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NV Rev Stat § 541.150 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.150 - Subdistricts: Organization; proceedings; board’s consent to furnish water; decree of organization; powers and duties of board of directors.

  1. Subdistricts may be organized upon the petition of the owners of real property within, or partly within and partly without, the district, which petition must be in substantially the same form and must fulfill the same requirements concerning the subdistricts as the petition outlined in NRS 541.050 is required to fulfill concerning the organization of the main district. The petition must also contain a statement of the minimum quantity of water which the subdistrict proposes to acquire from the district for perpetual use and the court shall, before the entry of its decree organizing a subdistrict, require that the petitioners attach to the petition written evidence of the consent of the board of directors of the water conservancy district to furnish to the subdistrict the perpetual use of water for the purpose specified in the petition.  2. Petitions for the organization of subdistricts must be filed with the clerk of the court and must be accompanied by a bond as provided for in NRS 541.060. The procedure for the organization of subdistricts is the same as for the organization of districts.  3. A subdistrict is a separate entity within the district and has authority to contract with the district for the furnishing of water and for other purposes.  4. Within 60 days after the entry of the decree incorporating a subdistrict, the Governor shall appoint a board of directors of the subdistrict consisting of persons who are owners of real property in the subdistrict, and who may be directors of the district. The provisions of NRS 541.100 are applicable to subdistricts. The board of directors of a subdistrict has all of the powers, rights and privileges granted to a district board under the provisions of this chapter, including specifically, but not limited to, the right of the subdistrict board to levy and collect taxes and assessments referred to in NRS 541.140, 541.160 and 541.240 to carry out its separate purposes. Such taxes and assessments may be levied and collected by the subdistrict notwithstanding the fact that taxes and assessments are being levied and collected by the district in which the subdistrict lies, to carry out the purposes of the district, but the only purpose for which a subdistrict may levy and collect taxes pursuant to NRS 541.160 is to pay the expense of its organization and administration, to pay the cost of construction, operating and maintaining the works of the subdistrict, and for surveys and plans, and for legal services to protect the rights of the subdistrict, and such taxes must not exceed 10 cents on $100 assessed valuation of the property within the subdistrict.  [15:380:1955] — (NRS A 1959, 380; 1963, 771; 1969, 868; 1989, 1407)
NV Rev Stat § 541.160 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.160 - Board may levy and collect taxes and special assessments; classification of methods.

In addition to the other means of providing revenue for such districts as provided in this chapter, the board may levy and collect taxes and special assessments for maintaining and operating those works and paying the obligations and indebtedness of the district by any one or more of the methods or combinations thereof, classified as follows:  1. Class A. To levy and collect taxes upon all property within the district as provided in this chapter.  2. Class B. To levy and collect assessments for special benefits accruing to property within municipalities for which use of water is allotted as provided in this chapter.  3. Class C. To levy and collect assessments for special benefits accruing to lands within irrigation districts for which use of water is allotted as provided in this chapter.  4. Class D. To levy and collect assessments for special benefits accruing to lands for which use of water is allotted as provided in this chapter.  5. Class E. To levy and collect assessments for special benefits accruing to lands from irrigation, flood control, drainage, safety and health resulting or to result from projects undertaken by the district.  [16:380:1955] — (NRS A 1963, 772; 1979, 555; 1987, 538; 1989, 1931; 1997, 1199)
NV Rev Stat § 541.170 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.170 - Board to fix rate of levy under class A; maximum rate; certification to county commissioners.

To levy and collect taxes under class A as herein provided, the board shall in each year determine the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation, taking into consideration other sources of revenue of the district, and shall fix a rate of levy which, when levied upon every $100 of assessed valuation of property within the district, and with other revenues, will raise the amount required by the district to supply funds for paying expenses of organization, for surveys and plans, paying the cost of construction, operating and maintaining the works of the district; but the rate shall not exceed 5 cents on $100, prior to the commencement of construction of the works, and thereafter shall not exceed 10 cents on $100, of assessed valuation of the property within the district. The board shall, between March 1 and March 15 of each year, certify to the board of county commissioners of each county within the district or having a portion of its territory within the district the rate so fixed with directions that at the time and in the manner required by law for levying of taxes for county purposes such board of county commissioners shall levy such tax upon the assessed valuation of all property within the district, in addition to such other taxes as may be levied by such board of county commissioners at the rate so fixed and determined.  [17:380:1955] — (NRS A 1959, 381)
NV Rev Stat § 541.205 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.205 - Board may undertake irrigation, flood control, drainage, safety and health projects; levy and collection of special assessments under class E.

