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NV Rev Stat § 244A.453 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements|NRS 244A.453 - Bonding limit.

No county shall ever become indebted for such county recreational purposes under the provisions of NRS 244A.441 to 244A.453, inclusive, by the issuance of such general obligation bonds and other general obligation securities (other than any notes or warrants maturing within 1 year from the respective dates of their issuance), but excluding any outstanding revenue bonds, special assessment bonds, or other special obligation securities, and excluding any such outstanding general obligation notes and warrants, exceeding 3 percent of the total last assessed valuation of the taxable property in the county; and no county shall ever become indebted in an amount exceeding 10 percent of such valuation by the issuance of any such general obligation securities (other than any such notes or warrants), but excluding any such outstanding special obligation securities and excluding any such outstanding general obligation notes and warrants.  [14:342:1955] — (NRS A 1969, 1575)
NV Rev Stat § 244A.455 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements|NRS 244A.455 - Short title.

NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573, inclusive, may be cited as the County Sewage and Wastewater Law.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1726; A 1975, 1336)
NV Rev Stat § 244A.457 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements|NRS 244A.457 - Applicability to county whose population is 700,000 or more.

NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573, inclusive, applies to any county whose population is 700,000 or more.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1726; A 1975, 1336; 1979, 520; 1989, 1902; 2011, 1117)
NV Rev Stat § 244A.461 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements|NRS 244A.461 - Definitions.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573, inclusive, the definitions provided in the Local Government Securities Law apply to county securities issued hereunder and the definitions provided in the State Securities Law apply to state securities issued hereunder.  2. The definitions provided in NRS 244A.463 to 244A.493, inclusive, apply specifically to NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573, inclusive.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1727; A 1975, 1337; 1977, 20)
NV Rev Stat § 244A.463 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements|NRS 244A.463 - "Advisory committee" defined.

Advisory committee means the county sewage and wastewater advisory committee.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1727)
NV Rev Stat § 244A.465 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements|NRS 244A.465 - "Board" defined.

Board, when not otherwise qualified, means the board of county commissioners of the county.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1727)
NV Rev Stat § 244A.467 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements|NRS 244A.467 - "Bond requirements" defined.

Bond requirements means the principal of, any prior redemption premiums due in connection with, and the interest on designated bonds or other securities.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1727)
NV Rev Stat § 244A.469 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements|NRS 244A.469 - "County" defined.

County means any county as described in NRS 244A.457.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1727)
NV Rev Stat § 244A.471 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements|NRS 244A.471 - "County securities" defined.

County securities means the securities authorized to be issued by the county pursuant to NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573, inclusive.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1728; A 1975, 1338; 1977, 21)
NV Rev Stat § 244A.473 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements|NRS 244A.473 - "Discharge" defined.

Discharge means any addition of a pollutant or pollutants to water.  (Added to NRS by 1975, 1334)
NV Rev Stat § 244A.475 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements|NRS 244A.475 - "Facilities" defined.

Facilities means the facilities of the State, county or other designated public body used or suitable for use for the control, collection, disposal and treatment of all sources of pollution, whether or not they are point sources, including, but not limited to, sewage, wastewater and in place or accumulated pollution sources and consisting of all properties, real, personal, mixed or otherwise, acquired by the State, the county or the public body, as the case may be, by one or more projects through purchase, condemnation, subject to the provisions of NRS 244A.521, construction or otherwise, and used in connection with such purposes and related services or in any way pertaining thereto and situated within the county, whether within or without or both within and without the territorial limits of the public body.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1728; A 1975, 1338; 1977, 21)
NV Rev Stat § 244A.477 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements|NRS 244A.477 - "Hereby," "herein," "hereinabove," "hereinafter," "hereof," "hereunder," "herewith," "heretofore" and "hereafter" defined.

  1. "Hereby," "herein," "hereinabove," "hereinafter," "hereof," "hereunder," "herewith," or any term of similar import, refers to NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573, inclusive, and not solely to the particular portion thereof in which such word is used.  2. "Heretofore" means before February 24, 1977.  3. "Hereafter" means after February 24, 1977.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1728; A 1975, 1338; 1977, 21)
NV Rev Stat § 244A.479 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements|NRS 244A.479 - "Newspaper" defined.

Newspaper means a newspaper printed at least once each calendar week.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1728)
NV Rev Stat § 244A.481 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements|NRS 244A.481 - "Point source" defined.

Point source means any discernible, confined and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation, or vessel or other floating craft, from which pollutants are or may be discharged.  (Added to NRS by 1975, 1334)
NV Rev Stat § 244A.483 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements|NRS 244A.483 - "Pollutant" defined.

Pollutant:  1. Means dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal and agricultural waste discharged into water;  2. Does not mean water, gas or other material which is injected into a well to facilitate production of oil or gas, or water derived in association with oil or gas production and disposed of in a well, if the well is used either for facilitating production or for disposal purposes and if the Department of Health and Human Services determines that such injection or disposal will not result in the degradation of ground or surface water resources.  (Added to NRS by 1975, 1334)
NV Rev Stat § 244A.485 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements|NRS 244A.485 - "Pollution" defined.

