Title 48

NRS 539.267 Performance of acts necessary to carry out enlarged powers. The board of directors shall generally perform all such acts as shall be necessary to carry out the enlarged powers enumerated in NRS 539.270, 539.273 and 539.333. [Part 55:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3288; NCL § 807…

NRS 539.270 General powers. In addition to the powers with which irrigation districts are or may be vested under the laws of the State, irrigation districts shall have the following powers: 1. To cooperate and contract with the United States under the Federal Reclamation Act of J…

NRS 539.273 Purposes of cooperation and contract. The cooperation and contract authorized by NRS 539.270 may be for any or all of the following purposes: 1. Construction of works, whether for irrigation or drainage, or both. 2. Acquisition, purchase, extension, operation or maint…

NRS 539.275 Provisions includable in contract. The board of directors may enter into obligations or contracts with the United States for the purposes designated in NRS 539.273, and may provide therein: 1. For the delivery and distribution of water to the lands of such district un…

NRS 539.277 Bonds: Transfer to or deposit with United States; payment of interest and principal; rate of interest; call for repayment. 1. When a contract has been or may hereafter be made with the United States, bonds of the district may be transferred to or deposited with the Un…

NRS 539.280 Payment in installments; rate of interest; assessment and levy; lien. 1. The contract with the United States may also call for the payment of the amount or any part thereof to be paid by the district to the United States at such times and in such installments and with…

NRS 539.283 Distribution and apportionment of water; refusal of service to delinquent land; assessment to maintain existing works. 1. All water delivered to the district or the right to the use of which is acquired by the district, under any contract with the United States, shall…

NRS 539.285 Rent or lease of water. Districts cooperating with the United States may rent or lease water to private lands, entrymen or municipalities in the neighborhood of the district in pursuance of the contract with the United States. [Part 55:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3288; NCL § …

NRS 539.287 Dissolution of district or change of boundaries: Consent of Secretary of Interior; excluded areas free from liens and charges. 1. When a contract shall have been entered into and is in force and effect between the United States and any irrigation district, the distric…

NRS 539.290 Collection of money or action as fiscal agent of United States: Acceptance of appointment; duties, liabilities and powers of district. The board of directors may accept on behalf of the district an appointment of the district as fiscal agent of the United States, or a…

NRS 539.293 Additional bonds of district officers: When required; inspection of district books by federal agents. 1. In any case where an irrigation district is appointed fiscal agent of the United States in connection with any federal reclamation project, or by the United States…

NRS 539.295 Conveyance of property to United States. Any rights-of-way or other property owned or acquired by the district may be conveyed by the board to the United States insofar as the same may be needed for the construction, operation and maintenance of works by the United St…

NRS 539.297 Authorization of proposal to enter into contract. Any proposal to enter into a contract with the United States for the repayment of money for construction, the cost of a water supply, the operation and maintenance of existing works, or the acquisition of property, and…

NRS 539.300 Notice of election: Contents. Notice of the election provided for in NRS 539.297 shall contain, in addition to the information required in the case of an ordinary bond election: 1. A statement of the maximum amount of money to be payable to the United States for const…

NRS 539.303 Ballots: Form. The ballots at the election shall contain a brief statement of the general purpose of the contract and the amount of the obligation to be assumed, with the words “Contract—Yes,” and “Contract—No,” or “Contract and bonds—Yes,” and “Contract and bonds—No,…

NRS 539.305 Validation proceedings. The board of directors may submit any contract or proposed contract and bond issue to the district court of the county wherein is located the office of the board to determine the validity thereof and the authority of the board to enter into suc…

NRS 539.307 Directors relieved of certain duties; adoption of surveys and plans made by United States. The board of directors of a district is relieved from the duties imposed upon it in NRS 539.255, 539.260, 539.263 and 539.540 to 539.557, inclusive, insofar as the same may not …

NRS 539.310 Payments from revenue derived from annual assessments upon real property; property liable to assessment and levy. All payments due or to become due to the United States under any contract between the district and the United States, including such payments of interest …

NRS 539.313 Annual levy or imposition of tolls or charges to meet payments. The board of directors annually shall levy an assessment or impose and cause to be collected tolls or charges sufficient to raise the money necessary to meet all payments when due as provided in the contr…

NRS 539.315 Apportionment of assessment in accordance with benefits; ascertainment of benefits. 1. The assessment required in any year to meet the payment due to the United States under the contract may be in accord with an apportionment of benefits made in or in pursuance of suc…

NRS 539.317 Assessment of federal public land. Public lands of the United States within any district shall be subject to assessment for all purposes of this chapter to the extent provided for by the Act of Congress approved August 11, 1916, entitled “An Act to promote reclamation…

NRS 539.320 Obligation of district in case of default of land. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to relieve the district from its obligation to pay as a district in case of the default of any land, unless so provided by the contract between the district and the…

NRS 539.323 Money paid to district treasury and held in United States Contract Fund; disposition of surplus. 1. All moneys collected in pursuance of the contract by assessment and levies or otherwise, and to be paid to the United States, shall be paid into the district treasury a…

