Nev. Rev. Stat. § 540A.265 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 540A / Section 540A.265
Determination of annual fee for properties within district for remediation; collection and enforcement of fee; duty of persons who sell water to provide board with list of clients; power of board to impose ad valorem tax on property within district in lieu of annual fee
Status: in_force

1. The board, by ordinance, which may not be adopted as if an emergency existed, may determine and from time to time redetermine the amount of an annual fee, to recover the costs of developing and carrying out the plan for remediation, to be imposed on the properties in the district for remediation. In making the determination, the board may apportion the fee on the basis of improved square footage, zoning, current or previous land use, area or any other factor determined relevant and equitable by the board. If the condition requiring remediation affects the quality or quantity of drinking water within the region, the fee must: (a) Be based upon a percentage of the total amount billed in the preceding calendar year to each parcel or property within the district for water by the provider of retail water service to the parcel or property; (b) Be weighted and adjusted between parcels or properties within the district, if applicable, to reflect varying levels of effect of the contamination, varying levels of value resulting from remediation or other factors deemed relevant by the board; (c) For any parcel or property for which the fee is weighted or adjusted, not be less than one-half or more than twice the percentage established pursuant to paragraph (a); and (d) For parcels or properties within the district where retail water service is not provided or for which a full calendar year's billing is unavailable, be based upon an estimated billing taking into account a partial year's billing extended to 12 months or an average of fees for parcels or properties with comparable zoning or uses.

2. A fee imposed pursuant to subsection 1 must be collected by the county treasurer with the general taxes of the county, and the payment therefor must be enforced in the same manner and with same remedies as are provided for the collection of general taxes.

3. If so requested by the county, all persons who sell water at wholesale or retail within the district shall furnish to the county, within 3 months after a request or at a later time specified by the board, a list identifying by assessor's parcel number each property for use on which water was sold and the amount billed with respect to each parcel for water during the year designated by the board. No charge may be made to the county for furnishing the list.

4. In lieu of the fee authorized by subsection 1, the board may constitute the district for remediation as a special taxing district and impose a general ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the district at a rate sufficient to pay the costs of developing and carrying out the plan for remediation. The board is the governing body of any special taxing district established pursuant to this subsection. The budget of any such special taxing district must be included as part of the budget of the county and its meetings must be held as part of the meetings of the board. Any tax imposed pursuant to this subsection is exempt from the limitations on taxes ad valorem stated in chapter 354 of NRS . No portion of any tax imposed pursuant to this subsection may be allocated to any redevelopment area or tax increment area whose boundaries overlap in whole or in part the district for remediation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534A.090 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534A / Section 534A.090
Regulations of Commission on Mineral Resources
Status: in_force

The Commission on Mineral Resources may adopt regulations necessary for carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 541.340 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 541 / Section 541.340
Acquisition of works: Procedure for creation of indebtedness; elections
Status: in_force

1. Whenever the board of a district incorporated under this chapter, by resolution adopted by a majority of the board, determines that the interests of the district and the public interest or necessity demand the acquisition, construction or completion of any source of water supply, waterworks, or other improvements, or facility, or the making of any contract with the United States, the State of Nevada or other persons to carry out the objects or purposes of the district, wherein the indebtedness or obligations required will be a greater expenditure than the ordinary annual income and revenue of the district permits, the board shall order the submission of the proposition of issuing that obligation or indebtedness, for the purposes set forth in the resolution, to such qualified electors of the district as have paid a tax on property in the district in the year preceding the election, at a special election or the next primary or general election. In the order submitting the propositions to the electors, the board shall, if it is proposed that the indebtedness be secured by pledge of any revenues of the district, so state, and shall designate the revenues to be so pledged.

2. A special election may be held only if the board determines, by a unanimous vote, that an emergency exists. The determination made by the board is conclusive unless it is shown that the board acted with fraud or a gross abuse of discretion. An action to challenge the determination made by the board must be commenced within 15 days after the board's determination is final. As used in this subsection, “emergency” means any unexpected occurrence or combination of occurrences which requires immediate action by the board to prevent or mitigate a substantial financial loss to the district or to enable the board to provide an essential service to the residents of the district.

3. Any election held for the purpose of submitting any proposition or propositions of incurring such obligation or indebtedness may be held separately, or may be consolidated or held concurrently with any other election authorized by law at which such qualified electors of the district are entitled to vote.

4. A resolution adopted pursuant to subsection 1 must, in addition to the declaration of public interest or necessity, include a statement of: (a) The objects and purposes for which the indebtedness is proposed to be incurred. (b) The estimated cost of the works or improvements, as the case may be. (c) The amount of principal of the indebtedness to be incurred therefor, and the maximum rate of interest to be paid on the indebtedness.

5. The resolution must also: (a) Fix the date upon which the election will be held and the manner of holding the election and describe the method of voting for or against the incurring of the proposed indebtedness. (b) Fix the compensation to be paid the officers of the election and shall designate the precincts and polling places and shall appoint for each polling place, from each precinct from the electors thereof, the officers of such election, which officers shall consist of three judges, one of whom shall act as clerk, who shall constitute a board of election for each polling place.

6. The description of precincts may be made by reference to any order of the board of county commissioners of the county in which the district or any part thereof is situated, or by reference to any previous order or resolution of the board or by detailed description of those precincts. Precincts established by the boards of the various counties may be consolidated for special elections held hereunder.

7. If the election is held concurrently or consolidated with any other election, the resolution calling the election is not required to designate precincts or polling places or the names of officers of election, but must contain a reference to the act or order calling such other election and fixing the precincts and polling places and appointing election officers therefrom.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.210 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.210
Use of proceeds of bonds for acquisition
Status: in_force

In case of purchase of property the bonds of the district provided for in this chapter may be used in payment of not less than 90 percent of their par value and accrued interest.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.736 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.736
Exclusion of land: Grounds; limitations
Status: in_force

The board of directors of any district now or hereafter formed under the provisions of this chapter, either upon its own initiative or upon the application in writing of any holder of title or of evidence of title to land in the district, may, by a majority vote, exclude from the district any land or lands theretofore included in the district, and change the boundary lines of the district so as to exclude or leave out certain tracts or portions of tracts when the proposed system or systems of irrigation cannot practically include such land or lands, or when such land or lands would not be benefited by remaining in the district or by any future improvement it might make, or when the land sought to be excluded has been, or is about to be, incorporated into or made a part of any city or town, or when the land sought is adjacent and contiguous to any city or town and it is proposed to develop such land as building sites and areas; but if improvements have been commenced, or made, or authorized, or if there are bonds or other contracts or certificates of indebtedness outstanding, no land shall be excluded and no established liens shall be released unless all of the holders of bonds or contracts or certificates of indebtedness constituting liens against the land sought to be excluded, and the owner of such land if the owner has not petitioned for exclusion thereof, shall consent in writing to the exclusion and unless all bonded indebtedness of the district chargeable to the land sought to be excluded is paid, or except as provided in NRS 539.738 to 539.748 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.080 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.080
State water right surveyors: Certain projects required to be performed by surveyor; qualifications; appointment; regulations; compensation; State Engineer's Water License Account
Status: in_force

1. All maps, surveys and measurements of water required pursuant to this chapter must be made by a state water right surveyor. No survey, map or measurement of flow of water may be approved by the State Engineer unless the survey is made by a state water right surveyor.

2. Any licensed professional engineer or land surveyor who has a practical knowledge of surveying or engineering and who is familiar with land surveying and mapping and the measurement of water, and who is of good moral standing, must be considered for appointment as a state water right surveyor upon application to the State Engineer. The application must be in the form prescribed by the State Engineer and accompanied by a fee of $50.

3. The State Engineer may require any applicant for appointment to the position of state water right surveyor to pass such reasonable examination as to the applicant's qualifications as is provided by the State Engineer.

4. Whenever the State Engineer approves the qualifications of an applicant, the State Engineer shall issue a certificate to the applicant designating the applicant as a state water right surveyor.

5. Every water right surveyor's certificate expires on June 30 of each year unless renewed by application in the form prescribed by the State Engineer. A fee of $20 must be paid each year for renewal. All application and renewal fees must be accounted for in the State Engineer's Water License Account, which is hereby created in the State General Fund, and must be used to pay costs pertaining to the certificate and renewal and other costs associated with carrying out the provisions of this section.

6. An appointment may be revoked by the State Engineer at any time for good cause shown.

7. The State Engineer may provide such additional regulations governing the qualifications and official acts of state water right surveyors as are reasonable and not inconsistent with this chapter.

8. The State of Nevada is not liable for the compensation of any state water right surveyor, but a state water right surveyor is entitled to be paid by the person employing the state water right surveyor.

9. Officers and employees of the Federal Government or a tribal government are entitled to apply for the position of state water right surveyor and are exempt from the requirement that a state water right surveyor must be a professional engineer or professional land surveyor set forth in subsection 2. Any certificate issued to those officers and employees must include a restriction limiting those officers and employees to work for the Federal Government or tribal government, as applicable.

10. As used in this section, “tribal government” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 532.005 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.313 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.313
Annual levy or imposition of tolls or charges to meet payments
Status: in_force

The board of directors annually shall levy an assessment or impose and cause to be collected tolls or charges sufficient to raise the money necessary to meet all payments when due as provided in the contract.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.377 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.377
Plans and estimates of local undertakings: Preparation; statement of source of money; statement of purposes
Status: in_force

The local board shall thereupon prepare plans and estimates of the local undertakings proposed to be accomplished by such division, stating therein whether the funds therefor are to be raised by a single special assessment not in excess of a stated amount per acre upon the lands benefited, or whether the board is to be authorized to secure the necessary amounts by way of certificates of indebtedness or notes redeemable by annual assessments upon the lands benefited extending over a period of years. If the latter method is to be used, a general statement of the purposes for which the money is to be raised may be substituted for more explicit plans and estimates.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 532.140 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 532 / Section 532.140
Reports
Status: in_force

The State Engineer shall prepare and deliver to the Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources at such times as may be required by the Director, a full report of the work of the Office of the State Engineer, including a detailed statement of the expenditures thereof, with such recommendations as the State Engineer may deem advisable.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534B.020 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534B / Section 534B.020
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 534B.030 to 534B.070 , inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.397 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.397
Validation proceedings
Status: in_force

All the proceedings described in NRS 539.363 to 539.395 , inclusive, relating to the local undertakings of a division, including apportionment of benefits for undertakings authorized at a special election, district election or primary or general state election, may be confirmed in court as a part of the confirmation proceedings or upon petition of the board of directors of the division.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.320 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.320
Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Revocation or suspension of permit; orders to cease and desist; injunction
Status: in_force

1. The State Engineer may periodically review a project to determine if the holder of the permit is complying with the terms and conditions of the permit and the public interest is properly guarded. The State Engineer may permanently revoke or temporarily suspend the permit for good cause after an investigation and a hearing. Notice must be sent to the holder of the permit at least 15 days before the hearing, by registered or certified mail, that the holder has failed to comply with this chapter. In determining whether to revoke or suspend a permit, the State Engineer shall consider uses of land and water which were not in existence when the permit was issued.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if the State Engineer has reason to believe that a person is violating or has violated a provision of this chapter or a permit issued or regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, the State Engineer may issue a written notice that the person must appear and show cause, at a hearing before the State Engineer not less than 15 days after the receipt of the notice, why the person should not be ordered to cease and desist from the violation. The notice must inform the person of the date, time and place of the hearing and the consequences of failure to appear.

3. If the State Engineer finds that a person is constructing or operating a project in violation of this chapter, the State Engineer may issue a temporary order for the person to cease and desist the construction pending final action by the State Engineer pursuant to subsection 4. The order must include written notice to the person of the date, time and place where the person must appear at a hearing before the State Engineer to show cause why the temporary order should be vacated. The hearing must be held not less than 15 days after the date of the order.

4. After a hearing pursuant to subsection 2 or 3, or after the expiration of the time to appear, the State Engineer shall issue a decision and order. The decision and order may take such form as the State Engineer determines to be reasonable and appropriate and may include a determination of violation, an order to cease and desist, the recommendation of a civil penalty and an order directing that positive steps be taken to abate or ameliorate any harm or damage arising from the violation. The person affected may appeal the decision to the district court pursuant to NRS 533.450 .

5. If the person continues the violation after the State Engineer has issued a final decision and order pursuant to subsection 4 or a temporary order pursuant to subsection 3, the State Engineer may apply for a temporary restraining order or a preliminary or permanent injunction from the district court. A decision to seek injunctive relief does not preclude other forms of relief or enforcement against the violator.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.137 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.137
Oath of registrants on behalf of entity that is not natural person
Status: in_force

The registrar shall require registrants on behalf of an entity that is not a natural person to take the following oath, in substance: I am over the age of 18 years, and the (position held) of (name of entity), or have been duly authorized in writing to register on behalf of (name of entity); that the entity is organized under or has qualified under the laws of Nevada to transact business therein and is the holder of title or evidence of title to _____ acres of land within the boundaries of the ________________ (name of district).
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.014 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.014
“Person” defined
Status: in_force

“Person” includes any municipal corporation, power district, political subdivision of this or any state, or an agency of the United States Government.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 544.190 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 544 / Section 544.190
Proof of financial responsibility
Status: in_force

Proof of financial responsibility may be furnished by an applicant by the applicant’s showing, to the satisfaction of the Director, the applicant’s ability to respond in damages for liability which might reasonably be attached to or result from weather modification and control activities in connection with the operation for which the applicant seeks a permit; but the applicant need not show ability to respond in damages for liability resulting from precipitation caused by weather modification experiments.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.175 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.175
Removal of signature from recall petition: Procedure
Status: in_force

Any signer of a petition to recall a director of a district may, at any time within 5 days after the filing of the petition with the secretary of the irrigation district, have his or her name stricken from the petition by filing a written request therefor with the secretary of the district. His or her name shall thereupon not be considered as a signer of the petition.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534A.040 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534A / Section 534A.040
Applicability of procedures for appropriation
Status: in_force

A consumptive use of water brought to the surface outside of a geothermal well is subject to the appropriation procedures of chapters 533 and 534 of NRS, except for:

1. Water that is removed from an aquifer or geothermal reservoir to develop and obtain geothermal resources if the water is returned to or reinjected into the same aquifer or reservoir; or

2. The reasonable loss of water: (a) During a test of a geothermal well; or (b) From the temporary failure of all or part of a system that removes water from an aquifer or geothermal reservoir, transfers the heat from that water and reinjects that water into the same aquifer or reservoir.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.160 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.160
Directors subject to recall from office
Status: in_force

Every director of an irrigation district organized and existing under the laws of the State of Nevada shall be subject, as provided in NRS 539.160 to 539.187 , inclusive, to recall from office by the qualified electors of the irrigation district from which the director was elected.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534B.070 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534B / Section 534B.070
“Division” defined
Status: in_force

“ Division ” means the Division of Minerals of the Commission on Mineral Resources.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 541.050 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 541 / Section 541.050
Establishment of district: Requirements; filing of petitions; contents; effect of defects; amendments and corrections
Status: in_force

1. Before any water conservancy district is established under this chapter, a petition must be filed in the office of the clerk of the court vested with jurisdiction, in the county in which all or the greatest part of the lands embraced within the proposed water conservancy district are situated. The petition must be approved by the board of county commissioners of each county in which the district is situated. The petition must be filed by the board of county commissioners for the county in which the petition is filed, who must be designated as petitioners, and must set forth: (a) The proposed name of the district. (b) That the property within the proposed district will be benefited by the accomplishment of the purposes enumerated in NRS 541.030 . (c) A general description of the purpose of the contemplated improvement and of the territory to be included in the proposed district. The description need not be given by metes and bounds or by legal subdivisions, but must be sufficient to enable a property owner to ascertain whether his or her property is within the territory proposed to be organized as a district. The territory need not be contiguous, provided it is so situated that the organization of a single district of the territory described is calculated to promote one or more of the purposes enumerated in NRS 541.030 . (d) A general designation of the divisions of the district, any one or more of which may, if so provided in the petition, be constituted of an existing irrigation or other district organized under the laws of the State of Nevada or of an incorporated city or combination of incorporated cities, within the water conservancy district. (e) The name of the principal subcontracting agency or agencies with which it is proposed the water conservancy district will enter into a contract or contracts. (f) The number of directors of the proposed district which may, in addition to one director for each division thereof, include as director a representative of the proposed principal subcontracting agency named in the petition, or, if more than one such agency is named in the petition, then one representative of each principal subcontracting agency named therein. If the district includes land within more than one county, each county must have at least one representative on the board of directors. (g) A prayer for the organization of the district by the name proposed.

