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NRS 244.018 Establishment of additional or changed commissioners’ districts: Manner of electing county commissioners. 1. If new or changed county commissioner election districts must be established because of changes in population or applicable law, the board of county commission…

NRS 244.020 Qualifications of county commissioners. 1. County commissioners must: (a) Be qualified electors of their respective counties; (b) Be registered to vote in the county; and (c) Have such other qualifications as are provided in this chapter. 2. No county or township offi…

NRS 244.025 Election of county commissioners in county whose population is less than 100,000. 1. County commissioners must be elected by the qualified electors of their respective counties. 2. At the general election held in 1968 and at the general election every 4 years thereaft…

NRS 244.027 Election of county commissioners in county whose population is less than 100,000 and which has not been divided into commissioners’ districts. 1. Whenever two or more members of a board of county commissioners are to be elected at the same election for the same term i…

NRS 244.030 Term of office of county commissioners; exception. County commissioners shall enter upon their duties on the first Monday of January succeeding their election, and, except for 2-year terms established pursuant to NRS 244.018, shall hold their offices for 4 years as pr…

NRS 244.035 County commissioners required to take oath of office; effect of failure to take oath. 1. On entering upon the discharge of the duties of the office of county commissioner, each county commissioner, whether elected or appointed, shall take and subscribe to the oath of …

NRS 244.040 Vacancy in office of county commissioner; exception. 1. Any vacancy occurring in any board of county commissioners must be filled by appointment of the Governor. Except in Carson City, the Governor shall appoint a suitable person who is a member of the same political …

NRS 244.050 Commissioners’ districts in counties whose population is less than 100,000: Creation; election; notice; abolishment; election at large of commissioners. 1. Whenever a number of registered voters equal to 25 percent or more of the number of persons registered to vote a…

NRS 244.055 Seal of county commissioners. The seal of the county shall be the seal of the board of county commissioners. [28:80:1865; B § 3096; BH § 1968; C § 2130; RL § 1527; NCL § 1960]

NRS 244.060 Board of county commissioners: Quorum; tie vote. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 241.0355, a majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. 2. When a majority only of the members is present at a meeting of the board, in case of a ti…

NRS 244.065 Commissioners may administer oaths. County commissioners are authorized and empowered to administer all oaths or affirmations necessary in discharging the duties of their office. [29:80:1865; B § 3097; BH § 1969; C § 2131; RL § 1528; NCL § 1961]

NRS 244.070 Election and terms of chair and vice chair of board of county commissioners; clerk of board. 1. The county commissioners shall: (a) Elect one of their number as chair of the board and another of their number as vice chair of the board; and (b) Fix the terms of office …

NRS 244.075 Records of board: Duties of clerk; public inspection. 1. The clerk shall keep a full and complete record of all the proceedings of the board, together with a full and complete alphabetical index and page citation of and for the record and proceedings, and all such pro…

NRS 244.085 Regular and additional meetings of board; meetings held outside county seat; meetings with other governing bodies; attendance at conventions, conferences, seminars or hearings. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the meetings of the boards of county commi…

NRS 244.090 Special meetings of board: Call; notice; filling temporary appointments; canvass of election returns. 1. Except as provided in subsections 4 and 5, special meetings may be called by the chair or, in the chair’s absence, by the vice chair whenever there is sufficient b…

NRS 244.095 Enactment by bill; summary and title. 1. No ordinance shall be passed except by bill. When any ordinance is amended, the section or sections thereof shall be reenacted as amended, and no ordinance shall be revised or amended by reference only to its title. 2. Every or…

NRS 244.100 Procedures for enactment; signatures; publication and effective date; publication of revised ordinance; hearing. 1. All proposed ordinances, when first proposed, must be read by title to the board, immediately after which at least one copy of the proposed ordinance mu…

NRS 244.105 Procedure for enactment of specialized or uniform code. 1. An ordinance which adopts: (a) A specialized or uniform building, plumbing or electrical code printed in the form of a book or pamphlet; (b) Any other specialized or uniform code; or (c) Any portion of such a …

NRS 244.110 Style. The style of ordinances shall be as follows: The Board of County Commissioners of the County of................Do Ordain: (Body of ordinance) (Last section of ordinance) Proposed on ....................... (month) .............. (day) ........... (year) Propose…

NRS 244.115 Recording of ordinances; copy as prima facie evidence. The county clerk shall record all ordinances in a book kept for that purpose, together with the affidavits of publication by the publisher. The book, or a certified copy of an ordinance therein recorded and under …

NRS 244.116 Revision and codification of general ordinances authorized; arrangement, publication and sale of code. 1. Each board of county commissioners may provide for the revision and codification, including such restatements and substantive changes as are necessary for clarity…

NRS 244.117 Adoption by ordinance; procedure; effective date. 1. The county code must be adopted by an ordinance. The only title necessary for the ordinance is “An Ordinance enacting a revision and codification of the general ordinances of ................ County.” 2. The propose…

