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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.116 - Basic powers which may be granted to district.

Any one, all or any combination of the following basic powers may be granted to a district in proceedings for its organization, or its reorganization pursuant to NRS 318.077 and all provisions in this chapter supplemental thereto, or as may be otherwise provided by statute:
1. Furnishing electric light and power, as provided in NRS 318.117;
2. Extermination and abatement of mosquitoes, flies, other insects, rats, and liver fluke or
Fasciola hepatica
, as provided in NRS 318.118;
3. Furnishing facilities or services for public cemeteries, as provided in NRS 318.119;
4. Furnishing facilities for swimming pools, as provided in NRS 318.1191;
5. Furnishing facilities for television, as provided in NRS 318.1192;
6. Furnishing facilities for FM radio, as provided in NRS 318.1187;
7. Furnishing streets and alleys, as provided in NRS 318.120;
8. Furnishing curbs, gutters and sidewalks, as provided in NRS 318.125;
9. Furnishing sidewalks, as provided in NRS 318.130;
10. Furnishing facilities for storm drainage or flood control, as provided in NRS 318.135;
11. Furnishing sanitary facilities for sewerage, as provided in NRS 318.140;
12. Furnishing facilities for lighting streets, as provided in NRS 318.141;
13. Furnishing facilities for the collection and disposal of garbage and refuse, as provided in NRS 318.142;
14. Furnishing recreational facilities, as provided in NRS 318.143;
15. Furnishing facilities for water, as provided in NRS 318.144;
16. Furnishing fencing, as provided in NRS 318.1195;
17. Furnishing facilities for protection from fire, as provided in NRS 318.1181;
18. Furnishing energy for space heating, as provided in NRS 318.1175;
19. Furnishing emergency medical services, as provided in NRS 318.1185;
20. Control of noxious weeds, as provided in chapter 555 of NRS; and
21. Establishing, controlling, managing and operating an area or zone for the preservation of one or more species or subspecies of wildlife that has been declared endangered or threatened pursuant to the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531 et seq., as provided in NRS 318.1177.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1693; A 1969, 201; 1971, 261; 1977, 533; 1979, 571; 1985, 1803; 1989, 1881; 1993, 2783; 1995, 179, 1905; 1997, 483; 2001, 2083; 2003, 1513; 2015, 3593)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.117 - Electric light and power.

If a district is created, wholly or in part, to furnish electric light and power, the board may:
1. Acquire, by purchase, condemnation or other legal means, all lands, rights and other property necessary for the construction, use and supply, operation, maintenance, repair and improvement of the works of the district, including, without limitation, the plant, works, system, facilities or properties, together with all parts thereof, the appurtenances thereto, including contract rights, used and useful primarily for the production, transmission or distribution of electric energy to or for the public for any purpose, works constructed and being constructed by private owners, and all other works and appurtenances, either within or without the State of Nevada.
2. Furnish, deliver and sell to the public, and to any municipality and to the State and any public institution, heat, light and power service and any other service, commodity or facility which may be produced or furnished in connection therewith.
3. Purchase generating capacity on the terms set forth in subsection 3 of NRS 244A.699.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1693; A 1985, 642; 2001, 2083)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.1177 - Establishment of area or zone for preservation of endangered or threatened wildlife.

In the case of a district created wholly or in part for the establishment of an area or zone for the preservation of one or more species or subspecies of wildlife that has been declared endangered or threatened pursuant to the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531 et seq., the board shall have the power to:
1. Establish, control, manage and operate or provide money for the establishment, control, management and operation of the area or zone.
2. Purchase, sell, exchange or lease real property, personal property and other interests in property, except water rights, as necessary for the establishment, control, management and operation of the area or zone.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1513)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.1185 - Emergency medical services.

In the case of a district created wholly or in part for furnishing emergency medical services, the board may:
1. Acquire any equipment and property necessary for those services;
2. Hire and supervise emergency medical technicians certified pursuant to chapter 450B of NRS and other personnel necessary to carry out the functions of the district; and
3. Fix rates or charges for the use of the services furnished by the district and change those rates or charges as it considers necessary.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1798)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.1187 - Facilities for FM radio.

