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NRS 269.014 Seal. An unincorporated town in this state shall have a common seal and may change the seal at pleasure. (Added to NRS by 1963, 1165; A 1985, 262) TOWN BOARD FORM OF GOVERNMENT

NRS 269.016 Establishment of elected town board. A town board form of government, for the purpose of governing such town in accordance with the powers specified in this chapter, may be established for any unincorporated town in the State of Nevada. The town board form of governme…

NRS 269.0165 Adoption by initiative petition; procedures for appointment or election of initial members of town board. 1. A town board form of government may be adopted by means of initiative petition of the residents of the town. 2. The procedures established by NRS 295.085 to 2…

NRS 269.0166 Additional qualifications of voters in election on initiative petition. In addition to the qualifications prescribed in NRS 293.485 for electors in all elections, a person may vote in an election held pursuant to NRS 269.0165 only if the person has been a resident of…

NRS 269.017 Members of town board: Qualifications; initial appointments; subsequent election. 1. If the board of county commissioners determines that the best interests of an unincorporated town would be served by adoption of a town board form of government it shall establish a t…

NRS 269.0171 Members of town board: Election when initiative proposal submitted to electors; filing of notice of intention to become candidate. 1. If the establishment of a town board form of government is proposed by initiative petition, and the proposal is submitted to the elec…

NRS 269.018 Members of town board: Terms of office; vacancies. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the term of office of a member of the town board is 4 years and begins on the first Monday in January following the general election at which the member is chosen. 2. T…

NRS 269.019 Chair and town clerk: Selection; duties. 1. The town board shall choose one of its members to act as chair of the town board and one member to act as town clerk. A deputy town clerk may be appointed by the town board, which shall fix his or her salary. 2. The chair of…

NRS 269.0205 Single candidate declared elected. If at 5 p.m. on the last day for filing a notice of intention of candidacy for the position of member of a town board, there is only one candidate who has filed a notice of intention for the position, that candidate must be declared…

NRS 269.021 Effective date of ordinance or other action. Any ordinance adopted or action taken by a town board shall not take effect or become final until the expiration of 30 days after the ordinance was adopted or the action was taken. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1723; A 1969, 1116;…

NRS 269.022 Discontinuance of elected town board: Procedure. If the board of county commissioners determines that the best interests of the town are no longer served by a town board form of government, it may order the question to be put on the ballot at the next general election…

NRS 269.024 Creation by board of county commissioners. If the board of county commissioners determines that the best interest of an unincorporated town of which such board constitutes the governing body would best be served by the appointment of a citizens’ advisory council to ac…

NRS 269.0242 Members; qualifications; election; appointment; terms; duties. Any ordinance enacted pursuant to NRS 269.024 must include provisions in substance as follows: 1. The citizens’ advisory council must consist of not fewer than three nor more than five members. 2. Each me…

NRS 269.0244 Officers; meetings; rules of procedure; records. The advisory council shall elect such officers from within its membership, fix such time and place of meetings, adopt such rules of procedure and keep such records all as in its sole discretion it shall determine consi…

NRS 269.0246 Responsibilities of board of county commissioners unaffected. It is the intent of NRS 269.024 to 269.0248, inclusive, that the existence and activities of the advisory council shall in no way diminish the responsibility of the board of county commissioners in its cap…

NRS 269.0248 Creation of additional councils under original ordinance. Citizens’ advisory councils for two or more towns may be created by one ordinance, and the initial ordinance may from time to time be amended to create citizens’ advisory councils for additional towns, if the …

NRS 269.025 Meetings; quorum; affirmative vote of majority of whole board required to carry question. 1. The town board or board of county commissioners of any county in this state having jurisdiction of the affairs of any town or city, as in this chapter provided, shall hold a r…

NRS 269.030 Duties of county clerk. The county clerk in each of the counties of this state shall: 1. Perform the duties required or authorized to be performed under and by virtue of the provisions of this chapter. 2. Be held liable on an official bond for the faithful performance…

NRS 269.035 Duties of county treasurer. The county treasurer in each of the counties of this state shall: 1. Perform the duties required or authorized to be performed under and by virtue of the provisions of this chapter. 2. Be held liable on an official bond for the faithful per…

NRS 269.040 Duties of other county officers; compensation. 1. The district attorney, county auditor, county assessor, and all other county officials, not specially exempted therefrom, in each of the counties of this state, shall perform the duties required or authorized to be per…

NRS 269.070 Nevada Ethics in Government Law inapplicable to certain transactions. The provisions of the Nevada Ethics in Government Law, chapter 281A of NRS, do not prohibit any town officer from purchasing the warrants of the State or of any other city, town or county, or preven…

NRS 269.071 Member of town board or county commissioner not to become contractor under certain contracts; penalties. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 281.230, 281A.430 and 332.800, it is unlawful for any member of a town board or board of county commissioners acting for any…

NRS 269.072 Town officer not to be interested in certain contracts and purchases; penalties. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 281.230, 281A.430 and 332.800, it is unlawful for any town officer, directly or indirectly, to be interested in any contract made by the town office…

