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NV Rev Stat § 315.160 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.160 - "Area of operation" defined.

  1. In the case of an authority of a city or town, "area of operation" shall include such city or town and the area within 5 miles of the territorial boundaries thereof; but the area of operation of an authority of any city or town shall not include any area which lies within the territorial boundaries of some other city or town as herein defined, unless a resolution shall have been adopted by the governing body of such other city or town (and by any authority which shall have been theretofore established and authorized to exercise its powers in such city or town) declaring that there is a need for such authority to exercise its powers within that city or town.  2. In the case of an authority of a county, "area of operation" shall include all of the county for which it is created; but a county authority shall not undertake any housing project or projects within the boundaries of any city or town, as herein defined, unless a resolution shall have been adopted by the governing body of such city or town (and by any authority which shall have been theretofore established and authorized to exercise its powers in such city or town) declaring that there is a need for the county authority to exercise its powers within such city or town.  3. In the case of a regional authority, "area of operation" shall include:  (a) All of the territory within the geographic scope of the regional authority, as referred to in paragraph (c) of subsection 2 of NRS 315.7805; and  (b) Any other territory regarding which the regional authority and another authority agree to exercise joint power or control.  [Part 2:253:1947; A 1951, 8] — (NRS A 2005, 220; 2009, 2224)
NV Rev Stat § 315.170 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.170 - "Authority" defined.

Authority means any of the public corporations created or authorized to be created by NRS 315.140 to 315.7813, inclusive, and any housing authority established and operating prior to July 1, 1975, under the provisions of the Housing Authorities Law of 1943 or the Housing Law of 1951. The term includes a regional authority.  [Part 2:253:1947; A 1951, 8] — (NRS A 1975, 16; 1977, 1184; 2009, 2225)
NV Rev Stat § 315.180 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.180 - "Bonds" defined.

Bonds means any bonds, notes, interim certificates, debentures or other obligations issued by an authority pursuant to NRS 315.140 to 315.7813, inclusive.  [Part 2:253:1947; A 1951, 8] — (NRS A 1975, 16; 1977, 1184)
NV Rev Stat § 315.190 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.190 - "City" defined.

City means any incorporated city.  [Part 2:253:1947; A 1951, 8]
NV Rev Stat § 315.200 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.200 - "Clerk" defined.

Clerk means the clerk of the city or town or the clerk of the county, as the case may be, or the officer charged with the duties customarily imposed on such clerk.  [Part 2:253:1947; A 1951, 8]
NV Rev Stat § 315.210 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.210 - "Federal Government" defined.

Federal Government includes the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America.  [Part 2:253:1947; A 1951, 8]
NV Rev Stat § 315.220 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.220 - "Governing body" defined.

Governing body means city council, board of trustees, board of county commissioners, or other legislative body of the city, town or county.  [Part 2:253:1947; A 1951, 8]
NV Rev Stat § 315.225 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.225 - "Housing Authorities Law of 1943" defined.

Housing Authorities Law of 1943 means former NRS 315.010 to 315.130, inclusive (chapter 20, Statutes of Nevada 1943, as amended).  (Added to NRS by 1975, 15)
NV Rev Stat § 315.226 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.226 - "Housing Law of 1951" defined.

Housing Law of 1951 means former NRS 315.800 to 315.950, inclusive (chapter 286, Statutes of Nevada 1951).  (Added to NRS by 1975, 16)
NV Rev Stat § 315.230 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.230 - "Housing project" defined.

  1. "Housing project" means any work or undertaking:  (a) To demolish, clear or remove buildings from any area acquired by the authority; or  (b) To provide decent, safe and sanitary urban or rural dwellings, apartments or other living accommodations for persons of low income. Such work or undertaking may include buildings, land, equipment, facilities and other real or personal property for necessary, convenient or desirable appurtenances, streets, sewers, water service, utilities, parks, site preparation, landscaping, administrative, health, recreational, welfare or other purposes; or  (c) To accomplish a combination of the foregoing.  2. "Housing project" also may be applied to the planning of the buildings and improvements, the acquisition of property, the demolition of existing structures, the construction, reconstruction, alteration and repair of the improvements and all other work in connection therewith.  3. The term includes the acquisition or development of mobile home parks and facilities, the leasing or rental of mobile home lots in the park or the purchase, leasing or rental of mobile homes.  [Part 2:253:1947; A 1951, 8] — (NRS A 1979, 990)
NV Rev Stat § 315.240 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.240 - "Mayor" defined.

