Title 42

NRS 474.310 Faith of State of Nevada pledged. The faith of the State of Nevada is pledged that this section and NRS 474.220 and 474.300 shall not be repealed nor the taxation thereby imposed be omitted until all the bonds and coupons issued thereunder and by virtue thereof shall …

NRS 474.320 Title to property vested in district. The title to all property which may have been acquired for a county fire protection district created under the provisions of NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive, shall be vested in the district. [Part 9:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.09]…

NRS 474.323 Formation; approval; evaluation; delegation of evaluation; assistance with funding and operations. 1. Any business entity or cooperative or any two or more persons who own, lease, produce agriculture on or otherwise control or occupy property within a county fire prot…

NRS 474.325 Procedure. The boundaries of any county fire protection district formed under NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive, may be altered and new territory annexed thereto, incorporated and included therein, and made a part thereof in the manner provided in NRS 474.335 to 474.3…

NRS 474.335 Petition: Contents; signatories; publication of notice. The board of directors of any such district, upon receiving a written petition for annexation containing a description of the territory proposed to be annexed (which territory shall be contiguous to the district)…

NRS 474.345 Notice: Contents. 1. The notice shall: (a) State the filing of the petition and the names of the petitioners. (b) Describe the lands mentioned in the petition and in the prayer of the petition. (c) Notify all persons interested in or who may be affected by such change…

NRS 474.355 Petitioners to advance estimated costs of proceedings. The petitioners shall advance to the board sufficient money to pay the estimated costs of all proceedings. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1612)

NRS 474.365 Hearing. 1. At the time and place mentioned in the notice, or at such other time or times to which the hearing of the petition may be adjourned, the board of directors shall proceed to hear the petition and all objections thereto presented in writing by any interested…

NRS 474.375 Payments by petitioners as condition precedent to annexation. The board of directors to whom such petition is presented may require, as a condition precedent to the granting of the same, that the petitioners shall severally pay to the district such respective sums as …

NRS 474.385 Election. 1. If the board of directors deems it in the best interest of the district that the boundaries of the district be changed as proposed or as altered by the exclusion of lands not benefited, the board shall submit the question of the change in boundaries at th…

NRS 474.395 Findings by board following election; inclusion of territory. 1. The returns of the votes cast in the outside territory proposed to be annexed and in the district shall be canvassed separately, and the board of directors shall cause a record of the canvass to be made …

NRS 474.410 Authority to dissolve. Any county fire protection district may be dissolved by the board of county commissioners which formed it as provided in NRS 474.420, 474.430 and 474.440. [Part 11:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.11]

NRS 474.420 Petition of property owners for dissolution; election. Upon receiving a petition signed by 25 percent of the owners of land within the district, requesting the dissolution thereof, the board of county commissioners shall, by resolution, submit the question of whether …

NRS 474.430 Procedure on favorable vote for dissolution; when dissolution complete. 1. If it appears that a majority of the owners of land voting at the election have voted in favor of dissolution, the board of directors of the district shall: (a) Cause such facts to be entered u…

NRS 474.440 Levy of taxes for payment of outstanding or bonded indebtedness after dissolution. If at the time of the dissolution of the district there shall be any outstanding or bonded indebtedness of the district, then taxes for the payment of such bonds or other indebtedness s…

NRS 474.450 Disposition of property on dissolution. Whenever any county fire protection district shall be dissolved, all property thereof shall be subject to the provisions of NRS 474.520. [Part 9:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.09]—(NRS A 1965, 25) DISTRICTS CREATED BY BOARD OF COUNTY…

NRS 474.460 Organization of district in unincorporated areas; powers, governing body and officers of district. 1. All territory in each county or consolidated municipality not included in any other fire protection district, except incorporated areas other than consolidated munici…

NRS 474.470 Duties of board of fire commissioners. The board of fire commissioners shall: 1. Manage and conduct the business and affairs of districts organized pursuant to the provisions of NRS 474.460 or 474.533. 2. Adopt and enforce all rules and regulations necessary for the a…

NRS 474.480 Coordination of protective activities; duties of State Forester Firewarden. 1. The board of fire commissioners shall plan for the prevention and extinguishment of fires in the territory of the county described by NRS 474.460 and 474.533, in cooperation with the State …

NRS 474.490 Cooperation with State Forester Firewarden and other agencies to prevent and suppress fires in wild lands; authorized expenditures. The board of fire commissioners shall cooperate with the State Forester Firewarden and other agencies as provided in NRS 472.040 to 472.…

NRS 474.495 Provision of emergency medical services; purchase, acquisition, lease, operation and maintenance of ambulances; purchase of insurance; employment of trained personnel. The board of fire commissioners of a district organized pursuant to NRS 474.460 or 474.533 may: 1. P…

NRS 474.500 District fire chief: Appointment, qualifications and duties; cooperative agreements; support of volunteer fire departments. 1. The board of fire commissioners may appoint a district fire chief who is adequately trained and experienced in fire control. A district fire …

NRS 474.510 Preparation of annual budget; levy, collection and use of taxes; limitation on levy; deposit of money in operating and emergency funds. 1. The board of fire commissioners shall prepare an annual budget in accordance with the provisions of NRS 354.470 to 354.626, inclu…

