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NV Rev Stat § 540A.280 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 540A - Regional Planning and Management|NRS 540A.280 - State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources authorized to recover costs of remediation from person who caused or contributed to condition requiring remediation; priority of distribution of money recovered from responsible person; use of money distributed to board.

  1. If, during an investigation to establish the boundary of a district for remediation, development of a plan for remediation or the carrying out of the plan, the board acquires evidence that a person has caused or contributed to the condition requiring remediation, the board shall provide this evidence to the Division for appropriate action. In addition to any other action authorized by statute, the Department may by legal action recover from the person responsible the costs of remediation incurred by the county or district. Any monetary recovery from the person responsible, excluding any money recovered as a penalty, must be distributed and applied in the following order of priority:  (a) To the Department to pay the costs of recovery and to offset the costs of remediation incurred by the Department; and  (b) To the board to offset the costs of remediation incurred by the county or district.  2. Any recovery distributed to the board must be used to reduce the fee or tax or to defray any increase in the fee or tax that would otherwise be charged against the parcels or properties within the district, as determined by the board.  3. As used in this section, "Department" means the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 2658; A 1997, 1338)
NV Rev Stat § 540A.285 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 540A - Regional Planning and Management|NRS 540A.285 - Determination by board conclusive and incontestable in absence of fraud or gross abuse of discretion; review of determination by district court.

  1. A determination by the board pursuant to NRS 540A.250 to 540A.285, inclusive, including a determination of the boundaries of a district for remediation or any expansion thereof, determination of the costs of developing or carrying out a plan for remediation, determination of the apportionment of the fee to recover those costs pursuant to NRS 540A.265, determination of the amount of any fee or tax pursuant to NRS 540A.265, determination as to guidelines for the provision of any reimbursement of the cost of remediation pursuant to NRS 540A.270, determination of the amount of any reimbursements and any determinations made in connection with the issuance of bonds pursuant to NRS 540A.267, is conclusive and incontestable in the absence of fraud or gross abuse of discretion.  2. A property owner or other person who is aggrieved by a determination of the board pursuant to NRS 540A.250 to 540A.285, inclusive, may seek review of the determination in the district court in and for the county within 15 days after the board makes the determination. Such a review may not be sought after the expiration of that period. If, in such an appeal, the court finds that the determination was a result of fraud or gross abuse of discretion, it shall remand the matter to the board for a new determination. If the court does not find the determination was a result of fraud or gross abuse of discretion, it shall uphold the action of the board.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 1334)
NV Rev Stat § 541.010 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.010 - Short title.

This chapter may be known and cited as the Water Conservancy Districts Act.  [1:380:1955]
NV Rev Stat § 541.020 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.020 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:  1. "Board" means the board of directors of the district.  2. "Court" means the district court of that judicial district of the State of Nevada wherein the petition for the organization of a water conservancy district must be filed.  3. "Land" or "real estate" means real estate as the words "real estate" are defined by the laws of the State of Nevada, and includes all railroads, highways, roads, streets, street improvements, telephone, telegraph and transmission lines, gas, sewer and water systems, water rights, pipelines and rights-of-way of public service corporations, and all other real property whether held for public or private use.  4. "Property" means real estate and personal property.  5. "Publication," when no manner is specified therefor, means once a week for 3 consecutive weeks in at least one newspaper of general circulation in each county wherein the publication is to be made. It is not necessary that publication be made on the same day of the week in each of the 3 weeks, but not less than 14 days, excluding the day of the first publication, must intervene between the first publication and the last publication, and publication is complete on the date of the last publication.  6. "Public corporation" means counties, cities and counties, towns, cities, school districts, irrigation districts, water districts, and all governmental agencies clothed with the power of levying or providing for the levy of general or special taxes or special assessments.  7. "Section" means a section of this chapter unless some other statute is expressly mentioned.  8. "Subcontracting agency" means a public service, public, private or other corporation, or other entity which contracts with the district for the purchase, transfer or acquisition from it of water, drainage or electric power.  9. "Water conservancy districts" means the districts created under the provisions of this chapter.  10. "Works" means drains, channels, trenches, watercourses and other surface and subsurface conduits to effect drainage, dams, storage reservoirs, compensatory and replacement reservoirs, canals, conduits, pipelines, drains, tunnels, power plants and any and all works, facilities, improvements and property necessary or convenient for the supplying of water for domestic, irrigation, power, milling, manufacturing, mining, metallurgical, and any and all other beneficial uses, and for otherwise accomplishing the purposes of this chapter. The term includes studies of the feasibility and advisability of constructing dams for storage of water in the upstream portions of watersheds.  [2:380:1955] — (NRS A 1959, 373; 1985, 523; 1989, 1401)
NV Rev Stat § 541.030 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.030 - Legislative declarations.

