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NV Rev Stat § 539.065 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.065 - Directors: Terms of office; qualifications.

  1. The directors elected at the organization election shall be selected by lot so that one, two or three directors, according to whether there are in all three, five or seven on the board, shall hold office until their successors are elected at the next regular election and qualify, and two, three or four directors, as the case may be, shall hold office until their successors are elected at the second regular election after organization and qualify.  2. At the regular election biennially thereafter directors shall be elected, to replace the directors whose terms expire, for terms of 4 years, or until their successors are elected and qualify. Directors so elected shall have the qualifications prescribed in this chapter for directors elected at the time of organization.  [Part 5:64:1919; A 1933, 271; 1931 NCL § 8012]
NV Rev Stat § 539.067 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.067 - Directors: Oaths; bonds.

  1. Within 10 days after receiving the certificate of his or her election, each director shall take and subscribe to an official oath and file the same with the secretary of the board of directors.  2. Each member of the board of directors shall execute an official bond in the sum of $2,000, which shall be approved by the judge of the district court in and for the county where such organization is effected. Such bonds shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder and filed with the secretary of the board.  [Part 7:64:1919; A 1921, 118; NCL § 8014]
NV Rev Stat § 539.070 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.070 - Directors: Vacancies in office.

  1. Any vacancy in the office of director shall be filled from the division in which the vacancy occurs by the remaining members of the board.  2. In cases where a vacancy occurs in the office of director and the remaining directors, at the next regular monthly meeting of the board of directors following such vacancy, do not by a majority vote of such remaining directors appoint a successor to fill such vacancy, then the president of the board of directors shall fill such vacancy by appointment.  3. In the event of the vacancy occurring in the office of the director who is president of the board, then the vice president shall fill the vacancy by appointment.  4. A director appointed to fill a vacancy, as provided in this section, shall hold the office until the next biennial election, and until the director’s successor is elected and qualified.  [Part 9:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1927, 309; 1933, 271; 1931 NCL § 8016]
NV Rev Stat § 539.071 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.071 - Expansion of number of directors authorized if federal reclamation project operated and project authorized for additional purposes; procedure.

  1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if an irrigation district operates a federal reclamation project pursuant to a contract with the United States and the project is authorized for purposes in addition to irrigation, the district may expand the number of directors on the board of directors of the district in the manner provided in this section.  2. The number of directors may be increased pursuant to this section by a number not to exceed one less than the number of elected directors on the board. The addition of directors pursuant to this section may be proposed by resolution adopted by the board of directors or upon the petition of not less than 51 percent of the qualified electors of the district.  3. The resolution or petition proposing to increase the number of directors must designate the number of additional directors proposed, the interest to be represented by each additional director and the method by which each additional director will be appointed. The interest to be represented by each additional director must be an interest which owns a water right for an authorized purpose of the federal reclamation project.  4. The board of directors shall submit the question of expanding the board of directors in accordance with the resolution or petition to the qualified electors of the district at the next district election or primary or general state election. Notice of the election must be given in the manner provided in NRS 539.125.  5. If the result of the election is in favor of the expansion, the board of directors must be expanded in accordance with the resolution or petition. The new directors must be appointed at the time of the next biennial election of directors, and must determine their respective tenures of office in the manner provided in NRS 539.065. After the initial terms, directors appointed pursuant to this section hold office for a term of 4 years. The successor to a director appointed pursuant to this section must be appointed not later than the biennial election which coincides with the expiration of the director’s term.  6. By resolution of the elected directors or by petition of not less than 51 percent of the qualified electors of the district, the directors added pursuant to this section may be eliminated, or the interests they represent or their appointing authorities may be changed, in the same manner that directors are added pursuant to this section.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1081; A 1993, 1081)
NV Rev Stat § 539.073 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.073 - Organization of board; election and appointment of officers.

  1. Immediately upon their election and qualification following the organization election the board of directors shall meet and organize, elect a president and a vice president, and appoint a secretary and a treasurer.  2. On the first Monday in May next following their election thereafter, the board of directors shall meet and organize, elect a president and a vice president, and appoint a secretary and a treasurer.  [Part 9:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1927, 309; 1933, 271; 1931 NCL § 8016]
NV Rev Stat § 539.075 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.075 - Secretary and treasurer: Appointment; bond.

