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NV Rev Stat § 408.233 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities|NRS 408.233 - Planning Division: Responsibilities and duties; operation of railroad or airport prohibited.

  1. The primary responsibilities of the Planning Division are to:  (a) Develop and coordinate balanced transportation policy and planning which are consistent with the social, economic and environmental goals of the State. The plan must be designed to meet the present and future needs of the State and local areas of the State for adequate, safe and efficient transportation facilities and services at a reasonable cost to the taxpayer.  (b) Coordinate local plans for balanced transportation facilities and services and assist in application for federal grants which must be submitted through an appropriate or designated state agency. The facilities and services may include, but are not limited to, highways, pathways and special lanes for bicycles, railways, urban public transportation and aviation. The authority and duties of the Department with respect to aviation are limited to areas outside the jurisdiction of any airport authority.  2. The Planning Division, in cooperation with other state agencies and with agencies of local government, shall:  (a) Establish planning techniques and processes for all modes of transportation at an appropriate level, according to the requirements of the State and local areas of the State.  (b) Prepare, revise when appropriate, provide supporting information for and assist in carrying out the transportation plan by providing assistance in the development of the Department’s capital program for all modes of transportation.  (c) Test and evaluate the policies, plans, proposals, systems, programs and projects of the Department within the framework of the goals of the Department.  (d) Conduct research in planning techniques, travel needs, transportation potential for the State, investigating, testing and demonstrating methods and equipment suitable for application to the problems of transportation facing the State.  3. The Department shall not operate any railroad or airport.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1782; A 1991, 2233)
NV Rev Stat § 408.234 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities|NRS 408.234 - Motor Vehicle Recovery and Transportation Planner: Creation; duties.

  1. The position of Motor Vehicle Recovery and Transportation Planner is hereby created in the Department.  2. The Motor Vehicle Recovery and Transportation Planner shall:  (a) Develop and administer a plan for the construction of motor vehicle recovery and bicycle lanes that are not less than 3 feet wide in all new construction and major repair work on every highway in the State, in accordance with appropriate standards of design;  (b) Develop a plan for the maintenance of motor vehicle recovery and bicycle lanes throughout the State;  (c) Prepare and distribute information on motor vehicle recovery and bicycle lanes, bicycle safety manuals and bicycle route maps throughout the State;  (d) Develop standards for the design of motor vehicle recovery and bicycle lanes and bicycle paths and routes;  (e) Develop standardized signs and markings which indicate bicycle lanes;  (f) Determine where appropriate signs and markings will be located on state highways and coordinate their placement;  (g) Establish a statewide plan of motor vehicle recovery and bicycle lanes and bicycle paths and routes and update the plan annually;  (h) Identify projects which are related to motor vehicle recovery and bicycle lanes and place each project in its proper order of priority;  (i) Investigate possible sources of money which may be available to promote motor vehicle recovery and bicycle lanes and bicycle facilities and programs throughout this State and solicit money from those sources;  (j) Provide assistance to the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Public Safety in coordinating activities which are related to motor vehicle and bicycle safety in the communities of this State;  (k) Investigate the programs of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy and where feasible, participate in those programs;  (l) Identify the potential effect of bicycle programs on tourism in this State; and  (m) Carry out any other duties assigned to him or her by the Director.  3. The Director may remove any of the duties set out in subsection 2 if the Director determines that the duty is no longer necessary or appropriate.  4. As used in this section, "bicycle" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 484A.025 and includes an electric bicycle as defined in NRS 482.0287.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 2235; A 2001, 2605; 2009, 403)
NV Rev Stat § 408.240 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities|NRS 408.240 - State Highway Revolving Account: Establishment; use; warrants; deposit; transfers to State Highway Fund.

