Title 20

NRS 244A.495 Remedial action required when standards of water quality or conditions of permit to discharge pollutants violated. If any officer of this state or of the Federal Government who is empowered by law to determine the existence of violations of water quality standards wh…

NRS 244A.497 Technical advisory committee. 1. In each county there shall be appointed a technical advisory committee to be designated as the county sewage and wastewater advisory committee. 2. The advisory committee consists of two members appointed by the board, three members ap…

NRS 244A.499 Procedure for acquisition of facilities. 1. The county, the State, or both, acting through the board, may construct, otherwise acquire, improve, equip, relocate, repair, maintain and operate the facilities or any part thereof for the benefit of the State, the county …

NRS 244A.501 Acquisition of competing facilities prohibited; acquisition of properties of other public bodies. 1. The county, the State, or both, shall not acquire as a part of the facilities any properties which at the time of their acquisition compete in any area with then exis…

NRS 244A.503 Approval of preliminary plans for facilities. 1. Before the State acting through the board, or the county, prepares or causes to be prepared plans, specifications or other documents for the construction, other acquisition, improvement or equipment of any work or othe…

NRS 244A.505 Approval of plans and specifications for facilities. 1. Before the State acting through the board, or the county, constructs, otherwise acquires, improves or equips any work or other real property for the facilities of the State or the county except repairs, major re…

NRS 244A.507 Methods of funding county’s acquisition of facilities. The county may also for the purpose of acquiring facilities: 1. Borrow money and issue county securities evidencing any loan to or amount due by the county, provide for and secure the payment of any county securi…

NRS 244A.509 General powers of county in relation to facilities. The county may in relation to the facilities: 1. Hire and retain officers, agents, employees, engineers and any other persons, permanent or temporary, necessary or desirable to effect the purposes hereof, defray any…

NRS 244A.511 Additional powers of county: Contracts and agreements with public agencies and others. The county may also in relation to the county facilities: 1. Enter, without any election, into joint operating or service contracts and agreements, acquisition, improvement, equipm…

NRS 244A.513 Methods of funding State’s acquisition of facilities. The State, acting through the board, may also for the purpose of acquiring facilities: 1. Borrow money and issue state securities evidencing any loan to or amount due by the State, provide for and secure the payme…

NRS 244A.515 General powers of State in relation to facilities. The State, acting through the board, may in relation to the facilities of the State: 1. Acquire office space, equipment, services, supplies, fire and extended coverage insurance, use and occupancy insurance, workers’…

NRS 244A.517 Additional powers of State: Contract with county for employment of county’s personnel. The State, acting through the Governor, may, in relation to state facilities, contract with the county for it to hire and retain officers, agents, employees, engineers and any othe…

NRS 244A.519 Additional powers of State: Contracts and agreements with public agencies and others. The State, acting through the Governor, may also in relation to state facilities: 1. Enter into and perform joint operating or service contracts and agreements, acquisition, improve…

NRS 244A.521 Additional powers of county or State: Acquisition and operation of facilities. The county, or the State acting through the board, may also: 1. Enter upon any land, make surveys, borings, soundings and examinations, and locate the necessary works of any project and an…

NRS 244A.523 Powers of other public bodies. The governing body of any public body, upon its behalf and in its name, for the purpose of aiding and cooperating in any project herein authorized, upon the terms and with or without consideration and without an election, may: 1. Sell, …

NRS 244A.525 Extraterritorial powers and rights of officer, agent or employee of State, county or other public body. All of the powers, privileges, immunities and rights, exemptions from laws, ordinances and rules, all pension, relief, disability, workers’ compensation and other …

NRS 244A.527 Manner of exercising board’s powers pertaining to State’s facilities and securities. The board, in connection with powers which it exercises hereunder and pertaining to any state facilities or state securities, or both, shall exercise such powers in the same manner a…

NRS 244A.529 Power of board to invest money. The board may invest or cause to be invested all money, whether federal, state, county or other, which may come into its possession under NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573, inclusive, in the manner provided by law for the investment of county f…

NRS 244A.531 Power of board to levy and collect general taxes. In addition to the other means for providing revenue to defray the costs of the activities and projects authorized by NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573, inclusive, and to meet general obligation bond requirements, the board sh…

NRS 244A.533 Power of county or State to fix and collect service charges. 1. The county, or the State acting through the board, may fix, modify and collect or cause to be collected service charges for direct or indirect connection with, or the use or services of, the facilities o…

NRS 244A.535 Contracts for billing and collection of service charges. The county, or the State acting through the board, may enter into a written contract with any public body or person providing for the billing and collection by such public body or person of any of the service c…

NRS 244A.537 Service charges payable constitute general obligations; debt limits unaffected. The Legislature has determined and does hereby declare that the obligations arising from time to time of the State or any public body to pay service charges fixed in connection with the c…

NRS 244A.539 Enforcement of collection of service charges by requiring tax levy. 1. The county, or the State acting through the board, may enforce the collection of service charges made thereby to any public body which fails to pay such charges within 90 days after they become du…

