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NV Rev Stat § 244.3661 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244 - Counties: Government|NRS 244.3661 - Imposition of excise tax on use of water; rate of tax; interest on late payment; facility for treatment of water.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 704.664, a board of county commissioners may, by ordinance, impose an excise tax on the use of water in an amount sufficient to ensure the payment, wholly or in part, of obligations incurred by the county to acquire and construct a new facility for the treatment of water for public or private use, or both. The tax must be imposed on customers of suppliers of water that are capable of using the water treatment services provided by the facility to be financed with the proceeds of the tax.  2. An excise tax imposed pursuant to subsection 1 may be levied at different rates for different classes of customers or to take into account differences in the amount of water used or estimated to be used or the size of the connection.  3. The ordinance imposing the tax must provide the:  (a) Rate or rates of the tax;  (b) Procedure for collection of the tax;  (c) Duration of the tax; and  (d) Rate of interest that will be charged on late payments.  4. Late payments of the tax must bear interest at a rate not exceeding 2 percent per month, or fraction thereof. The tax due is a perpetual lien against the property served by the water on whose use the tax is imposed until the tax and any interest which may accrue thereon are paid. The county shall enforce the lien in the same manner as provided in NRS 361.5648 to 361.730, inclusive, for property taxes.  5. A county may:  (a) Acquire and construct a new facility for the treatment of water for public or private use, or both.  (b) Finance the project by the issuance of general obligation bonds, medium-term obligations or revenue bonds or other securities issued pursuant to chapter 350 of NRS, or by installment-purchase financing pursuant to that chapter.  (c) Enter into an agreement with a public utility which provides that:  (1) Water treatment services provided by the facility will be made available to the public utility; or  (2) The public utility will operate and maintain the facility,  or both. An agreement entered into pursuant to this paragraph may extend beyond the terms of office of the members of the board of county commissioners who voted upon it.  6. A county may pledge any money received from the proceeds of a tax imposed pursuant to this section for the payment of general or special obligations issued for a new facility for the treatment of water for public or private use, or both. Any money pledged by the county pursuant to this subsection may be treated as pledged revenues of the project for the purposes of subsection 3 of NRS 350.020.  7. As used in this section, "public utility" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.020 and does not include the persons excluded by NRS 704.021.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1940; A 1993, 1036; 1995, 832, 1814; 2001, 2316; 2019, 754)
NV Rev Stat § 244.3665 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244 - Counties: Government|NRS 244.3665 - Prohibition of waste of water.

The board of county commissioners may prohibit any waste of water within the unincorporated areas of the county by customers of a public water system. Any ordinance adopted under this section may:  1. Classify the conditions under which specified kinds and amounts of consumption or expenditure of water are wasteful;  2. Provide for reasonable notice to water users in any such area indicating which of such conditions, if any, exist in that area;  3. Allow any person, group of persons, partnership, corporation or other business or governmental entity which:  (a) Furnishes water to persons within such areas of the county for business, manufacturing, agricultural or household use; and  (b) Is not a public utility regulated by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada,  to reduce or terminate water service to any customer who wastes water, according to reasonable standards adopted by the board; and  4. Provide other appropriate penalties for violation of the ordinance which are based upon the classification adopted under subsection 1.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 790; A 1997, 1975)
NV Rev Stat § 244.367 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244 - Counties: Government|NRS 244.367 - Fireworks: Regulation and control.

  1. The board of county commissioners shall have power and jurisdiction in their respective counties to pass ordinances prohibiting, restricting, suppressing or otherwise regulating the sale, use, storage and possession of fireworks, and providing penalties for the violation thereof.  2. An ordinance passed pursuant to subsection 1 must provide that any license or permit that may be required for the sale of fireworks must be issued by the licensing authority for:  (a) The county, if the fireworks are sold within the unincorporated areas of the county; or  (b) A city located within the county, if the fireworks are sold within the jurisdiction of that city.  (Added to NRS by 1957, 231; A 1999, 808)
NV Rev Stat § 244.3673 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244 - Counties: Government|NRS 244.3673 - Investigation of fires and enforcement of regulations of State Fire Marshal by certain counties.

The board of county commissioners of any county whose population is 100,000 or more or which has been converted into a consolidated municipality may provide by ordinance for the investigation of fires in which a death has occurred or which are of a suspicious origin, and for the enforcement of regulations adopted by the State Fire Marshal.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 129; A 1979, 1333; 1987, 2283; 1989, 1902; 1999, 1077; 2001, 1959)
NV Rev Stat § 244.3675 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244 - Counties: Government|NRS 244.3675 - Regulation of construction, maintenance and safety of buildings, structures and property; adoption of codes and establishment of fees.