1. In the case of a district created wholly or in part for acquiring facilities for FM radio, the board has the power to:
(a) Acquire broadcast, transmission and relay improvements for FM radio.
(b) Levy special assessments against specially benefited real property on which are located receivers operated within the district and able to receive broadcasts of FM radio supplied by the district.
(c) Fix tolls, rates and other service or use charges for services furnished by the district or facilities of the district, including, without limitation, any one, all or any combination of the following:
(1) Flat rate charges;
(2) Charges classified by the number of receivers;
(3) Charges classified by the value of property served by receivers of FM radio;
(4) Charges classified by the character of the property served by receivers of FM radio;
(5) Minimum charges;
(6) Stand-by charges; or
(7) Other charges based on the availability of service.
2. The district does not have the power in connection with the basic power stated in this section to:
(a) Borrow money which loan is evidenced by the issuance of any general obligation bonds or other general obligations of the district.
(b) Rebroadcast an FM radio signal in a community served by a commercial radio station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1904)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.119 - Public cemeteries.

In the case of a district created wholly or in part for acquiring public cemetery improvements, the board shall have the power to:
1. Maintain a cemetery for the use of all inhabitants of the district, and for that purpose shall be capable of holding title to property in trust for the district.
2. Levy annually, except for the payment of any outstanding general obligation bonds of the district, a general (ad valorem) property tax of not exceeding 2 mills on each dollar of assessed valuation of taxable property, for purposes pertaining to the basic purpose stated in this section.
3. Levy annually such a tax fully sufficient to pay the principal of, interest on and any prior redemption premium due in connection with any outstanding general obligation bonds pertaining to the basic purpose stated in this section.
4. The district shall not have the power in connection with the basic power stated in this section to:
(a) Levy special assessments; or
(b) Borrow money which loan is evidenced by the issuance of any revenue bonds, special assessment bonds or other special obligations of the district.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1697; A 1969, 201)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.1191 - Swimming pools.

1. In the case of a district created wholly or in part for acquiring swimming pool improvements, the board shall have power to acquire real property swimming pool improvements, appurtenant shower, locker and other bathhouse facilities, and lighting, filtration and other equipment pertaining thereto.
2. The district shall not have the power in connection with the basic power stated in this section to:
(a) Levy special assessments; nor
(b) Borrow money which loan is evidenced by the issuance of any special assessment bonds or other special obligations payable from special assessments.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1697)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.1192 - Facilities for television.

In the case of a district created wholly or in part for acquiring television maintenance facilities, the board shall have power to:
1. Acquire television broadcast, transmission and relay improvements and construct and operate a video service network pursuant to chapter 711 of NRS.
2. Levy special assessments against specially benefited real property on which are located television receivers operated within the district and able to receive television broadcasts supplied by the district.
3. Fix tolls, rates and other service or use charges for services furnished by the district or facilities of the district, including, without limitation, any one, all or any combination of the following:
(a) Flat rate charges;
(b) Charges classified by the number of receivers;
(c) Charges classified by the value of property served by television receivers;
(d) Charges classified by the character of the property served by television receivers;
(e) Minimum charges;
(f) Stand-by charges; or
(g) Other charges based on the availability of service.
4. The district shall not have the power in connection with the basic power stated in this section to borrow money which loan is evidenced by the issuance of any general obligation bonds or other general obligations of the district.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1697; A 1971, 204; 2001, 2084; 2007, 1383)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.120 - Streets and alleys.

1. In the case of a district created wholly or in part for acquiring paving, the board shall have the power to grade and regrade and to surface and to resurface streets, alleys and public highways, and parts thereof, within the district, with suitable material, and to acquire street and alley improvements necessary and incidental thereto.
2. Such street, alley and public highway improvements may include, without limitation, grades, regrades, gravel, oiling, surfacing, macadamizing, paving, crosswalks, driveway inlets, curb cuts, curbs, sidewalks, gutters, valley gutters, catch basins, culverts, drains, sewers, manholes, inlets, outlets, retaining walls, bridges, overpasses, tunnels, underpasses, approaches, artificial lights and lighting equipment, grade separators, traffic separators, traffic-control equipment, off-street parking facilities and structures, parkways, canals and other water type streets, or any combination thereof.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 462; A 1971, 1053)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.125 - Curbs, gutters and sidewalks.

