Nev. Rev. Stat. § 541.300 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 541 / Section 541.300
Contracts relating to electrical energy
Status: in_force

The board is authorized to enter into contracts for the operation and maintenance of works for the generation and supplying of electrical energy and for the disposition of power generated thereat. The board may also enter into contracts for the acquisition, purchase, sale or other disposition of electrical energy.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.345 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.345
Application for permit to change place of diversion, manner of use or place of use: Contents; approval of temporary change; notice of and protest to temporary change; period of temporary change
Status: in_force

1. Every application for a permit to change the place of diversion, manner of use or place of use of water already appropriated must contain such information as may be necessary to a full understanding of the proposed change, as may be required by the State Engineer.

2. If an applicant is seeking a temporary change of place of diversion, manner of use or place of use of water already appropriated, the State Engineer shall approve the application if: (a) The application is accompanied by the prescribed fees; (b) The temporary change is in the public interest; and (c) The temporary change does not impair the water rights held by other persons.

3. The State Engineer shall give notice of the application as provided in NRS 533.360 if: (a) The State Engineer determines that the temporary change may not be in the public interest, or may impair the water rights held by other persons; or (b) The temporary change is for a period of more than 1 year pursuant to subsection 5.

4. If the State Engineer gives notice of the application in accordance with subsection 3, any person interested may file a written protest to the application and the State Engineer may hold a hearing before rendering a decision in accordance with the provisions of NRS 533.365 .

5. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a temporary change may be granted for any period not to exceed 1 year. The State Engineer may grant a temporary change for a period of more than 1 year, but not to exceed 3 years, if the temporary change is for a renewable energy generation project.

6. As used in this section, “ renewable energy generation project ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 701.080 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.195 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.195
Injunctive and other relief
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

5. Any proceeding conducted or injunction or order issued pursuant to this section is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other penalty or remedy available for a violation of this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 532.180 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 532 / Section 532.180
Cooperation with United States and California relative to waters of Lake Tahoe and adjacent areas
Status: in_force

With the approval of the Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the State Engineer, for and on behalf of the State of Nevada, is authorized to cooperate with the United States Government and the State of California in making a study of the various problems pertaining to the future needs and uses of the waters of Lake Tahoe in the area adjacent thereto, and, if it appears that at some future period there may be a shortage of water, to study ways and means of developing a supplemental water supply so that the development of the area will not be impeded and existing water rights not jeopardized.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.438 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.438
Imposition of fee on certain transfers of water by county of origin; review by State Engineer; limitation on use of money collected from fee
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if an appropriation of groundwater pursuant to a permit to appropriate groundwater results in the transfer to and beneficial use of water in a county in this State other than the county in which the water is appropriated or in another state, the county of origin may impose a fee of $10 per acre-foot per year on the transfer.

2. A county of origin shall not impose a fee pursuant to subsection 1 without the prior approval of the State Engineer. The county of origin shall notify the State Engineer in writing of its intent to impose the fee. The State Engineer shall review the notice of intent to impose the fee to determine: (a) Whether the appropriation of groundwater pursuant to the permit specified in subsection 1 results in a transfer to and beneficial use of water in a county in this State other than the county of origin or in another state; and (b) The amount of water, if any, that is: (1) Subject to the proposed fee because of that transfer and beneficial use; or (2) Not subject to the proposed fee pursuant to subsection 4.

3. Within 30 days after reviewing the notice of intent to impose the fee, the State Engineer shall send a written notice to the county of origin that includes the results of his or her review. If the State Engineer determines that the appropriation of groundwater pursuant to the permit results in a transfer to and beneficial use of water in a county in this State other than the county of origin or in another state, the State Engineer shall include in the notice the amount of water that is subject to the proposed fee. The county may, upon such a determination, impose the fee on the transfer.

4. A fee may not be imposed pursuant to this section on water that is appropriated and beneficially used pursuant to a permit to appropriate groundwater which is issued for a point of diversion and a place of beneficial use in the county of origin and which, after the water is diverted and beneficially used, is discharged or migrates into a county in this State other than the county of origin or into another state.

