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NV Rev Stat § 538.410 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 538 - Interstate Waters, Compacts and Commissions|NRS 538.410 - General powers and duties. [Effective until the effective date of the California-Nevada Interstate Compact ( NRS 538.600).]

The Commission representing the State of Nevada on the joint commission shall have full authority:  1. To carry on negotiations for such compact or agreement.  2. To attend meetings of the joint commission whenever convened.  3. Generally to perform such duties as shall be required of the commissioners thereof in carrying out the purpose and intent of NRS 538.270 to 538.410, inclusive.  [10:153:1955] — (R effective on effective date of the California-Nevada Interstate Compact (NRS 538.600))
NV Rev Stat § 538.610 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 538 - Interstate Waters, Compacts and Commissions|NRS 538.610 - Governor to give notice of state’s ratification.

The Governor shall give notice of the ratification of the California-Nevada Interstate Compact by the Nevada Legislature to the Governor of the State of California and to the President of the United States.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 88)
NV Rev Stat § 538.620 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 538 - Interstate Waters, Compacts and Commissions|NRS 538.620 - Compensation of commissioners and State Engineer; claims for payment of expenses.

  1. The Nevada members of the California-Nevada Interstate Compact Commission, designated or appointed pursuant to Article IV of the Compact, if 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 Compact Commission.  2. The State Engineer and any other Nevada commission members who are in the regular employ of the State are not entitled to additional compensation.  3. While engaged in the business of the Commission, the State Engineer and any other Nevada commission members are entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally.  4. Claims for payment of all such expenses incurred by the commission members must be made by the Office of the State Engineer on vouchers approved by the State Engineer and the State Board of Examiners and paid as other claims against the State are paid.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 88; A 1977, 146; 1981, 1988; 1985, 437; 1989, 1719)
NV Rev Stat § 538.630 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 538 - Interstate Waters, Compacts and Commissions|NRS 538.630 - Duties of state officers; cooperation.

  1. All officers of this state shall do all things falling within their jurisdiction necessary or incidental to carrying out the provisions of the Compact.  2. All officers, departments and persons of and in the government and administration of this state shall, upon the request of the California-Nevada Interstate Compact Commission, furnish the Commission with information and data possessed by them and aid the Commission by any means within their legal powers.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 89)
NV Rev Stat § 539.010 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.010 - Short title.

This chapter may be referred to in any action, proceeding or legislative enactment as the Nevada Irrigation District Act.  [Part 70:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3294; NCL § 8088]
NV Rev Stat § 539.013 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.013 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter:  1. "County treasurer" or "treasurer of the county" shall be held to mean "ex officio tax receiver" or "tax receiver" of the county.  2. "Irrigation district" or "district" shall be held to mean any irrigation district organized under the laws of this state prior to July 1, 1919, as well as under this chapter, to the full extent required to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. Whenever the words "irrigation district" are or have been used in any action or proceeding or in any act or resolution of the Legislature, such words shall be construed to mean an irrigation district organized under the provisions of chapter 134, Statutes of Nevada 1911, or acts supplementary thereto or amendatory thereof, or an irrigation district organized or existing under this chapter.  3. "Works of an irrigation district" shall be held to include any drain or watercourse, any side, lateral, spur or branch ditch or drain, whether opened, covered or tiled, or any natural watercourse into which drains or ditches of the district may enter for the purpose of outlet, whether such watercourse is situated in or outside of the district.  [Part 10a:64:1919; added 1923, 289; NCL § 8018] + [67:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3293; NCL § 8085] + [Part 70:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3294; NCL § 8088]
NV Rev Stat § 539.015 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.015 - Publication of notice.

Whenever in this chapter any notice is required to be given by publication, such provision shall be satisfied by publishing the same in a weekly newspaper the same number of times consecutively as the number of weeks mentioned in the requirement.  [66:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3293; NCL § 8084]
NV Rev Stat § 539.017 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.017 - Construction.

  1. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as repealing or in any wise modifying the provisions of any other law relating to the subject of irrigation or drainage except such as may be contained in chapter 134, Statutes of Nevada 1911, and subsequent acts supplementary thereto or amendatory thereof, all of which acts, so far as they may be inconsistent with this chapter, are repealed.  2. Nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to:  (a) Affect the validity of any district organized under the laws of this state prior to July 1, 1919, or its right in or to property, or any of its rights or privileges of whatsoever kind or nature; but such districts are hereby made subject to the provisions of this chapter as far as applicable.  (b) Affect, impair or discharge any contract, obligation, lien or charge for or upon which any district was or might become liable or chargeable had this chapter not been passed.  (c) Affect the validity of any bonds which have been issued but not sold.  (d) Affect any action pending on July 1, 1919.  3. In such districts as have been organized prior to July 1, 1919, and in which directors of the various divisions thereof have been elected by the votes of the electors of the district at large, such elections are hereby confirmed.  4. In the cases of any district or districts any portion of the proceedings for the organization of which were instituted under prior existing laws and completed under the provisions of this chapter, such district or districts shall be deemed to have been duly organized under this chapter, and the organization thereof is hereby confirmed.  5. Any district organized under prior laws of this state may adopt and subject itself to all the provisions of this chapter by a unanimous resolution of its board of directors, and the organization of such district is hereby confirmed.  6. The directors of any district organized prior to July 1, 1919, and not divided into divisions may request the board of county commissioners to define and establish such divisions, and the board of county commissioners shall forthwith define and establish divisions in such district as nearly equal in size as practicable and in number equal to the directors in the district.  [68:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; NCL § 8086] + [69:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3293; NCL § 8087]
NV Rev Stat § 539.020 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.020 - Petition for organization of district.