NRS 269.073 Avoidance of unlawful contract. Any contract made in violation of NRS 269.071 or 269.072 may be declared void at the instance of the town or any person interested in the contract except an officer prohibited from making or being interested in the contract. (Added to N…

NRS 269.075 Town treasurer may refuse to redeem warrants. The several town treasurers of the State shall refuse to redeem any warrants, scrip, orders or other evidences of indebtedness against the town whenever it shall come to their knowledge that such warrants, scrip or other e…

NRS 269.080 Officers may sell indebtedness for personal services rendered. All town officers shall have the right to sell or transfer any evidences of public indebtedness which may be issued according to law, for services rendered by them to the town, legally and justly due, and …

NRS 269.0802 Use of criminal history in evaluating employment applications; exceptions. 1. Unless, pursuant to a specific provision of state or federal law, a person is disqualified from employment in a particular position because of the particular criminal history of the person,…

NRS 269.082 Deduction from employee’s salary for service as volunteer firefighter or volunteer driver or attendant prohibited. 1. All employees of unincorporated towns must be paid their salaries as fixed by law or ordinance without diminution on account of any time spent away fr…

NRS 269.083 Public hearing for dismissed employee. 1. When an employee of an unincorporated town other than a department head who has been employed by the unincorporated town for 12 or more months is dismissed from employment, the dismissed employee may request within 15 days of …

NRS 269.084 Limitations on consideration of wage or salary history of applicant for employment by town. 1. The town board, board of county commissioners or any other person acting on behalf of an unincorporated town shall not, orally or in writing, personally or through an agent:…

NRS 269.085 Claims against town: Auditing; allowance. The boards of county commissioners shall audit and allow all claims properly payable out of the funds of any unincorporated town in their respective counties. [Part 1:48:1881; A 1889, 43; 1903, 55; 1919, 408; 1943, 65; 1951, 4…

NRS 269.095 Taxes, fines and forfeitures paid to county treasurer; general fund and debt service fund. 1. All taxes, fines, forfeitures or other moneys collected or received by any officer or person, under or by virtue of any of the provisions of this chapter, shall be paid by th…

NRS 269.100 Transfer of surplus money to other funds. Whenever there shall be any surplus money in either the fire department fund, general fund, or police department fund, now or hereafter created by virtue of the laws of this state, in any unincorporated town, the town board or…

NRS 269.105 Expenses and salaries paid from general fund; form and payment of warrants; chair of county commissioners to examine books and make report; reports to town boards. 1. All salaries of officers mentioned in this chapter and all expenses incurred in carrying on any gover…

NRS 269.110 Payment of funded debt, outstanding bonds and other debt of disincorporated city: Procedure. 1. In all cases where a town or city in any county of this state has been incorporated by an act of the Legislature thereof, or of the Territory of Nevada, or otherwise, or ma…

NRS 269.115 Power of county commissioners to levy taxes. 1. Except as provided in subsection 2, the boards of county commissioners shall levy a tax, not exceeding 1.5 percent per annum, upon the assessed value of all real and personal property situated in any unincorporated town …

NRS 269.120 Levy and collection of taxes. 1. Annually, at the time of assessing or fixing the amount of taxes for county purposes, the board of county commissioners shall, subject to the restrictions of NRS 269.115, assess, fix and designate the amount of taxes that should be lev…

NRS 269.122 Town’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 Governor of this S…

NRS 269.123 Town’s powers subordinate to powers of regional planning agency. In any region of this state for which there has been established by interstate compact a regional planning agency, the powers of an unincorporated town for the location and construction of all public wor…

NRS 269.125 Management, use and sale of property; appraisal. The town board or board of county commissioners may hold, manage, use and dispose of the real and personal property of any unincorporated town, and the board of county commissioners shall collect all dues and demands be…

NRS 269.127 Provision of translator signals for television or FM radio broadcasts. 1. A town board or board of county commissioners may: (a) Make application for and hold any license required to provide television or FM radio broadcast translator signals, or both. (b) Contract wi…

NRS 269.128 Displacement or limitation of competition: Services. A town board or board of county commissioners may, to provide adequate, economical and efficient services to the inhabitants of the town and to promote the general welfare of those inhabitants, displace or limit com…

NRS 269.129 Displacement or limitation of competition: Methods. A town board or board of county commissioners may: 1. Provide those services set forth in NRS 269.128 on an exclusive basis or, by ordinance, adopt a regulatory scheme for providing those services or controlling deve…

NRS 269.130 Power of board of county commissioners. The boards of county commissioners may condemn property for the use of the inhabitants of any unincorporated town in their respective counties, in the manner provided in NRS 269.135. [Part 1:48:1881; A 1889, 43; 1903, 55; 1919, …

NRS 269.135 Procedure. 1. Any property, real or personal, necessary for the public use of the town or city, or the inhabitants thereof, may be condemned and appropriated in the manner provided in this section. 2. The board of county commissioners shall appoint one referee, and th…

NRS 269.140 Powers and duties of town board or board of county commissioners. 1. The town board or board of county commissioners shall institute and maintain any suit in any court necessary in their judgment to enforce any right of any unincorporated town. 2. All such suits must …