Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.127 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.127
Registration of electors required; reregistration
Status: in_force

1. No election for any purpose except for organization shall be held in any irrigation district without registration.

2. If an elector is currently registered on or registers after July 1, 1967, and remains eligible, the elector shall not be required to reregister in order to vote at any succeeding election, but before the elector shall be permitted to vote at such election, if the elector shall not have reregistered therefor, the elector shall be required to take and subscribe the registration oath before the board of election, on a form provided by the district, as evidence of the elector’s continued eligibility.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.173 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.173
Vacancy filled if director resigns; continuance in office if director does not resign
Status: in_force

1. If the director shall offer his or her resignation within 5 days after the filing of the petition, the resignation shall be accepted, and the vacancy thereby caused shall be filled in the manner provided by law.

2. If the director does not resign, he or she shall continue to perform the duties of the office until the result of the special election is finally declared.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 538.211 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 538 / Section 538.211
Faith and credit of State pledged
Status: in_force

If the State of Nevada must purchase or otherwise acquire property, or compensate for damage to property, for use in the transmission and distribution of water or electrical power, the faith and credit of the State of Nevada hereby is irrevocably pledged for the performance and observance of all covenants, conditions, limitations, promises and undertakings made or specified to be kept, observed or fulfilled on the part of the State, in any contract entered into before, on or after July 1, 1981, pursuant to NRS 538.161 and 538.186 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 532.080 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 532 / Section 532.080
Seal
Status: in_force

1. The State Engineer is empowered and directed to procure for the Office of the State Engineer a seal upon which shall appear his or her official title and such other suitable inscription as the State Engineer may deem proper.

2. The seal shall be affixed to all official permits, certificates and other documents issued by the State Engineer under the provisions of law.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.050 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.050
Beneficial use of water declared a public use; eminent domain
Status: in_force

The beneficial use of water is hereby declared a public use, and any person may exercise the right of eminent domain to condemn all lands and other property or rights required for the construction, use and maintenance of any works for the lawful diversion, conveyance and storage of waters.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.620 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.620
Directors may fix and determine time for issuance and maturity; limit on maturity
Status: in_force

The board of directors may, with the approval of the Department of Taxation, fix and determine otherwise than as provided in NRS 539.617 the time for the issuance and maturity of the bonds, the manner, method, terms and conditions of their payment, and provide for the calling and redeeming of the bonds before maturity at a premium not in excess of 9 percent above par; but in no case may the maturity of any bond be more than 50 years after the date thereof.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.371 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.371
Rejection of application for permit for specified period
Status: reserved

The State Engineer shall reject the application and refuse to issue a permit to appropriate water for a specified period if the State Engineer determines that:

1. The application is incomplete;

2. The prescribed fees have not been paid;

3. The proposed use is not temporary;

4. There is no water available from the proposed source of supply without exceeding the perennial yield or safe yield of that source;

5. The groundwater that has not been committed for use from the proposed source of supply has been reserved pursuant to NRS 533.0241 ;

6. The proposed use conflicts with existing rights; or

7. The proposed use threatens to prove detrimental to the public interest.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 541.140 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 541 / Section 541.140
Powers of board
Status: in_force

The board shall have power on behalf of the district:

1. To have perpetual succession.

2. To take by appropriation, grant, purchase, bequest, devise or lease, and to hold and enjoy water, waterworks, water rights and sources of water supply and any and all real and personal property of any kind within or without the district or within or without the State of Nevada necessary or convenient to the full exercise of its powers; and to sell, lease, encumber, alienate or otherwise dispose of water, waterworks, water rights and sources of supply of water for use within and without the district and within and without the State of Nevada; also, to acquire, construct, operate, control and use any and all works, facilities and means necessary or convenient to the exercise of its power, both within and without the district, and within and without the State of Nevada, and to do and perform any and all things necessary or convenient to the full exercise of the powers herein granted.

3. To have and to exercise the power of eminent domain, and, in the manner provided by law for the condemnation of private property for public use, to take any property necessary to the exercise of the powers herein granted.

4. To construct and maintain works and establish and maintain facilities across or along any public street or highway, and in, upon, or over any vacant public lands, which public lands are now, or may become, the property of the State of Nevada, and to construct works and establish and maintain facilities across any stream of water or watercourse in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada, provided that the district shall promptly restore any such street or highway to its former state of usefulness as nearly as may be, and shall not use the same in such manner as to impair completely or unnecessarily the usefulness thereof. The grant of the right to use such vacant state land shall be effective upon the filing by such district with the State Land Registrar of an application showing the boundaries, extent and locations of the lands, rights-of-way or easements desired for such purposes. If the lands, rights-of-way or easements for which application shall be made are for the construction of any aqueduct, ditch, pipeline, conduit, tunnel or other works for the conveyance of water, or for roads, or for poles or towers, and wires for the conveyance of electrical energy or for telephonic or telegraphic communication, no compensation shall be charged the district therefor, unless in the opinion of the State Land Registrar the construction of such works will render the remainder of the legal subdivision through which such works are to be constructed valueless or unsalable, in which event the district shall pay for the lands to be taken and for such portion of any legal subdivision which in the opinion of the board is rendered valueless or unsalable, at a rate not exceeding $2.50 per acre. If the lands for which application is made are for purposes other than the construction of roads or works for the conveyance of water, or electricity or telephonic or telegraphic communication, such district shall pay the State for such lands at a rate not exceeding $2.50 per acre. Upon filing such application, accompanied by a map or plat showing the location or proposed location of such works and facilities, the fee title to so much of such state lands as shall be necessary or convenient to enable such district efficiently and without interference to construct, maintain and operate its works and to establish, maintain and operate its facilities shall be conveyed to the district by patent. If an easement or right-of-way only over such lands be sought by the district, such easement or right-of-way shall be evidenced by a permit or grant executed by or on behalf of the State Land Registrar. The State Land Registrar may reserve easements and rights-of-way in the public across any lands in such patents, grants or permits described for streets, roads and highways, established according to law. Before any such patent, grant or permit shall be executed, any compensation due to the State under the provisions hereof must be paid. No fee shall be exacted from the district for any patent, permit or grant so issued or for any service rendered hereunder. In the use of streets the district shall be subject to the reasonable rules and regulations of the county, city or town where such streets lie, concerning excavation and the refilling of excavation, the re-laying of pavements and the protection of the public during periods of construction; but the district shall not be required to pay any license or permit fees, or file any bonds. The district may be required to pay reasonable inspection fees.

5. To contract with the Government of the United States or any agency thereof, the State of Nevada or any of its cities, counties or other governmental subdivisions, for the construction, preservation, operation and maintenance of tunnels, drains, pipelines, reservoirs, ditches and waterways, regulating basins, diversion canals and works, dams, power plants and all necessary works incident thereto within and without the State of Nevada, and to acquire perpetual rights to the use of water and electrical energy from such works; to sell and dispose of perpetual rights to the use of water and electrical energy from such works to persons and corporations, public and private within or without the State of Nevada.

6. To list in separate ownership the lands within the district which are susceptible of irrigation from district sources and to make an allotment of water to all such lands, which allotment of water shall not exceed the maximum amount of water that the board determines could be beneficially used on such lands; to levy assessments, as hereinafter provided, against the lands within the district to which water is allotted on the basis of the value per acre-foot of water allotted to the lands within the district; but the board may divide the district into units and fix a different value per acre-foot of water in the respective units, and, in such case, shall assess the lands within each unit upon the same basis of value per acre-foot of water allotted to lands within such unit.

7. To fix rates at which water not allotted to lands, as hereinbefore provided, shall be sold, leased or otherwise disposed of; but rates shall be equitable although not necessarily equal or uniform for like classes of service throughout the district.

8. To enter into contracts, employ and retain personal services and employ laborers; to create, establish and maintain such offices and positions as shall be necessary and convenient for the transaction of the business of the district; and to elect, appoint and employ such officers, attorneys, agents and employees therefor as shall be found by the board to be necessary and convenient.

9. To adopt plans and specifications for the works for which the district was organized, which plans and specifications may at any time be changed or modified by the board. Such plans shall include maps, profiles, and such other data and descriptions as may be necessary to set forth the location and character of the works, and a copy thereof shall be kept in the office of the district and open to public inspection.

10. To appropriate and otherwise acquire water and water rights within or without the State; to develop, store and transport water; to subscribe for, purchase and acquire stock in canal companies, water companies, and water users' associations; to provide, sell, lease, and deliver water for municipal and domestic purposes, irrigation, power, milling, manufacturing, mining, metallurgical and any and all other beneficial uses, and to derive revenue and benefits therefrom; to fix the terms and rates therefor; and to make and adopt plans for and to acquire, construct, operate and maintain dams, reservoirs, ditches, waterways, canals, conduits, pipelines, tunnels, power plants and any and all works, facilities, improvements and property necessary or convenient therefor, and in the doing of all such things to obligate itself and execute and perform such obligations according to the tenor thereof.

11. To generate electric energy and to contract for the generation, distribution and sale of such energy.

12. To invest any surplus money in the district treasury, including such money as may be in any sinking fund established for the purpose of providing for the payment of the principal or interest of any contract, or other indebtedness, or for any other purpose, not required for the immediate necessities of the district, in treasury notes or bonds of the United States, or of this state, or of any state, county or municipal corporation. Any bonds or treasury notes thus purchased and held may, from time to time, be sold and the proceeds reinvested in bonds or treasury notes as above provided. Sales of any bonds or treasury notes thus purchased and held shall from time to time be made in season so that the proceeds may be applied to the purposes for which the money with which the bonds or treasury notes were originally purchased was placed in the treasury of the district. The functions and duties authorized by this subsection shall be performed under such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by the board.

13. To borrow money from the State of Nevada or other sources and incur indebtedness and to pledge revenues of the district to secure the repayment of any money so borrowed.

14. To adopt bylaws not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of the State for carrying on the business, objects and affairs of the board and of the district.

15. To construct works for the drainage of lands within the district and to levy special assessments against the lands drained by such works for the repayment of the costs thereof.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.390 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.390
Statement of work actually constructed; verification; penalty for failure to file proof of completion of work
Status: in_force

1. Any person holding a permit from the State Engineer shall, on or before the date set for the completion of the work, file in detail a description of the work as actually constructed. This statement must be verified by the affidavit of the applicant or the applicant’s agent or attorney.

2. Should any person holding a permit from the State Engineer fail to file with the State Engineer the proof of completion of work, as provided in this chapter, the State Engineer shall advise the holder of the permit, by registered or certified mail, that it is held for cancellation, and should the holder, within 30 days after the mailing of such advice, fail to file the required affidavit, the State Engineer shall cancel the permit. For good cause shown, upon application made prior to the expiration of the 30-day period, the State Engineer may, in his or her discretion, grant an extension of time in which to file the instruments.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.117 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.117
When election need not be held; declaration of election of candidates
Status: in_force

If there shall be no contests for office, and no matters or propositions to be voted upon at any such election, then such election shall not be held, and the duly qualified candidates shall be deemed elected as of the date the election would otherwise have been held, and the board of directors must declare on its records such candidates to have been elected.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 538.206 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 538 / Section 538.206
Issuance of general obligations: Consultation with State Treasurer; representation of State before bond credit rating agencies; professional services
Status: in_force

Before issuing any general obligation which the Commission is authorized by law to issue on behalf and in the name of the State of Nevada, the Commission shall consult the State Treasurer. The Chair of the Commission and the State Treasurer, jointly:

1. Shall represent the State of Nevada in matters concerning any nationally recognized bond credit rating agency for the purposes of the issuance of any such obligation.

2. May employ any necessary legal, financial or other professional services in connection with the authorization, sale or issuance of any such obligation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.4377 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.4377
Limitation on period for which permit may be issued; change of use for which permit is issued prohibited
Status: in_force

The State Engineer shall not:

1. Issue an environmental permit for a period which is longer than the period set forth in the 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. Change the use for which the environmental permit is issued.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.037 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.037
Groundwater management plan for basin designated as critical management area: Petition; hearing; approval or disapproval; judicial review; amendment; certain persons not required to comply; duties of State Engineer if perennial yield modified; review of results
Status: in_force

1. In a basin that has been designated as a critical management area by the State Engineer pursuant to subsection 7 of NRS 534.110 , a petition for the approval of a groundwater management plan for the basin may be submitted to the State Engineer. The petition must: (a) Be signed by the holders of permits or certificates to appropriate water in the basin that are on file in the Office of the State Engineer who represent a majority of the total groundwater permitted or certificated for use in the basin; and (b) Be accompanied by a groundwater management plan which must set forth the necessary steps for removal of the basin's designation as a critical management area.

2. In determining whether to approve a groundwater management plan submitted pursuant to subsection 1, the State Engineer shall consider, without limitation: (a) The hydrology of the basin; (b) The physical characteristics of the basin; (c) The geographic spacing and location of the withdrawals of groundwater in the basin; (d) The quality of the water in the basin; (e) The wells located in the basin, including, without limitation, domestic wells; (f) Whether a groundwater management plan already exists for the basin; and (g) Any other factor deemed relevant by the State Engineer.

3. Before approving or disapproving a groundwater management plan submitted pursuant to subsection 1, the State Engineer shall hold a public hearing to take testimony on the plan in the county where the basin lies or, if the basin lies in more than one county, within the county where the major portion of the basin lies. The State Engineer shall cause notice of the hearing to be: (a) Given once each week for 2 consecutive weeks before the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which the basin lies. (b) Posted on the Internet website of the State Engineer for at least 2 consecutive weeks immediately preceding the date of the hearing.

4. The decision of the State Engineer on a groundwater management plan may be reviewed by the district court of the county pursuant to NRS 533.450 .

5. An amendment to a groundwater management plan must be proposed and approved in the same manner as an original groundwater management plan is proposed and approved pursuant to this section.

6. The State Engineer shall not require the holder of a permit or certificate in the basin with a date of priority that is before the date on which permits or certificates for withdrawals of groundwater in the basin were equal to the perennial yield of the basin who does not sign the petition submitted pursuant to subsection 1 to comply with the provisions of a groundwater management plan that is approved pursuant to this section, but the holder of such a permit or certificate may notify the State Engineer in writing that he or she intends to comply with the approved groundwater management plan at any time after the groundwater management plan has been approved.

7. If the State Engineer modifies the perennial yield of a basin pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 534.039 after a groundwater management plan is submitted pursuant to subsection 1, the State Engineer shall, as applicable: (a) If the perennial yield is decreased, require all holders of permits or certificates in the basin with a date of priority that is after the date on which permits or certificates for withdrawals of groundwater in the basin were equal to the perennial yield of the basin to comply with the provisions of the approved groundwater management plan; and (b) If the perennial yield is increased, provide all holders of permits or certificates in the basin with a date of priority that is before the date on which permits or certificates for withdrawals of groundwater in the basin were equal to the perennial yield of the basin the opportunity to opt out of complying with the approved groundwater management plan by notifying the State Engineer in writing that he or she does not intend to comply with the approved groundwater management plan.

8. If a groundwater management plan approved pursuant to this section has been in effect for 10 consecutive years, the State Engineer shall review the results of the groundwater management plan to determine whether there has been significant progress towards stabilizing the water level of the basin, as determined by the State Engineer. If the State Engineer determines there has not been significant progress, the State Engineer shall, except as otherwise provided in subsection 9 of NRS 534.110 , order: (a) The groundwater management plan dissolved; and (b) That withdrawals, including, without limitation, withdrawals from domestic wells, be restricted in that basin to conform to priority rights until the water level of the basin is stabilized.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.170 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.170
Well driller to keep log and records; contents; information to be furnished to State Engineer; report of test
Status: in_force

1. The well driller shall keep: (a) A log of the depth, thickness and character of the different strata penetrated and the location of water-bearing strata; and (b) An accurate record of the work, including: (1) A statement of the date of beginning work; (2) The date of completion; (3) The length, size and weight of the casing and how it is placed; (4) The size of the drilled hole; (5) Where sealed off and the type of seal; (6) The name of the well driller and the type of drilling machine used; (7) The number of cubic feet per second or gallons per minute of flow from such well when completed; and (8) The pressure in pounds per square inch if it is a flowing well, and, if nonflowing, the static water level, and the water temperature.

2. The well driller shall furnish a copy of the log and the record of work for every well drilled to the State Engineer within 30 days after the well is completed.

3. If the well is to be tested by pumping by the holder of the permit, the report of the test must include the drawdown with respect to the amount of water pumped and any additional information requested by the State Engineer. This information must be reported and verified on forms prescribed by the State Engineer. The report must be returned: (a) Immediately following the completion of the test; or (b) Within 30 days following the completion of the well, whichever occurs later.

