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NV Rev Stat § 280.129 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 280 - Metropolitan Police Departments|NRS 280.129 - Certain contracts, franchises and agreements subject to rescission upon withdrawal or dissolution; valid claims not diminished or altered by dissolution.

  1. Any contract, franchise or other agreement into which a department enters after merger for goods or services is subject to rescission by either party if one or more of the participating political subdivisions withdraw from the department or the department is dissolved.  2. A valid claim against a department arising from law enforcement activity is not diminished or altered by reason of the dissolution of the department. The participating political subdivisions at the time of dissolution are liable for any claims resulting from any pending action or proceeding which involves any debt, demand, liability or obligation or which has been brought by or against the department after the merger, irrespective of the nature of such matter in litigation.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 1658)
NV Rev Stat § 280.130 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 280 - Metropolitan Police Departments|NRS 280.130 - Composition; compensation; chair.

  1. The committee consists of two representatives from each participating political subdivision.  2. Representatives of the participating political subdivisions are not entitled to receive any additional compensation or be reimbursed by the department for any expenses incurred while serving on the committee.  3. Each representative of a participating political subdivision must be a member of its governing body and serves at the pleasure of the governing body making the appointment.  4. The members of the committee shall, by majority vote, select an additional member of the committee from the general public from a list consisting of three persons nominated by each participating political subdivision and three persons nominated by the sheriff. That person:  (a) Must reside in the area served by the department.  (b) Shall serve until August 1 next succeeding and until a successor is selected.  (c) May succeed himself or herself.  (d) Is entitled to receive as compensation $40 for each day of service.  (e) Is entitled to reimbursement for necessary travel and per diem expenses in the manner provided by the committee for the reimbursement of officers and employees of the department.  5. If the members of the committee fail to agree on the additional member to be selected pursuant to subsection 4 within 30 days after their initial meeting following the merger or by August 1 of any year thereafter, the additional member of the committee must be appointed by the Governor without regard to the lists submitted. The person so appointed must reside in the area served by the department.  6. At its first meeting and in August of each year thereafter, the committee shall select one of its members to act as chair.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 916; A 1975, 1283; 1977, 364, 581; 1981, 636)
NV Rev Stat § 280.150 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 280 - Metropolitan Police Departments|NRS 280.150 - Quorum; voting.

  1. A majority of the committee is a quorum for the transaction of business if it includes at least one representative from each participating political subdivision.  2. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, when a vote of the committee is required to transact business, the vote is a majority of the quorum present and voting on the matter in question.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 917; A 1977, 365; 1981, 637)
NV Rev Stat § 280.160 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 280 - Metropolitan Police Departments|NRS 280.160 - Oaths and affirmations.

Members of the committee may administer all oaths or affirmations necessary in discharging the duties of their office.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 917; A 1981, 637)
NV Rev Stat § 280.170 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 280 - Metropolitan Police Departments|NRS 280.170 - Secretary and clerical personnel.

The committee shall employ a clerk and may employ other clerical personnel necessary to the discharge of its duties. The clerk is secretary for the committee.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 917; A 1975, 1283; 1977, 365; 1981, 637)
NV Rev Stat § 280.180 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 280 - Metropolitan Police Departments|NRS 280.180 - Meetings; notice.

  1. The committee shall meet at least once each quarter on a regularly scheduled day and may meet more often upon the call of the chair, either on the chair’s own motion or at the request of any two members of the committee.  2. The clerk of the committee shall give written notice of each special meeting to each member of the committee at least 1 day before the meeting or by mailing the notice to each member’s place of residence in the county at least 3 days before the meeting.  3. The notice must specify the time, place and purpose of the meeting. If all of the members of the committee who did not receive notice are present at the special meeting, lack of notice does not invalidate the proceedings.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 917; A 1981, 637)
NV Rev Stat § 280.190 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 280 - Metropolitan Police Departments|NRS 280.190 - Budget and plan for apportionment of expense: Preparation; approval; arbitration.