In the case of a district created wholly or in part for acquiring curb and gutter, the board shall have the power to improve streets within the district by grading and regrading and by the construction and reconstruction of curb, gutter and combined curb and gutter, in combination with sidewalk or otherwise, and to acquire improvements necessary and incidental to the foregoing improvements, including, without limiting the generality thereof, drains, catch basins, valley gutters, driveway inlets and the removal of existing improvements.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 462)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.130 - Sidewalks.

In the case of a district created wholly or in part for acquiring sidewalk, the board shall have the power to construct, reconstruct, replace or extend sidewalks, adjacent to or in combination with curb and gutter or otherwise, within the district, and to acquire improvements necessary and incidental thereto.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 462)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.135 - Storm drainage or flood control.

In the case of a district created wholly or in part for acquiring, improving or operating storm drainage or flood control improvements, the board may construct, reconstruct, replace or extend storm sewer and other drainage or flood control facilities and improvements necessary and incidental thereto within the district, including, but not limited to, the laying of pipes and the erection of catch basins, drains and necessary inlets and outlets.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 462; A 1991, 1708)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.140 - Sanitary sewer improvements.

In the case of a district created wholly or in part for acquiring sanitary sewer improvements:
1. The board may:
(a) Construct, reconstruct, improve or extend the sanitary sewer system or any part thereof, including, without limitation, mains, laterals, wyes, tees, meters and collection, treatment and disposal plants.
(b) Sell any product or by-product thereof and acquire the appropriate outlets within or without the district and extend the sewer lines of the district thereto.
(c) Enter into and perform, without any election, contracts or agreements for a term not to exceed 50 years with any person or a public agency, to provide the services, equipment or supplies necessary or appropriate to conduct tests of the discharge of pollutants into the state’s water and to report the results of those tests as required by chapter 445A of NRS or the regulations adopted thereunder. For the purposes of this paragraph, "public agency" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 277.100.
2. The provisions of chapters 332 and 339 of NRS do not apply to a contract under which a private developer extends a sewer main to his or her development or installs any appurtenances to that extension. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the provisions of chapter 338 of NRS do not apply to such a contract. If the developer does not pay all of the initial construction costs of the extension, the provisions of NRS 338.013 to 338.090, inclusive, apply to the contract. The board, the developer, any contractor who is awarded a contract or enters into an agreement to perform the extension or installation of appurtenances to the extension, and any subcontractor who performs any portion of the extension or installation of appurtenances to the extension shall comply with the provisions of NRS 338.013 to 338.090, inclusive, in the same manner as if the board had undertaken the extension or had awarded the contract.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 463; A 1967, 1711; 1971, 1053; 1977, 541; 1983, 1285; 1995, 12; 2019, 712)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.141 - Lighting of streets.

The board shall have the power to acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, extend or better a works, system or facilities for lighting public streets, ways and places. It may also, without calling for bids, contract for providing such facilities and the electrical current necessary therefor, or such current, with any public utility serving in the district, at uniform rates and charges established for the utility operator.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 626)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.142 - Collection and disposal of garbage and refuse.

The board shall have the power to acquire, by purchase or lease, sites for the disposal of garbage and refuse, and to own and operate equipment for the collection and disposal of, and collect and dispose of, garbage and refuse, or to contract, without calling for bids, for the collection and disposal of garbage and refuse from within the district.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 626)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.143 - Recreational facilities.