4. The log, record of the work and report of the test are a permanent record in the Office of the State Engineer.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.435 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.435
Form of question to be submitted to voters
Status: in_force

The question submitted to the voters pursuant to NRS 539.433 must be substantially in the following form: Shall the improvement of Local Improvement District No.________ (briefly describing it) be authorized and the indebtedness therefor, estimated in the sum of ________ dollars, be incurred and paid in the manner following (briefly stating the method of payment, whether by bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness and the time or times of payment, together with the rate of interest)?
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.193 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.193
Additional penalties
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 534.280 , 534.310 and 534.330 and 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 or any permit, order or decision issued or regulation adopted by the State Engineer pursuant to this chapter or NRS 532.120 to: (a) Pay an administrative fine not to exceed $10,000 per day for each violation as determined by the State Engineer. (b) In the case of an unlawful waste of water in violation of NRS 534.070 or any other violation of this chapter that, as determined by the State Engineer, results in an unlawful use, waste or diversion of water, replace not more than 200 percent of the water used, wasted or diverted.

2. In determining violations of this chapter relating to the unauthorized use of water yielded from a well that is used pursuant to a permit issued by the State Engineer and that has 16 or fewer connections, the State Engineer has the burden of proving which user is withdrawing water in excess of the portion of water allotted to the connection of that user. The State Engineer may require any or all users of the well to install and maintain, at their own expense, a meter that measures the amount of water withdrawn from the well by each connection.

3. If an administrative fine is imposed against a person pursuant to subsection 1 or the person is ordered to replace any water pursuant to that subsection, the State Engineer may require the person to pay the costs of the proceeding, including investigative costs and attorney's fees.

4. An order imposing an administrative fine or requiring the replacement of water or payment of costs or fees pursuant to this section may be reviewed by a district court pursuant to NRS 533.450 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.285 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.285
Entry on assessment roll of charges in budget; collection of special assessment
Status: in_force

1. Upon receipt of such budget by the board of county commissioners, the board of county commissioners shall certify the respective charges contained therein to the county assessor. The county assessor shall enter the amount of the charge or charges on the assessment roll against the claimants and the property or acreage served.

2. The proper officers of the county shall collect the special assessment as other special assessments are levied and collected, and the assessment is a lien upon the property so served and must be collected in the same manner as other assessments are collected.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.225 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.225
Eminent domain; rules of practice
Status: in_force

1. All irrigation districts organized under the laws of the State of Nevada shall have the right of eminent domain with the power by and through their boards of directors to cause to be condemned and appropriated in the name of and for the use of such districts all reservoirs, canals and works, with their appurtenances, constructed for the irrigation or drainage of any lands within the district or for uses incidental thereto, and all lands required therefor, and all lands and rights-of-way required for the works constructed, or to be constructed, or which may be acquired by the district, and all necessary appurtenances and other property and rights necessary for the construction, operation, maintenance, repair and improvement of the works.

2. Such districts shall have the right by and through their boards of directors to acquire by purchase or other legal means any or all of the property mentioned and referred to in this section.

3. In any action or proceedings for the condemnation of any such property wherein an irrigation district is plaintiff, such district, within 6 months after final judgment, shall pay the amount awarded in the judgment, or the judgment will be annulled.

4. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter the provisions of NRS, Nevada Rules of Appellate Procedure and Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure relative to the right of eminent domain, civil actions and new trials and appeals shall be applicable to and constitute the rules of practice in condemnation proceedings by irrigation districts.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.4375 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.4375
Approval of application by State Engineer: Conditions
Status: in_force

The State Engineer may approve an application for an environmental permit if:

1. The application is accompanied by the prescribed fees and 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. The appropriation is in the public interest; and

3. The appropriation does not impair water rights held by other persons.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.350 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.350
Requirements for certain public water system to receive credits for addition of new customers to system
Status: in_force

1. A public water system may receive credits, as provided in this section, for the addition of new customers to the system. The granting of a credit pursuant to this section must be limited to public water systems in areas: (a) Designated as groundwater basins by the State Engineer pursuant to the provisions of NRS 534.030 ; and (b) For which the State Engineer has issued an order for granting a credit pursuant to this section.

2. A public water system which provides service in a groundwater basin is entitled to receive a credit for each customer who is added to the system and: (a) Voluntarily ceases to draw water from a domestic well located within that basin; or (b) Is the owner of a lot or other parcel of land, other than land used or intended solely for use as a location for a domestic well, which: (1) Is located within that basin; (2) Was established as a separate lot or parcel before July 1, 1993; (3) Was approved by a local governing body or planning commission for service by an individual domestic well before July 1, 1993; and (4) Is subject to a written agreement which was voluntarily entered into by the owner with the public water system pursuant to which the owner agrees not to drill a domestic well on the land and the public water system agrees that it will provide water service to the land. Any such agreement must be acknowledged and recorded in the same manner as conveyances affecting real property are required to be acknowledged and recorded pursuant to chapter 111 of NRS .

3. If a county requires, by ordinance, the dedication to the county of a right to appropriate water from a domestic well which is located on a lot or other parcel of land that was established as a separate lot or parcel on or after July 1, 1993, the county may, by relinquishment to the State Engineer, allow the right to appropriate water to revert to the source of the water. The State Engineer shall not accept a relinquishment of a right to appropriate water pursuant to this subsection unless the right is in good standing as determined by the State Engineer. A right to appropriate water that is dedicated and relinquished pursuant to this subsection: (a) Remains appurtenant only to the parcel of land in which it is located as specified on the parcel map; and (b) Maintains its date of priority established pursuant to NRS 534.080 .

4. If an owner of a parcel of land specified in subsection 3 becomes a new customer of a public water system for that parcel of land, the public water system is entitled to receive a credit in the same manner as the addition of any other customer to the public water system pursuant to this section.

5. The State Engineer may require a new customer, who voluntarily ceases to draw water from a domestic well as provided in paragraph (a) of subsection 2 or whose right to appropriate water is dedicated pursuant to subsection 3, to plug that well.

6. A credit granted pursuant to this section: (a) Must be sufficient to enable the public water system to add one service connection for a single-family dwelling to the system, except that the credit may not exceed the increase in water consumption attributable to the additional service connection or 2 acre-feet per year, whichever is less. (b) May not be converted to an appropriative water right.

7. This section does not: (a) Require a public water system to extend its service area. (b) Authorize any increase in the total amount of groundwater pumped in a groundwater basin. (c) Affect any rights of an owner of a domestic well who does not voluntarily comply with the provisions of this section.

8. As used in this section: (a) “ Domestic well ” means a well used for culinary and household purposes in: (1) A single-family dwelling; and (2) An accessory dwelling unit for a single-family dwelling if provided for in an applicable local ordinance, including the watering of a garden, lawn and domestic animals and where the draught does not exceed 2 acre-feet per year. (b) “Public water system” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 445A.840 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 540.141 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 540 / Section 540.141
Required provisions of plan or joint plan of water conservation; review by Section; posting of plans and joint plans on Internet website
Status: in_force

1. A plan or joint plan of water conservation submitted to the Section for review must include provisions relating to: (a) Methods of public education to: (1) Increase public awareness of the limited supply of water in this State and the need to conserve water. (2) Encourage reduction in the size of lawns and encourage the use of plants that are adapted to arid and semiarid climates. (b) Specific conservation measures required to meet the needs of the service area, including, but not limited to, any conservation measures required by law. (c) The management of water to identify and reduce water loss in water supplies, inaccuracies in water meters and high pressure in water supplies, which must include, without limitation: (1) Goals for acceptable levels of water loss in water supplies. Such goals may use the following performance indicators and analyses, without limitation: (I) Infrastructure water loss index; (II) Water audit data validity score; (III) Operational basic apparent losses; (IV) Operational basic real losses; and (V) Economic level of water loss. (2) A plan which analyzes how the supplier of water will progress towards the goals established for the acceptable levels of water loss. (d) The management of water to, where applicable, increase the reuse of effluent. (e) A contingency plan for drought conditions that ensures a supply of potable water. (f) A schedule for carrying out the plan or joint plan. (g) A plan for how the supplier of water will progress towards the installation of meters on all connections. (h) Standards for water efficiency for new development. (i) Tiered rate structures for the pricing of water to promote the conservation of water, including, without limitation, an estimate of the manner in which the tiered rate structure will impact the consumptive use of water. (j) Watering restrictions based on the time of day and the day of the week.

2. In addition to the requirements of subsection 1, a plan or joint plan of water conservation submitted to the Section for review by a supplier of water providing service for 500 or more connections must include provisions relating to: (a) Measures to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan or joint plan. (b) For each conservation measure specified in the plan or joint plan, an estimate of the amount of water that will be conserved each year as a result of the adoption of the plan or joint plan, stated in terms of gallons of water saved annually.

3. The Section shall review any plan or joint plan submitted to it within 120 days after its submission and approve the plan if it is based on the climate and living conditions of the service area and complies with the requirements of this section.

4. The Chief may exempt wholesale water purveyors from the provisions of this section which do not reasonably apply to wholesale supply.

5. To the extent practicable, the State Engineer shall provide on the Internet website of the State Engineer a link to the plans and joint plans that are submitted for review. In carrying out the provisions of this subsection, the State Engineer is not responsible for ensuring, and is not liable for failing to ensure, that the plans and joint plans which are provided on the Internet website are accurate and current.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.355 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.355
Citizens' advisory committee: Creation; composition; powers and duties
Status: in_force

1. Each district shall establish a citizens' advisory committee to be composed of representatives of the general public. The committee must consist of one member appointed by the county and each city all or part of whose territory is included in the district, and one member appointed by each member of the board. The board shall determine the terms of the members.

2. The members of the committee shall elect a chair and a vice chair. The committee may adopt rules for its own management.

3. The committee may meet as often as necessary to advise the board.

4. The committee shall represent the public interest and advise the board on matters related to the master plan and such other matters as the board directs.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.077 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.077
Assistant secretary: Appointment; duties
Status: in_force

The board may also appoint an assistant secretary who shall exercise such of the powers and perform such of the duties of the secretary as may be designated by the board of directors, except that such assistant secretary shall not be invested with authority to sign on behalf of the secretary any bonds of the district.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.533 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.533
Deposit of district money in accordance with general laws
Status: in_force

The treasurer, or other officer, of an irrigation district having legal custody of its moneys shall also have power to deposit such moneys in the same manner and under the same conditions as may be applicable to the deposit of state, county and municipal funds by the legal custodians thereof.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534B.050 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534B / Section 534B.050
“Dissolved mineral resource exploration borehole” defined
Status: in_force

“ Dissolved mineral resource exploration borehole ” means a penetration in the ground that is made to sample or obtain water or chemical, geologic, geophysical or geotechnical information about a dissolved mineral resource and which cannot be pumped as a well.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.170 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.170
Exceptions to order of determination: Filing and service; pleadings; findings of fact, judgment and decree; service of findings of fact and cost bill
Status: in_force

1. At least 5 days prior to the date set for hearing, all parties in interest who are aggrieved or dissatisfied with the order of determination of the State Engineer shall file with the clerk of the court notice of exceptions to the order of determination of the State Engineer. The notice shall state briefly the exceptions taken and the prayer for relief. A copy thereof shall be served upon or transmitted to the State Engineer by registered or certified mail.

2. The order of determination by the State Engineer and the statements or claims of claimants and exceptions made to the order of determination shall constitute the pleadings, and there shall be no other pleadings in the cause.

3. If no exceptions shall have been filed with the clerk of the court as provided in subsection 1, then on the day set for hearing the court may take further testimony if deemed proper, and shall then enter its findings of fact and judgment and decree.

4. On the day set for hearing, all parties in interest who have filed notices of exceptions, as provided in subsection 1, shall appear in person or by counsel, and the court shall hear the same or set the time for hearing, until such exceptions are disposed of.

5. All proceedings thereunder, including the taking of testimony, shall be as nearly as may be in accordance with the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure; but the provisions of the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure and NRS 18.110 shall not apply respecting the service of proposed findings of fact and decree or service and filing of a cost bill, and service shall be made in the following manner. All claimants who have filed exceptions or objections to the final order of determination shall be served with a copy of the proposed findings of fact and decree by serving the attorney who appeared for such claimants in the proceedings. All claimants or water users who have not filed exceptions or objections to the final order of determination shall be served with a copy of the proposed findings of fact and decree by serving a copy thereof on the Attorney General. Such service, in each instance, shall be made at least 30 days before the findings of fact and decree shall be signed by the court, and the court shall not sign any findings of fact therein prior to the expiration of such 30 days. The cost bill shall be prepared and filed with the clerk of the court wherein the proceedings are pending, and it shall not be necessary to serve any of the exceptors, claimants or appropriators or their attorneys with a copy of the cost bill.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.023 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.023
Inclusion of state lands in district; Governor may sign petition
Status: in_force

1. When within a proposed irrigation district there exists one or more tracts of land owned and used by the State of Nevada for state purposes and susceptible of the same mode of irrigation or taking water for irrigation from the same source, system or combined systems as other privately owned lands within the proposed district, the Governor, with the advice of the State Engineer, may sign any petition for the organization of such irrigation district.

2. Should such irrigation district be thereafter organized in accordance with the provisions of law, such lands so belonging to the State of Nevada shall be subject to the same rights, privileges and obligations as are or may be belonging to or imposed on the privately owned lands within the district, and in this respect and for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this chapter the heads of departments or the commissions or boards having supervision or control of the state institution to which such tracts or units of land are attached, for supervisory purposes, shall include in their report and biennial budget for submission to the Governor and Legislature such items or amounts as may from time to time become an obligation on the lands of the district.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.663 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.663
Bonds of irrigation districts of other states as legal investments; limitations
Status: in_force

The bonds of irrigation districts of other states having similar laws for certification thereof may be used in like manner as the bonds of irrigation districts of this state where the laws of such state permit a like use to be made of bonds of irrigation districts of this state.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.120 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.120
Certification of charges by county commissioners to county assessor; entry on assessment roll; collection of special tax; liens
Status: in_force

1. Upon receipt of a budget from the Director, the board of county commissioners shall certify the charge or charges contained therein to the county assessor. The county assessor shall enter such charge or charges on the assessment roll against the property benefited.

2. The appropriate officers of the county shall collect such charges in the same manner as special taxes are collected. Such charge shall be a lien upon the property so assessed, which shall be enforced in the same manner as other property tax liens are enforced.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.675 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.675
Exclusion
Status: in_force

1. In a county whose population is less than 700,000 an owner in fee of real property situate in the district may file with the board a petition praying that those lands be excluded from the district.

2. Petitions must: (a) Describe the property which the petitioner desires to have excluded. (b) State that the property does not produce any runoff of floodwater capable of being served by the facilities of the district or by any future improvement contained in the master plan. (c) Be acknowledged in the same manner and form as required in case of a conveyance of land. (d) Be accompanied by a deposit of money sufficient to pay all costs of the proceedings for exclusion.

3. The secretary of the board shall cause a notice of filing of such petition to be published, which must: (a) State the filing of the petition. (b) State the names of the petitioners. (c) Describe the property mentioned in the petition. (d) State the prayer of the petitioners. (e) Notify all persons interested to appear at the office of the board at the time named in the notice, and show cause in writing why the petition should not be granted.

4. The board at the time and place mentioned in the notice, or at the times to which the hearing of the petition may be adjourned, shall proceed to hear the petition and all objections thereto, presented in writing by any person.

5. The filing of the petition is an assent by each petitioner to the exclusion from the district of all or part of the property mentioned in the petition.

6. The board, if it considers it not to be in the best interest of the district that all or part of the property be excluded from the district, shall order that the petition be denied in whole or in part, as the case may be.

7. If the board considers it to be in the best interest of the district that the property mentioned in the petition be excluded from the district, the board shall order that the petition be granted in whole or in part, as the case may be.

8. There may be no withdrawal from a petition after consideration by the board nor may further objection be filed except in case of fraud or misrepresentation.

9. Upon granting the petition, the board shall file for record a certified copy of its ordinance making the change, in the manner provided in NRS 543.300 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.340 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.340
Additional requirements for contents of applications to appropriate water for certain specific uses
Status: in_force

In addition to the requirements of NRS 533.335 , the application shall contain:

1. If for irrigation purposes, except in case of an application for a permit to store water, the number of acres to be irrigated and a description by legal subdivisions, where possible, of the lands to be irrigated.

2. If for power purposes, the vertical head under which the water will be applied, the location of the proposed powerhouse, and, as near as may be, the use to which the power is to be applied.

