Title 20

NRS 244A.047 “Public body” defined. “Public body” means the State, or any agency, instrumentality or corporation thereof, or any municipality, county, school district, other type district, or any other political subdivision or body corporate and politic of the State. (Added to NR…

NRS 244A.048 “Revenues of a lending project” defined. “Revenues of a lending project” means any money, except the proceeds of taxes levied by the county, received by the county pursuant to any lending project, including, without limitation: 1. Money derived from any source of rev…

NRS 244A.049 “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 244A.0505 “Sewerage project” defined. “Sewerage project” means facilities pertaining to a county sanitary sewerage system for the collection, interception, transportation, treatment, purification and disposal of sewage, liquid wastes, solid wastes, night soil and industrial w…

NRS 244A.051 “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 1965, 639)

NRS 244A.053 “Street project” defined. “Street project” means any street, avenue, boulevard, alley, highway or other public right-of-way used for any vehicular traffic, and including a sidewalk designed primarily for use by pedestrians, including, without limitation, grades, regr…

NRS 244A.055 “Underpass project” defined. “Underpass project” means any tunnel, tube or other structure or facilities for the transportation of pedestrians, motor and other vehicles, and utility lines, under any street, stream, railroad tracks, and any other way or place, includi…

NRS 244A.0555 “Wastewater authority” defined. “Wastewater authority” means an entity that is created by cooperative agreement pursuant to chapter 277 of NRS, the functions of which include sanitation and sewerage, the treatment and disposal of wastewater, or the development and r…

NRS 244A.056 “Water project” defined. “Water project” means facilities pertaining to a county water system for the collection, transportation, treatment, purification and distribution of water, including, without limitation, springs, wells, ponds, lakes, water rights, other raw w…

NRS 244A.057 General powers of board of county commissioners. Any board, upon behalf of the county and in its name, may acquire, improve, equip, operate and maintain, within the county: 1. A building project; 2. A drainage and flood control project; 3. A flood management project;…

NRS 244A.058 Power of board of county commissioners of county whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000 to acquire, lease, improve, equip, operate and maintain minor league baseball stadium project; issuance of revenue bonds. 1. A board that has adopted an ordinan…

NRS 244A.0585 Power of board of county commissioners of county whose population is more than 700,000 to acquire, improve, equip, operate and maintain performing arts center; issuance of revenue bonds. 1. A board that has adopted an ordinance imposing a fee pursuant to NRS 244A.86…

NRS 244A.0587 Power of board of county commissioners of county to acquire, improve and equip sewerage project or water project; issuance of special obligation bonds. 1. Subject to the provisions of chapter 350 of NRS, any board, upon behalf of the county and in its name, may issu…

NRS 244A.059 County’s general obligation bonds; county’s debt limit. 1. Subject to the provisions of chapter 350 of NRS, any board, upon behalf of the county and in its name, may issue the county’s general obligation bonds to acquire, improve and equip, or any combination thereof…

NRS 244A.061 Payment of bonds additionally secured by pledge of certain revenues. The payment of any bonds issued hereunder may be additionally secured by a pledge of all or part of any revenues derived from: 1. The operation of any project herein authorized and from any other in…

NRS 244A.063 Fees, rates and charges: Establishment, maintenance and revision of schedules. In order to acquire, improve, equip, operate and maintain a project specified in NRS 244A.057 and to ensure the payment, wholly or in part, of the general obligation bonds or revenue bonds…

NRS 244A.064 Lending projects: Powers of county. In connection with any lending project, a county may: 1. Require additional security or credit enhancement for payment of municipal securities acquired as it deems prudent. 2. Make contracts and execute all necessary or desirable i…

NRS 244A.065 Construction and effect of County 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 app…

NRS 244A.252 Transportation districts: Powers of board of county commissioners; limitations on special elections; budget; employees. 1. A board of county commissioners may by ordinance, but not as in a case of emergency, create one or more transportation districts in the unincorp…

NRS 244A.254 Boundaries of transportation district. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a board of county commissioners which establishes a transportation district shall establish the boundaries of the district and may alter those boundaries by ordinance. 2. The boun…

NRS 244A.256 Pledge of money for payment of obligations issued for certain projects. 1. A county may pledge any money received from the proceeds of taxes imposed pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 244.3351 or paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 278.710 or pursuant …

NRS 244A.291 Legislative declaration. It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination that the acquisition, improvement, equipment, operation and maintenance of any street beautification project is in the public interest and is of special benefit to the property as…

