Title 20

NRS 244A.455 Short title. NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573, inclusive, may be cited as the County Sewage and Wastewater Law. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1726; A 1975, 1336)

NRS 244A.457 Applicability to county whose population is 700,000 or more. NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573, inclusive, applies to any county whose population is 700,000 or more. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1726; A 1975, 1336; 1979, 520; 1989, 1902; 2011, 1117)

NRS 244A.459 Legislative determinations. It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination that: 1. It is essential to the maintenance of the public health, welfare and orderly local government that each county to which NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573, inclusive, pertain be…

NRS 244A.461 Definitions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573, inclusive, the definitions provided in the Local Government Securities Law apply to county securities issued hereunder and the definitions provided in the State Securities Law apply to state se…

NRS 244A.463 “Advisory committee” defined. “Advisory committee” means the county sewage and wastewater advisory committee. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1727)

NRS 244A.465 “Board” defined. “Board,” when not otherwise qualified, means the board of county commissioners of the county. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1727)

NRS 244A.467 “Bond requirements” defined. “Bond requirements” means the principal of, any prior redemption premiums due in connection with, and the interest on designated bonds or other securities. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1727)

NRS 244A.469 “County” defined. “County” means any county as described in NRS 244A.457. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1727)

NRS 244A.471 “County securities” defined. “County securities” means the securities authorized to be issued by the county pursuant to NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573, inclusive. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1728; A 1975, 1338; 1977, 21)

NRS 244A.473 “Discharge” defined. “Discharge” means any addition of a pollutant or pollutants to water. (Added to NRS by 1975, 1334)

NRS 244A.475 “Facilities” defined. “Facilities” means the facilities of the State, county or other designated public body used or suitable for use for the control, collection, disposal and treatment of all sources of pollution, whether or not they are point sources, including, bu…

NRS 244A.477 “Hereby,” “herein,” “hereinabove,” “hereinafter,” “hereof,” “hereunder,” “herewith,” “heretofore” and “hereafter” defined. 1. “Hereby,” “herein,” “hereinabove,” “hereinafter,” “hereof,” “hereunder,” “herewith,” or any term of similar import, refers to NRS 244A.455 to…

NRS 244A.479 “Newspaper” defined. “Newspaper” means a newspaper printed at least once each calendar week. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1728)

NRS 244A.481 “Point source” defined. “Point source” means any discernible, confined and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation, or vessel …

NRS 244A.483 “Pollutant” defined. “Pollutant”: 1. Means dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and indu…

NRS 244A.485 “Pollution” defined. “Pollution” means the artificially made or artificially induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological and radiological integrity of water. (Added to NRS by 1975, 1334)

NRS 244A.487 “Project” defined. 1. “Project” means an undertaking pertaining to such part of the facilities of the county or designated public body as the board or governing body determines to acquire, improve or equip, or any combination thereof, and authorized at one time. 2. “…

NRS 244A.489 “Publication” and “publish” defined. 1. “Publication” or “publish” means three consecutive weekly publications in at least one newspaper having general circulation in the county, the first publication being at least 15 days prior to the designated time or event. 2. A…

NRS 244A.491 “Service charges” defined. “Service charges” means the fees, rates and other charges for the use of the facilities of the State, county or designated public body, as the case may be, or for any service rendered by the State, county or public body in the operation the…

NRS 244A.493 “State securities” defined. “State securities” means the securities authorized to be issued by the State pursuant to NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573, inclusive. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1729; A 1977, 22)

NRS 244A.495 Remedial action required when standards of water quality or conditions of permit to discharge pollutants violated. If any officer of this state or of the Federal Government who is empowered by law to determine the existence of violations of water quality standards wh…

NRS 244A.497 Technical advisory committee. 1. In each county there shall be appointed a technical advisory committee to be designated as the county sewage and wastewater advisory committee. 2. The advisory committee consists of two members appointed by the board, three members ap…

NRS 244A.499 Procedure for acquisition of facilities. 1. The county, the State, or both, acting through the board, may construct, otherwise acquire, improve, equip, relocate, repair, maintain and operate the facilities or any part thereof for the benefit of the State, the county …

NRS 244A.501 Acquisition of competing facilities prohibited; acquisition of properties of other public bodies. 1. The county, the State, or both, shall not acquire as a part of the facilities any properties which at the time of their acquisition compete in any area with then exis…

NRS 244A.503 Approval of preliminary plans for facilities. 1. Before the State acting through the board, or the county, prepares or causes to be prepared plans, specifications or other documents for the construction, other acquisition, improvement or equipment of any work or othe…

