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NRS 268.664 Proceedings for detachment of territory from city. 1. The governing body shall have power by ordinance or other appropriate legal action taken to diminish, reduce and contract the established limits or boundaries of the city and to detach and sever from the city any a…

NRS 268.666 Boundaries of city not to be changed within 90 days before election; exception. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a change in the boundaries of a city, including, without limitation, a change in the boundaries of a city resulting from an annexation, …

NRS 268.668 Order of district court staying proceeding for annexation or detachment; annulment of annexation. At any stage of an annexation or detachment proceeding, or within 90 days from the date of its completion as provided in NRS 268.658 or 268.664, any person or city claimi…

NRS 268.670 Annexation of contiguous territory owned by city or upon petition of all owners of real property: Alternative procedures. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.6257, as an alternative to the procedures for initiation of annexation proceedings set forth in NRS 268…

NRS 268.671 Notice of annexation to public utilities and rural electric cooperatives. 1. Whenever a city annexes territory in accordance with the provisions of NRS 268.610 to 268.671, inclusive, the city clerk of the annexing city shall, not less than 10 working days after the ad…

NRS 268.672 Short title. NRS 268.672 to 268.740, inclusive, may be cited as the City Bond Law. (Added to NRS by 1973, 997; A 2009, 2740)

NRS 268.674 Definitions. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.672 to 268.740, inclusive, the terms used or referred to herein are as defined in the Local Government Securities Law, but the definitions in NRS 268.676 to 268.728, inclusive, except where the context otherwise req…

NRS 268.676 “Building project” defined. “Building project” means any public building or complex of buildings to accommodate or house lawful municipal activities, including, without limitation, courts, records, municipal personnel, administrative offices, welfare facilities, hospi…

NRS 268.678 “Cemetery project” defined. “Cemetery project” means facilities pertaining to a municipal cemetery for use of all inhabitants of the municipality, including without limitation sites therefor, mortuaries, mausoleums, crematories, coffins, urns, markers (or any combinat…

NRS 268.680 “Communications project” defined. “Communications project” means facilities pertaining to a municipal communications system for the broadcast, translation, transmission and relay of television, radio, telephone or telegraph, including without limitation subsurface, su…

NRS 268.682 “Drainage project” and “flood control project” defined. “Drainage project” or “flood control project,” or any phrase of similar import, means any natural and artificial water facilities for the collection, channeling, impoundment and disposal of rainfall, other surfac…

NRS 268.684 “Electric project” defined. “Electric project” means facilities pertaining to a municipal electric heat, light and power system for the generation, transportation and distribution of electrical energy, including without limitation ponds, lakes, dams, spillways, reserv…

NRS 268.686 “Equipment” and “equip” defined. “Equipment” or “equip” means the furnishing of all necessary, desirable, useful, related or appurtenant furniture, fixtures and other facilities (or any combination thereof) pertaining to any project, or any interest therein herein aut…

NRS 268.688 “Fire protection project” defined. “Fire protection project” means any facilities for a municipal fire protection system, including without limitation fire stations, pumper trucks, hook and ladder trucks, rescue trucks, fire engines, other motor vehicles, water works,…

NRS 268.690 “Flood control project” defined. “Flood control project” means a “drainage project” as herein defined. (Added to NRS by 1973, 999)

NRS 268.691 “Flood management project” defined. “Flood management project” or any phrase of similar import, means a project or improvement that is located within or without a city in a county whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000 and is established for the con…

NRS 268.692 “Hereby,” “herein,” “hereinabove,” “hereinafter,” “hereinbefore,” “hereof,” “hereto” and “hereunder” defined. “Hereby,” “herein,” “hereinabove,” “hereinafter,” “hereinbefore,” “hereof,” “hereto” and “hereunder” refer to this City Bond Law and not solely to the particu…

NRS 268.694 “Municipal” defined. “Municipal” means pertaining to a “municipality” as herein defined. (Added to NRS by 1973, 999)

NRS 268.696 “Municipality” defined. “Municipality” means any incorporated city, including without limitation any such city organized under the provisions of a special legislative act or other special charter as permitted by Sections 1 and 8 of Article 8 of the Constitution of the…

NRS 268.697 “Natural gas project” defined. “Natural gas project” means facilities pertaining to a municipal natural gas system for the generation, transmission, storage and distribution of natural gas, including, without limitation, towers, generators, pumping plants, power plant…

NRS 268.698 “Off-street parking project” defined. “Off-street parking project” means parking facilities for the parking of motor vehicles off the public streets, including without limitation graded, regraded, graveled, oiled, surfaced, macadamized, paved, curbed, guttered, draine…

NRS 268.700 “Overpass project” defined. “Overpass project” means any bridge, viaduct or other structure or facilities for the transportation of pedestrians, railroad, motor and other vehicles, and utility lines, as the case may be, over any street, highway, stream, railroad track…

NRS 268.702 “Park project” defined. “Park project” means real property, facilities and equipment for parks, including without limitation graded, regraded, graveled, surfaced, drained, cultivated and otherwise improved sites therefor, greenhouses, bandstand and orchestra facilitie…