NRS 244.118 Filing with Librarian of Supreme Court Law Library. Two copies of the county code shall be filed with the Librarian of the Supreme Court Law Library after such code becomes effective. (Added to NRS by 1961, 151; A 1971, 804; 1973, 424)

NRS 244.119 Amendment and extension; procedure. The county code may, by ordinance regularly passed, adopted and published, be amended or extended. All general ordinances passed after the adoption of a county code shall be amendments or extensions thereof. No section of the code s…

NRS 244.120 Membership authorized; budget; expenses. 1. The Board of Supervisors of Carson City and the boards of county commissioners of the several counties are authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to become members of the Nevada Association of County Commissioners, h…

NRS 244.125 Appointment; compensation; removal. 1. The county commissioners of any county are authorized to appoint a county manager and to fix the compensation for such county manager. 2. The county manager shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of county commissioners, …

NRS 244.130 Qualifications. 1. The county manager shall possess such qualifications as the board of county commissioners may from time to time establish. 2. No person who is or has been an elected officer of the county shall be appointed county manager unless the person has been …

NRS 244.135 Duties; employees and assistants. 1. The county manager shall perform such administrative functions of the county government as may be required by the board of county commissioners. 2. The county manager may, with the approval of the board of county commissioners, app…

NRS 244.137 Legislative findings and declarations. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: 1. Historically under Nevada law, the exercise of powers by a board of county commissioners has been governed by a common-law rule on local governmental power known as Dillon’s Rule…

NRS 244.139 Definitions. As used in NRS 244.137 to 244.146, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 244.141 and 244.143 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2015, 2417)

NRS 244.141 “County government” defined. “County government” means any public body, agency, bureau, board, commission, department, division, office or other unit of county government, or any officer or employee thereof, within the jurisdiction of the board of county commissioners…

NRS 244.143 “Matter of local concern” defined. 1. “Matter of local concern” means any matter that: (a) Primarily affects or impacts areas located in the county, or persons who reside, work, visit or are otherwise present in areas located in the county, and does not have a signifi…

NRS 244.146 Powers of board of county commissioners; exercise of powers; prohibitions. 1. Except as prohibited, limited or preempted by the Constitution, statutes or regulations of the United States or this State and except as otherwise provided in this section, a board of county…

NRS 244.150 Levy of taxes. The boards of county commissioners shall have power and jurisdiction in their respective counties to levy, for the purposes prescribed by law, such amount of taxes on the assessed value of real and personal property in the county as may be authorized by…

NRS 244.1503 Imposition of civil penalty in lieu of criminal penalty for violation of county ordinance. In addition to any other authority granted pursuant to this chapter, the board of county commissioners may, by ordinance, impose a civil penalty in lieu of a criminal penalty f…

NRS 244.1505 Expenditure of public money; grant of public money and donation of certain property to certain nonprofit organizations or governmental entities. 1. A board of county commissioners may expend money for any purpose which will provide a substantial benefit to the inhabi…

NRS 244.1507 Consolidation or division of powers and duties of county offices in counties whose population is less than 52,000: Mechanism; prerequisites; timing. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the board of county commissioners of a county whose population is les…

NRS 244.151 Department of public works: Creation; director and employees. 1. The boards of county commissioners of each of the counties of the State may create a department of public works devoted primarily to buildings and grounds facilities, engineering, buildings and safety, w…

NRS 244.152 Public works: County’s powers subordinate to powers of Nevada Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. [Effective upon the proclamation by the Governor of this State of the withdrawal by the State of California from the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact or of a finding by the Go…

NRS 244.153 Public works: County’s powers subordinate to powers of regional planning agency. In any region of this State for which there has been created by interstate compact a regional planning agency, the powers of a county for the location and construction of all public works…

NRS 244.154 Planning, subdivision regulation and zoning: County’s powers subordinate to limits upon development established in certain geographical regions by certain state acts. In the region of this State for which the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area Act and the Red R…

NRS 244.1545 Accommodations facilitators: County’s power to require quarterly reports on rentals of residential units and issue certain related subpoenas. 1. The board of county commissioners: (a) In a county whose population is 700,000 or more shall adopt an ordinance requiring …

NRS 244.155 Roads and bridges. The boards of county commissioners shall have power and jurisdiction in their respective counties to lay out, control and manage public roads, turnpikes, ferries and bridges within the county, in all cases where the law does not prohibit such jurisd…

NRS 244.157 Improvements: County’s powers same as those of general improvement district. 1. Subject to the conditions imposed in subsection 2, the board of county commissioners of any county of this state may exercise any of the powers in any unincorporated area within its county…

NRS 244.159 Prohibition on sounding of certain sirens, bells or alarms; penalty. 1. A county in this State may not sound a siren, bell or alarm if a siren, bell or alarm is currently or was previously sounded on specific days or times in association with an ordinance enacted by t…

NRS 244.160 Care of indigent sick persons. The boards of county commissioners shall have power and jurisdiction in their respective counties to take care of and provide for the indigent sick of the county in such a manner only as is or may be provided by law. [Part 8:80:1865; A 1…