  1. It is declared that to provide for the conservation and development of the water and land resources of the State of Nevada and for the greatest beneficial use of water within this state, the organization of water conservancy districts and the construction of works as herein defined by such districts are a public use and will:  (a) Be essentially for the public benefit and advantage of the people of the State of Nevada;  (b) Indirectly benefit all industries of the state;  (c) Indirectly benefit the State of Nevada in the increase of its taxable property valuation;  (d) Directly benefit residents of the State of Nevada by providing adequate supplies of water for domestic, municipal and industrial use;  (e) Directly benefit lands to be irrigated or drained from works to be constructed;  (f) Directly benefit lands now under irrigation by stabilizing the flow of water in streams and by increasing flow and return flow of water to such streams;  (g) Directly benefit urban use of water or development of water resources by flood control; and  (h) Promote the comfort, safety and welfare of the people of the State of Nevada.  2. It is therefore declared to be the policy of the State of Nevada:  (a) To control, make use of and apply to beneficial use unappropriated waters in this state to a direct and supplemental use of such waters for domestic, manufacturing, irrigation, power and other beneficial uses.  (b) To cooperate with the United States and agencies thereof under the federal reclamation laws or other federal laws now or hereafter enacted and to construct and finance works within or without the State of Nevada as herein defined and to operate and maintain the same.  [3:380:1955] — (NRS A 1963, 765)
NV Rev Stat § 541.040 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.040 - District courts vested with jurisdiction to establish water conservancy districts; limitation of powers.

The district court sitting in and for any county in this state is hereby vested with jurisdiction, power and authority, when the conditions stated in NRS 541.050 are found to exist, to establish water conservancy districts, which may be entirely within or partly within and partly without the judicial district in which the court is located, for the purposes enumerated in NRS 541.030; but the terms of this chapter shall not be construed to confer upon such district court jurisdiction in proceedings provided for herein to hear, adjudicate and settle questions concerning the priority of appropriation of water between districts organized under this chapter and ditch companies and other owners of ditches drawing water for irrigation purposes from the same stream or its tributaries.  [4:380:1955] — (NRS A 1963, 766)
NV Rev Stat § 541.050 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.050 - Establishment of district: Requirements; filing of petitions; contents; effect of defects; amendments and corrections.

  1. Before any water conservancy district is established under this chapter, a petition must be filed in the office of the clerk of the court vested with jurisdiction, in the county in which all or the greatest part of the lands embraced within the proposed water conservancy district are situated. The petition must be approved by the board of county commissioners of each county in which the district is situated. The petition must be filed by the board of county commissioners for the county in which the petition is filed, who must be designated as petitioners, and must set forth:  (a) The proposed name of the district.  (b) That the property within the proposed district will be benefited by the accomplishment of the purposes enumerated in NRS 541.030.  (c) A general description of the purpose of the contemplated improvement and of the territory to be included in the proposed district. The description need not be given by metes and bounds or by legal subdivisions, but must be sufficient to enable a property owner to ascertain whether his or her property is within the territory proposed to be organized as a district. The territory need not be contiguous, provided it is so situated that the organization of a single district of the territory described is calculated to promote one or more of the purposes enumerated in NRS 541.030.  (d) A general designation of the divisions of the district, any one or more of which may, if so provided in the petition, be constituted of an existing irrigation or other district organized under the laws of the State of Nevada or of an incorporated city or combination of incorporated cities, within the water conservancy district.  (e) The name of the principal subcontracting agency or agencies with which it is proposed the water conservancy district will enter into a contract or contracts.  (f) The number of directors of the proposed district which may, in addition to one director for each division thereof, include as director a representative of the proposed principal subcontracting agency named in the petition, or, if more than one such agency is named in the petition, then one representative of each principal subcontracting agency named therein. If the district includes land within more than one county, each county must have at least one representative on the board of directors.  (g) A prayer for the organization of the district by the name proposed.  2. No petition that has been approved by the required boards of county commissioners may be declared void on account of alleged defects, but the court may at any time permit the petition to be amended to conform to the facts by correcting any errors in the description of the territory, or in any other particular.  [5:380:1955] — (NRS A 1963, 766; 1983, 146; 1987, 1725; 1989, 1402)
NV Rev Stat § 541.060 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.060 - Filing of bond.