NRS 244A.505 Approval of plans and specifications for facilities. 1. Before the State acting through the board, or the county, constructs, otherwise acquires, improves or equips any work or other real property for the facilities of the State or the county except repairs, major re…

NRS 244A.507 Methods of funding county’s acquisition of facilities. The county may also for the purpose of acquiring facilities: 1. Borrow money and issue county securities evidencing any loan to or amount due by the county, provide for and secure the payment of any county securi…

NRS 244A.509 General powers of county in relation to facilities. The county may in relation to the facilities: 1. Hire and retain officers, agents, employees, engineers and any other persons, permanent or temporary, necessary or desirable to effect the purposes hereof, defray any…

NRS 244A.511 Additional powers of county: Contracts and agreements with public agencies and others. The county may also in relation to the county facilities: 1. Enter, without any election, into joint operating or service contracts and agreements, acquisition, improvement, equipm…

NRS 244A.513 Methods of funding State’s acquisition of facilities. The State, acting through the board, may also for the purpose of acquiring facilities: 1. Borrow money and issue state securities evidencing any loan to or amount due by the State, provide for and secure the payme…

NRS 244A.515 General powers of State in relation to facilities. The State, acting through the board, may in relation to the facilities of the State: 1. Acquire office space, equipment, services, supplies, fire and extended coverage insurance, use and occupancy insurance, workers’…

NRS 244A.517 Additional powers of State: Contract with county for employment of county’s personnel. The State, acting through the Governor, may, in relation to state facilities, contract with the county for it to hire and retain officers, agents, employees, engineers and any othe…

NRS 244A.519 Additional powers of State: Contracts and agreements with public agencies and others. The State, acting through the Governor, may also in relation to state facilities: 1. Enter into and perform joint operating or service contracts and agreements, acquisition, improve…

NRS 244A.521 Additional powers of county or State: Acquisition and operation of facilities. The county, or the State acting through the board, may also: 1. Enter upon any land, make surveys, borings, soundings and examinations, and locate the necessary works of any project and an…

NRS 244A.523 Powers of other public bodies. The governing body of any public body, upon its behalf and in its name, for the purpose of aiding and cooperating in any project herein authorized, upon the terms and with or without consideration and without an election, may: 1. Sell, …

NRS 244A.525 Extraterritorial powers and rights of officer, agent or employee of State, county or other public body. All of the powers, privileges, immunities and rights, exemptions from laws, ordinances and rules, all pension, relief, disability, workers’ compensation and other …

NRS 244A.527 Manner of exercising board’s powers pertaining to State’s facilities and securities. The board, in connection with powers which it exercises hereunder and pertaining to any state facilities or state securities, or both, shall exercise such powers in the same manner a…

NRS 244A.529 Power of board to invest money. The board may invest or cause to be invested all money, whether federal, state, county or other, which may come into its possession under NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573, inclusive, in the manner provided by law for the investment of county f…

NRS 244A.531 Power of board to levy and collect general taxes. In addition to the other means for providing revenue to defray the costs of the activities and projects authorized by NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573, inclusive, and to meet general obligation bond requirements, the board sh…

NRS 244A.533 Power of county or State to fix and collect service charges. 1. The county, or the State acting through the board, may fix, modify and collect or cause to be collected service charges for direct or indirect connection with, or the use or services of, the facilities o…

NRS 244A.535 Contracts for billing and collection of service charges. The county, or the State acting through the board, may enter into a written contract with any public body or person providing for the billing and collection by such public body or person of any of the service c…

NRS 244A.537 Service charges payable constitute general obligations; debt limits unaffected. The Legislature has determined and does hereby declare that the obligations arising from time to time of the State or any public body to pay service charges fixed in connection with the c…

NRS 244A.539 Enforcement of collection of service charges by requiring tax levy. 1. The county, or the State acting through the board, may enforce the collection of service charges made thereby to any public body which fails to pay such charges within 90 days after they become du…

NRS 244A.541 Collection of service charges on tax roll: Election of alternative procedure. 1. The board may elect to have service charges for county or state facilities for the forthcoming fiscal year collected on the tax roll in the same manner, by the same persons and at the sa…

NRS 244A.543 Collection of service charges on tax roll: Notice of filing report and of time and place of hearing. 1. Before the board may have service charges collected on the tax roll, the board shall cause a notice in writing of the filing of the report proposing to have such c…

NRS 244A.545 Collection of service charges on tax roll: Hearings; final report. 1. At the time stated in the notice, the board shall hear and consider all objections or protests, if any, to the report referred to in the notice and may continue the hearing from time to time. If th…