3. If for municipal supply or for domestic use, the approximate number of persons to be served, and the approximate future requirement.

4. If for mining purposes, the proposed method of applying and utilizing the water.

5. If for stock-watering purposes, the approximate number and character of animals to be watered.

6. If for any purpose contemplating the storage of waters, in addition to the information required in applications naming the purpose, the dimensions and location of the proposed dam, the capacity of the proposed reservoir, and a description of the land to be submerged by the impounded waters.

7. If for additional rate of diversion where no additional volume of water is granted, sufficient information demonstrating the need for the additional rate of diversion.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.540 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.540
Procedure for refund of water district's money; conditions
Status: in_force

1. Whenever, in the case of any order of determination of relative rights of claimants or appropriators of the waters of the Carson River and its forks, affecting the water districts mentioned and referred to in the preamble of chapter 19, Statutes of Nevada 1931, or in any like case affecting the Carson River or its forks directly, the State Engineer is or shall be prohibited from or lawfully prevented from administering such stream system under the orders or protection of any court, or prohibited from or lawfully prevented from certifying claims against water district funds, and the appropriate boards of county commissioners are unable to approve bills for such claims, and payment of such claims cannot be made out of such funds, and by reason of any of these things moneys and balances remain in such funds, it shall be lawful to refund such moneys and balances, and the appropriate boards of county commissioners are authorized and directed to refund the same.

2. The refunds mentioned in subsection 1 shall be made in the following manner. Whenever it shall appear to a board of county commissioners of any county that there remain water district funds in the county treasury, collected for the payment of claims and expenses in water districts in connection with the State Engineer's administration of waters and water rights affecting the Carson River as set forth in the preamble of chapter 19, Statutes of Nevada 1931, or in any like case directly affecting the Carson River and its forks, and that there is no lawful authority to disburse the same or to refund the same to those who paid the same, as described in the preamble of chapter 19, Statutes of Nevada 1931, the board of county commissioners of any such county is hereby authorized and directed to refund the moneys to the individuals and persons who paid the same in the proportion and extent, so near as practicable, as the funds and moneys were collected from and paid by the claimants and water users concerned. The county officers shall disburse such funds upon orders of the board of county commissioners out of such funds and not otherwise.

3. If any person shall feel aggrieved by the action taken, or the failure to act, of any such board of county commissioners, respecting any such refund or repayment, an action may be prosecuted thereon for and on behalf of any such person against the respective county as in the case of rejected claims.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 538.181 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 538 / Section 538.181
Contracts relating to power and water: Authority; applicant's bond; procedure; renewal; exemption from regulation by Public Utilities Commission of Nevada
Status: in_force

1. The Commission shall hold and administer all rights and benefits pertaining to the distribution of the power and water mentioned in NRS 538.041 to 538.251 , inclusive, for the State of Nevada and, except as otherwise provided in NRS 538.186 , may enter into contracts relating to that power and water, including the transmission and other distribution services, on such terms as the Commission determines.

2. Every applicant, except a federal or state agency or political subdivision, for power or water to be used within the State of Nevada must, before the application is approved, provide an indemnifying bond by a corporation qualified pursuant to the laws of this State, or other collateral, approved by the State Board of Examiners, payable to the State of Nevada in such sum and in such manner as the Commission may require, conditioned for the full and faithful performance of the lease, sublease, contract or other agreement.

3. The power and water must not be sold for less than the actual cost to the State of Nevada.

4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, before any such sale or lease is made, a notice of it must be advertised in two papers of general circulation published in the State of Nevada at least once a week for 2 weeks. The Commission shall require any person desiring to make objection thereto to file the objection with the Commission within 10 days after the date of the last publication of the notice. If any objection is filed, the Commission shall set a time and place for a hearing of the objection not more than 30 days after the date of the last publication of the notice.

5. The provisions of subsection 4 do not apply to: (a) Any contract by the Commission to sell supplemental power to a holder of a long-term firm contract with the State for power if the supplemental power is procured by the Commission from a prearranged source and is secured by the holder for his or her own use; or (b) Any agreement by the Commission to sell short-term or interruptible power on short notice for immediate acceptance to a holder of a long-term firm contract with the State for power who can take delivery of the short-term or interruptible power when it is available.

6. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NRS 538.251 , any such lease, sublease, contract or sale of the water or power is not binding upon the State of Nevada until ratified and approved by the Governor and, where required by federal law, until approved by the United States.

7. The Commission shall, upon the expiration of a contract for the sale of power which is in effect on July 1, 1993, offer to the purchaser the right to renew the contract. If the Commission is unable to supply the amount of power set forth in the contract because of a shortage of power available for sale, it shall reduce, on a pro rata basis, the amount of power it is required to sell pursuant to the renewed contract.

8. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 704.787 , notwithstanding any provision of chapter 704 of NRS , any purchase of: (a) Power or water for distribution or exchange, and any subsequent distribution or exchange of power or water by the Commission; or (b) Water for distribution or exchange, and any subsequent distribution or exchange of water by any entity to which or with which the Commission has contracted the water, is not subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.0135 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.0135
“Percolating waters” defined
Status: in_force

“Percolating waters” are underground waters, the course and boundaries of which are incapable of determination.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.450 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.450
Securities: Execution by district officers; lien upon issuance of bonds
Status: in_force

1. The securities, whether bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness, when issued, shall be executed by the officers of the district in the manner prescribed in this chapter for the execution of bonds.

2. Bonds shall be issued in the name of the improvement district and when issued shall be a lien upon the land included therein.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.090 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.090
Loans to counties, cities and public districts for planning, engineering, administration, acquisition of easements and other costs
Status: in_force

1. Whenever the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Army has approved or may approve a work of improvement or a flood control project in the State of Nevada, and the Congress of the United States has appropriated or may appropriate money for such work or project, and a county, city or public district, or a combination thereof, has given or is in a position to give the assurances required by the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, Public Law 566, 83rd Congress, 68 Stat. 666, as amended, 1 or the Flood Control Act of 1954, Public Law 780, 83rd Congress, 68 Stat. 1256, as amended, 2 and such county, city or public district is in need of immediate financial assistance for planning, engineering, administration, acquisition of easements and rights-of-way or other costs, such county, city or public district may apply to the Director for such assistance in the manner provided in NRS 543.090 to 543.140 , inclusive.

2. A city, county or public district may apply to the Director for financial assistance pursuant to NRS 543.090 to 543.140 , inclusive, for the payment of the cost of surveying along a river when such surveying potentially but not necessarily will culminate in or assist a flood control project.

1 16 U.S.C.A. § 1001 et seq.

2 See, generally, 33 U.S.C.A. § 701 et seq.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 541.170 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 541 / Section 541.170
Board to fix rate of levy under class A; maximum rate; certification to county commissioners
Status: in_force

To levy and collect taxes under class A as herein provided, the board shall in each year determine the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation, taking into consideration other sources of revenue of the district, and shall fix a rate of levy which, when levied upon every $100 of assessed valuation of property within the district, and with other revenues, will raise the amount required by the district to supply funds for paying expenses of organization, for surveys and plans, paying the cost of construction, operating and maintaining the works of the district; but the rate shall not exceed 5 cents on $100, prior to the commencement of construction of the works, and thereafter shall not exceed 10 cents on $100, of assessed valuation of the property within the district. The board shall, between March 1 and March 15 of each year, certify to the board of county commissioners of each county within the district or having a portion of its territory within the district the rate so fixed with directions that at the time and in the manner required by law for levying of taxes for county purposes such board of county commissioners shall levy such tax upon the assessed valuation of all property within the district, in addition to such other taxes as may be levied by such board of county commissioners at the rate so fixed and determined.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.155 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.155
Returns delivered to secretary; canvass by board of directors; declaration of result
Status: in_force

1. The returns shall be delivered to the secretary of the district. No list, tally paper or returns from any election shall be set aside or rejected for want of form if they can be satisfactorily understood.

2. The board of directors shall meet at its usual place of meeting on or before the sixth working day after an election to canvass the returns, and it shall proceed in the same manner and with like effect, as near as may be, as the board of county commissioners in canvassing the returns of general elections.

3. When the board of directors shall have declared the result, the secretary shall make full entries in the secretary’s record in like manner as is required of the county clerk in general elections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.675 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.675
Use of preceding assessments for succeeding years; deemed regular levy
Status: in_force

1. Where the last preceding assessment made will raise a sufficient revenue for the purposes of NRS 539.670 , in the event no other assessment is made, such assessment shall be deemed to have been levied for succeeding years, so long as it will produce the revenue required, and the taxes shall be collected in the same manner, and all officers shall perform the same duties in respect thereto, as though such assessment had been made for the particular year by the board of directors of the district.

2. Where the assessment which should have been levied can be determined by a mere mathematical computation based on the relation between the amount to be raised for interest or interest and the redemption of bonds for any particular year and the apportionment of benefits in the district, such assessment shall be deemed to have been made, and the taxes based thereon shall be collected the same as though such assessment had been regularly levied by the board of directors of the district.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.485 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.485
Monthly posting and publication of claims allowed by board of directors
Status: in_force

The board of directors of each irrigation district shall, each month, post in three public places in the district, one of which places shall be the county courthouse, and publish one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the county a list of the claims allowed by the board for the preceding month.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.570 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.570
Sale of bonds authorized; public or private sale; terms
Status: in_force

1. The board may sell bonds from time to time in such quantities as may be necessary and most advantageous to raise money for the construction of works, the acquisition of property and rights and otherwise to carry out the objects and purposes of this chapter.

2. The bonds may be sold at public or at private sale, upon any terms not inconsistent with the other provisions of this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.435 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.435
Fees of State Engineer; disposition
Status: in_force

1. The State Engineer shall collect the following fees: For examining and filing an application for a permit to appropriate water․․․․․․․ $360.00 This fee includes the cost of publication, which is $50. For reviewing a corrected application or map, or both, in connection with an application for a water right permit 100.00 For examining and acting upon plans and specifications for construction of a dam 1,200.00 For examining and filing an application for each permit to change the point of diversion, manner of use or place of use of an existing right 240.00 This fee includes the cost of publication, which is $50. For examining and filing an application for a temporary permit to change the point of diversion, manner of use or place of use of an existing right 180.00 For issuing and recording each permit to appropriate water for any purpose, except for generating hydroelectric power which results in nonconsumptive use of the water, watering livestock or wildlife purposes 360.00 plus $3 per acre-foot approved or fraction thereof. Except for generating hydroelectric power, watering livestock or wildlife purposes, for issuing and recording each permit to change an existing water right whether temporary or permanent for any purpose 300.00 plus $3 per acre-foot approved or fraction thereof. For issuing and recording each permit for additional rate of diversion from a well where no additional volume of water is granted 1,000.00 For issuing and recording each permit to change the point of diversion or place of use of an existing right whether temporary or permanent for irrigation purposes, a maximum fee of 750.00 For issuing and recording each permit to appropriate or change the point of diversion or place of use of an existing right whether temporary or permanent for watering livestock or wildlife purposes $240.00 plus $50 for each cubic foot of water per second approved or fraction thereof. For issuing and recording each permit to appropriate or change an existing right whether temporary or permanent for water for generating hydroelectric power which results in nonconsumptive use of the water 480.00 plus $50 for each cubic foot per second of water approved or fraction thereof. For filing and examining a request for a waiver in connection with an application to drill a well 120.00 For filing and examining a notice of intent to drill a well․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ 25.00 For filing and examining an affidavit to relinquish water rights in favor of use of water for domestic wells 300.00 For filing a secondary application under a reservoir permit․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ 300.00 For approving and recording a secondary permit under a reservoir permit․․․․․․․․․ 540.00 For reviewing each tentative subdivision map․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ 180.00 plus $1 per lot. For reviewing and approving each final subdivision map․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ 120.00 For storage approved under a dam permit for privately owned nonagricultural dams which store more than 50 acre-feet 480.00 plus $1.25 per acre-foot storage capacity. This fee includes the cost of inspection and must be paid annually. For flood control detention basins․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ 480.00 plus $1.25 per acre-foot storage capacity. This fee includes the cost of inspection and must be paid annually. For filing proof of completion of work․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ 60.00 For filing proof of beneficial use․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ $60.00 For issuing and recording a certificate upon approval of the proof of beneficial use 350.00 For filing proof of resumption of a water right․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ 360.00 For filing any protest․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ 30.00 For filing any application for extension of time within which to file proofs, of completion or beneficial use, for each year for which the extension of time is sought 120.00 For filing any application for extension of time to prevent a forfeiture, for each year for which the extension of time is sought 120.00 For reviewing a cancellation of a water right pursuant to a petition for review․ 360.00 For examining and filing a report of conveyance filed pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 533.384 120.00 plus $20 per conveyance document. For filing any other instrument․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ 10.00 For making a copy of any document recorded or filed in the Office of the State Engineer, for the first page 1.00 For each additional page․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ .20 For certifying to copies of documents, records or maps, for each certificate․․․․ 6.00 For each copy of any full size drawing or map․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ 6.00 For each color copy of any full size drawing or map (2′ x 3′)․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ 12.00 For colored plots․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ 10.00

2. When fees are not specified in subsection 1 for work required of the Office of the State Engineer, the State Engineer shall collect the actual cost of the work.

3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, all fees collected by the State Engineer under the provisions of this section must be deposited in the State Treasury for credit to the State General Fund. All fees received for copies of any drawing or map must be kept by the State Engineer and used only to pay the costs of printing, replacement and maintenance of printing equipment. Any publication fees received which are not used by the State Engineer for publication expenses must be returned to the persons who paid the fees. If, after exercising due diligence, the State Engineer is unable to make the refunds, the State Engineer shall deposit the fees in the State Treasury for credit to the State General Fund.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.307 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.307
Directors relieved of certain duties; adoption of surveys and plans made by United States
Status: in_force

The board of directors of a district is relieved from the duties imposed upon it in NRS 539.255 , 539.260 , 539.263 and 539.540 to 539.557 , inclusive, insofar as the same may not be required in case of a contract between the district and the United States, and in that relation may take advantage of or adopt such surveys and plans as may have been or be made by the United States.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 540A.269 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 540A / Section 540A.269
Applicability of chapters 332 and 338 of NRS to contract for plan for remediation; county ownership of property on which remediation equipment or improvements are located not required if certain conditions met
Status: in_force

1. Chapters 332 and 338 of NRS do not apply to a contract made by a person to accomplish the purposes of NRS 540A.250 to 540A.285 , inclusive, or to a contract made by the county to carry out the plan for remediation with any provider of water service to the district for remediation.

2. The county need not own the property on which any remediation equipment or improvements are located or used, or acquire ownership of any remediation equipment or improvements whose cost is paid from money of the county, including proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to NRS 540A.267 , if the board determines there are adequate contractual safeguards to ensure that the equipment or improvements are used to further the plan for remediation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.500 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.500
Duties of State Engineer concerning approval and rejection of application
Status: reserved

1. Before approving any application for the right to use water for watering livestock, the State Engineer shall determine, by examination on the ground or otherwise, that the right and use applied for will not contravene the policy of NRS 533.495 . If the State Engineer shall determine that the right applied for will contravene such policy, the State Engineer must reject the application.

2. If the water applied for shall be along the course of or in the immediate vicinity of an established or customary driving route for moving livestock from one range to another, the State Engineer may reject the application even if no previous right shall exist for any portion of such water, if the State Engineer shall determine that such water will best subserve the public interest by being reserved for the watering of livestock while so being driven along such customary driving route.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 538.241 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 538 / Section 538.241
Duties of State Controller and State Treasurer
Status: in_force

The State Controller shall draw his or her warrants on the funds administered by the Commission for payment of all claims against those funds and the State Treasurer shall pay them.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.050 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.050
Flood Control Account: Authorized expenditures; reimbursements
Status: in_force

The Director shall use the money in the Flood Control Account to pay all necessary costs in order to carry out the assurances and to perform the acts provided for in NRS 543.030 . Reimbursements to the Account must be in the manner described in NRS 543.060 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 541.200 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 541 / Section 541.200
Board may sell or lease water to persons and private corporations on petition; levy and collection of taxes under class D
Status: in_force

1. To levy and collect special assessments upon lands under class D as herein provided, the board shall make an allotment of water to petitioning owners of lands in the district, upon which water can be beneficially used in the manner as hereinafter provided, in such amount as will, in the judgment of the board, together with the present supply of water for irrigation purposes on such lands, make an adequate water supply for irrigation of such lands, and shall fix and determine the rate or rates per acre-foot and the terms at and upon which water shall be held, leased, or otherwise disposed of, for use on the lands. If any person or private corporation shall elect to purchase, lease or otherwise obtain the beneficial use of waters of the district for irrigation of lands or for domestic purposes, such person or corporation shall petition the board for an allotment of water upon terms prescribed by the board which petitions shall contain, inter alia, the following: (a) Name of the applicant. (b) Quantity of water to be purchased or otherwise acquired. (c) Description of lands upon which, or location where, the water will be used and attached. (d) Price per acre-foot to be paid. (e) Whether payments will be made in cash or annual installments. (f) Agreement that the annual installments and the charges for maintenance and operating shall become a lien upon the lands for which such water is petitioned and allotted and to be bound by the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations of the board.