  1. A majority in number of the holders of title, or evidence of title, to lands susceptible of one mode of irrigation from a common source or combined sources, and by the same system or combined systems of works, may propose the organization of an irrigation district pursuant to this chapter if they hold title or evidence of title to at least one-half part of the total area of the land in the proposed district. In computing the total area in the proposed district, the public domain of the United States of America, excepting any portion thereof held by entrymen pursuant to any law of the United States, must be excluded.  2. Every signer of a petition for the organization of an irrigation district must be the holder of title or evidence of title to land within the proposed district. The holder of a bona fide contract to purchase land, having been in the actual possession thereof at least 1 year pursuant to the contract, and whose name appears upon the preceding equalized county assessment roll for the payment of taxes of the land, shall be deemed the holder of title thereto for all of the purposes of this chapter.  3. The equalized county assessment roll next preceding the presentation of a petition for the organization of an irrigation district is sufficient evidence of title for the purpose of this chapter, but other evidence may be received, including receipts or other evidence of rights of entrymen on land pursuant to any law of the United States. These entrymen are competent signers of the petition and the land on which they have made entries shall, for the purpose of the petition, be deemed to be owned by them. The entrymen share all the privileges and obligations of freeholders and owners of private land within the district pursuant to this chapter, including the right to vote and hold office, subject to the terms of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to promote the reclamation of arid lands," approved August 11, 1916, being c. 319, 39 Stat. 506, also designated as 43 U.S.C. §§ 621-630.  [Part 1:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1927, 302, 309; 1929, 77; NCL § 8008] — (NRS A 1989, 1172)
NV Rev Stat § 539.023 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.023 - Inclusion of state lands in district; Governor may sign petition.

  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.  [Part 1:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1927, 302, 309; 1929, 77; NCL § 8008]
NV Rev Stat § 539.025 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.025 - Contents of petition.

  1. Whenever it is proposed to organize an irrigation district, a petition shall first be presented to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the lands or the greater portion thereof are situated, signed by the required number, possessing the qualifications provided for in NRS 539.020 and 539.023, which petition shall:  (a) Set forth and particularly describe the proposed boundaries of the district.  (b) Pray that the same may be organized under the provisions of this chapter.  2. The petitioners may determine in the petition whether the proposed district shall be divided into three, five or seven divisions, and whether it shall have three, five or seven directors. If no number is named in the petition, the board of county commissioners may determine whether the number shall be three, five or seven.  [Part 1:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1927, 302, 309; 1929, 77; NCL § 8008] + [Part 2:64:1919; A 1921, 118; NCL § 8009]
NV Rev Stat § 539.027 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.027 - Undertaking.

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.  [Part 2:64:1919; A 1921, 118; NCL § 8009]
NV Rev Stat § 539.030 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 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.

  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.  [Part 2:64:1919; A 1921, 118; NCL § 8009]
NV Rev Stat § 539.033 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.033 - Presentation of petition to county commissioners; hearing.

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.  [Part 3:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1925, 203; 1931, 265; 1935, 135; 1931 NCL § 8010]
NV Rev Stat § 539.035 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.035 - Adjournment of hearing.

The board of county commissioners may adjourn the hearing from time to time, not exceeding 3 weeks in all.  [Part 3:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1925, 203; 1931, 265; 1935, 135; 1931 NCL § 8010]
NV Rev Stat § 539.037 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.037 - Determination as to land to be formed into district.

  1. Contiguous or neighboring lands susceptible of irrigation from the common source or combined sources, not included in the district as described in the petition, at the hearing may, upon application of the holder or holders of title or evidence of title thereto as prescribed in NRS 539.020 and 539.023, be included in the district.  2. Lands described in the petition not susceptible of irrigation from such system or systems may upon similar application be excluded therefrom.  3. The board of county commissioners shall not modify the boundaries described in the petition so as to change the object of the petition or so as to exempt from the operation of this chapter any land which is susceptible of irrigation by such system or systems.  [Part 3:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1925, 203; 1931, 265; 1935, 135; 1931 NCL § 8010]
NV Rev Stat § 539.040 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.040 - Informalities in petition to be disregarded; reason for refusal or dismissal of petition; mandamus.

