Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.106 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.106
Creation; Board of Directors
Status: in_force

1. There is hereby created a Department of Transportation, administered by a seven-member Board of Directors consisting of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and the State Controller, who serve ex officio, and four members who are appointed by the Governor. If one of the three constitutional offices is vacant, the Secretary of State shall serve ex officio on the Board until the vacancy is filled.

2. The Governor shall appoint as members of the Board four persons who are residents of Nevada, informed on and interested in the construction and maintenance of highways and other matters relating to transportation. The members so appointed must be residents of Nevada as follows: (a) Two members who must reside in a highway district that includes a county whose population is 700,000 or more; (b) One member who must reside in a highway district that includes a county whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000; and (c) One member who must reside in a highway district that does not include a county whose population is 100,000 or more.

3. All the members appointed pursuant to subsection 2 must be informed on and interested in the construction and maintenance of highways and other matters relating to transportation, and must possess at least one of the following qualifications: (a) Knowledge of engineering evidenced by the possession of a bachelor of science degree in civil or structural engineering and licensure in this State as a professional engineer. (b) Demonstrated expertise in financial matters and business administration. (c) Demonstrated expertise in the business of construction evidenced by the possession of a license as a general contractor and experience as a principal officer of a firm licensed in this State. The Governor shall not appoint to the Board any person who is currently employed in the field of or has a substantial financial interest in the construction or maintenance of highways in this State.

4. The Governor shall serve as the Chair of the Board and the members of the Board shall elect annually a Vice Chair.

5. Each member of the Board who is not a public officer is entitled to receive as compensation $80 for each day or portion of a day during which the member attends a meeting of the Board or is otherwise engaged in the business of the Board plus the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally.

6. After the initial terms, the appointed members of the Board shall serve terms of 4 years.

7. As used in this section, “ highway district ” means a portion of this State designated by the Board as a highway district for the purposes of carrying out the duties of the Board.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 410.310 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 410 / Section 410.310
“Zoned commercial or industrial area” defined
Status: in_force

“Zoned commercial or industrial area” means an area zoned for commercial or industrial uses by authority of state or local law, ordinance or regulation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 407.066 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 407 / Section 407.066
Governor authorized to direct naming of state park, monument or recreational area after deceased member of Armed Forces of United States; duties of Administrator
Status: in_force

1. The Governor may, upon receiving a recommendation from the Nevada Veterans Services Commission pursuant to NRS 417.400 , direct the Administrator to name, subject to the provisions of NRS 407.065 , a state park, monument or recreational area constructed, acquired, leased or opened on or after July 1, 2015, after a deceased member of the Armed Forces of the United States.

2. The Administrator shall, as soon as sufficient money is available from the Nevada Will Always Remember Veterans Gift Account created by NRS 417.410 , cause to be designed, procured and installed an appropriate marker, plaque, statue or sign bearing the name of the deceased member of the Armed Forces of the United States at or upon the respective state park, monument or recreational area as directed by the Governor pursuant to subsection 1.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.3882 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.3882
Procedure for selecting design-build team
Status: in_force

If the Department desires to contract with a design-build team pursuant to NRS 408.388 and 408.3881 , the Department must select the design-build team in accordance with NRS 408.3883 to 408.3886 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.163 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.163
Director: Qualifications; classification
Status: in_force

The Director:

1. Is in the unclassified service of the State.

2. Must have had at least 5 years of responsible administrative experience in public or business administration.

3. Must possess broad skills as a manager in areas related to the functions of the Department.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.126 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.126
Meetings
Status: in_force

The Board shall hold meetings at such times and places, and for such periods and purposes, as it deems essential to the proper execution of the provisions of this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.523 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.523
Summary vacation and abandonment of portion of state highway superseded by relocation or in excess of needs; resolution of Board; recordation
Status: in_force

1. The Board may retain or may summarily vacate and abandon any portion of a state highway if that portion has been superseded by relocation or has been determined to be in excess of the needs of the Department.

2. The Board shall act to abandon any easement, or to vacate any highway, by resolution. A certified copy of the resolution may be recorded without acknowledgment, certificate of acknowledgment, or further proof, in the office of the county recorder of each county wherein any portion of the easement to be abandoned, or the highway to be vacated, lies. No fee may be charged for such recordation. Upon recordation, the abandonment or vacation is complete.

3. When a highway for which the State holds only an easement is abandoned, or when any other easement is abandoned, the property previously subject thereto is free from the public easement for highway purposes. Where the State owns in fee the property on which the vacated highway was located, the Department shall dispose of that property as provided in NRS 408.533 .