Subject to the limitations set forth in NRS 244.368, 278.02315, 278.580, 278.582, 278.584, 278.586, 444.340 to 444.430, inclusive, and 477.030, the boards of county commissioners within their respective counties may:  1. Regulate all matters relating to the construction, maintenance and safety of buildings, structures and property within the county.  2. Adopt any building, electrical, housing, plumbing or safety code necessary to carry out the provisions of this section and establish such fees as may be necessary. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 278.580, these fees do not apply to the State of Nevada or the Nevada System of Higher Education.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 707; A 1991, 1167; 1993, 2584; 1999, 1064; 2001, 3103; 2007, 1096, 3099; 2009, 833; 2015, 1991; 2017, 1479)
NV Rev Stat § 244.368 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244 - Counties: Government|NRS 244.368 - Areas within which city’s building code supersedes less stringent provisions of county’s building code.

  1. In a county whose population is less than 700,000, a city’s building code that has rules, regulations and specifications more stringent than the building code of the county within which the city is located supersedes, with respect to the area within the city and within a 1-mile limit outside of the boundaries of the city, any provisions of the county’s building code not consistent therewith.  2. In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, a city’s building code that has rules, regulations and specifications more stringent than the building code of the county within which the city is located supersedes, with respect to the area within the city, any provisions of the county’s building code not consistent therewith.  3. The provisions of this section do not apply to farm or ranch buildings in existence on March 30, 1959.  (Added to NRS by 1959, 499; A 1993, 2584; 2007, 295; 2011, 1115)
NV Rev Stat § 244.3685 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244 - Counties: Government|NRS 244.3685 - Prescription drugs or medicine at reduced prices.

  1. A board of county commissioners may enter into one or more contracts or other agreements to provide the residents of the county with a reduction in the price of a drug or medicine dispensed by a pharmacy pursuant to a prescription. Such contract or other agreement may, without limitation, provide for the participation of the county in a program that provides prescription drugs or medicines at a discounted price.  2. A contract or agreement entered into pursuant to subsection 1 is not subject to any requirement of competitive bidding or other restriction imposed on the procedure for the awarding of contracts.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 355)
NV Rev Stat § 244.369 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244 - Counties: Government|NRS 244.369 - Food handlers: Ordinance requiring physical examinations; limitations.

  1. Subject to the limitations contained in subsection 2, any board of county commissioners may by ordinance require that any food handler, as defined in NRS 446.030, submit to physical examination as a prerequisite to engaging in or continuing to engage in such occupation.  2. Any ordinance enacted pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 shall provide that no food handler is required to pay in excess of $5 for any or all required physical examinations in any 2-year period.  (Added to NRS by 1963, 476; A 1973, 1080; 1977, 411)
NV Rev Stat § 244.3691 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244 - Counties: Government|NRS 244.3691 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 244.3691 to 244.3695, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 244.36915 and 244.3692 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 739; A 2001, 851)
NV Rev Stat § 244.36915 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244 - Counties: Government|NRS 244.36915 - "Graffiti" defined.

  1. "Graffiti" means any unauthorized inscription, word, figure or design that is marked, etched, scratched, drawn, painted on or affixed to the public or private property, real or personal, of another, including, without limitation, an estray or one or more head of livestock, which defaces such property.  2. The term does not include any item affixed to property which may be removed:  (a) By hand without defacing the property;  (b) Through the use of a chemical or cleaning solvent commonly used for removing an adhesive substance without defacing the property; or  (c) Without the use of a decal remover tool.  3. As used in this section:  (a) "Decal remover tool" means any device using power or heat to remove an adhesive substance.  (b) "Estray" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 206.003.  (c) "Livestock" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 205.219.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 849; A 2015, 2111)
NV Rev Stat § 244.3692 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244 - Counties: Government|NRS 244.3692 - "Residential property" defined.

Residential property means a parcel of land, including all structures thereon, that is an owner-occupied single-family residence.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 849; A 2015, 2111)
NV Rev Stat § 244.3693 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244 - Counties: Government|NRS 244.3693 - Removal or covering of graffiti on real or personal property of county; civil penalty.

  1. The board of county commissioners shall remove or cover all evidence that graffiti has been placed on any real or personal property which it owns or otherwise controls within 15 days after it discovers the graffiti or as soon as practicable.  2. The board of county commissioners may bring an action against a person responsible for placing graffiti on the property of the county to recover a civil penalty and damages for the cost of removing or covering the graffiti placed on such property.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 739)
NV Rev Stat § 244.36935 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244 - Counties: Government|NRS 244.36935 - Abatement of graffiti on residential property.

