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NV Rev Stat § 318.035 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts|NRS 318.035 - Sufficiency of chapter.

This chapter, without reference to other statutes of the State, except as specifically provided in this chapter, shall constitute full authority for the authorization and issuance of bonds hereunder. No other law with regard to the authorization or issuance of bonds that provides for an election, requires an approval, or in any way impedes or restricts the carrying out of the acts authorized by this chapter to be done shall be construed as applying to any proceedings taken under this chapter or acts done pursuant thereto, it being intended that this chapter shall provide a separate method of accomplishing its objectives, and not an exclusive one; and this chapter shall not be construed as repealing, amending or changing any such other law.  (Added to NRS by 1959, 459)
NV Rev Stat § 318.040 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts|NRS 318.040 - Liberal construction.

This chapter being necessary to secure the public health, safety, convenience and welfare, it shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.  (Added to NRS by 1959, 459)
NV Rev Stat § 318.050 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts|NRS 318.050 - Jurisdiction in board of county commissioners; interest of county commissioners or trustees.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the board of county commissioners of any county within this State is hereby vested with jurisdiction, power and authority to create districts within the county which it serves.  2. No member of a board of county commissioners or board of trustees shall be disqualified to perform any duty imposed by this chapter by reason of ownership of property within any proposed district.  3. If the boundaries of a proposed district include territory within two or more counties, the board of county commissioners of the county in which is located the larger or largest proportion of the area of the proposed district has the jurisdiction, power and authority to create the district, to broaden its basic powers and otherwise to supervise the district as provided in this chapter.  (Added to NRS by 1959, 459; A 1963, 570; 1967, 1685)
NV Rev Stat § 318.060 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts|NRS 318.060 - Notice of organizational hearing.

After such initiating ordinance has been adopted by the board of county commissioners, the county clerk shall mail written notice to all property owners within the proposed district of the intention of the board of county commissioners to establish such district, which notice shall set forth the name, statement of purposes, general description and time and place of hearing.  (Added to NRS by 1959, 460; A 1973, 562)
NV Rev Stat § 318.065 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts|NRS 318.065 - Protests against organization of district.

  1. Any person who owns property which is located within the district may, on or before the date fixed, protest against the establishment of such district, in writing, which protest shall be filed with the county clerk of such county.  2. If, at or before the time fixed in the initiating ordinance and notice, written protest is filed, signed by a majority of the owners of property within such proposed district, the district shall not be established.  3. If any written protests are filed and the board of county commissioners determines that the protests so filed represent less than a majority of the owners of property within the district, the board of county commissioners, in its discretion but subject to the limitation provided by NRS 318.070, may proceed with the creation of the district. If the board of county commissioners does so proceed, the ordinance of the board of county commissioners creating the district, for which provision is made in this chapter, shall contain a recital of the number of protests filed and such recital is binding and conclusive for all purposes.  (Added to NRS by 1959, 460; A 1965, 1079; 1977, 528)
NV Rev Stat § 318.070 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts|NRS 318.070 - Organizational hearing; ordinances creating or not creating district.

  1. At the place, date and hour specified for the hearing in the notice or at any subsequent time to which the hearing may be adjourned, the board of county commissioners shall give full consideration to all protests which may have been filed and shall hear all persons desiring to be heard and shall thereafter adopt an ordinance either creating the district or determining that it shall not be created.  2. If the board of county commissioners determines at the hearing that the proponents of such proposed district have failed to show that creation of the district is required by public convenience and necessity or have failed to show that the creation of such district is economically sound and feasible, or both, it shall adopt an ordinance determining that it shall not be created.  3. Any ordinance creating a district may contain such changes as may be considered by the board of county commissioners to be equitable and necessary.  (Added to NRS by 1959, 460; A 1965, 1079)
NV Rev Stat § 318.075 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts|NRS 318.075 - Conclusiveness of ordinance creating district; time for appeal; filing of ordinance with Secretary of State.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the adoption of the ordinance creating the district shall finally and conclusively establish the regular organization of the district against all persons, which district shall thenceforth be a governmental subdivision of the State of Nevada, a body corporate and politic and a quasi-municipal corporation.  2. Within 30 days immediately following the effective date of such ordinance any person who has filed a written protest, as provided in NRS 318.065, shall have the right to commence an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to set aside such determination. Thereafter all actions or suits attacking the regularity, validity and correctness of that ordinance and all proceedings, determinations and instruments taken, adopted or made prior to such ordinance’s final passage, shall be perpetually barred.  3. Within 30 days after the effective date of the ordinance creating the district, the county clerk shall file a copy of the ordinance in his or her office and shall cause to be filed an additional copy of the ordinance in the Office of the Secretary of State, which filings shall be without fee and be otherwise in the same manner as articles of incorporation are required to be filed under chapter 78 of NRS.  (Added to NRS by 1959, 460)
NV Rev Stat § 318.077 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts|NRS 318.077 - Addition of basic powers not provided in formation: Procedure.