5. All money collected from a fee imposed pursuant to this section must be deposited in a trust fund for the county. The principal and interest of the trust fund may be used by the county only for the purposes of economic development, health care and education.

6. For the purposes of this section, if a basin includes land lying in more than one county, each county any part of whose land is included is a county of origin to the extent of the proportionate amount of water transferred from it. The State Engineer shall determine the respective proportions.

7. As used in this section: (a) A “ basin ” is one designated by the State Engineer for the purposes of chapter 534 of NRS . (b) “ Origin ” means the place where water is taken from underground.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.393 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.393
Certificates of indebtedness and notes: Signatures of officers of district; treated as bonds of district
Status: in_force

Certificates of indebtedness or notes shall be signed by the officers of the district and, except in the matter of assessments for interest and redemption being limited to the division, shall be treated in the same manner as district bonds.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 538.320 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 538 / Section 538.320
Compensation of commissioners and employees of Commission
Status: repealed

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

1. Commissioners who are not in the regular employ of the State are entitled to receive a salary of not more than $80 per day, as fixed by the Commission, for time actually spent on the work of the Commission, except when a commissioner is employed by the Commission to render special, technical or professional services, in which event the commissioner is entitled to receive fees and expenses commensurate with the service rendered.

2. While engaged in the business of the Commission, each member of the Commission who is not employed by the Commission to render special, technical or professional services and each employee of the Commission is entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.340 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.340
Meetings; quorum; written policies and procedures
Status: in_force

1. In addition to the requirements of NRS 543.330 , the board may meet at such time or times and at such regular meeting place within the district as it determines by resolution.

2. Special meetings may be held on notice to each member of the board as often as, and at such place or places within the district as, the needs of the district require.

3. A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum at any meeting.

4. The board shall adopt written policies and procedures for administering the district and for operating and maintaining its projects and improvements.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 541.330 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 541 / Section 541.330
Board may enter into contracts relative to payments to be made to United States
Status: in_force

To pay for construction, operation, and maintenance of works and expenses preliminary and incidental thereto, the board is authorized to enter into a contract or contracts with the United States or any agency thereof, providing for payment therefor in installments or otherwise.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534B.060 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534B / Section 534B.060
“Dissolved mineral resource exploration well” defined
Status: in_force

“ Dissolved mineral resource exploration well ” means a well drilled to measure, test or sample water, including, without limitation, pumping tests, to determine whether dissolved mineral resources are present in concentrations and volumes sufficient to justify production.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.103 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.103
Director not to be employed by district as engineer, watermaster or manager
Status: in_force

1. No director shall, during the director’s term of office, be employed by the district as district engineer, watermaster or manager.

2. This section shall not be construed as depriving the board of the right and power to appoint a committee or committees to act for the board whenever and wherever necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.030 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.030
Petition filed in office of county clerk; publication of notice of time of meeting; newspaper in which publication to be made; contents of notice
Status: in_force

1. The petition shall be filed in the office of the county clerk and a notice thereof shall be published by the county clerk for at least 2 weeks before the time at which it is to be presented to the board of county commissioners. Publication shall be in some newspaper printed and published in the county where the petition is presented, which newspaper shall be designated by the board of county commissioners as the newspaper most likely to impart notice of the hearing of the petition.

2. The notice shall set forth: (a) That the petition has been filed. (b) The time of the meeting of the board of county commissioners to consider the petition. (c) A description of the territory to be embraced in the proposed district.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.195 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.195
Powers of successor judge; inapplicability of NRS 3.180
Status: in_force

1. Whenever a judge before whom a proceeding for the adjudication of a stream system is pending and not yet completed shall cease to be such judge from any cause whatsoever, his or her successor, to whom such proceeding may be assigned or a part of whose duty it becomes to preside in such proceeding, may do all things in and about such adjudication that may be necessary and proper, and may hear and decide all matters in connection therewith or relating thereto and make all orders, decisions, findings of fact, conclusions of law, judgments, decrees, and do all things necessary to complete the adjudication of such stream system to the full extent and the same as though he or she had been the presiding judge in such proceeding from the commencement thereof.