2. No petition that has been approved by the required boards of county commissioners may be declared void on account of alleged defects, but the court may at any time permit the petition to be amended to conform to the facts by correcting any errors in the description of the territory, or in any other particular.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.275 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.275
Engineer for supervision of distribution: Appointment; salary and expenses; additional work
Status: in_force

1. The State Engineer may appoint an engineer, who is qualified in hydrographic and water distribution experience, to work in a supervisory capacity on water distribution and regulation service upon all adjudicated stream systems within the State.

2. While engaged in that work, the salary and expenses of the engineer must be charged to the particular adjudicated stream system receiving the service upon the basis of time occupied and expenses incurred in the work, and payment must be made out of the water distribution account provided for the adjudicated stream system.

3. When the engineer is not engaged in water distribution, additional work may be allotted to the engineer by the State Engineer, and payment therefor must be from other money available to the Office of the State Engineer.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 535.005 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 535 / Section 535.005
Chapter does not authorize use of state land without authorization from State Land Registrar
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter authorizes a person to use any state land administered by the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources without the appropriate authorization for such a use from the State Land Registrar.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.430 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.430
Permits and certificates of appropriation subject to existing rights
Status: in_force

1. Every permit to appropriate water, and every certificate of appropriation granted under any permit by the State Engineer upon any stream or stream system which shall have been adjudicated under the provisions of NRS 533.087 to 533.235 , inclusive, shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be, subject to existing rights and to the decree and modifications thereof entered in such adjudication proceedings, and the same shall be subject to regulation and control by the State Engineer and the water commissioners in the same manner and to the same extent as rights which have been adjudicated and decreed under the provisions of this chapter. Every such holder of a certificate or a permit shall in like manner be subject to all of the provisions of NRS 533.270 to 533.305 , inclusive, 533.465 , 533.475 , 533.480 , 533.481 , 533.482 , 535.050 , 536.010 , 536.020 and 536.030 .

2. Upon any stream or stream system that has not been adjudicated and upon which the State Engineer has heretofore granted and may hereafter grant a permit or permits to appropriate water therefrom, any and all such permitted rights to the use of water so granted shall be subject to regulation and control by the State Engineer to the same extent and in the same manner as adjudicated and permitted rights upon streams and stream systems heretofore adjudicated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.353 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.353
Application to appropriate water for beneficial use: Participation of county in development and implementation of monitoring, management and mitigation plan
Status: in_force

1. For each new application to appropriate water for a beneficial use filed on or after January 1, 2012, if the State Engineer requires a monitoring, management and mitigation plan as a condition of appropriating water for a beneficial use, the State Engineer shall, within 30 days after requiring the plan and if requested by the county where the State Engineer has approved the point of diversion, allow the county to participate in an advisory capacity in the development and implementation of the plan.

2. Before approving any plan developed pursuant to subsection 1 and during the period in which the plan, if approved, is carried out, the State Engineer shall consider any comment, analysis or other information submitted by the participating county. The State Engineer is not required to include any comment, analysis or other information submitted by a participating county in a monitoring, management and mitigation plan required pursuant to this section.

3. A decision by the State Engineer whether or not to include in the plan or to follow any comment, analysis or other information submitted by a participating county pursuant to this section is not subject to judicial review pursuant to NRS 533.450 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.6355 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.6355
Failure of holder of bonds to proceed does not relieve district of liability
Status: in_force

The failure of any holder of any bonds to proceed as provided in this chapter or in proceedings appertaining thereto does not relieve the district, the board or any of the officers, agents and employees of the district of any liability for failure to perform or carry out any duty, obligation or other commitment.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.390 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.390
Authorization for improvements at election; levy and collection of assessments
Status: in_force

If the special assessment or certificates or notes of indebtedness and construction of the proposed works are authorized at the election, the local board shall levy such assessments or, as the case may be, shall proceed to the levying of annual assessments for the payment of interest and the redemption of certificates of indebtedness or notes. A list of such assessments or the first annual assessment, if to be made that year, shall be delivered to the treasurer of the district and entered by the treasurer in the assessment book or books thereof, and such assessment or assessments, and the collection thereof, shall thereafter take the course of assessments of the district as provided in this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.367 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.367
Requirement to ensure access of wildlife to water it customarily uses; waiver
Status: in_force

Before a person may obtain a right to the use of water from a spring or water which has seeped to the surface of the ground, the person must ensure that wildlife which customarily uses the water will have access to it. The State Engineer may waive this requirement for a domestic use of water.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.090 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.090
Legal meeting: Attendance of all members
Status: in_force

Whenever all members of the board are present at a meeting the same shall be deemed a legal meeting and any lawful business may be transacted.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.530 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.530
Deposit of money in bank or credit union in state
Status: in_force

All money belonging to or in the custody of any irrigation district within this state, or of the treasurer or other officer thereof, shall, so far as possible, be deposited in state or national banks or credit unions in this state as the treasurer or other officer of such irrigation district having legal custody of such money shall select for the safekeeping thereof, and shall be subject to withdrawal at any time on demand of the treasurer or other authorized officer.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.543 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.543
Surveys and examinations; direction and certification by irrigation engineer
Status: in_force

1. The board of directors shall cause such surveys and examinations to be made as will furnish a proper basis for an estimate of the cost of carrying out the construction work.

2. All such surveys, examinations, maps, plans, and estimates shall be made under the direction of a competent irrigation engineer and certified by that engineer.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.055 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.055
Storage of water for beneficial purpose; claiming and diversion of water turned into natural channel or watercourse
Status: in_force

Water may be stored for a beneficial purpose. Water turned into any natural channel or watercourse by any person entitled to the use thereof, whether stored in Nevada or in an adjoining state, may be claimed for beneficial use below, and diverted from the channel or watercourse by such person, subject to existing rights, due allowance for losses to be made, as determined by the State Engineer.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.500 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.500
Construction fund: Transfers to general fund
Status: in_force

Whenever all construction work is completed, any money remaining in the construction fund may be transferred to the general fund.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.505 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.505
Unlawful acts; penalties
Status: in_force

1. Any person who, without the right so to do, shall, on two or more separate days during any season, water more than 50 head of livestock at the watering place at which another shall have a subsisting right to water more than 50 head of livestock, or within 3 miles of such place, with intent to graze the livestock so watered on the portion of the public range readily accessible to livestock watering at the watering place of such other person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

2. Each day's watering in violation of this section shall be deemed a separate offense.

3. Whenever, in any prosecution for such offense, it shall appear that the watering by the accused was not done at the watering place of another, but was done within 3 miles thereof, it shall be a sufficient defense for the accused to prove that he or she had no knowledge of the existence of such other watering place.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.144 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.144
Suspension of license for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license
Status: in_force

<See notes for changes to this section effective under certain conditions.>

1. If the State Engineer receives a copy of a court order issued pursuant to NRS 425.540 that provides for the suspension of all professional, occupational and recreational licenses, certificates and permits issued to a person who is the holder of a license to drill issued pursuant to NRS 534.140 , the State Engineer shall deem the license issued to that person to be suspended at the end of the 30th day after the date on which the court order was issued unless the State Engineer receives a letter issued to the holder of the license by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 stating that the holder of the license has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560 .

2. The State Engineer shall reinstate a license to drill issued pursuant to NRS 534.140 that has been suspended by a district court pursuant to NRS 425.540 if the State Engineer receives a letter issued by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 to the person whose license was suspended stating that the person whose license was suspended has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 544.130 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 544 / Section 544.130
Exemptions
Status: in_force

The Director, to the extent the Director deems practical, shall provide by regulation for exempting from the license, permit and liability requirements of NRS 544.070 to 544.240 , inclusive:

1. Research and development and experiments by state and federal agencies, institutions of higher learning and bona fide nonprofit research organizations.

2. Laboratory research and experiments.

3. Activities required in emergencies for protection against fire, frost, sleet or fog.

4. Activities normally engaged in for purposes other than those of inducing, increasing, decreasing or preventing precipitation or hail.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.445 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.445
Use of bed of stream or other watercourse to carry water to consumers; duties and expenses of State Engineer
Status: in_force

1. Whenever the owner, manager or lessee of a reservoir constructed under the provisions of this chapter shall desire to use the bed of a stream or other watercourse for the purpose of carrying stored or impounded water from the reservoir to the consumer thereof, the owner, manager or lessee shall, in writing, notify the State Engineer and the water commissioner of the district in which the water is to be used, giving the date when it is proposed to discharge water from the reservoir, its volume, and the names of all the persons and ditches entitled to its use. The State Engineer or an assistant thereof shall then regulate such works and headgates of all ditches from the stream or watercourse not entitled to the use of such stored water as will enable those having the right to secure the volume to which they are entitled.

2. The State Engineer shall keep a true and distinct account of the time spent by the State Engineer in the discharge of his or her duties, as defined in this section, and shall present a certified statement thereof to the board of county commissioners of the county wherein the expense is incurred. The board of county commissioners shall present a bill for the expense so incurred to the reservoir owner, manager or lessee, and if such owner, manager or lessee shall neglect for 30 days after the presentation of such bill of costs to pay the same, the costs shall be made a charge upon the reservoir and shall be collected as delinquent taxes until payment of such bill of costs has been made.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.016 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.016
“Stored water” defined
Status: in_force

“Stored water” means water which has been stored underground for the purpose of recovery pursuant to a permit issued pursuant to NRS 534.250 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.467 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.467
Confirmation of proceedings by district court
Status: in_force

1. If the issuance of such funding or refunding bonds is carried by a vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the improvement district voting at the election, the board of directors shall petition the district court of the county in which the principal office of the district is located for confirmation of all of the proceedings in respect to the issuance of such funding or refunding bonds in the manner prescribed in this chapter for the confirmation of other proceedings by the district.

2. The proceedings on the petition shall be substantially the same as provided by NRS 539.443 for the confirmation of proceedings in respect to local improvements in an irrigation district.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 538.330 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 538 / Section 538.330
Payment of expenses
Status: repealed

<Section repealed on the date the California-Nevada Interstate Compact is approved.>

The expenses of carrying out the provisions of NRS 538.270 to 538.410 , inclusive, must be paid out of an appropriate account of the Division of Water Resources of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources in the State General Fund.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 541.410 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 541 / Section 541.410
Liberal construction of chapter
Status: in_force

This chapter, being necessary to secure and preserve the public health, safety, convenience and welfare, and for the security of public and private property, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes of this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 540.041 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 540 / Section 540.041
Chief: Qualifications; duties; employment of staff
Status: in_force

1. The Chief: (a) Must be selected with special reference to his or her training, experience, capability and interest in the field of water resource planning. (b) Shall coordinate the activities of the Section.

2. The Chief is responsible for the administration of all provisions of law relating to the functions of the Section.

3. The Chief, with the approval of the State Engineer, may employ, within the limits of legislative appropriations, such staff as is necessary to the performance of his or her duties.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.195 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.195
Entry upon land to make surveys and locate works
Status: in_force

The board and its agents and employees shall have the right to enter upon any land to make surveys, and may locate the necessary irrigation and other works, and the lines of any canal or canals, and the necessary branches for the same, on any lands which may be deemed best for such location.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.125 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.125
Notice of election: Contents; publication
Status: in_force

The secretary shall cause to be published a notice specifying the time and place of the election held pursuant to NRS 539.113 . The notice must be published in a newspaper published in the county or one of the counties in which the district is located not less than 15 days nor more than 22 days before the election. If no newspaper is published in such a county, the notice must be published in a newspaper which has a general circulation in the county or counties.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.183 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.183
Result of recall election: Successor elected or vacancy in office created
Status: in_force

1. If there are other candidates nominated to be voted for at the special election, the candidate who receives the highest number of votes at the special election shall be deemed elected for the remainder of the term, whether it is the person against whom the recall petition was filed or another.

2. If any director is recalled upon a special election and the other candidates are not nominated to be voted for at the special election, the vacancy thereby created shall be filled in the manner provided by law.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.195 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.195
Publication of notice
Status: in_force

When notice is required to be given by publication pursuant to NRS 543.170 to 543.830 , inclusive, publication must be made at least once each week for 3 consecutive weeks in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the district. It is not necessary that publication be made on the same day of the week in each of the 3 calendar weeks, but the first publication must be at least 15 days before the designated time or event.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.463 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.463
Issuance; conditions
Status: in_force

1. The board of directors of any irrigation district may cause funding or refunding bonds to be issued for the purpose of funding or refunding any or all outstanding bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness of any improvement district in the irrigation district.

2. Such funding or refunding bonds shall, except as otherwise provided in NRS 539.463 to 539.475 , inclusive, be issued in substantially the manner and form prescribed by this chapter for the issuance of other bonds of improvement districts in irrigation districts, and the provisions of this chapter concerning the authorization, certification, issuance and sale of bonds of improvement districts in irrigation districts are applicable to bonds issued under NRS 539.463 to 539.475 , inclusive; but no plan, estimate or report of the district engineer is required to be made or approved as provided in NRS 539.427 and 539.430 , nor may any new apportionment of benefits in respect of such bonds be required to be made or confirmed by the district court, but instead the board of directors of any irrigation district desiring to fund or refund any of the bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness of any improvement district in the irrigation district may submit its proposed plan for the funding or refunding of such bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness to the Department of Taxation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 541.390 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 541 / Section 541.390
Notice; jurisdiction of district court not lost for failure to give notice
Status: in_force

In every case where a notice is provided for in this chapter, if the court finds for any reason that due notice was not given, the court shall not thereby lose jurisdiction and the proceeding in question shall not thereby be void or be abated, but the court shall in that case order due notice to be given and shall continue the hearing until such time as notice shall be properly given, and thereupon shall proceed as though notice had been properly given in the first instance.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.437 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.437
“Environmental permit” defined
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 533.437 to 533.4377 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “environmental permit” means a temporary permit to appropriate water to avoid the pollution or contamination of a water source.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.200 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.200
Appeal from decree to appellate court: Procedure; service of notice of appeal
Status: in_force

Appeals from such decree may be taken to the appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution by the State Engineer or any party in interest in the same manner and with the same effect as in civil cases, except as to the following matters. Notice of appeal shall be served upon the attorneys of record for claimants who have filed exceptions or objections to the final order of determination of the State Engineer as provided in NRS 533.170 , and all claimants or water users who have not filed exceptions or objections to the final order of determination or appeared in the cause by an attorney shall be served with a copy of notice of appeal by the service of a copy thereof on the Attorney General as their process agent.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.610 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.610
Redemption of bonds before maturity: Procedure
Status: in_force

1. Whenever after 10 years from the issuance of bonds the bond fund shall amount to the sum of $10,000, the board of directors may direct the treasurer to pay such an amount of the bonds not due as the money in the bond fund will redeem at the lowest value at which they may be offered for liquidation, after advertising for at least 3 weeks in some newspaper published in the county in which the office of the district is located, and in such other newspaper as the board may deem advisable, for sealed proposals for the redemption of such bonds.

2. Such proposals shall be opened by the board in open meeting at a time to be named in the notice, and the lowest bid or bids shall be accepted; but no bonds shall be redeemed at a rate above par except in cases where the bonds are issued subject to call at a rate above par as provided in NRS 539.615 to 539.635 , inclusive.

3. In case two or more bids are equal, the lowest-numbered bond shall have the preference, and if any of the bonds are not so redeemed, that amount of the redemption money shall be invested by the treasurer under the direction of the board in United States bonds or the bonds or warrants of the State or municipal or school bonds, and such bonds and the proceeds therefrom shall belong to the bond fund.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.510 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.510
Appointment and powers of chief engineer and general manager; duties and compensation of other employees; technical committee; contracts with agencies of Federal Government; duties of county officers and employees
Status: in_force

1. The board may: (a) Appoint a chief engineer and general manager who must be a civil engineer licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 625 of NRS and may be selected from among nominees proposed by the citizens' advisory committee for the district. (b) Prescribe the duties of officers, agents and employees and fix their compensation. (c) Create a technical committee for the district. If the board of county commissioners constitutes the board of directors, the technical committee must include one member and one alternate appointed by the county and by each city within the district. If the regional transportation commission constitutes the board of directors, the number of members and alternates appointed respectively by the county and by each city must be equal to the number of its representatives on the commission. The citizens' advisory committee for the district shall appoint one of its members to the technical committee. The chief engineer and general manager is a member of the technical committee and shall serve as its executive director. Each member of the committee has one vote, except the member from the citizens' advisory committee and the chief executive and general manager, each of whom may otherwise participate in the activities of and make recommendations to the technical committee. The committee shall annually choose one of its members as chair.

2. The chief engineer and general manager may hire and retain agents, employees, engineers and attorneys, and any other persons necessary or desirable to effect the purposes of the district.

3. The board may contract with any agency of the Federal Government for any services related to projects for the control of floods in the district.