NRS 539.325 Contracts for release of mortgages or liens; assumption by district of indebtedness due United States; apportionment of benefits; collection and payment of taxes and assessments. 1. The board of directors may also provide by contract with the United States for the rel…

NRS 539.327 Exclusion of district division outside scope of contract. When an irrigation district comprises lands which are or may be served by works constructed by the United States, and a contract is proposed to be entered into with the United States for the operation and maint…

NRS 539.330 Contracts of district divisions with United States. Divisions of a district may contract with the United States in the manner provided in NRS 539.405 to 539.420, inclusive. [Part 63:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3291; NCL § 8081] Cooperation With Counties

NRS 539.333 General power; purposes. 1. In addition to the powers with which irrigation districts are or may be vested under the laws of the State, irrigation districts shall have the power to cooperate and contract with the county or counties in which any of the lands of the dis…

NRS 539.335 Authority to enter into agreements with districts in adjoining states. It shall be lawful for irrigation districts organized or existing under or by virtue of the laws of the State of Nevada to enter into agreements with contiguous adjoining irrigation districts in ot…

NRS 539.337 Written contracts or resolutions. Such agreements may be evidenced by written contracts executed on behalf of the board of directors or trustees of each respective district or by resolutions entered upon their respective minutes. [Part 2:188:1919; 1919 RL p. 3307; NCL…

NRS 539.340 Recordation of contracts and resolutions. Such contracts or certified copies thereof and certified copies of such resolutions shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder in each county in which is situated any of the lands of the districts or any of the res…

NRS 539.343 Provisions as to ownership of property. Such agreements may provide for joint or several ownership or ownership in common of the property necessary or convenient for the purposes of NRS 539.335 to 539.353, inclusive, and may provide for the terms and conditions under …

NRS 539.345 Trial of disputes and enforcement of rights. Any rights or disputes arising out of or from the agreements may be tried before and enforced by any court of competent jurisdiction in this state. [Part 3:188:1919; 1919 RL p. 3308; NCL § 8234]

NRS 539.347 Meeting in adjoining state valid. Any meeting of the board of directors of any such district, held in conjunction with the board of directors of the cooperating district, in the office of such district in the adjoining state, if duly and regularly called as required b…

NRS 539.350 Diversion of water. It shall be lawful for the purposes of such cooperative action to divert water from this state for impounding in the adjoining state or otherwise for distribution to the lands of the cooperating districts, regardless of the state in which such land…

NRS 539.353 Holding of property in this state or in adjoining state. So far as may be necessary for fully carrying out the purposes of NRS 539.335 to 539.353, inclusive, such cooperating district in the adjoining state may hold title to property in this state, and such cooperatin…

NRS 539.355 Foreign irrigation district authorized to acquire land by purchase or condemnation; conditions. Any irrigation district heretofore organized and existing under the laws of any state adjoining the State of Nevada, which is now qualified to do business in the State of N…

NRS 539.357 Use of land declared public use. The use of any land and the necessity therefor within the State of Nevada for either, any or all of the purposes specified in NRS 539.355 and 539.360 is hereby declared to be a public use. [2:180:1941; 1931 NCL § 8258.01]

NRS 539.360 Provisions applicable if reciprocal rights granted. The provisions of NRS 539.355 and 539.357 shall apply to irrigation districts organized and existing under the laws of an adjoining state only when such adjoining state grants like rights and privileges in that state…

NRS 539.363 Power of division to construct improvements. Any one of the several divisions of a district may provide for the construction of local drains, laterals, electric power and electric transmission lines, or for the leasing and acquisition of electric power and electric tr…

NRS 539.365 Petition to district directors: Contents; appointment of local board. Upon presentation to the board of directors of the district of a petition, signed by a majority of the electors of such division representing at least one-half of the total acreage thereof, describi…

NRS 539.367 Local board: Composition; terms of office; vacancies. 1. One local director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected at the next biennial district election and qualifies, and the other local director shall hold office until his or her successor is elect…

NRS 539.370 Compensation of local directors. Each member of the local board of a division shall receive $5 per day for each day in attending meetings of the board, or while engaged in official business under the order of the board. [Part 49:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1951, …

NRS 539.373 Powers of local board concerning improvements. The local board may provide for the local undertakings named in NRS 539.363, being authorized for that purpose, insofar as applicable, to exercise the powers and perform the duties granted to or imposed upon the board of …

NRS 539.375 Board of directors of district may incur debts and issue warrants; limitations; assessments. 1. The board of directors of the district may: (a) Incur an indebtedness not exceeding, in the aggregate, the sum of $15,000, and not exceeding the estimated cost of prelimina…

NRS 539.377 Plans and estimates of local undertakings: Preparation; statement of source of money; statement of purposes. The local board shall thereupon prepare plans and estimates of the local undertakings proposed to be accomplished by such division, stating therein whether the…

NRS 539.380 Filing of plans and estimates or statement with district secretary; request for election. The plans and estimates or statement must be filed with the secretary of the district, accompanied by a request of the local board that the question of whether to authorize the p…