  1. The committee shall:  (a) Direct the department to prepare and shall approve an annual operating budget for the department.  (b) Submit the budget to the governing bodies of the participating political subdivisions before May 1 for funding for the following fiscal year.  (c) Direct the department to prepare and shall adopt the funding apportionment plan provided for in NRS 280.201 and submit the plan before February 1 to the governing bodies of the participating political subdivisions for approval. The governing bodies shall approve or reject the plan before March 1.  2. If any of the governing bodies fails to approve the apportionment plan, the plan or any disputed element thereof must be submitted to an arbitration panel for resolution. The governing body of each participating political subdivision shall name one arbitrator to the panel, who must reside within this State. If this results in an even number of arbitrators, the arbitrators so named shall, by majority vote, select an additional arbitrator, who must reside within this State and who shall serve as chair of the panel. The department shall provide such advice and technical and clerical assistance as is requested by the panel. The panel must make its decision and submit it to the participating political subdivisions before April 1. When submitted, the decision is final and binding upon the participating political subdivisions. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of NRS 38.206 to 38.248, inclusive, apply.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 917; A 1975, 1283, 1682; 1977, 365; 1979, 532; 1981, 638; 1987, 1492; 2001, 1285; 2003, 35, 41; 2005, 102)
NV Rev Stat § 280.220 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 280 - Metropolitan Police Departments|NRS 280.220 - Duties of county auditor or county comptroller upon merger, withdrawal or dissolution.

  1. Upon merger, the county auditor or county comptroller of a county which has a department shall:  (a) Create in the county treasury one or more funds and accounts within those funds, pursuant to the provisions of NRS 354.470 to 354.626, inclusive, as the department may request, for the exclusive use of the department.  (b) Receive all money from the county, participating cities and any other source on behalf of the department and deposit the money in the appropriate department fund.  (c) Receive all money collected by the department for any purpose, except criminal and civil fines, and deposit the money in the appropriate department fund.  (d) Issue warrants against a department fund in the manner provided in this chapter.  (e) Credit any interest earned on money held in a department fund to any such fund designated by the department.  (f) Retain in each department fund any balances remaining at the end of each fiscal year.  2. Within 30 days after the effective date of the withdrawal of a participating political subdivision from the department, the county auditor or county comptroller shall issue a warrant to pay to the withdrawing political subdivision any money held in a department fund that is attributable to the withdrawing political subdivision based on the proportion that the total budgetary contribution of the withdrawing political subdivision to the department bears to the total budgetary contributions of all the participating political subdivisions to the department since the time of merger.  3. Within 30 days after the effective date of the dissolution of the department, the county auditor or county comptroller shall disburse any money held in a department fund to the participating political subdivisions at the time of dissolution based on the proportion that the total budgetary contribution of each participating political subdivision to the department bears to the total budgetary contributions of all the participating political subdivisions to the department since the time of merger.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 918; A 1977, 366; 1981, 640; 2001, 1659)
NV Rev Stat § 280.230 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 280 - Metropolitan Police Departments|NRS 280.230 - Examination and audit of accounts.

The committee may examine and audit the accounts of all officers responsible for the care, management, collection or disbursement of any money belonging to the department or appropriated by law or otherwise, for its use and benefit.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 918; A 1981, 641)
NV Rev Stat § 280.240 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 280 - Metropolitan Police Departments|NRS 280.240 - Allowance of accounts.

The committee shall examine, settle and allow all accounts legally chargeable against the department.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 918; A 1981, 641)
NV Rev Stat § 280.250 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 280 - Metropolitan Police Departments|NRS 280.250 - Approval and payment of claims.

  1. Every demand against a department, except a demand for the sheriff’s salary, a contested claim or demand or a demand required by the committee to be submitted to it, after the demand is approved and signed by the sheriff or a designee of the sheriff, must be listed on a cumulative voucher sheet and audited by the county auditor or comptroller.  2. The county auditor or comptroller shall satisfy himself or herself whether the money demanded is legally due and remains unpaid, and whether its payment from the treasury is authorized by law, and out of what fund.  3. The county auditor or comptroller and the county treasurer must sign the cumulative voucher sheets and the warrants. The county treasurer shall send a signed copy of the cumulative voucher sheets to the committee.  4. A majority of the members of the committee must approve a contested claim or a demand required to be submitted to the committee before such a demand is paid from the department’s fund. A contested demand must be paid as provided in NRS 280.260.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 918; A 1981, 215, 641; 1989, 990)
NV Rev Stat § 280.260 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 280 - Metropolitan Police Departments|NRS 280.260 - Issuance of warrants.