Pollution means the artificially made or artificially induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological and radiological integrity of water.  (Added to NRS by 1975, 1334)
NV Rev Stat § 244A.487 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements|NRS 244A.487 - "Project" defined.

  1. "Project" means an undertaking pertaining to such part of the facilities of the county or designated public body as the board or governing body determines to acquire, improve or equip, or any combination thereof, and authorized at one time.  2. "Project" also includes the construction, installation and acquisition of the facilities by the State, acting through the board.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1728; A 1977, 21)
NV Rev Stat § 244A.489 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements|NRS 244A.489 - "Publication" and "publish" defined.

  1. "Publication" or "publish" means three consecutive weekly publications in at least one newspaper having general circulation in the county, the first publication being at least 15 days prior to the designated time or event.  2. Any notice or other instrument published shall not necessarily be made on the same day of the week in each of the 3 weeks; but not less than 14 days, excluding the day of the first publication but including the day of the last publication, shall intervene between the first publication and the last publication.  3. Publication shall be complete on the day of the last publication.  4. Any publication herein required shall be verified by the affidavit of the publisher and filed with the county clerk.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1728)
NV Rev Stat § 244A.491 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements|NRS 244A.491 - "Service charges" defined.

Service charges means the fees, rates and other charges for the use of the facilities of the State, county or designated public body, as the case may be, or for any service rendered by the State, county or public body in the operation thereof, or otherwise.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1729; A 1977, 21)
NV Rev Stat § 244A.493 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements|NRS 244A.493 - "State securities" defined.

State securities means the securities authorized to be issued by the State pursuant to NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573, inclusive.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1729; A 1977, 22)
NV Rev Stat § 244A.495 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements|NRS 244A.495 - Remedial action required when standards of water quality or conditions of permit to discharge pollutants violated.

If any officer of this state or of the Federal Government who is empowered by law to determine the existence of violations of water quality standards which have the force of state or federal law or violations of conditions of a pollution discharge permit required by state or federal law notifies the county or any public body within the county that such a standard or condition is being violated, or has so notified the county or public body prior to February 24, 1977, and the violation continues after February 24, 1977, the county shall eliminate such violation by the construction, other acquisition, improvement, equipment, operation, maintenance or repair of such facilities therefor as the board deems necessary or advisable, unless such public body, subject to the approval of the board, eliminates such violation. If the violation occurs in facilities owned by another public body, the county is entitled to recover from that public body the costs of eliminating the violation plus interest from the date on which each element of those costs was respectively paid.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1729; A 1977, 22)
NV Rev Stat § 244A.499 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements|NRS 244A.499 - Procedure for acquisition of facilities.

  1. The county, the State, or both, acting through the board, may construct, otherwise acquire, improve, equip, relocate, repair, maintain and operate the facilities or any part thereof for the benefit of the State, the county and their inhabitants, after the board has made such preliminary studies and otherwise taken such action as it determines to be necessary or desirable as preliminaries thereto.  2. When a comprehensive program satisfactory to the board for the acquisition of facilities for the county, the State, or both, is available, such program shall be tentatively adopted. The program need only describe the proposed facilities in general terms and not in detail.  3. A public hearing on the proposed program shall be scheduled, and notice of the hearing shall be given by publication. After the hearing and any adjournments thereof which may be ordered, the board may require changes to be made in the program as the board considers desirable, or the board may approve the program as prepared.  4. If any substantial changes to the comprehensive program are ordered at any time, in the original acquisition of the facilities or in any improvement thereto, or otherwise, a further hearing shall be held pursuant to notice which shall be given by publication.  5. Such a comprehensive program may consist of one project or of more than one project. A public hearing need not be held on each such project if it implements such a comprehensive program on which a public hearing has been held.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1730; A 1977, 23)
NV Rev Stat § 244A.501 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements|NRS 244A.501 - Acquisition of competing facilities prohibited; acquisition of properties of other public bodies.

  1. The county, the State, or both, shall not acquire as a part of the facilities any properties which at the time of their acquisition compete in any area with then existing facilities of a public body providing the same or a similar function or service therein without the consent of such public body, but the facilities of the county, the State, or both, without such consent, may complement such existing facilities of a public body by providing in such an area supplemental functions or services if such existing facilities provide inadequate functions or services.  2. The State or the county may acquire properties of any public body situate in the county as a project of the State or the county or an interest therein.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1730; A 1977, 24)
NV Rev Stat § 244A.503 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements|NRS 244A.503 - Approval of preliminary plans for facilities.