  1. The State Highway Revolving Account is hereby established in an amount not to exceed $500,000. The money in the Account may be used by the Department to provide advances to employees of the Department for travel expenses and subsistence allowances and for paying travel expenses and subsistence allowances and other charges and obligations requiring prompt payment, and for no other purposes.  2. The State Controller shall draw a warrant to establish an amount of $125,000 in the account. Thereafter, upon written request of the Board, as it deems increases in the Account to be necessary, the Controller shall draw additional warrants. Upon presentation of such a warrant to the State Treasurer, the State Treasurer shall pay it.  3. All money paid by the Department from the State Highway Revolving Account must, after payment thereof, be passed upon by the State Board of Examiners in the same manner as other claims against the State. When approved by the State Board of Examiners, the State Controller shall draw a warrant for the amount of the money paid in favor of the State Highway Revolving Account to be paid to the order of the Director, and the State Treasurer shall pay the warrant.  4. The Director shall deposit the State Highway Revolving Account in one or more banks or credit unions of reputable standing and secure the deposit by a depositary bond satisfactory to the State Board of Examiners.  5. A least once each calendar quarter, the Director shall transfer any interest and other income earned on the money in the State Highway Revolving Account to the State Highway Fund.  (Added to NRS by 1957, 670; A 1961, 175; 1979, 1769; 1983, 393; 1987, 1802; 1989, 1301; 1993, 1940; 1999, 1491)
NV Rev Stat § 408.242 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities|NRS 408.242 - Establishment of nonreverting account for construction, reconstruction, improvement and maintenance of public roads consisting of money transferred from Fund for Cleaning Up Discharges of Petroleum and money from other sources; semiannual allocation of balance of account.

  1. The Department shall establish an account in the State Highway Fund to be administered by the Director. The interest and income on the money in the account, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the account. Any money remaining in the account at the end of each fiscal year does not revert to the State Highway Fund but must be carried over into the next fiscal year. The money in the account must be used exclusively for the construction, reconstruction, improvement and maintenance of public roads.  2. The account consists of:  (a) The money transferred to the account pursuant to NRS 445C.350;  (b) All income and interest earned on the money in the account; and  (c) All other money received by the account from any source.  3. On July 1 and December 31 of each year, the Director shall allocate:  (a) Seventy percent of the money in the account to a regional transportation commission in a county whose population is 700,000 or more;  (b) Twenty percent of the money in the account to a regional transportation commission in a county whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000; and  (c) Ten percent of the money in the account to the Department for use in counties that have a population of less than 100,000.  (Added to NRS by 2010, 26th Special Session, 46; A 2011, 1251; 2015, 3601)
NV Rev Stat § 408.245 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities|NRS 408.245 - Acceptance of federal acts.

  1. The State of Nevada and its Department hereby accepts and assents to the provisions of:  (a) The Federal Aid Road Act, being an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes," approved July 11, 1916 (c. 241, 39 Stat. 355); and  (b) The Federal Highway Act, being an Act of Congress entitled "An Act To amend the Act entitled ‘An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes,’ approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes," approved November 9, 1921 (c. 119, 42 Stat. 212).  2. The State and its Department accepts as a continuing obligation any and all acts amendatory or supplementary to such federal acts.  (Added to NRS by 1957, 671)
NV Rev Stat § 408.250 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities|NRS 408.250 - Federal acts: State highways; contracts; pledge to match federal money.

  1. The Department is authorized:  (a) To enter into all contracts and agreements with the United States Government relating to the engineering, planning, surveying and preparing of plans, acquiring of property, constructing and maintaining of highways under the provisions of the Acts of Congress described in NRS 408.245, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Secretary of Commerce and the Federal Highway Administrator.  (b) To submit such schemes, plans and programs of construction and maintenance as may be required by the Secretary of Commerce and the Federal Highway Administrator.  (c) To do all other things necessary to carry out the cooperation and programs contemplated and provided for by such federal acts.  2. For the engineering, planning, constructing and improving of highways and roads provided under the Federal Aid Road Act, the good faith of the State is hereby pledged to make funds available sufficient to match in the proportion designated in the Federal Aid Road Act the sums of money apportioned to the State by or under the United States Government, and to maintain at its own expense the highways so constructed with the aid of funds so designated, and to make adequate provisions for carrying out such maintenance.  (Added to NRS by 1957, 671; A 1965, 1075)
NV Rev Stat § 408.255 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities|NRS 408.255 - Federal acts: Secondary and feeder highways; contracts; pledge to match federal money.

  1. The Department is authorized:  (a) To enter into all contracts and agreements with the United States Government relating to the engineering, planning, surveying, preparing of plans, acquiring of property, constructing and maintaining of secondary and feeder highways and roads.  (b) To submit such schemes, plans and programs of construction and maintenance as may be required by the Secretary of Commerce and the Federal Highway Administrator.  (c) To do all other things necessary to carry out the cooperation and programs contemplated and provided for by such federal acts in the construction and maintenance of such secondary and feeder highways and roads, including farm-to-market, mine-to-market, rural free delivery, public school bus and other rural roads.  2. For the engineering, planning, constructing and improving of such secondary and feeder highways and roads under the Acts of Congress described in NRS 408.245, the good faith of the State is hereby pledged to make available funds sufficient to match, in the proportion designated in such acts, the sums of money apportioned to the State by or under the United States Government and to maintain at its own expense the highways and roads so constructed with the aid of funds so designated and make adequate provisions for carrying out such maintenance.  (Added to NRS by 1957, 671; A 1965, 1075)
NV Rev Stat § 408.260 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities|NRS 408.260 - Federal lands: Construction and maintenance of highways; availability of federal money.