4. In any proceeding for the abandonment or vacation of any state highway or part thereof, the Board may reserve and except therefrom any easements, rights or interests in the highway deemed desirable and in the best interests of the State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.201 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.201
Duties of Director: Policies for use of recycled materials in highways
Status: in_force

The Director shall adopt policies that provide for the use of recycled aggregate, recycled bituminous pavement and recycled rubber from tires in projects for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance and repair of highways undertaken by the Department pursuant to this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.160 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.160
Director: Appointment; term
Status: in_force

The Board shall select a person to be the Director of the Department who:

1. Is responsible to the Board; and

2. Serves at the pleasure of the Board.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 410.047 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 410 / Section 410.047
“Director” defined
Status: in_force

“Director” means the Director of the Department of Transportation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 407A.550 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 407A / Section 407A.550
Administrator: Qualifications
Status: in_force

The Administrator shall have demonstrated executive ability and be experienced in:

1. Marketing and business development; or

2. Conservation and implementing or interpreting policies regarding natural resources.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 407.080 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 407 / Section 407.080
Cathedral Gorge State Park
Status: reserved

1. Sections 30 and 31, T. 1 S., R. 68 E., and the N 1/2 of section 6, T. 2 S., R. 68 E., M.D.B. & M., containing 1,578.66 acres, more or less, are hereby reserved from sale and are set apart for all time for state park and recreational purposes, and shall be known as Cathedral Gorge State Park.

2. The land described in subsection 1 was patented to the State of Nevada by the United States of America under Patent No. 1,052,084 , issued November 30, 1931.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.527 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.527
Procedure for relinquishment of roadways; regulations
Status: in_force

1. Whenever the Department and the county or city concerned have entered into a written agreement providing therefor, and the legislative body of the county or city has adopted a resolution consenting thereto, the Board may relinquish to the county or city: (a) Any portion of any state highway which has been deleted from the state highway system by legislative enactment; or (b) Any portion of any state highway which has been superseded by relocation or which the Department determines exceeds its needs.

2. Whenever the county or city concerned and the Department have entered into a written agreement providing therefor, and the Board has adopted a resolution consenting thereto, the county or city may relinquish to the Department any portion of any county or city road which the Department agrees qualifies to join the state highway system.

3. By resolution of the Board, the Department may upon request relinquish to the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for the public use of another state agency any portion of any state highway which has been superseded by relocation or which the Department determines exceeds its needs.

4. Relinquishment must be made by a resolution. A certified copy of the resolution must be filed with the legislative body of the county or city concerned. The resolution must be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county where the land is located and, upon recordation, all right, title and interest of the State in and to that portion of any state highway vests in the county, city or division, as the case may be.

5. Nothing in NRS 408.523 limits the power of the Board to relinquish abandoned or vacated portions of a state highway to a county, city or the Division.

6. If the Board relinquishes property pursuant to subsection 5, and the purpose for which the property was relinquished is abandoned or ceases to exist, then, absent an agreement or a provision of law to the contrary, and regardless of the interest of the Department in the property before it was relinquished, all right, title and interest in the property shall vest in the county, city or Division without reversion to the Department.

7. The Board may accept from a county or city any portion of any county or city road which has changed in function such that it has risen to the level of functioning as a state highway. Such a road may be traded for any portion of any state highway relinquished by the Department or accepted by the Department after equitable compensation or trade values have been negotiated and agreed to in writing.

8. A county or city may accept from the Department any portion of any state highway which no longer functions to support the state highway system and which exceeds the needs of the Department. Such a highway may be traded for any portion of any county or city road relinquished by the county or city or accepted by the county or city after equitable compensation or trade values have been negotiated and agreed to in writing.

9. Any portion of a state highway or county or city road that is relinquished or traded pursuant to this section must be placed in good repair, or the parties must establish and agree in writing to equitable monetary compensation. If any highways or roads, or portions thereof, to be relinquished or traded are not of comparable value, the parties must negotiate and agree in writing to equitable monetary compensation or equitable trade considerations.

10. The Department, in cooperation with local governments, shall adopt regulations governing procedural documents that address the process by which highways and roads are relinquished.

11. The vesting of all right, title and interest of the Department in and to portions of any state highways relinquished previously by the Department in the city, county or state agency to which it was relinquished is hereby confirmed.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.577 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.577
Nevada Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Advisory Board: Duties; gifts, grants and donations; Department to provide secretarial services
Status: in_force

1. The Nevada Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board shall: (a) At its first meeting and annually thereafter, elect a Chair from among its members. (b) Meet regularly at least once each calendar quarter and may meet at other times upon the call of the Chair. (c) Promote programs and facilities for the safe use of bicycles and pedestrian safety in this State. (d) Advise appropriate agencies of the State on policies, programs and facilities for the safe use of bicycles and pedestrian safety.

2. The Advisory Board may apply for any available grants and accept and use any gifts, grants or donations to aid the Advisory Board in carrying out its duties.