2. The board may, in its discretion, accept or reject the petition, but, if it deems it for the best interests of the district that the petition be granted, shall enter an order granting the petition, and from and after such order the petitioner shall have been deemed to have agreed to the purchase, lease or other means of acquiring the beneficial use of water under the terms set forth in the petition and order. Such order shall provide for payment on the basis of rate per acre-foot of water allotted to the lands within the district, providing: (a) That the board may divide the district into units and fix a different rate per acre-foot of water in the respective units; and (b) That such rates shall be equitable although not necessarily equal or uniform for like classes of services throughout the district.

3. The secretary of the board shall cause notice of the filing of such petition to be given and published, which notice shall state the filing of such petition and give notice to all persons interested to appear at the office of the board at a time named in the notice and show cause in writing, if any they have, why the petition should not be granted. The board at the time and place mentioned in the notice, or at such time or times at which the hearing on the petition may be adjourned, shall proceed to hear the petition and objections thereto, presented, in writing, by any person showing cause, as aforesaid, why the petition should not be granted. The failure of any person interested to show cause, in writing, as aforesaid, shall be deemed and taken as an assent on his or her part to the granting of the petition. The board may, in its discretion, accept or reject the petition, but, if it deems it for the best interest of the district that the petition shall be granted, shall enter an order to that effect granting the petition, and from and after such order the petitioner or persons interested therein shall be deemed to have purchased, leased or otherwise acquired the beneficial use of water as set forth in the order. If the petition is granted, the board shall cause a certified copy of the order granting the petition to be recorded in the county in which the lands are located, and thereafter the annual installments and annual operating and maintenance charges shall be a perpetual lien upon such lands. The board shall, between March 1 and March 15 of each year, certify to the county assessor of the county within the district in which such lands are located the amount of the annual installments, plus a fair proportionate amount of the estimated operating and maintenance charges apportioned to the lands for the next succeeding year, and the county assessor shall extend the amount so certified on the tax roll as a flat special assessment against the lands for which such water is petitioned and allotted.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.777 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.777
Entry of order dissolving district; further indebtedness prohibited
Status: in_force

Upon the entry of the order of the court dissolving the district, the same shall be deemed dissolved and no further indebtedness of any kind shall be contracted by the board of directors of the district.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.340 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.340
Recordation of contracts and resolutions
Status: in_force

Such contracts or certified copies thereof and certified copies of such resolutions shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder in each county in which is situated any of the lands of the districts or any of the reservoir sites or other real property owned by the districts or acquired under the provisions of NRS 539.335 to 539.353 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.638 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.638
Liens
Status: in_force

1. Revenues pledged for the payment of any bonds, as received by or otherwise credited to the district, are immediately subject to the lien of each pledge without any physical delivery thereof, any filing or further act.

2. The lien of each such pledge and the obligation to perform the contractual provisions made in the authorizing resolution or other instrument appertaining thereto has priority over any or all other obligations and liabilities of the district, except as otherwise provided in this chapter or in the resolution or other instrument, and subject to any prior pledges and liens.

3. The lien of each such pledge is valid and binding as against all persons having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the district whether or not those persons have notice thereof.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.577 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.577
Cancellation of authorized bond issue; levy of assessments in lieu of bonds; limitations
Status: in_force

1. If for any reason the bonds of a district cannot be sold, or if at any time it shall be deemed in the best interests of the district to withdraw from sale all or any portion of an authorized bond issue, the board of directors may cancel the bonds and levy assessments in the amount of the bonds cancelled. The revenue derived from the assessments must be employed for the same purpose as was contemplated by the bond authorization, but no levy may be made to pay for work or material, payment for which was contemplated by bonds which have been authorized, until bonds to the amount of the assessments have been cancelled.

2. Assessments made in lieu of bonds cancelled must be collected in the same manner and have the same effect as other assessments levied pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The assessments must not during any 1 year exceed 10 percent of the total bond issue authorized by the district, unless a greater assessment is authorized by a majority vote of the qualified electors of the district voting at a special election or district election or primary or general state election.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.047 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.047
Notice of election: Contents; publication
Status: in_force

1. The board of county commissioners shall give notice of such election, which shall be published for 2 weeks prior to such election in a newspaper within the county where the petition is filed.

2. Such notice shall require the electors to cast ballots, which shall contain the words “Irrigation District--Yes,” or “Irrigation District--No,” or words equivalent thereto, and the names of persons to be voted for as directors.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.260 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.260
Direction and satisfaction of district engineer; approval by board
Status: in_force

The work shall be done under the direction and to the satisfaction of the engineer employed by the district and approved by the board.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 540.081 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 540 / Section 540.081
Applicability of NRS 540.061 to 540.091, inclusive
Status: in_force

NRS 540.061 to 540.091 , inclusive, do not apply to:

1. A publicly owned project;

2. A subdivision as defined in NRS 278.320 ;

3. A parcel map subject to the provisions of NRS 278.461 to 278.469 , inclusive;

4. A division of land pursuant to NRS 278.471 to 278.4725 , inclusive; or

5. A planned unit development pursuant to chapter 278A of NRS .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 535.090 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 535 / Section 535.090
Unlawful obstruction of appropriator's water; penalty
Status: in_force

1. Whenever any appropriator of water has the lawful right-of-way for the storage, diversion or carriage of water, it shall be unlawful to place or maintain any obstruction that shall interfere with the use of his or her works or prevent convenient access thereto.

2. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 532.100 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 532 / Section 532.100
Expenses
Status: in_force

The State Engineer may purchase such material and incur such expenses for traveling and other purposes as may be necessary for the proper conduct and maintenance of the Office of the State Engineer, to be paid from the moneys which may be appropriated for such purposes from time to time, as other state claims are paid.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.310 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.310
Payments from revenue derived from annual assessments upon real property; property liable to assessment and levy
Status: in_force

All payments due or to become due to the United States under any contract between the district and the United States, including such payments of interest and principal on bonds as may be required in connection with a deposit or transfer thereof to the United States, shall be paid, unless otherwise provided by contract, by revenue derived from annual assessments apportioned as prescribed in this chapter, and levies thereof upon such real property within the district as may be assessable for district purposes under the laws of the State or by tolls and charges, as the case may be. Such real property shall be and remain liable to be assessed and levied upon for such payments.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.595 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.595
Adoption of uniform regulations; variances; incorporation of regulations into ordinances by city or county; compliance with standards, criteria and policies of board
Status: in_force

1. The board shall adopt uniform regulations for the control of drainage, in accordance with the master plan, from land which is developed after the regulations become effective. The regulations may include provisions for the granting of a variance by the board upon application by the governmental entity having jurisdiction and a showing of conditions which justify the variance. The board may grant a variance from the strict enforcement of the uniform regulations for that piece of property if the granting of the variance will not cause any: (a) Detriment to the public good; (b) Impairment of any affected natural resources; or (c) Deviation from the intent and purpose of the district's master plan.

2. Before granting such a variance, the board must consider the effect of the proposed variance on the adjacent property, the entire hydrographic area and the continued implementation of the master plan.

3. On and after July 1, 1987, a county or city is not eligible to receive money, from the regional fund for the control of floods, for the acquisition of a project or improvement unless it has incorporated these regulations in its ordinances governing the subdivision of land, parcel maps, and division of land into large parcels. The county or city is then responsible for their enforcement, but the county or any city may bring an action against any of the others to compel enforcement in the latter's territory.

4. The board may also require as a condition of granting money to a county or city that the recipient comply with the standards and criteria developed by the board concerning the design of systems for drainage and with the policies established by the board for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of a project or improvement.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.189 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.189
Notice of election for election for issuance of bonds or other securities: Contents
Status: in_force

The notice of election for any election held pursuant to this chapter which includes a proposal for the issuance of any bonds or other securities must, in addition to any other requirements of this chapter, contain an estimate of the annual cost to operate, maintain and repair any buildings, structures or other facilities or improvements to be constructed or acquired with the proceeds of the bonds or other securities.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.085 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.085
Regular meetings: Time and place; notice of change of time; judicial day
Status: in_force

1. The board shall hold a regular monthly meeting in its office on the day of the month fixed by resolution duly entered upon the minutes. When the time for such a monthly meeting has been fixed it cannot again be changed for 12 months, and it can only be changed by resolution passed at least 2 months prior to the time such change shall take effect, and upon publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the district for at least 2 weeks prior to such change.

2. Should the regular meeting day fall upon a nonjudicial day, such meeting shall be held on the first judicial day thereafter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.677 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.677
Levy of assessments by county commissioners or Department of Taxation; duties of district attorney and Attorney General
Status: in_force

1. In case of failure or refusal of the board of directors to levy an assessment as provided in NRS 539.670 , then, if such assessment has not otherwise been levied, the board of county commissioners of the county in which the office of the district is located shall levy such assessment at its next regular meeting or at a special meeting called for such purpose.

2. The Department of Taxation, at any time upon obtaining knowledge of such failure or refusal, shall levy such assessment forthwith.

3. The district attorney of the county in which the office of any irrigation district is located, at the time such assessment should be made, shall ascertain the fact in respect to the same, and if such assessment has not been made by the board of directors as required, the district attorney shall immediately notify the board of county commissioners, the Department of Taxation and the Attorney General in respect to such failure. The district attorney and the Attorney General shall aid in obtaining the earliest possible assessment following such failure or refusal of the district board to act.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.763 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.763
Certification of election results to district court; examination of returns by court; order of dissolution; filing of financial statement
Status: in_force

1. The secretary of the district shall at the time and in the manner provided in this chapter for certifying election returns certify the result of the election to the district court of the county in which such petition for dissolution was filed.

2. The court shall examine such returns on the Monday following such certification at 1:30 p.m., and in case it is found that a majority of the electors cast their vote in favor of “Dissolution of the District--Yes,” and that the electors voting at the election represent a majority of the acreage in the district, the court shall enter its order dissolving the district, and thereupon the court shall enter its further order directing the directors of the district to file with the court a financial statement showing its indebtedness and other obligations. Such statement shall be sworn to by the president before a notary public and attested by the secretary of the district.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 540A.050 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 540A / Section 540A.050
Grants; contracts; employees; disposition of property
Status: in_force

The board may for the purposes of this chapter:

1. Accept grants of money.

2. Enter into contracts, including interlocal agreements, consistent with its authority under this chapter.

3. Employ and fix the compensation of employees and professional advisers.

4. Acquire, hold, lease and dispose of real and personal property inside and outside the region, without limitation, by requirements applicable to a board of county commissioners in its capacity as the governing body of a county.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.060 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.060
Right to use limited to amount necessary; loss or abandonment of rights; no acquisition of prescriptive right; reservation of rights by State
Status: in_force

1. Rights to the use of water must be limited and restricted to as much as may be necessary, when reasonably and economically used for irrigation and other beneficial purposes, irrespective of the carrying capacity of the ditch. The balance of the water not so appropriated must be allowed to flow in the natural stream from which the ditch draws its supply of water, and must not be considered as having been appropriated thereby.

2. Rights to the use of surface water shall not be deemed to be lost or otherwise forfeited for the failure to use the water therefrom for a beneficial purpose.

3. A surface water right that is appurtenant to land formerly used primarily for agricultural purposes is not subject to a determination of abandonment if the surface water right: (a) Is appurtenant to land that has been converted to urban use; or (b) Has been dedicated to or acquired by a water purveyor, public utility or public body for municipal use.

4. In a determination of whether a right to use surface water has been abandoned, a presumption that the right to use the surface water has not been abandoned is created upon the submission of records, photographs, receipts, contracts, affidavits or any other proof of the occurrence of any of the following events or actions within a 10-year period immediately preceding any claim that the right to use the water has been abandoned: (a) The delivery of water; (b) The payment of any costs of maintenance and other operational costs incurred in delivering the water; (c) The payment of any costs for capital improvements, including works of diversion and irrigation; or (d) The actual performance of maintenance related to the delivery of the water.

5. A prescriptive right to the use of the water or any of the public water appropriated or unappropriated may not be acquired by adverse possession. Any such right to appropriate any of the water must be initiated by applying to the State Engineer for a permit to appropriate the water as provided in this chapter.

6. The State of Nevada reserves for its own present and future use all rights to the use and diversion of water acquired pursuant to chapter 462, Statutes of Nevada 1963, or otherwise existing within the watersheds of Marlette Lake, Franktown Creek and Hobart Creek and not lawfully appropriated on April 26, 1963, by any person other than the Marlette Lake Company. Such a right must not be appropriated by any person without the express consent of the Legislature.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 541.380 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 541 / Section 541.380
Board may petition court for judicial determination of orders, acts, power, taxes and contracts
Status: in_force

1. The board may, in its discretion, at any time file a petition in the court, praying a judicial examination and determination of the validity of the proceedings for the formation of any water conservancy district or subdistrict thereof purported to be formed under the provisions of this chapter or any amendment thereof or of any power conferred hereby or by any amendment hereto or of any tax or assessment levied or of any act, proceeding or contract of any such district or subdistrict, whether or not the contract shall have been executed, including proposed contracts for the acquisition, construction, maintenance or operation of works for such district or subdistrict.

2. The petition shall set forth the facts whereon the validity of such order, power, assessment, act, proceeding or contract is founded and shall be verified by the president of the board. Notice of the filing of the petition shall be given by the clerk of the court, under the seal thereof, stating in brief outline the contents of the petition and showing where a complete copy of any contract or contracts, therein mentioned, may be examined. The notice shall be served by publication at least once a week for 4 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the principal office of the district is located, and by posting the same in the office of the district at least 30 days prior to the date fixed in the notice for the hearing on the petition. Any owner of property in the district or person interested in the contract or proposed contract may appear and answer the petition at any time prior to the date fixed for the hearing or within such further time as may be allowed by the court, and the petition shall be taken as confessed by all persons who fail so to appear.

3. The petition and notice shall be sufficient to give the court jurisdiction and, upon hearing, the court shall examine into and determine all matters and things affecting the question submitted, shall make such findings with reference thereto and render such judgment and decree thereon as the case warrants. Costs may be divided or apportioned among the contesting parties in the discretion of the trial court.

4. Review of the judgment of the court may be had as in other similar cases, except that such review must be applied for within 30 days after the time of the rendition of such judgment, or within such additional time as may be allowed by the court within 30 days.

5. The Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure shall govern in the matters of pleading and practice where not otherwise specified herein.

6. The court shall disregard any error, irregularity or omission which does not affect the substantial rights of the parties.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.100 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.100
Recognition of existing water rights; classification of water in definable aquifer or percolating water by State Engineer; adjudication of vested underground water rights
Status: in_force

1. Existing water rights to the use of underground water are hereby recognized. For the purpose of this chapter a vested right is a water right on underground water acquired from an artesian or definable aquifer prior to March 22, 1913, and an underground water right on percolating water, the course and boundaries of which are incapable of determination, acquired prior to March 25, 1939. The distinction as to whether water is in a definable aquifer or whether it is percolating water, the course and boundaries of which are incapable of determination, is a matter to be determined by the State Engineer.

2. Any claimant of a vested underground water right may petition the State Engineer to adjudicate such rights. If upon investigation the State Engineer finds the facts and conditions justify it, the State Engineer shall enter an order granting the petition and shall make proper arrangements to proceed with such determination. In the order the State Engineer shall designate the area within which such determination is to be made, but the size of such designated area may include other claimed underground vested water rights. Such designated area shall not extend into other drainage basins. Following the designation of such area the State Engineer shall proceed with adjudicating such rights as provided for in chapter 533 of NRS .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.6364 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.6364
Considerations in certifying annual levies; additional levies in event of insufficient revenue
Status: in_force

1. The board of directors, in certifying annual levies as provided in NRS 539.6363 , shall take into account for the ensuing year maturing bonds and interest on bonds, and deficiencies and defaults of prior years, and shall make ample provision for the payment thereof.

