Title 35

NRS 403.050 Rules and regulations. The board of county highway commissioners is empowered to make rules and regulations for governing itself for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. [Part 3: Art. 1:257:1913; 1919 RL p. 2898; NCL § 5358]

NRS 403.060 Compensation of members. 1. If, at a primary, general or special election, a majority of the voters of the county approve the issuance of bonds for roads and bridges, each of the members of the board, except the clerk of the board, shall receive in addition to the mem…

NRS 403.070 Chair: Election; duties. 1. The board of county highway commissioners shall elect one of its members as chair. 2. The chair shall perform the duties usually incumbent upon that office, and such other duties as may be prescribed in this chapter. [Part 3: Art. 1:257:191…

NRS 403.080 Clerk: Election; salary; duties. 1. The board shall elect a clerk from among its members. 2. If, at a primary, general or special election, a majority of the voters of the county approve the issuance of bonds for roads and bridges, the clerk shall receive in addition …

NRS 403.085 Determination by board that emergency exists to hold special election for issuance of bonds for county roads and bridges; action to challenge determination. 1. For the purpose of approving the issuance of bonds for county roads and bridges, a special election may be h…

NRS 403.090 General powers of board over public highways, roads and bridges. The board of county highway commissioners shall have exclusive control of all matters pertaining to the construction, repairing and maintaining of public highways, roads and bridges within its county. [P…

NRS 403.095 Adoption of rules and regulations by board governing erection and maintenance of gates across certain public roads; requirements. 1. The board of county highway commissioners may make rules and regulations to allow a person to erect and maintain a gate across a public…

NRS 403.110 County road supervisor: Appointment; term of office. The board of county highway commissioners may, at its option, appoint a county road supervisor who shall hold office during the pleasure of the board. [Part 1: Art. 3:257:1913; A 1915, 362; 1929, 362; NCL § 5372]

NRS 403.120 County road supervisor: Oath and bond. The county road supervisor shall: 1. Take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office. 2. Enter into a bond with at least two sureties in the penal sum of $2,500, payable to the county and conditioned for the faithful perf…

NRS 403.130 County road supervisor: Salary; travel. 1. The board of county highway commissioners shall fix the salary of the county road supervisor. 2. The board of county highway commissioners may allow the actual traveling expenses of the county road supervisor, and may provide…

NRS 403.140 County road supervisor: Duties. 1. Under the direction of the board of county highway commissioners, the county road supervisor shall: (a) Take charge of all county roads. (b) Supervise and direct the building, repairing and maintaining of all county roads. (c) Lay ou…

NRS 403.151 County road supervisor: Prohibited acts; penalties. 1. A county road supervisor shall not: (a) Directly or indirectly represent or act for any manufacturing concern, corporation or natural person selling or handling machinery, implements or material which may be used …

NRS 403.160 Board of road commissioners: Creation; oaths and terms of members; duties. 1. If the board of county highway commissioners shall decide not to appoint a county road supervisor for the county, the board may, at its option, create a board of road commissioners for each …

NRS 403.170 Designation of main, general and minor county roads; immunity of State and county from liability resulting from use of minor county roads; reclassification and abandonment of roads; hearing. 1. The board of county highway commissioners of each of the several counties …

NRS 403.180 Standard county roads: Designation; maintenance. 1. When any roads shall have been rebuilt or constructed and made to meet with such specifications as may be outlined by the board of county highway commissioners, which shall include grading, draining, macadamizing, gr…

NRS 403.190 Map of county roads filed by board of county highway commissioners; effect of filing of map that includes an R.S. 2477 road; authority of user to file map of minor county road; fees. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, upon laying out and designating the …

NRS 403.200 Priority of construction and improvement. 1. The roads designated by the board of county highway commissioners as main county roads shall be the first to be constructed or improved and made to meet the requirements and specifications of standard county roads; but no r…

NRS 403.210 Creation of county road and bridge fund; issuance of bonds. For the purpose of creating a fund in each of the several counties of the State of Nevada, to be known as the county road and bridge fund, and to be used in the construction, repairing and maintaining of coun…

NRS 403.410 Public highways. 1. All public roads and the streets and alleys in incorporated cities and towns in this state, used or lawfully entitled to be used as such on March 9, 1866, and all such roads, streets and alleys as the board of county commissioners of the county in …

NRS 403.430 Procedure for opening, changing or vacating public road. 1. If 24 freeholders of any county shall petition the board of county commissioners for the location, opening to public use, re-establishment, change or vacation of any road or highway to connect with any highwa…

NRS 403.435 Projects in cooperation with federal agency. The board of county commissioners of any county is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the appropriate federal agency for the use of federal funds to construct, improve or maintain roads, other than state highwa…

NRS 403.440 Procedure for condemnation of property for new road. Before opening any new road, street or alley through any property, such property shall be condemned for public use as follows: 1. The board of county commissioners shall appoint two disinterested persons to view, la…

NRS 403.450 Apportionment of county general road fund to incorporated cities. 1. To provide funds for paying the expenses of road work, the several boards of county commissioners shall, from time to time upon the request of the city council, apportion to each incorporated city wi…