1. Subject to the provisions of subsection 2, the board may acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, extend and better lands, works, systems and facilities for recreation.
2. If the proposed recreational facilities are situated within 7 miles from the boundary of an incorporated city or unincorporated town, and if the county in which the proposed recreational facilities are situated has adopted a recreation plan pursuant to NRS 278.010 to 278.630, inclusive, the authority conferred by subsection 1 may be exercised only in conformity with such plan.
3. Such recreational facilities may include without limitation exposition buildings, museums, skating rinks, other type rinks, fieldhouses, sports arenas, bowling alleys, swimming pools, stadiums, golf courses, tennis courts, squash courts, other courts, ball fields, other athletic fields, tracks, playgrounds, bowling greens, ball parks, public parks, promenades, beaches, marinas, levees, piers, docks, wharves, boat basins, boathouses, harborages, anchorages, gymnasiums, appurtenant shower, locker and other bathhouse facilities, amusement halls, dance halls, concert halls, theaters, auditoriums, aviaries, aquariums, zoological gardens, biological gardens and vivariums (or any combination thereof).
(Added to NRS by 1965, 1088; A 1967, 1714; 1971, 1054)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.144 - Supply, storage and distribution of water.

1. The board may acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, extend or better a works, system or facilities for the supply, storage and distribution of water for private and public purposes.
2. The provisions of chapters 332 and 339 of NRS do not apply to a contract under which a private developer constructs water facilities for his or her development. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the provisions of chapter 338 of NRS do not apply to such a contract. If the developer does not pay all of the initial construction costs of the facility, the provisions of NRS 338.013 to 338.090, inclusive, apply to the contract. The board, the developer, any contractor who is awarded a contract or enters into an agreement to perform the construction of the facility, and any subcontractor who performs any portion of the construction of the facility shall comply with the provisions of NRS 338.013 to 338.090, inclusive, in the same manner as if the board had undertaken the construction or had awarded the contract.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 464; A 1967, 1712; 1971, 1054; 1973, 716; 1977, 542; 1995, 12; 2019, 712)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.1445 - District not required to furnish water for artificial lake or stream when prohibited by ordinance in certain counties; exceptions.

In any county whose population is 700,000 or more:
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, nothing in this chapter requires a district to furnish water for the purpose of filling or maintaining an artificial lake or stream where that use of water is prohibited or restricted by ordinance of:
(a) The county, if the artificial lake or stream is located within the unincorporated areas of the county; or
(b) A city, if the artificial lake or stream is located within the boundaries of the city.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 and of any ordinance referred to in subsection 1 do not apply to:
(a) Water stored in an artificial reservoir for use in flood control, in meeting peak water demands or for purposes relating to the treatment of sewage;
(b) Water used in a mining reclamation project; or
(c) A body of water located in a recreational facility that is open to the public and owned or operated by the United States or the State of Nevada.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1445; A 2011, 1214)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.145 - Operation, maintenance and repair of improvements.

The board shall have the power to operate, maintain and repair the improvements acquired by the district, including, without limitation, the maintenance and repair of dedicated streets and alleys and the removal of snow therefrom, and all facilities of the district relating to any basic power which the district is authorized to exercise, and in connection therewith to exercise from time to time any one, all or any combination of the incidental powers provided in this chapter and any law supplemental thereto, except as may be otherwise provided in this chapter or in any such supplemental law.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 463; A 1967, 1698; 2001, 2084)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.160 - Acquisition and disposal of and encumbrances on property.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 318.512 to 318.5126, inclusive, the board shall have the power to acquire, dispose of and encumber real and personal property, and any interest therein, including leases, easements, and revenues derived from the operation thereof. The constitutional and inherent powers of the legislature are hereby delegated to the board for the acquisition, disposal and encumbrance of property; but the board shall in no case receive title to property already devoted to public purpose or use, except with the consent of the owners of such property, and except upon approval of a majority of the board.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 464; A 2019, 2571)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.170 - Water, drainage, sewerage and disposal of garbage and other refuse: Approval of system; additional powers.

