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NV Rev Stat § 539.220 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.220 - Construction of works across watercourse, road, railway, conduit or other property; restoration of crossed property.

  1. The board of directors shall have the power to construct the works of the district across any stream of water, watercourse, street, avenue, highway, railway, canal, ditch or flume, in such manner as to afford security for life and property; but the board shall restore the same when so crossed or intersected to its former state as near as may be or in a manner not unnecessarily impairing its usefulness.  2. If a railroad company or those in control of the property, thing or franchise to be crossed cannot agree with the board upon the amount to be paid, or upon the point or points or the manner of crossing or intersecting, the same shall be ascertained and determined as provided in this chapter in respect to the taking of land.  [33:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3282; NCL § 8046]
NV Rev Stat § 539.223 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.223 - Rights-of-way over state lands granted; duties of State Engineer and Director of State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

  1. The right-of-way is hereby given, dedicated and set apart for the purpose of locating, constructing, operating and maintaining irrigation or other works of a district, including reservoirs, over, upon and through any of the lands which are now or which may hereafter be the property of the State.  2. When such rights-of-way or reservoirs are or will be occupied by a district for any of the purposes specified in this chapter, the Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall, upon receipt of a certificate to that effect from the State Engineer, forthwith withdraw such lands from sale and issue his or her certificate and notice to the district affected, stating in substance that such lands have been and shall continue to be withdrawn from sale during the period such rights-of-way or reservoirs shall remain in use and operation.  [34:64:1919; A 1935, 135; 1931 NCL § 8047] — (NRS A 1957, 656)
NV Rev Stat § 539.225 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.225 - Eminent domain; rules of practice.

  1. All irrigation districts organized under the laws of the State of Nevada shall have the right of eminent domain with the power by and through their boards of directors to cause to be condemned and appropriated in the name of and for the use of such districts all reservoirs, canals and works, with their appurtenances, constructed for the irrigation or drainage of any lands within the district or for uses incidental thereto, and all lands required therefor, and all lands and rights-of-way required for the works constructed, or to be constructed, or which may be acquired by the district, and all necessary appurtenances and other property and rights necessary for the construction, operation, maintenance, repair and improvement of the works.  2. Such districts shall have the right by and through their boards of directors to acquire by purchase or other legal means any or all of the property mentioned and referred to in this section.  3. In any action or proceedings for the condemnation of any such property wherein an irrigation district is plaintiff, such district, within 6 months after final judgment, shall pay the amount awarded in the judgment, or the judgment will be annulled.  4. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter the provisions of NRS, Nevada Rules of Appellate Procedure and Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure relative to the right of eminent domain, civil actions and new trials and appeals shall be applicable to and constitute the rules of practice in condemnation proceedings by irrigation districts.  [35:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3283; NCL § 8048]
NV Rev Stat § 539.227 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.227 - Vested rights used in connection with mining or generation of power not to be affected or taken.

Vested interests in or to structures, works and property or water rights owned or used in connection with mining or power development shall never be affected by or taken under the provisions of this chapter, except that rights-of-way may be acquired by the district over or across such works and property.  [46:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3285; NCL § 8062]
NV Rev Stat § 539.230 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.230 - Appropriation and distribution; use by irrigation district declared public use; place of use of water.

  1. The board of directors may appropriate or otherwise acquire water in accordance with the law, and also construct the necessary dams, reservoirs and works for the collection, storage, conservation and distribution of water for the district and for the drainage of the lands thereof.  2. The collection, storage, conveyance, distribution and use of water by or through the works of irrigation districts organized before, on or after July 1, 1919, together with the rights-of-way for canals and ditches, sites for reservoirs, electric power and transmission lines, and all other works and property required to carry out fully the provisions of this chapter, is hereby declared to be a public use.  3. The place of use of water appropriated or otherwise acquired by an irrigation district may be within or outside the boundaries of the district, may include all or any part of the lands within the boundaries of the district and must be described in any application filed by the district to appropriate or otherwise acquire the water. Water appropriated or acquired by the district is appurtenant to and may be beneficially used and applied to lands anywhere within the described place of use.  [Part 10:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1925, 203; 1927, 309; 1951, 55] — (NRS A 1991, 1085)
NV Rev Stat § 539.233 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.233 - Regulations for distribution and use of water; regulating and measuring devices; distribution of regulations.

