Title 44

NRS 495.120 Notice of hearing: Service; publication. The corporation shall cause all the occupants and owners of the tract or tracts of land, so far as the same can be ascertained by reasonable diligence, who reside in the county, to be notified personally of the pendency of the …

NRS 495.130 Appointment of commissioners; vacancies. 1. The defendants to the petition may appear and show cause against the petition, on or before the time for the hearing thereof, or at such other time to which the hearing may be continued. 2. Upon satisfactory proof being made…

NRS 495.140 Meeting of commissioners. 1. The court shall appoint the time and place for the first meeting of the commissioners, and the time for filing of their report, and may give such further time as may be necessary for that purpose, if they shall not then have completed thei…

NRS 495.150 Hearing; assessment of compensation; reports; adverse claims. 1. The commissioners shall: (a) Proceed to view the several tracts of land as ordered by the court. (b) Hear the allegations and proofs of the parties. (c) Ascertain and assess the compensations for the lan…

NRS 495.160 Motion to set aside report; new trial. The corporation, or any of the defendants, if dissatisfied with the report, may within 20 days after the time for the filing of the report, and after 10 days’ notice to the parties interested, move to set aside the report, and to…

NRS 495.170 Confirmation of reports. Upon the expiration of 20 days after the filing of the report or reports, or at such further time as may be appointed therefor, if the motion and notice shall not have been made and given as provided in NRS 495.160, and if the proceedings of t…

NRS 495.180 Record of reports; amendment of pleadings; costs. 1. Each of the reports and the certificates thereon, upon the compensation therein named being paid, shall be recorded in the recorder’s office of the county by the corporation. 2. The court may make all orders as may …

NRS 495.190 Proceedings when title defective; payment into court. If the title attempted to be acquired by virtue of the provisions of NRS 495.080 to 495.210, inclusive, shall be found to be defective from any cause, the corporation may again institute proceedings to acquire the …

NRS 495.200 Passage of title to corporation; public use. Upon the report of the commissioners being filed for record as provided for in NRS 495.180, and upon the payment or tender of the compensation and costs, as prescribed in NRS 495.080 to 495.210, inclusive, the real property…

NRS 495.210 Payment or tender of compensation. 1. Within 30 days after the final confirmation of the report, the corporation shall, as ordered by the court, pay or tender the sum of money ascertained and assessed by the commissioners as compensation for each tract of land describ…

NRS 496.010 Short title. This chapter may be cited as the Municipal Airports Act. [30:215:1947; 1943 NCL § 293.49]

NRS 496.020 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Air navigation facility” means any facility, other than one owned and operated by the United States, used in, available for use in, or designed for use in, aid of air navigation, includin…

NRS 496.030 Power of municipality to construct and operate airports; acquisition of property. 1. Every municipality may, out of any appropriations or other money made available for such purposes: (a) Plan, establish, develop, construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, operate,…

NRS 496.035 Exemption from and compliance with chapter 625 of NRS. 1. An employee of a municipality who is not licensed as a professional land surveyor pursuant to chapter 625 of NRS may collect information to be used exclusively by the municipality for preliminary planning for d…

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 …

NRS 497.010 Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Airport Zoning Act. [28:205:1947]

NRS 497.020 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Airport” means any area of land or water designed and set aside for the landing and taking off of aircraft and utilized in the interest of the public for such purposes. 2. “Airport hazard…

NRS 497.030 Declaration of policy. 1. It is hereby found that an airport hazard endangers the lives and property of users of the airport and of occupants of land in its vicinity, and also, if of the obstruction type, in effect reduces the size of the area available for the landin…

NRS 497.040 Authority to adopt, administer and enforce airport zoning regulations. In order to prevent the creation or establishment of airport hazards, every political subdivision having an airport hazard area within its territorial limits may adopt, administer and enforce, unde…

NRS 497.050 Creation of joint airport zoning boards by political subdivisions other than airport authorities. 1. Where an airport is owned or controlled by a political subdivision other than an airport authority created by special legislative act as a quasi-municipal corporation,…