1. The board may, in connection with a district with basic powers relating to storm drainage facilities, sanitary sewer facilities, refuse collection and disposal facilities, and water facilities, or any combination of such facilities:
(a) Consult with the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services about any system or proposed system of drainage or sewage or garbage and other refuse collection and disposal as to the best method of disposing of the district’s drainage or sewage or garbage and other refuse with reference to the existing and future needs of other cities, towns, districts or other persons which may be affected, and submit to the Division of Public and Behavioral Health for its advice and approval the district’s proposed system of drainage or sewage or garbage and other refuse disposal and collection, including without limitation both liquid wastes and solid wastes.
(b) Except as limited by the provisions of paragraph (c), compel all owners of inhabited property in the district to use the district’s system for the collection and disposal of sewage, garbage and other refuse, either as to liquid wastes, or solid wastes, or both liquid wastes and solid wastes, by connection with the district’s sewer system or otherwise, except for industrial property for which arrangements have been made with local health authorities for the disposal of wastes.
(c) Cause a connection by an owner of inhabited property to such a system if a service line is brought by the district to a point within 400 feet of his or her dwelling place, and upon a failure of the owner so to connect within 60 days after written mailed notice by the board, cause:
(1) The connection to be made by a person other than an owner; and
(2) A lien to be filed against the property for expense incurred in making the connection.
(d) Make and enforce all necessary regulations for the removal of sewage, garbage or other refuse, and for the proper use of water within the district.
(e) Make all other sanitary regulations not in conflict with the Constitution or laws of this State, and provide that any person who violates these regulations or ordinances shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $100 or by imprisonment not to exceed 1 month, or by both fine and imprisonment.
(f) Provide that any industrial user who violates a federally mandated standard shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000 per day for each day the violation continues.
2. A district shall not proceed to acquire or improve any system of water supply, drainage or sewage disposal or garbage and other refuse collection and disposal without first obtaining the approval of the county board of health.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Drainage" means rainfall, surface and subsoil water.
(b) "Sewage" means domestic and industrial filth and waste.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 464; A 1963, 901; 1967, 1153, 1699; 1969, 24; 1985, 271; 1991, 345)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.190 - Eminent domain.

The board shall have and may exercise the power of eminent domain and dominant eminent domain in the manner provided by law for the condemnation by a city of private property for public use to take any property necessary to the exercise of the powers granted, both within and without the district.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 464)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.195 - Construction of works across watercourse, highway or vacant public land; restoration of property.

1. The board shall have the power to construct and maintain works and establish and maintain facilities across or along any public street or highway, and in, upon or over any vacant public lands, which public lands are, or may become, the property of the State of Nevada, and to construct works and establish and maintain facilities across any stream of water or watercourse.
2. The board shall promptly restore any such street or highway to its former state of usefulness as nearly as may be, and shall not use the same in such manner as to impair completely or unnecessarily the usefulness thereof.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 464)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.199 - Rates, tolls and charges for sewerage or water services or products: Schedules; public hearings; adoption of resolution; action to set aside resolution.

1. The board of trustees of any district organized or reorganized under this chapter and authorized to furnish sanitary sewer facilities pursuant to NRS 318.140 or to furnish water facilities pursuant to NRS 318.144 shall establish schedules showing all rates, tolls or charges for services performed or products furnished.
2. Whenever the board of trustees proposes to change any individual or joint rate, toll, charge, service or product, or any individual or joint practice which will affect any rate, toll, charge, service or product, the board of trustees shall hold public hearings after 30 days’ notice has been given to all users of the service or product within the district.
3. Notice shall be given by publication in a newspaper published in the county and if no such newspaper is published, then a newspaper published in this state which has a general circulation in the county. The notice shall not be placed in that portion of the newspaper where legal notices and classified advertisements appear and the type used in the headline of such notice shall not be smaller than 18 point.
4. All users of the service or product shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to submit data, views or arguments orally or in writing at the place, date and time specified in the notice, or at any subsequent place or time to which the hearing may be adjourned.
5. If, after public hearing, the board of trustees determines that the proposed action is required, the board shall adopt a resolution establishing the new or changed rates, tolls, charges, services to be performed or products to be furnished.
6. Within 30 days immediately following the effective date of such resolution, any person who has protested it may commence an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to set aside the resolution.
7. Within 30 days after the effective date of the resolution, the secretary of the district shall file a copy of the new schedules in the office of the district. The schedules shall be made available to any user of the service or product.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 541)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.203 - Structure reasonably believed to be used as dwelling unit in certain counties: Affidavit filed by employee of district or other person; notice and hearing; resolution to charge owner of dwelling unit for services provided by district.