2. In case the moneys produced from such levies, together with other revenues of the district, are not sufficient punctually to pay the annual installments on its bonds and interest thereon and to pay defaults and deficiencies, then the board of directors shall make such additional levies of taxes as may be necessary for such purposes, and notwithstanding any limitations, such taxes shall be made and continue to be levied until the bonds of the district, both principal and interest, shall be fully paid.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.413 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.413
Applicability of laws relating to contracts between districts and United States
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter relating to cooperation between a district and the United States, including those relating to the distribution and apportionment of water and the apportionment of benefits, shall apply in case of a contract between the United States and a division of a district insofar as applicable.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.027 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.027
Undertaking
Status: in_force

The petitioners must accompany the petition with a good and sufficient bond, to be approved by the board of county commissioners, in double the amount of the probable cost of organizing the district, conditioned that the bondsmen will pay all of the costs in case the organization is not effected.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.270 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.270
General powers
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers with which irrigation districts are or may be vested under the laws of the State, irrigation districts shall have the following powers:

1. To cooperate and contract with the United States under the Federal Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, 1 and all acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, or any other Act of Congress heretofore or hereafter enacted authorizing or permitting such cooperation.

2. To cooperate and contract with the State of Nevada under any laws heretofore or hereafter enacted authorizing or permitting such cooperation.

1 43 U.S.C.A. § 371 et seq.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 541.320 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 541 / Section 541.320
Petition for exclusion of lands in district; procedure; court order
Status: in_force

1. The owner or owners in fee of any lands constituting a portion of the district may file with the board a petition praying that such lands be excluded and taken from the district.

2. Petitions shall describe the lands which the petitioners desire to have excluded. The petition must be acknowledged in the same manner and form as required in case of a conveyance of land and be accompanied by a deposit of money sufficient to pay all costs of the exclusion proceedings.

3. The secretary of the board shall cause a notice of filing of such petition to be published in the county in which the lands, or the major portion thereof, are located. The notice shall state the filing of such petition, the names of petitioners, descriptions of lands mentioned in the petition, and the prayer of the petitioners; and it shall notify all persons interested to appear at the office of the board at the time named in the notice, showing cause in writing, if any they have, why the petition should not be granted.

4. The board at the time and place mentioned in the notice, or at the time or times at which the hearing of the petition may be adjourned, shall proceed to hear the petition and all objections thereto presented, in writing, by any person showing cause why the prayer of the petition should not be granted. The filing of such petition shall be deemed and taken as an assent by each and all such petitioners to the exclusion from the district of the lands mentioned in the petition, or any part thereof. The board, if they deem it not for the best interests of the district that the lands mentioned in the petition, or portion thereof, shall be excluded from the district, shall order that the petition be denied; but if the board deems it for the best interest of the district that the lands mentioned in the petition, or some portion thereof, be excluded from the district, and if there are not outstanding bonds of the district, then the board may order the lands mentioned in the petition, or some portion thereof, to be excluded from the district. In case a contract has been made between the district and the United States or any agency thereof, no change shall be made in the boundaries of the district unless the Secretary of the Interior shall assent thereto in writing and such assent be filed with the board. Upon such assent, any lands excluded from the district shall upon order of the court be discharged from all liens in favor of the United States under the contract with the United States or under bonds deposited with its agents.

5. Upon allowance of such petition, the board shall file a certified copy of the order of the board making such change with the clerk of the court, and upon order of the court the lands shall be excluded from the district.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534A.060 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534A / Section 534A.060
Permit required to drill or operate geothermal well or drill exploratory well; application
Status: in_force

1. A person may not drill or operate a geothermal well or drill an exploratory well without obtaining a permit from the Administrator of the Division of Minerals of the Commission on Mineral Resources and complying with the conditions of the permit.

2. An application must set forth such information as the Administrator requires by regulation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.6353 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.6353
Rights and remedies cumulative
Status: in_force

No right or remedy conferred upon any holder of any bonds or any trustee for that holder by this chapter or by any proceedings appertaining to the issuance of those bonds is exclusive of any other right or remedy, but each right or remedy is cumulative and in addition to every other right or remedy and may be exercised without exhausting and without regard to any other remedy conferred under this chapter or by any other statute.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.490 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.490
Borrowing money; evidences of indebtedness
Status: in_force

The board may borrow money and incur indebtedness and other obligations and evidence the indebtedness by certificates, notes or debentures, and to issue bonds, in accordance with the provisions of NRS 543.170 to 543.830 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 541.030 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 541 / Section 541.030
Legislative declarations
Status: in_force

1. It is declared that to provide for the conservation and development of the water and land resources of the State of Nevada and for the greatest beneficial use of water within this state, the organization of water conservancy districts and the construction of works as herein defined by such districts are a public use and will: (a) Be essentially for the public benefit and advantage of the people of the State of Nevada; (b) Indirectly benefit all industries of the state; (c) Indirectly benefit the State of Nevada in the increase of its taxable property valuation; (d) Directly benefit residents of the State of Nevada by providing adequate supplies of water for domestic, municipal and industrial use; (e) Directly benefit lands to be irrigated or drained from works to be constructed; (f) Directly benefit lands now under irrigation by stabilizing the flow of water in streams and by increasing flow and return flow of water to such streams; (g) Directly benefit urban use of water or development of water resources by flood control; and (h) Promote the comfort, safety and welfare of the people of the State of Nevada.

2. It is therefore declared to be the policy of the State of Nevada: (a) To control, make use of and apply to beneficial use unappropriated waters in this state to a direct and supplemental use of such waters for domestic, manufacturing, irrigation, power and other beneficial uses. (b) To cooperate with the United States and agencies thereof under the federal reclamation laws or other federal laws now or hereafter enacted and to construct and finance works within or without the State of Nevada as herein defined and to operate and maintain the same.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.0125 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.0125
“Augmentation” defined
Status: in_force

“Augmentation” means to increase the volume of stored water in a system of aquifers by artificially introducing water into that system.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 544.010 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 544 / Section 544.010
Short title
Status: in_force

NRS 544.010 to 544.060 , inclusive, may be cited as the Weather Modification Research Law.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 541.240 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 541 / Section 541.240
Sale of real property for unpaid taxes and assessments
Status: in_force

If the taxes and assessments levied are not paid as provided in NRS 541.230 , then the real property, if not redeemed within the time allowed by law, must be sold and conveyed for the payment of taxes, assessments, interest and penalties in the manner provided in NRS 361.5648 to 361.730 , inclusive, for the sale of real property after default in payment of general taxes.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.368 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.368
Hydrological, environmental or other study: State Engineer to determine need for study; cost of study paid by applicant; regulations
Status: in_force

1. If the State Engineer determines that a hydrological study, an environmental study or any other study is necessary before the State Engineer makes a final determination on an application pursuant to NRS 533.370 and the applicant, a governmental agency or other person has not conducted such a study or the required study is not available, the State Engineer shall advise the applicant of the need for the study and the type of study required.

2. The required study must be conducted by the State Engineer or by a person designated by the State Engineer, the applicant or a consultant approved by the State Engineer, as determined by the State Engineer.

3. The applicant shall bear the cost of a study required pursuant to subsection 1. A study must not be conducted by the State Engineer or by a person designated by the State Engineer until the applicant has paid a cash deposit to the State Engineer which is sufficient to defray the cost of the study.

4. The State Engineer shall: (a) Consult with the applicant and the governing body of the county or counties in which the point of diversion and the place of use is located concerning the scope and progress of the study. (b) Send a copy of the completed study to all attorneys of record, to a public library, if any, or other public building located in the county of origin, to the county or counties in which the point of diversion and the place of use is located and to the governing bodies of the county of origin and of the county or counties in which the point of diversion and the place of use is located.

5. The State Engineer may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.697 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.697
Distribution and sale of water acquired at sale for delinquent tax or summary foreclosure
Status: in_force

The board shall not, however, sell or dispose of water appurtenant to, apportioned, or allotted to the lands acquired at delinquent tax sales, or at summary sales, until and unless the remaining lands in the district under irrigation to which benefits have been apportioned by the district and which are entitled to receive water from the district pursuant to the apportionment of benefits, and from the same source of supply, shall have a sufficient and adequate water supply available for such irrigated areas as have been apportioned benefits. The board of directors shall distribute such waters acquired at delinquent tax sales or at summary foreclosure sales among the remaining nondelinquent landowners in the district entitled to receive water from the district in, as near as may be, the same proportion as fixed by the original apportionment of benefits for the remaining nondelinquent lands. In case the water right appurtenant to land acquired at a delinquent sale shall be based upon a contract with the United States, the district may, with the consent of the United States, make any desired disposition of such water right.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.463 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.463
Unlawful diversion and waste of water during irrigating season; penalty
Status: in_force

1. It is an unlawful use and waste of water for any person during the irrigating season: (a) To divert and conduct the water, or portion thereof, of any river, creek, or stream into any slough, dam or pond and retain, or cause the water to be held or retained therein, without making any other use of the water; or (b) To divert and conduct the water, or portion thereof, away from any river, creek or stream, and run or allow the water to run to waste on sagebrush or greasewood land. The irrigation of unimproved pasture which has a surface water right shall not be deemed to be a waste of water.

2. Any person who wastes water in violation of any of the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.300 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.300
State to be divided into water districts; appointment of advisory boards by State Engineer; meetings
Status: in_force

1. The State Engineer shall divide the State into water districts, to be so constituted as to insure the best protection for the water users, and the most economical water supervision on the part of the State. The water districts must not be created until a necessity therefor arises and must be created from time to time as the priorities and claims to the streams of the State are determined.

2. Upon the creation of a water district the State Engineer may appoint an advisory board of representative citizens within the district to assist the State Engineer in formulating plans and projects for the conservation of the water resources and the use thereof in the district. The per diem and necessary travel and subsistence expenses of the appointive members of the board must be paid from the account provided for the district in NRS 533.290 ; but the total annual per diem, travel and subsistence expenses of the members for each district must not exceed $800. The State Engineer may call such meetings of the board as in the opinion of the State Engineer may be necessary and expedient.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.012 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.012
“Artesian well” defined
Status: in_force

“Artesian well” means a well tapping an aquifer underlying an impervious material in which the static water level in the well stands above where it is first encountered in the aquifer.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.035 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.035
Groundwater boards: Establishment; number, appointment, terms and expenses of members; officers; meetings and quorum; duties; dissolution
Status: in_force

1. In each area designated as a groundwater basin by the State Engineer pursuant to the provisions of NRS 534.030 , the board of county commissioners may recommend to the State Engineer that the State Engineer establish a groundwater board. The State Engineer shall determine whether or not a groundwater board is to be established and may direct its establishment by order.

2. If a groundwater board is established, the governing bodies of all the cities and towns within the designated area, the board of county commissioners of each county in which the area is located, and the governing body of any water district in which the area is included, or partly included, shall each submit a list of names of residents of the area to the Governor, who shall appoint seven members of the board. At least one member must be appointed from each list.

3. After the initial terms, the term of office of each member of the board is 4 years. The board shall elect one member as chair and one member as secretary to serve as such at the pleasure of the board.

4. The board shall maintain its headquarters at the county seat of the county in which the designated area is located, or if the area lies in more than one county, in the county seat of one of the counties in which the area is located. The board shall hold meetings at such times and places as it may determine. Special meetings may be called at any time by the secretary at the request of any four members, or by the chair, upon notice specifying the matters to be acted upon at the meeting. No matters other than those specified in the notice may be acted upon at that meeting unless all members are present and consent thereto.

5. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum, and the board shall act only by a majority of those present.

6. For each day's attendance at each meeting of the groundwater board, or for each day when services are actually performed for the groundwater board, the members are entitled to receive per diem and travel allowances provided by law. Claims for those expenses must be paid as provided in subsection 7 of NRS 534.040 .

7. The State Engineer shall not approve any application or issue any permit to drill a well, appropriate groundwater, change the place or manner of use or the point of diversion of water within the designated area, adopt any related regulations or enter any related orders until the State Engineer has conferred with the board and obtained its written advice and recommendations.

8. It is the intention of the Legislature that the State Engineer and the board be in agreement whenever possible, but, for the purpose of fixing responsibility to the Governor, if there is any disagreement between the State Engineer and the board, the views of the State Engineer prevail. A written report of any such disagreement must be made immediately to the Governor by the State Engineer and the board.

9. Any groundwater board may request from the State Engineer or any other state, county, city or district agency such technical information, data and advice as it may require to perform its functions, and the State Engineer and such other agencies shall, within the resources available to them, furnish such assistance as may be requested.

10. The Governor may dissolve the groundwater board by order if the Governor determines that the future activities of the board are likely to be insubstantial.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 538.041 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 538 / Section 538.041
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 538.041 to 538.251 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “ Colorado River ” means the Colorado River and all of the tributaries of the river.

2. “ Commission ” means the Colorado River Commission of Nevada.

3. “ Commissioner ” means a commissioner of the Colorado River Commission of Nevada.

4. “ Executive Director ” means the Executive Director of the Colorado River Commission of Nevada.

5. “ Southern Nevada Water Authority ” means the political subdivision of the State of Nevada created on July 25, 1991, by a cooperative agreement entered into on that date pursuant to the provisions of NRS 277.080 to 277.180 , inclusive.

6. “ Supplemental water ” means water from any source which, if acquired, would allow water to be used consumptively from the mainstream of the Colorado River in excess of Nevada's apportionment pursuant to the Boulder Canyon Project Act of 1928. The term does not include water from: (a) Lake Tahoe; (b) The Truckee, Carson or Walker River; (c) Any groundwater within the State of Nevada, other than groundwater within Clark County; or (d) Any surface water within the State of Nevada or that flows into the State of Nevada, other than the waters of the Colorado River, unless the State Engineer authorizes the transfer of that water to the Colorado River pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or chapter 532, 533 or 534 of NRS .

7. “ Water purveyor ” means a public entity created by or pursuant to the laws of this State which: (a) Is engaged in: (1) The acquisition of water on behalf of, or the delivery of water to, another water purveyor; or (2) The retail delivery of water in this State; and (b) Is not a member of another such public entity that is itself engaged in the activities described in paragraph (a).
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534A.050 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534A / Section 534A.050
Ownership of geothermal resources
Status: reserved

The owner of real property owns the rights to the underlying geothermal resources unless they have been reserved by or conveyed to another person.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.340 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.340
Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Designation of areas of active management
Status: in_force

The State Engineer shall designate areas of active management pursuant to NRS 534.030 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.480 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.480
Penalties
Status: in_force

Any person violating any of the provisions of NRS 533.005 to 533.475 , inclusive, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.690 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.690
Special assessments: Procedure for levy; election; authority to levy assessments for number of years for specific purposes
Status: in_force

1. The board of directors of a district may, at any time when deemed advisable, submit to the qualified electors of the district at a special election, district election or primary or general state election the question of whether a special assessment shall be levied for the purpose of raising money to be applied to any of the purposes provided in this chapter.

2. The election must be held and the result thereof determined and declared in all respects in conformity with the provisions of this chapter in respect to bond elections.

3. The notice must specify the amount of money proposed to be raised and the purpose for which it is intended to be used, and whether an equal rate of assessment or a special apportionment of benefits is to be made in that relation if either is proposed.

4. At the election, the ballots must contain the words “Assessment--Yes,” or “Assessment--No.”

5. If two-thirds or more of the votes cast are “Assessment--Yes,” the board shall immediately proceed to apportion the benefits, if that apportionment is to be made, and to levy an assessment sufficient to raise the amount voted.

6. The assessment so levied must be entered in the assessment book or books by the secretary of the board and collected in the same manner as other assessments provided for in this chapter and when received by the treasurer of the district must be deposited and kept in the construction fund.

7. At the election, there may be submitted the proposition of authorizing the board of directors to levy each year for a stated number of years assessments not exceeding a stated amount per acre to provide a fund from which repairs may be made and replacement and extensions of existing works may be constructed and paid for as the necessity arises. In that case, if a general description of the proposed undertaking is provided, no plans and specifications are required to be provided in advanced. If the proposition is approved by two-thirds of the electors, the board may levy the assessment and it must be collected as other assessments are collected pursuant to this chapter. Money realized from the assessments must be deposited and kept in the general fund and disbursed by the treasurer in accordance with the direction of the board or rules and regulations established by it.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.465 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.465
Interference with headgate, water box or water; prima facie evidence
Status: in_force

1. Any person who shall willfully open, close, change or interfere with any lawfully established headgate or water box without authority, or who shall willfully use water or conduct water into or through the person’s ditch which has been lawfully denied the person by the State Engineer, the State Engineer’s assistants or water commissioners, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

2. The possession or use of water when the same shall have been lawfully denied by the State Engineer or other competent authority shall be prima facie evidence of the guilt of the person using it.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.455 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.455
Payment of assessments before issuance of securities
Status: in_force

1. Prior to the issuance of bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness authorized for the purpose of such local improvement, any person, firm or corporation owning land upon which a benefit has been assessed for such improvement may pay all or any portion of the benefits so assessed against the land, and, upon such payment, the benefit so assessed shall be discharged to the extent of such payment.