3. The Department shall provide secretarial services to the Advisory Board.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 404.110 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 404 / Section 404.110
Road supervisor prohibited from using or contracting for use of truck or equipment owned by road supervisor or relative; exception
Status: in_force

No road supervisor shall use or contract the use of any motor truck or road building equipment owned by the road supervisor or any relative within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity in the construction or maintenance of any county road or highway, except in cases of emergency, when it shall be lawful for the road supervisor to use or contract the use of such truck or equipment for a period of not to exceed 5 days in any 1 month.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.3195 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.3195
Written analysis of costs and benefits of proposed highway projects: Contents; availability to Board and public
Status: in_force

1. Before the Department submits a proposal for a highway project to the Board for approval, the Department shall prepare a written analysis of the costs and benefits of the project. The analysis must state, for each highway district in which the project is proposed: (a) The limits of the project; (b) The period of analysis; (c) The discount rate used in the analysis; (d) The initial costs of the Department for the project, including any costs for design, engineering, the acquisition of land and construction; (e) The future costs of the Department to preserve and maintain the project, discounted to present value; (f) Any other costs of the Department for any other construction or any mitigation associated with the project; (g) The costs to highway users for any loss of safety, delays in the time of travel and costs for the operation of vehicles that are associated with the project; (h) The costs of any environmental impacts, including vehicle emissions and noise, that are associated with the project; and (i) The value of the benefits of the project, including the value of any: (1) Savings in the time of travel; (2) Improvements to safety; and (3) Savings in the cost of operating vehicles.

2. The analysis required by this section: (a) Must include a discussion of any additional increases in costs that would result from any delays in the performance of any routine maintenance scheduled under the maintenance program of the Department; (b) May include a discussion of: (1) The costs of the project for any other persons and governmental agencies; (2) The value of any other social, economic or environmental benefits or costs of the project; and (3) Any costs or benefits which may result from the use of any alternative design, construction or financing practices; and (c) Must be prepared in a format that allows for the comparison of proposed highway projects.

3. The analysis required by this section must be made available to the Board and the public when the agenda is posted for the meeting at which the proposal will be submitted to the Board for its approval.

4. As used in this section, “ highway project ” means a project that is expected to increase the capacity of the state highway system and cost at least $25 million.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.3875 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.3875
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 408.3875 to 408.3888 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 408.3876 to 408.3879 , inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.042 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.042
“Conveyance system” defined
Status: in_force

“ Conveyance system ” means any system of drainage along or involving the roads or highways of this State, or within the rights-of-way of the Department, and designed or used to collect, contain, store or provide for the flow of surface and storm water. The term includes, without limitation, gutters, curbs, ditches, pipes, culverts, channels, catch basins, vaults, man-made channels or storm drains that are owned, operated or controlled by the Department.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.55017 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.55017
“Telecommunications provider” defined
Status: in_force

“ Telecommunications provider ” means a telecommunications provider:

1. As defined in NRS 704.027 ;

2. That meets Federal Communications Commission and industry carrier class service guidelines; or

3. That is a political subdivision that has statutory authority to provide telecommunications services.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 407A.025 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 407A / Section 407A.025
“Director” defined
Status: in_force

“Director” means the Director of the Department.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.280 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.280
Program for work on highways: Contents; distribution
Status: in_force

1. On or before October 1 of each year the Board shall prepare and present to the Governor a detailed proposed work program, the form and content to be determined by the Board, for the federal fiscal year ending the following September 30, stating therein the amount, character, and nature of the construction, reconstruction and improvements to be initiated on the highways within the respective counties of the State during the ensuing federal fiscal year, together with an estimate of the cost to complete such work.

2. The Board shall cause a copy of the proposed work program to be provided to the chair of the board of county commissioners of the several counties of the State, and a copy must be furnished to all news media in the State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.133 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.133
Plan for measuring performance of Department; report on level of achievement
Status: in_force

1. The Board shall adopt a plan for measuring the performance of the Department, which must include separate sets of performance measurements for each division of the Department and for the Department as a whole.

2. The Director shall, not later than December 31 of each year: (a) Prepare a report, based upon the relevant performance measurements adopted pursuant to subsection 1, on the level of achievement of each division of the Department and of the Department as a whole during the immediately preceding fiscal year. The report must include a discussion of: (1) The goals and objectives of the Department, and the current status of the Department in relation to meeting those goals and objectives; (2) Any applicable directives from the Board or Legislature since the most recent report prepared pursuant to this section; (3) The scheduling, scope, cost and progress of any current or proposed highway projects; (4) The sources, amount and expenditure of any funding received during the immediately preceding fiscal year; (5) The rationale used to establish priorities for the completion of highway projects; and (6) Any recommendations for amendments to the plan adopted pursuant to subsection 1. (b) Submit the report to: (1) The Board; and (2) The Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Interim Finance Committee.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 404.140 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 404 / Section 404.140
Road supervisor: Oath and bond
Status: in_force