1. If an employee of a general improvement district or other person has a reasonable belief that a dwelling unit exists that is not currently being charged for services provided by a general improvement district in a county whose population is less than 700,000, the employee or other person may submit an affidavit to the board of trustees of the district, setting forth the facts upon which the employee or other person bases his or her belief, including, without limitation, personal knowledge and visible indications of use of the property as a dwelling unit.
2. If a board of trustees receives an affidavit described in subsection 1, the board may set a date for a hearing to determine whether the unit referenced in the affidavit is being used as a dwelling unit. At least 30 days before the date of such a hearing, the board shall send a notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the owner of the property where the unit referenced in the affidavit is located at the address listed in the real property assessment roll in the county in which the property is located. The notice must specify the purpose, date, time and location of the hearing.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if, after the hearing, the board determines that the unit referenced in the affidavit submitted pursuant to subsection 1 is being used as a dwelling unit, the board may adopt a resolution by the affirmative votes of not less than two-thirds of the total membership of the board to charge the owner pursuant to NRS 318.197 for the services provided by the district to the dwelling unit. The board shall not adopt such a resolution if the owner provides evidence satisfactory to the board that the unit referenced in the affidavit is not being used as a dwelling unit.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Dwelling unit" means a structure that is designed for residential occupancy by one or more persons for living and sleeping purposes, consisting of one or more rooms, including a bathroom and kitchen. The term does not include a hotel or a motel.
(b) "Kitchen" means a room, all or part of which is designed or used for storage, refrigeration, cooking and preparation of food.
(c) "Owner" means a person to whom the parcel of real property upon which the unit referenced in an affidavit submitted pursuant to subsection 1 is located is assessed in the most recent assessment roll available.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1709; A 2011, 1215)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.205 - Bylaws.

The board shall have the power to adopt and amend bylaws, not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of the State:
1. For carrying on the business, objects and affairs of the board and of the district.
2. Regulating the use or right of use of any project or improvement.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 465; A 1967, 1715)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.215 - Conveyance of facilities to city or town; assumption of indebtedness; dissolution of district.

1. When a district abuts a city or town, the board shall have the power to convey to such city or town, at the discretion of the district and with the consent of the governing authority thereof, all of the property of such district upon the condition that such city or town:
(a) Will operate and maintain such property, regardless of whether the area comprising the district is annexed to the municipality; and
(b) May assume all of the indebtedness of such district upon such conditions as the county or town and the governing body of the district may agree.
2. Upon such conveyance and assumption of indebtedness the district shall be dissolved and a certificate to such effect shall be signed by the clerical officer of the city or town and filed with the Secretary of State and county clerk of any county in which the ordinance creating the district is filed.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 465; A 1965, 1081)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.220 - Conveyances by cities, counties, districts or other owners to general improvement districts.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 318.512 to 318.5126, inclusive, any municipality, county, special district or owner may sell, lease, grant, convey, transfer or pay over to any district, with or without consideration, any project or any part thereof or any interest in real or personal property or any money available for construction or improvement purposes, including the proceeds of bonds issued before, on or after March 30, 1959, for construction or improvement purposes which may be used by the district in the construction, improvement, maintenance or operation of any project.
2. Any municipality, county or special district is also authorized to transfer, assign and set over to any district any contracts which may have been awarded by the municipality, county or special district for the construction of projects not begun or, if begun, not completed.
3. The territory being served by any project or the territory within which the project is authorized to render service at the time of the acquisition of the project by a district must include the area served by the project and the area in which the project is authorized to serve at the time of acquisition and any other area into which the service may be extended within the district. If an election is required either by general law or charter provision to authorize the transfer, such election must be called and conducted as provided by law.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 466; A 1997, 1609; 2019, 2572)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.225 - Power to levy taxes.

In addition to the other means for providing revenue for such districts, the board shall have power and authority to levy and collect general (ad valorem) taxes on and against all taxable property within the district, such levy and collection to be made by the board in conjunction with the county and its officers as set forth in this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 466)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.230 - Levy and collection of taxes.