2. NRS 3.180 shall not apply to such stream system adjudication proceedings.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 544.132 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 544 / Section 544.132
Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for license; grounds for denial of license; duty of Director
Status: in_force

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

1. A natural person who applies for the issuance or renewal of a license to engage in activities for weather modification and control shall submit to the Director the statement prescribed by the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 425.520 . The statement must be completed and signed by the applicant.

2. The Director shall include the statement required pursuant to subsection 1 in: (a) The application or any other forms that must be submitted for the issuance or renewal of the license; or (b) A separate form prescribed by the Director.

3. A license to engage in activities for weather modification and control may not be issued or renewed by the Director if the applicant is a natural person who: (a) Fails to submit the statement required pursuant to subsection 1; or (b) Indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that the applicant is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order.

4. If an applicant indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that the applicant is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order, the Director shall advise the applicant to contact the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order to determine the actions that the applicant may take to satisfy the arrearage.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.624 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.624
Issuance separately or in combination
Status: in_force

Bonds for refunding and bonds for any other purpose authorized under this chapter or by any other statute may be issued separately or issued in combination in one series or more by the district in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.160 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.160
Entry of order of determination after hearing of objections to preliminary order; legal effect of order; certification, printing and service of order
Status: in_force

1. As soon as practicable after the hearing of objections to the preliminary order of determination, the State Engineer shall make and cause to be entered of record in the Office of the State Engineer an order of determination, defining the several rights to the waters of the stream or stream system. The order of determination, when filed with the clerk of the district court as provided in NRS 533.165 , has the legal effect of a complaint in a civil action.

2. The order of determination must be certified by the State Engineer. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a copy of the order of determination must be sent by registered or certified mail or delivered in person to each person who has filed proof of claim and to each person who has become interested through intervention or through filing of objections under the provisions of NRS 533.130 or 533.145 .

3. In lieu of sending or delivering a copy of the order of determination pursuant to subsection 2, the State Engineer may: (a) Make available a copy of the order of determination on the Internet website of the Office of the State Engineer; and (b) Send by registered or certified mail or deliver in person to each person who has filed a proof of appropriation and to each person who has become interested through intervention notice that the order of determination is available on the Internet website of the Office of the State Engineer.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 538.121 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 538 / Section 538.121
Principal place of business
Status: in_force

The principal place of business of the Commission must be in Clark County, as particularly determined by the Executive Director.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.325 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.325
Contracts for release of mortgages or liens; assumption by district of indebtedness due United States; apportionment of benefits; collection and payment of taxes and assessments
Status: reserved

1. The board of directors may also provide by contract with the United States for the release of mortgages or liens given or reserved to the United States upon district lands, and may provide for the assumption by the district, either as principal or guarantor, of indebtedness to the United States on account of district lands, and apportion to each tract of land so released benefits in the amount of the obligations to the United States so provided to be released.

2. The contract between the district and the United States may provide for the collection and payment of indebtedness so incurred or assumed by the district and the tax or assessment for the same at the same times and in the same amounts or installments provided in the federal reclamation laws. If so provided in the contract, such taxes and assessments shall become delinquent at the same dates provided in the Act of Congress of August 13, 1914, being c. 247, 38 Stat. 686, known as the Reclamation Extension Act. If it is provided in the contract that the United States waives any penalties for delinquency other or greater than those named in the Reclamation Extension Act, then, instead of the penalties otherwise provided in state laws, the penalties for delinquency in the payment of that part of the tax representing the special assessment for payment of the obligations of the district to the United States shall be the penalties named in the Reclamation Extension Act, and the amount required to be paid in case of any redemption from any tax sale or tax judgment shall be determined by figuring the part thereof due to the United States upon the basis of the amount of such special assessment levied for the purpose of paying the United States plus the penalties named in the Reclamation Extension Act.

3. The board shall have full power to do any and all things required by the federal statutes now or hereafter enacted in connection therewith, and all things required by the rules and regulations now or that may hereafter be established by any department of the Federal Government in regard thereto.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.650 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.650
Deposit of money in regional fund for control of floods; creation of reserve fund; limitations on use of money in funds
Status: in_force

1. The proceeds of all taxes and charges levied or imposed for the support of the district and all other revenues received for its account from any source must be deposited in the regional fund for the control of floods. No money may be drawn from the fund except for the use of the district.