Mayor means the mayor of the city or the officer thereof charged with the duties customarily imposed on the mayor or executive head of the city.  [Part 2:253:1947; A 1951, 8]
NV Rev Stat § 315.250 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.250 - "Obligee of the authority" and "obligee" defined.

Obligee of the authority or "obligee" shall include any bondholder, agents or trustees for any bondholders, or lessor demising to the authority property used in connection with a housing project, or any assignee or assignees of such lessor’s interest or any part thereof, and the Federal Government when it is a party to any contract with the authority.  [Part 2:253:1947; A 1951, 8]
NV Rev Stat § 315.260 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.260 - "Persons of low income" defined.

Persons of low income means persons or families who lack the amount of income which is necessary (as determined by the housing authority) to enable them, without financial assistance, to live in decent, safe and sanitary dwellings, without overcrowding.  [Part 2:253:1947; A 1951, 8]
NV Rev Stat § 315.270 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.270 - "Real property" defined.

Real property includes all lands, improvements and fixtures thereon, and every estate, interest and right therein.  [Part 2:253:1947; A 1951, 8]
NV Rev Stat § 315.275 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.275 - "Regional authority" defined.

Regional authority means an authority formed pursuant to NRS 315.7805.  (Added to NRS by 2009, 2222)
NV Rev Stat § 315.280 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.280 - "State public body" defined.

State public body means any city, town, county, municipal corporation, commission, district, authority, other subdivision or public body of the State.  [Part 2:253:1947; A 1951, 8]
NV Rev Stat § 315.290 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.290 - "Town" defined.

Town means any town for which the board of county commissioners acts as a town board.  [Part 2:253:1947; A 1951, 8]
NV Rev Stat § 315.300 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.300 - "Veteran" and "serviceman or servicewoman" defined.

Veteran or "serviceman or servicewoman" means a person who has served in the Armed Forces of the United States at any time:  1. On or after April 6, 1917, and prior to November 11, 1918;  2. On or after September 16, 1940, and prior to July 26, 1947;  3. On or after June 27, 1950, and prior to January 31, 1955; and  4. On or after August 5, 1964, and prior to such date thereafter as shall be determined by Presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of the Congress as the end of the Vietnam era,  and, in the case of a veteran, has been discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable, or in the case of a serviceman or servicewoman, is presently in the Armed Forces of the United States.  [Part 2:253:1947; A 1951, 8] — (NRS A 1975, 16)
NV Rev Stat § 315.310 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.310 - Exemption of real property from execution, process and judgment lien: Enforcement of certain encumbrances, pledges and liens.

  1. All real property of an authority shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same, nor shall any judgment against an authority be a charge or lien upon its real property.  2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees to foreclose or otherwise enforce any mortgage or other security of an authority or the right of obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by an authority on its rents, fees or revenues.  [18:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.18]
NV Rev Stat § 315.320 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.320 - Housing authority: Nature; resolution of necessity to function.

  1. In each city, town or county of the State there is hereby created a public body corporate and politic to be known as the housing authority of the city, town or county; but such authority shall not transact any business or exercise its powers hereunder until or unless the governing body of the city, town or county, as the case may be, by proper resolution shall declare at any time thereafter that there is need for an authority to function in such city, town or county.  2. Such housing authority is hereby created a public body corporate for municipal purposes and shall be a municipal corporation.  [Part 3:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.03]
NV Rev Stat § 315.330 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.330 - Factual findings required.

The governing body shall adopt a resolution declaring that there is need for an authority in the city, town or county, as the case may be, if it shall find:  1. That dwelling accommodations are occupied in such city, town or county, which are unsafe or insanitary; or  2. That there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in such city, town or county available to veterans and other persons of low income at rentals they can afford.  [Part 3:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.03]
NV Rev Stat § 315.340 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.340 - Determination of unsafe or insanitary conditions: Considerations.

In determining, as provided in NRS 315.330, whether dwelling accommodations are unsafe or insanitary, a governing body may take into consideration:  1. The physical condition of the dwelling accommodations.  2. The degree of overcrowding.  3. The percentage of land coverage.  4. The light, air, space and access available to the occupants of such dwelling accommodations.  5. The size and arrangement of the rooms.  6. The adequacy of sanitary facilities and water supply.  7. The extent to which conditions exist in such buildings which endanger life or property by fire or other causes.  [Part 4:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.04]
NV Rev Stat § 315.350 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.350 - Actions involving authority’s contracts; establishment of authority conclusively presumed; sufficiency of resolution.

