Title 44

NRS 496.040 Power to acquire existing airports; limitation. The municipality may, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, eminent domain proceedings or otherwise, acquire existing airports and air navigation facilities; but it shall not acquire or take over any airport or air navigatio…

NRS 496.050 Location of airport; construction of buildings, roadways and bridges authorized. For the purposes of this chapter, a municipality may: 1. Establish or acquire and maintain, within or bordering upon the territorial limits of the municipality, airports in, over and upon…

NRS 496.055 Purchase of property not intended to be used for specific purpose related to operation of airport at time of purchase. The governing body of a municipality may purchase from any willing seller property for the operation of an airport that is not intended to be used fo…

NRS 496.060 Coordination of air navigation facilities established by municipality with state and federal facilities. All air navigation facilities established or operated by municipalities shall be supplementary to and coordinated in design and operation with those established an…

NRS 496.070 Eminent domain: Procedure; damages and costs of removal or relocation. 1. In the acquisition of property by eminent domain proceedings authorized by this chapter, the municipality shall proceed in the manner provided by chapter 37 of NRS; but the municipality exercisi…

NRS 496.080 Sale, lease or other disposal of municipal airports and related facilities and property. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 or as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan or agreement pursuant to NRS 496.180, every municipality may, b…

NRS 496.090 Agreements for commercial or residential use of airport or facility; contracts for sale of securities. 1. In operating an airport or air navigation facility or any other facilities appertaining to the airport owned, leased or controlled by a municipality, the municipa…

NRS 496.100 Agent may operate airport; limitations. Except as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan or agreement pursuant to NRS 496.180, a municipality may by contract, lease or other arrangement, upon a consideration fixed by it, grant to any qualified p…

NRS 496.110 Liens for repairs, improvements or storage; enforcement. To enforce the payment of any charges for repairs or improvements to, or storage or care of, any personal property made or furnished by the municipality or its agents in connection with the operation of an airpo…

NRS 496.120 Municipal authority may be vested in municipal officer, board or agency by resolution; powers and duties. Any authority vested by this chapter in a municipality or in the governing body thereof for the planning, establishment, development, construction, enlargement, i…

NRS 496.130 Municipality may adopt reasonable ordinances and regulations for airport management and operation; enforcement of ordinances or regulations; airports outside municipal limits subject to state and federal law. 1. A municipality that establishes or acquires an airport o…

NRS 496.140 Municipal power to tax and appropriate money for purposes of chapter. The governing body of any municipality having power to appropriate and raise money is authorized to appropriate, and to raise by taxation or otherwise, sufficient moneys to carry out the provisions …

NRS 496.150 Issuance of general obligation and revenue bonds to pay costs of acquisition and development. To defray the cost of planning and acquiring, establishing, developing, constructing, enlarging, improving or equipping an airport or air navigation facility, or the site the…

NRS 496.155 Issuance of municipal securities pursuant to Local Government Securities Law; entry into contracts of purchase, medium-term obligations and installment-purchase agreements. 1. Subject to the provisions of subsections 2 and 3 and NRS 496.150, for any undertaking author…

NRS 496.160 Validation of prior municipal bonds and action. 1. Any acquisition of property heretofore made, within or without the limits of any municipality or the State, for the purposes authorized by this chapter, and any other action heretofore taken by a municipality in furth…

NRS 496.170 Airport fund. The revenues obtained by a municipality from the ownership, control or operation of any airport or air navigation facility, including proceeds from the sale of any airport or portion thereof or air navigation facility property, shall be deposited in a sp…

NRS 496.180 Municipality authorized to accept and expend federal and state money; terms and conditions of grants or loans. 1. Every municipality is authorized to accept, receive, receipt for, disburse and expend federal and state moneys and other moneys, public or private, made a…

NRS 496.200 Municipal power to contract for purposes of chapter. A municipality may enter into any contracts necessary to the execution of the powers granted it, and for the purposes provided by this chapter. [19:215:1947; 1943 NCL § 293.38] JOINT EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY

NRS 496.210 Joint exercise of powers by public agencies and municipalities. 1. For the purposes of this section, unless otherwise qualified: (a) “Public agency” includes municipality, as defined in this chapter, any agency of the State Government and of the United States, and any…

NRS 496.220 Agreements of public agencies for joint action: Mandatory and permissive provisions. 1. Any two or more public agencies may enter into agreements with each other for joint action pursuant to the provisions of this section. Concurrent action by ordinance, resolution or…

NRS 496.230 Joint board of public agencies: Members, number and term; powers; expenditures; eminent domain. 1. Public agencies acting jointly pursuant to this chapter shall create a joint board which shall consist of members appointed by the governing body of each participating p…

NRS 496.240 Joint fund. 1. For the purpose of providing a joint board with moneys for the necessary expenditures in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, a joint fund shall be created and maintained, into which shall be deposited the share of each of the constituent public…

NRS 496.250 Actions declared to be public and governmental functions; immunity. 1. The acquisition of any land or interest therein pursuant to this chapter, the planning, acquisition, establishment, development, construction, improvement, maintenance, equipment, operation, regula…

NRS 496.260 Property and income exempt from taxation. 1. Any property in this state acquired by a municipality for airport purposes pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and any income derived by such municipality from the ownership, operation or control thereof, shall be e…

NRS 496.270 Incidental powers. In addition to the general and special powers conferred by this chapter, every municipality is authorized to exercise such powers as are necessarily incidental to the exercise of such general and special powers. [26:215:1947; 1943 NCL § 293.45]

NRS 496.280 Provisions of chapter do not limit municipal power to regulate airport hazards. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to limit any right, power or authority of a municipality to regulate airport hazards by zoning. [27:215:1947; 1943 NCL § 293.46]

NRS 496.290 Uniformity of interpretation and construction of chapter. This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to make uniform so far as possible the laws and regulations of this State and other states and of the Government of the United States having to do with the …