At the time of filing the petition, or at any time after the filing and before the hearing on the petition, a bond, not exceeding in amount the sum of $1,000, in such form and with such surety or sureties as is approved by the court, must be filed for the purpose of insuring the payment of expenses connected with the proceedings in case the organization of the district is not effected. If at any time during the proceeding the court is satisfied that the bond first executed is insufficient in amount, it may require the execution of an additional bond within a time to be fixed, to be not less than 10 days distant, and upon failure of the board of county commissioners that filed the petition to execute the additional bond, the petition must be dismissed.  [6:380:1955] — (NRS A 1989, 1404)
NV Rev Stat § 541.070 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.070 - Time and place for hearing; jurisdiction of district court; judge not to be disqualified.

  1. Immediately after the filing of the petition, the court wherein the petition is filed shall by order fix a place and time, not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days after the petition is filed, for hearing thereon, and thereupon the clerk of the court shall cause notice by publication to be made of the pendency of the petition and of the time and place of hearing thereon. The clerk of the court shall also forthwith cause a copy of the notice to be mailed by United States registered or certified mail to the board of county commissioners of each of the several counties having territory within the proposed district.  2. The district court in and for the county in which the petition for the organization of a water conservancy district has been filed shall thereafter for all purposes of this chapter, except as herein otherwise provided, maintain and have original and exclusive jurisdiction, coextensive with the boundaries of the water conservancy district and of land and other property proposed to be included in the district or affected by the district without regard to the usual limits of its jurisdiction.  3. No judge of such court wherein such petition is filed shall be disqualified to perform any duty imposed by this chapter by reason of ownership of property within any water conservancy district or proposed water conservancy district, or by reason of ownership of any property that may be benefited, taxed or assessed therein.  [7:380:1955] — (NRS A 1969, 95)
NV Rev Stat § 541.090 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.090 - Findings and decree to be filed with Secretary of State, county recorders and county clerks.

Within 30 days after the district has been declared a corporation by the court, the clerk of the court shall transmit to the Secretary of State and to the county clerk and recorder in each of the counties having lands in the district copies of the findings and the decree of the court incorporating the district. The same shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State in the same manner as articles of incorporation are now required to be filed under the general laws concerning corporations, and copies shall also be filed in the office of the county clerk and recorder of each county in which a part of the district may be, where they shall become permanent records.  [9:380:1955]
NV Rev Stat § 541.100 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.100 - Board of directors: Appointment; qualifications; terms; filling of vacancies; meetings and reports.

  1. Within 60 days after the entry of the decree incorporating the district, the Governor shall appoint a board of directors therefor in accordance with the petition. If the district includes land within more than one county, the representative or representatives of each county must be appointed from a list of two or more nominees submitted by the board of county commissioners of the represented county. No person may be disqualified to act as a director because that person is an officer, employee or stockholder of, or owner of land within, any irrigation or other district constituting a division, or part of a division, or subcontracting agency of the district, nor may any director for that reason be disqualified to vote or act upon any matter involving such irrigation or other district or subcontracting agency.  2. The Governor shall fix the terms of office so that not less than three of the directors first appointed after organization of the district shall serve until the end of the calendar year next succeeding their appointment, and the remaining directors first appointed shall serve until the expiration of 3 years after the end of the calendar year in which they were appointed. All succeeding terms of office must be for 4 years. Upon the expiration of the term of office of any director, the Governor shall, upon the recommendation of the district or incorporated city, or combination of incorporated cities, or subcontracting agency, as the case may be, from which the director was appointed, appoint a successor to the director to hold office for 4 years. If the district includes land within more than one county, the representative or representatives of each county must be appointed from a list of two or more nominees submitted by the board of county commissioners of the represented county.  3. All vacancies in the office of director must be filled in the manner provided in subsection 2. Each director shall hold office during the term for which he or she is appointed and until a successor is appointed and has qualified.  4. An annual meeting of the board of directors must be held on a date to be fixed by the board and, in addition thereto, the board shall hold meetings at least quarterly on dates to be fixed in the bylaws of the district. A report of the business transacted during the preceding year by the district, including a financial report prepared by qualified public accountants, must be filed with the board of county commissioners of each county in which the district is situated on or before the date of the annual meeting.  [10:380:1955] — (NRS A 1959, 376; 1987, 1727; 1989, 1406)
NV Rev Stat § 541.110 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.110 - Directors: Oath; officers; seal; record of proceedings of board; copy of minutes or audio recordings; compensation.