Before entering upon the duties of office, each road supervisor appointed under the provisions of NRS 404.120 to 404.160 , inclusive, shall:

1. Take the oath prescribed by law.

2. Execute a bond to the State of Nevada, to be approved by the board of county commissioners, in the penal sum of $1,000. The bond shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of the road supervisor’s office, and shall be filed in the office of the county clerk.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.047 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.047
“Displaced person” defined
Status: in_force

“Displaced person” means any:

1. Person who is head of a family or any individual not a member of a family who moves from a dwelling as the result of the acquisition, or reasonable expectation of acquisition and the subsequent acquisition, of real property on which such dwelling was situated and which was acquired for a federal-aid highway; or

2. Owner of a business or farmer who moves as the result of the acquisition of real property on which such owner or farmer conducted a business or farm operation and which was acquired, in whole or in part, for a federal-aid highway.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 403.450 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 403 / Section 403.450
Apportionment of county general road fund to incorporated cities
Status: in_force

1. To provide funds for paying the expenses of road work, the several boards of county commissioners shall, from time to time upon the request of the city council, apportion to each incorporated city within the respective counties such proportion of the general road fund of the county as the value of the whole property within the corporate limits of such city or cities, as shown by the last assessment roll, shall bear to the whole property in the county, inclusive of property within the incorporated cities.

2. The apportionment of moneys to cities as provided in subsection 1 shall not exceed an amount greater than 10 percent of the total amount levied and collected for general road purposes within the county, exclusive of funds for the payment of the principal and interest of bonds for road and street purposes.

3. All such moneys so apportioned shall be expended upon the streets, alleys and public highways of such city or cities under the direction and control of the city council.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.2833 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.2833
Standards for project
Status: in_force

The Department shall determine standards to be met in the project.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 407.075 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 407 / Section 407.075
State Park Grant and Gift Fund: Creation; deposits; expenditures
Status: in_force

1. The State Park Grant and Gift Fund is hereby created as a special revenue fund for the use of the Division.

2. All grants and gifts of money which the Division is authorized to accept must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the State Park Grant and Gift Fund.

3. Expenditures from the State Park Grant and Gift Fund must be made only for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter and other programs or laws administered by the Division.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 405.110 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 405 / Section 405.110
Unlawful advertising on or near highway or on bridge; exceptions; removal; penalty; liability; restriction on use of revenue from certain lawfully placed advertisements
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, no advertising signs, signboards, boards or other materials containing advertising matter may: (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, be placed upon or over any state highway. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4, be placed within the highway right-of-way. (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, be placed upon any bridge or other structure thereon. (d) Be so situated with respect to any public highway as to obstruct clear vision of an intersecting highway or highways or otherwise so situated as to constitute a hazard upon or prevent the safe use of the state highway.

2. With the permission of the Department of Transportation, counties, towns or cities of this State may place at such points as are designated by the Director of the Department of Transportation suitable signboards advertising the counties, towns or municipalities.

3. A person may place an advertising sign, signboard, board or other material containing advertising matter in any airspace above a highway if: (a) The Department of Transportation has leased the airspace to the person pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 408.507 , the airspace is over an interstate highway and: (1) The purpose of the sign, signboard, board or other material is to identify a commercial establishment that is entirely located within the airspace, services rendered, or goods produced or sold upon the commercial establishment or that the facility or property that is located within the airspace is for sale or lease; and (2) The size, location and design of the sign, signboard, board or other material and the quantity of signs, signboards, boards or other materials have been approved by the Department of Transportation; or (b) The person owns real property adjacent to an interstate highway and: (1) The person has dedicated to a public authority a fee or perpetual easement interest in at least 1 acre of the property for the construction or maintenance, or both, of the highway over which the person is placing the sign, signboard, board or other material and the person retained the air rights in the airspace above the property for which the person has dedicated the interest; (2) The sign, signboard, board or other material is located in the airspace for which the person retained the air rights; (3) The structure that supports the sign, signboard, board or other material is not located on the property for which the person dedicated the fee or easement interest to the public authority, and the public authority determines that the location of the structure does not create a traffic hazard; and (4) The purpose of the sign, signboard, board or other material is to identify an establishment or activity that is located on the real property adjacent to the interstate highway, or services rendered or goods provided or sold on that property.

4. A tenant of a mobile home park may exhibit a political sign within a right-of-way of a state highway or road which is owned or controlled by the Department of Transportation if the tenant exhibits the sign within the boundary of the tenant's lot and in accordance with the requirements and limitations set forth in NRS 118B.145 . As used in this subsection, the term “political sign” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 118B.145 .

5. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to any advertising, signs, signboards or other materials containing advertising matter located: (a) On a bench or shelter for passengers of public mass transportation built pursuant to a franchise granted pursuant to NRS 244.187 and 244.188 , 268.081 and 268.083 , 269.128 and 269.129 , or 277A.310 and 277A.330 ; (b) On a monorail station; or (c) On a touchdown structure if a public authority authorizes such advertising matter and the advertising matter is placed and maintained by a person who owns real property adjacent to the touchdown structure and who has: (1) Dedicated the touchdown structure to the public authority or has granted a fee or perpetual easement to the public authority for the construction or maintenance of the touchdown structure; and (2) Entered a written agreement with the public authority on terms and conditions acceptable to the public authority.

6. If any such sign is placed in violation of this section, it is thereby declared a public nuisance and may be removed forthwith by the Department of Transportation or the public authority.

7. Any person placing any such sign in violation of the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $250, and is also liable in damages for any injury or injuries incurred or for injury to or loss of property sustained by any person by reason of the violation.

8. If a franchisee receives revenues from an advertising sign, signboard, board or other material containing advertising matter authorized by subsection 1 and the franchisee is obligated to repay a bond issued by the State of Nevada, the franchisee shall use all revenue generated by the advertising sign, signboard, board or other material containing advertising matter authorized by subsection 1 to meet its obligations to the State of Nevada as set forth in the financing agreement and bond indenture, including, without limitation, the payment of operations and maintenance obligations, the funding of reserves and the payment of debt service. To the extent that any surplus revenue remains after the payment of all such obligations, the surplus revenue must be used solely to repay the bond until the bond is repaid.

9. As used in this section: (a) “ Monorail station ” means: (1) A structure for the loading and unloading of passengers from a monorail for which a franchise has been granted pursuant to NRS 705.695 or an agreement has been entered into pursuant to NRS 705.695 ; and (2) Any facilities or appurtenances within such a structure. (b) “ Touchdown structure ” means a structure, connected to a pedestrian bridge, which houses an elevator.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 407.047 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 407 / Section 407.047
Administrator: Powers and duties
Status: in_force

1. As the executive head of the Division, the Administrator, subject to administrative supervision by the Director, shall direct and supervise all administrative, fiscal, budget and technical activities of the Division, and all programs administered by the Division as provided by law.

2. The Administrator may organize the Division into various sections and, from time to time, alter such organization and reassign responsibilities and duties as the Administrator may deem appropriate.

3. The Administrator shall: (a) Coordinate the activities of the various sections of the Division. (b) Report to the Director upon all matters pertaining to the administration of the Administrator’s office. (c) Submit a biennial report to the Director on the work of the Division, with recommendations that the Administrator may deem necessary. (d) Appoint such technical, clerical and operational staff as the execution of his or her duties and the operation of the Division may require.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.333 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.333
Bids and bidders: Experience and financial ability; disqualification; hearing upon disqualification; appeal of decision
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 408.367 or 408.3875 to 408.3888 , inclusive:

1. Before furnishing any person proposing to bid on any advertised work with the plans and specifications for such work, the Director shall require from the person a statement, verified under oath, in the form of answers to questions contained in a standard form of questionnaire and financial statement, which must include a complete statement of the person's financial ability and experience in performing public work and any other comparable experience.

2. Such statements must be filed with the Director in ample time to permit the Department to verify the information contained therein in advance of furnishing proposal forms, plans and specifications to any person proposing to bid on the advertised public work, in accordance with the regulations of the Department.

3. Whenever the Director is not satisfied with the sufficiency of the answers contained in the questionnaire and financial statement, the Director may refuse to furnish the person with plans and specifications and the official proposal forms on the advertised project. If the Director determines that the person has, within the preceding year, materially breached a contract for a public work for which the cost exceeds $25,000,000, the Director shall refuse to furnish the person with plans and specifications and the official proposal forms on the advertised project. Any bid of any person to whom plans and specifications and the official proposal forms have not been issued in accordance with this section must be disregarded, and the certified check, cash or undertaking of such a bidder returned forthwith.

4. Any person who is disqualified by the Director, in accordance with the provisions of this section, may request, in writing, a hearing before the Director and present again the person's check, cash or undertaking and such further evidence with respect to the person's financial responsibility, organization, plant and equipment, or experience, as might tend to justify, in his or her opinion, issuance to him or her of the plans and specifications for the work.

5. Such a person may appeal the decision of the Director to the Board no later than 5 days before the opening of the bids on the project. If the appeal is sustained by the Board, the person must be granted the rights and privileges of all other bidders.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.214 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.214
Duties of Director: Designation of restricted highways
Status: in_force

The Director shall designate restricted highways which are susceptible to severe damage if traveled upon on or after February 1 but before May 1 in violation of a limitation of weight imposed by NRS 484D.615 to 484D.675 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 407.100 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 407 / Section 407.100
Beaver Dam State Park
Status: reserved

1. The SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of section 16; the E 1/2 of section 17; the N 1/2 and the SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4, the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4, the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4, the W 1/2 of the SE 1/4 and lots 2 and 3 of section 21; all in T. 5 S., R. 71 E., M.D.B. & M., containing 718.62 acres, more or less, shall be known as Beaver Dam State Park, and shall be reserved from sale and set aside for all time for state park and recreational purposes, when such land is acquired by exchange of lands between the State of Nevada under the Act of Congress approved June 8, 1926.