The board may elect to add basic powers not provided in its formation, in which event the board shall cause proceedings to be had by the board of county commissioners similar, as nearly as may be, to those provided for the formation of the district, and with like effect. The board shall obtain in connection with each such additional basic power a modified service plan for the district in a manner like that provided for an initial service plan required for the organization of a district in the Special District Control Law.  (Added to NRS by 1963, 626; A 1967, 1687; 1971, 1047; 1977, 529)
NV Rev Stat § 318.080 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts|NRS 318.080 - Duties of board of county commissioners; appointment of initial board of trustees; bond; removal of trustee.

  1. After adopting an ordinance creating a district and before appointing the first board of trustees for the district, the board of county commissioners is, ex officio, the board of trustees for the district.  2. While acting as the board of trustees, the board of county commissioners shall establish:  (a) Accounting practices and procedures for the district;  (b) Auditing practices and procedures to be used by the district;  (c) A budget for the district; and  (d) Management standards for the district.  3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 318.0953 and 318.09533, after the board of county commissioners has performed the duties required by subsection 2, it shall appoint five persons to serve as the first board of trustees of the district and shall specify therein the terms of office to the first Monday in January next following the respective election dates provided in NRS 318.095. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, these persons must be qualified electors of the district.  4. The members of the board of trustees shall qualify by filing with the county clerk their oaths of office and corporate surety bonds, at the expense of the district, the bonds to be in an amount not more than $10,000 each, the form and exact amount thereof to be approved and determined, respectively, by the board of county commissioners, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties as trustees. The board of county commissioners may from time to time, upon good cause shown, increase or decrease the amount of the bond.  5. The board of county commissioners may appoint as one of the five initial trustees as provided by subsection 1 the district attorney for the county or a deputy district attorney on his or her staff. Such appointee need not be a qualified elector of the district, but no such attorney is qualified for appointment to fill any vacancy on the board pursuant to NRS 318.090 or qualified as a candidate for election to the board at any biennial election pursuant to NRS 318.095 unless he or she is a qualified elector of the district.  6. The board of county commissioners of the county vested with jurisdiction pursuant to NRS 318.050 may remove any trustee serving on an appointed or elected board of trustees for cause shown, on petition, hearing and notice thereof by publication and by mail addressed to the trustee.  (Added to NRS by 1959, 461; A 1965, 1079; 1967, 1687; 1971, 1047; 1977, 529; 1983, 1282; 1989, 1878; 1995, 175)
NV Rev Stat § 318.083 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts|NRS 318.083 - Membership of board of trustees of certain districts that furnish electric light and power in a county whose population is 700,000 or more.

