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NV Rev Stat § 474.210 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.210 - Payment of claims against district.

All accounts, bills and demands against the district must be audited, allowed and paid by the board of directors by warrants drawn on the county treasurer or the treasurer of the district. The county treasurer or, if authorized by the board of county commissioners and the board of directors, the treasurer of the district shall pay them in the order in which they are presented.  [Part 10:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.10] — (NRS A 2001, 361)
NV Rev Stat § 474.220 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.220 - Issuance and sale of bonds for certain purposes; applicability of section prescribing limit on indebtedness.

  1. The board of directors of any county fire protection district formed under the provisions of NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive, may prepare, issue and sell bonds to provide money for the purchase of fire-fighting equipment, the acquisition of property, the construction of buildings and improvement of district-owned property for use in that county fire protection district.  2. The provisions of NRS 474.514 apply to a county fire protection district specified in subsection 1.  [1:182:1945; A 1949, 649; 1953, 58] — (NRS A 2001, 362)
NV Rev Stat § 474.300 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.300 - Levy and collection of tax; use of tax for principal and interest.

  1. In any county fire protection district availing itself of the privileges of this section and NRS 474.220 and 474.310, the board of directors of the district annually shall determine the tax necessary for the payment of interest and principal of such bonds.  2. The amount of the tax must be certified to the boards of county commissioners of the counties in which any portion of the district is located, and the board of county commissioners shall, at the time of making the levy of county taxes for that year, levy the tax certified upon all the real property, together with the improvements thereon, in the district.  3. When levied, the tax must be entered on the assessment rolls and collected in the same manner as state and county taxes.  4. When the tax is collected, it must be placed in the treasury of the county in which the greater portion of the district is located in a special fund for the payment of principal and interest of the bonds. Payments therefrom must be made according to the terms of the bonds.  [5:182:1945; 1943 NCL § 1929.134] — (NRS A 2007, 1306)
NV Rev Stat § 474.310 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.310 - Faith of State of Nevada pledged.

The faith of the State of Nevada is pledged that this section and NRS 474.220 and 474.300 shall not be repealed nor the taxation thereby imposed be omitted until all the bonds and coupons issued thereunder and by virtue thereof shall have been paid in full as specified in this section and NRS 474.220 and 474.300.  [6:182:1945; 1943 NCL § 1929.135]
NV Rev Stat § 474.320 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.320 - Title to property vested in district.

The title to all property which may have been acquired for a county fire protection district created under the provisions of NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive, shall be vested in the district.  [Part 9:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.09]
NV Rev Stat § 474.325 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.325 - Procedure.

The boundaries of any county fire protection district formed under NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive, may be altered and new territory annexed thereto, incorporated and included therein, and made a part thereof in the manner provided in NRS 474.335 to 474.395, inclusive.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1612)
NV Rev Stat § 474.335 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.335 - Petition: Contents; signatories; publication of notice.

The board of directors of any such district, upon receiving a written petition for annexation containing a description of the territory proposed to be annexed (which territory shall be contiguous to the district), and signed by not less than 20 percent of the holders of title or evidence of title to lands within the territory proposed to be annexed, and whose names appear as such on the last preceding county assessment roll, shall cause a notice of filing of such petition to be published in the same manner and for the same time as is required for notices of the proposed formation of a county fire protection district under NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1612)
NV Rev Stat § 474.345 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.345 - Notice: Contents.

  1. The notice shall:  (a) State the filing of the petition and the names of the petitioners.  (b) Describe the lands mentioned in the petition and in the prayer of the petition.  (c) Notify all persons interested in or who may be affected by such change of the boundaries of the district to appear at the offices of the board, at a time named in the notice, and show cause in writing, if any they have, why the proposed change in boundaries should not be made.  2. The time specified in the notice at which they shall be required to show cause shall be the regular meeting of the board next after the expiration of time for the publication of the notice.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1612)
NV Rev Stat § 474.355 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.355 - Petitioners to advance estimated costs of proceedings.

The petitioners shall advance to the board sufficient money to pay the estimated costs of all proceedings.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1612)
NV Rev Stat § 474.365 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.365 - Hearing.