  1. In any suit, action or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of or relating to any contract of the authority, an authority shall be conclusively deemed to have become established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers hereunder upon proof of the adoption of the resolution or resolutions herein prescribed declaring the need for the authority.  2. Each such resolution or resolutions shall be deemed sufficient if it declares that there is such need for an authority and finds in substantially the terms provided in NRS 315.330 (no further detail being necessary) that the conditions therein enumerated exist.  3. A copy of such resolution duly certified by the clerk shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action or proceeding.  [Part 4:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.04]
NV Rev Stat § 315.360 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.360 - Continuation of housing authorities organized under prior laws.

Any housing authority created and existing prior to July 1, 1975, pursuant to the Housing Authorities Law of 1943 or the Housing Law of 1951 continues in existence for the purposes of and has all of the powers granted by NRS 315.140 to 315.7813, inclusive.  [Part 3:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.03] — (NRS A 1975, 16; 1977, 1185; 2011 581)
NV Rev Stat § 315.365 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.365 - Effect of chapter 16, Statutes of Nevada 1975.

  1. Chapter 16, Statutes of Nevada 1975, shall not impair or affect any act done, offense committed or right accruing, accrued or acquired, or liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred prior to July 1, 1975, but the same may be enjoyed, asserted, enforced, prosecuted or inflicted, as fully and to the same extent as if it had not been passed.  2. Chapter 16, Statutes of Nevada 1975, shall not affect the corporate existence of any authority established or operating under the Housing Authorities Law of 1943 or the Housing Law of 1951 prior to July 1, 1975.  3. The passage of chapter 16, Statutes of Nevada 1975, shall not repeal or in any way affect or modify:  (a) Any law authorizing the issuance of any outstanding bonds and other securities by any authority established or operating prior to July 1, 1975, under the Housing Authorities Law of 1943 or the Housing Law of 1951.  (b) Any other contract of any such authority.  (c) Any law pursuant to which there have been levied by or on behalf of any such authority and there have not been paid in full, including without limitation the principal and any interest and penalties, any rents, fees and charges pertaining to the facilities or services, or both facilities and services, provided by any such authority.  (d) The running of the statutes of limitations in force on July 1, 1975.  4. All incomplete proceedings had and taken by any such authority, under any law repealed by chapter 16, Statutes of Nevada 1975, preliminary to and in the acquisition or improvement of any housing project or the issuance of any interim or temporary bond, or any definitive bond, which proceedings are in substantial compliance with the provisions of NRS 315.140 to 315.7813, inclusive, may, at the option of the commissioners of the authority, be completed under the provisions of NRS 315.140 to 315.7813, inclusive, the same as if such incomplete proceedings had been had and taken pursuant to such provisions.  5. The passage of chapter 16, Statutes of Nevada 1975, shall not repeal or in any way affect or modify the power of the commissioners of any authority established or operating under the Housing Authorities Law of 1943 or the Housing Law of 1951 prior to July 1, 1975, concerning the borrowing of money or the acceptance of any grant of public or private money, which power was exercised prior to July 1, 1975.  6. All bonds, notes, contracts, agreements and obligations of authorities relating to financing or undertaking (including cooperating with or acting as agent of the Federal Government in) the development or administration of any project to assure the availability of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities, which bonds, notes, contracts, agreements and obligations were issued or entered into prior to July 1, 1951, are validated and declared legal in all respects, notwithstanding any defect or irregularity therein or any want of statutory authority.  (Added to NRS by 1975, 21; A 1977, 1185)
NV Rev Stat § 315.370 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.370 - Appointment of commissioners: Number; term; qualifications; vacancies.