  1. The board of directors shall have power to establish bylaws, rules and regulations for the distribution and use of water in the district, and to compel water users, at their expense, to install measuring and regulating devices to effect and make a proper distribution of water. If the user fails to install any such device when ordered, the district may install the same and charge the actual cost thereof to the water user, and such charge will be regarded and treated as a cost of distribution and collected in the same manner from such water user.  2. The bylaws, rules and regulations shall be printed in convenient form for distribution throughout the district.  [Part 10:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1925, 203; 1927, 309; 1951, 55]
NV Rev Stat § 539.234 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.234 - Petition for State Engineer to prescribe or clarify rules and regulations relating to distribution and use of water within district.

  1. An owner or an association of owners of water rights located in an irrigation district may petition the State Engineer to prescribe or clarify rules and regulations relating to the distribution and use of water within the irrigation district. The State Engineer may prescribe or clarify the rules and regulations addressed in the petition.  2. A person may seek judicial review of any action taken by the State Engineer pursuant to subsection 1.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 795)
NV Rev Stat § 539.235 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.235 - Distribution of water by division or district for appropriate charge.

Water may be supplied by contract, agreement or other legal matter by the district or by a division thereof, when such division is created and authorized, to the United States of America, or any department thereof, the State of Nevada, counties, cities, towns, corporations, irrigation districts, individuals, associations or partnerships, situated within or in the vicinity of the district, and an appropriate charge, consideration or exchange made therefor, when such supply is available or can be developed as an incident of or in connection with the works of the district or the local undertakings of a division.  [53:64:1919; A 1925, 137; NCL § 8071]
NV Rev Stat § 539.237 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.237 - Authority to generate, transmit, sell and acquire electric power.

  1. The board of directors may:  (a) Generate, produce, transmit and sell electric power or electrical energy in any form in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter.  (b) Acquire or contract for the delivery of electric power and electric power or transmission lines.  2. In any irrigation district having a reservoir or reservoirs for the storage of water with a capacity of less than 250,000 acre-feet, the board may not acquire or contract for the construction or acquisition of electric power or transmission lines at a cost exceeding the sum of $50,000 without first obtaining the approval of the electors of the district at a special election, district election or primary or general state election.  3. In any irrigation district having a reservoir or reservoirs for the storage of water with a capacity of 250,000 acre-feet or more, the board may not acquire or contract for the construction or acquisition of electric power or transmission lines at a cost exceeding the sum of $100,000 without first obtaining the approval of the electors of the district at a special election, district election or primary or general state election.  [Part 10:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1925, 203; 1927, 309; 1951, 55] — (NRS A 1960, 49; 1983, 352; 1993, 1083)
NV Rev Stat § 539.243 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.243 - Election required for approval of lease of power plant or transmission system owned or controlled by district.

No contract for the leasing of any electric power plant or transmission system owned or controlled by the district may be made or entered into by the board of directors unless the contract is submitted to the qualified electors of the district at a special election, district election or primary or general state election and approved by a majority vote.  [80:64:1919; added 1931, 170; 1931 NCL § 8097.01] — (NRS A 1993, 1085)
NV Rev Stat § 539.245 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.245 - Authority of board of directors to provide for drainage.

  1. To secure complete drainage of the lands within any irrigation district, including field drainage and storm drainage, the board of directors is vested with full power to widen, straighten or deepen any watercourse or remove any obstruction or rubbish therefrom, whether the watercourse is situated in, outside of or below the district, and, when it is necessary, straighten or alter the natural watercourse by cutting a new channel upon other lands.  2. The value of the lands to be occupied by the new channel, and damages, if any, made by the work may be ascertained or paid in the manner provided for the exercise of the right of eminent domain in this state.  3. The expenses of the work provided for in this section must be paid from money arising from assessments upon lands within the district or in any lawful manner acquired.  [Part 10a:64:1919; added 1923, 289; NCL § 8018] — (NRS A 1991, 1085)
NV Rev Stat § 539.255 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.255 - Award of contract in case of emergency or necessity without advertising for bids.