1. To levy and collect taxes, the board shall determine, in each year, the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation, taking into consideration other sources of revenue of the district, and shall fix a rate of levy which, when levied upon every dollar of assessed valuation of taxable property within the district, and together with other revenues, will raise the amount required by the district annually to supply money for paying:
(a) The expenses of organization and the costs of operating and maintaining the works and equipment of the district; and
(b) The costs of acquiring the works and equipment of the district and, when due, all interest on and principal of general obligation bonds and other general obligations of the district.
In the event of accruing defaults or deficiencies, an additional levy may be made as provided in NRS 318.235. The board shall identify separately the rate of tax which is levied pursuant to paragraph (a) and the rate which is levied pursuant to paragraph (b) and shall make such information available to the public upon request. The board shall not continue to levy a rate of tax pursuant to paragraph (b) after the cost to the district of acquiring the particular work or equipment for which the rate was levied has been recovered in full.
2. The board shall certify to the board of county commissioners, at the same time as fixed by law for certifying thereto tax levies of incorporated cities, the rate so fixed with directions that at the time and in the manner required by law for levying taxes for county purposes such board of county commissioners shall levy such tax upon the assessed valuation of all taxable property within the district, in addition to such other taxes as may be levied by such board of county commissioners at the rate so fixed and determined.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 466; A 1999, 793)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.235 - Levies to cover deficiencies.

1. The board, in certifying annual levies, shall take into account the maturing general obligation indebtedness for the ensuing year as provided in its contracts, maturing general obligation bonds and interest on such bonds, and deficiencies and defaults of prior years, and shall make ample provision for the payment thereof.
2. In case the money produced from such levies, together with other revenues of the district, is not sufficient punctually to pay the annual installments on such obligations, and interest thereon, and to pay defaults and deficiencies, the board shall make such additional levies of taxes as may be necessary for such purposes, and, notwithstanding any limitations, such taxes must be made and continue to be levied until the general obligation indebtedness of the district is fully paid but must not continue after that date.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 466; A 1999, 793)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.240 - County officers to levy and collect; liens.

1. The body having authority to levy taxes within each county shall levy the taxes provided in this chapter.
2. All officials charged with the duty of collecting taxes shall collect such taxes at the time and in the same form and manner, and with like interest and penalties, as other taxes are collected and when collected shall pay the same to the district ordering its levy and collection. The payment of such collections shall be made monthly to the treasurer of the district and paid into the depository thereof to the credit of the district.
3. All taxes levied under this chapter, together with interest thereon and penalties for default in payment thereof, and all costs of collecting the same, shall constitute, until paid, a perpetual lien on and against the property taxed; and such lien shall be on a parity with the tax lien of other general taxes.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 467)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.245 - Sales for delinquencies.

If the taxes levied are not paid as provided in this chapter, the property subject to the tax lien shall be sold and the proceeds thereof shall be paid over to the district according to the provisions of the laws applicable to tax sales and redemptions.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 467)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.250 - Reserve funds.

Whenever any indebtedness or other obligations have been incurred by a district, it shall be lawful for the board to levy taxes and collect revenue for the purpose of creating funds in such amount as the board may determine, which may be used to meet the obligations of the district, for maintenance and operating charges and depreciation, and provide extension of and betterments to the improvements of the district.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 467; A 1965, 744; 1971, 2108)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.256 - Boundary changes; liability of property.

1. The boundary of any district organized under the provisions of this chapter may be changed in the manner prescribed in NRS 318.257 and 318.258, but the change of boundaries of the district shall not impair nor affect its organization, nor shall it affect, impair or discharge any contract, obligation, lien or charge on which it or the property therein might be liable or chargeable had such change of boundaries not been made.
2. Property included within or annexed to a district shall be subject to the payment of taxes, assessments and charges, as provided in NRS 318.258. Real property excluded from a district shall thereafter be subject to the levy of taxes for the payment of its proportionate share of any indebtedness of the district outstanding at the time of such exclusion, and shall be subject to any outstanding special assessment lien thereon. Personal property may be excluded from a district on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the board of the district involved.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1610)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.257 - Exclusion.