4. The district attorney, the county surveyor, the county assessor, the county auditor or comptroller, the county treasurer, their deputies, assistants, clerks and other employees are ex officio officers, deputies, assistants, clerks and employees of the district. They shall, if requested by the board, perform the same various duties for the district as for the county. The board shall reimburse the county for the cost of rendering these services.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.457 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.457
Powers of directors and officers of district
Status: in_force

The board of directors and all other officers of any irrigation district shall have all the rights, powers and privileges concerning improvement districts and lands thereof, and the proceedings provided for in NRS 539.423 to 539.460 , inclusive, as the board of directors and all other officers may have concerning the irrigation district of which such improvement districts are a part.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.020 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.020
Petition for organization of district
Status: in_force

1. A majority in number of the holders of title, or evidence of title, to lands susceptible of one mode of irrigation from a common source or combined sources, and by the same system or combined systems of works, may propose the organization of an irrigation district pursuant to this chapter if they hold title or evidence of title to at least one-half part of the total area of the land in the proposed district. In computing the total area in the proposed district, the public domain of the United States of America, excepting any portion thereof held by entrymen pursuant to any law of the United States, must be excluded.

2. Every signer of a petition for the organization of an irrigation district must be the holder of title or evidence of title to land within the proposed district. The holder of a bona fide contract to purchase land, having been in the actual possession thereof at least 1 year pursuant to the contract, and whose name appears upon the preceding equalized county assessment roll for the payment of taxes of the land, shall be deemed the holder of title thereto for all of the purposes of this chapter.

3. The equalized county assessment roll next preceding the presentation of a petition for the organization of an irrigation district is sufficient evidence of title for the purpose of this chapter, but other evidence may be received, including receipts or other evidence of rights of entrymen on land pursuant to any law of the United States. These entrymen are competent signers of the petition and the land on which they have made entries shall, for the purpose of the petition, be deemed to be owned by them. The entrymen share all the privileges and obligations of freeholders and owners of private land within the district pursuant to this chapter, including the right to vote and hold office, subject to the terms of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to promote the reclamation of arid lands,” approved August 11, 1916, being c. 319, 39 Stat. 506, also designated as 43 U.S.C. §§ 621 - 630 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.305 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.305
Division of water among ditches and reservoirs; regulation of distribution among users; notice of regulation by water commissioner; duties of district attorney
Status: in_force

1. The State Engineer shall divide or cause to be divided the waters of the natural streams or other sources of supply in the State among the several ditches and reservoirs taking water therefrom, according to the rights of each, respectively, in whole or in part, and shall shut or fasten, or cause to be shut or fastened, the headgates or ditches, and shall regulate, or cause to be regulated, the controlling works of reservoirs, as may be necessary to insure a proper distribution of the waters thereof.

2. The State Engineer shall have authority to regulate the distribution of water among the various users under any ditch or reservoir, whose rights have been adjudicated, or whose rights are listed with the clerk of any district court of this state pursuant to the terms of this chapter, the actual cost of such regulation being paid by the ditch or reservoir receiving such service.

3. Whenever, in pursuance of his or her duties, the water commissioner regulates a headgate to a ditch or the controlling works of reservoirs, the water commissioner shall attach to such headgate or controlling works a written notice properly dated and signed, setting forth the fact that such headgate or controlling works has been properly regulated and is wholly under the water commissioner’s control. Such notice shall be a legal notice to all parties interested in the diversion and distribution of the water of such ditch or reservoir. Such water commissioner shall have the right of ingress and egress across and upon public, private or corporate lands at all times in the exercise of his or her duties.

4. The district attorney shall appear for or in behalf of the State Engineer, or the duly authorized assistants of the State Engineer, in any case which may arise in the pursuance of the official duties of any such officer within the jurisdiction of the district attorney.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.738 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.738
Notice of proposed exclusion: Publication; contents
Status: in_force

Within 10 days after the receipt of any such application, or after the passage by the board of a resolution proposing the withdrawal of such lands, the directors of the district shall give notice of such proposed change or exclusion and of the date, time and place of a meeting to be held by the board to consider such proposed change or exclusion by publication for two issues 7 days apart in some newspaper printed in the county in which the land sought to be excluded is situated, at least 30 days before the meeting to consider such exclusion or change.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 538.020 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 538 / Section 538.020
Election of Nevada to receive commutation payments in lieu of other payments under Boulder Canyon Project Act
Status: in_force

1. If the Congress shall enact legislation authorizing payments to be made to the State of Nevada, conforming to the requirements of subsection 2, upon the election of the State of Nevada to receive the same in commutation and in lieu of the payments now provided for this state in section 4(b) of the Boulder Canyon Project Act, the State of Nevada does hereby elect to receive such payments conforming to the requirements of subsection 2, in commutation and in lieu of the payments to it, so provided for in the Boulder Canyon Project Act.

2. The foregoing election is made upon the condition that the congressional legislation shall provide for payments to be made to the State of Nevada in the definite and fixed sum of $300,000 for each year of operation (June 1 to May 31) of the Boulder Dam and power plant during the period of not less than 50 years of operation beginning with the year of operation ending May 31, 1938, and continuing annually thereafter until and including the year of operation ending May 31, 1987, and for such further time, if any, as may be provided for in such proposed congressional legislation, each such annual payment to be due and payable before June 30 immediately following the close of the year of operation for which it is made. The payment for the years of operation ending May 31, 1938, and May 31, 1939, shall be due and payable on June 30, 1939, and shall be made as soon thereafter as administration of such congressional legislation will permit; and each such annual payment shall be made annually thereafter at such times as shall be provided for in the proposed act of the Congress. All payments shall be subject to such adjustments as may be prescribed by such congressional legislation, in the event that any such payments cannot be made, either in whole or in part, by reason of failure of revenues received by the United States from the operation of Boulder Dam and incidental works and power plant, due to any act of God, or of the public enemy, or any major catastrophe or any other unforeseen and unavoidable cause.

3. The Attorney General of Nevada is hereby authorized and empowered upon the enactment of such congressional legislation to determine whether or not there is substantial conformity between the provisions thereof and the provisions of this section, and to certify such determination to the Governor, who shall proclaim the same. Upon the filing of a copy of such proclamation with the Secretary of the Interior, the election hereby made shall become final and complete.

4. Since an emergency exists therefor, this section shall become effective immediately upon the effective date of such congressional legislation; but if the Congress shall not enact such legislation, then the enactment of this section shall not be deemed to waive or diminish any right or rights of the State of Nevada under the Boulder Canyon Project Act, and contracts made thereunder.

5. This section is hereby declared to be the appropriate and the only appropriate legislative action of this state for the purpose of accomplishing the election by the state to receive and accept the commutation provided for in this section and required by the proposed congressional legislation to make such commutation effective.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.360 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.360
Acquisition, construction and operation of projects and improvements; conservation of water; expenditure or provision of money for certain purposes
Status: in_force

The board may:

1. By the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members voting on the matter, acquire, construct, improve, extend, maintain and operate: (a) Projects and improvements for the control of flood and storm waters of the district and the flood and storm waters of streams which have their sources outside of the district but flow into the district. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, such a project or improvement must not be acquired unless it is included in the master plan. (b) Projects which mitigate the adverse effect of the acquired projects. (c) Projects which are required as a result of the proposed alteration or diversion of a natural watercourse identified in the master plan for the control of drainage. A project or improvement must not be acquired unless it is first approved by an agreement among the board, each county in whose unincorporated area any part of the project or improvement is located and each city in which any part of the project or improvement is located. The agreement must contain an estimate of the cost of the project or improvement and show its relation to the master plan.

2. Conserve such waters for beneficial and useful purposes by spreading, storing, retaining and causing them to percolate into the soil within or without the district.

3. Save and conserve in any manner all or any of such waters and protect from floods or storm waters the watercourses, watersheds, public highways, life and property in the district.

4. Prevent waste of water or diminution of the water supply in, or the exportation of water from, the district.

5. Obtain, retain and reclaim drainage, storm, flood and other waters for beneficial use of the district.

6. Upon approval of an amendment to the district's master plan pursuant to NRS 543.5975 , expend or provide money: (a) To make public property or private property, or both, impervious or resistant to damage from floods. (b) To relocate public or private structures, or both, which are located in an area that is susceptible to flooding.

7. Expend or provide money for the acquisition of a local project or improvement for the control of drainage which is not included in the master plan if the district's chief engineer determines that: (a) The governmental entity requesting the project or improvement has established: (1) A procedure to allow persons within its jurisdiction to file complaints concerning the program for controlling floods within its jurisdiction; (2) A master plan for its local drainage system which identifies the project or improvement; and (3) Guidelines for implementing drainage projects and improvements within its jurisdiction; and (b) The local project or improvement is a necessary appurtenance to collect and deliver flows to allow a project or improvement that is included in the district's master plan to function in the manner intended.

If the local project or improvement is one-quarter mile or more from a regional facility, the district may not contribute more than 50 percent of the cost of the project or improvement. The district may appropriate not more than 3 percent of its revenues in any fiscal year to projects approved pursuant to this subsection. Money that is provided pursuant to this subsection but not expended in a fiscal year may be expended in the following fiscal year.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.115 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.115
Blank forms enclosed with notice; form of proof; preparation of map
Status: repealed

<Section repealed effective Jan. 1, 2028. >

1. The State Engineer shall, in addition, enclose with the notice to be mailed as provided in subsection 4 of NRS 533.095 , blank forms upon which a claimant who has not submitted proof pursuant to NRS 533.087 shall present in writing all particulars necessary for the determination of the claimant's right in or to the waters of the stream system. The form for a proof of appropriation must include the following: (a) The name and mailing address of the claimant. (b) The nature of the right or use on which the claim for appropriation is based. (c) The time of the initiation of such right, the priority date claimed and a description of the place of diversion and works of diversion and distribution. (d) The date of beginning of construction. (e) The date when completed. (f) The dates of beginning and completion of enlargements. (g) The dimensions of the ditch as originally constructed and as enlarged. (h) The date when water was first used for irrigation or other beneficial purposes. (i) If the water was used for irrigation, the number of acres irrigated the first year, the number of acres irrigated in subsequent years, the dates of irrigation, the area and location of the lands which were irrigated, the character of the soil and the kind of crops cultivated, the rate of diversion and the number of acre-feet of water per annum required to irrigate the land. (j) If the water was used for a beneficial purpose other than irrigation, the rate of diversion and the number of acre-feet of water used annually. (k) If the water was used for watering livestock, the number and type of livestock. (l) Any other facts as will show the extent and nature of the right and compliance with the law in acquiring the same, as may be required by the State Engineer.

2. A claimant must submit a separate proof of appropriation for each source of water of the stream system in which or to which the claimant claims a right.

3. The proof of appropriation submitted by the claimant must be accompanied by a map prepared, except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, in accordance with and depicting any information required pursuant to the requirements of subsections 3 and 4 of NRS 533.100 .

4. If the map submitted with a proof of appropriation is prepared for water used for watering livestock, the map must be on a scale of not less than 1:24,000 or a map prepared by the United States Geological Survey covering a quadrangle of 7 1 / 2 minutes of latitude and longitude, and further identifying the location or extent of the livestock use by one-sixteenth sections within a numbered section, township and range.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.560 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.560
Determination of benefits: Apportionment; procedure
Status: in_force

1. Whenever the electors shall have authorized an issue of bonds, the board of directors shall examine the land in the district, and shall determine the benefits which will accrue to each tract or subdivision from the construction or purchase of the works proposed for the district; and the costs of such work shall be apportioned or distributed over such tracts or subdivisions of land in proportion to such benefits.

2. The board shall make, or cause to be made, a list of such apportionment or distribution, which list shall contain a complete description of each subdivision or tract of land of such district with the amount and rate per acre of such apportionment or distribution, and the name of the owner thereof, or it may prepare a map on a convenient scale showing each of the subdivisions or tracts with the rate per acre of such apportionment entered thereon.

3. Where all or any portion of the lands are apportioned a benefit by the board at the same rate, a general statement to that effect shall be sufficient.

4. Whenever thereafter an assessment is made, either in lieu of bonds, or an annual assessment for raising the interest on bonds, or any portion of the principal, or the expenses of maintaining the property of the district, or any special assessment voted by the electors, it shall be spread upon the lands in the same proportion as the assessments of benefits, and the whole amount of the assessments of benefits shall equal the amount of bonds or other obligations authorized at the election.

5. The benefits arising from the undertakings for which special assessments are made may be distributed equally over the lands, or especially apportioned, and assessments or tolls and charges may be made or imposed, when coming within the designation of operation and maintenance charges, by way of a minimum stated charge per acre whether water is used or not, and a charge for water used in excess of the amount delivered for the minimum charge, or such other reasonable method of fixing or collecting the operation and maintenance charge as the board of directors may adopt.

6. Where drainage works are to be constructed, benefits may be apportioned to higher lands which are or may be irrigated from a common source or combined sources and by the same system or combined systems of works not then actually requiring drainage by reason of the fact that their irrigation contributes, or will, if irrigated, contribute water which must be carried off or away from the lower lands.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.407 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.407
Powers of local board
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations contained in NRS 539.410 , the local board of directors shall have the power to contract with the United States for the operation of the existing system described in NRS 539.405 , or for the construction either by such division or by the United States of local drains, laterals or other improvements and for the operation and maintenance thereof, or for the replacement or extension of existing works or structures and for the operation and maintenance thereof or any separate part of the same.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 544.110 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 544 / Section 544.110
Acceptance of gifts and grants
Status: in_force

The Director may, subject to any limitations otherwise imposed by law, receive and accept for and in the name of the State any money which may be offered or become available from federal grants or appropriations, private gifts, donations or bequests, or from any other source, and may expend the money, unless its use is restricted and subject to any limitations otherwise provided by law, for the administration of NRS 544.070 to 544.240 , inclusive, and for the encouragement of research and development by a state or public or private agency, either by direct grant, by contract or other cooperative means.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.075 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.075
Rotation in use of water
Status: in_force

To bring about a more economical use of the available water supply, it shall be lawful for water users owning lands to which water is appurtenant to rotate in the use of the supply to which they may be collectively entitled; or a single water user, having lands to which water rights of a different priority attach, may in like manner rotate in use, when such rotation can be made without injury to lands enjoying an earlier priority, to the end that each user may have an irrigation head of at least 2 cubic feet per second.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.4373 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.4373
Application for environmental permit: Contents; fee
Status: in_force

In addition to the information required by NRS 533.335 , an applicant for an environmental permit shall submit to the State Engineer:

1. A copy of a letter or order issued by the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources requiring the applicant to take steps to protect the environment;

2. Any other information which is necessary for a full understanding of the necessity of the appropriation; and

3. For examining and filing the application for the environmental permit, $180. For issuing and recording the environmental permit, $180 plus $3 per acre-foot approved or fraction thereof.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.380 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.380
Time for completion of work and application of water to beneficial use; limitations and extensions; regulations
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, in an endorsement of approval upon any application, the State Engineer shall: (a) Set a time before which the construction of the work must be completed, which must be within 5 years after the date of approval. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, set a time before which the complete application of water to a beneficial use must be made, which must not exceed 10 years after the date of the approval. The time set under this paragraph respecting an application for a permit to apply water to a municipal or quasi-municipal use on any land: (1) For which a final subdivision map has been recorded pursuant to chapter 278 of NRS ; (2) For which a plan for the development of a project has been approved by the local government pursuant to NRS 278.010 to 278.460 , inclusive; or (3) On any land for which a plan for the development of a planned unit development has been recorded pursuant to chapter 278A of NRS , must not be less than 5 years.

2. The State Engineer may limit the applicant to a smaller quantity of water, to a shorter time for the completion of work, and, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of subsection 1, to a shorter time for the perfecting of the application than named in the application.

3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 and NRS 533.395 and 533.4377 , the State Engineer may, for good cause shown, grant any number of extensions of time within which construction work must be completed, or water must be applied to a beneficial use under any permit therefor issued by the State Engineer, but a single extension of time must not exceed 5 years. An application for the extension must in all cases be: (a) Made within 30 days following notice by registered or certified mail that proof of the work is due as provided for in NRS 533.390 and 533.410 ; and (b) Accompanied by proof and evidence of the good faith and reasonable diligence with which the applicant is pursuing the perfection of the application. The State Engineer shall not grant an extension of time unless the State Engineer determines from the proof and evidence so submitted that the applicant is proceeding in good faith and with reasonable diligence to perfect the application. The failure to provide the proof and evidence required pursuant to this subsection is prima facie evidence that the holder is not proceeding in good faith and with reasonable diligence to perfect the application.