In case of necessity, the board of directors, by unanimous vote of those present at any regular or special meeting, may contract for the construction or repair of any part of the system of works, and may, in the ordinary course of business, purchase any necessary machinery or materials.  [Part 30:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1925, 203; 1927, 309; NCL § 8043] — (NRS A 2009, 59)
NV Rev Stat § 539.260 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.260 - Direction and satisfaction of district engineer; approval by board.

The work shall be done under the direction and to the satisfaction of the engineer employed by the district and approved by the board.  [Part 30:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1925, 203; 1927, 309; NCL § 8043]
NV Rev Stat § 539.263 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.263 - Contract not to be let unless sufficient money in treasury or payable in district’s bonds.

No contract of any kind shall be let by the board of directors unless there is sufficient money in the district treasury at the time such contract is let to pay fully for the work or material so contracted for, or unless such contract is made payable in bonds of the district as provided for in NRS 539.570 to 539.577, inclusive.  [Part 30:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1925, 203; 1927, 309; NCL § 8043]
NV Rev Stat § 539.265 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.265 - When bids may be dispensed with; use of construction fund.

On the petition of a majority of the electors of the district, the board of directors may do any construction or repair of any part of the work on behalf of the district without calling for bids, and the board may use the construction fund therefor.  [31:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3282; NCL § 8044] — (NRS A 1967, 1241)
NV Rev Stat § 539.267 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.267 - Performance of acts necessary to carry out enlarged powers.

The board of directors shall generally perform all such acts as shall be necessary to carry out the enlarged powers enumerated in NRS 539.270, 539.273 and 539.333.  [Part 55:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3288; NCL § 8073]
NV Rev Stat § 539.270 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.270 - General powers.

In addition to the powers with which irrigation districts are or may be vested under the laws of the State, irrigation districts shall have the following powers:  1. To cooperate and contract with the United States under the Federal Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and all acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, or any other Act of Congress heretofore or hereafter enacted authorizing or permitting such cooperation.  2. To cooperate and contract with the State of Nevada under any laws heretofore or hereafter enacted authorizing or permitting such cooperation.  [Part 54:64:1919; A 1923, 289; 1933, 271; 1931 NCL § 8072]
NV Rev Stat § 539.273 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.273 - Purposes of cooperation and contract.

The cooperation and contract authorized by NRS 539.270 may be for any or all of the following purposes:  1. Construction of works, whether for irrigation or drainage, or both.  2. Acquisition, purchase, extension, operation or maintenance of constructed works.  3. Water supply.  4. Electric power and transmission lines.  5. Assumption as principal or guarantor of indebtedness to the United States on account of district lands or for the collection of moneys due the United States as fiscal agents or otherwise.  [Part 54:64:1919; A 1923, 289; 1933, 271; 1931 NCL § 8072]
NV Rev Stat § 539.275 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.275 - Provisions includable in contract.

The board of directors may enter into obligations or contracts with the United States for the purposes designated in NRS 539.273, and may provide therein:  1. For the delivery and distribution of water to the lands of such district under the Acts of Congress specified in NRS 539.270 and the rules and regulations established thereunder.  2. For the conveyance to the United States, as partial consideration for the privileges obtained by the district under the contract, of water rights or other property of the district.  [Part 55:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3288; NCL § 8073]
NV Rev Stat § 539.277 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.277 - Bonds: Transfer to or deposit with United States; payment of interest and principal; rate of interest; call for repayment.

  1. When a contract has been or may hereafter be made with the United States, bonds of the district may be transferred to or deposited with the United States, if so provided by the contract and authorized as set forth in this chapter, at not less than 95 percent of their par value at the amount or any part thereof to be paid by the district to the United States.  2. The interest on or principal of the bonds, or both, must be raised by assessment and levy as prescribed in this chapter and be regularly paid to the United States and applied as provided in the contract.  3. Bonds transferred to or deposited with the United States may call for the payment of that interest, which must not exceed by more than 5 percent the Index of Revenue Bonds which was most recently published before the bids are received or a negotiated offer is accepted, may be of such denomination, and may call for the repayment of the principal at such times as may be agreed upon between the board and the Secretary of the Interior.  [Part 55:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3288; NCL § 8073] — (NRS A 1971, 2126; 1975, 875; 1981, 1418; 1983, 586; 1985, 2061)
NV Rev Stat § 539.280 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.280 - Payment in installments; rate of interest; assessment and levy; lien.