  1. At the time and place mentioned in the notice, or at such other time or times to which the hearing of the petition may be adjourned, the board of directors shall proceed to hear the petition and all objections thereto presented in writing by any interested persons, who shall be holders of title or evidence of title to lands within the district or within the territory proposed to be annexed.  2. At the hearing, the board of directors shall hear and determine all objections and shall exclude all lands within the territory proposed to be annexed which will not be benefited by inclusion in the district.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1612)
NV Rev Stat § 474.375 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.375 - Payments by petitioners as condition precedent to annexation.

The board of directors to whom such petition is presented may require, as a condition precedent to the granting of the same, that the petitioners shall severally pay to the district such respective sums as nearly as the same can be estimated (the several amounts to be determined by the board), as such petitioners or their grantors would have been required to pay the district as taxes had such lands been included in the district at the time the same was originally formed.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1613)
NV Rev Stat § 474.385 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.385 - Election.

  1. If the board of directors deems it in the best interest of the district that the boundaries of the district be changed as proposed or as altered by the exclusion of lands not benefited, the board shall submit the question of the change in boundaries at the next primary or general election to be held in the district, and at the primary or general election to be held at the same time within the territory to be annexed.  2. Notice of the elections must be given in the same manner as that prescribed for annual elections of directors. The notice of election must describe the proposed change of the boundaries in such manner and terms that it can readily be traced.  3. The ballots cast at the election must contain the words "For change of boundary," or "Against change of boundary," or words equivalent thereto.  4. The qualifications for voters must be the same as for other elections in the district, and votes by proxy must be allowed as in such other elections.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1613; A 1993, 1080)
NV Rev Stat § 474.395 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.395 - Findings by board following election; inclusion of territory.

  1. The returns of the votes cast in the outside territory proposed to be annexed and in the district shall be canvassed separately, and the board of directors shall cause a record of the canvass to be made and entered in its minutes.  2. If it appears from such canvass that a majority of the votes cast in the district and in the territory proposed to be annexed are in favor of the change in boundary, the board shall so find. Upon the filing of a certified copy of such findings, under seal of the district, in the office of the county recorder, the territory shall be a part of the district.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1613)
NV Rev Stat § 474.410 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.410 - Authority to dissolve.

Any county fire protection district may be dissolved by the board of county commissioners which formed it as provided in NRS 474.420, 474.430 and 474.440.  [Part 11:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.11]
NV Rev Stat § 474.420 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.420 - Petition of property owners for dissolution; election.

Upon receiving a petition signed by 25 percent of the owners of land within the district, requesting the dissolution thereof, the board of county commissioners shall, by resolution, submit the question of whether the district shall be dissolved at the next primary or general election.  [Part 11:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.11] — (NRS A 1993, 1080)
NV Rev Stat § 474.430 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.430 - Procedure on favorable vote for dissolution; when dissolution complete.

  1. If it appears that a majority of the owners of land voting at the election have voted in favor of dissolution, the board of directors of the district shall:  (a) Cause such facts to be entered upon its minutes.  (b) Forward a copy of such entry to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the district is situated.  (c) Record a copy of such entry with the county recorder.  2. On and after filing and recording, the district shall be deemed dissolved.  [Part 11:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.11]
NV Rev Stat § 474.440 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.440 - Levy of taxes for payment of outstanding or bonded indebtedness after dissolution.

If at the time of the dissolution of the district there shall be any outstanding or bonded indebtedness of the district, then taxes for the payment of such bonds or other indebtedness shall be levied and collected the same as if the district had not been dissolved and disincorporated, but for all other purposes the district shall be deemed dissolved from the time of the filing of the copy of the entry with the clerk of the board of county commissioners and the recording of the copy of such entry with the county recorder.  [Part 11:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.11]
NV Rev Stat § 474.450 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.450 - Disposition of property on dissolution.

Whenever any county fire protection district shall be dissolved, all property thereof shall be subject to the provisions of NRS 474.520.  [Part 9:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.09] — (NRS A 1965, 25)
NV Rev Stat § 474.460 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.460 - Organization of district in unincorporated areas; powers, governing body and officers of district.

