Title 48

NRS 539.163 Petition for recall: Contents; required signatures; filing. 1. For the purpose of recalling any director of an irrigation district there shall be first filed with the secretary of the irrigation district from which such director was elected a petition signed by qualif…

NRS 539.165 Petition for recall: Use of copies; verification. The petition may consist of any number of copies thereof, identical in form with the original, except for the signatures and addresses of the residences of the signers. Every copy must be verified by at least one of th…

NRS 539.167 Petition for recall: Director must hold office 6 months. No petition for the recall of any director shall be circulated or filed against any such director until the director has actually held his or her office 6 months. [Part 8:186:1927; NCL § 8213]

NRS 539.170 Special election: Call; when held. Upon the filing of the petition, the board of directors of the irrigation district shall, not sooner than 10 days nor more than 20 days thereafter, issue a call for a special election to be held within 20 days after the issuance of t…

NRS 539.173 Vacancy filled if director resigns; continuance in office if director does not resign. 1. If the director shall offer his or her resignation within 5 days after the filing of the petition, the resignation shall be accepted, and the vacancy thereby caused shall be fill…

NRS 539.175 Removal of signature from recall petition: Procedure. Any signer of a petition to recall a director of a district may, at any time within 5 days after the filing of the petition with the secretary of the irrigation district, have his or her name stricken from the peti…

NRS 539.177 Nominating petitions for successors; filing. 1. Other candidates for the office may be nominated to be voted for at the special election by petition, which petition shall be signed by qualified electors of the district holding the election, equal in number to 35 perce…

NRS 539.180 Recall ballots: Reasons for recall and answer thereto; form of proposal; names of nominees. 1. Upon the ballot for the election there shall be printed verbatim, as set forth in the recall petition, the reason for demanding the recall of the director, and in not more t…

NRS 539.183 Result of recall election: Successor elected or vacancy in office created. 1. If there are other candidates nominated to be voted for at the special election, the candidate who receives the highest number of votes at the special election shall be deemed elected for th…

NRS 539.185 Subsequent recall proceedings barred during director’s term unless previous election expenses paid by petitioners. After one recall petition is filed and a special election held, no further recall petition shall be filed against the same director during the term for w…

NRS 539.187 Applicability of general election laws to recall elections. The general election laws of this state, so far as applicable, shall apply to all elections held under NRS 539.160 to 539.187, inclusive. [11:186:1927; NCL § 8216] Miscellaneous Provisions

NRS 539.188 Special election may be held upon unanimous vote of board of directors. For the purposes of NRS 539.237, 539.240, 539.243, 539.297, 539.380, 539.397, 539.410, 539.417, 539.433, 539.465, 539.545, 539.557, 539.577, 539.587 and 539.690, a special election may be held at …

NRS 539.189 Notice of election for election for issuance of bonds or other securities: Contents. The notice of election for any election held pursuant to this chapter which includes a proposal for the issuance of any bonds or other securities must, in addition to any other requir…

NRS 539.190 General powers of board of directors. The board of directors may: 1. Do any and every lawful act necessary to be done in order to accomplish the things and purposes described in this chapter, including exercising on behalf of the district the powers that are conferred…

NRS 539.193 Agents and employees: Employment and appointment; duties; compensation. The board of directors shall have power to employ and appoint such agents, officers and employees, delegates to conventions, or other representatives in the interest of the district as may be requ…

NRS 539.195 Entry upon land to make surveys and locate works. The board and its agents and employees shall have the right to enter upon any land to make surveys, and may locate the necessary irrigation and other works, and the lines of any canal or canals, and the necessary branc…

NRS 539.197 Contracts. The board of directors shall have power to make and execute all necessary contracts. [Part 10:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1925, 203; 1927, 309; 1951, 55]

NRS 539.200 Contracts of indemnity and guaranty. The board of directors of any district now or hereafter organized under the provisions of this chapter shall have power to enter into contracts of indemnity and guaranty, in such form as may be approved by the board, relating to or…

NRS 539.201 Purchase of liability insurance. An irrigation district may purchase and maintain insurance or make other financial arrangements on behalf of any person who is or was an officer of the irrigation district specified in NRS 539.063 or an agent, officer, employee, delega…

NRS 539.203 Board of directors authorized to sue and to be sued. The board is authorized and empowered to institute, maintain and defend, in the name of the district, any and all actions and proceedings, suits at law and in equity. [11:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3274; NCL § 8022]

NRS 539.205 Annual report to State Engineer; recommendations of State Engineer. 1. At least as often as once a year after the approval of the plans, the board of directors shall make a report to the State Engineer of the progress of the work of the district and whether or not the…