  1. Each director before entering upon his or her official duties shall take and subscribe to an oath, before a person authorized to administer oaths, that he or she will support the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Nevada and will honestly, faithfully and impartially perform the duties of the office.  2. Upon taking oath, the board shall choose one of their number chair of the board and president of the district, and shall elect some suitable person secretary of the board and of the district, who may or may not be a member of the board. The board shall adopt a seal and shall keep audio recordings or transcripts of all meetings and, in a well-bound book, a record of all its proceedings, minutes of all meetings, certificates, contracts, bonds given by employees and all corporate acts, which, except as otherwise provided in NRS 241.035, must be open to inspection of all owners of property in the district, as well as to all other interested persons. A copy of the minutes or audio recordings must be made available to a member of the public upon request at no charge pursuant to NRS 241.035.  3. Each member of the board is entitled to receive as compensation for his or her service such sum as may be ordered by the board, not in excess of the sum of $80 per day and actual traveling expenses for each day spent attending meetings of the board or while engaged in official business under the order of the board.  [11:380:1955] — (NRS A 1973, 786; 1985, 1222; 1999, 922; 2005, 1414; 2013, 332)
NV Rev Stat § 541.120 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.120 - Quorum of board.

A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum, and a concurrence of a majority of those in attendance, in any matter, within their duties, shall be sufficient for its determination, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.  [12:380:1955]
NV Rev Stat § 541.130 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.130 - Duties of secretary; board may employ chief engineer, attorney and other employees.

  1. The secretary shall:  (a) Be custodian of the records of the district and of its corporate seal.  (b) Assist the board in such particulars as it may direct in the performance of its duties.  (c) Attest, under the corporate seal of the district, all certified copies of the official records and files of the district that may be required of the Secretary by this chapter, or by any person ordering the same and paying the reasonable cost of transcription, and any portion of the record so certified and attested shall prima facie import verity.  (d) Serve also as treasurer of the district unless a treasurer is otherwise provided for by the board.  2. The board may also employ a chief engineer, who may be an individual, copartnership or corporation; an attorney; and such other engineers, attorneys and other agents and assistants as may be needful; and may provide for their compensation, which, with all other necessary expenditures, shall be taken as a part of the cost or maintenance of the improvement. The chief engineer shall be superintendent of all works and improvements, and shall make a full report to the board each year, or oftener if required by the board, and may make such suggestions and recommendations to the board as the chief engineer may deem proper.  3. The secretary and treasurer and such other agents or employees of the district as the board of directors may direct shall furnish surety bonds, at the expense of the district, in amount and form fixed and approved by the court in accordance with the provisions of chapter 282 of NRS.  [13:380:1955]
NV Rev Stat § 541.145 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts|NRS 541.145 - Powers of board concerning irrigation, flood control, drainage, safety and health projects.

The board shall have the following powers concerning the management, control, operation and use of any irrigation, flood control, drainage, safety or health project:  1. To make and enforce all reasonable rules and regulations for the management, control, operation and use of any such project.  2. To restrict or suspend the right of any person or corporation to benefit from any such project if such person or corporation has violated any rule or regulation prescribed by the board as provided in subsection 1.  3. To withhold service upon or maintenance of any such project upon which there are any defaults or delinquencies of payments.  (Added to NRS by 1963, 765)