2. Whenever any indebtedness has been incurred by a district, the board may also levy taxes and collect revenue for the purpose of creating a reserve fund in such amount as the board may determine, which may only be used to meet the obligations of the district, for maintenance and operating charges and depreciation, and to provide extension of and betterments to the improvements of the district.

3. The board shall not use money in the regional fund for the control of floods or the reserve fund: (a) For the construction, operation, maintenance, extension or repair of streets, highways or bridges, except as authorized pursuant to NRS 543.170 to 543.830 , inclusive; or (b) To supplement the budget of the county in which the district is located.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 538.650 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 538 / Section 538.650
Special distribution from Contingency Account to protect water right or supply of water from challenge or encroachment originating outside Nevada
Status: in_force

1. If a judicial or administrative proceeding has been initiated, by or on behalf of a person or other entity from outside of this state, that could adversely affect or place in jeopardy a water right or supply of water within this state, a local government may submit a request to the Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for a special distribution by the Interim Finance Committee from the Contingency Account.

2. The Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall consider the request, may require from the requester such additional information as it deems appropriate, and shall, if the Director finds that a special distribution should be made, request approval from the State Board of Examiners and amount of the distribution to the Interim Finance Committee for its independent evaluation and action. The Interim Finance Committee is not bound to follow the recommendation of the State Board of Examiners or the Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

3. The State Board of Examiners and the Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall transmit its recommendation to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau, who shall notify the Chair of the Interim Finance Committee. The Chair shall call a meeting of the Committee to consider the recommendation.

4. The Interim Finance Committee may make a special distribution from the Contingency Account if it finds that: (a) The grant will be expended to assist local governments in the defense and protection of water rights and supplies of water, on behalf of the people of this state, from any challenge or encroachment originating outside of this state; and (b) The requester will provide an amount of money, at least equal to the grant, for the same purpose.

5. The recipient of a special distribution made pursuant to this section: (a) Shall provide an amount of money at least equal to the allocation which must be used for the same purpose. (b) May, in accomplishing the public purpose set forth in paragraph (a) of subsection 4, use the money to employ legal counsel and other consultants necessary to participate in or negotiate the settlement of judicial or administrative proceedings concerning water rights or supplies of water. (c) Shall report to the Interim Finance Committee upon the expenditure of the money at such times and in such detail as is required by the Interim Finance Committee.

6. The total of the special distributions made by the Interim Finance Committee pursuant to this section must not exceed $250,000 during each biennium. Any money distributed pursuant to this section that is not expended for the purpose for which it was distributed reverts to the Contingency Account at such time as is specified by the Interim Finance Committee.

7. As used in this section, “local government” means a political subdivision of this state, including, without limitation, a city, county, irrigation district, water district or water conservancy district.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.255 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.255
Award of contract in case of emergency or necessity without advertising for bids
Status: in_force

In case of necessity, the board of directors, by unanimous vote of those present at any regular or special meeting, may contract for the construction or repair of any part of the system of works, and may, in the ordinary course of business, purchase any necessary machinery or materials.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.320 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.320
Obligation of district in case of default of land
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to relieve the district from its obligation to pay as a district in case of the default of any land, unless so provided by the contract between the district and the United States.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.300 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.300
Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Storage account to be established; limit on amount of water recovered
Status: in_force

1. The State Engineer shall establish a storage account for each project for which the State Engineer has issued a permit. If the project stores water from more than one source, the State Engineer shall establish subaccounts for each source of water.

2. The holder of a permit for a project may recover only the recoverable amount of water that is stored by the project.

3. For the purposes of this section, “recoverable amount” means the amount of water, as determined by the State Engineer, that has reached the aquifer and remains within the area of active management.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.485 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.485
Definitions
Status: reserved

As used in NRS 533.485 to 533.510 , inclusive:

1. “ Public range ” means all lands belonging to the United States and to the State of Nevada on which livestock are permitted to graze, including lands set apart as national forests and lands reserved for other purposes.

