votes; approval by voters. - 1. In lieu of conducting the election required by NRS...

NRS 548.4055 - Annual fee on parcels in district: Procedures for increase, decrease or elimination. - A fee imposed pursuant to NRS 548.4052 and 548.4053 or...

NRS 548.4056 - Appropriation of money to provide programs for renewable natural resources. - A board of county commissioners may appropriate money from the...

NRS 548.410 - Petition to formulate regulations; formulation; hearings; determination of whether referendum to be held. - 1. The supervisors of any district may file petitions with...

NRS 548.415 - Proposed ordinance; notices and supervision of referendum; form of question; eligibility to vote; informalities not to invalidate referendum. - If a referendum is to be held: 1. The proposed...

NRS 548.420 - Approval of proposed ordinance; effect of regulations. - 1. The Commission shall not have authority to enact such...

NRS 548.425 - Procedure for amendment or repeal of regulations. - 1. Any occupier of land within such district may at...

NRS 548.430 - Permissible provisions. - 1. The regulations to be adopted by the Commission under...

NRS 548.435 - Uniformity of regulations; availability to occupiers of lands within district. - 1. The regulations shall be uniform throughout the territory comprising...

NRS 548.440 - Enforcement of regulations; damages. - 1. The Commission or supervisors shall have authority to go...

NRS 548.445 - Petition to require observance: Contents; joinder of owner as defendant. - 1. Where the Commission shall find that any of the...

NRS 548.450 - Petition to require observance: Service of process; hearing; appointment of master; order of court. - 1. Upon the presentation of the petition, the court shall...

NRS 548.455 - Petition to require observance: Court to retain jurisdiction until work completed; entry of judgment for costs and expenses; judgment as lien. - 1. The court shall retain jurisdiction of the case until...

NRS 548.460 - Board of adjustment: Establishment. - Where the Commission shall adopt an ordinance prescribing land use...

NRS 548.465 - Board of adjustment: Number, appointment and terms of members. - 1. The board of adjustment shall consist of three members...

NRS 548.470 - Board of adjustment: Vacancies. - Vacancies in the board of adjustment shall be filled in...

NRS 548.475 - Board of adjustment: Removal of member. - A member of the board of adjustment shall be removed...

NRS 548.480 - Board of adjustment: Compensation of members and employees. - 1. The members of the board of adjustment are entitled...

NRS 548.485 - Board of adjustment: Chair. - 1. The board of adjustment shall designate a chair from...

NRS 548.490 - Board of adjustment: Meetings; quorum. - 1. Meetings of the board of adjustment shall be held...

NRS 548.495 - Board of adjustment: Rules; records. - 1. The board of adjustment shall adopt rules to govern...

NRS 548.500 - Board of adjustment: Commission to pay expenses. - The Commission shall pay the necessary administrative and other expenses...

NRS 548.505 - Petition for variance: Notice; hearing; determination of board; order. - 1. Any land occupier may file a petition with the...

NRS 548.510 - Procedure for review of order of board of adjustment by district court. - 1. Any petitioner aggrieved by an order of the board...

NRS 548.515 - Procedure for inclusion of land. - 1. Petitions for including additional territory within an existing district...

NRS 548.520 - Procedure for exclusion of land. - 1. Petitions to withdraw lands from a district may be...

NRS 548.525 - Petition for discontinuance; determination of need for referendum. - 1. At any time after 5 years after the organization...

NRS 548.530 - Referendum on petition for discontinuance. - 1. Within 60 days after a petition for discontinuance has...

NRS 548.535 - Discontinuance of district on determination that continued operation is not administratively practicable or feasible. - 1. The Commission shall consider the information and facts presented...

NRS 548.540 - Limitation on subsequent petitions for discontinuance of district. - The Commission shall not entertain petitions for the discontinuance of...

NRS 548.545 - Procedure on discontinuance of district; certificate of dissolution. - 1. Upon receipt from the Commission of a certification that...

NRS 548.550 - Effect of certificate of dissolution. - 1. Upon the issuance of a certificate of dissolution under...

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Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 548 - Conservation

Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 548 - Conservation