  1. The board of county commissioners may adopt by ordinance procedures pursuant to which officers, employees or other designees of the county may cover or remove graffiti that is placed on residential property.  2. An ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 must provide that:  (a) Officers, employees or other designees of the county shall not cover or remove the graffiti unless:  (1) The owner of the residential property consents to the covering or removal of the graffiti; or  (2) If the board of county commissioners or its designee is unable to contact the owner of the residential property to obtain the owner’s consent, the board first provides the owner of the property with written notice that is:  (I) Sent by certified mail, return receipt requested; and  (II) Posted on the residential property on which the graffiti will be covered or from which the graffiti will be removed,  at least 5 days before the officers, employees or other designees of the county cover or remove the graffiti.  (b) The county shall pay the cost of covering or removing the graffiti.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 849; A 2015, 2111)
NV Rev Stat § 244.3695 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244 - Counties: Government|NRS 244.3695 - Graffiti reward and abatement fund: Creation; use; administrative assessments; payment of rewards.

  1. The board of county commissioners shall create a graffiti reward and abatement fund. The money in the fund must be used to pay a reward to a person who, in response to the offer of a reward, provides information which results in the identification, apprehension and conviction of a person who violates a county ordinance that prohibits graffiti or other defacement of property.  2. When a defendant pleads or is found guilty or guilty but mentally ill of violating a county ordinance that prohibits graffiti or other defacement of property, the court shall include an administrative assessment of $250 for each violation in addition to any other fine or penalty. The money collected must be paid by the clerk of the court to the county treasurer on or before the fifth day of each month for credit to the graffiti reward and abatement fund.  3. If sufficient money is available in the graffiti reward and abatement fund, a county law enforcement agency may offer a reward, not to exceed $1,000, for information leading to the identification, apprehension and conviction of a person who violates a county ordinance that prohibits graffiti or other defacement of property. The reward must be paid out of the graffiti reward and abatement fund upon approval of the board of county commissioners.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 739; A 2007, 1444)
NV Rev Stat § 244.370 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244 - Counties: Government|NRS 244.370 - Exhibits of county’s products at exposition or fair; permanent exhibits.

  1. Whenever the State of Nevada by act of the Legislature shall have decided to make a state exhibit at any exposition, the various counties may, for the purpose of more efficiently representing their resources and products, by order of their respective county commissioners, employ some person or persons to collect county exhibits and forward the same pursuant to instructions from the State Board of Commissioners of the exposition.  2. All collectors acting under authorization of county commissioners shall collect and mark each and every sample in accordance with such instructions from the State Board as may be necessary to secure clearness and uniformity of system in the state exhibit.  3. The county commissioners of each county may order the payment of such expenses as may be incurred in collecting the exhibit out of any available fund.  4. The county commissioners may, for the purpose of illustrating, exhibiting and advertising the resources of their counties, maintain permanent exhibits at suitable places either in this state or elsewhere, but they shall not expend for the maintenance of such permanent exhibit more than $25 in any 1 month. Nothing in this subsection shall be so construed as to conflict in any way with subsections 1, 2 or 3.  [1:34:1903; RL § 3937; NCL § 7007] + [2:34:1903; RL § 3938; NCL § 7008] + [3:34:1903; RL § 3939; NCL § 7009] + [4:34:1903; RL § 3940; NCL § 7010]
NV Rev Stat § 244.375 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244 - Counties: Government|NRS 244.375 - Tax for exhibits at expositions.

  1. After March 20, 1911, the county commissioners of the various counties are empowered to levy a special tax for the purpose of displaying the products of the county at expositions.  2. The county commissioners are authorized to use their discretion in the levying of the tax to cover the legitimate expenses incurred in the display of any products at an exposition; but in no case shall such tax levy exceed 4 cents on each $100 in any 1 year.  [1:123:1911; RL § 3935; NCL § 7005] + [2:123:1911; RL § 3936; NCL § 7006]
NV Rev Stat § 244.377 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244 - Counties: Government|NRS 244.377 - Tax levy; payment of proceeds to and use by nonprofit organization; exemption from limitation.