NRS 244A.333 “Street beautification project” defined. As used in NRS 244A.291 to 244A.343, inclusive, “street beautification project” means the beautification of any street, avenue, boulevard, alley, parkway, highway or other public right-of-way used primarily for vehicular traff…

NRS 244A.343 General powers of board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners of each county, upon behalf of the county and in its name, without any election, may from time to time: 1. Acquire, improve, equip, operate and maintain one or more street beautificati…

NRS 244A.441 Power of board of county commissioners. In addition to powers elsewhere conferred upon the board of county commissioners, the board of county commissioners of any county is authorized and empowered: 1. To establish, construct, purchase, otherwise acquire, improve and…

NRS 244A.445 Issuance of general obligation or revenue bonds. For any such purpose, the board, at any time or from time to time, in the name and on the behalf of the county may: 1. Issue: (a) General obligation bonds, payable from taxes; and (b) General obligation bonds, payable …

NRS 244A.447 Applicability of Local Government Securities Law. Subject to the provisions of NRS 244A.445, for any recreational facilities authorized in NRS 244A.441 to 244A.453, inclusive, the board of any county may, on the behalf and in the name of the county, borrow money, oth…

NRS 244A.449 Sale of bonds; employment of expert services. The board is authorized to sell such bonds from time to time at public or private sale, as the board may determine. The board may employ legal, fiscal, engineering, or other expert services in connection with the acquisit…

NRS 244A.451 Revenue or general obligation bonds secured by pledge of revenues: Establishment, maintenance and revision of schedules of rates and fees. In order to insure the payment of the revenue bonds of the county or of the general obligation bonds of the county, the payment …

NRS 244A.453 Bonding limit. No county shall ever become indebted for such county recreational purposes under the provisions of NRS 244A.441 to 244A.453, inclusive, by the issuance of such general obligation bonds and other general obligation securities (other than any notes or wa…

NRS 244A.455 Short title. NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573, inclusive, may be cited as the County Sewage and Wastewater Law. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1726; A 1975, 1336)

NRS 244A.457 Applicability to county whose population is 700,000 or more. NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573, inclusive, applies to any county whose population is 700,000 or more. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1726; A 1975, 1336; 1979, 520; 1989, 1902; 2011, 1117)

NRS 244A.459 Legislative determinations. It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination that: 1. It is essential to the maintenance of the public health, welfare and orderly local government that each county to which NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573, inclusive, pertain be…

NRS 244A.461 Definitions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573, inclusive, the definitions provided in the Local Government Securities Law apply to county securities issued hereunder and the definitions provided in the State Securities Law apply to state se…

NRS 244A.463 “Advisory committee” defined. “Advisory committee” means the county sewage and wastewater advisory committee. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1727)

NRS 244A.465 “Board” defined. “Board,” when not otherwise qualified, means the board of county commissioners of the county. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1727)

NRS 244A.467 “Bond requirements” defined. “Bond requirements” means the principal of, any prior redemption premiums due in connection with, and the interest on designated bonds or other securities. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1727)

NRS 244A.469 “County” defined. “County” means any county as described in NRS 244A.457. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1727)

NRS 244A.471 “County securities” defined. “County securities” means the securities authorized to be issued by the county pursuant to NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573, inclusive. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1728; A 1975, 1338; 1977, 21)

NRS 244A.473 “Discharge” defined. “Discharge” means any addition of a pollutant or pollutants to water. (Added to NRS by 1975, 1334)

NRS 244A.475 “Facilities” defined. “Facilities” means the facilities of the State, county or other designated public body used or suitable for use for the control, collection, disposal and treatment of all sources of pollution, whether or not they are point sources, including, bu…

NRS 244A.477 “Hereby,” “herein,” “hereinabove,” “hereinafter,” “hereof,” “hereunder,” “herewith,” “heretofore” and “hereafter” defined. 1. “Hereby,” “herein,” “hereinabove,” “hereinafter,” “hereof,” “hereunder,” “herewith,” or any term of similar import, refers to NRS 244A.455 to…

NRS 244A.479 “Newspaper” defined. “Newspaper” means a newspaper printed at least once each calendar week. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1728)

NRS 244A.481 “Point source” defined. “Point source” means any discernible, confined and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation, or vessel …

NRS 244A.483 “Pollutant” defined. “Pollutant”: 1. Means dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and indu…

NRS 244A.485 “Pollution” defined. “Pollution” means the artificially made or artificially induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological and radiological integrity of water. (Added to NRS by 1975, 1334)