4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5 and NRS 533.395 , whenever the holder of a permit issued for any municipal or quasi-municipal use of water on any land referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection 1, or for any use which may be served by a county, city, town, public water district or public water company, requests an extension of time to apply the water to a beneficial use, the State Engineer shall, in determining whether to grant or deny the extension, consider, among other factors: (a) Whether the holder has shown good cause for not having made a complete application of the water to a beneficial use; (b) The number of parcels and commercial or residential units which are contained in or planned for the land being developed or the area being served by the county, city, town, public water district or public water company; (c) Any economic conditions which affect the ability of the holder to make a complete application of the water to a beneficial use; (d) Any delays in the development of the land or the area being served by the county, city, town, public water district or public water company which were caused by unanticipated natural conditions; and (e) The period contemplated in the: (1) Plan for the development of a project approved by the local government pursuant to NRS 278.010 to 278.460 , inclusive; or (2) Plan for the development of a planned unit development recorded pursuant to chapter 278A of NRS , if any, for completing the development of the land.

5. The provisions of subsections 1 and 4 do not apply to an environmental permit or a temporary permit issued pursuant to NRS 533.436 or 533.504 .

6. For the purposes of this section, the measure of reasonable diligence is the steady application of effort to perfect the application in a reasonably expedient and efficient manner under all the facts and circumstances. When a project or integrated system is composed of several features, work on one feature of the project or system may be considered in finding that reasonable diligence has been shown in the development of water rights for all features of the entire project or system.

7. The State Engineer shall: (a) Adopt any regulation necessary to carry out the provisions of this section; and (b) Provide a copy of such regulations to any person upon request.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 538.610 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 538 / Section 538.610
Governor to give notice of state's ratification
Status: in_force

The Governor shall give notice of the ratification of the California-Nevada Interstate Compact by the Nevada Legislature to the Governor of the State of California and to the President of the United States.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 532.005 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 532 / Section 532.005
“Tribal government” defined
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “ tribal government ” means a federally recognized American Indian tribe pursuant to 25 C.F.R. §§ 83.1 to 83.12 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.315 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.315
Apportionment of assessment in accordance with benefits; ascertainment of benefits
Status: in_force

1. The assessment required in any year to meet the payment due to the United States under the contract may be in accord with an apportionment of benefits made in or in pursuance of such contract.

2. In the ascertainment of such benefits there shall be taken into account: (a) The provisions of the contract between the United States and the district, the federal laws applicable thereto, and the notice and regulations issued in pursuance of those laws. (b) In addition, in case such contract is for the assumption by the district as principal or guarantor of indebtedness to the United States theretofore existing on account of district lands, the provisions of existing contracts carrying such indebtedness and the amounts of such liens as may be released in pursuance of the contract between the United States and the district.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.020 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.020
Underground waters belong to public and are subject to appropriation for beneficial use; declaration of legislative intent
Status: in_force

1. All underground waters within the boundaries of the State belong to the public, and, subject to all existing rights to the use thereof, are subject to appropriation for beneficial use only under the laws of this State relating to the appropriation and use of water and not otherwise.

2. It is the intention of the Legislature, by this chapter, to prevent the waste of underground waters and pollution and contamination thereof and provide for the administration of the provisions thereof by the State Engineer, who is hereby empowered to make such rules and regulations within the terms of this chapter as may be necessary for the proper execution of the provisions of this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.487 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.487
Annual publication of district financial statement
Status: in_force

On or before the first Tuesday of September of each year the board of directors of each irrigation district shall publish in at least one issue of some newspaper published in the county where the office of the district is located a full, true and correct statement of the financial condition of the district on the first day of that year, giving a statement of all liabilities and assets of the district.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.423 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.423
Purposes for which land may be formed into improvement district
Status: in_force

The board of directors may provide for the construction of canals, ditches, laterals, dams, drains or other structures or improvements or the acquirement, replacement, consolidation or extension of the same, or the leasing, acquisition or construction of electrical transmission lines and accessory equipment, the benefits of which affect all or are limited to a portion of the district only, in the manner provided in NRS 539.423 to 539.460 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 536.060 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 536 / Section 536.060
Construction of ditch or flume: Execution and recording of certificate; commencement and completion of work
Status: in_force

1. Any person or persons desiring to construct and maintain a ditch or flume within any one or more of the counties of this state shall make, sign and acknowledge, before a person entitled to take acknowledgments of deeds, a certificate, specifying: (a) The name by which the ditch or flume shall be known; and (b) The names of the places which shall constitute the termini of such ditch or flume.

2. Such certificate shall be accompanied with a plat of the proposed ditch or flume, and shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county or counties within or through which such ditch or flume is proposed to be located. The record of such certificate and plat shall give constructive notice to all persons of the matters therein contained.

3. The work of constructing such ditch or flume shall be commenced within 30 days of the time of making the certificate above mentioned, and shall be continued with all reasonable dispatch until completed.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.145 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.145
Objections to preliminary order of determination; form and contents of objection
Status: in_force

1. Any person claiming any interest in the stream system involved in the determination of relative rights to the use of water, whether claiming under vested right or under permit from the State Engineer, may object to any finding, part or portion of the preliminary order of determination made by the State Engineer by filing objections with the State Engineer within 30 days after the evidence and proofs, as provided in NRS 533.140 , shall have been opened to public inspection, or within such further time as for good cause shown may be allowed by the State Engineer upon application.

2. Such objections shall be verified by the affidavit of the objector, or the objector’s agent or attorney, and shall state with reasonable certainty the grounds of objection.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.383 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.383
Notice of election: Contents; publication
Status: in_force

1. The secretary of the district shall give notice of the purpose, time and place of such election, naming the polling place and inspectors and clerks of the election suggested by the local board.

2. The notice shall be published in the manner provided in this chapter for an election for special assessments in the district.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.693 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.693
Sale of land in district because of delinquency in payment of tax; land sold subject to accrued and accruing liens for charges, tolls, assessments and taxes
Status: in_force

1. Whenever the county officers designated in NRS 539.683 shall sell any of the lands in the district because of delinquencies in the payment of district, state or county taxes, the lands shall be sold subject to the accrued and accruing liens for district assessments, charges and tolls against the same; and under no circumstances shall the water and water rights of the district be included or sold at such delinquent sales unless and until all district taxes, assessments, charges and tolls against such lands shall have been first fully paid to the district.

2. Unpaid and accruing district assessments, taxes, charges and tolls against such lands sold at delinquent tax sales shall continue a charge and lien against such lands, and any purchaser of such lands, except the district itself, shall take the same subject to the payment by the purchaser of all such accrued and accruing charges, tolls, assessments and taxes in addition to the purchase price of the land.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.560 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.560
Lease of water right by public body to owner or holder of water right who exceeds entitled amount of water
Status: in_force

1. A public body may lease a water right owned by the public body to an owner or holder of a water right who, as determined by the State Engineer, is exceeding the amount of water to which the owner or holder is entitled.

2. As used in this section, “ public body ” means the State or a county, city, town, school district or any public agency of this State or its political subdivisions. The term includes, without limitation, a water district organized pursuant to a special act of the Legislature or a water authority organized as a political subdivision created by a cooperative agreement or created by a special act of the Legislature.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.045 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.045
Order calling election
Status: in_force

1. Upon making an order granting the prayer of the petition as provided in NRS 539.043 , the board of county commissioners shall by further order entered upon its record submit to the qualified electors of the proposed district at the next primary or general election the question of whether that district shall be organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and by that order shall submit the names of one or more persons from each of the divisions of the district to be voted for as directors of the district.

2. One director must be elected from each division by the qualified electors of the district and be a qualified elector of the district and holder of title, or evidence of title as prescribed in NRS 539.020 and 539.023 , to land within the division from which the director is elected.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.636 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.636
Power of board of directors
Status: in_force

In addition to the other means of providing revenue for districts as provided in this chapter, the board of directors under certain circumstances as set forth in NRS 539.636 to 539.6366 , inclusive, or as may be otherwise provided by law, may levy and collect general (ad valorem) taxes on all taxable property within the district for the purpose of additionally securing the payment of any bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter and for the purpose of paying attorney's fees and other costs directly related to protecting the supply and distribution of water.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.683 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.683
Collection of assessments: Procedure; duties of county and district officers
Status: in_force

1. An assessment roll shall be made up for the lands in each county in which the district is situated, and the secretary of the board of directors shall forthwith certify a duplicate of the same not later than May 15 of each year to the county auditor, or county auditors, as the case may be, who shall adopt the assessment roll in its entirety without alteration or change as a part or unit of the tax rolls of the county or counties.

2. The county treasurer shall separately itemize the items of such assessment roll on the statement of state and county taxes.

3. The assessments when levied and enrolled shall become due and delinquent at the same time and be subject to the same penalties and shall be collected by the same officers and in the same manner as state and county taxes.

4. The county auditor, district attorney, county clerk and county treasurer shall do and perform all acts necessary to accomplish the collection of the same with penalties, the sale for delinquency, the redemption of the lands involved, and the remittance of all proceeds to the district treasurer.

5. The secretary of the board of directors, at the time of delivering the duplicate assessment roll of the district to each county auditor, shall attach thereto, in some suitable form, a recapitulation list showing the name or names of each person, corporation or association listed in the assessment roll and the amount of money assessed and to be collected by the county treasurer or tax collector, which recapitulation list shall be delivered by the county auditor to the county treasurer with the duplicate assessment roll. The county treasurer shall insert after each name, in proper columns provided for that purpose in the duplicate assessment roll and in the recapitulation list, the amount paid by each person, or persons, corporation or association appearing on the assessment roll, or by stamping the word “Paid” after each sum, if the assessment is paid in full.

6. The recapitulation list shall be redelivered by the county treasurer to the district treasurer, together with the full amount of moneys collected, not later than the 15th day of the month upon which each installment of taxes becomes due and delinquent, and for the purpose of enabling the county treasurer to redeliver to the district treasurer the recapitulation list after each installment of taxes becomes due and reporting thereon the collection of taxes made by him or her not theretofore reported, the district treasurer shall, before each installment of taxes becomes due, redeliver to the county treasurer the recapitulation list.

7. The county treasurer, prior to the time of redelivery of the recapitulation list and report to the district treasurer, shall, in each instance, report to the county auditor the amount of money which the county treasurer has collected for and on behalf of the district since the last report, and thereupon the county auditor shall draw his or her warrant for the same, placing the same in the hands of the county treasurer, who is authorized to pay the moneys to the district treasurer at the time of delivering the recapitulation list and report.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.570 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.570
Connection with storm water drain or flood control facility: Application; fee; penalty
Status: in_force

1. Any person desiring to make a connection to any storm water drain or flood control facility of the district or to cause storm waters to be emptied into any ditch, drain, canal, floodway or other appurtenant structure of the district shall first make application to the board to make the connection. The board may require the connection to be made in such manner as it may direct and may impose such reasonable connection fees as it deems proper, or, if reasonably justified by the circumstances, may refuse permission.

2. Any person making a connection or causing floodwaters to be so discharged without first having obtained permission is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 536.120 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 536 / Section 536.120
Penalty
Status: in_force

Every person who shall willfully and maliciously remove, damage or destroy a ditch or flume lawfully erected for carrying water or draining land shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.550 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.550
Sale or lease of water right by public body for more than 5-year term; exception
Status: in_force

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as otherwise provided in NRS 533.560 , a public body shall not sell or lease for a term of more than 5 years a water right owned by the public body unless the public body, after holding at least one public hearing at which public comment was solicited, has issued written findings that: (a) The sale or lease of the water right is consistent with the prudent, long-term management of the water resources within the jurisdiction of the public body; (b) The sale or lease of the water right will not deprive residents and businesses within the jurisdiction of the public body of reasonable access to water resources for growth and development; (c) The sale or lease of the water right is a reasonable means of promoting development and use of the water right; and (d) The means by which the water right is sold or leased reasonably ensures that the public body will receive the actual value of the water right or comparable economic benefits.

2. As used in this section, “ public body ” means the State or a county, city, town, school district or any public agency of this State or its political subdivisions. The term does not include a water district organized pursuant to a special act of the Legislature or a water authority organized as a political subdivision created by a cooperative agreement or created by a special act of the Legislature.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.025 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.025
Water belongs to public
Status: in_force

The water of all sources of water supply within the boundaries of the State whether above or beneath the surface of the ground, belongs to the public.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.120 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.120
Declarations of candidacy; filing fees
Status: in_force

1. Nominations for the office of director shall be made by filing a declaration with the secretary within 50 days before the date of election and not later than 20 days before such election.

2. A candidate shall pay $25 filing fee with such declaration.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.615 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.615
Series and issue of bonds
Status: in_force

1. The bonds authorized by vote shall be designated as a series, and the series shall be numbered consecutively as authorized.

2. The portion of the bonds of the series authorized to be sold at any time shall be designated as an issue and each issue shall be numbered in its order.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 541.145 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 541 / Section 541.145
Powers of board concerning irrigation, flood control, drainage, safety and health projects
Status: in_force

The board shall have the following powers concerning the management, control, operation and use of any irrigation, flood control, drainage, safety or health project:

1. To make and enforce all reasonable rules and regulations for the management, control, operation and use of any such project.

2. To restrict or suspend the right of any person or corporation to benefit from any such project if such person or corporation has violated any rule or regulation prescribed by the board as provided in subsection 1.

3. To withhold service upon or maintenance of any such project upon which there are any defaults or delinquencies of payments.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.482 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.482
Injunctive and other relief
Status: in_force

1. The State Engineer may seek injunctive relief in the appropriate court to prevent the continuance or occurrence of any act or practice which violates any provision of this chapter, or any permit, certificate, decision or order issued or regulation adopted by the State Engineer pursuant to this chapter or NRS 532.120 .

2. On a showing by the State Engineer that a person is engaged, or is about to engage, in any act or practice which violates or will violate any provision of this chapter, or any permit, certificate, decision or order issued or regulation adopted by the State Engineer pursuant to this chapter or NRS 532.120 , the court may issue, without a bond, any prohibitory or mandatory injunction that the facts may warrant, including a temporary restraining order issued ex parte or, after notice and hearing, a preliminary or permanent injunction.

3. Failure to establish lack of an adequate remedy at law or irreparable harm is not a ground for denying a request for a temporary restraining order or injunction.

4. The court may require the posting of a sufficient performance bond or other security to ensure compliance with the court order within the period prescribed.

5. Any proceeding conducted or injunction or order issued pursuant to this section is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other penalty or remedy available for a violation specified in this section.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.030 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.030
Director of State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to give assurances and perform acts required in connection with projects as directed by Legislature
Status: in_force

The Director is hereby authorized to give all assurances and perform any other acts required by the Secretary of the Army and the Congress of the United States in connection with flood control projects in the State of Nevada, when and as directed by acts of the Legislature of the State of Nevada.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.565 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.565
Confirmation proceedings in district court: Petition; contents; notice of hearing on petition; pleadings
Status: in_force

1. The board of directors of the district shall file with the clerk of the district court in and for the county in which its office is situated a petition praying in effect that the proceedings be examined, approved and confirmed by the court.

2. The petition shall state generally that: (a) The irrigation district was duly organized. (b) The first board of directors was elected. (c) Due and legal proceedings were taken to issue bonds, stating the amount thereof. (d) An apportionment of benefits was made by the board and a list thereof duly filed according to law.

3. A list of the apportionment shall be attached to the petition, but the petition need not state other facts.

4. Such petition for confirmation of the proceedings thus far had may be filed after the organization of the district is complete, or after the authorization of any issue of bonds, or after any other undertaking of the district.

5. The court or judge shall fix the time and place for the hearing of any such petition, and the clerk shall publish a notice thereof for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the county.

6. Any person interested may on or before the day fixed for the hearing answer the petition.

7. None of the pleadings need be sworn to, and every material statement of the petition not controverted by answer shall be taken as true. A failure to answer the petition shall be deemed to be an admission of the material allegations thereof.

8. The rules of pleading and practice provided by law and the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure shall be followed so far as applicable. A motion for a new trial, and all proceedings in the nature of appeals or rehearings, may be had as in any ordinary civil action.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.443 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.443
Confirmation proceedings in district court: Procedure; notice
Status: in_force

1. If the proposed improvement is carried by a vote of two-thirds of the qualified electors voting at such election, the board of directors shall petition the district court of the county in which the principal office of the district is located for confirmation of all of the proceedings in respect to such local improvement in the manner prescribed in this chapter for the confirmation of other proceedings by the district.

2. Upon the filing of such petition in court the judge of the court shall fix a time and place for the hearing thereof, giving notice of at least 2 weeks of such hearing by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county and also by posting three copies of such notice at conspicuous points or places in the improvement district.

