"Underground service district" means an area in which electric and communication facilities are to be placed underground, exclusive of:
1. Any lines or facilities used or intended to be used for the transmission of electric energy at nominal voltages in excess of 300,000 volts or having a circuit capacity in excess of 12,000 kilovolt amperes.
2. Facilities used or intended to be used for the transmission of intelligence by microwave or radio.
3. Facilities such as transformers, pull boxes, service terminals, pedestal terminals, splice closures, apparatus cabinets and similar facilities which normally are above the surface in areas where service lines are underground in accordance with standard underground practices.
4. On-the-ground facilities attached to overhead facilities which are used to connect an underground system to overhead facilities.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1233; A 1997, 2550)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground
NRS 704A.010 - Declaration of legislative findings and purpose.
NRS 704A.030 - "Clerk" defined.
NRS 704A.040 - "Convert" and "conversion" defined.
NRS 704A.050 - "Electric and communication facilities" defined.
NRS 704A.052 - "Engineer" defined.
NRS 704A.060 - "Governing body" defined.
NRS 704A.073 - "Mailed notice" and "notice by mail" defined.
NRS 704A.077 - "Municipality" and "municipal" defined.
NRS 704A.080 - "New underground electric and communication service district" defined.
NRS 704A.090 - "Overhead electric or communication facilities" defined.
NRS 704A.100 - "Owner" defined.
NRS 704A.110 - "Public place" defined.
NRS 704A.120 - "Public utility corporation" defined.
NRS 704A.125 - "Publication" and "publish" defined.
NRS 704A.130 - "Real property" defined.
NRS 704A.140 - "Service district" defined.
NRS 704A.150 - "Underground service district" defined.
NRS 704A.170 - Petition by owners for study of costs to establish service district.
NRS 704A.220 - Petition for establishment of service district: Contents of notice of hearing.
NRS 704A.230 - Objections to establishment of service district.
NRS 704A.250 - Inclusion of additional territory: Notice and hearing.
NRS 704A.260 - Addition to or alteration of boundaries of district.
NRS 704A.280 - Judicial review; objection to validity of action by governing body.
NRS 704A.290 - Time for commencement of construction or conversion.
NRS 704A.300 - Placement of facilities.