2. The Surveyor General of the State of Nevada is directed to enter into negotiations with the United States of America so as to provide for the exchange of lands referred to in subsection 1.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.309 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.309
Designation of Route 94
Status: in_force

Route 94 begins at a point on the Pahrump Valley Road approximately 3.6 miles southeast of the Nye County line, thence easterly via Lovell Summit and Red Rock Summit to a point on the Red Rock Canyon Road approximately 11 miles west of Las Vegas.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.050 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.050
“Encroachment” defined
Status: in_force

“ Encroachment ” means any tower, pole, pole line, wire, pipe, pipeline, fence, billboard, approach road, driveway, stand or building, crop or crops, flora, discharge of any kind or character or any structure which is placed in, upon, under or over any portion of highway rights-of-way.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.233 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.233
Planning Division: Responsibilities and duties; operation of railroad or airport prohibited
Status: in_force

1. The primary responsibilities of the Planning Division are to: (a) Develop and coordinate balanced transportation policy and planning which are consistent with the social, economic and environmental goals of the State. The plan must be designed to meet the present and future needs of the State and local areas of the State for adequate, safe and efficient transportation facilities and services at a reasonable cost to the taxpayer. (b) Coordinate local plans for balanced transportation facilities and services and assist in application for federal grants which must be submitted through an appropriate or designated state agency. The facilities and services may include, but are not limited to, highways, pathways and special lanes for bicycles, railways, urban public transportation and aviation. The authority and duties of the Department with respect to aviation are limited to areas outside the jurisdiction of any airport authority.

2. The Planning Division, in cooperation with other state agencies and with agencies of local government, shall: (a) Establish planning techniques and processes for all modes of transportation at an appropriate level, according to the requirements of the State and local areas of the State. (b) Prepare, revise when appropriate, provide supporting information for and assist in carrying out the transportation plan by providing assistance in the development of the Department's capital program for all modes of transportation. (c) Test and evaluate the policies, plans, proposals, systems, programs and projects of the Department within the framework of the goals of the Department. (d) Conduct research in planning techniques, travel needs, transportation potential for the State, investigating, testing and demonstrating methods and equipment suitable for application to the problems of transportation facing the State.

3. The Department shall not operate any railroad or airport.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 407.110 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 407 / Section 407.110
Boulder Dam-Valley of Fire State Park
Status: reserved

1. The N 1/2 of section 25, the W 1/2 of the NW 1/4 and the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of section 26, T. 16 S., R. 66 E., M.D.B. & M.; all of sections 1, 12, 13, the E 1/2 of section 14, the SE 1/4 of section 22, all of section 23, all of section 24, the N 1/2 of section 26, the NE 1/4 of section 27, T. 17 S., R. 66 E., M.D.B. & M.; the S 1/2 of section 13, all of sections 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, the N 1/2 of section 24, and the N 1/2 of section 27, T. 17 S., R. 67 E., M.D.B. & M., containing 8,752.47 acres, more or less, are hereby reserved from sale and are set apart for all time for state park and recreational purposes, and shall be known as Boulder Dam-Valley of Fire State Park.

2. The land described in subsection 1 was patented to the State of Nevada by the United States of America under Patent No. 1,052,084 , issued November 30, 1931.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 404.030 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 404 / Section 404.030
Expenditure of money from road fund
Status: in_force

1. The moneys constituting the road fund of the road district may be used in the payment of demands allowed on the road fund by the board of county commissioners, including building and repairing bridges, aqueducts and highways of the district to which the fund belongs.

2. No money shall be drawn from the road fund without the order and approval of the board of county commissioners.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.271 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.271
Department may expend money to conduct studies and match federal money for capital acquisitions
Status: in_force

The Department may expend money, when authorized by the Legislature for expenditure from the interest earned by investment of the State Highway Fund, to conduct studies of transportation or to match for capital acquisition only, in the proportion designated in the following acts, the sums of money apportioned by the Federal Government to any of the political subdivisions of the State or any private corporation or association in the State under these acts:

1. The Urban Mass Transportation Act ( 49 U.S.C. §§ 1601 et seq. ), which includes the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 ( P.L. 88-365 ) and amendments made by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 ( P.L. 93-87 , August 13, 1973), the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 ( P.L. 95-599 , November 6, 1978) and any amendments thereto made after July 1, 1981.