  1. The secretary and the treasurer shall be appointed by the board of directors and may or may not be members of the board. One person may be appointed to serve as secretary and treasurer.  2. Such officers shall serve at the will of the board.  3. The secretary and the treasurer shall file bonds for the faithful performance of their duties. The bonds shall be approved by the board.  [Part 9:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1927, 309; 1933, 271; 1931 NCL § 8016]
NV Rev Stat § 539.077 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.077 - Assistant secretary: Appointment; duties.

The board may also appoint an assistant secretary who shall exercise such of the powers and perform such of the duties of the secretary as may be designated by the board of directors, except that such assistant secretary shall not be invested with authority to sign on behalf of the secretary any bonds of the district.  [Part 9:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1927, 309; 1933, 271; 1931 NCL § 8016]
NV Rev Stat § 539.080 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.080 - Compensation and expenses of directors and other officers.

  1. A member of the board of directors is entitled to receive not more than $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.  2. The board shall fix the compensation to be paid to the other officers named in this chapter; but the board shall, upon the petition of a majority of the electors within the district, submit to the electors at any general election of the district a schedule of salaries and fees to be paid the directors and officers thereof. The petition must be presented to the board 20 days before the general election. The schedule of salaries and fees must be put into effect upon the first of the month after the election if it was approved by a two-thirds vote.  [12:64:1919; A 1945, 298; 1943 NCL § 8023] — (NRS A 1957, 309; 1965, 673; 1973, 786; 1981, 582; 1999, 921)
NV Rev Stat § 539.081 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.081 - Interest in certain contracts prohibited; penalties.

  1. All directors and other officers named in this chapter are prohibited from being directly or indirectly interested in any contract awarded by the board or in the profits to be derived from the contract.  2. For any violation of this section the director or officer is guilty of a gross misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof forfeits his or her office.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 1114)
NV Rev Stat § 539.083 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.083 - Office of board.

The board of directors shall designate some place within the county where the organization of the district was effected as the office of the board.  [Part 9:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1927, 309; 1933, 271; 1931 NCL § 8016]
NV Rev Stat § 539.085 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.085 - Regular meetings: Time and place; notice of change of time; judicial day.

  1. The board shall hold a regular monthly meeting in its office on the day of the month fixed by resolution duly entered upon the minutes. When the time for such a monthly meeting has been fixed it cannot again be changed for 12 months, and it can only be changed by resolution passed at least 2 months prior to the time such change shall take effect, and upon publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the district for at least 2 weeks prior to such change.  2. Should the regular meeting day fall upon a nonjudicial day, such meeting shall be held on the first judicial day thereafter.  [Part 9:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1927, 309; 1933, 271; 1931 NCL § 8016]
NV Rev Stat § 539.087 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.087 - Special meetings: Calling by president or board; notice; business to be transacted.

  1. The board of directors shall hold such special meetings as shall be required for the purpose of transaction of business; but all special meetings must be called by the president or a majority of the board.  2. The order calling such special meeting shall be entered on the record, and the secretary shall give each member not joining in the order 3 days’ notice of such special meeting.  3. The order must specify the business to be transacted at such special meeting; and none other than that specified shall be transacted.  [Part 9:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1927, 309; 1933, 271; 1931 NCL § 8016]
NV Rev Stat § 539.090 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.090 - Legal meeting: Attendance of all members.

Whenever all members of the board are present at a meeting the same shall be deemed a legal meeting and any lawful business may be transacted.  [Part 9:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1927, 309; 1933, 271; 1931 NCL § 8016]
NV Rev Stat § 539.093 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.093 - Meetings public.

All meetings of the board shall be public.  [Part 9:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1927, 309; 1933, 271; 1931 NCL § 8016]
NV Rev Stat § 539.095 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.095 - Quorum; affirmative vote of majority required for certain questions.

A majority of the members constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business, but on all questions requiring a vote, there must be an affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of the board.  [Part 9:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1927, 309; 1933, 271; 1931 NCL § 8016] — (NRS A 2001, 1129)
NV Rev Stat § 539.097 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.097 - Records open to inspection.