  1. To levy and collect special assessments upon lands under class E as herein provided, the board shall examine the land in the district and determine the benefits which will accrue to each parcel of land from the construction or purchase of the works proposed for the district. The cost of such works shall be apportioned or distributed over such parcels of land in proportion to such benefits.  2. Any county, municipality, irrigation district, person or corporation which desires a board to undertake any irrigation, flood control, drainage, safety or health project may file a petition requesting the accomplishment of any such project with the board of the district in which such project is desired to be accomplished.  3. Every such petition shall be issued pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the county or municipality which desires the accomplishment of the project, or, if the petitioner is other than a county or municipality, by the county or municipality in which the petitioner resides, and shall set forth:  (a) The name of the petitioner.  (b) The nature of the project desired to be accomplished.  (c) The estimated cost and extent of such project.  4. The secretary of the board shall cause notice of the filing of the petition to be published, which notice shall state the filing of such petition and give notice to all persons interested to appear at the office of the board at a time named in the notice and, in writing, show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted. The board, at the time and place mentioned in the notice, or at such time or times to which the hearing may be adjourned, shall hear the petition and objections thereto. The failure of any person to show cause in writing why the petition should not be granted shall be deemed an assent on his or her part to the granting of the petition. The board may, in its discretion, accept or reject the petition, but if it finds that it will be in the best interest of the district that the petition be granted, it shall enter an order to that effect granting the petition and fixing annual special assessments on the land within the district apportioned as provided in subsection 1.  5. If the petition is granted, the board shall cause a certified copy of the order granting the petition to be recorded in the county in which the lands are located, and thereafter the annual special assessments shall be a perpetual lien upon such lands. The board shall, between March 1 and March 15 of each year, certify to the county assessor of the county within the district in which such lands are located the amount of the annual special assessments, plus a fair proportionate amount of the estimated operating and maintenance charges apportioned to the lands for the next succeeding year, and the county assessor shall extend the amount so certified on the tax roll as a flat special assessment against such lands.  (Added to NRS by 1963, 764)
NV Rev Stat § 541.207 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.207 - Board or subcontracting agency not required to furnish water for artificially created lake or stream if restricted or prohibited by ordinances; exceptions.

In any county whose population is 700,000 or more:  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, nothing in this chapter requires the board or a subcontracting agency to furnish water for the purpose of filling or maintaining an artificially created lake or stream where that use of water is prohibited or restricted by ordinance of:  (a) The county, if the lake or stream is located within the unincorporated areas of the county; or  (b) A city, if the lake or stream is located within the boundaries of the city.  2. The provisions of subsection 1 and of any ordinance referred to in subsection 1 do not apply to:  (a) Water stored in an artificially created reservoir for use in flood control, in meeting peak water demands or for purposes relating to the treatment of sewage;  (b) Water used in a mining reclamation project; or  (c) A body of water located in a recreational facility that is open to the public and owned or operated by the United States or the State of Nevada.  (Added to NRS by 1989, 1445; A 2011, 1295)
NV Rev Stat § 541.210 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.210 - Board may levy additional assessments to pay deficiencies.

The board, in making the annual assessments and levies as herein provided, shall take into account the maturing indebtedness for the ensuing year as provided in its contracts and deficiencies and defaults of prior years, and shall make ample provision for the payment thereof. In case the proceeds of such levies and assessments made under the provisions of this chapter, together with other revenues of the district, are not sufficient to pay punctually the annual installments on its contracts, and interest thereon, and to pay defaults and deficiencies, then the board shall make such additional levies of assessments against property to which water has been allotted as may be necessary for such purposes, and, notwithstanding any limitations by contract, order, or otherwise, such assessments shall be made and continue until the indebtedness of the district shall be fully paid.  [21:380:1955]
NV Rev Stat § 541.230 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.230 - Officials charged with duty to collect taxes; taxes levied create equal lien.