3. Upon the hearing before the court upon the petition, any person interested may be heard, and at such hearing the court may correct any error in the matter of apportionment of benefits or in any of the proceedings.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 538.360 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 538 / Section 538.360
Employees
Status: repealed

<Section repealed on the date the California-Nevada Interstate Compact is approved.>

The Commission may employ such agents, attorneys, engineers and other employees as it deems necessary to carry out the functions of NRS 538.270 to 538.410 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 535.035 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 535 / Section 535.035
State Engineer, assistants and agents authorized to enter land to investigate and carry out duties
Status: in_force

In addition to any inspection conducted pursuant to NRS 535.010 or 535.030 , the State Engineer or any assistant or authorized agent of the State Engineer may enter the land of any owner or proprietor where any dam or other obstruction is situated at any reasonable hour of the day to investigate and carry out the duties of the State Engineer pursuant to this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.180 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.180
Applicability of chapter to wells used for domestic purposes; registration and plugging of wells used for domestic purposes; wells for accessory dwelling unit of single-family dwelling
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and as to the furnishing of any information required by the State Engineer, this chapter does not apply in the matter of obtaining permits for the development and use of underground water from a well for domestic purposes where the draught does not exceed 2 acre-feet per year.

2. The State Engineer may designate any groundwater basin or portion thereof as a basin in which the registration of a well is required if the well is drilled for the development and use of underground water for domestic purposes. A driller who drills such a well shall register the information required by the State Engineer within 10 days after the completion of the well. The State Engineer shall make available forms for the registration of such wells and shall maintain a register of those wells.

3. The State Engineer may require the plugging of such a well which is drilled on or after July 1, 1981, at any time not sooner than 1 year after water can be furnished to the site by: (a) A political subdivision of this State; or (b) A public utility whose rates and service are regulated by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, but only if such a well is within 1,250 feet of a municipal water system.

4. If the development and use of underground water from a well for an accessory dwelling unit of a single-family dwelling, as defined in an applicable local ordinance, qualifies as a domestic use or domestic purpose: (a) The owner of the well shall: (1) Obtain approval for that use or purpose from the local governing body or planning commission in whose jurisdiction the well is located; (2) Install a water meter capable of measuring the total withdrawal of water from the well; and (3) Ensure the total withdrawal of water from the well does not exceed 2 acre-feet per year; (b) The local governing body or planning commission shall report the approval of the accessory dwelling unit on a form provided by the State Engineer; (c) The State Engineer shall monitor the annual withdrawal of water from the well; and (d) The date of priority for the use of the domestic well to supply water to the accessory dwelling unit is the date of approval of the accessory dwelling unit by the local governing body or planning commission.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.037 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.037
Determination as to land to be formed into district
Status: in_force

1. Contiguous or neighboring lands susceptible of irrigation from the common source or combined sources, not included in the district as described in the petition, at the hearing may, upon application of the holder or holders of title or evidence of title thereto as prescribed in NRS 539.020 and 539.023 , be included in the district.

2. Lands described in the petition not susceptible of irrigation from such system or systems may upon similar application be excluded therefrom.

3. The board of county commissioners shall not modify the boundaries described in the petition so as to change the object of the petition or so as to exempt from the operation of this chapter any land which is susceptible of irrigation by such system or systems.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.075 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.075
Secretary and treasurer: Appointment; bond
Status: in_force

1. The secretary and the treasurer shall be appointed by the board of directors and may or may not be members of the board. One person may be appointed to serve as secretary and treasurer.

2. Such officers shall serve at the will of the board.

3. The secretary and the treasurer shall file bonds for the faithful performance of their duties. The bonds shall be approved by the board.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.613 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.613
Issuance authorized without election; purposes; exchange or sale; lien
Status: in_force

1. Any bonds of the district issued in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or any other statute and payable from any pledged revenues, assessments or taxes ad valorem, or any combination thereof, may be refunded by the board, without the necessity of the refunding bonds being authorized at an election, by the adoption of a resolution by the board and by any trust indenture or other proceedings appertaining thereto, authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds to pay, refund and discharge all or any part of any outstanding bonds of the district, including: (a) The acceleration, deceleration or other modification of the payment of those obligations and any interest thereon in arrears or to become due for any period not exceeding 3 years from the date of issuance of the refunding bonds; (b) To reduce the interest on the outstanding bonds; (c) To modify or eliminate restrictive contractual limitations on the issuance of additional bonds, concerning the outstanding bonds or concerning any facilities appertaining thereto; or (d) Any combination of the purposes stated in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c).

2. Any refunding bonds issued may be delivered in exchange for any outstanding bonds being refunded or may be sold at a public or private sale.

3. The lien for taxes for the payment of the interest and principal of any refunding bond issue is of equal rank with the lien of the original bond issue retired thereby.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 540A.020 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 540A / Section 540A.020
Applicability of chapter
Status: in_force

This chapter applies only to counties whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.017 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.017
Construction
Status: reserved

1. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as repealing or in any wise modifying the provisions of any other law relating to the subject of irrigation or drainage except such as may be contained in chapter 134, Statutes of Nevada 1911, and subsequent acts supplementary thereto or amendatory thereof, all of which acts, so far as they may be inconsistent with this chapter, are repealed.

2. Nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to: (a) Affect the validity of any district organized under the laws of this state prior to July 1, 1919, or its right in or to property, or any of its rights or privileges of whatsoever kind or nature; but such districts are hereby made subject to the provisions of this chapter as far as applicable. (b) Affect, impair or discharge any contract, obligation, lien or charge for or upon which any district was or might become liable or chargeable had this chapter not been passed. (c) Affect the validity of any bonds which have been issued but not sold. (d) Affect any action pending on July 1, 1919.

3. In such districts as have been organized prior to July 1, 1919, and in which directors of the various divisions thereof have been elected by the votes of the electors of the district at large, such elections are hereby confirmed.

4. In the cases of any district or districts any portion of the proceedings for the organization of which were instituted under prior existing laws and completed under the provisions of this chapter, such district or districts shall be deemed to have been duly organized under this chapter, and the organization thereof is hereby confirmed.

5. Any district organized under prior laws of this state may adopt and subject itself to all the provisions of this chapter by a unanimous resolution of its board of directors, and the organization of such district is hereby confirmed.

6. The directors of any district organized prior to July 1, 1919, and not divided into divisions may request the board of county commissioners to define and establish such divisions, and the board of county commissioners shall forthwith define and establish divisions in such district as nearly equal in size as practicable and in number equal to the directors in the district.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.097 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.097
Records open to inspection
Status: in_force

1. All records of the board shall be open to the inspection of any elector during business hours.

2. The board of directors of each irrigation district, or the secretary thereof, shall at any time allow any member of the board of county commissioners, when acting under the order of such board, to have access to all books, records and vouchers of the district which are in the possession or control of the board of directors or the secretary.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.146 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.146
Application for license to include social security number of applicant
Status: in_force

<See notes for changes to this section effective under certain conditions.>

An application for the issuance of a license to drill pursuant to NRS 534.140 must include the social security number of the applicant.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.237 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.237
Authority to generate, transmit, sell and acquire electric power
Status: in_force

1. The board of directors may: (a) Generate, produce, transmit and sell electric power or electrical energy in any form in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter. (b) Acquire or contract for the delivery of electric power and electric power or transmission lines.

2. In any irrigation district having a reservoir or reservoirs for the storage of water with a capacity of less than 250,000 acre-feet, the board may not acquire or contract for the construction or acquisition of electric power or transmission lines at a cost exceeding the sum of $50,000 without first obtaining the approval of the electors of the district at a special election, district election or primary or general state election.

3. In any irrigation district having a reservoir or reservoirs for the storage of water with a capacity of 250,000 acre-feet or more, the board may not acquire or contract for the construction or acquisition of electric power or transmission lines at a cost exceeding the sum of $100,000 without first obtaining the approval of the electors of the district at a special election, district election or primary or general state election.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 532.030 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 532 / Section 532.030
Qualifications
Status: in_force

No person may be appointed as State Engineer who is not a licensed professional engineer pursuant to the provisions of chapter 625 of NRS and who does not have such training in hydraulic and general engineering and such practical skill and experience as shall fit that person for the position.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.310 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.310
Administration of distribution by State Engineer if rights determined in manner other than provided in NRS 533.090 to 533.265, inclusive: Petition to district court; notice; hearing; order; appeal
Status: in_force

1. On any stream in this state on which the water rights have been adjudicated and determined and the final decree therefor entered, as between all persons who claimed the right to the use of the waters of such stream, in a suit brought in the district court having jurisdiction of such stream and in which suit the adjudication and determination was not had in the manner provided in NRS 533.087 to 533.265 , inclusive, and thereafter one or more of the parties as users of such adjudicated and determined rights or their successors in interest desire that the State Engineer take charge of the diversions and distribution of such rights and administer them in conformity with the final decree of the court, they may petition the district court which entered the decree requesting such administration.

2. Upon the filing of such petition, the district court shall direct that notice of the filing of the petition shall be given to each water user or claimant to a water right listed in the final decree. The notice shall be an order to show cause on the day fixed in the order by the court, which day shall not be less than 10 days nor more than 25 days from and after the date of issuance thereof, and which order shall direct the person or persons therein named to attend before the court on that day and show cause, if any they or each of them may have, why the petition should not be granted. The court shall designate the form and direct the preparation of the order or orders to show cause and by its order direct the manner, mode and the payment of the cost of the service thereof.

3. For the purpose of the hearing on the petition, such petition shall be deemed in the nature of a complaint. Objections of the water users or claimants, or any of them, to the granting of the petition shall be in writing signed by such users or claimants, or by any attorneys thereof. No other pleading shall be filed. Costs shall be paid as in civil cases brought in the district court, except by the State Engineer or the State. The practice in civil cases shall apply insofar as consistent with the summary character of the proceedings. The State Engineer shall be given notice of and, in person or by assistant or deputy state engineer, shall attend upon the hearing of the petition.

4. The court, prior to the final determination of the matter, may, by an order duly entered and served upon the State Engineer, direct the State Engineer to make a hydrographic survey of the stream system and to render to the court a written report, together with such maps and other necessary data as will enable the court to determine whether or not administration of such water rights by the State Engineer would be in the best interest of the water users.

5. If the district court finally determines the matter affirmatively, the court shall, by its judgment duly entered and served on the State Engineer, direct the State Engineer to distribute such waters in strict accordance with the decree, and from and after the filing of such judgment in the district court and service thereof on the State Engineer the administration of the decree and the distribution of the water thereunder shall be under the supervision and control of the district court, and the State Engineer, the State Engineer's deputies, assistants and water commissioners, when engaged in the administration of the final decree and the distribution of the water thereunder, shall be deemed officers of the district court only and subject only to its supervision and control.

6. Appeals may be taken from the judgment so entered to the appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution in the same manner and within the time as provided in NRS 533.450 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 535.050 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 535 / Section 535.050
State Engineer may order removal of dam, diversion works or obstruction; limitation; procedure; payment of costs
Status: in_force

1. The State Engineer has the right, power and authority to order the removal of any dam, diversion works or obstruction that has been placed in any stream channel or watercourse when the dam, diversion works or obstruction has not been legally established and recognized through a valid claim of vested right, by decree of court or by a permit issued by the State of Nevada.

2. Nothing in this section is to be construed as giving the State Engineer any right or authority to remove any dam or diversion works that has been so legally recognized and established.

3. If the dam, diversion works or obstruction has not been removed after 30 days' notice in writing given by the State Engineer and served upon the owner or person controlling the dam, diversion works or obstruction, or if no appeal has been taken from the order of the State Engineer as is provided for in NRS 533.450 , then the State Engineer may remove the dam, diversion works or obstruction.

4. The State Engineer shall charge the actual cost of that removal to the water distribution account and thereafter present an itemized statement of the charge to the board of county commissioners of the county wherein those expenses were incurred. The board of county commissioners shall thereupon present a bill for the expenses to the person liable therefor under this section, and if that person neglects for 30 days thereafter to pay it, the bill and costs become a lien upon the lands and property of the person so liable for the payment of the bill, and must be collected as delinquent taxes against the lands and property are collected.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.140 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.140
Persons who may administer registration oath
Status: in_force

1. The registration oath may be taken before the registrar or field registrars, any member of an election board, or any person authorized by law to administer oaths.

2. All oaths taken before the election board must be preserved by the election board and returned with the ballots.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.095 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.095
Quorum; affirmative vote of majority required for certain questions
Status: in_force

A majority of the members constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business, but on all questions requiring a vote, there must be an affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of the board.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.135 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.135
Oath of individual registrant
Status: in_force

The registrars shall require registrants to take the following oath in substance: I am, or have declared my intention to become, a citizen of the United States, am over the age of 18 years, and am, or properly represent, under the law in pursuance of which this election is to be held, the bona fide holder of title or evidence of title, as defined in the law, to _____ acres of land within the boundaries of the ________________ (name of district) and such holding is for all purposes and not simply for this election or matters connected therewith.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 532.110 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 532 / Section 532.110
General duties
Status: in_force

The State Engineer shall perform such duties as are or may be prescribed by law and the Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.023 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.023
“Wildlife purposes” defined
Status: in_force

“ Wildlife purposes ” includes the watering of wildlife and the establishment and maintenance of wetlands, fisheries and other wildlife habitats.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 532.200 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 532 / Section 532.200
Adjudication Emergency Account
Status: in_force

1. For the purpose of advancing and paying for stenographic work and transcripts required by law or order of court, or for the costs, witness fees or expenses incurred by or upon the authority of the Attorney General and the State Engineer in any litigation affecting any order of determination adjudicating the waters of any system of streams in this state, there is hereby created the Adjudication Emergency Account in the State General Fund. All money returned pursuant to subsection 3 and NRS 533.190 until those returns total an amount determined by the State Board of Examiners must be deposited in this Account, and thereafter the Account must be maintained for the purposes designated in this section. If the balance in the Adjudication Emergency Account exceeds the amount determined by the State Board of Examiners, that portion of the balance in the Account which exceeds the amount determined by the State Board of Examiners must be deposited in the State General Fund. If the balance in the Adjudication Emergency Account is below the amount determined by the State Board of Examiners, the State Engineer may request an allocation from the Contingency Account pursuant to NRS 353.266 , 353.268 and 353.269 .

2. No part of the Adjudication Emergency Account may be used in the payment of attorney's fees.

3. The State of Nevada shall recover all costs paid or advanced pursuant to the provisions of this section, and the money recovered must be placed in the Adjudication Emergency Account.

4. All expenditures from the Adjudication Emergency Account must be paid as other claims against the State are paid.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 536.200 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 536 / Section 536.200
Penalties for violation of chapter, order or regulation
Status: in_force

1. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, the State Engineer may, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, require a person who violates any provision of this chapter, any order or decision issued by the State Engineer pursuant to this chapter or any regulation adopted by the State Engineer pursuant to NRS 532.120 to pay an administrative fine not to exceed $10,000 per day for each violation as determined by the State Engineer.

2. If an administrative fine is imposed against a person pursuant to subsection 1, the State Engineer may require the person to pay the costs of the proceeding, including investigative costs and attorney's fees.

3. An order imposing an administrative fine or requiring the payment of costs or fees pursuant to this section may be reviewed by a district court pursuant to NRS 533.450 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.0245 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.0245
State Engineer prohibited from carrying out duties in conflict with certain decrees, orders, compacts or agreements
Status: in_force

The State Engineer shall not carry out his or her duties pursuant to this chapter in a manner that conflicts with any applicable provision of a decree or order issued by a state or federal court, an interstate compact or an agreement to which this State is a party for the interstate allocation of water pursuant to an act of Congress.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.363 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.363
State Engineer to notify county commissioners of application to use water in county other than that in which it is appropriated or currently diverted or used
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if water for which a permit is requested is to be used in a county other than that county in which it is to be appropriated, or is to be diverted from or used in a different county than that in which it is currently being diverted or used, then the State Engineer shall give notice of the receipt of the request for the permit to: (a) The board of county commissioners of the county in which the water for which the permit is requested will be appropriated or is currently being diverted or used; and (b) The board of county commissioners of the county in which the water will be diverted or used.

2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply: (a) To an environmental permit or a temporary permit issued pursuant to NRS 533.436 or 533.504 . (b) If: (1) The water is to be appropriated and used; or (2) Both the current and requested place of diversion or use of the water are, within a single, contiguous parcel of real property.

3. A person who requests a permit to which the provisions of subsection 1 apply shall submit to each appropriate board of county commissioners a copy of the application and any information relevant to the request.