  1. All territory in each county or consolidated municipality not included in any other fire protection district, except incorporated areas other than consolidated municipalities, may be organized by ordinance by the board of county commissioners of the county in which that territory lies into as many fire protection districts as necessary to provide for the prevention and extinguishment of fires in the county, until such time as that territory may be included in another fire protection district formed in accordance with the provisions of NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive, or 474.532 and 474.533.  2. Each such district:  (a) Is a political subdivision of the State; and  (b) Has perpetual existence unless dissolved as provided in this chapter.  3. Each such district may:  (a) Sue and be sued, and be a party to suits, actions and proceedings;  (b) Arbitrate claims; and  (c) Contract and be contracted with.  4. The board of county commissioners organizing each such district is ex officio the governing body of each such district. The governing body must be known as the board of fire commissioners.  5. The chair of the board of county commissioners is ex officio the chair of each such district.  6. The county clerk is ex officio the clerk of each such district.  7. Unless the board of fire commissioners employs a treasurer, the county treasurer is ex officio the treasurer of each such district.  (Added to NRS by 1963, 324; A 1967, 964; 1975, 1635; 2007, 1306; 2015, 180, 2228)
NV Rev Stat § 474.470 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.470 - Duties of board of fire commissioners.

The board of fire commissioners shall:  1. Manage and conduct the business and affairs of districts organized pursuant to the provisions of NRS 474.460 or 474.533.  2. Adopt and enforce all rules and regulations necessary for the administration and government of the districts and for the furnishing of fire protection thereto, which may include regulations relating to emergency medical services and fire prevention. The regulations may include provisions that are designed to protect life and property from:  (a) The hazards of fire and explosion resulting from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, materials and devices; and  (b) Hazardous conditions relating to the use or occupancy of any premises.  Any regulation concerning hazardous substances, materials or devices adopted pursuant to this section must be consistent with any plan or ordinance concerning those substances, materials or devices that is required by the Federal Government and has been adopted by the board of county commissioners.  3. Organize, regulate, establish and disband fire companies, departments or volunteer fire departments for the districts.  4. Provide for the payment of salaries to the personnel of those fire companies or fire departments.  5. Provide for payment from the proper fund of all the debts and just claims against the districts.  6. Employ agents and employees for the districts sufficient to maintain and operate the property acquired for the purposes of the districts.  7. Acquire real or personal property necessary for the purposes of the districts and dispose of the property if no longer needed.  8. Construct any necessary structures.  9. Acquire, hold and possess, by donation or purchase, any land or other property necessary for the purpose of the districts.  10. Eliminate and remove fire hazards from the districts if practicable and possible, whether on private or public premises, and to that end the board of fire commissioners may clear the public highways and private lands of dry grass, stubble, brush, rubbish or other inflammable material in its judgment constituting a fire hazard.  11. Perform all other acts necessary, proper and convenient to accomplish the purposes of NRS 474.460 to 474.540, inclusive.  (Added to NRS by 1963, 324; A 1975, 1635; 1991, 382; 2007, 1307; 2015, 180, 2001)
NV Rev Stat § 474.480 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.480 - Coordination of protective activities; duties of State Forester Firewarden.

  1. The board of fire commissioners shall plan for the prevention and extinguishment of fires in the territory of the county described by NRS 474.460 and 474.533, in cooperation with the State Forester Firewarden to coordinate the fire protection activities of the districts with the fire protection provided by the Division of Forestry of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and by federal agencies, in order that the State Forester Firewarden may establish a statewide plan for the prevention and control of large fires, mutual aid among the districts, training of personnel, supply, finance and other purposes to promote fire protection on a statewide basis.  2. Through inspection, the State Forester Firewarden may recommend standardization of fire protection equipment and facilities of the districts to facilitate mutual aid among the districts.  (Added to NRS by 1963, 324; A 1975, 1636; 1977, 1147; 2007, 1307; 2015, 181)
NV Rev Stat § 474.490 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.490 - Cooperation with State Forester Firewarden and other agencies to prevent and suppress fires in wild lands; authorized expenditures.

The board of fire commissioners shall cooperate with the State Forester Firewarden and other agencies as provided in NRS 472.040 to 472.090, inclusive, to prevent and suppress fires in wild lands, and may contribute suitable amounts of money from the sums raised as provided in NRS 474.510 for that purpose to cooperating agencies, or may receive contributions from other agencies to be spent for that purpose.  (Added to NRS by 1963, 325; A 1975, 1636; 2007, 1308)
NV Rev Stat § 474.495 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.495 - Provision of emergency medical services; acquisition and operation of ambulances; purchase of insurance; employment of trained personnel.