  1. The contract with the United States may also call for the payment of the amount or any part thereof to be paid by the district to the United States at such times and in such installments and with such interest charges, which must not exceed by more than 5 percent the Index of Revenue Bonds which is in effect at the time the agreement is made, as may be agreed upon, and for assessment and levy therefor as provided in this chapter.  2. The obligations of those contracts are a prior lien to any subsequent bond issue.  [Part 55:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3288; NCL § 8073] — (NRS A 1971, 2127; 1975, 875; 1981, 1418; 1983, 586; 1985, 2062)
NV Rev Stat § 539.283 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.283 - Distribution and apportionment of water; refusal of service to delinquent land; assessment to maintain existing works.

  1. All water delivered to the district or the right to the use of which is acquired by the district, under any contract with the United States, shall be distributed and apportioned by the district in accordance with the Acts of Congress applicable thereto, the rules and regulations of the Secretary of the Interior thereunder, and the provisions of the contract. Provision may be made in the contract between the district and the United States for the refusal of water service to any or all lands which may become delinquent in the payment of any assessment, toll or charge levied or imposed for the purpose of carrying out any contract between the district and the United States.  2. In case of a contract with the United States under which the district assumes the operation and maintenance of the existing works, assessments, tolls and charges may be levied or imposed by the board of directors, as provided in this chapter, to raise the sums required annually therefor, including amounts due the United States under the contract.  [57:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3289; NCL § 8075]
NV Rev Stat § 539.285 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.285 - Rent or lease of water.

Districts cooperating with the United States may rent or lease water to private lands, entrymen or municipalities in the neighborhood of the district in pursuance of the contract with the United States.  [Part 55:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3288; NCL § 8073]
NV Rev Stat § 539.287 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.287 - Dissolution of district or change of boundaries: Consent of Secretary of Interior; excluded areas free from liens and charges.

  1. When a contract shall have been entered into and is in force and effect between the United States and any irrigation district, the district shall not be dissolved, nor shall the boundaries be changed, except upon written consent of the Secretary of the Interior, filed with the official records of the district.  2. If such consent is given and lands are excluded, the areas excluded shall be free from all liens and charges for payments to become due to the United States.  [Part 62:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3291; NCL § 8080]
NV Rev Stat § 539.290 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.290 - Collection of money or action as fiscal agent of United States: Acceptance of appointment; duties, liabilities and powers of district.

The board of directors may accept on behalf of the district an appointment of the district as fiscal agent of the United States, or authorization of the district by the United States to make collection of moneys for or on behalf of the United States in connection with any federal reclamation project, whereupon the district shall be authorized so to act and to assume the duties and liabilities incident to such action. The board shall have full power to do any and all things required by the federal statutes now or hereafter enacted in connection therewith, and all things required by the rules and regulations now or that may hereafter be established by any department of the Federal Government in regard thereto.  [Part 55:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3288; NCL § 8073]
NV Rev Stat § 539.293 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.293 - Additional bonds of district officers: When required; inspection of district books by federal agents.

  1. In any case where an irrigation district is appointed fiscal agent of the United States in connection with any federal reclamation project, or by the United States, or under a contract therewith is authorized or required to make collection of moneys on behalf of the United States, or for payments due the United States under any such contract, each director of the district, and the secretary and the treasurer thereof, shall execute a further and additional bond in such sum as the Secretary of the Interior may require, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his or her office, or as fiscal or other agent of the United States, or both.  2. Any such bonds may be sued upon by the United States or any person injured by the failure of such officer or officers of the district to perform fully, promptly or completely their respective duties.  3. This requirement shall apply to the directors of a division and, insofar as applicable, to the officers of a district acting in that relation, in case of a contract between the United States and such division.  4. In all cases of contracts with the United States as described above, the board of directors of the district, or of a division thereof, and the secretary and treasurer of a district, shall at any time allow any officer or employee of the United States, when acting under the order of the Secretary of the Interior, to have access to all books, records and documents which are in the possession or control of such officers.  [65:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3293; NCL § 8083]
NV Rev Stat § 539.295 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.295 - Conveyance of property to United States.

Any rights-of-way or other property owned or acquired by the district may be conveyed by the board to the United States insofar as the same may be needed for the construction, operation and maintenance of works by the United States pursuant to this chapter.  [58:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3290; NCL § 8076]