NRS 539.207 Acquisition of property. The board of directors shall have the right to acquire, either by purchase, condemnation or other legal means, all lands, rights and other property necessary for the construction, use and supply, operation, maintenance, repair and improvement …

NRS 539.210 Use of proceeds of bonds for acquisition. In case of purchase of property the bonds of the district provided for in this chapter may be used in payment of not less than 90 percent of their par value and accrued interest. [Part 10:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1925,…

NRS 539.213 Lease of lands for community pasture. 1. The board of directors is empowered, without calling an election therefor, to lease, in the name of the district, lands, from the United States Government or any other person or corporation, that are situate within or without t…

NRS 539.215 Investigations and representations requisite to acquiring control over governmental lands. For the purpose of acquiring control over government lands within the district, and of complying with the provisions of c. 319, 39 Stat. 506, approved August 11, 1916, the board…

NRS 539.217 Conveyance or donation of lands acquired by district. 1. Any lands bought by an irrigation district at a sale for the payment of delinquent taxes or lands otherwise acquired by the district which are not required for the purposes of the district may be donated to the …

NRS 539.220 Construction of works across watercourse, road, railway, conduit or other property; restoration of crossed property. 1. The board of directors shall have the power to construct the works of the district across any stream of water, watercourse, street, avenue, highway,…

NRS 539.223 Rights-of-way over state lands granted; duties of State Engineer and Director of State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. 1. The right-of-way is hereby given, dedicated and set apart for the purpose of locating, constructing, operating and maintaining i…

NRS 539.225 Eminent domain; rules of practice. 1. All irrigation districts organized under the laws of the State of Nevada shall have the right of eminent domain with the power by and through their boards of directors to cause to be condemned and appropriated in the name of and f…

NRS 539.227 Vested rights used in connection with mining or generation of power not to be affected or taken. Vested interests in or to structures, works and property or water rights owned or used in connection with mining or power development shall never be affected by or taken u…

NRS 539.230 Appropriation and distribution; use by irrigation district declared public use; place of use of water. 1. The board of directors may appropriate or otherwise acquire water in accordance with the law, and also construct the necessary dams, reservoirs and works for the …

NRS 539.233 Regulations for distribution and use of water; regulating and measuring devices; distribution of regulations. 1. The board of directors shall have power to establish bylaws, rules and regulations for the distribution and use of water in the district, and to compel wat…

NRS 539.234 Petition for State Engineer to prescribe or clarify rules and regulations relating to distribution and use of water within district. 1. An owner or an association of owners of water rights located in an irrigation district may petition the State Engineer to prescribe …

NRS 539.235 Distribution of water by division or district for appropriate charge. Water may be supplied by contract, agreement or other legal matter by the district or by a division thereof, when such division is created and authorized, to the United States of America, or any dep…

NRS 539.237 Authority to generate, transmit, sell and acquire electric power. 1. The board of directors may: (a) Generate, produce, transmit and sell electric power or electrical energy in any form in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter. (b) Acquire or contract for the de…

NRS 539.240 Election required for approval of certain contracts; notice; ballots; limitation; judicial determination of validity. 1. Any proposal to enter into a contract for the acquisition of electric power and transmission lines or to lease or construct those lines: (a) Of any…

NRS 539.243 Election required for approval of lease of power plant or transmission system owned or controlled by district. No contract for the leasing of any electric power plant or transmission system owned or controlled by the district may be made or entered into by the board o…

NRS 539.245 Authority of board of directors to provide for drainage. 1. To secure complete drainage of the lands within any irrigation district, including field drainage and storm drainage, the board of directors is vested with full power to widen, straighten or deepen any waterc…

NRS 539.255 Award of contract in case of emergency or necessity without advertising for bids. In case of necessity, the board of directors, by unanimous vote of those present at any regular or special meeting, may contract for the construction or repair of any part of the system …

NRS 539.260 Direction and satisfaction of district engineer; approval by board. The work shall be done under the direction and to the satisfaction of the engineer employed by the district and approved by the board. [Part 30:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1925, 203; 1927, 309; NCL § 8043]

NRS 539.263 Contract not to be let unless sufficient money in treasury or payable in district’s bonds. No contract of any kind shall be let by the board of directors unless there is sufficient money in the district treasury at the time such contract is let to pay fully for the wo…

NRS 539.265 When bids may be dispensed with; use of construction fund. On the petition of a majority of the electors of the district, the board of directors may do any construction or repair of any part of the work on behalf of the district without calling for bids, and the board…

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…