2. No such payment may be made after the issuance of bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness authorized to be issued in payment of such improvement except as provided by the district.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.800 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.800
Protests against dissolution; adoption of final ordinance
Status: in_force

1. Any taxpaying elector within the district may, on or before the date fixed, protest against the dissolution of such district, in writing, which protest shall be filed with the county clerk of such county.

2. If, at or before the time fixed by the ordinance and notice, written protest shall be filed signed by 51 percent or more of the taxpaying electors within the district, the district shall not be dissolved. If any written protests are filed and the board of county commissioners determines that the protests so filed represent less than 51 percent of the taxpaying electors of the district, the board may, if it so determines, complete the dissolution by the adoption of a final ordinance of dissolution, which ordinance shall contain a recital as to the percentage of protests, and such recital shall be binding and conclusive for all purposes.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.1855 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.1855
“Master plan” defined
Status: in_force

“Master plan” means the master plan for control of floods.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.5955 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.5955
Annual review of master plan; annual report by board
Status: in_force

1. The board shall direct its chief engineer and general manager to prepare an annual review of the master plan for consideration by the board. The review must include consideration of: (a) Growth and development in the district; (b) The cost of and progress in construction of facilities for the control of floods; (c) The district's uniform code for management of a floodplain and the development of standards for construction of facilities for the control of floods; (d) Progress in the development of facilities by the United States Army Corps of Engineers; and (e) The establishment of additional long-range priorities for the control of floods.

2. The board shall prepare an annual report in conjunction with its review. The report must set forth: (a) The source and amount of money received during the previous year; (b) The amount of money expended during the previous year; (c) A listing of any project completed during the previous year; (d) A listing of any project under construction; (e) A listing of any project which is proposed for the ensuing year and the time estimated for its completion; (f) The amount of money expended during the previous year for the operation and maintenance of facilities for the control of floods; and (g) Any recommended amendments of the master plan.

3. A copy of the report must be filed with the district's chief engineer. A copy must be provided to any person upon request for a fee which does not exceed the actual cost of printing and mailing the report.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.705 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.705
Land excluded from participation in benefits: Transfer of storage rights and benefits apportioned to other land
Status: in_force

1. The owner of land excluded from participation in the benefits of the district, that is, stripped of storage water and benefits under the provisions of NRS 539.700 and 539.703 , may petition the board of directors to transfer to such stripped land the storage rights and benefits apportioned to other land. Upon the hearing of the petition the board of directors may at its discretion grant or refuse the transfer in whole or in part. In exercising its discretion the board of directors shall consider the effect of the proposed change on the cost of water for other holders of water rights in the district, the district's efficiency in its delivery or use of water, the existing water rights in the affected land and the public interest.

2. The petition must: (a) Be in writing and under oath. (b) Describe the land and acreage from which it is proposed to transfer the storage water and benefits. (c) Specify the amount of storage water and benefits proposed to be transferred. (d) Describe the land and acreage to which the transfer of storage water and benefits is proposed to be made. (e) List in detail all liens existing against each parcel of land.

3. Upon receipt of the petition, together with the sum of money required for advertising, the secretary of the board shall cause notice of the application and the date of hearing thereof to be given by posting for a period of not less than 10 days and also by two publications 7 days apart in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the land is situated, during such period.

4. Any person interested in the proposed transfer may file a written protest thereto at any time before the hearing day. The protest must be considered by the board of directors in exercising its discretion to grant or refuse the requested transfer.

5. The board of directors may consider the application at any regular or special meeting, but not sooner than 14 days after the first date of publication.

6. At the hearing a full record of all proceedings must be taken and spread upon the minutes. If the petition proposes to change the point of diversion or manner of use, the board of directors shall not make any order on the petition until such time as an appropriate permit is secured from the State Engineer in accordance with chapter 533 of NRS authorizing the change.

7. The petition, notices, protests, resolutions and all subsequent proceedings in relation to the application must be file marked and preserved for record purposes. If the board of directors grants all or a part of the transfer requested, a certified copy thereof must be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the land to be affected is situated, and thereafter the recorded copy must be delivered to the petitioner upon payment of the recording fees.

8. To the extent that the transfer is granted it constitutes a waiver and relinquishment on the part of the district of all restrictive covenants and provisions against the use of storage water and benefits on the land contained in any deed executed by the board of directors.

9. From and after the granting of any transfer of storage water and benefits, the land from which the water and benefits are taken must have the status of stripped land, must be excluded from participation in the benefits of the district, and must receive no further storage water or benefits unless storage water and benefits are restored to the land under the provisions of this section, and all land to which the storage water and benefits are transferred must be treated in all respects as though it had never become delinquent and had never been stripped of storage water and benefits and denied the benefits of the district.

10. Any person aggrieved by the order of the board of directors may, within 30 days after the entry of the order, petition the district court of the county in which the office of the board of directors is located to set the same aside for such order as may be proper.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.716 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.716
Conditions precedent to annexation; apportionment and assessment of benefits
Status: in_force

1. The board of directors may require as a condition to the granting of the petition that the petitioners shall pay to the district such sums as nearly as the same can be estimated as the petitioners or their grantors would theretofore have been required to pay had such lands been included in the district at the time the same was originally organized, and may apportion such benefits as are just and equitable to such lands in accordance with the benefits derived or which will accrue to each tract or subdivision thereof from the construction or proposed construction of a drainage works or other works, or the purchase or proposed purchase of any works for the district.

2. The board of directors shall examine each tract or legal subdivision of such annexed lands or proposed annexed lands and shall determine the benefits which will accrue or which have accrued, and such lands shall be apportioned their pro rata share of the cost of such works in proportion to the benefits derived by the lands therefrom.

3. 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 so annexed or proposed to be annexed with the 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; but where all or any portion of the lands are apportioned benefits 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. 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 as provided in this chapter, 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.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.105 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.105
Establishment of precincts and polling places
Status: in_force

1. Each division shall constitute an election precinct for the purposes of this chapter.

2. After the organization of the district the directors may divide a division into two or more precincts and fix the polling places therein.

3. By affirmative vote of all of their number or of all of their number save one, the directors may reduce the number of election precincts to one or more within the district, establish the boundaries thereof, and fix the polling place or places therein.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 536.050 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 536 / Section 536.050
Statement of expenses constitutes valid lien against property of defaulting co-owner or recipient of water
Status: in_force

Upon the failure of any co-owner or person who receives water through a ditch from an entity specified in NRS 536.040 to pay his or her proportionate share of such expense, as specified in that section, within 30 days after receiving a statement of the same as performed by his or her co-owner or co-owners or by the entity owning, operating or maintaining the ditch, each person or entity so performing the labor or other work may secure payment of the claim by filing an itemized and sworn statement thereof, setting forth the date of the performance and the nature of the labor or other work so performed, with the county clerk of the county wherein the ditch is situated, and when so filed it constitutes a valid lien against the interest of each person in default and against any property to which water is delivered through the ditch. The lien may be established and enforced in the same manner as provided by law for the enforcement of mechanics' liens.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.437 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.437
Conduct of election
Status: in_force

The election shall in all other respects, including the qualification to vote, be conducted in the manner prescribed in this chapter for the holding of elections to approve proposals to subject lands in a district to the repayment for obligations for capital purposes, insofar as such provisions are applicable.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.0241 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.0241
Duty of State Engineer to reserve certain amount of groundwater
Status: in_force

1. For each basin in which there is groundwater that has not been committed for use, including, without limitation, pursuant to a permit, certificate or by any other water user in the basin, as of June 5, 2019, the State Engineer shall reserve 10 percent of the total remaining groundwater that has not been committed for use in the basin.

2. The groundwater in the basin from the reserve created pursuant to subsection 1 is not available for any use.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 540A.010 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 540A / Section 540A.010
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “ Board ” means the board of county commissioners.

2. “ Commission ” means the Northern Nevada Water Planning Commission created by section 36 of chapter 531, Statutes of Nevada 2007, at page 3293.

3. “ Comprehensive plan ” or “ plan ” means the plan developed by a regional water commission created by special act.

4. “ Division ” means the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534B.080 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534B / Section 534B.080
Permit to drill dissolved mineral resource exploration well; application; license required to drill exploration well or borehole; water right required
Status: in_force

1. A person may not drill a dissolved mineral resource exploration well without first obtaining a permit from the Administrator and complying with the conditions of the permit.

2. To obtain a permit to drill a dissolved mineral resource exploration well, a person must submit an application for a permit to the Administrator in the form and containing such information as prescribed by the Administrator in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.

3. An application submitted pursuant to subsection 2 must include: (a) The location, design and expected depth of the well; (b) The materials of construction for the well; (c) The status of the land on which the well will be constructed; (d) A plan for monitoring the well and a plan for plugging and abandoning the well in accordance with any regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter; (e) A plan for managing any fluids generated as part of testing or sampling, which must include, without limitation, a description of how the fluids will be managed in accordance with the requirements of chapter 445A of NRS and as required by the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; and (f) Any other reporting, information or analysis necessary to prevent the migration of fluids between aquifers and the degradation of the water quality in accordance with any regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.

4. In addition to any other requirement of this section, a dissolved mineral resource exploration well or a dissolved mineral resource exploration borehole must be drilled by a person who is licensed to drill wells pursuant to NRS 534.140 .

5. The issuance of a permit pursuant to NRS 534B.090 does not authorize a person to produce dissolved mineral resources without a water right.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.175 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.175
Employment of experts by court
Status: in_force

For further information on any subject in controversy the court may employ one or more qualified persons to investigate and report thereon, under oath, subject to examination by any party in interest as to his or her competency to give expert testimony thereon.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.180 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.180
Court may refer case to State Engineer for further evidence
Status: in_force

The court may, if necessary, refer the case or any part thereof for such further evidence to be taken by the State Engineer as it may direct, and may require a further determination by the State Engineer, subject to the court's instructions.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.712 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.712
Notice of filing of petition for annexation: Posting; contents; advancement of costs by petitioners
Status: in_force

1. The secretary shall cause a notice of the filing of such petition to be given for 3 consecutive weeks by posting in five public and conspicuous places in the district, with at least one posting in each division thereof.

2. The notice shall: (a) State the filing of such petition. (b) State the names of the petitioners. (c) Contain a description of the lands mentioned in the petition, sufficient to identify the same. (d) Notify all persons interested in or who may be affected by such change of boundaries of the district to appear at the office of the board at a time named in the notice and show cause, in writing, if any they have, why the lands mentioned should not be annexed to the district.

3. The petitioner or petitioners shall advance to the district treasurer sufficient money to pay the estimated cost of these proceedings.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.395 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.395
Apportionment of benefits; method of levy and collection of assessments
Status: in_force

Benefits shall be apportioned upon the land within such division and assessments levied and collected for the payment of the interest and redemption of certificates of indebtedness or notes in the manner prescribed in the case of district bonds.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.480 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.480
Contracts; improvements made by district
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 543.170 to 543.830 , inclusive, the board may enter into contracts and agreements affecting the affairs of the district, including but not limited to contracts with the United States of America and any of its agencies or instrumentalities and contracts with any municipality or district for the operation of a common or jointly owned project.

2. Any improvement of any nature made in any district, except such work done by employees of the district with supplies and materials purchased by it as provided in subsection 3, or except by labor or supplies and materials, or all of such, supplied under agreement with the United States of America, the State of Nevada, or any federal or state agency, instrumentality or corporation, or other political subdivision, must be done only under independent contract to be entered into by the district in the manner prescribed by chapter 332 of NRS . Upon default in the performance of any contract, the proper official may advertise and relet the remainder of the work without further resolution and deduct the cost from the original contract price and recover any excess cost by suit on the performance bond, or otherwise.

3. The board may make any improvement, or portion thereof, in any district, directly by the officers, agents and employees of the district, with supplies and materials purchased or otherwise acquired therefor. All supplies and materials purchased by the board for any district except by a contractor must be purchased in the manner prescribed by chapter 332 of NRS .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.734 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.734
Inclusion within district of state lands and state lands held under contract to purchase
Status: in_force

1. Whenever state lands held under contract to purchase are included within the boundaries of any irrigation district, such lands shall be subject to all the provisions of this chapter the same as any other land held in private ownership.

2. State lands, not under contract to purchase, shall not become a part of an irrigation district except by the consent of the State Land Registrar, who is authorized and required to consent thereto on behalf of the State upon there being filed in his or her office a certificate signed by the State Engineer to the effect that such lands will be benefited by inclusion therein.

3. District assessments, charges and tolls against such lands not under contract shall become a charge against the lands, and any sale or contract to sell any such lands thereafter shall be conditioned upon the payment, by the purchaser or contractor, of all such accrued charges in addition to the purchase price of the land.

4. In case of state land held under contract, the person holding such contract shall be deemed the owner of the land for the purposes of this chapter, and liens shall attach to his or her rights under such contract, and such liens shall be enforced as in other cases, subject to the paramount title of the State, and subject to the rights of a purchaser at a sale for delinquent assessments to be subrogated to the rights of such contract holder to acquire patent to such land from the State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.370 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.370
Perpetual existence of board
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations of NRS 543.170 to 543.830 , inclusive, the board has perpetual existence.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.560 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.560
Acquisition of right to flood or interfere with property; relocation of streets, highways and other property
Status: in_force

In case any street, road, highway, railroad, canal or other property subject or devoted to public use shall become subject to flood or other interference by reason of the construction or proposed construction of any works of the district, the board may acquire by agreement or condemnation the right so to flood or otherwise interfere with such property within or without the district, whether it be publicly or privately owned. If such right is acquired by condemnation proceedings, the judgment may, if the court finds that public necessity or convenience so requires, direct the district to relocate such street, road, highway, railroad, canal or other property in accordance with the plans prescribed by the court. If, by such judgment or agreement, the district shall be required to relocate any such street, road, highway, railroad, canal or other property subject or devoted to public use, the board shall have the power to acquire in the name of the district, by agreement or condemnation, all rights-of-way and other property necessary or proper for compliance with the agreement or judgment of condemnation, and thereafter to make such conveyance of such relocated street, road, highway, railroad, canal or other property as may be proper to comply with the agreement or judgment.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.270 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.270
Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Review of application for permit; notice of application; protests; hearing; determination; judicial review
Status: in_force

1. Upon receipt of an application for a permit to operate a project, the State Engineer shall endorse on the application the date it was received and keep a record of the application. The State Engineer shall conduct an initial review of the application within 45 days after receipt of the application. If the State Engineer determines in the initial review that the application is incomplete, the State Engineer shall notify the applicant. The application is incomplete until the applicant files all the information requested in the application. The State Engineer shall determine whether the application is correct within 180 days after receipt of a complete application. The State Engineer may request additional information from the applicant. The State Engineer may conduct such independent investigations as are necessary to determine whether the application should be approved or rejected.

2. If the application is determined to be complete and correct, the State Engineer, within 30 days after such a determination or a longer period if requested by the applicant, shall cause notice of the application to be given once each week for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which persons reside who could reasonably be expected to be affected by the project. The notice must state: (a) The legal description of the location of the proposed project; (b) A brief description of the proposed project including its capacity; (c) That any person who may be adversely affected by the project may file a written protest with the State Engineer within 30 days after the last publication of the notice; (d) The date of the last publication; (e) That the grounds for protesting the project are limited to whether the project would be in compliance with subsection 2 of NRS 534.250 ; (f) The name of the applicant; and (g) That a protest must: (1) State the name and mailing address of the protester; (2) Clearly set forth the reason why the permit should not be issued; and (3) Be signed by the protester or the protester's agent or attorney or, if the protester is a government, governmental agency or political subdivision of a government, be approved and signed in the manner specified in paragraph (g) of subsection 3.