4. Each board of county commissioners which is notified of a request for a permit pursuant to this section shall consider the request at the next regular or special meeting of the board held not earlier than 3 weeks after the notice is received. The board shall provide public notice of the meeting for 3 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in its county. The notice must state the time, place and purpose of the meeting. At the conclusion of the meeting the board may recommend a course of action to the State Engineer, but the recommendation is not binding on the State Engineer.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 541.080 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 541 / Section 541.080
Protesting petition; requisite signers; filing and objections; decree establishing district; place of business; dismissal of petition or proceedings; finality and conclusiveness of order; appeal; collateral attack
Status: in_force

1. At any time after the filing of a petition for the organization of a water conservancy district and not less than 10 days before the time fixed by the order of court for the hearing upon the petition, and not thereafter, a petition may be filed in the office of the clerk of the court wherein the proceeding for the creation of the district is pending, signed by not fewer than 25 percent of the owners of the lands in the proposed district, but not embraced within the limits of any city or town, the aggregate assessed value of which, together with improvements thereon, is not less than 25 percent of the total assessed value of land, together with the improvements thereon, within the proposed district situated outside such limits, and also signed by not fewer than 25 percent of the owners of lands embraced within the limits of each city and town in the proposed district, protesting the creation of the district. The signers of the protesting petition shall state therein the land owned by each, and shall also state the value thereof as shown by the last preceding assessment. The term “ owners of land ,” as used in this subsection with reference to persons outside the limits of a city or town within the district, means those persons who own 5 acres or more of real estate, and the term “owners of land,” as used in this subsection with reference to persons within a city or town, means those persons who own real estate, including any improvements thereon, having an assessed valuation of $300 or more.

2. If a petitioner signs the petition both as owner of land situated within a municipality, and owner of land situated without a municipality, his or her name may be counted only as an owner of land situated without a municipality.

3. Upon the filing of such protesting petition, the clerk of the court forthwith shall make as many certified copies thereof, including the signatures thereto, as there are counties in which any part of the proposed district extends, and forthwith shall place in the hands of the county treasurer of each such county one of the certified copies. Thereupon, each of the county treasurers shall determine from the tax rolls of the county in his or her hands and shall certify to the district court under the official seal of the county treasurer, before the day fixed for the hearing as aforesaid, the total valuation of the several tracts of land listed in the protest, situated in the proposed district within the county. Upon the day set for the hearing upon the original petition, if it appears to the court from such certificate or certificates, and from such other evidence as may be adduced by any party in interest, that the protesting petition is not signed by the requisite number of owners of lands and of the requisite value as set forth in this section, the court shall thereupon dismiss the protesting petition and shall proceed with the original hearing as provided in this section.

4. If the court finds from the evidence that the protesting petition is signed by the requisite number of owners of lands and of the requisite values, the court shall forthwith dismiss the original petition praying for the creation of the district. The finding and order of the court upon the question of such total valuation, the genuineness of the signatures, and all matters of law and fact incident to such determination is conclusive on all parties in interest, whether appearing or not, unless within 30 days after entry of the order or dismissal an appeal is taken to the appellate court of competent jurisdiction as provided in subsection 10.

5. Any owner of real property in the proposed district desiring to object to the organization and incorporation of the district, may, on or before the date set for the cause to be heard, file objection to the organization and incorporation of the district. Such objection must be limited to a denial of the statements in the petition and must be heard by the court as an advanced case without unnecessary delay. On the final hearing of the petition the court shall define and establish the boundaries of the district.

6. Upon the hearing, if it appears that a petition for the organization of a water conservancy district has been presented, in conformity with this chapter, and that the allegations of the petition are true and that no protesting petition has been filed or if filed has been dismissed as provided in this section, the court shall, by order duly entered of record, adjudicate all questions of jurisdiction, declare the district organized and give it a corporate name by which in all proceedings it must thereafter be known, and thereupon the district is a political subdivision of the State of Nevada and a body corporate with all the powers of a public or quasi-municipal corporation.

7. In such a decree the court shall designate the place where the office or principal place of the district must be located, which must be within the corporate limits of the district, and which may be changed by order of the board from time to time. The regular meetings of the board must be held at such office or place of business, but for cause may be adjourned to any other convenient place. The official records and files of the district must be kept at the office so established.

8. If the court finds that no petition has been presented in conformity with this chapter, or that the material facts are not as set forth in the petition filed, it shall dismiss the proceedings and adjudge the costs against the county that filed the petition. An appeal to the appellate court of competent jurisdiction from the order of dismissal may be taken as provided in subsection 10. Nothing in this section prevents the filing of a subsequent petition or petitions for similar improvements or for a similar water conservancy district, and the right so to renew such proceedings is hereby expressly granted and authorized.

9. If an order is entered establishing the district, the order is final and conclusively establishes the regular organization of the district against all persons, unless an appeal is taken to the appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution or quo warranto proceedings attacking the order are instituted on behalf of the State of Nevada by the Attorney General. The organization of the district may not be directly or collaterally questioned in any suit, action or proceedings except as expressly authorized in this section.

10. Any petitioner, protestant or objector is entitled to appeal to the appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution from the order of the district court entered pursuant to this section. Such appeals must be taken within 30 days after the entry of the order in accordance with the Nevada Rules of Appellate Procedure.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.350 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.350
Applications to be accompanied by maps, drawings and other data
Status: in_force

All applications for permits shall be accompanied or followed by such maps and drawings and such other data as may be prescribed by the State Engineer, and such accompanying data shall be considered a part of the application.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 538.201 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 538 / Section 538.201
Regulations
Status: in_force

The Commission may adopt such regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of NRS 538.041 to 538.251 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 535.040 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 535 / Section 535.040
Statutes and performance of State Engineer's duties do not constitute warranty
Status: in_force

The provisions of NRS 535.010 to 535.035 , inclusive, and the performance by the State Engineer of the duties of the State Engineer under them do not constitute a warranty in favor of anyone concerning the water to be impounded or diverted.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.113 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.113
Procedure for election of directors
Status: in_force

1. Not later than 60 days before any general election of the district, if a petition, signed by the qualified electors of the district equal in number to 35 percent of the qualified electors of the district, requesting that directors from each division of the district be elected by the qualified electors of that division and not by the qualified electors of the district as a whole, is filed with the board of directors, the board shall place upon the ballot of the next district election or primary or general state election the question of whether directors from each division shall be elected by the electors of the division and not by the electors of the district as a whole.

2. If a majority of the votes cast at the election are in favor of electing directors from each division by the electors from that division alone, thereafter the directors in the district must be elected in that manner.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 544.170 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 544 / Section 544.170
Notice of intention: Contents
Status: in_force

The notice of intention shall set forth at least all the following:

1. The name and address of the licensee.

2. The nature and object of the intended operation and the person or organization on whose behalf it is to be conducted.

3. The area in which and the approximate time during which the operation will be conducted.

4. The area which is intended to be affected by the operation.

5. The materials and methods to be used in conducting the operation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.507 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.507
General fund: Division into general fund and operation and maintenance fund
Status: in_force

The general fund may be divided into the general fund and the operation and maintenance fund as the board may direct.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 541.070 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 541 / Section 541.070
Time and place for hearing; jurisdiction of district court; judge not to be disqualified
Status: in_force

1. Immediately after the filing of the petition, the court wherein the petition is filed shall by order fix a place and time, not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days after the petition is filed, for hearing thereon, and thereupon the clerk of the court shall cause notice by publication to be made of the pendency of the petition and of the time and place of hearing thereon. The clerk of the court shall also forthwith cause a copy of the notice to be mailed by United States registered or certified mail to the board of county commissioners of each of the several counties having territory within the proposed district.

2. The district court in and for the county in which the petition for the organization of a water conservancy district has been filed shall thereafter for all purposes of this chapter, except as herein otherwise provided, maintain and have original and exclusive jurisdiction, coextensive with the boundaries of the water conservancy district and of land and other property proposed to be included in the district or affected by the district without regard to the usual limits of its jurisdiction.

3. No judge of such court wherein such petition is filed shall be disqualified to perform any duty imposed by this chapter by reason of ownership of property within any water conservancy district or proposed water conservancy district, or by reason of ownership of any property that may be benefited, taxed or assessed therein.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.710 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.710
General obligation bonds: Interest; maturity; denominations; form
Status: in_force

1. To carry out the purposes of NRS 543.170 to 543.830 , inclusive, the board may issue general obligation negotiable coupon bonds of the district.

2. Bonds must: (a) Bear interest at a rate or rates which do not exceed by more than 3 percent the Index of Twenty Bonds which was most recently published before the bids are received or a negotiated offer is accepted, payable semiannually. (b) Be payable serially, either annually or semiannually, commencing not later than 3 years and extending not more than 40 years from date. (c) Be in such denominations as the board determines and the bonds and coupons thereto attached must be payable to bearer. (d) Be executed in the name of and on behalf of the district and signed by the chair of the board with the seal of the district affixed thereto and attested by the secretary of the board.

3. Any of the officers, after filing with the Secretary of State his or her manual signature certified under oath, may execute or cause to be executed with a facsimile signature in lieu of his or her manual signature any bond authorized in this section, but at least one signature required or permitted to be placed thereon must be manually subscribed, and his or her facsimile signature has the same legal effect as his or her manual signature. Interest coupons must bear the original or facsimile signature of the chair of the board.

4. The form and terms of the bonds, including provisions for their payment and redemption, must be determined by the board. If the board so determines, the bonds may be redeemable before maturity upon payment of a premium, not exceeding 9 percent of the principal thereof.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.273 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.273
Purposes of cooperation and contract
Status: in_force

The cooperation and contract authorized by NRS 539.270 may be for any or all of the following purposes:

1. Construction of works, whether for irrigation or drainage, or both.

2. Acquisition, purchase, extension, operation or maintenance of constructed works.

3. Water supply.

4. Electric power and transmission lines.

5. Assumption as principal or guarantor of indebtedness to the United States on account of district lands or for the collection of moneys due the United States as fiscal agents or otherwise.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.773 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.773
Liquidation of indebtedness; levy of assessments; collection of taxes; sale of district property by county commissioners; disposition of proceeds
Status: in_force

1. The proper county officers shall proceed to levy and assess upon the lands embraced within such district proper assessments and to collect such additional taxes as may be necessary for the purpose of paying such remaining outstanding indebtedness not provided for by previous assessments.

2. Such assessments and levies shall be made as near as may be in the same manner and with the same procedure as provided by this chapter.

3. All property of every kind belonging to the district, including lands sold to the district for taxes, shall be sold by the board of county commissioners as near as may be in the same manner as county lands acquired at tax sales and county property are now sold, and the proceeds, together with all money on hand, shall be used to pay off the remaining indebtedness of the district.

4. All funds remaining after the outstanding indebtedness has been paid shall be refunded and paid pro rata to the last assessment payers according to the last assessment roll.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.665 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.665
Boundary changes; liability of property
Status: in_force

1. The boundary of any district organized under the provisions of NRS 543.170 to 543.830 , inclusive, may be changed in the manner prescribed in NRS 543.675 and 543.685 , but the change of boundaries of the district does not impair or affect its organization, or affect, impair or discharge any contract, obligation, lien or charge on which it or the property therein might be liable or chargeable had the change of boundaries not been made.

2. Property included within or annexed to a district is subject to the payment of taxes, assessments and charges, as provided in NRS 543.685 . Real property excluded from a district is thereafter subject to the levy of taxes for the payment of its proportionate share of any indebtedness of the district outstanding at the time of the exclusion and is subject to any outstanding special assessment lien thereon.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.390 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.390
Suits, actions and proceedings
Status: in_force

The board shall have the power to sue and be sued, and be a party to suits, actions and proceedings.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.755 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.755
Determination of sufficiency of percentages required on petition: What governs clerk of district court
Status: in_force

In determining the sufficiency of the percentages required on the petition, the clerk of the district court with whom such petition is filed shall be governed by the last equalized assessment roll of the irrigation district, together with the last equalized assessment roll of the county or counties in which the district lands are situated, on file with the county assessor, county auditor and county treasurer of such county or counties, together with the list of electors from the records of the irrigation district and the registration lists and other election and citizenship records in the offices of the county clerk and county recorder of such county or counties.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 541.290 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 541 / Section 541.290
Powers of board in distribution of water
Status: in_force

The board shall have the following powers concerning the management, control, delivery, use and distribution of water by the district:

1. To make and enforce all reasonable regulations for the management, control and delivery of water, subject to the provisions of NRS 416.060 .

2. To withhold the delivery of water upon which there are any defaults or delinquencies of payment.

3. Subject to such limitations as may be prescribed by the board of directors, to provide for and declare forfeitures of rights to the use of water upon default or failure to comply with any order, contract or agreement for the purchase, lease or use of water and to resell, lease or otherwise dispose of water upon which forfeiture has been declared.

4. To allocate and reallocate the use of water to lands within the district.

5. To provide for and grant the right, upon terms, to transfer water from lands to which water has been allocated to other lands within the district and to discharge liens from lands to which same was theretofore attached and to create liens, as provided in this chapter, upon lands to which the use of such water is transferred.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.744 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.744
Order or denial of exclusion; publication of order
Status: in_force

1. Not less than 50 days after the filing with the board of an application in writing by a qualified elector of the district or after the board has of its own initiative and by resolution declared its intention of excluding any land or lands from the district, and after having first given notice as prescribed in NRS 539.738 , the board shall meet and consider the matter and shall order or deny the exclusion of the lands in whole or in part.

2. A copy of the order of the board shall be published for two issues 1 week apart in some newspaper published in the county in which the land is situated.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.1405 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.1405
Well drillers: Petition for review of criminal history to obtain license; requirements; fee; report
Status: in_force

1. The State Engineer shall develop and implement a process by which a person with a criminal history may petition the State Engineer to review the criminal history of the person to determine if the person's criminal history will disqualify the person from obtaining a license to drill pursuant to NRS 534.140 .

2. Not later than 90 days after a petition is submitted to the State Engineer pursuant to subsection 1, the State Engineer shall inform the person of the determination of the State Engineer of whether the person's criminal history will disqualify the person from obtaining a license. The State Engineer is not bound by his or her determination of disqualification or qualification and may rescind such a determination at any time.

3. The State Engineer may provide instructions to a person who receives a determination of disqualification to remedy the determination of disqualification. A person may resubmit a petition pursuant to subsection 1 not earlier than 6 months after receiving instructions pursuant to this subsection if the person remedies the determination of disqualification.

4. A person with a criminal history may petition the State Engineer at any time, including, without limitation, before obtaining any education or paying any fee required to obtain a license from the State Engineer.

5. A person may submit a new petition to the State Engineer not earlier than 2 years after the final determination of the initial petition submitted to the State Engineer.

6. The State Engineer may impose a fee of up to $50 upon the person to fund the administrative costs in complying with the provisions of this section. The State Engineer may waive such fees or allow such fees to be covered by funds from a scholarship or grant.

7. The State Engineer may post on its Internet website: (a) The requirements to obtain a license from the State Engineer; and (b) A list of crimes, if any, that would disqualify a person from obtaining a license from the State Engineer.

8. The State Engineer may request the criminal history record of a person who petitions the State Engineer for a determination pursuant to subsection 1. To the extent consistent with federal law, if the State Engineer makes such a request of a person, the State Engineer shall require the person to submit his or her criminal history record which includes a report from: (a) The Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History; and (b) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.

9. A person who petitions the State Engineer for a determination pursuant to subsection 1 shall not submit false or misleading information to the State Engineer.

10. The State Engineer shall, on or before the 20th day of January, April, July and October, submit to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau in an electronic format prescribed by the Director, a report that includes: (a) The number of petitions submitted to the State Engineer pursuant to subsection 1; (b) The number of determinations of disqualification made by the State Engineer pursuant to subsection 1; (c) The reasons for such determinations; and (d) Any other information that is requested by the Director or which the State Engineer determines would be helpful.

11. The Director shall transmit a compilation of the information received pursuant to subsection 10 to the Legislative Commission quarterly, unless otherwise directed by the Commission.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.277 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.277
Bonds: Transfer to or deposit with United States; payment of interest and principal; rate of interest; call for repayment
Status: in_force

1. When a contract has been or may hereafter be made with the United States, bonds of the district may be transferred to or deposited with the United States, if so provided by the contract and authorized as set forth in this chapter, at not less than 95 percent of their par value at the amount or any part thereof to be paid by the district to the United States.

2. The interest on or principal of the bonds, or both, must be raised by assessment and levy as prescribed in this chapter and be regularly paid to the United States and applied as provided in the contract.

3. Bonds transferred to or deposited with the United States may call for the payment of that interest, which must not exceed by more than 5 percent the Index of Revenue Bonds which was most recently published before the bids are received or a negotiated offer is accepted, may be of such denomination, and may call for the repayment of the principal at such times as may be agreed upon between the board and the Secretary of the Interior.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.330 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.330
Contracts of district divisions with United States
Status: in_force

Divisions of a district may contract with the United States in the manner provided in NRS 539.405 to 539.420 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.287 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.287
Dissolution of district or change of boundaries: Consent of Secretary of Interior; excluded areas free from liens and charges
Status: in_force

1. When a contract shall have been entered into and is in force and effect between the United States and any irrigation district, the district shall not be dissolved, nor shall the boundaries be changed, except upon written consent of the Secretary of the Interior, filed with the official records of the district.