  1. The Department is authorized to enter into contracts and agreements with agencies of the Federal Government in matters concerning the construction, reconstruction, improvement and maintenance of highways as provided in this chapter when such highways enter upon or traverse lands under the ownership or control of such federal agencies.  2. When federal moneys for such construction, reconstruction, improvement and maintenance have been appropriated and made available under Acts of Congress other than those acts described in NRS 408.245, the Department is authorized to receive the same.  (Added to NRS by 1957, 672)
NV Rev Stat § 408.265 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities|NRS 408.265 - Federal money deposited in State Highway Fund. [Effective until the date on which the Director of the Department of Transportation notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that sufficient money is available to capitalize and carry out the business of the Nevada State Infrastructure Bank created by NRS 408.55069.]

All money received from the Government of the United States and by virtue of the provisions of any Act of Congress for the engineering, planning, surveying, acquiring of property, constructing, reconstructing or improving of any highway in the State must be put into the State Treasury and become a part of the State Highway Fund and that Fund must not be used for any other purpose.  (Added to NRS by 1957, 672; A 1967, 1742; 1985, 704)
NV Rev Stat § 408.265 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities|NRS 408.265 - Federal money deposited in State Highway Fund. [Effective on the date on which the Director of the Department of Transportation notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that sufficient money is available to capitalize and carry out the business of the Nevada State Infrastructure Bank created by NRS 408.55069.]

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 408.55048 to 408.55088, inclusive, all money received from the Government of the United States and by virtue of the provisions of any Act of Congress for the engineering, planning, surveying, acquiring of property, constructing, reconstructing or improving of any highway in the State must be put into the State Treasury and become a part of the State Highway Fund and that Fund must not be used for any other purpose.  (Added to NRS by 1957, 672; A 1967, 1742; 1985, 704; 2017, 4139, effective on the date on which the Director of the Department of Transportation notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that sufficient money is available to capitalize and carry out the business of the Nevada State Infrastructure Bank created by NRS 408.55069)
NV Rev Stat § 408.270 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities|NRS 408.270 - Vouchers for payment; temporary transfer of money from State General Fund to State Highway Fund.

  1. At least once each month the Director shall file with the State Controller a certificate showing the number and amount of vouchers filed with the division engineer of the Federal Highway Administration having jurisdiction over highway construction in the State of Nevada, for payment out of the apportionment made to the state under appropriations made by Congress for aid to the various states for highway purposes.  2. Whenever claims payable out of the State Highway Fund and properly approved by the State Board of Examiners exceed the amount that is available in the State Highway Fund, the State Controller may transfer temporarily from the State General Fund to the State Highway Fund such amount as may be required to pay the claims, but not more than 50 percent of the amount collectible from the Government of the United States as shown by the vouchers mentioned in subsection 1.  (Added to NRS by 1957, 672; A 1965, 1076; 1979, 1769; 1987, 717)
NV Rev Stat § 408.271 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities|NRS 408.271 - Department may expend money to conduct studies and match federal money for capital acquisitions.

The Department may expend money, when authorized by the Legislature for expenditure from the interest earned by investment of the State Highway Fund, to conduct studies of transportation or to match for capital acquisition only, in the proportion designated in the following acts, the sums of money apportioned by the Federal Government to any of the political subdivisions of the State or any private corporation or association in the State under these acts:  1. The Urban Mass Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. §§ 1601 et seq.), which includes the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 (P.L. 88–365) and amendments made by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 (P.L. 93–87, August 13, 1973), the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 (P.L. 95–599, November 6, 1978) and any amendments thereto made after July 1, 1981.  2. The Department of Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. §§ 1651 et seq.), which includes the Department of Transportation Act (P.L. 89–670) and amendments made by the Local Rail Service Assistance Act of 1978 (P.L. 95–607, November 8, 1978) and any amendments thereto made after July 1, 1981.  (Added to NRS by 1981, 1287)
NV Rev Stat § 408.273 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities|NRS 408.273 - Issuance of bonds.