3. A protest to a proposed project: (a) May be made by any person who may be adversely affected by the project; (b) Must be in writing; (c) Must be filed with the State Engineer within 30 days after the last publication of the notice; (d) Must be upon a ground listed in subsection 2 of NRS 534.250 ; (e) Must state the name and mailing address of the protester; (f) Must clearly set forth the reason why the permit should not be issued; and (g) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, must be signed by the protester or the protester's agent or attorney. If the protester is a government, governmental agency or political subdivision of a government, the protest must be: (1) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (2), approved and signed by the director, administrator, chief, head or other person in charge of the government, governmental agency or political subdivision; or (2) If the governmental agency or political subdivision is a division or other part of a department, approved and signed by the director or other person in charge of that department in this State, including, without limitation: (I) The Regional Forester for the Intermountain Region, if the protest is filed by the United States Forest Service; (II) The State Director of the Nevada State Office of the Bureau of Land Management, if the protest is filed by the Bureau of Land Management; (III) The Regional Director of the Pacific Southwest Region, if the protest is filed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; (IV) The Regional Director of the Pacific West Region, if the protest is filed by the National Park Service; (V) The Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, if the protest is filed by any division of that Department; or (VI) The chair of the board of county commissioners, if the protest is filed by a county.

4. Upon receipt of a protest, the State Engineer shall advise the applicant by certified mail that a protest has been filed.

5. Upon receipt of a protest, or upon the motion of the State Engineer, the State Engineer may hold a hearing. Not less than 30 days before the hearing, the State Engineer shall send by certified mail notice of the hearing to the applicant and any person who filed a protest.

6. The State Engineer shall either approve or deny each application within 1 year after the final date for filing a protest, unless the State Engineer has received a written request from the applicant to postpone making a decision or, in the case of a protested application, from both the protester and the applicant. The State Engineer may delay action on the application pursuant to paragraph (d) of subsection 4 of NRS 533.370 .

7. Any person aggrieved by any decision of the State Engineer made pursuant to subsection 6 may appeal that decision to the district court pursuant to NRS 533.450 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 541.220 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 541 / Section 541.220
Board to hear objections to assessments; procedure; appeal to district court
Status: in_force

1. Prior to March 1 of each year in which assessments are made, the board shall appoint a time and place or places where it will meet within the district for the purposes of hearing objections to assessments, and prior notice of such hearing shall be given by publication in two issues, a week apart, in some newspaper of general circulation published in each county; but if there is any county in the district in which there is no newspaper published, then such notice shall be published in an adjoining county. The notice shall notify the owners of property in the district that in the secretary's office may be found and examined a description of the property so assessed, the amount of the assessment thereon fixed by the board, and the time and place or places fixed by the board for the hearing of objections to such assessments. It shall not be necessary for the notice to contain separate descriptions of the lots or tracts of real estate, but it shall be sufficient if the notice shall contain such descriptions as will inform the owner whether or not the real estate is covered by such descriptions, and will inform the owner where can be found of record the amount of assessments. If, in the opinion of any person whose property is assessed, his or her property has been assessed too high, or has been erroneously or illegally assessed, the person may, at any time before the date of such hearing, file written objections to such assessments, stating the grounds of such objections, which statement shall be verified by the affidavit of the person or an agent thereof. In such hearing the board shall hear such evidence and arguments as may be offered concerning the correctness or legality of such assessment and may modify or amend the same. Any owner of property desiring to appeal from the findings of the board as to assessment shall, within 30 days from the findings of the board, file with the clerk of the court a written notice making demand for trial by the court. The appellant at the same time shall file a bond with good and sufficient security to be approved by the clerk of the court, in a sum not exceeding $200, to the effect that if the finding of the court be not more favorable to the appellant than the finding of the board the appellant will pay the cost of the appeal. The appellant shall state definitely from what part of the order the appeal is taken. In case more than one appeal is taken, the court may, upon its showing that the same may be consolidated without injury to the interests of anyone, consolidate and try the same together.

2. The court shall not disturb the findings of the board unless the findings of the board in any case are manifestly disproportionate to the assessments imposed upon other property in the district created under this chapter. The trial shall be to the court and the matter shall take precedence before the court and shall be taken up as promptly as may be after the appeal is filed. If no appeal is taken from the findings of the board within the time prescribed in this section, or after the findings of the court in case an appeal is taken from the findings of the board, then the findings shall be final and conclusive evidence that the assessments have been made in proportion to the benefits conferred upon the property in the district by reason of the improvements to be constructed under the provisions of this chapter, and such assessments shall constitute a perpetual lien upon such property so assessed until paid.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.728 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.728
Apportionment of benefits following annexation: Compliance with statutes
Status: in_force

If the lands are annexed to the district as provided in this chapter, and the board of directors apportions benefits to such annexed lands as provided in this chapter, the provisions of NRS 539.563 , 539.565 and 539.567 shall, insofar as applicable, be complied with.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.263 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.263
Contract not to be let unless sufficient money in treasury or payable in district's bonds
Status: in_force

No contract of any kind shall be let by the board of directors unless there is sufficient money in the district treasury at the time such contract is let to pay fully for the work or material so contracted for, or unless such contract is made payable in bonds of the district as provided for in NRS 539.570 to 539.577 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.060 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.060
Reimbursements in proportion to benefit received; time of payments; budgets
Status: in_force

1. The Director shall determine which counties, cities and public districts benefit by the project, and whether the State is benefited by the project, and to what extent there is benefit to the subdivisions, and reimbursement to the Flood Control Account must be made in proportion to the benefit received.

2. If any portion of the Flood Control Account is used for maintenance of any of those flood control projects, the Flood Control Account must be fully reimbursed for cost of the maintenance by the State, counties, cities and public districts benefited by the project.

3. The Director shall determine the period for repayment of the initial nonfederal charges as provided for under subsection 1, which period may not be more than 5 years after completion of the project for which money has been authorized.

4. The Director, after having determined the benefits as set forth in subsection 1, shall, between the first Monday of October and the first Monday of December of each year, prepare a budget showing the amount of money estimated to be necessary to repay the initial capital outlay, which initial capital outlay is to be assessed in equal annual installments, and any estimated maintenance cost for the then current year, and submit the budget to the board of county commissioners. When the flood control project lies in more than one county, separate budgets must be prepared for each county.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 536.010 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 536 / Section 536.010
Construction and maintenance of headgates, measuring devices and flumes
Status: in_force

1. The owner or owners of any ditch or canal shall maintain to the satisfaction of the State Engineer a substantial headgate at or near the point where the water is diverted, which shall be of such construction that it can be locked and kept closed by the water commissioner.

2. Such owners shall construct and maintain, when required by the State Engineer, suitable measuring devices at such points along such ditch as may be necessary for the purpose of assisting the water commissioner in determining the amount of water that is to be diverted into the ditch from the stream, or taken from it by the various users.

3. Every owner or manager of a reservoir located across or upon the bed of a natural stream or of a reservoir which requires the use of a natural stream channel shall be required to construct and maintain, when required by the State Engineer, a measuring device of a plan to be approved by the State Engineer, below such reservoir, and a measuring device above such reservoir, on every stream or source of supply discharging into such reservoir, for the purpose of assisting the State Engineer or water commissioners in determining the amount of water to which appropriators are entitled and thereafter diverting it for such appropriators' use.

4. When it may be necessary for the protection of other water users, the State Engineer may require flumes to be installed along the line of any ditch.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.545 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.545
Hearings before State Engineer: Issuance and enforcement of subpoenas
Status: in_force

1. Whenever the State Engineer is authorized or required by law to conduct a hearing, the State Engineer may issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses before the State Engineer, together with all books, memoranda, papers and other documents relative to the matters for which the hearing is called, and take depositions within or without the State, as the circumstances of the case may require.

2. The district court in and for the county in which any hearing is being conducted by the State Engineer or the designee of the State Engineer may compel the attendance of witnesses, the giving of testimony and the production of books and papers as required by any subpoena issued by the State Engineer.

3. If a witness refuses to attend or testify or produce any papers required by the subpoena, the State Engineer may report to the district court in and for the county in which the hearing is pending by petition, setting forth: (a) That due notice has been given of the time and place of attendance of the witness or the production of the books and papers; (b) That the witness has been subpoenaed in the manner prescribed in this section; and (c) That the witness has failed and refused to attend or produce the papers required by the subpoena before the State Engineer or the designee of the State Engineer in the hearing named in the subpoena, or has refused to answer questions propounded to the witness in the course of the hearing, and asking for an order of the court compelling the witness to attend and testify or produce the books or papers before the State Engineer or the designee of the State Engineer.

4. The court, upon petition of the State Engineer, shall enter an order directing the witness to appear before the court at a time and place to be fixed by the court in the order, and show cause why the witness has not attended or testified or produced the books or papers before the State Engineer or the designee of the State Engineer. The time for the appearance may not be later than 10 days after the date of the order. A certified copy of the order must be served upon the witness. If it appears to the court that the subpoena was regularly issued by the State Engineer, the court may thereupon enter an order that the witness appear before the State Engineer or the designee of the State Engineer at the time and place fixed in the order and testify or produce the required books or papers. If the witness fails to obey the order, the witness must be dealt with as for contempt of court.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 541.150 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 541 / Section 541.150
Subdistricts: Organization; proceedings; board's consent to furnish water; decree of organization; powers and duties of board of directors
Status: in_force

1. Subdistricts may be organized upon the petition of the owners of real property within, or partly within and partly without, the district, which petition must be in substantially the same form and must fulfill the same requirements concerning the subdistricts as the petition outlined in NRS 541.050 is required to fulfill concerning the organization of the main district. The petition must also contain a statement of the minimum quantity of water which the subdistrict proposes to acquire from the district for perpetual use and the court shall, before the entry of its decree organizing a subdistrict, require that the petitioners attach to the petition written evidence of the consent of the board of directors of the water conservancy district to furnish to the subdistrict the perpetual use of water for the purpose specified in the petition.

2. Petitions for the organization of subdistricts must be filed with the clerk of the court and must be accompanied by a bond as provided for in NRS 541.060 . The procedure for the organization of subdistricts is the same as for the organization of districts.

3. A subdistrict is a separate entity within the district and has authority to contract with the district for the furnishing of water and for other purposes.

4. Within 60 days after the entry of the decree incorporating a subdistrict, the Governor shall appoint a board of directors of the subdistrict consisting of persons who are owners of real property in the subdistrict, and who may be directors of the district. The provisions of NRS 541.100 are applicable to subdistricts. The board of directors of a subdistrict has all of the powers, rights and privileges granted to a district board under the provisions of this chapter, including specifically, but not limited to, the right of the subdistrict board to levy and collect taxes and assessments referred to in NRS 541.140 , 541.160 and 541.240 to carry out its separate purposes. Such taxes and assessments may be levied and collected by the subdistrict notwithstanding the fact that taxes and assessments are being levied and collected by the district in which the subdistrict lies, to carry out the purposes of the district, but the only purpose for which a subdistrict may levy and collect taxes pursuant to NRS 541.160 is to pay the expense of its organization and administration, to pay the cost of construction, operating and maintaining the works of the subdistrict, and for surveys and plans, and for legal services to protect the rights of the subdistrict, and such taxes must not exceed 10 cents on $100 assessed valuation of the property within the subdistrict.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.150 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.150
Hearings of objections to preliminary order of determination: Contents and service of notice; procedure; witnesses; evidence
Status: in_force

1. Unless the claimant waives the requirement for a hearing, the State Engineer shall fix a time and place for the hearing of objections. Notice of the hearing may be sent by registered or certified mail to the persons to be affected by the objections, and the receipt therefor constitutes legal and valid proof of service. The notice may also be served by the State Engineer, or by any person, appointed by the State Engineer, qualified and competent to serve a summons in civil actions. Return thereof must be made in the same manner as in civil actions in the district courts of this state.

2. The State Engineer may adjourn hearings from time to time upon reasonable notice to all parties interested. Depositions may be taken by any person authorized to administer oaths and designated by the State Engineer or the parties in interest, and oral testimony may be introduced in all hearings.

3. Witnesses are entitled to receive fees as in civil cases, to be paid by the party calling those witnesses.

4. The evidence in the proceedings must be confined to the subjects enumerated in the objections and the preliminary order of determination.

5. All testimony taken at the hearings must be reported and transcribed in its entirety.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.490 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.490
County treasurer to deliver all money collected to treasurer of district
Status: in_force

The county treasurer or treasurers who are required by this chapter to collect assessments levied by the district are authorized and required to turn over to the treasurer of the district all moneys, including delinquent penalties and interest collected (except costs of publication), and to take receipt therefor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 544.080 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 544 / Section 544.080
Powers of the Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Status: in_force

In the performance of his or her functions the Director may, in addition to any other acts authorized by law:

1. Establish advisory committees to advise with and make recommendations to the Director concerning legislation, policies, administration, research and other matters.

2. Establish by regulation or order such standards and instructions to govern the carrying out of research or projects in weather modification and control as the Director may deem necessary or desirable to minimize danger to health or property, and make such regulations as are necessary in the performance of his or her powers and duties.

3. Make such studies, investigations, obtain such information and hold such hearings as the Director may deem necessary or proper to assist the Director in exercising his or her authority or in the administration or enforcement of NRS 544.070 to 544.240 , inclusive, or any regulations or orders issued thereunder.

4. Appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel, without compliance with the provisions of chapter 284 of NRS , including specialists and consultants, as are necessary to perform the duties and functions of the Director.

5. Acquire, in the manner provided by law, such materials, equipment and facilities as are necessary to perform the duties and functions of the Director.

6. Cooperate with public or private agencies in the performance of the functions or duties of the Director and in furtherance of the purposes of NRS 544.070 to 544.240 , inclusive.

7. Represent the State in any and all matters pertaining to plans, procedures or negotiations for interstate compacts relating to weather modification and control.

8. With approval of the Governor, enter into cooperative agreements with the various counties and cities of this State or with any private or public agencies for conducting weather modification or cloud seeding operations.

9. Act for and represent the State and the counties, cities and private or public agencies in contracting with private concerns for the performance of weather modifications or cloud seeding operations.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.0247 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.0247
State Engineer, assistants and agents authorized to enter land to investigate and carry out duties
Status: in_force

The State Engineer or any assistant or authorized agent of the State Engineer may enter the land of any owner or proprietor where any water is being diverted or used pursuant to this chapter 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. § 534.040 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.040
Employment and compensation of well supervisor and assistants; levy, collection and distribution of special assessment; exception
Status: in_force

1. Upon the initiation of the administration of this chapter in any particular basin, and where the investigations of the State Engineer have shown the necessity for the supervision over the waters of that basin, the State Engineer may employ a well supervisor and other necessary assistants, who shall execute the duties as provided in this chapter under the direction of the State Engineer. The salaries of the well supervisor and the assistants of the well supervisor must be fixed by the State Engineer. The well supervisor and assistants are exempt from the provisions of chapter 284 of NRS .

2. If the money available from the license fees provided for in NRS 534.140 is not sufficient to pay those salaries, together with necessary expenses, including the compensation and other expenses of the Well Drillers' Advisory Board, the board of county commissioners shall, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, levy a special assessment annually, or at such time as the assessment is needed, upon all taxable property situated within the confines of the area designated by the State Engineer to come under the provisions of this chapter in an amount as is necessary to pay such salaries and expenses. If the board of county commissioners determines that the amount of a special assessment levied upon a property owner pursuant to this section when combined with the amount of all other taxes and assessments levied upon the property owner is less than the cost of collecting the special assessment levied pursuant to this subsection, the board of county commissioners may exempt the property owner from the assessment and appropriate money from the general fund of the county to pay the cost of the assessment.

3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, in designated areas within which the use of groundwater is predominantly for agricultural purposes, any special assessment levied pursuant to this section must be charged against each water user who has a permit to appropriate water or a perfected water right, and the charge against each water user must be based upon the proportion which his or her water right bears to the aggregate water rights in the designated area. The minimum charge is $1.

4. The salaries and expenses may be paid by the State Engineer from the Water Distribution Revolving Account pending the levy and collection of an assessment levied pursuant to this section.

5. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if a special assessment is levied pursuant to this section, the proper officers of the county shall levy and collect the special assessment as other special assessments are levied and collected, and the assessment is a lien upon the property.

6. Any special assessment collected pursuant to this section must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Water District Account to be accounted for in basin well accounts.

7. Upon determination and certification by the State Engineer of the amount to be budgeted for the current or ensuing fiscal year for the purpose of paying the per diem and travel allowances of the groundwater board and employing consultants or other help needed to fulfill its responsibilities, the State Controller shall transfer that amount to a separate operating account for that fiscal year for the groundwater basin. Claims against the account must be approved by the groundwater board and paid as other claims against the State are paid. The State Engineer may use money in a particular basin well account to support an activity outside the basin in which the money is collected if the activity bears a direct relationship to the responsibilities or activities of the State Engineer regarding the particular groundwater basin.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 544.147 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 544 / Section 544.147
Petition for review of criminal history to obtain license; requirements; fee; report
Status: in_force

1. The Director shall develop and implement a process by which a person with a criminal history may petition the Director to review the criminal history of the person to determine if the person's criminal history will disqualify the person from obtaining a license and a permit pursuant to NRS 544.120 .