2. “ Range livestock ” means livestock which during the general period or season when they are being or are proposed to be watered at the place involved are subsisting chiefly or entirely by grazing on the public range.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.639 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.639
Trustees and receivers
Status: in_force

1. If a resolution of the board authorizing or providing for the issuance of any bonds of any series or any other proceedings appertaining thereto contains a provision authorized by subsection 19 of NRS 539.6375 and further provides in substance that any trustee appointed pursuant to subsection 16 of NRS 539.6375 has the powers provided by that subsection, then that trustee, whether or not all of the bonds of that series have been declared due, is entitled as of right to the appointment of a receiver of the project and other facilities which generate pledged revenues.

2. Any receiver appointed as permitted by subsection 19 of NRS 539.6375 may enter upon and take possession of the project and other facilities appertaining thereto, and, subject to any pledge or contract with the holders of those bonds, shall take possession of all money and other property derived from or applicable to the acquisition, operation, maintenance or improvement of the project or other facilities, proceed with such acquisition, operation, maintenance or improvement which the board on the behalf of the district is under any obligation to do, operate, maintain, equip and improve the facilities, fix, charge, collect, enforce and receive the charges for services and all revenues thereafter arising subject to any pledge thereof or contract with the holders of the bonds relating thereto and perform the duties and carry out the contracts and obligations of the district in the same manner as the board itself might do and under the direction of the court.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.070 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.070
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 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 such charge or charges on the assessment roll against the beneficiaries.

2. The proper officers of the county shall collect such special tax as other special taxes are collected, and such charge shall be a lien upon the property so served, and shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes are collected.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 532.230 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 532 / Section 532.230
Account for the Channel Clearance, Maintenance, Restoration, Surveying and Monumenting Program
Status: in_force

1. The Account for the Channel Clearance, Maintenance, Restoration, Surveying and Monumenting Program is hereby created in the State General Fund.

2. The money in the Account must be administered by the State Engineer and must be expended only to aid local governments or tribal governments in the manner provided in NRS 532.220 .

3. If the balance in the Account is below $250,000, the State Engineer may request an allocation from the Contingency Account pursuant to NRS 353.266 , 353.268 and 353.269 .

4. If the balance in the Account is not sufficient to provide a grant of money to an incorporated city, a county, a political subdivision of this State or a tribal government in this State, the State Engineer shall request an allocation from the Contingency Account pursuant to NRS 353.266 , 353.268 and 353.269 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.011 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.011
“Area of active management” defined
Status: in_force

“Area of active management” means an area:

1. In which the State Engineer is conducting particularly close monitoring and regulation of the water supply because of heavy use of that supply; and

2. Which has received that designation by the State Engineer pursuant to NRS 534.030 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.265 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.265
When bids may be dispensed with; use of construction fund
Status: in_force

On the petition of a majority of the electors of the district, the board of directors may do any construction or repair of any part of the work on behalf of the district without calling for bids, and the board may use the construction fund therefor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 538.350 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 538 / Section 538.350
Chair and Secretary of Commission
Status: repealed

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

1. The Chair of the Commission shall be selected by the Commission.

2. The Commission shall appoint a Secretary, who may be one of the commissioners.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.670 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.670
Levy of assessments and tax by board; computation and entry in assessment book
Status: in_force

1. At its regular meeting in February the board of directors shall fix the rate and levy an assessment upon the lands in the district, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, which levy and assessment shall be sufficient to raise the annual interest on the outstanding bonds or any contractual obligation.

2. At the expiration of 10 years after a bond issue or such other period as may be authorized, the board must increase the assessment as may be necessary from year to year to raise a sum sufficient to pay the principal of the outstanding bonds of that issue as they mature, and must increase the assessment in such amount as may be necessary from year to year to raise a sum sufficient to pay the principal of any outstanding contractual obligation, as such principal may be required to be paid under the terms of the contract.

3. The board may levy a tax upon the lands in the district either upon the same pro rata basis as benefits may have been apportioned, or otherwise, as the case may be, in order to secure such funds as may be deemed necessary to replace any deficit that may occur in a fund created for the repayment of a district obligation by reason of tax delinquencies.

4. The secretary of the board shall compute and enter in a separate column of the assessment book or books the respective sums to be paid as an assessment on the property therein enumerated.