The officer or body having authority to levy taxes within each county, city and county, or town shall levy the taxes and special assessments as provided in this chapter, and all county, or city and county, officials, charged with the duty of collecting taxes, shall collect such taxes and special assessment in the time, form and manner and with like interest and penalties as county or city and county taxes are collected and when collected shall pay the same to the district ordering its levy and collection; and the payment of such collections shall be made through the secretary of the district and paid into the depository thereof to the credit of the district. All taxes and assessments made under this chapter, together with all interest thereon and penalties for default in payment thereof, and all costs in collecting the same, shall, until paid, constitute a perpetual lien on a parity with the tax lien of general, state, county, city, town or school taxes and no sale of such property to enforce any general, state, county, city, town or school tax or other liens shall extinguish the perpetual lien of such taxes and assessments.  [23:380:1955]
NV Rev Stat § 541.240 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.240 - Sale of real property for unpaid taxes and assessments.

If the taxes and assessments levied are not paid as provided in NRS 541.230, then the real property, if not redeemed within the time allowed by law, must be sold and conveyed for the payment of taxes, assessments, interest and penalties in the manner provided in NRS 361.5648 to 361.730, inclusive, for the sale of real property after default in payment of general taxes.  [24:380:1955] — (NRS A 2005, 518; 2019, 755)
NV Rev Stat § 541.250 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.250 - Property exempt from assessments.

All property of whatever kind and nature owned by the State and by towns, cities, school districts, drainage districts, irrigation districts, water districts, or any other governmental agency or agencies within the district, shall be exempt from assessment and levy by the board as provided by this chapter for the purposes herein contained.  [25:380:1955]
NV Rev Stat § 541.260 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.260 - Board may dispose of water under contracts.

The board may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the use of water to persons, public or private corporations, mutual ditch companies and water users’ associations as shall be provided by term contracts, or by contracts for the perpetual use of such water, authorized and entered into by the board of directors; and the board may require that security be given to secure the payments to be made under such contract or contracts. In contracts with public corporations, the security required may be supplied by including appropriate provisions for the levying by such corporations of special assessments to meet annual payments to the district.  [26:380:1955]
NV Rev Stat § 541.270 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.270 - Liens to secure payment of annual installments.

To meet the annual installments as provided in contracts for the use of water:  1. A water users’ association may bind itself to levy an annual assessment on the use of water and to secure the same by liens on land and water rights or in such manner as may be provided by law.  2. A mutual ditch or irrigation company may bind itself by mortgage upon its irrigation works and system and levy annual assessments upon its stockholders.  3. Any person or corporation landowner may create a mortgage lien upon lands or give other security satisfactory to the board; and all such contracts shall provide for forfeiture of the use of water for nonpayment of assessments or installments.  [27:380:1955]
NV Rev Stat § 541.280 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.280 - Board may create sinking fund.

Whenever a contract of indebtedness has been created by the district, it shall be lawful for the board to make the annual levy of taxes and special assessments in such amount as will create a surplus of funds to meet the annual installments of indebtedness and interest and the necessary maintenance and operating charges, and the board shall cause such surplus funds to be placed in a sinking fund which may be used for the payments of contingencies, defaults and delinquencies, and to pay the future annual installments of indebtedness on contracts and interest.  [28:380:1955]
NV Rev Stat § 541.290 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.290 - Powers of board in distribution of water.

The board shall have the following powers concerning the management, control, delivery, use and distribution of water by the district:  1. To make and enforce all reasonable regulations for the management, control and delivery of water, subject to the provisions of NRS 416.060.  2. To withhold the delivery of water upon which there are any defaults or delinquencies of payment.  3. Subject to such limitations as may be prescribed by the board of directors, to provide for and declare forfeitures of rights to the use of water upon default or failure to comply with any order, contract or agreement for the purchase, lease or use of water and to resell, lease or otherwise dispose of water upon which forfeiture has been declared.  4. To allocate and reallocate the use of water to lands within the district.  5. To provide for and grant the right, upon terms, to transfer water from lands to which water has been allocated to other lands within the district and to discharge liens from lands to which same was theretofore attached and to create liens, as provided in this chapter, upon lands to which the use of such water is transferred.  [29:380:1955] — (NRS A 1977, 552)
NV Rev Stat § 541.300 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.300 - Contracts relating to electrical energy.