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

3. The Director 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 Director at any time, including, without limitation, before obtaining any education or paying any fee required to obtain a license and a permit from the Director.

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

6. The Director 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 Director may waive such fees or allow such fees to be covered by funds from a scholarship or grant.

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

8. The Director may request the criminal history record of a person who petitions the Director for a determination pursuant to subsection 1. To the extent consistent with federal law, if the Director makes such a request of a person, the Director 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 Director for a determination pursuant to subsection 1 shall not submit false or misleading information to the Director.

10. The Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources 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 of the Legislative Counsel Bureau, a report that includes: (a) The number of petitions submitted to the Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources pursuant to subsection 1; (b) The number of determinations of disqualification made by the Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources pursuant to subsection 1; (c) The reasons for such determinations; and (d) Any other information that is requested by the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau or which the Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources determines would be helpful.

11. The Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau 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. § 539.475 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.475
Sale and exchange of bonds
Status: in_force

1. Any funding or refunding bonds of a local improvement district authorized to be issued may be sold from time to time in the same manner as other bonds of the irrigation district, or may be exchanged for outstanding bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness of the improvement district.

2. Any outstanding bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness so funded or refunded or exchanged must be immediately cancelled by the treasurer.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.024 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.024
Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

The Legislature declares that:

1. It is the policy of this State: (a) To encourage and promote the use of effluent, where that use is not contrary to the public health, safety or welfare, and where that use does not interfere with federal obligations to deliver water of the Colorado River. (b) To recognize the importance of domestic wells as appurtenances to private homes, to create a protectable interest in such wells and to protect their supply of water from unreasonable adverse effects which are caused by municipal, quasi-municipal or industrial uses and which cannot reasonably be mitigated. (c) To encourage the State Engineer to consider the best available science in rendering decisions concerning the available surface and underground sources of water in Nevada. (d) To encourage and promote the use of water to prevent or reduce the spread of wildfire or to rehabilitate areas burned by wildfire, including, without limitation, through the establishment of vegetative cover that is resistant to fire. (e) To manage conjunctively the appropriation, use and administration of all waters of this State, regardless of the source of the water.

2. The procedures in this chapter for changing the place of diversion, manner of use or place of use of water, and for confirming a report of conveyance, are not intended to have the effect of quieting title to or changing ownership of a water right and that only a court of competent jurisdiction has the power to determine conflicting claims to ownership of a water right.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 544.200 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 544 / Section 544.200
Fees for permits
Status: in_force

The fee to be paid by each applicant for a permit shall be equivalent to 1 1/2 percent of the estimated cost of such operation, such cost to be estimated by the Director from the evidence available to the Director. The fee is due and payable to the Director as of the date of the issuance of the permit, but if the applicant is able to give to the Director satisfactory security for the payment of the balance, the applicant may be permitted to commence the operation, and a permit may be issued therefor, upon the payment of not less than 50 percent of the fee. The balance due shall be paid within 3 months from the date of the termination of the operation as prescribed in the permit. Failure to pay a permit fee as required is grounds for suspension or revocation of the license of the delinquent permit holder and grounds for refusal to renew the license or to issue any further permits to such person.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.450 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.450
Surveys; acquisition of land and water; agreements; cooperation with governmental agencies and public and private corporations
Status: in_force

The board may:

1. Enter upon any land to make surveys and locate the necessary improvements and the lines for channels, conduits, canals, pipelines, basins for retention or detention of water, roadways and other rights-of-way.

2. Acquire, by purchase, lease, contract, condemnation or other legal means, all lands and water and water rights and other property necessary or convenient for the construction, use, supply, maintenance, repair and improvement of those works, including works constructed or being constructed by private owners, lands for basins for retention or detention of water, and all necessary appurtenances.

3. Enter into agreements with and do any acts necessary or proper for the performance of any agreements with the United States, or any state, county, district of any kind, public or private corporation, association, firm or other person for the joint acquisition, construction, leasing, ownership, disposition, use, management, maintenance or repair or operation of any rights, works or other property of any kind which might be lawfully acquired or owned by the district.

4. Acquire the right to retain or detain water in any basin, or carry water through any canal, ditch or conduit not owned or controlled by the district.

5. Grant to any owner or lessee the right to use any facility of the district.

6. Enter into and do any act necessary or proper for the performance of any agreement of the district of any kind with a person or a governmental organization, or the transfer or delivery of any water, water right or water supply stored, appropriated or otherwise acquired or stored for the use of the district, or for the purpose of exchanging it for any other water, water rights or water supply to be delivered to the district.

7. Cooperate with and act in conjunction with the State of Nevada, or any of its engineers, officers, boards, commissions, departments or agencies, or with the United States Government or any of its engineers, officers, boards, commissions, departments or agencies, or with any public or private corporation in the construction of any work for the controlling of floodwaters of the district, or for the protection of life or property therein, or for the purpose of conserving those waters for beneficial use within the district, or for any other acts or purposes provided for in this section and to adopt and carry out any definite plan or system of work for that purpose.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.718 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.718
Order of annexation: Contents; survey
Status: in_force

1. The board of directors, if it deems it not for the best interest of the district to include therein the lands mentioned in the petition shall reject all or any part of the same.

2. If the board deems it for the best interests of the district, and if no objections to the annexation of the lands have been filed as required in this chapter, the board may order, without any election, that the lands mentioned in the petition or any part thereof be annexed to the district. The order shall describe the lands so annexed, and the board shall cause a survey thereof to be made if deemed necessary.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.382 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.382
Form, acknowledgment and recording of conveyance
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 533.387 , every conveyance of an application or permit to appropriate any of the public waters, a certificate of appropriation, an adjudicated or unadjudicated water right or an application or permit to change the place of diversion, manner of use or place of use of water must be:

1. Made by deed;

2. Acknowledged in the manner provided in NRS 240.161 to 240.168 , inclusive; and

3. Recorded 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.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 541.230 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 541 / Section 541.230
Officials charged with duty to collect taxes; taxes levied create equal lien
Status: in_force

The officer or body having authority to levy taxes within each county, city and county, or town shall levy the taxes and special assessments as provided in this chapter, and all county, or city and county, officials, charged with the duty of collecting taxes, shall collect such taxes and special assessment in the time, form and manner and with like interest and penalties as county or city and county taxes are collected and when collected shall pay the same to the district ordering its levy and collection; and the payment of such collections shall be made through the secretary of the district and paid into the depository thereof to the credit of the district. All taxes and assessments made under this chapter, together with all interest thereon and penalties for default in payment thereof, and all costs in collecting the same, shall, until paid, constitute a perpetual lien on a parity with the tax lien of general, state, county, city, town or school taxes and no sale of such property to enforce any general, state, county, city, town or school tax or other liens shall extinguish the perpetual lien of such taxes and assessments.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.365 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.365
Aesthetic enhancement of projects
Status: in_force

The board may enhance any project of the district by providing recreational facilities, landscaping and similar amenities in order to increase the usefulness of the project to the community, provide aesthetic compatibility with the surrounding community and mitigate the adverse effect of the project on the environment.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.810 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.810
Hearing on dissolution
Status: in_force

At the place, date and hour specified for the hearing in the notice or at any subsequent time to which the hearing may be adjourned, the board of county commissioners shall give full consideration to all protests which may have been filed and shall hear all persons desiring to be heard and shall thereafter adopt either the final ordinance of dissolution or an ordinance determining that it shall not be dissolved.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.007 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.007
“Interbasin transfer of groundwater” defined
Status: in_force

“ Interbasin transfer of groundwater ” means a transfer of groundwater for which the proposed point of diversion is in a different basin than the proposed place of beneficial use.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.563 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.563
Meeting to review apportionment of benefits: Notice; hearing
Status: in_force

1. Before final action upon the apportionment of benefits provided for in NRS 539.560 , the board shall publish notice for 2 weeks in a newspaper published in the county in which the organization was effected that it will meet at its office on the day stated in the notice for the purpose of reviewing such apportionment of benefits.

2. At such meeting the board shall proceed to hear all persons interested who may appear, and it shall continue in session from day to day until the apportionment is completed.

3. The board shall hear and receive all evidence offered, including any maps or surveys which any owners of lands may produce, and may classify the lands in such a way that the assessment when completed shall be just and equitable.

4. Any person interested who shall fail to appear before the board shall not be permitted thereafter to contest the apportionment, or any assessment thereunder, except upon a special application to the court in the proceeding for confirmation of the apportionment, showing reasonable excuse for failing to appear before the board.

5. If any elector makes objection to the apportionment before the board, and the objection is overruled and such elector does not consent to the apportionment as finally determined, such objection shall, without further proceedings, be heard at the confirmation proceedings.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.033 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.033
Presentation of petition to county commissioners; hearing
Status: in_force

When the petition is presented, and it shall appear that the notice of the presentation of the petition has been given and that the petition has been signed by the requisite number of petitioners as required by this chapter, the board of county commissioners shall hold a hearing on the petition.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534B.040 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534B / Section 534B.040
“Dissolved mineral resource” defined
Status: in_force

“ Dissolved mineral resource ” means all dissolved or entrained minerals that may be obtained from the naturally occurring liquid or brine in which they are found, including, without limitation, lithium. The term does not include a geothermal resource as defined in NRS 534A.010 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.625 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.625
Date of bonds
Status: in_force

All bonds and coupons must be dated as provided in the resolution of the board authorizing their issuance.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.107 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.107
Procedure for change of boundaries
Status: in_force

1. Whenever in the opinion of the board of directors it is advisable to do so, the board is empowered to change the boundaries of one or more divisions of the district in order to equalize more nearly the number of electors in the respective divisions, but new lands shall not be included within the district boundaries and lands within the district boundaries and lands within the district shall not be excluded by such change of boundaries, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

2. A change of division boundaries shall become effective when a certified copy of a resolution making such change, attached to a copy of a map or plat of the district delineating the new division boundary lines, both being certified as correct by the secretary of the district, shall be filed in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the division whose boundaries have been so changed is situated.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 544.180 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 544 / Section 544.180
Notice of intention: Publication; filing of proof of publication
Status: in_force

1. The applicant shall cause the notice of intention, or that portion thereof including the items specified in NRS 544.170 , to be published at least once a week for 3 consecutive weeks in a newspaper having a general circulation and published within any county in which the operation is to be conducted and in which the affected area is located, or, if the operation is to be conducted in more than one county or if the affected area is located in more than one county or is located in a county other than the one in which the operation is to be conducted, then in a newspaper having a general circulation and published within each of such counties. In case there is no newspaper published within the appropriate county, publication shall be made in a newspaper having a general circulation within the county.

2. Proof of publication, made in the manner provided by law, shall be filed by the licensee with the Director within 15 days from the date of the last publication of the notice.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.080 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.080
Compensation and expenses of directors and other officers
Status: in_force

1. A member of the board of directors is entitled to receive not more than $80 per day and actual traveling expenses for each day spent attending meetings of the board or while engaged in official business under the order of the board.

2. The board shall fix the compensation to be paid to the other officers named in this chapter; but the board shall, upon the petition of a majority of the electors within the district, submit to the electors at any general election of the district a schedule of salaries and fees to be paid the directors and officers thereof. The petition must be presented to the board 20 days before the general election. The schedule of salaries and fees must be put into effect upon the first of the month after the election if it was approved by a two-thirds vote.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.364 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.364
Certain interbasin transfers of groundwater; inventory required under certain circumstances; limitations; fee; time for completion of inventory
Status: in_force

1. In addition to the requirements of NRS 533.370 , before approving an application for an interbasin transfer of more than 250 acre-feet of groundwater from a basin which the State Engineer has not previously inventoried or for which the State Engineer has not conducted, or caused to be conducted, a study pursuant to NRS 532.165 or 533.368 , the State Engineer or a person designated by the State Engineer shall conduct an inventory of the basin from which the water is to be exported. The inventory must include: (a) The total amount of surface water and groundwater appropriated in accordance with a decreed, certified or permitted right; (b) An estimate of the amount and location of all surface water and groundwater that is available for appropriation in the basin; and (c) The name of each owner of record set forth in the records of the Office of the State Engineer for each decreed, certified or permitted right in the basin.

2. The provisions of this section do not: (a) Require the State Engineer to initiate or complete a determination of the surface water or groundwater rights pursuant to NRS 533.087 to 533.320 , inclusive, or to otherwise quantify any vested claims of water rights in the basin before approving an application for an interbasin transfer of groundwater from the basin; or (b) Prohibit the State Engineer from considering information received from or work completed by another person to include in the inventory, if the inventory is otherwise conducted in accordance with the provisions of subsection 1.

3. The State Engineer shall charge the applicant a fee to cover the cost of the inventory. The amount of the fee must not exceed the cost to the State Engineer of conducting the inventory.

4. The State Engineer shall complete any inventory conducted pursuant to subsection 1 within 1 year after commencing the inventory, unless the time limit is waived by the applicant.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 541.110 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 541 / Section 541.110
Directors: Oath; officers; seal; record of proceedings of board; copy of minutes or audio recordings; compensation
Status: in_force

1. Each director before entering upon his or her official duties shall take and subscribe to an oath, before a person authorized to administer oaths, that he or she will support the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Nevada and will honestly, faithfully and impartially perform the duties of the office.

2. Upon taking oath, the board shall choose one of their number chair of the board and president of the district, and shall elect some suitable person secretary of the board and of the district, who may or may not be a member of the board. The board shall adopt a seal and shall keep audio recordings or transcripts of all meetings and, in a well-bound book, a record of all its proceedings, minutes of all meetings, certificates, contracts, bonds given by employees and all corporate acts, which, except as otherwise provided in NRS 241.035 , must be open to inspection of all owners of property in the district, as well as to all other interested persons. A copy of the minutes or audio recordings must be made available to a member of the public upon request at no charge pursuant to NRS 241.035 .

3. Each member of the board is entitled to receive as compensation for his or her service such sum as may be ordered by the board, not in excess of the sum of $80 per day and actual traveling expenses for each day spent attending meetings of the board or while engaged in official business under the order of the board.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534A.080 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534A / Section 534A.080
Fees; use of money
Status: in_force

1. The Commission on Mineral Resources shall impose and collect a fee for examining and filing an application for a permit to drill or operate a geothermal well or to drill an exploratory well. The fee must be deposited with the State Treasurer, for credit to the Account for the Division of Minerals created in the State General Fund pursuant to NRS 513.103 .

2. The fee may be based in part on the number of acres of land being used by the person who holds the permit.

3. The Commission and the Division of Minerals may use the money deposited in the Account for the Division of Minerals pursuant to this section to administer the provisions of this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.197 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.197
Contracts
Status: in_force

The board of directors shall have power to make and execute all necessary contracts.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.746 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.746
Recording of order excluding land or changing boundaries with plat
Status: in_force

If lands are excluded, or the boundary lines changed pursuant to NRS 539.736 to 539.748 , inclusive, a copy of the order certified by the secretary of the district, with a plat of the land excluded or change in boundary made, shall be filed for record in the office of the county recorder of the county or counties in which such land or lands are situated, and it shall be evidence for all purposes of the facts it purports to the State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.157 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.157
Declaration of candidates receiving highest number of votes; certificates of election
Status: in_force

1. The board of directors must declare elected the person or persons having the highest number of votes given for each office.

2. The secretary shall immediately make out and deliver to such person or persons a certificate of election, signed by the secretary and authenticated with the seal of the board.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.597 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.597
County auditor to spread minimum sinking fund tax on assessment books
Status: in_force

After a copy of the agreement is filed as provided in NRS 539.595 , the county auditor of each county in which the agreement is filed, without further notice or demand, shall spread upon the assessment books containing the property subject to be assessed for irrigation purposes the amount of such minimum sinking fund tax, and the county treasurer of each such county shall collect the same, together with all other taxes levied or collected in the irrigation district.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 544.100 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 544 / Section 544.100
Hearings: Record of proceedings; subpoenas
Status: in_force

In the case of hearings held pursuant to NRS 544.220 , the Director shall, and in other cases may, cause a record of all proceedings to be taken and filed with the Director, together with his or her findings and conclusions. For any hearing, the Director or a representative designated by the Director may issue, in the name of the Director, subpoenas requiring any person to appear and testify or to appear and produce documents at any designated place.