5. Except as otherwise provided herein, assessments made for any of the other purposes of this chapter shall be made and levied as above provided and entered in appropriate columns of the assessment book or books.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.083 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.083
Office of board
Status: in_force

The board of directors shall designate some place within the county where the organization of the district was effected as the office of the board.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.380 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.380
Filing of plans and estimates or statement with district secretary; request for election
Status: in_force

The plans and estimates or statement must be filed with the secretary of the district, accompanied by a request of the local board that the question of whether to authorize the proposed special assessment or assessments and the construction of the proposed works be submitted to the electors of the division at a special election or the next district election or primary or general state election.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.673 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.673
Assessment by district board of land escaping assessment
Status: in_force

If any land within the district subject to assessment for the purposes of the district has not been assessed by the assessor or does not appear upon the district assessment roll adopted by the board of directors as the basis of assessment for the district, the land so omitted shall be assessed by the board of directors to the person or persons known or unknown who own, control or have possession thereof, and a description of the property so omitted shall be written in the roll prescribed for the purpose of district assessments, and all proper charges shall be levied thereon.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.180 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.180
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 543.170 to 543.830 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 543.181 to 543.188 , inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.373 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.373
Powers of local board concerning improvements
Status: in_force

The local board may provide for the local undertakings named in NRS 539.363 , being authorized for that purpose, insofar as applicable, to exercise the powers and perform the duties granted to or imposed upon the board of directors of the district in connection with its affairs.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.6361 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.6361
Reserve fund from bond proceeds: Creation, accumulation and maintenance; augmentations
Status: in_force

Any resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds under the provisions of this chapter or as may be otherwise provided by law shall provide for the creation, accumulation and maintenance of a reasonable reserve fund from bond proceeds to secure additionally the payment of the interest on and the principal of the bonds. Such reserve fund may be augmented by annual assessments or other revenues, as the board of directors may determine.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534A.031 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534A / Section 534A.031
Exploration and subsurface information: Filing with Division of Minerals of Commission on Mineral Resources; confidentiality; release to State Engineer or other agency
Status: in_force

1. Any exploration and subsurface information obtained as a result of a geothermal project must be filed with the Division of Minerals of the Commission on Mineral Resources within 30 days after it is accumulated. The information is confidential for 5 years after the date of filing and may not be disclosed during that time without the express written consent of the operator of the project, except that it must be made available by the Division to the State Engineer or any other agency of the State upon request. The State Engineer or other agency shall keep the information confidential.

2. If any information made confidential by subsection 1 is submitted to any other state or local governmental entity in connection with an application for a special use permit or any other license, permit or similar approval, the entity shall keep the information confidential during the period the information is confidential pursuant to subsection 1.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.430 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.430
Acquired water to be used only in replenishing water basin
Status: in_force

Any water acquired by the district shall be used only in replenishing the water basin of the area contained in the district.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.010 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.010
Short title
Status: in_force

This chapter may be referred to in any action, proceeding or legislative enactment as the Nevada Irrigation District Act.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.708 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.708
Petition for annexation: Contents; inclusion of lands within municipal corporation
Status: in_force

1. The holder or holders of any title or evidence of title, as defined in NRS 539.020 and 539.023 , representing one-half or more of any lands adjacent to or in the vicinity of an irrigation district, whether contiguous or not, and which are susceptible of irrigation or drainage, or both, by the district system, or combined systems of works, may file with the board of directors of the district a petition, in writing, setting forth that those lands are susceptible of irrigation or drainage, or both, as the case may be, by the district system or systems, and praying that the land be annexed.

2. The petition must describe the land and also describe the several parcels owned by the petitioners.

3. All or any portion of the lands in any city in which the vote for mayor at the last preceding election was not less than 550 votes and not more than 1,000 votes, may in the same manner be included within the boundaries of any irrigation district if the lands are susceptible of irrigation or drainage, or both, by the district system or systems, and upon their inclusion the lands in the city, town or municipal corporation are subject to all of the provisions of this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.200 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.200
Contracts of indemnity and guaranty
Status: in_force

The board of directors of any district now or hereafter organized under the provisions of this chapter shall have power to enter into contracts of indemnity and guaranty, in such form as may be approved by the board, relating to or connected with the performance of any contract or agreement which the district shall be empowered to enter into under the provisions of this chapter or any other law of this state.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.020 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.020
“Stream system” defined
Status: in_force

“ Stream system ” includes any stream, together with its tributaries and all streams or bodies of water to which the same may be tributary.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.483 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.483
Monthly financial reports of district treasurer; verification and filing
Status: in_force

1. The district treasurer shall report to the board of directors in writing on the first Monday in each month the amount of money in the construction fund, the bond fund and the general fund, and the amounts received and paid out in the preceding month.