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.  [30:380:1955] — (NRS A 2001, 2091)
NV Rev Stat § 541.310 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.310 - Change of boundaries: Petition for inclusion of other lands; procedure.

  1. The boundaries of any district organized under the provisions of this chapter may be changed in the manner herein prescribed, but the change of boundaries of the district shall not:  (a) Impair or affect its organization or its rights in or to property, or any of its rights or privileges whatsoever.  (b) Affect or impair or discharge any contract, obligation, lien or charge for or upon which it might be liable or chargeable had such change of boundaries not been made.  2. The owners of lands may file with the board a petition, in writing, praying that such lands be included in the district. The petition shall describe the tracts or body of land owned by the petitioners, and such petition shall be deemed to give assent of the petitioners to the inclusion in the district of the lands described in the petition. The petition must be acknowledged in the same manner that conveyances of land are required to be acknowledged.  3. The secretary of the board shall cause notice of filing of such petition to be given and published in the county in which the lands are situated, which notice shall state the filing of such petition, names of petitioners, description of lands mentioned and the prayer of the petitioners; and it shall give notice to all persons interested to appear at the office of the board at the time named in the notice and show cause in writing, if any they have, why the petition should not be granted.  4. The board shall at the time and place mentioned, or at such time or times at which the hearing may be adjourned, proceed to hear the petition and all objections thereto presented, in writing, by any person showing cause why the petition should not be granted. The failure of any person interested to show cause, in writing, shall be deemed and held and taken as an assent on his or her part to the inclusion of such lands in the district as prayed for in the petition.  5. If the petition is granted, the board shall make an order to that effect and file same with the clerk of the court, and upon order of the court the lands shall be included in the district.  [31:380:1955]
NV Rev Stat § 541.320 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.320 - Petition for exclusion of lands in district; procedure; court order.

  1. The owner or owners in fee of any lands constituting a portion of the district may file with the board a petition praying that such lands be excluded and taken from the district.  2. Petitions shall describe the lands which the petitioners desire to have excluded. The petition must be acknowledged in the same manner and form as required in case of a conveyance of land and be accompanied by a deposit of money sufficient to pay all costs of the exclusion proceedings.  3. The secretary of the board shall cause a notice of filing of such petition to be published in the county in which the lands, or the major portion thereof, are located. The notice shall state the filing of such petition, the names of petitioners, descriptions of lands mentioned in the petition, and the prayer of the petitioners; and it shall notify all persons interested to appear at the office of the board at the time named in the notice, showing cause in writing, if any they have, why the petition should not be granted.  4. The board at the time and place mentioned in the notice, or at the time or times at which the hearing of the petition may be adjourned, shall proceed to hear the petition and all objections thereto presented, in writing, by any person showing cause why the prayer of the petition should not be granted. The filing of such petition shall be deemed and taken as an assent by each and all such petitioners to the exclusion from the district of the lands mentioned in the petition, or any part thereof. The board, if they deem it not for the best interests of the district that the lands mentioned in the petition, or portion thereof, shall be excluded from the district, shall order that the petition be denied; but if the board deems it for the best interest of the district that the lands mentioned in the petition, or some portion thereof, be excluded from the district, and if there are not outstanding bonds of the district, then the board may order the lands mentioned in the petition, or some portion thereof, to be excluded from the district. In case a contract has been made between the district and the United States or any agency thereof, no change shall be made in the boundaries of the district unless the Secretary of the Interior shall assent thereto in writing and such assent be filed with the board. Upon such assent, any lands excluded from the district shall upon order of the court be discharged from all liens in favor of the United States under the contract with the United States or under bonds deposited with its agents.  5. Upon allowance of such petition, the board shall file a certified copy of the order of the board making such change with the clerk of the court, and upon order of the court the lands shall be excluded from the district.  [32:380:1955]
NV Rev Stat § 541.330 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.330 - Board may enter into contracts relative to payments to be made to United States.

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.  [33:380:1955]
NV Rev Stat § 541.350 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.350 - Publication of resolution for creation of indebtedness.

The resolution provided for in NRS 541.340 must be published once a week for 2 consecutive weeks, the last publication of which must be at least 10 days before the election, in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published within the district.  [35:380:1955] — (NRS A 1993, 1091)