  1. Upon the adoption of a resolution declaring the need for an authority, the chief executive of the city or the governing body of the town or county, as the case may be, shall thereupon appoint five persons to serve as commissioners of the authority. Three of the commissioners who are first appointed pursuant to this section must be designated to serve for terms of 1, 2 and 3 years, respectively, from the date of their appointment, and two must be designated to serve for terms of 4 years from the date of their appointment, but thereafter commissioners must be appointed for a term of office of 4 years.  2. The first commissioner appointed after the authority has provided assistance to at least five persons must be a current recipient of assistance from the authority who was selected from a list of at least five eligible nominees submitted for this purpose by an organization which represents tenants of housing projects. If no such organization exists, the commissioner must be selected from a list of nominees submitted for this purpose from persons who currently receive assistance from the authority. Thereafter, at least one commissioner must be such a recipient who was nominated and appointed in the same manner. If during his or her term the commissioner ceases to be a recipient of assistance, he or she must be replaced in the manner set forth in this subsection by a person who is a recipient of assistance.  3. Nothing in this section affects the terms of office of commissioners appointed to an authority created before October 1, 1995. The appointing authority shall appoint to the term next expiring a commissioner who was nominated and appointed in the same manner as is set forth in subsection 2. Thereafter, at least one commissioner must be such a recipient who was nominated and appointed in the same manner. If during his or her term the commissioner ceases to be a recipient of assistance, he or she must be replaced in the manner set forth in subsection 2 by a person who is a recipient of assistance.  4. All vacancies must be filled for the unexpired term.  [Part 3:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.03] — (NRS A 1995, 2693)
NV Rev Stat § 315.380 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.380 - Officers of authority.

  1. An authority shall select a chair and a vice chair from its commissioners.  2. For the purpose of managing a regional authority, the commissioners of the regional authority shall initially select an executive director by way of a competitive, open and public process. Thereafter, the selection of an executive director must be made as determined by the commissioners of the regional authority to be in the best interests of the authority.  [Part 3:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.03] — (NRS A 2009, 2225)
NV Rev Stat § 315.390 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.390 - Compensation and expenses of commissioner.

  1. A commissioner is entitled to necessary expenses, including travel expenses, incurred in the discharge of the commissioner’s duties.  2. An authority may provide by resolution that each commissioner is entitled to receive compensation of $80 for each meeting attended.  3. No commissioner may receive as compensation more than $240 in a calendar month.  [Part 3:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.03] — (NRS A 1975, 17; 1977, 392; 1981, 1979; 1985, 930)
NV Rev Stat § 315.400 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.400 - Conflicts of interest.

  1. A commissioner or employee of the authority shall not voluntarily acquire any interest, direct or indirect, except as a residential tenant, in any housing project or in any property included or planned to be included in any housing project, or in any contract or proposed contract in connection with any housing project. Where the acquisition is not voluntary, the commissioner or employee shall immediately disclose the interest in writing to the authority and the disclosure must be entered upon the minutes of the authority. Upon disclosure the commissioner or employee shall not participate in any action by the authority involving the housing project, property or contract. If any commissioner or employee of the authority previously owned or controlled an interest, direct or indirect, in any housing project or in any property included or planned to be included in any housing project, or in any contract or proposed contract in connection with any housing project, he or she shall immediately disclose the interest in writing to the authority and the disclosure must be entered upon the minutes of the authority. Upon disclosure the commissioner or employee shall not participate in any action by the authority involving the housing project, property or contract.  2. Any violation of this section constitutes misconduct in office.  3. This section is not applicable to the acquisition of any interest in notes or bonds of the authority issued in connection with any housing project or the execution of agreements by financial institutions for the deposit or handling of money in connection with a housing project or to act as trustee under any trust indenture.  [5:253:1947; A 1951, 10] — (NRS A 1975, 933; 1977, 1112; 1995, 2694; 1999, 1468)
NV Rev Stat § 315.410 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.410 - Removal of commissioners.

  1. For inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, a commissioner of an authority may be removed by the mayor, or in the case of an authority for a town or county, by its governing body.  2. A commissioner shall be removed only after a hearing and after he or she shall have been given a copy of the charges at least 10 days prior to such hearing and had an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel.  3. In the event of the removal of any commissioner, a record of the proceedings, together with the charges and findings thereon, shall be filed in the office of the clerk.  [6:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.06]
NV Rev Stat § 315.420 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.420 - Nature and functions; power to effectuate purposes.

An authority shall constitute a public body corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions, and having all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of NRS 315.140 to 315.7813, inclusive, (but not the power to levy and collect taxes or special assessments).  [Part 7:253:1947; A 1951, 11] — (NRS A 1975, 17; 1977, 1186)
NV Rev Stat § 315.430 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities|NRS 315.430 - General powers.

An authority may:  1. Sue and be sued.  2. Have a seal and alter the same at pleasure.  3. Have perpetual succession.  4. Make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers.  5. Make, and from time to time amend and repeal bylaws, rules and regulations to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the authority.  [Part 7:253:1947; A 1951, 11]