NRS 244A.541 Collection of service charges on tax roll: Election of alternative procedure. 1. The board may elect to have service charges for county or state facilities for the forthcoming fiscal year collected on the tax roll in the same manner, by the same persons and at the sa…

NRS 244A.543 Collection of service charges on tax roll: Notice of filing report and of time and place of hearing. 1. Before the board may have service charges collected on the tax roll, the board shall cause a notice in writing of the filing of the report proposing to have such c…

NRS 244A.545 Collection of service charges on tax roll: Hearings; final report. 1. At the time stated in the notice, the board shall hear and consider all objections or protests, if any, to the report referred to in the notice and may continue the hearing from time to time. If th…

NRS 244A.547 Collection of service charges on tax roll: Lien; tax bill; applicability of laws pertaining to levy, collection and enforcement of general taxes. 1. The amount of service charges to be collected on the tax roll constitutes a lien against the lot or parcel of land aga…

NRS 244A.549 Lien for unpaid service charges. 1. Until paid, all service charges of the county or the State charged to any person owning or occupying real property in the county constitute a perpetual lien against the property served, superior to all liens, claims and titles othe…

NRS 244A.551 Basic penalty for nonpayment of service charges. The board may provide for a basic penalty for nonpayment of service charges within the time and in the manner prescribed by it. The basic penalty shall not be more than 10 percent of each month’s charges for the first …

NRS 244A.553 Collection of delinquent service charges and penalties imposed by civil action. The county, or the State acting through the board, may collect delinquent service charges and penalties due from the Federal Government, the State, the county, any public body or any pers…

NRS 244A.555 Acquisition and transfer of certain facilities on behalf of State; funding of acquisition; recommendations by advisory committee for studies. 1. The board, on behalf of and in the name of the State of Nevada, may: (a) Acquire, hold, operate, maintain and improve the …

NRS 244A.557 Service charges for sewerage. Although the board is empowered on behalf of the State to issue general obligation securities, the board shall assess the costs of the project against the users thereof through sewer service charges collected by or on behalf of the board…

NRS 244A.559 Liability of county or State on its securities and other obligations. 1. The payment of county or state securities or any other obligations of the county or State shall not be secured by an encumbrance, mortgage or other pledge of property of the county or State, exc…

NRS 244A.561 No recourse based on securities against director, officer or agent of county or State. No recourse may be had for the payment of the principal of, any interest on, or any prior redemption premiums due in connection with any bonds or other county or state securities o…

NRS 244A.563 Faith of State pledged not to impair securities. The faith of the State is hereby pledged that NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573, inclusive, any law supplemental or otherwise pertaining thereto, and any other act concerning the bonds or other county or state securities, taxes…

NRS 244A.565 Contracts not binding on State until approved by Governor; exception. Any contract, except a construction contract, entered into pursuant to the provisions of NRS 244A.555 for facilities as defined in NRS 244A.475 is not binding upon the State until executed or other…

NRS 244A.567 County’s officers to effectuate provisions of County Sewage and Wastewater Law. The officers of the county are authorized and directed to take all action necessary or appropriate to effectuate the provisions of NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573, inclusive. (Added to NRS by 19…

NRS 244A.569 County Sewage and Wastewater Law constitutes full authority for exercise of powers granted. 1. NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573, inclusive, without reference to other statutes of the State, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, constitute full authority for the exer…

NRS 244A.571 Areawide waste management plan: Development; required elements. 1. The officers of the county shall develop an areawide waste management plan pursuant to NRS 244A.459, subject to the approval of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The county o…

NRS 244A.573 Areawide waste management plan: Ordinances and regulations; enforcement. 1. The county shall adopt all necessary ordinances, regulations and policies to effectuate the adopted areawide waste management plan described in subsection 1 of NRS 244A.571. 2. All ordinances…

NRS 244A.597 County’s powers concerning recreational facilities. 1. In addition to powers elsewhere conferred upon counties, any county is authorized and empowered: (a) To establish, construct, purchase, otherwise acquire, reconstruct, improve, extend and better fairgrounds, expo…

NRS 244A.599 County fair and recreation boards: Creation; number, appointment and terms of members in county whose population is less than 100,000. 1. Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county or the Board of Supervisors of Carson City desires the powers granted in…

NRS 244A.601 County fair and recreation board in county whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000: Number, appointment and terms of members; vacancies. 1. In any county whose population is 100,000 or more, and less than 700,000, the county fair and recreation boar…

NRS 244A.603 County fair and recreation board in county whose population is 700,000 or more: Number, appointment and terms of members; vacancies. 1. In any county whose population is 700,000 or more, the county fair and recreation board consists of 14 members selected as follows:…

NRS 244A.605 Vacancies; reorganization of board. 1. Whenever a vacancy occurs among the members of any county fair and recreation board by reason of resignation, death, expiration of a member’s elected term of office, an increase in population, or otherwise, the vacancy must be f…

NRS 244A.607 Name of board: Designation; use. Each county fair and recreation board may, by resolution, designate the name by which the fair and recreation board of that county shall be known, and the name designated may contain the name of the largest incorporated city within th…