  1. The board of county commissioners of any county may include in the annual budget of the county items to cover the expense of maintaining a county museum, art center or historical society.  2. The expenditures so budgeted may be met by including them in the annual tax levy of the county, but in no case may the tax levy for such purposes in any 1 year exceed 5 cents on each $100 of the assessed valuation of the property of that county.  3. The proceeds of the tax levy may be paid under contract to a nonprofit historical society, nonprofit museum board or other nonprofit board, committee or organization for their use in paying salaries of museum or art center personnel, in building and maintaining exhibits, in purchasing cabinets, in displaying items and in conducting activities related to a museum or art center, but in no case may such an organization or board make capital improvements without the express approval of the board of county commissioners.  4. The proceeds of the tax levied pursuant to this section are exempt from the limitation imposed by NRS 354.59811 and may be excluded in determining the allowed revenue from taxes ad valorem for the county.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 166; A 1975, 140; 2003, 480)
NV Rev Stat § 244.378 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244 - Counties: Government|NRS 244.378 - Sale, trade or exchange of duplicate or unwanted items.

Except as otherwise provided by county ordinance, the director of the department designated to operate a county museum, art center or historical society may sell, trade or exchange duplicate or unwanted museum items with any other museum, nonprofit organization or educational institution.  (Added to NRS by 1989, 1055)
NV Rev Stat § 244.380 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244 - Counties: Government|NRS 244.380 - Tax levy; contracts for promotion of county.

  1. Annually, the boards of county commissioners of the several counties may include in their respective county budgets items to cover the expense of exploiting, promoting and publishing to homeseekers and the public at large, by any means in their judgment calculated to accomplish this purpose, the agricultural, mining and other resources, progress and advantages of their respective counties.  2. Such expenditures as may by the board of county commissioners be decided upon shall be met by including them in the annual tax levy of and for that county; provided:  (a) That the tax levy shall not in any 1 year exceed 3 cents on each $100 of the assessed valuation of the property in that county.  (b) That in counties having a population of 100,000 or more, the county commissioners of those counties may levy a tax of 2 cents on each $100 of the assessed valuation of property in that county.  (c) That pending the accumulation and setting aside of the fund for the purposes authorized by this section, the boards of county commissioners are authorized and empowered to pledge their respective counties for those purposes to an amount not exceeding the sum to be raised as in this section provided, and to be paid out of the fund raised and set aside therefor as herein authorized.  3. The boards of county commissioners may enter into contracts with any person, group, corporation, agency or commission to carry out the purposes of this section and are authorized to pay over to any such person, group, corporation, agency or commission, pursuant to such contracts, any moneys derived from the tax levy provided for in subsection 2.  [1:181:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.21] + [2:181:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.22] — (NRS A 1959, 772; 1979, 514)
NV Rev Stat § 244.382 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244 - Counties: Government|NRS 244.382 - Legislative findings.

The Legislature finds that:  1. Many of the less populous counties of the State have experienced shortages of physicians, surgeons, anesthetists, dentists, other medical professionals and physician assistants.  2. Some of the more populous counties of the State have also experienced shortages of physicians, surgeons, anesthetists, dentists, other medical professionals and physician assistants in their rural communities.  3. By granting county scholarships to students in such medical professions who will agree to return to the less populous counties or the rural communities of the more populous counties for residence and practice, these counties can alleviate the shortages to a degree and thereby provide their people with needed health services.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 632; A 1995, 104; 2001, 779)
NV Rev Stat § 244.3821 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244 - Counties: Government|NRS 244.3821 - Establishment of medical scholarship program; appropriation of money; acceptance of contributions.

  1. In addition to the powers elsewhere conferred upon all counties, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, any county may establish a medical scholarship program to induce students in the medical professions to return to the county for practice.   2. Any county whose population is 100,000 or more may only establish a medical scholarship program to induce students in the medical professions to return to the less populous rural communities of the county for practice.  3. Students in the medical professions for the purposes of NRS 244.382 to 244.3823, inclusive, include persons studying to be physician assistants licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS.  4. The board of county commissioners of a county that has established a medical scholarship program may appropriate money from the general fund of the county for medical scholarship funds and may accept private contributions to augment the scholarship funds.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 632; A 1979, 515; 1995, 104; 2001, 779; 2007, 1852)
NV Rev Stat § 244.3822 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 244 - Counties: Government|NRS 244.3822 - Prerequisites to grant of scholarship.

  1. If a medical scholarship fund is created, the board of county commissioners may grant individual scholarships but shall first require each recipient to:  (a) Show the recipient’s financial need for the scholarship.  (b) Execute a written agreement that, after completing his or her studies and achieving professional certification, the recipient will, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, return to the county and practice the profession for a number of years to be specified by the board, not fewer than the number of years during which he or she received the county’s assistance for his or her education.  2. If a recipient of a scholarship executes a written agreement with a county pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 244.3821, the recipient shall return to a less populous rural community of that county and practice the profession for a number of years to be specified by the board, not fewer than the number of years during which he or she received the county’s assistance for his or her education.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 632; A 1995, 105)