2. The Department of Transportation Act ( 49 U.S.C. §§ 1651 et seq. ), which includes the Department of Transportation Act ( P.L. 89-670 ) and amendments made by the Local Rail Service Assistance Act of 1978 ( P.L. 95-607 , November 8, 1978) and any amendments thereto made after July 1, 1981.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 403.580 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 403 / Section 403.580
Construction, maintenance or repair
Status: in_force

All public bridges, not otherwise specially provided for, shall be maintained by the road district in which they are situated, the districts which they unite, and the county at large, in the same manner as highways, and under the management and control of the board of county commissioners. The expense of constructing, maintaining and repairing the same shall be payable primarily out of the road fund of the district or districts in the hands of the county treasurer.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.215 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.215
Duties of Director: Records; index of deeds; regulations
Status: in_force

1. The Director has charge of all the records of the Department, keeping records of all proceedings pertaining to the Department and keeping on file information, plans, specifications, estimates, statistics and records prepared by the Department, except those financial statements described in NRS 408.333 and the financial or proprietary information described in paragraph (c) of subsection 6 of NRS 408.3886 , which must not become matters of public record.

2. The Director may photograph, film, place an image of on microfilm, save as an image in an electronic recordkeeping system or dispose of the records of the Department referred to in subsection 1 as provided in NRS 239.051 , 239.080 and 239.085 .

3. The Director shall maintain an index or record of deeds or other references of title or interests in and to all lands or interests in land owned or acquired by the Department.

4. The Director shall adopt such regulations as may be necessary to carry out and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 407.073 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 407 / Section 407.073
Exhibits and displays
Status: in_force

1. The Division may exhibit and display property, objects, articles, things and commodities at exhibits, fairs, expositions and places of public or private exhibition.

2. The Administrator, subject to the approval of the Director, may negotiate, consult with and agree with institutions, departments, officers, persons and corporations of and in the State of Nevada and elsewhere concerning quarters for and the preservation, care, transportation, storing, custody, display and exhibition of property, objects, articles, things and commodities, and concerning the terms and cost thereof, the manner, time, place and extent thereof, and the return thereof.

3. The Division shall have sole responsibility for and jurisdiction of any museum or exhibit maintained on state park property.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.323 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.323
Conditions for execution of work without contract; work resulting from disaster or emergency
Status: in_force

1. Whenever it can be justified by the Director that limited work or improvements can be done in a more economical or other satisfactory manner than by contract under NRS 408.327 , the Director may, with the approval of the Board, execute such work or improvements with Department facilities and employees.

2. In the event of disaster or great emergency the Director may, with the approval of the Board, hire, employ or contract for such labor, materials and equipment as are in the Director’s opinion necessary to reroute, repair or replace any highway threatened or damaged by the emergency or disaster, and the provisions of NRS 408.327 and 408.367 do not apply.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.070 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.070
“Highway” defined
Status: in_force

“ Highway ” means roads, bridges, structures, culverts, curbs, drains, conduit infrastructure for conveying telecommunications cable, line, fiber and wire, and all buildings, communication facilities, services and works incidental to highway construction, improvements and maintenance required, laid out, constructed, improved or maintained as such pursuant to constitutional or legislative authorization.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.175 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.175
Employment of Deputy Directors and other personnel; restrictions on other employment of Deputy Directors
Status: in_force

1. The Director shall: (a) Appoint one Deputy Director who in the absence, inability or failure of the Director has full authority to perform any duty required or permitted by law to be performed by the Director. (b) Appoint one Deputy Director for southern Nevada whose principal office must be located in an urban area in southern Nevada. (c) Appoint one Deputy Director with full authority to perform any duty required or allowed by law to be performed by the Director to implement, manage, oversee and enforce any environmental program of the Department. (d) Employ such engineers, engineering and technical assistants, clerks and other personnel as in the Director's judgment may be necessary to the proper conduct of the Department and to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 284.143 , the Deputy Directors shall devote their entire time and attention to the business of the office and shall not pursue any other business or occupation or hold any other office of profit.

3. The Director may delegate such authority as may be necessary for the Deputy Director appointed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 to carry out his or her duties.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.569 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.569
System of communication to report emergencies and to obtain information concerning conditions for driving authorized along certain frequently traveled highways
Status: in_force

The Department may establish along one or more frequently traveled highways of this state a system of communication for members of the general public to report fires, accidents, motor vehicle crashes or other emergencies and to receive information concerning the conditions for driving on certain highways.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.212 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.212
Powers of Director: Easements for monorail or other systems of transportation
Status: in_force

1. The Director may grant to any person owning, operating or intending to construct a monorail or other overhead or underground system used for transportation easements for: (a) The installation of supporting or accessory structures within the limits of a highway. (b) The use of air space over or underground space beneath a highway.