  1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the board of trustees of a district organized or reorganized pursuant to this chapter that exists on July 1, 2009, that is authorized only to exercise the basic power of furnishing electric light and power pursuant to NRS 318.117 in a county whose population is 700,000 or more, and for which the board of county commissioners of the county is not ex officio the board of trustees, shall consist of seven trustees.  2. The members of the board of trustees described in subsection 1 must be selected as follows:  (a) One member who is elected by the qualified electors of the largest incorporated city in the district at the first biennial election following July 1, 2009. The term of office of a trustee who is elected pursuant to this paragraph is 4 years.  (b) One member who is elected by the qualified electors of the district at the first biennial election following July 1, 2009. The initial term of office of a trustee who is elected pursuant to this paragraph is 2 years. After the initial term, the term of office of a trustee who is elected pursuant to this paragraph is 4 years.  (c) Five members who are elected from the election areas in the district created pursuant to NRS 318.0952 that existed on July 1, 2009, each of whom serves for a term of 4 years.  3. Each member of the board of trustees must be a resident of the area which he or she seeks to represent.  4. A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum at any meeting.  (Added to NRS by 2009, 2245; A 2011, 1213)
NV Rev Stat § 318.090 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts|NRS 318.090 - Office or principal place of business; records; meetings; quorum; vacancies; terms.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 318.0953 and 318.09533:  1. The board shall, by resolution, designate the place where the office or principal place of the district is to be located, which must be within the corporate limits of the district and which may be changed by resolution of the board. Copies of all those resolutions must be filed with the county clerk or clerks of the county or counties wherein the district is located within 5 days after their adoption. The official records and files of the district must be kept at that office and must be open to public inspection as provided in NRS 239.010.  2. The board of trustees shall meet regularly at least once each year, and at such other times at the office or principal place of the district as provided in the bylaws.  3. Special meetings may be held on notice to each member of the board as often as, and at such places within the district as, the needs of the district require.  4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 318.083, three members of the board constitute a quorum at any meeting.  5. A vacancy on the board must be filled by a qualified elector of the district chosen by the remaining members of the board, the appointee to act until a successor in office qualifies as provided in NRS 318.080 on or after the first Monday in January next following the next biennial election, held in accordance with NRS 318.083 or 318.095, at which election the vacancy must be filled by election if the term of office extends beyond that first Monday in January. Nominations of qualified electors of the district as candidates to fill unexpired terms of 2 years may be made the same as nominations for regular terms of 4 years, as provided in NRS 318.083 and 318.095. If the board fails, neglects or refuses to fill any vacancy within 30 days after the vacancy occurs, the board of county commissioners shall fill that vacancy.  6. Each term of office of 4 years terminates on the first Monday in January next following the general election at which a successor in office is elected, as provided in NRS 318.083 or 318.095. The successor’s term of office commences then or as soon thereafter as the successor qualifies as provided in NRS 318.080, subject to the provisions in this chapter for initial appointments to a board, for appointments to fill vacancies of unexpired terms and for the reorganizations of districts under this chapter which were organized under other chapters of NRS.  (Added to NRS by 1959, 461; A 1967, 1688; 1971, 1048; 1985, 1799; 1989, 1878; 1995, 176; 2009, 2246)
NV Rev Stat § 318.095 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts|NRS 318.095 - Biennial election of trustees; reimbursement of costs of election; names of candidates may be placed on primary or general election ballot; terms of office.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 318.0953:  1. There must be held simultaneously with the first general election in the county after the creation of the district and simultaneously with every general election thereafter an election to be known as the biennial election of the district. The election must be conducted under the supervision of the county clerk or registrar of voters. A district shall reimburse the county clerk or registrar of voters for the costs he or she incurred in conducting the election for the district.  2. The office of trustee is a nonpartisan office. The general election laws of this State govern the candidacy, nominations and election of a member of the board. The names of the candidates for trustee of a district may be placed on the ballot for the primary or general election.  3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 318.083, at the first biennial election in any district organized or reorganized and operating under this chapter and each fourth year thereafter, there must be elected by the qualified electors of the district two qualified electors as members of the board to serve for terms of 4 years. At the second biennial election and each fourth year thereafter, there must be so elected three qualified electors as members of the board to serve for terms of 4 years.  4. The secretary of the district shall give notice of election by publication and shall arrange such other details in connection therewith as the county clerk or registrar of voters may direct.  5. Any new member of the board must qualify in the same manner as members of the first board qualify.  (Added to NRS by 1959, 461; A 1967, 1689; 1969, 59; 1971, 1049; 1977, 530; 1981, 193; 1985, 1800; 1987, 699; 1989, 1879; 1995, 177; 2009, 2246)
NV Rev Stat § 318.0951 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts|NRS 318.0951 - Trustees elected by plurality vote.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 318.0952 or 318.0953:  1. Each trustee elected at any biennial election must be chosen by a plurality of the qualified electors of the district voting on the candidates for the vacancies to be filled.  2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 318.083, if there are two regular terms which end on the first Monday in January next following the biennial election, the two qualified electors receiving the highest and next highest number of votes must be elected. If there are three regular terms so ending, the three qualified electors receiving the highest, next highest and third highest number of votes must be elected.  3. If there is a vacancy in an unexpired regular term to be filled at the biennial election, as provided in subsection 5 of NRS 318.090, the candidate who receives the highest number of votes, after there are chosen the successful candidates to fill the vacancies in expired regular terms as provided in subsection 2, must be elected.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1690; A 1969, 24; 1971, 1049; 1985, 1800; 1989, 1880; 1995, 177; 2009, 2247)
NV Rev Stat § 318.09523 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts|NRS 318.09523 - Single candidate declared elected.