2. If such consent is given and lands are excluded, the areas excluded shall be free from all liens and charges for payments to become due to the United States.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.473 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.473
Certification of bonds by State Controller
Status: in_force

If the proposed plan for the funding or refunding of such bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness is approved by the Department of Taxation, and the funding or refunding bonds are authorized as provided in NRS 539.463 to 539.475 , inclusive, the funding or refunding bonds shall be certified by the State Controller in the manner and with the effect prescribed in NRS 539.640 to 539.665 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.583 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.583
Payment of interest from bond fund
Status: in_force

The treasurer, upon the presentation of interest coupons when due, shall pay the same from the bond fund.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.6371 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.6371
Issuance authorized to finance revenue-producing project
Status: in_force

Any bonds issued to finance or refinance the costs of a revenue-producing project of the district may be payable solely from, or additionally secured by, a pledge of the net revenues of that project or the net revenues of any revenue-producing facility of the district.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 532.160 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 532 / Section 532.160
Duties of Attorney General and district attorneys
Status: in_force

The Attorney General and the district attorney of the county in which legal questions arise shall be the legal advisers of the State Engineer and shall perform any and all legal duties necessary in connection with their work without any further compensation than their salaries fixed by law.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 540A.030 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 540A / Section 540A.030
Boundaries of region
Status: in_force

1. In each county to which this chapter applies, except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, the region within which water is to be managed, and with respect to which plans for its use are to be made, pursuant to this chapter is the entire county except: (a) Any land within the region defined by NRS 277.200 , the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact; and (b) Lands located within any Indian reservation or Indian colony which are held in trust by the United States.

2. The board may exclude from the region any land which it determines is unsuitable for inclusion because of its remoteness from the sources of supply managed pursuant to this chapter or because it lies within a separate hydrologic basin neither affecting nor affected by conditions within the remainder of the region.

3. The board may include within the region an area otherwise excluded if it finds that the land requires alleviation of the effect of flooding or drainage of storm waters or another benefit from planning or management performed in the region.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 541.360 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 541 / Section 541.360
Conduct of election; canvass of returns
Status: in_force

The respective election boards shall conduct the election in their respective precincts in the manner prescribed by law for the holding of general elections, and shall make their returns to the secretary of the district. At any regular or special meeting of the board held not earlier than 6 working days following the date of the election, the returns thereof must be canvassed and the results thereof declared. If any election held pursuant to NRS 541.340 is consolidated with any primary or general election, the returns thereof must be made and canvassed at the time and in the manner provided by law for the canvass of the returns of such a primary or general election. The canvassing body shall promptly certify and transmit to the board a statement of the result of the vote upon the proposition submitted pursuant to NRS 541.340 . Upon receipt of the statement, the board shall tabulate and declare the results of the proposition voted on at the election.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.370 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.370
Compensation of local directors
Status: in_force

Each member of the local board of a division shall receive $5 per day for each day in attending meetings of the board, or while engaged in official business under the order of the board.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 538.270 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 538 / Section 538.270
“Commission” defined
Status: repealed

<Section repealed on the date the California-Nevada Interstate Compact is approved.>

As used in NRS 538.270 to 538.410 , inclusive, “Commission” means the California-Nevada Interstate Compact Commission of the State of Nevada.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.405 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.405
Petition for creation of local board
Status: in_force

When an irrigation district comprises lands which are served by works constructed by the United States and the portion of such works situated in a division of the district may be regarded as a separate unit of the larger system for operation and maintenance purposes, or when local drains, laterals or other improvements may be provided as additions to such works and constitute benefits limited to such division, or when the replacement or extension of such works or some part thereof would constitute benefits limited to such division, a petition signed by the requisite number of electors of such division may be presented to the board of directors of the district and a local board of directors of such division created as provided in this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.597 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.597
Change of facility on or amendment of master plan; exception
Status: in_force

1. The district's chief engineer or any governmental entity may propose to: (a) Change the size, type or alignment of a facility on the district's master plan; or (b) Amend the district's master plan. A proposed amendment must be submitted to the district.

2. Upon receipt of a change proposed pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1, the board shall hold a public hearing to consider the adoption of the change. With the approval of two-thirds of the members voting on the proposed change, the board may adopt any proposed change which: (a) Is consistent with the general principles set forth in subsection 3 of NRS 543.590 for the master plan; (b) Is hydraulically similar to a proposed facility included in the master plan; (c) Is the most cost-effective structural or regulatory means of controlling floodwaters of the district; and (d) Does not adversely affect the continued implementation of the master plan.

3. Upon receipt of an amendment proposed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1, the board shall determine whether the proposed amendment is consistent with the general principles set forth in subsection 3 of NRS 543.590 for the master plan. If the proposed amendment is determined to be generally consistent with those principles, the board shall hold a public hearing to consider the adoption of the proposed amendment. The board may adopt a proposed amendment to the district's master plan with the approval of two-thirds of the members voting on the proposed amendment.

4. The board shall file a copy of any amendment or change adopted by it with the governing body of each local government whose jurisdiction includes a hydrographic area affected by the adopted amendment or change.

5. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, upon receipt of an amendment, the governing body of each local government affected shall hold a public hearing to consider the adoption of the proposed amendment as a component of its comprehensive master plan pursuant to chapter 278 of NRS . If the governing bodies of each local government whose jurisdiction includes a hydrographic area affected by the amendment to the district's master plan approve the proposed amendment, it becomes effective.

6. If a proposed amendment to the master plan is adopted unanimously by the board, and by the governing body of the local government in whose jurisdiction will be located the structures necessary to carry out the purposes of the amendment, after a public hearing by each, the amendment becomes effective and no other hearing or approval is required by any other board or commission, including those responsible for decisions relating to planning or zoning.

7. The provisions of this section do not apply to an amendment of a master plan pursuant to NRS 543.5975 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.185 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.185
Entry of judicial decree; revised map; delivery and filing of final judgment
Status: in_force

1. After the hearing the court shall enter a decree affirming or modifying the order of the State Engineer.

2. If the court enters a decree holding that the water right of a claimant is different than the right claimed in the proof of appropriation filed by the claimant or determined by the State Engineer in the order of determination, the court may require the claimant to prepare and file with the court and the Office of the State Engineer a revised map which conforms to the decree and the rules and regulations of the State Engineer.

3. Within 30 days after the entry of final judgment by the district court, or if an appeal is taken, within 30 days after the entry of the final judgment by the appellate court or within 30 days after the entry of the final judgment after remand, the clerk of the court issuing the final judgment shall: (a) Deliver to the State Engineer a certified copy of the final judgment; and (b) Cause a certified copy of the final judgment to be filed in the office of the county recorder in each county in which the water adjudicated is applied to beneficial use and in each county in which the water adjudicated is diverted from its natural source.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.240 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.240
Election required for approval of certain contracts; notice; ballots; limitation; judicial determination of validity
Status: in_force

1. Any proposal to enter into a contract for the acquisition of electric power and transmission lines or to lease or construct those lines: (a) Of any irrigation district having one or more reservoirs for the storage of water with a single or combined capacity of less than 250,000 acre-feet, where the cost of the proposed acquisition, lease or construction exceeds $50,000; or (b) Of any irrigation district having one or more reservoirs for the storage of water with a single or combined capacity of 250,000 acre-feet or more, where the cost of the proposed acquisition, lease or construction exceeds $100,000, must be voted upon at a special election, district election or primary or general state election in the same manner as for the issuance of district bonds.

2. Notice of the election must contain, in addition to the information required in the case of ordinary bond elections, a statement of the maximum cost of the proposal, exclusive of penalties and interest, together with a concise general statement and description of the proposed acquisition or construction.

3. The ballots must contain a brief statement of the general purpose for which the election is to be held, and the maximum amount of the obligation to be assumed, with the words “________________ (Question)--Yes,” and “________________ (Question)--No,” or “________________ (Question) and bonds--Yes,” and “_______________ (Question) and bonds--No.”

4. If the proposal or the proposal and the issuance of bonds therefor is approved at the election, the board may enter into any contracts in connection with the proposal which it considers necessary, expedient or desirable, including contracts for: (a) Construction of the power and transmission lines; (b) The sale of the power; (c) The transmission of power; (d) The operation, maintenance or management of the project; and (e) Financing the costs of the project approved in the election as an alternative to or in addition to any bonds to be issued, but the sum of the amounts which the district is obligated to pay pursuant to those contracts, excluding payments out of the revenue of the project, and any bonds issued must not exceed the amount of the bonds approved in the election and interest thereon at a rate not exceeding 5 percent above the Index of Revenue Bonds which was most recently published before the contract is executed, bids are received or a negotiated offer is accepted.

5. The board of directors may submit any such contract or proposed contract and bond issue, if any, to the district court of the county where the office of the board is located, to determine the validity thereof and the authority of the board to enter into the contract or acquisition, and the authority for and the validity of the issuance and deposit and transfer of the bonds in the same manner as for the judicial determination of the validity of bonds, and with like effect.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.325 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.325
Application to State Engineer for permit
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 533.027 , 533.028 and 534.065 , any person who wishes to appropriate any of the public waters, or to change the place of diversion, manner of use or place of use of water already appropriated, shall, before performing any work in connection with such appropriation, change in place of diversion or change in manner or place of use, apply to the State Engineer for a permit to do so.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534B.120 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534B / Section 534B.120
Regulations
Status: in_force

The Commission on Mineral Resources:

1. Shall, in coordination with the Division of Water Resources and the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, adopt regulations to carry out a program for regulating the drilling and operation of dissolved mineral resource exploration wells and dissolved mineral resource exploration boreholes; and

2. May adopt any other regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.065 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.065
Replacement well: Application to change place of diversion not required in certain circumstances; notice
Status: in_force

1. If a person is seeking to sink or bore a replacement well to divert groundwater already appropriated and: (a) The original site of the well and the site of the replacement well are on public lands or on property owned by the same person for whom the groundwater has already been appropriated; and (b) The site of the replacement well is located not more than 300 feet from the original place of diversion described on the permit to appropriate water, the person is not required to file an application to change the place of diversion pursuant to NRS 533.345 .

2. If a change to the site of a replacement well meets the requirements of subsection 1, the site of the replacement well must be located anywhere on public lands or on the property of the person who holds the permit to appropriate water that is not more than 300 feet from the original place of diversion described on the permit to appropriate water.

3. The person who holds the permit to appropriate water must: (a) Record the site of the replacement well in the office of the county recorder of each county in which the water is applied to beneficial use and in each county in which the water is diverted from its natural source; and (b) Inform the State Engineer of the site of the replacement well. Compliance with the provisions of this subsection shall be deemed to impart notice of the site of the replacement well to all persons.

4. If a person is seeking to sink or bore a replacement well on public lands, the person must notify any relevant federal agency that is charged with administering such public lands and comply with all applicable federal laws.

5. As used in this section, “ public lands ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 408.078 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.234 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.234
Petition for State Engineer to prescribe or clarify rules and regulations relating to distribution and use of water within district
Status: in_force

1. An owner or an association of owners of water rights located in an irrigation district may petition the State Engineer to prescribe or clarify rules and regulations relating to the distribution and use of water within the irrigation district. The State Engineer may prescribe or clarify the rules and regulations addressed in the petition.

2. A person may seek judicial review of any action taken by the State Engineer pursuant to subsection 1.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.140 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.140
Preparation and printing of abstract of proofs of appropriation; preliminary order of determination; notice of availability of evidence and proofs for inspection; service of notice and preliminary order; State Engineer to be present during period that evidence and proofs are available for inspection; posting preliminary order of determination and abstract of proofs on Internet
Status: in_force

<Section effective until Jan. 1, 2028. See, also, section 533.140 effective Jan. 1, 2028.>

1. As soon as practicable after the expiration of the period fixed in which proofs of appropriation may be filed, the State Engineer shall assemble all proofs which have been filed with the State Engineer and prepare, certify and have printed an abstract of all such proofs of appropriation. The State Engineer shall also prepare from the proofs of appropriation and evidence taken or given before the State Engineer, or obtained by the State Engineer, a preliminary order of determination establishing the several rights of claimants to the waters of the stream.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, when the abstract of proofs of appropriation and the preliminary order of determination are completed: (a) The State Engineer shall then prepare a notice fixing and setting a time and place when and where the evidence taken by or filed with the State Engineer and the proofs of claims must be open to the inspection of all interested persons, the period of inspection to be not less than 20 days. The notice shall be deemed an order of the State Engineer as to the matters contained therein. (b) A copy of the notice, together with a printed copy of the preliminary order of determination and the abstract of proofs of appropriation, must be delivered by the State Engineer, or sent by registered or certified mail, at least 30 days before the first day of such period of inspection, to each person who has appeared and filed a proof of appropriation, as provided in this section. (c) The State Engineer shall be present at the time and place designated in the notice and allow, during that period, any persons interested to inspect such evidence and proofs of appropriation as have been filed with or taken by the State Engineer in accordance with this chapter.

3. In lieu of sending or serving a copy of the preliminary order of determination and the abstract of proofs of appropriation pursuant to subsection 2, the State Engineer may: (a) Make available a copy of the preliminary order of determination and the abstract of proofs of appropriation on the Internet website of the Office of the State Engineer; and (b) Send by registered or certified mail or deliver in person to each person who has filed a proof of appropriation notice that the preliminary order of determination and the abstract of proofs of appropriation are available on the Internet website of the Office of the State Engineer.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.360 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.360
Provisions applicable if reciprocal rights granted
Status: in_force

The provisions of NRS 539.355 and 539.357 shall apply to irrigation districts organized and existing under the laws of an adjoining state only when such adjoining state grants like rights and privileges in that state to irrigation districts organized and existing under the laws of the State of Nevada.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.748 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.748
Petition to district court by aggrieved persons
Status: in_force

Any holder of title or of evidence of title to land in the district, or holder of any bond or contract or certificate of indebtedness constituting a lien against the land sought to be excluded, who is aggrieved by the order of the board of directors in excluding or refusing to exclude lands as provided in this chapter may, within 30 days from the date of the publication, as provided in NRS 539.744 , of the order excluding or refusing to exclude lands from the district, petition the district court of the county in which the office of the board of directors is situated to set aside such order, and direct that such lands be excluded or be not excluded, as the court may order. The provisions of NRS 539.565 and 539.567 , insofar as applicable, shall be followed in such proceedings.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 541.370 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 541 / Section 541.370
Majority vote required to authorize indebtedness; resubmission of proposition
Status: in_force

1. If it appears from the returns that a majority of the qualified electors of the district who voted on any proposition submitted pursuant to NRS 541.340 voted in favor of the proposition, the district may incur the indebtedness or obligations and enter into the contract for the purpose or purposes and object or objects provided for in the proposition submitted pursuant to NRS 541.340 , and in the amount so provided and at a rate of interest not exceeding the rate of interest recited in the resolution.

2. Submission of the proposition of incurring such obligation or other indebtedness at a special, primary or general election does not prohibit submission of the same proposition or other propositions at a subsequent special, primary or general election.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 538.370 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 538 / Section 538.370
Duties of Attorney General
Status: repealed

<Section repealed on the date the California-Nevada Interstate Compact is approved.>

At the request of the Commission, the Attorney General, or whomever the Attorney General may appoint, shall aid and assist the commissioners appointed for the State of Nevada whenever necessary in order to facilitate the work in carrying out the intent and purpose of NRS 538.270 to 538.410 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 541.010 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 541 / Section 541.010
Short title
Status: in_force

This chapter may be known and cited as the Water Conservancy Districts Act.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.028 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.028
Applicability of chapter to retention or detention of developed stormwater flow for certain purposes in county whose population is less than 700,000
Status: in_force

1. In a county whose population is less than 700,000, the provisions of this chapter do not apply to the retention or detention of developed stormwater flow for the purpose of flood control or stormwater management if: (a) The governing body of the county or city requires such retention or detention as a condition of the approval of a development pursuant to NRS 278.010 to 278.630 , inclusive; and (b) Such retention or detention does not impair the predevelopment recharge of the relevant sources of groundwater or the offsite predevelopment flow of the relevant sources of surface water.