2. The Director may authorize necessary construction work to be performed within the limits of the highway for the installation or repair of any such system, and the temporary closing of a highway, or the restriction of its use, for such purposes.

3. No structure may be installed or use made of overhead or underground space pursuant to this section which would permanently interfere with the existing use of any highway.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 408.234 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 408 / Section 408.234
Motor Vehicle Recovery and Transportation Planner: Creation; duties
Status: in_force

1. The position of Motor Vehicle Recovery and Transportation Planner is hereby created in the Department.

2. The Motor Vehicle Recovery and Transportation Planner shall: (a) Develop and administer a plan for the construction of motor vehicle recovery and bicycle lanes that are not less than 3 feet wide in all new construction and major repair work on every highway in the State, in accordance with appropriate standards of design; (b) Develop a plan for the maintenance of motor vehicle recovery and bicycle lanes throughout the State; (c) Prepare and distribute information on motor vehicle recovery and bicycle lanes, bicycle safety manuals and bicycle route maps throughout the State; (d) Develop standards for the design of motor vehicle recovery and bicycle lanes and bicycle paths and routes; (e) Develop standardized signs and markings which indicate bicycle lanes; (f) Determine where appropriate signs and markings will be located on state highways and coordinate their placement; (g) Establish a statewide plan of motor vehicle recovery and bicycle lanes and bicycle paths and routes and update the plan annually; (h) Identify projects which are related to motor vehicle recovery and bicycle lanes and place each project in its proper order of priority; (i) Investigate possible sources of money which may be available to promote motor vehicle recovery and bicycle lanes and bicycle facilities and programs throughout this State and solicit money from those sources; (j) Provide assistance to the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Public Safety in coordinating activities which are related to motor vehicle and bicycle safety in the communities of this State; (k) Investigate the programs of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy and where feasible, participate in those programs; (l) Identify the potential effect of bicycle programs on tourism in this State; and (m) Carry out any other duties assigned to him or her by the Director.

3. The Director may remove any of the duties set out in subsection 2 if the Director determines that the duty is no longer necessary or appropriate.

4. As used in this section, “bicycle” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 484A.025 and includes an electric bicycle as defined in NRS 482.0287 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 410.270 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 410 / Section 410.270
“Outdoor advertising,” “outdoor advertising sign, display or device” and “sign, display or device” defined
Status: in_force

1. “Outdoor advertising,” “outdoor advertising sign, display or device” and “sign, display or device” mean any outdoor sign, display, device, light, figure, painting, drawing, message, plaque, poster, billboard or other thing which is designed, intended or used to advertise or inform, any part of the advertising or information contents of which is visible from any place on the main-traveled way of the interstate or primary highway systems.

2. The terms do not include a sign that is required to be erected and maintained in a gaming enterprise district pursuant to NRS 463.3092 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 404.180 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 404 / Section 404.180
Compensation
Status: in_force

1. The office of road inspector shall be without compensation. No money shall be paid from public funds to defray any expenses incurred therein or thereby unless by order of the board of county commissioners there shall be especially prescribed a limit of compensation for the office in each road district. The order shall especially name the road district wherein the compensation may be given, and no road inspector shall receive any compensation as such officer unless such compensation shall have been fixed by the board of county commissioners within the limit prescribed for such road district previous to his or her appointment as road inspector.

2. When a compensation is given it shall be paid to the road inspector from the road fund of the road district in and for which any services are performed by the road inspector.

3. Such compensation shall: (a) Be a daily wage. (b) Not exceed the limit especially prescribed by law for that county. (c) Be fixed by the board of county commissioners before the appointment of the road inspector who is to receive it. (d) Be in full for all services and expenses of all kinds of the road inspector.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 410.290 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 410 / Section 410.290
“Safety rest areas” defined
Status: in_force

“Safety rest areas” means areas or sites established and maintained within or adjacent to the right-of-way by or under public supervision or control, for the convenience of the traveling public.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 403.560 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 403 / Section 403.560
Erection of guideboard on county road; penalty for destruction or defacement
Status: in_force

1. The board of county commissioners of each county shall cause to be put up, and to be kept up thereafter, at each crossing or fork of any county road in the county, a guideboard, having thereon an index or pointer and the words “To (naming the place or first point of any importance on such road, and in remote desert and mountain areas to the nearest water, and the number of miles, as near as may be, thereto) miles.” The guideboards must be put up and so placed at all such points as to enable travelers readily to understand therefrom the road they wish to travel in order to arrive at the desired destination, or to find water.

2. Unless a greater penalty is provided in NRS 202.287 , a person who willfully tears down, digs up, shoots or in any manner defaces, destroys or carries away any such guideboard, road marker, highway sign or descriptive sign is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 410.045 — NV Code / Title 35 / Chapter 410 / Section 410.045
“Department” defined
Status: in_force

“Department” means the Department of Transportation.