NRS 403.460 Payment for work on roads and bridges if issuance of bonds not authorized by voters. 1. If, at a primary, general or special election, a majority of the voters of the county vote against the issuance of the bonds for roads and bridges, and no special county road and b…

NRS 403.470 Expenditures of money. All money appropriated or expended by the board of county highway commissioners, whether it be appropriated or expended out of the county road and bridge fund which may be created by this chapter, the Complete Streets Fund created pursuant to NR…

NRS 403.480 Specifications; order of construction. 1. All superstructures shall consist of masonry, concrete, glazed sewer pipe, iron or steel. No lumber or other perishable material shall be used, except when absolutely necessary. 2. For the better guidance of road construction …

NRS 403.490 Expenditure of $100,000 or more: Procedures; advertising for bids; alternative procedures for expenditure of less than $250,000 in county whose population is less than 52,000. 1. To perform any work or construct any superstructure under this chapter wherein an expendi…

NRS 403.520 Inspection of work; failure to comply with contract or defect in material or machinery. 1. The county road supervisor shall have power to inspect any work performed under the provisions of this chapter, and advise as to the efficiency or quality of all material and ma…

NRS 403.530 Partial payments. The board of county highway commissioners shall have power to make partial payments upon all contracts let by virtue of this chapter, not to exceed 75 percent of the work done, when the same shall be certified by the county road supervisor as properl…

NRS 403.540 Limitations on amount of contract. No contract shall be let in conformity with this chapter exceeding the amount of money in the county road and bridge fund; or, when the cost of work is to be paid out of the county general fund as provided in NRS 403.460, no contract…

NRS 403.550 Claim for work on county roads and bridges: Procedure; duties of county auditor and county treasurer. 1. All claims against the county in relation to the county roads and bridges shall be presented to the clerk of the board of county highway commissioners on a prepare…

NRS 403.560 Erection of guideboard on county road; penalty for destruction or defacement. 1. The board of county commissioners of each county shall cause to be put up, and to be kept up thereafter, at each crossing or fork of any county road in the county, a guideboard, having th…

NRS 403.565 Erection of sign on minor county road; inspection and maintenance. 1. The board of county highway commissioners shall post signs on each road which it has designated a minor county road, advising travelers on that road that the road receives only minimum maintenance a…

NRS 403.570 Supervision of construction of county highway and expenditure of money by Director of Department of Transportation; repair, removal of snow and clearance of county road. 1. When deemed advisable by the board of county commissioners and upon the board’s request, the Di…

NRS 403.571 “Regional transportation commission” defined. As used in this section and NRS 403.573 and 403.575, “regional transportation commission” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.1825. (Added to NRS by 2013, 2819)

NRS 403.573 Complete Streets Fund: Creation and administration by board of county commissioners; purposes. 1. The board of county commissioners shall create in the county treasury a fund to be known as the Complete Streets Fund, for the purpose of: (a) Executing projects as a par…

NRS 403.575 Complete Streets Program: Adoption by board of county highway commissioners; definition. 1. A board of county highway commissioners may adopt a policy for a Complete Streets Program and may plan and carry out projects as a part of a Complete Streets Program. To the ex…

NRS 403.580 Construction, maintenance or repair. All public bridges, not otherwise specially provided for, shall be maintained by the road district in which they are situated, the districts which they unite, and the county at large, in the same manner as highways, and under the m…

NRS 403.590 Payment from general fund or levy of special tax for construction, maintenance or repair of county bridge. 1. Whenever it appears to the board of county commissioners that any road district is or would be unreasonably burdened by the expense of constructing or mainten…

NRS 403.600 Order or petition for construction or repair. 1. No bridge shall be constructed or repaired except on the order of the board of county commissioners, or unless a petition is filed as provided in NRS 403.610. 2. In entering into a contract for the construction or repai…

NRS 403.610 Expenditures for construction or repair of $100 or more: Petition; procedure. 1. When a bridge, the cost of which will exceed $100, is necessary, any five or more freeholders of the road district interested therein may petition the board of county commissioners for th…

NRS 404.010 Creation and disorganization. 1. Whenever a majority of the taxpayers of any township or townships in any county polling less than 1,800 votes at the last general election, whose names shall appear on the last previous assessment roll, shall petition the board of coun…

NRS 404.020 Sources of road fund. 1. When the board of county commissioners deems it expedient, the board may levy a property tax not to exceed one-fourth of 1 percent on all the property in the county, annually, to be levied, assessed and collected as other taxes, and assigned b…

NRS 404.030 Expenditure of money from road fund. 1. The moneys constituting the road fund of the road district may be used in the payment of demands allowed on the road fund by the board of county commissioners, including building and repairing bridges, aqueducts and highways of …

NRS 404.040 Disposition of road fund at end of year or upon disorganization of district. All moneys remaining in the road fund belonging to any road district at the end of every year, or belonging to any road district that may disorganize as provided in NRS 404.010, may, on petit…