  1. If the county auditor or comptroller refuses to allow the payment of any demand, the demand must be presented to the committee with the refusal of the county auditor or comptroller endorsed thereupon and his or her reasons for the refusal.  2. If the committee, by a unanimous vote of all its members orders the issuance of a warrant in such a case, the county auditor or comptroller shall immediately issue the warrant upon service upon him or her of a copy of the committee’s order on which the secretary of the committee has certified that all its members voted for its passage; otherwise, the demand must be declared rejected, and no warrant may thereupon issue.  3. If the county auditor or comptroller allows such a demand in part, a warrant may be issued only for that part unless the committee allows a greater sum by a unanimous vote of its members.  4. No warrant may be drawn by the county auditor or comptroller on a department’s fund, unless there is sufficient money in the fund to pay the warrant. Any warrant drawn contrary to the provisions of this subsection is void.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 919; A 1981, 215, 641)
NV Rev Stat § 280.262 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 280 - Metropolitan Police Departments|NRS 280.262 - Taxing district: Creation; restriction on use; restriction on alteration or abolishment of boundary.

  1. In each county in which a metropolitan police department is established, there is hereby created a taxing district consisting of:  (a) The area within the boundaries of each incorporated city which participates in the department; and  (b) The area of the county outside the boundaries of any incorporated city.  2. A taxing district must not be used for any purpose not specifically authorized by the provisions of this chapter.  3. The boundary of the taxing district must not be altered or abolished as a result of the withdrawal of a participating political subdivision from the department or the dissolution of the department in such a manner as to impair any outstanding bonds or other obligations that are payable from or secured by a pledge of a tax imposed in the taxing district until those bonds or other obligations have been discharged in full.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1061; A 2001, 1659; 2003, 434)
NV Rev Stat § 280.264 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 280 - Metropolitan Police Departments|NRS 280.264 - Issuance of general obligations to finance capital improvements; levy of tax on property within taxing district; proportionality of obligations for purposes of debt limitation; liability for indebtedness upon withdrawal or dissolution.

  1. The committee may, with the consent of the governing body of the county and each participating city, borrow money from time to time as general obligations to construct buildings or improve property used by the department, except a county or city jail or detention facility. For this purpose, the committee is a "governing body" within the meaning of NRS 350.524.  2. If general obligations are issued pursuant to this section, the committee shall determine the amount required in each fiscal year to pay the interest and required installments of principal, and report this amount to the Nevada Tax Commission as the budgets of local governments are reported, for the levy of the requisite tax on all taxable property within the taxing district.  3. For the purposes of any debt limitation of a county or city, obligations issued pursuant to this section shall be deemed to be the respective general obligations of the county and each of the cities in the same proportion as the percentage of the department’s expenses paid by the county and each of the cities pursuant to the formula in effect at the time the obligations are issued.  4. If a participating political subdivision withdraws from the department, the withdrawing political subdivision becomes liable for the proportion of the indebtedness for the general obligations issued pursuant to this section that is attributable to the withdrawing political subdivision based on the percentage of the department’s expenses paid by the withdrawing political subdivision pursuant to the formula in effect at the time the general obligations were issued.   5. Each participating political subdivision at the time of dissolution becomes liable for the proportion of the indebtedness for the general obligations issued pursuant to this section that is attributable to each participating political subdivision based on the percentage of the department’s expenses paid by each participating political subdivision pursuant to the formula in effect at the time the general obligations were issued.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1061; A 2001, 1659)
NV Rev Stat § 280.265 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 280 - Metropolitan Police Departments|NRS 280.265 - Taxing district: Proposal to voters of question to levy additional ad valorem tax to employ additional police officers.

  1. The committee may, with the consent of the governing body of each participating political subdivision and the debt management commission in the participating county, propose to the registered voters of the taxing district, at a county general election, the question of whether an additional ad valorem tax shall be levied on all taxable property within the taxing district for the support of the department for the purpose of employing additional police officers.  2. The question submitted to the voters must include information regarding:  (a) The initial ad valorem tax rate and the method for determining the ad valorem tax rate for each fiscal year; and  (b) The rate of the proposed additional property tax stated in dollars and cents per $100 assessed valuation, the purpose of the proposed additional property tax, the duration of the proposed additional property tax and an estimate established by the committee of the increase in the amount of property taxes that an owner of a new home with a fair market value of $100,000 will pay per year as a result of the passage of the question.  3. For the purposes of NRS 350.011 to 350.0165, inclusive, a committee shall be deemed a municipality or a governing body of a municipality.  (Added to NRS by 2003, 433)
NV Rev Stat § 280.2655 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 280 - Metropolitan Police Departments|NRS 280.2655 - Imposition of additional ad valorem tax approved by voters to employ additional police officers; rate; collection; use of proceeds.