2. As used in this section, “ developed stormwater flow ” means the increase of surface stormwater runoff created by or attributable to the construction of man-made impervious surfaces as part of the development of land.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.260 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.260
Regulations of State Engineer requiring blueprints from claimants to be attached to proofs
Status: in_force

The State Engineer shall have power to make and enforce such reasonable rules and regulations for the furnishing by claimants of blueprints of particular parcels of land shown on the map prepared by the State Engineer, and for such supplementary surveys and examinations or such inspection by the State Engineer as may be required, to the end that observations and surveys of the State Engineer may be made, insofar as practicable, available to the claimants for attachment to the proofs to be filed by them.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.540 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.540
Resolution of directors: General plan of proposed operations
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after the organization of a district the board of directors shall, by a resolution entered on its records, formulate a general plan of its proposed operations in which it shall state what constructed works or other property it proposes to purchase and the cost of purchasing the same, and also what construction work it proposes to do, and how it proposes to raise the funds for carrying out such general plan.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 538.221 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 538 / Section 538.221
Hearings; witnesses; testimony
Status: in_force

The Commission may:

1. Hold hearings.

2. Receive and hear objections filed to the granting of contracts after advertisement.

3. Require the attendance of witnesses.

4. Take testimony whenever it deems it necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 538.041 to 538.251 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.290 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.290
Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Permit for recovery well; recovery limited to designated wells; designation of person entitled to recover water; use or exchange of recovered water
Status: in_force

1. A permit for a recovery well must comply with the requirements of this chapter and chapter 533 of NRS .

2. The holder of a permit for a project may recover water stored pursuant to the permit only from wells designated by the holder and approved by the State Engineer, located within the area of hydrologic effect of the project as determined by the State Engineer.

3. The person entitled to recover the water must be designated by the holder of the permit and approved by the State Engineer.

4. The holder of a permit for a project and a permit for a recovery well may use or exchange water recovered pursuant to those permits only in the manner in which it was permissible for him or her to use that water before it was stored.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.039 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.039
Perennial yield of basin designated as critical management area: Duty of State Engineer to affirm, modify and review
Status: in_force

1. If the State Engineer designates a basin as a critical management area pursuant to subsection 7 of NRS 534.110 , the State Engineer shall, in the order designating the critical management area, affirm or modify the perennial yield of the designated basin.

2. The State Engineer may, by order, modify the perennial yield of a basin set forth in the order designating the critical management area pursuant to subsection 1 if the State Engineer determines, after consideration of the best available science, that the perennial yield of the basin is different from the perennial yield set forth in such order.

3. The State Engineer shall, before reviewing the results of a groundwater management plan pursuant to subsection 8 of NRS 534.037 , review the perennial yield of the basin set forth in the order pursuant to subsection 1 and may modify the perennial yield of the basin pursuant to subsection 2 if the State Engineer determines the perennial yield has changed.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.657 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.657
District to pay expenses of investigation and report
Status: in_force

All necessary expenses incurred in making the investigation and report provided for in NRS 539.640 to 539.665 , inclusive, shall be paid as the Department of Taxation may require by the irrigation district whose property has been investigated and reported on by the Department; but the benefit of any services that have been performed and any data that have been obtained by the Department or any other public official, in pursuance of the requirements of any law other than NRS 539.640 to 539.665 , inclusive, shall be made available for the use of the Department of Taxation without charge to the district whose affairs are under investigation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 540A.267 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 540A / Section 540A.267
Power of board to issue bonds or otherwise become obligated to pay costs of developing and carrying out plan for remediation; bonds or other obligations secured by certain fees or taxes
Status: in_force

1. The board may issue bonds and otherwise borrow money in anticipation of the fees or taxes, or any combination thereof, collected pursuant to NRS 540A.265 to pay the costs of developing and carrying out the plan for remediation, including any of the costs mentioned in subsection 3 of NRS 540A.260 .

2. The board may issue those bonds as, or may borrow money evidenced by, special obligations of the county secured solely by those fees or taxes, or any combination thereof, or general obligations of the county, whose payment is additionally secured by those fees or taxes, or any combination thereof.

3. The taxes or fees that are pledged as additional security for those general obligations are pledged revenues for the purposes of subsection 3 of NRS 350.020 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.515 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.515
Permit for appropriation of water or application to change point of diversion, manner of use or place of use if point of diversion or portion of works is outside state
Status: in_force

1. No permit for the appropriation of water or application to change the point of diversion, manner of use or place of use under an existing water right may be denied because of the fact that the point of diversion described in the application for the permit, or any portion of the works in the application described and to be constructed for the purpose of storing, conserving, diverting or distributing the water are situated in any other state; but in all such cases where the place of intended use, or the lands, or part of the lands identified as the place of use, are situated within this state, the permit must be issued as in other cases, pursuant to the provisions of NRS 533.324 to 533.450 , inclusive, and chapter 534 of NRS .

2. The permit must not purport to authorize the doing or refraining from any act or thing, in connection with the system of appropriation, not properly within the scope of the jurisdiction of this state and the State Engineer to grant.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.071 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.071
Expansion of number of directors authorized if federal reclamation project operated and project authorized for additional purposes; procedure
Status: in_force

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if an irrigation district operates a federal reclamation project pursuant to a contract with the United States and the project is authorized for purposes in addition to irrigation, the district may expand the number of directors on the board of directors of the district in the manner provided in this section.

2. The number of directors may be increased pursuant to this section by a number not to exceed one less than the number of elected directors on the board. The addition of directors pursuant to this section may be proposed by resolution adopted by the board of directors or upon the petition of not less than 51 percent of the qualified electors of the district.

3. The resolution or petition proposing to increase the number of directors must designate the number of additional directors proposed, the interest to be represented by each additional director and the method by which each additional director will be appointed. The interest to be represented by each additional director must be an interest which owns a water right for an authorized purpose of the federal reclamation project.

4. The board of directors shall submit the question of expanding the board of directors in accordance with the resolution or petition to the qualified electors of the district at the next district election or primary or general state election. Notice of the election must be given in the manner provided in NRS 539.125 .

5. If the result of the election is in favor of the expansion, the board of directors must be expanded in accordance with the resolution or petition. The new directors must be appointed at the time of the next biennial election of directors, and must determine their respective tenures of office in the manner provided in NRS 539.065 . After the initial terms, directors appointed pursuant to this section hold office for a term of 4 years. The successor to a director appointed pursuant to this section must be appointed not later than the biennial election which coincides with the expiration of the director's term.

6. By resolution of the elected directors or by petition of not less than 51 percent of the qualified electors of the district, the directors added pursuant to this section may be eliminated, or the interests they represent or their appointing authorities may be changed, in the same manner that directors are added pursuant to this section.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.110 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.110
Procedure for changing number of directors and divisions; election required
Status: in_force

1. The number of directors and the number of divisions of any district organized pursuant to the laws of this state must not be altered or changed except upon: (a) A petition of not less than 51 percent of the qualified electors of the district; or (b) A resolution adopted by the board of directors.

2. The petition or resolution must prescribe the number of divisions into which the district is proposed to be divided and must be accompanied by a map showing the proposed new division boundaries, which map must be a part of the petition or resolution and must be presented to the board of directors of the district at any regular meeting.

3. At its next regular meeting following the presentation of the petition or adoption of the resolution, the board of directors shall prepare or cause to be prepared a map of the district showing the proposed new division boundaries, which map must be placed on file in the office of the district. At least two copies of the map must be posted in other conspicuous places in the district where the maps are available for inspection by all interested persons.

4. The board of directors shall submit the question of altering or changing the number of divisions of the district in accordance with the petition to the qualified electors of the district at the next district election or primary or general state election. Notice of the election must be given in the manner provided in NRS 539.125 , and must include notice of the places where the map showing the proposed new division boundaries may be inspected.

5. If the result of the election is in favor of the changes in the number of divisions and division boundaries of the district, the next biennial election of directors is governed by the altered conditions established by the election and the terms of office of all the directors then in office and who were elected or appointed before the altered conditions expire on the second Monday following the biennial election. The new directors then elected shall determine their respective tenures of office in the manner designated in NRS 539.065 .

6. No petition or resolution to change the number of directors and divisions of a district may be received or considered within a period of 4 years following the date of an election held pursuant to this section.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.025 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.025
Removal of underground waters to alleviate hazards caused by secondary recharge is beneficial use
Status: in_force

The removal of groundwater from any basin in Nevada, to alleviate potential hazards to persons and property resulting from the rise of groundwater caused by secondary recharge, is hereby declared to be a beneficial use if it is accomplished pursuant to the terms and conditions of a waiver issued pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 2 of NRS 534.050 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.250 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.250
Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Permit required; issuance, contents, modification and assignment of permit; monitoring requirements
Status: in_force

1. Any person desiring to operate a project must first make an application to, and obtain from, the State Engineer a permit to operate such a project.

2. The State Engineer shall, upon application, issue a permit to operate a project if the State Engineer determines that: (a) The applicant has the technical and financial capability to construct and operate a project. (b) The applicant has a right to use the proposed source of water for recharge pursuant to an approved appropriation consistent with this chapter and chapter 533 of NRS . Any determination made by the State Engineer for purposes of this paragraph is not binding in any other proceeding. (c) The project is hydrologically feasible. (d) If the project is in an area of active management, the project is consistent with the program of augmentation for that area. (e) The project will not cause harm to users of land or other water within the area of hydrologic effect of the project.

3. The holder of a permit may apply to the State Engineer for approval to assign the permit to another person. The State Engineer must approve the assignment if the person to whom the permit is to be assigned will meet the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection 2 when the assignment is completed.

4. A permit for a project must include: (a) The name and mailing address of the person to whom the permit is issued. (b) The name of the area of active management, groundwater basin or groundwater sub-basin, as applicable, in which the project will be located. (c) The capacity and plan of operation of the project. (d) Any monitoring program required pursuant to subsection 5. (e) Any conditions which are imposed pursuant to this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto. (f) Any other information which the State Engineer deems necessary to include.

5. The State Engineer shall require the holder of a permit to monitor the operation of the project and the effect of the project on users of land and other water within the area of hydrologic effect of the project. In determining any monitoring requirements, the State Engineer shall cooperate with all government entities which regulate or monitor, or both, the quality of water.

6. The State Engineer, on his or her initiative or at the request of the holder of the permit, may modify the conditions of the permit if monitoring demonstrates that modifications are necessary. In determining whether modifications are necessary, the State Engineer shall consider uses of land or water which were not in existence when the permit was issued.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.060 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.060
Name of district; change of name of certain districts
Status: in_force

1. The name of any district organized after July 1, 1919, pursuant to this chapter must contain either the words “irrigation district,” “water conservation district,” “water conservancy district” or “water improvement district.”

2. Any district organized and existing before, on or after July 1, 1919, the name of which must include the words “irrigation district,” may change its name by substituting for the word “irrigation” either the words “water conservation,” “water conservancy” or “water improvement,” or may change the entire name or designation of the district by filing with the board of county commissioners, with which the original petition was filed for the organization of the district, a certified copy of a resolution of its board of directors adopted by the unanimous vote of all the members of the board at a regular meeting thereof providing for such a change of name. All proceedings of such a district must be had under the changed name, but all existing obligations and contracts of the district entered into under its former name must remain outstanding without change and with the validity thereof unimpaired and unaffected by the change of name.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.650 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.650
Expenditures from construction fund after certification of bonds prohibited without consent of Department of Taxation
Status: in_force

After the bonds of any irrigation district have been certified, as provided in NRS 539.640 to 539.665 , inclusive, no expenditure of any kind may be made from the construction fund of such district without the consent of the Department of Taxation, and no obligation may be incurred chargeable against such fund without previous authorization of the Department, nor may any expense of any kind be incurred in excess of money actually provided by levy of assessment or otherwise.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 538.231 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 538 / Section 538.231
Application and disbursement of revenues
Status: in_force

Revenues received from the sale of power or water or otherwise must be applied and disbursed by the Commission in the following order:

1. To the payment to the Federal Government of the cost of electrical energy and the generation and delivery thereof in accordance with bills rendered by the United States.

2. To the payment to other entities of the cost of water and the cost of electrical energy and the generation thereof or the cost of water or the cost of electrical energy and the generation thereof in accordance with bills rendered by those entities.

3. To the payment of compensation and expenses of the Commission and all other obligations incurred through performance by the Commission of the duties designated in NRS 538.041 to 538.251 , inclusive.

4. To the repayment to the State of Nevada of any money advanced or appropriated to the Commission if the advancement or appropriation requires repayment to the State, the repayment to be placed in the State General Fund.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.368 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.368
Location of improvement along or across public road or highway
Status: in_force

Any improvement pursuant to NRS 543.170 to 543.830 , inclusive, may be located, constructed and maintained in, along or across any public road or highway in the district in a manner that affords security for life and property. The board shall restore or cause to be restored the road or highway to its former condition as nearly as may be, in order not to impair its usefulness.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 536.115 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 536 / Section 536.115
Investigation of complaint of unlawful removal, damage or destruction of ditch by State Engineer; reports concerning investigation
Status: in_force

1. In a county whose population is less than 100,000, the State Engineer shall, upon request of the owner of a ditch or a local governmental entity in whose jurisdiction a ditch is located, investigate a complaint involving a possible violation of the provisions of NRS 536.120 which involves the ditch if the ditch is located: (a) Within the boundaries of an adjudicated stream system for which the State Engineer has appointed an engineer to work in a supervisory capacity pursuant to NRS 533.275 ; and (b) Outside the boundaries of an irrigation district organized pursuant to chapter 539 of NRS .

2. For any complaint investigated pursuant to subsection 1, the State Engineer shall: (a) Prepare a report concerning the investigation, including, without limitation, the condition of the ditch; and (b) Make the report available to the person or local governmental entity that requested the investigation.

3. A person or local governmental entity that obtains a report pursuant to subsection 2 may submit a copy of the report with any report of a violation of the provisions of NRS 536.120 that is reported to a law enforcement agency.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 541.210 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 541 / Section 541.210
Board may levy additional assessments to pay deficiencies
Status: in_force

The board, in making the annual assessments and levies as herein provided, shall take into account the maturing indebtedness for the ensuing year as provided in its contracts and deficiencies and defaults of prior years, and shall make ample provision for the payment thereof. In case the proceeds of such levies and assessments made under the provisions of this chapter, together with other revenues of the district, are not sufficient to pay punctually the annual installments on its contracts, and interest thereon, and to pay defaults and deficiencies, then the board shall make such additional levies of assessments against property to which water has been allotted as may be necessary for such purposes, and, notwithstanding any limitations by contract, order, or otherwise, such assessments shall be made and continue until the indebtedness of the district shall be fully paid.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.410 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.410
Election required for approval to enter contract and levy assessment
Status: in_force

The local board of directors shall submit to the electors of the division at a special election, district election or primary or general state election the contract for approval and for authorization to levy an assessment or assessments, as provided in this chapter, to secure the money required to carry out the contract, including the amounts that will be due the United States thereunder and that will be required for the construction of the proposed local drains, laterals or other improvements, or for the replacement and extension of existing works or structures.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 544.145 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 544 / Section 544.145
Application for renewal of license must include certain information regarding state business license; grounds for denial of renewal
Status: in_force

1. In addition to any other requirements set forth in this chapter, an applicant for the renewal of a license to engage in activities for weather modification and control must indicate in the application submitted to the Director whether the applicant has a state business license. If the applicant has a state business license, the applicant must include in the application the business identification number assigned by the Secretary of State upon compliance with the provisions of chapter 76 of NRS.

2. A license to engage in activities for weather modification and control may not be renewed by the Director if: (a) The applicant fails to submit the information required by subsection 1; or (b) The State Controller has informed the Director pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 353C.1965 that the applicant owes a debt to an agency that has been assigned to the State Controller for collection and the applicant has not: (1) Satisfied the debt; (2) Entered into an agreement for the payment of the debt pursuant to NRS 353C.130 ; or (3) Demonstrated that the debt is not valid.

3. As used in this section: (a) “ Agency ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 353C.020 . (b) “ Debt ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 353C.040 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.207 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.207
Acquisition of property
Status: in_force

The board of directors shall have the right to acquire, either by purchase, condemnation or other legal means, all lands, rights and other property necessary for the construction, use and supply, operation, maintenance, repair and improvement of the works of the district, including canals and works constructed and being constructed by private owners, lands for reservoirs for the storage of water, and all other works and appurtenances, either within or without the State of Nevada.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 537.030 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 537 / Section 537.030
Winnemucca Lake declared navigable; title to bed held by State
Status: in_force

Winnemucca Lake, located in Townships 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 North, Ranges 23 and 24 East, Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada, is a navigable body of water and title to the bed thereof is held by the State of Nevada.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.820 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.820
Filing of ordinance dissolving district
Status: in_force

Within 30 days after the effective date of any ordinance dissolving the district, the county clerk shall file a copy of the ordinance in the county clerk’s office and shall cause to be filed an additional copy of the ordinance in the Office of the Secretary of State, which filings shall be without fee and be otherwise in the same manner as articles of incorporation are required to be filed under chapter 78 of NRS.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.017 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.017
“Well driller” defined
Status: in_force

“Well driller” means any person who drills a well or wells, for compensation or otherwise.