The board of fire commissioners of a district organized pursuant to NRS 474.460 or 474.533 may:  1. Provide emergency medical services within the district; and  2. Purchase, acquire by donation or otherwise, lease, operate and maintain ambulances if necessary, and may take out liability and other insurance therefor. The board of fire commissioners may employ trained personnel to operate those vehicles.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 1301; A 2015, 181)
NV Rev Stat § 474.500 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.500 - District fire chief: Appointment, qualifications and duties; cooperative agreements; support of volunteer fire departments.

  1. The board of fire commissioners may appoint a district fire chief who is adequately trained and experienced in fire control. A district fire chief appointed pursuant to this subsection shall hire such employees as are authorized by the board, administer all fire control laws in the territory of the county described by NRS 474.460 and 474.533 and perform such other duties as may be designated by the board of fire commissioners and the State Forester Firewarden. The district fire chief shall coordinate fire protection activities in the district and shall cooperate with all other existing fire protection agencies and rangeland fire protection associations and with the State Forester Firewarden for the standardization of equipment and facilities.  2. In lieu of or in addition to the provisions of subsection 1, the board of fire commissioners may:  (a) Provide the fire protection required by NRS 474.460 to 474.540, inclusive, to the districts by entering into agreements with other agencies or rangeland fire protection associations as provided by NRS 472.060 to 472.090, inclusive, and 277.180, for the furnishing of such protection to the districts; or  (b) Support volunteer fire departments within districts organized under the provisions of NRS 474.460 to 474.540, inclusive, for the furnishing of such protection to the districts.  (Added to NRS by 1963, 325; A 1965, 1335; 1975, 1636; 2007, 1308; 2015, 181, 2001)
NV Rev Stat § 474.511 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.511 - Acquisition of properties by district.

Any district organized pursuant to NRS 474.460 or 474.533, acting by and through the board of fire commissioners, by resolution may at any time or from time to time acquire:  1. A system of waterworks, hydrants and supplies of water.  2. Telegraphic signals for fire and telephone, telegraph, radio and television service.  3. Fire engines and other vehicles.  4. Hooks, ladders, chutes, buckets, gauges, meters, hoses, pumps, fire extinguishers, fans and artificial lights.  5. Respirators, rescue equipment, medical supplies and equipment, other apparatus for fire fighting and protection from fire, and other appurtenances.  6. Fixtures, structures, stations, other buildings and sites therefor.  7. Land, interests in land, and improvements thereon for firebreaks and other protection from fire.  8. Appurtenances and incidentals necessary, useful or desirable for any such facilities, including all types of property therefor.  9. Any combination of the properties provided in this section.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 966; A 1975, 1637; 1985, 1703; 2015, 183)
NV Rev Stat § 474.5115 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.5115 - Title to property vested in district.

The title to all property which may have been acquired for a district organized pursuant to NRS 474.460 or 474.533 must be vested in the district.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 1301; A 2015, 183)
NV Rev Stat § 474.512 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.512 - Issuance of bonds and other securities for acquisition of property.

For the purpose of defraying the cost of the acquisition of any properties authorized by NRS 474.511, the board of fire commissioners, on the behalf and in the name of any district organized pursuant to NRS 474.460 or 474.533, may, by resolution, at any time or from time to time, borrow money, otherwise become obligated, and evidence or reevidence such obligations by the issuance of bonds and other municipal securities payable from general (ad valorem) taxes and constituting general obligations of the district, as provided in the Local Government Securities Law, subject to the limitations therein and in NRS 474.514.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 966; A 1975, 1638; 1981, 964; 2015, 183)
NV Rev Stat § 474.514 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.514 - Limit on indebtedness.

No indebtedness, as defined in NRS 350.586, including outstanding indebtedness, shall be incurred by any district organized pursuant to NRS 474.460 or 474.533 in an aggregate principal amount exceeding 5 percent of the total last assessed valuation of taxable property (excluding motor vehicles and cattle) situated within the district.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 967; A 1969, 613; 2015, 183)