  1. Before the State acting through the board, or the county, prepares or causes to be prepared plans, specifications or other documents for the construction, other acquisition, improvement or equipment of any work or other real property for the facilities of the State or the county except repairs, major renewals and major replacements, the State or the county shall submit preliminary plans to:  (a) The Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources;  (b) The county board of health; and  (c) The county regional planning body,  for approval of the type, scope and location of the proposed work or other real property for the facilities.  2. Each such agency may require the State or the county to submit additional information to the agency pertaining to any such request for such approval and may require modifications to such plans as a condition of the agency’s approval.  3. Upon the receipt of each agency’s approval in writing of such plans, the State or the county may prepare or cause to be prepared plans, specifications or other documents for the construction, other acquisition, improvement or equipment of such works or property in conformance with such approval.  4. The county board of health shall not require any modification with which the State Environmental Commission does not concur.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1731; A 1977, 24; 2005, 559)
NV Rev Stat § 244A.505 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements|NRS 244A.505 - Approval of plans and specifications for facilities.

  1. Before the State acting through the board, or the county, constructs, otherwise acquires, improves or equips any work or other real property for the facilities of the State or the county except repairs, major renewals and major replacements, the State or the county shall submit plans, specifications or other instruments or other documents pertaining thereto for the approval of such acquisitions, improvements or equipment to the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.  2. The Division may require the State or the county to submit additional information pertaining to any such request for such approval and may require modifications to such instruments or documents as a condition of its approval.  3. Upon the receipt of the Division’s approval in writing of such works or other property, the State or the county may construct, otherwise acquire, improve or equip such works or property in conformance with such approval.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 18)
NV Rev Stat § 244A.507 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements|NRS 244A.507 - Methods of funding county’s acquisition of facilities.

The county may also for the purpose of acquiring facilities:  1. Borrow money and issue county securities evidencing any loan to or amount due by the county, provide for and secure the payment of any county securities and the rights of the holders thereof, and purchase, hold and dispose of county securities.  2. Fund or refund any loan or obligation of the county and issue funding or refunding securities to evidence such loan or obligation, as hereinafter provided, without an election.  3. Levy and cause to be collected taxes on and against all taxable property within the county as hereinafter provided, subject to the limitations provided in the Constitution and statutes of this State.  4. Fix, from time to time, increase or decrease, collect and cause to be collected rates, fees and other service charges pertaining to the facilities of the county, including, without limitation, minimum charges and charges for availability of the facilities or services relating thereto, pledge such revenues for the payment of county securities, and enforce the collection of such revenues by civil action or by any other means provided by law.  5. Purchase, acquire by gift or otherwise acquire properties, including, without limitation, existing sewage or wastewater systems or parts thereof or interests therein, of the Federal Government, the State, any public body or any person as a project of the county or so acquire an interest therein. The county may acquire such properties subject to any mortgage, deed of trust or other lien on the acquired properties to secure the payment of any obligations pertaining thereto.  6. Accept contributions or loans from the Federal Government for the purpose of financing the planning, acquisition, improvement, equipment, maintenance and operation of any enterprise in which the county is authorized to engage, and enter into contracts, cooperate with and accept cooperation from, the Federal Government in the planning, acquisition, improvement, equipment, maintenance and operation, and in financing the planning, acquisition, improvement, equipment, maintenance and operation of any such enterprise, including, without limitation, costs of engineering, architectural, and economic investigations and studies, surveys, designs, plans, working drawings, specifications, procedures and other action preliminary to the acquisition, improvement or equipment of any project, and do any and all things necessary in order to avail itself of such aid, assistance and cooperation.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1731; A 1977, 25; 1981, 950)
NV Rev Stat § 244A.513 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements|NRS 244A.513 - Methods of funding State’s acquisition of facilities.

The State, acting through the board, may also for the purpose of acquiring facilities:  1. Borrow money and issue state securities evidencing any loan to or amount due by the State, provide for and secure the payment of any state securities and the rights of the holders thereof, and purchase, hold and dispose of state securities.  2. Fund or refund any loan or obligation of the State and issue funding or refunding securities to evidence such loan or obligation, as hereinafter provided.  3. Levy and cause to be collected taxes on and against all taxable property within the State as hereinafter provided, subject to the limitations provided in the Nevada Constitution.  4. Fix, from time to time, increase or decrease, collect and cause to be collected rates, fees and other service charges pertaining to the facilities of the State, pledge such revenues for the payment of state securities, and enforce the collection of such revenues by civil action or by any other means provided by law.  5. Purchase, acquire by gift or otherwise acquire properties, including, without limitation, existing sewage or wastewater systems or parts thereof or interests therein, of the Federal Government, the county, any public body in the county or any person as a project of the State or so acquire an interest therein. The State may acquire such properties subject to any mortgage, deed of trust or other lien on the acquired properties to secure the payment of any obligations pertaining thereto.  6. Accept contributions or loans from the Federal Government for the purpose of financing the planning, acquisition, improvement, equipment, maintenance and operation of any enterprise in which the State is authorized to engage, and enter into contracts, cooperate with and accept cooperation from, the Federal Government in the planning, acquisition, improvement, equipment, maintenance and operation, and in financing the planning, acquisition, improvement, equipment, maintenance and operation of any such enterprise, including, without limitation, costs of engineering, architectural, and economic investigations and studies, surveys, designs, plans, working drawings, specifications, procedures and other action preliminary to the acquisition, improvement or equipment of any project, and do any and all things necessary in order to avail itself of such aid, assistance and cooperation.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 13)