In any election for a general improvement district, if at 5:00 p.m. on the last day for filing a declaration of candidacy, as defined in NRS 293.0455, there is only one candidate nominated for the office, that candidate must be declared elected and no election may be held for that office.  (Added to NRS by 1989, 2174; A 2019, 3420)
NV Rev Stat § 318.09525 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts|NRS 318.09525 - Registration to vote in district elections.

  1. Any person residing within a district who is otherwise qualified to vote at general elections in this State may register to vote in district elections by appearing before the county clerk or registrar of voters of the county in which the district is located and completing an application to register to vote in accordance with the general election laws of this State. Registration for a district election which is not held simultaneously with a general election must close at 5 p.m. of the fifth Friday preceding the district election and registration offices must be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., excluding Saturdays, during the last days before the close of registration. If a person residing within a district is otherwise registered to vote, new registration for district elections is not required.  2. The county clerk or registrar of voters shall, at the expense of the district, prepare and maintain a list of all registered voters residing within the district. The county clerk or registrar of voters is entitled to receive on behalf of the county the sum of 15 cents for each registration placed on the list. All money so received must be deposited to the credit of the general fund of the county.  3. Whenever a district election is required the county clerk or registrar of voters shall submit the current list, showing all persons who are registered to vote in that election, to the election officers who are charged with the duty of conducting the required election.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 524; A 1979, 569, 1258; 1995, 2282)
NV Rev Stat § 318.09535 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts|NRS 318.09535 - County commissioners as ex officio board of trustees: Establishment of local district managing board; vacancies on board.

  1. Whenever a board of county commissioners is the board of trustees of any district organized or reorganized pursuant to this chapter or is exercising any powers pursuant to NRS 244.157, the board may by ordinance establish a local district managing board for the district.  2. Such a local district managing board must consist of not less than 5 members and not more than 12 members who are qualified electors of the district. The members must be:  (a) Appointed by the board of county commissioners; or  (b) Elected by the qualified electors of the district.  3. If the local district managing board is elective, the initial appointments and subsequent elections must be conducted in the manner provided in this chapter for trustees of a district.  4. An ordinance establishing a local district managing board must:  (a) Provide for the compensation which members of the board are to receive for their services;  (b) Provide for the terms of office for the members of the board;  (c) Contain a recital of the powers delegated and duties assigned by the board of county commissioners to the local district managing board; and  (d) Provide that the local district managing board does not have the power to tax, issue bonds or call for an election for the issuance of bonds. All taxes must be levied and bonds issued by the board of county commissioners as generally provided in this chapter.  5. Any vacancy on the board must be filled by a qualified elector of the district who is appointed by the board of county commissioners. If the local district managing board is appointive, the person appointed to fill the vacancy must be appointed to serve the remainder of the unexpired term. If the board is elective, the appointee must be appointed to serve until the first Monday in January when his or her successor in office, elected at the biennial election next following the vacancy, qualifies.  6. The local district managing board may be dissolved by the board of county commissioners after notice and hearing whenever the board of county commissioners determines:  (a) The local district managing board is no longer necessary; or  (b) The services of the district can be more effectively performed by another district.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 523; A 1987, 127; 1991, 1707)