2. The district treasurer shall make such other reports and accounting as the board may require.

3. All reports shall be verified and filed with the secretary of the board.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 534.140 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 534 / Section 534.140
Well drillers: Annual licenses; fees; continuing education; regulations for well drilling; licensing by State Contractors' Board
Status: in_force

1. Every well driller, before engaging in the physical drilling of a well in this State for development of water, must annually apply to the State Engineer for a license to drill.

2. The applications for those licenses and all licenses issued for the drilling of wells must be in the form prescribed by the State Engineer.

3. All well-drilling licenses expire on June 30 following their issuance and are not transferable.

4. A fee of $100 must accompany each application for a license and a fee of $50 must be paid each year for renewal of the license.

5. Those license fees must be accounted for in the State Engineer's Water License Account and used to pay costs pertaining to licensing, the adoption and enforcement of regulations for well drilling and the compensation of the members of the Well Drillers' Advisory Board and their expenses.

6. The State Engineer, after consulting with the Well Drillers' Advisory Board, shall adopt regulations relating to continuing education for well drillers.

7. The State Engineer shall prepare and keep on file in the Office of the State Engineer regulations for well drilling.

8. Before engaging in the physical drilling of a well in this State for the development of water, every well driller who is the owner of a well-drilling rig, or who has a well-drilling rig under lease or rental, or who has a contract to purchase a well-drilling rig, must obtain a license as a well driller from the State Contractors' Board.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 538.171 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 538 / Section 538.171
Protection of water, water rights and rights to power; appropriation and use of water; certain uses of water from Muddy River or Virgin River
Status: in_force

1. The Commission shall receive, protect and safeguard and hold in trust for the State of Nevada all water and water rights, and all other rights, interests or benefits in and to the waters described in NRS 538.041 to 538.251 , inclusive, and to the power generated thereon, held by or which may accrue to the State of Nevada under and by virtue of any Act of the Congress of the United States or any agreements, compacts or treaties to which the State of Nevada may become a party, or otherwise.

2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, applications for the original appropriation of such waters, or to change the holder of the entitlement to appropriate water, place of diversion, manner of use or place of use of water covered by the original appropriation, must be made to the Commission in accordance with the regulations of the Commission. In considering such an application, the Commission shall use the criteria set forth in NRS 533.370 . The Commission's action on the application constitutes the recommendation of the State of Nevada to the United States for the purposes of any federal action on the matter required by law. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to supplemental water.

3. The Commission shall furnish to the State Engineer a copy of all agreements entered into by the Commission concerning the original appropriation and use of such waters. It shall also furnish to the State Engineer any other information it possesses relating to the use of water from the Colorado River which the State Engineer deems necessary to allow the State Engineer to act on applications for permits for the subsequent appropriation of these waters after they fall within the State Engineer's jurisdiction.

4. Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 533 of NRS , any original appropriation and use of the waters described in subsection 1 by the Commission or by any entity to whom or with whom the Commission has contracted the water is not subject to regulation by the State Engineer.

5. Any use of water from the Muddy River or the Virgin River for the creation of any developed shortage supply or intentionally created surplus does not require the submission of an application to the State Engineer to change the place of diversion, manner of use or place of use. As used in this subsection: (a) “ Developed shortage supply ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 533.030 . (b) “ Intentionally created surplus ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 533.030 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 533.037 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 533 / Section 533.037
Determination of priority of water right acquired for use in federal reclamation project; no additional water rights granted
Status: in_force

1. The priority of a water right acquired by a person for use in a federal reclamation project is determined according to the date on which the United States appropriated water for initiation of the project. Notwithstanding the fact that the water right so appropriated and acquired may ultimately vest in the name of the person at a later date, all such water rights so acquired are governed by the applicable law of this State in effect on the date on which the United States appropriated water for initiation of the project, unless the water rights vested under the law in this State before the time the United States first appropriated or otherwise acquired the water for initiation of the project. If the water right vested under the law in this State before appropriation or acquisition by the United States, the date of initiation of the water right is determined according to the date on which the water was first diverted under that appropriation or acquisition by the United States.