  1. In the hearing of any petition, the board of county commissioners shall disregard any informalities therein.  2. If the board of county commissioners deny the petition or dismiss it for any reasons on account of the provisions of this chapter not having been complied with, which are the only reasons upon which the board of county commissioners shall have the right to refuse or dismiss the petition, the board of county commissioners shall state its reasons in writing therefor in detail, which shall be entered upon its records.  3. If the reasons are not well founded, a writ of mandamus shall, upon proper application therefor, issue out of the district court of the county compelling the board of county commissioners to act in compliance with this chapter, which writ shall be heard within 20 days from the date of issuance, such time to be excluded from the time given the board of county commissioners to act upon the petition.  [Part 3:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1925, 203; 1931, 265; 1935, 135; 1931 NCL § 8010]
NV Rev Stat § 539.043 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.043 - Order granting or denying petition; order granting petition to establish boundaries and designate name.

Upon the completion of the hearing, the board of county commissioners shall forthwith make an order denying or granting the prayer of the petition, and if the same is granted shall, in the order, define and establish the boundaries and designate the name of such proposed district and divide the same into three, five or seven divisions, as prescribed in the petition, as nearly equal in size as may be practicable.  [Part 3:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1925, 203; 1931, 265; 1935, 135; 1931 NCL § 8010]
NV Rev Stat § 539.045 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.045 - Order calling election.

  1. Upon making an order granting the prayer of the petition as provided in NRS 539.043, the board of county commissioners shall by further order entered upon its record submit to the qualified electors of the proposed district at the next primary or general election the question of whether that district shall be organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and by that order shall submit the names of one or more persons from each of the divisions of the district to be voted for as directors of the district.  2. One director must be elected from each division by the qualified electors of the district and be a qualified elector of the district and holder of title, or evidence of title as prescribed in NRS 539.020 and 539.023, to land within the division from which the director is elected.  [Part 3:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1925, 203; 1931, 265; 1935, 135; 1931 NCL § 8010] — (NRS A 1993, 1081)
NV Rev Stat § 539.047 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.047 - Notice of election: Contents; publication.

  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.  [Part 3:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1925, 203; 1931, 265; 1935, 135; 1931 NCL § 8010]
NV Rev Stat § 539.050 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.050 - Election precincts.

For the purpose of the election to organize the district, each division constitutes an election precinct.  [Part 3:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1925, 203; 1931, 265; 1935, 135; 1931 NCL § 8010] — (NRS A 1993, 1081)
NV Rev Stat § 539.053 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.053 - Conduct of election; absent voters’ ballots.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all such elections shall be conducted as near as may be practicable in accordance with the general election laws of this state, including the right to vote by absent voter’s ballot.  [Part 4:64:1919; A 1927, 309; NCL § 8011]
NV Rev Stat § 539.055 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.055 - Canvass of votes; order declaring territory formed as district under designated name; recording of order and plat.

  1. The board of county commissioners shall meet on or before the sixth working day succeeding such election and proceed to canvass the votes cast thereat.  2. If upon such canvass it appears that a majority of the electors voted "Irrigation District — Yes," the board, by an order entered upon its minutes, shall:  (a) Declare such territory duly organized as an irrigation district under the name and style theretofore designated.  (b) Declare the persons receiving respectively the highest number of votes for directors to be duly elected.  (c) Cause a copy of such order and a plat of the district, each duly certified by the clerk of the board of county commissioners, to be immediately filed for record in the office of the county recorder of each county in which any portion of such lands is situated. Certified copies thereof shall also be filed with the county clerks of such counties.  3. Thereafter, the organization of the district shall be complete.  [Part 4:64:1919; A 1927, 309; NCL § 8011] — (NRS A 2007, 626)
NV Rev Stat § 539.057 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.057 - Conclusiveness of record of county commissioners concerning proceedings.

The record of the board of county commissioners of the proceedings had and taken by it under the provisions of this chapter shall be, in the absence of fraud, conclusive evidence of the matters and things therein recited.  [Part 3:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1925, 203; 1931, 265; 1935, 135; 1931 NCL § 8010]
NV Rev Stat § 539.060 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.060 - Name of district; change of name of certain districts.

  1. The name of any district organized after July 1, 1919, pursuant to this chapter must contain either the words "irrigation district," "water conservation district," "water conservancy district" or "water improvement district."  2. Any district organized and existing before, on or after July 1, 1919, the name of which must include the words "irrigation district," may change its name by substituting for the word "irrigation" either the words "water conservation," "water conservancy" or "water improvement," or may change the entire name or designation of the district by filing with the board of county commissioners, with which the original petition was filed for the organization of the district, a certified copy of a resolution of its board of directors adopted by the unanimous vote of all the members of the board at a regular meeting thereof providing for such a change of name. All proceedings of such a district must be had under the changed name, but all existing obligations and contracts of the district entered into under its former name must remain outstanding without change and with the validity thereof unimpaired and unaffected by the change of name.  [71:64:1919; added 1921, 118; A 1923, 289; NCL § 8089] — (NRS A 1997, 1621)
NV Rev Stat § 539.063 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.063 - Officers of district.

The officers of an irrigation district shall consist of three, five or seven directors, a president and a vice president elected from their number, and a secretary and treasurer.  [Part 9:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1927, 309; 1933, 271; 1931 NCL § 8016]