If the voters of the taxing district approve the levy of an additional ad valorem tax pursuant to NRS 280.265:  1. The board of county commissioners of the county in which the taxing district is located shall impose the tax annually at the rate approved by the voters;  2. A county officer charged with the duty of collecting ad valorem taxes shall collect the tax in the same form and manner, and with the same interest and penalties, as other ad valorem taxes are collected, and shall pay all revenue generated by the tax, including all interest and penalties, to the department upon collection; and  3. The committee shall authorize the department to use the proceeds only for the purpose of employing additional police officers and the incurrence of related costs.  (Added to NRS by 2003, 434)
NV Rev Stat § 280.266 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 280 - Metropolitan Police Departments|NRS 280.266 - Issuance of medium-term obligation or entry into lease-purchase agreement to acquire capital equipment; liability for indebtedness upon withdrawal or dissolution.

  1. Upon the adoption of a resolution pursuant to NRS 350.087, the committee may issue a medium-term obligation to purchase capital equipment or enter into a lease-purchase agreement for capital equipment.  2. The committee is not required to comply with the provisions of NRS 350.089 if it enters a lease-purchase agreement for capital equipment.  3. If a participating political subdivision withdraws from the department, the withdrawing political subdivision becomes liable for the proportion of the indebtedness for the medium-term obligations issued pursuant to this section that is attributable to the withdrawing political subdivision based on the percentage of the department’s expenses paid by the withdrawing political subdivision pursuant to the formula in effect at the time the medium-term obligations were issued.   4. Each participating political subdivision at the time of dissolution becomes liable for the proportion of the indebtedness for the medium-term obligations issued pursuant to this section that is attributable to each participating political subdivision based on the percentage of the department’s expenses paid by each participating political subdivision pursuant to the formula in effect at the time the medium-term obligations were issued.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 1296; A 2001, 1660, 2317; 2003, 69)
NV Rev Stat § 280.270 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 280 - Metropolitan Police Departments|NRS 280.270 - Payment of premiums for industrial insurance.

The county auditor or comptroller of a county in which a department is located shall comply with the provisions of NRS 616B.224 on behalf of the department.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 919; A 1999, 1734)
NV Rev Stat § 280.280 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 280 - Metropolitan Police Departments|NRS 280.280 - Transfer of powers and duties to department; contracts; suits; insurance.

  1. Upon the formation of a department, every power and duty conferred or imposed by law upon a county sheriff which relates to law enforcement, and upon a chief of police or police department of any participating city, devolves automatically upon the department. After the formation of a department, contracts to furnish police services must be made with the department and not with a participating political subdivision.  2. The department may, upon the approval of the committee and in compliance with chapter 332 of NRS, enter into contracts to purchase goods and services necessary to operate and maintain the department.  3. The department may sue or be sued in its own name with respect to any contract it is permitted by law to enter.  4. The department is responsible for the defense of any claim and for any judgment arising out of any act or omission to act on the part of the committee, the sheriff, or any officer, employee or agent of the department, for which a political subdivision of the State may be held responsible pursuant to NRS 41.0305 to 41.039, inclusive. The department may sue or be sued with regard to these matters.  5. The department may:  (a) Insure itself against any liability arising under subsection 4.  (b) Insure the members of the committee, the sheriff, and any of its officers, employees and agents against tort liability resulting from an act or an omission to act in the scope of his or her duties or employment.  (c) Insure against the expense of defending a claim against itself, the committee, the sheriff or any of its officers, employees or agents whether or not liability exists on the claim.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 919; A 1977, 366; 1981, 642; 1987, 96)
NV Rev Stat § 280.284 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 280 - Metropolitan Police Departments|NRS 280.284 - Contract for operation or maintenance of jail.

A department may enter into a contract with a county or any participating city for the operation or maintenance, or both, by the department with its own employees of a jail established by the other contracting party.  (Added to NRS by 1983, 731)
NV Rev Stat § 280.287 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 280 - Metropolitan Police Departments|NRS 280.287 - Contract for provision and supervision of police services in public schools and charter schools; qualifications and training for officers assigned to school police unit.

  1. The department may enter into a contract with the board of trustees of the school district located in the county served by the department for the provision and supervision of police services in the public schools within the school district and any charter school with which the board of trustees has entered into a contract for the provision of school police officers pursuant to NRS 388A.384, and on property owned by the school district and, if applicable, on property owned or operated by a charter school. If the department enters into a contract pursuant to this section, the department shall create a separate unit designated as the school police unit for this purpose.  2. The department may establish different qualifications and training requirements for officers assigned to the school police unit than those generally applicable to officers of the department.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 3463; A 2015, 1742)