2. No water rights, in addition to those allocated under applicable court decrees, are granted, stated or implied by the determination of the date of priority pursuant to subsection 1.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 544.240 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 544 / Section 544.240
Penalties
Status: in_force

Any person violating any of the provisions of NRS 544.070 to 544.240 , inclusive, or any lawful regulation or order issued pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and a continuing violation is punishable as a separate offense for each day during which it occurs.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.6365 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.6365
Payment of taxes to district; lien
Status: in_force

1. The body having authority to levy taxes within each county shall levy the general (ad valorem) taxes provided in this chapter. All officials charged with the duty of collecting taxes shall collect such taxes at the time and in the form and manner and with like interest and penalties as other general (ad valorem) taxes are collected and, when collected, shall pay the same to the district ordering its levy and collection. The payment of such collections shall be made monthly to the treasurer of the district and paid into the depository thereof to the credit of the district.

2. All taxes levied under this chapter, together with interest thereon and penalties for default in payment thereof and all costs of collecting the same, shall, until paid, constitute a perpetual lien on and against the property taxed, and such lien shall be on a parity with the tax lien of other general taxes, and no sale of such property to enforce any general tax or other lien shall extinguish the perpetual lien of such district taxes.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 535.200 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 535 / Section 535.200
Additional penalties
Status: in_force

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

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

3. An order imposing an administrative fine or requiring the payment of costs or fees pursuant to this section may be reviewed by a district court pursuant to NRS 533.450 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 540A.262 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 540A / Section 540A.262
Prerequisites to determining, expanding or amending boundaries of district for remediation: Hearing; publication of notice of hearing; adoption of ordinance; certain bonds or financial obligations paid in full; territory not required to be contiguous
Status: in_force

1. Before determining the boundaries of a district for remediation, the board shall hold a hearing. It shall cause notice of the hearing to be published at least once not less than 15 days before the hearing in a display advertisement at least 3 by 5 inches in size in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The notice must contain a description of the boundaries of the district by assessor's parcel number, or by metes and bounds or other legal description, or state that a description of the boundaries of the district is on file at the office of the county clerk for public examination.

2. After the hearing, the board shall make such adjustments to the proposed boundaries of the district as appear to the board to be necessary, but the boundaries may not be expanded to include any property not included in the proposed boundaries of the district described in the notice of hearing or filed with the county clerk unless another hearing is held, after notice given by publication in the manner provided in subsection 1. After the hearing and any adjustment to the boundaries of the district required by this section, the board shall designate the boundaries of the district by ordinance, which may not be adopted as if an emergency existed.

3. The board may from time to time amend the boundaries of the district. Any such amendment must be made by ordinance adopted after a hearing held in the manner provided in subsection 1. Notice of that hearing must be given by publication in the manner provided in subsection 1. The board may not amend the boundaries of the district to exclude any property if bonds have been issued or other financial obligations incurred for the district until those bonds or other financial obligations have been paid in full.

4. The territory of the district established pursuant to subsection 2 and, if applicable, expanded pursuant to subsection 3 need not be contiguous.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 539.585 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 539 / Section 539.585
Payment before issuance of bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness
Status: in_force

1. Prior to the issuance of bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness authorized for the purpose of improvements, any person, firm or corporation owning land upon which a benefit has been assessed for such improvements may pay all or any portion of the benefit 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 improvements except as provided by the district.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 543.310 — NV Code / Title 48 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.310
Payment of organizational costs
Status: in_force

Necessary costs incurred in connection with the organization of the district may be paid by the board of county commissioners from any available funds or may be advanced by the board of county commissioners. Reimbursement for advances shall subsequently be made by the district.