NRS 268.704 “Project” defined. “Project” means any structure, facility, undertaking or system which a municipality is herein authorized to acquire, improve, equip, operate and maintain. A project may consist of any kinds of property, including, without limitation, grounds and oth…

NRS 268.705 “Propane gas project” defined. “Propane gas project” means facilities pertaining to a municipal propane gas system for the generation, transmission, storage and distribution of propane gas, including, without limitation, towers, generators, pumping plants, power plant…

NRS 268.706 “Property” defined. “Property” means real property, personal property, mixed property or any other property (or any combination thereof). (Added to NRS by 1973, 1000)

NRS 268.708 “Real property” defined. “Real property” means: 1. Land, including land under water. 2. Buildings, structures, fixtures and improvements on land. 3. Any property appurtenant to or used in connection with land. 4. Every estate, interest, privilege, easement, franchise …

NRS 268.710 “Recreational project” defined. “Recreational project” means parks, playgrounds, swimming pools, golf courses, tennis courts, squash courts, other courts, ball fields, other athletic fields, tracks, racecourses, playgrounds, stadiums, fieldhouses, rinks, gymnasiums, a…

NRS 268.712 “Refuse project” defined. “Refuse project” means facilities for the collection and disposal of garbage, refuse and solid waste, including without limitation sites therefor, incinerators, motor vehicles, other collection and disposal facilities (or any combination ther…

NRS 268.714 “Sewerage project” defined. “Sewerage project” means facilities pertaining to a municipal sanitary sewerage system for the collection, interception, transportation, treatment, purification and disposal of sewage, liquid wastes, solid wastes, night soil and industrial …

NRS 268.716 “Sidewalk project” defined. “Sidewalk project” means any sidewalk and capital improvements pertaining thereto, including without limitation graded, regraded, graveled, surfaced, macadamized and paved pedestrian rights-of-way, artificial lights and lighting equipment a…

NRS 268.718 “State” defined. “State” means the State of Nevada, or any agency, instrumentality or corporation thereof; and where the context so indicates, “State” means the geographical area comprising the State of Nevada. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1001)

NRS 268.720 “Street” defined. “Street” means any street, avenue, boulevard, alley, highway or other public right-of-way used for any vehicular traffic, or any sidewalk designed primarily for use by pedestrians. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1001)

NRS 268.722 “Street project” defined. “Street project” means any street and capital improvements pertaining thereto, including without limitation grades, regrades, gravel, oiling, surfacing, macadamizing, paving, crosswalks, sidewalks, pedestrian rights-of-way, driveway approache…

NRS 268.724 “Transportation project” defined. “Transportation project” means facilities for a municipal system of transportation, including without limitation surface, underground or overhead railways, tramways, buses or any other means of local transportation other than taxis, p…

NRS 268.726 “Underpass project” defined. “Underpass project” means any tunnel, tube, open cut, or other subway, structure or facilities for the transportation of pedestrians, railroad, motor and other vehicles, and utility lines, as the case may be, under any street, highway, str…

NRS 268.728 “Water project” defined. “Water project” means facilities pertaining to a municipal water system for the collection, transportation, treatment, purification and distribution of water, including without limitation springs, wells, ponds, lakes, other raw water sources, …

NRS 268.730 General powers of governing body. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.086 and 268.088, any governing body of a municipality, upon its behalf and in its name, may at any time or from time to time acquire, improve, equip, operate and maintain, within or without or b…

NRS 268.732 General and special obligations; pledge of certain revenues. For the purpose of defraying wholly or in part the cost of the acquisition, improvement and equipment (or any combination thereof) of any project or projects herein authorized, the governing body of any muni…

NRS 268.734 Additional powers of governing body. Subject to the provisions of NRS 268.732, in connection with any project herein authorized the governing body of any municipality may, on the behalf and in the name of the municipality, borrow money, otherwise become obligated and …

NRS 268.736 Issuance of securities subject to city’s debt limit. Any municipality issuing securities hereunder which constitute the incurrence of an additional indebtedness of the municipality shall not by the issuance of such securities contravene any debt limitation pertaining …

NRS 268.738 Fees, charges and license or excise taxes: Establishment, maintenance and revision of schedules. In order to acquire, improve, equip, operate and maintain a project specified in NRS 268.730 and to ensure the payment, wholly or in part, of the general obligation securi…

NRS 268.740 Construction and effect of City Bond Law. 1. No other act or law with regard to the authorization or issuance of bonds that requires an approval, or in any way impedes or restricts the carrying out of the acts herein authorized to be done, shall be construed as applyi…

NRS 268.745 Short title. NRS 268.745 to 268.761, inclusive, may be cited as the Nevada Community Development Program Law. (Added to NRS by 1975, 285)

NRS 268.747 Statement of purpose. It is the purpose of the Nevada Community Development Program Law to provide for municipal participation in the federal program of Community Development Block Grants, under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-383, 88 Stat. …

NRS 268.749 Definitions. As used in NRS 268.745 to 268.761, inclusive: 1. “Community development program” means a municipal program which: (a) Includes the activities to be undertaken to meet the community development needs and objectives of the city and the estimated costs and g…