  1. The State Board of Finance shall, when so requested by the Board, issue special obligation bonds of the State of Nevada to provide money to enable the Department to complete pending and currently projected highway construction projects, in an amount specified in the request. The bonds may be issued at one time or from time to time, and must be issued in accordance with the State Securities Law. These bonds must be secured by:  (a) A pledge of the appropriate federal highway grants payable to the State; or  (b) The appropriate federal highway grants payable to the State and taxes which are credited to the State Highway Fund, other than any taxes that would cause the bonds to create a public debt within the meaning of Section 3 of Article 9 of the Constitution of the State of Nevada,  and must mature within not more than 30 years from their date.  2. The Department shall cooperate with the State Treasurer in the issuance of the bonds.  3. The State Treasurer may employ any necessary legal, financial or other professional services in connection with the issuance of the bonds.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1259; A 1987, 1803; 1989, 1301; 1997, 506, 3013; 1999, 73; 2007, 1969; 2015, 1366)
NV Rev Stat § 408.275 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities|NRS 408.275 - Surveys, maps and studies of traffic; roadside parks; rest areas; receipt of federal money; regulations.

  1. The Department shall prepare highway planning surveys, maps and traffic studies for the purposes of securing, preserving and furnishing all necessary information relative to all highways of the State.  2. The Department may construct and maintain roadside parks for the convenience of the traveling public at such locations as the Director selects.  3. In order to provide information for the traveling public, the Director may maintain maps, informational directories and advertising pamphlets at safety rest areas. The Director may, with the concurrence of the Board, contract with persons experienced in financing and operating centers for the dissemination of maps, directories, advertising pamphlets and other information of interest to the traveling public by leasing to those persons available land at safety rest areas for such periods of time and for such considerations as are determined by the Director to be in the best interests of the State of Nevada.  4. The Department may receive any federal money available for the purposes of this section under the federal acts described in NRS 408.245.  5. The Department shall adopt appropriate regulations governing the use of roadside parks and safety rest areas in the State.  (Added to NRS by 1957, 672; A 1969, 223; 1979, 206, 1770; 1987, 1803; 1989, 1302)
NV Rev Stat § 408.280 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities|NRS 408.280 - Program for work on highways: Contents; distribution.

  1. On or before October 1 of each year the Board shall prepare and present to the Governor a detailed proposed work program, the form and content to be determined by the Board, for the federal fiscal year ending the following September 30, stating therein the amount, character, and nature of the construction, reconstruction and improvements to be initiated on the highways within the respective counties of the State during the ensuing federal fiscal year, together with an estimate of the cost to complete such work.  2. The Board shall cause a copy of the proposed work program to be provided to the chair of the board of county commissioners of the several counties of the State, and a copy must be furnished to all news media in the State.  (Added to NRS by 1957, 673; A 1965, 999; 1975, 139; 1987, 1803; 1989, 1302; 2015, 193)
NV Rev Stat § 408.281 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities|NRS 408.281 - Program for work on highways: Inclusion of designated projects for use of recycled products.

The Department shall submit for approval to the Board of Directors, as a part of the annual work program, designated projects for the use of recycled products. The designated projects must:  1. Be comprised of projects for highway construction, reconstruction, surface overlay or surface sealing for which competitive bids have been submitted and use in the surfacing mixture at least 15 percent by weight recycled asphalt or other recycled products, such as crumb rubber from tires, ash, plastics, glass or glassy aggregates.  2. Be comprised of equipment used in highway construction, including, but not limited to, barriers and markers that are made from recycled products.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1675)
NV Rev Stat § 408.283 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities|NRS 408.283 - Cooperative agreements between Department of Transportation and county commissioners.

  1. The Department may enter into cooperative agreements with any board of county commissioners in the State for the improvement of any road.  2. Roads improved pursuant to this section must belong to the county and must be maintained at the expense of the county.  3. Each agreement entered into pursuant to this section is effective upon the approval of the Board of Directors of the Department of Transportation, and no money may be expended pursuant to an agreement except upon authorization by the Board.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 602; A 1977, 224; 1987, 1804; 1989, 1302)
NV Rev Stat § 408.2831 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities|NRS 408.2831 - Contents of agreement.

Every agreement entered into pursuant to NRS 408.283 shall specify:  1. The type of improvement required to produce an adequate road.  2. The percentage of the cost or participation of the State.  3. The percentage of the cost or participation of the county.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 602)