  1. All records of the board shall be open to the inspection of any elector during business hours.  2. The board of directors of each irrigation district, or the secretary thereof, shall at any time allow any member of the board of county commissioners, when acting under the order of such board, to have access to all books, records and vouchers of the district which are in the possession or control of the board of directors or the secretary.  [Part 9:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1927, 309; 1933, 271; 1931 NCL § 8016] + [52:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3288; NCL § 8070]
NV Rev Stat § 539.103 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.103 - Director not to be employed by district as engineer, watermaster or manager.

  1. No director shall, during the director’s term of office, be employed by the district as district engineer, watermaster or manager.  2. This section shall not be construed as depriving the board of the right and power to appoint a committee or committees to act for the board whenever and wherever necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.  [74:64:1919; added 1929, 286; NCL § 8092]
NV Rev Stat § 539.105 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.105 - Establishment of precincts and polling places.

  1. Each division shall constitute an election precinct for the purposes of this chapter.  2. After the organization of the district the directors may divide a division into two or more precincts and fix the polling places therein.  3. By affirmative vote of all of their number or of all of their number save one, the directors may reduce the number of election precincts to one or more within the district, establish the boundaries thereof, and fix the polling place or places therein.  [Part 3:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1925, 203; 1931, 265; 1935, 135; 1931 NCL § 8010]
NV Rev Stat § 539.107 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.107 - Procedure for change of boundaries.

  1. Whenever in the opinion of the board of directors it is advisable to do so, the board is empowered to change the boundaries of one or more divisions of the district in order to equalize more nearly the number of electors in the respective divisions, but new lands shall not be included within the district boundaries and lands within the district boundaries and lands within the district shall not be excluded by such change of boundaries, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.  2. A change of division boundaries shall become effective when a certified copy of a resolution making such change, attached to a copy of a map or plat of the district delineating the new division boundary lines, both being certified as correct by the secretary of the district, shall be filed in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the division whose boundaries have been so changed is situated.  [Part 10:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1925, 203; 1927, 309; 1951, 55]
NV Rev Stat § 539.110 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.110 - Procedure for changing number of directors and divisions; election required.

  1. The number of directors and the number of divisions of any district organized pursuant to the laws of this state must not be altered or changed except upon:  (a) A petition of not less than 51 percent of the qualified electors of the district; or  (b) A resolution adopted by the board of directors.  2. The petition or resolution must prescribe the number of divisions into which the district is proposed to be divided and must be accompanied by a map showing the proposed new division boundaries, which map must be a part of the petition or resolution and must be presented to the board of directors of the district at any regular meeting.  3. At its next regular meeting following the presentation of the petition or adoption of the resolution, the board of directors shall prepare or cause to be prepared a map of the district showing the proposed new division boundaries, which map must be placed on file in the office of the district. At least two copies of the map must be posted in other conspicuous places in the district where the maps are available for inspection by all interested persons.  4. The board of directors shall submit the question of altering or changing the number of divisions of the district in accordance with the petition to the qualified electors of the district at the next district election or primary or general state election. Notice of the election must be given in the manner provided in NRS 539.125, and must include notice of the places where the map showing the proposed new division boundaries may be inspected.  5. If the result of the election is in favor of the changes in the number of divisions and division boundaries of the district, the next biennial election of directors is governed by the altered conditions established by the election and the terms of office of all the directors then in office and who were elected or appointed before the altered conditions expire on the second Monday following the biennial election. The new directors then elected shall determine their respective tenures of office in the manner designated in NRS 539.065.  6. No petition or resolution to change the number of directors and divisions of a district may be received or considered within a period of 4 years following the date of an election held pursuant to this section.  [8 1/2:64:1919; added 1931, 170; 1931 NCL § 8015.01] — (NRS A 1991, 1082; 1993, 1082)
NV Rev Stat § 539.113 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.113 - Procedure for election of directors.

  1. Not later than 60 days before any general election of the district, if a petition, signed by the qualified electors of the district equal in number to 35 percent of the qualified electors of the district, requesting that directors from each division of the district be elected by the qualified electors of that division and not by the qualified electors of the district as a whole, is filed with the board of directors, the board shall place upon the ballot of the next district election or primary or general state election the question of whether directors from each division shall be elected by the electors of the division and not by the electors of the district as a whole.  2. If a majority of the votes cast at the election are in favor of electing directors from each division by the electors from that division alone, thereafter the directors in the district must be elected in that manner.  [73:64:1919; added 1929, 286; NCL § 8091] — (NRS A 1993, 1083)
NV Rev Stat § 539.115 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.115 - When regular elections of irrigation districts to be held.