NRS 474.511 Acquisition of properties by district. Any district organized pursuant to NRS 474.460 or 474.533, acting by and through the board of fire commissioners, by resolution may at any time or from time to time acquire: 1. A system of waterworks, hydrants and supplies of wat…

NRS 474.5115 Title to property vested in district. The title to all property which may have been acquired for a district organized pursuant to NRS 474.460 or 474.533 must be vested in the district. (Added to NRS by 2007, 1301; A 2015, 183)

NRS 474.512 Issuance of bonds and other securities for acquisition of property. For the purpose of defraying the cost of the acquisition of any properties authorized by NRS 474.511, the board of fire commissioners, on the behalf and in the name of any district organized pursuant …

NRS 474.514 Limit on indebtedness. No indebtedness, as defined in NRS 350.586, including outstanding indebtedness, shall be incurred by any district organized pursuant to NRS 474.460 or 474.533 in an aggregate principal amount exceeding 5 percent of the total last assessed valuat…

NRS 474.515 Levy and collection of tax to pay principal and interest on general obligations; applicability of Local Government Securities Law. 1. An annual general (ad valorem) tax must be levied upon all property, both real and personal, subject to taxation within the district a…

NRS 474.517 Payment of claims against district. All accounts, bills and demands against a district organized pursuant to NRS 474.460 or 474.533 must be audited, allowed and paid by the board of fire commissioners by warrants drawn on the county treasurer or the treasurer of the d…

NRS 474.518 Rangeland fire protection associations: Formation; approval; evaluation; delegation of evaluation; assistance with funding and operations. 1. Any business entity or cooperative or any two or more persons who own, lease, produce agriculture on or otherwise control or o…

NRS 474.520 Dissolution of districts created by election; territory subject to control by county commissioners; retention and use of property. Upon dissolution of any fire protection district organized under NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive, as provided by NRS 474.410 to 474.450…

NRS 474.532 Consolidation of districts: Declaration of public policy of State. It is the public policy of the State of Nevada and the purpose of NRS 474.533, in a county whose population is less than 700,000, to promote: 1. Efficiency in fire fighting and emergency medical servic…

NRS 474.533 Consolidation of districts: Requirements; initiation; approval; recording; debts and assets; taxation of property. 1. The board of county commissioners of a county whose population is less than 700,000 may consolidate two or more fire protection districts organized pu…

NRS 474.535 Reorganization into district created by election. 1. A fire protection district established pursuant to NRS 474.460 to 474.540, inclusive, which has been in existence for at least 10 years, may be reorganized as a fire protection district subject to the provisions of …

NRS 474.537 Reorganization of district as general improvement district to furnish fire protection facilities. 1. A fire protection district organized pursuant to NRS 474.460 or 474.533 may reorganize as a district created wholly or in part for the purpose of furnishing fire prote…

NRS 474.540 Activities of district to be separate from activities of other political subdivisions. The activities of each district organized in accordance with NRS 474.460 or 474.533 shall be separate and apart from county activities and any other political subdivision in this St…

NRS 474.550 Liability of person, firm, association or agency causing fire or other emergency; immunity; exception. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 527.126, within the boundaries of any fire protection district created pursuant to this chapter, any person, …

NRS 474.565 Adjustment of boundaries of contiguous fire protection districts within county. 1. The boundaries of two or more contiguous fire protection districts located within a county and organized pursuant to NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive, 474.460 or 474.533 may be adjuste…

NRS 474.570 Dissolution of district which is entirely within boundaries of district for county fire department. A board of county commissioners shall dissolve any fire protection district created pursuant to the provisions of this chapter whenever all the territory within the dis…

NRS 474.580 Elimination of fire hazards. 1. Any owner of lands within a fire protection district created pursuant to this chapter shall eliminate and remove a fire hazard on the owner’s property when directed to do so by the board. 2. If the owner does not comply within the time …

NRS 474.590 Chapter does not authorize operation of ambulance in any area for which exclusive franchise for ambulance service has been granted by or on behalf of county, city or town. Nothing in this chapter authorizes any person, firm, corporation, association, government, gover…

NRS 475.010 Willful or negligent failure to guard or extinguish fire; penalty. Every person who willfully or negligently sets or fails to guard carefully or extinguish any fire, whether on the person’s own land or the land of another, whereby the timber or property of another is …

NRS 475.020 Willful or negligent leaving of fire burning or unexhausted in campsite or in open; penalty. Every person who, upon departing from camp or from any fire started by the person in the open, willfully or negligently leaves the fire or fires burning or unexhausted, or fai…

NRS 475.030 Willful or negligent throwing or placing of burning cigarette or other material; throwing burning cigarette or other material from moving vehicle; penalty. 1. It is unlawful for any person willfully or negligently: (a) To throw or place any lighted cigarette, cigar, a…

NRS 475.040 Destruction of timber, crops or vegetation by fire caused by gross negligence; criminal penalty; civil action. Every person who, with gross negligence, lights a fire for any purpose along the road through any woodland, or upon the same, or at any other place in the op…

NRS 475.050 Smoking in building on which notice posted prohibiting smoking; penalty. Every person who lights a pipe, cigar or cigarette in, or who enters with a lighted pipe, cigar or cigarette, any mill or other building on which is posted in a conspicuous place over and near ea…