The regular elections of irrigation districts shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April of the second calendar year after the completion of the organization thereof, and on the same day biennially thereafter, or as to districts organized prior to July 1, 1919, biennially after the first regular election therein.  [Part 5:64:1919; A 1933, 271; 1931 NCL § 8012]
NV Rev Stat § 539.117 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.117 - When election need not be held; declaration of election of candidates.

If there shall be no contests for office, and no matters or propositions to be voted upon at any such election, then such election shall not be held, and the duly qualified candidates shall be deemed elected as of the date the election would otherwise have been held, and the board of directors must declare on its records such candidates to have been elected.  [Part 5:64:1919; A 1933, 271; 1931 NCL § 8012]
NV Rev Stat § 539.120 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.120 - Declarations of candidacy; filing fees.

  1. Nominations for the office of director shall be made by filing a declaration with the secretary within 50 days before the date of election and not later than 20 days before such election.  2. A candidate shall pay $25 filing fee with such declaration.  [Part 5:64:1919; A 1933, 271; 1931 NCL § 8012]
NV Rev Stat § 539.125 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.125 - Notice of election: Contents; publication.

The secretary shall cause to be published a notice specifying the time and place of the election held pursuant to NRS 539.113. The notice must be published in a newspaper published in the county or one of the counties in which the district is located not less than 15 days nor more than 22 days before the election. If no newspaper is published in such a county, the notice must be published in a newspaper which has a general circulation in the county or counties.  [Part 6:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1927, 309; 1931, 75; 1935, 135; 1931 NCL § 8013] — (NRS A 1981, 582; 1993, 1083)
NV Rev Stat § 539.127 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.127 - Registration of electors required; reregistration.

  1. No election for any purpose except for organization shall be held in any irrigation district without registration.  2. If an elector is currently registered on or registers after July 1, 1967, and remains eligible, the elector shall not be required to reregister in order to vote at any succeeding election, but before the elector shall be permitted to vote at such election, if the elector shall not have reregistered therefor, the elector shall be required to take and subscribe the registration oath before the board of election, on a form provided by the district, as evidence of the elector’s continued eligibility.  [Part 6:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1927, 309; 1931, 75; 1935, 135; 1931 NCL § 8013] — (NRS A 1967, 1215)
NV Rev Stat § 539.130 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.130 - Secretary is ex officio district registrar; appointment of field registrars; duties.

  1. The secretary is ex officio district registrar of the district, and may, at least 4 weeks before any election, appoint a field registrar in each election precinct. Each field registrar shall register all electors within his or her precinct applying for registration, and for this purpose the field registrar has the authority to demand of the elector all information and to administer all oaths required by this chapter.  2. The registrar and field registrars are governed in the performance of their duties by the general election laws of this state as far as they are applicable, and must be at their places of registration to receive applications for registration from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. on the Wednesday immediately preceding the close of registration pursuant to NRS 539.133.  [Part 6:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1927, 309; 1931, 75; 1935, 135; 1931 NCL § 8013] — (NRS A 1993, 2202; 1995, 2794)
NV Rev Stat § 539.133 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.133 - Close of registration: Time.

Registration of voters for any regular or special election must close 14 days before the election.  [Part 6:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1927, 309; 1931, 75; 1935, 135; 1931 NCL § 8013] — (NRS A 1991, 1084)
NV Rev Stat § 539.135 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts|NRS 539.135 - Oath of individual registrant.

The registrars shall require registrants to take the following oath in substance: I am, or have declared my intention to become, a citizen of the United States, am over the age of 18 years, and am, or properly represent, under the law in pursuance of which this election is to be held, the bona fide holder of title or evidence of title, as defined in the law, to ..... acres of land within the boundaries of the ................ (name of district) and such holding is for all purposes and not simply for this election or matters connected therewith.  [Part 6:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1927, 309; 1931, 75; 1935, 135; 1931 NCL § 8013] — (NRS A 1991, 1084; 1997, 1307)