1. A fee owner of real property situate in the district, or the fee owners of any real properties which are contiguous to each other and which constitute a portion of the district may file with the board a petition praying that such lands be excluded and taken from the district.
2. Petitions shall:
(a) Describe the property which the petitioners desire to have excluded.
(b) State that the property is not capable of being served with facilities of the district, or would not be benefited by remaining in the district or by any future improvement it might make.
(c) Be acknowledged in the same manner and form as required in case of a conveyance of land.
(d) Be accompanied by a deposit of money sufficient to pay all costs of the exclusion proceedings.
3. The secretary of the board shall cause a notice of filing of such petition to be published, which notice shall:
(a) State the filing of such petition.
(b) State the names of the petitioners.
(c) Describe the property mentioned in the petition.
(d) State the prayer of the petitioners.
(e) Notify all persons interested to appear at the office of the board at the time named in the notice, showing cause in writing, if any they have, why the petition should not be granted.
4. The board at the time and place mentioned in the notice, or at the times to which the hearing of the petition may be adjourned, shall proceed to hear the petition and all objections thereto, presented in writing by any person showing cause why the prayer of the petition should not be granted.
5. The filing of such petition shall be deemed and taken as an assent by each and all such petitioners to the exclusion from the district of the property mentioned in the petition, or any part thereof.
6. The board, if it deems it not for the best interest of the district that the property mentioned in the petition, or portion thereof, be excluded from the district, shall order that the petition be denied in whole or in part, as the case may be.
7. If the board deems it for the best interest of the district that the property mentioned in the petition, or some portion thereof be excluded from the district, the board shall order that the petition be granted in whole or in part, as the case may be.
8. There shall be no withdrawal from a petition after consideration by the board nor shall further objection be filed except in case of fraud or misrepresentation.
9. Upon allowance of such petition, the board shall file for record a certified copy of its resolution making such change, as provided in NRS 318.075.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1610)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.262 - Petition to enlarge district; approval of annexation by governing body of city required.

1. The boundaries of a district created wholly or in part to furnish electric light and power may be enlarged by the inclusion of additional real property by a petition, if the real property is capable of being served with the facilities of the district and the petition:
(a) Prays that the additional real property be included in the district;
(b) Is signed by at least 75 percent of the owners in fee of the real property in the territory; and
(c) Is filed with the board of trustees of the district.
2. The boundaries of any district expanded pursuant to the provisions of NRS 318.261 to 318.272, inclusive, must not include any territory of any incorporated city unless the governing body of the incorporated city has approved the annexation of that territory.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1598)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.263 - Petition: Contents.

The petition must:
1. Set forth a general description of the proposed boundaries of the district or of the territory proposed to be included within the district, with such certainty as to enable an owner of property to determine whether his or her property is within the district.
2. State that the persons signing the petition assent to the inclusion of the property in the district and that 75 percent or more of the owners in fee of the real property in the territory proposed to be included in the district have signed the petition.
3. State that the property sought to be included is not within the boundaries of any other district, town, municipality or public utility which provides the same service as the district into which petitioners seek to be included.
4. State that the petitioners acknowledge that:
(a) After the date of inclusion of the real property in the district, it is subject to all of the taxes and charges imposed by the district and is liable for its proportionate share of existing general obligation bonded indebtedness of the district;
(b) The property is not liable for any taxes or charges levied or assessed before its inclusion in the district;
(c) Entry of the property into the district may not be subject to or contingent upon the payment or assumption of any penalty, toll or charge, other than any reasonable annexation charge which the board may fix and uniformly assess and the tolls and charges which are uniformly made, assessed or levied for the entire district; and
(d) Any charge imposed must be computed in a manner that does not impose a new charge on the members of the district and must not penalize the members of the territory to be annexed.
5. Be acknowledged in the same manner required for a conveyance of land.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1598)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.266 - Public hearing; notice; requirements for conducting hearing.

The board shall hear the petition at an open meeting after publishing notice of the petition at least 10 days before the meeting in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county or counties in which the territory proposed to be annexed to the district is located. The notice must include notice of the place, date and time of the meeting and the names and addresses of the petitioners. At the time designated in the notice, the board shall conduct a hearing on the petition which is open to the public and any person interested may be heard.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1599)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.267 - Determination by board; filing of order by county clerk.

1. After conducting a hearing on the petition, the board, in its discretion, shall determine whether to grant or deny the petition. If the petition is granted as to all or any of the real property, the board shall make an order altering the boundaries of the district by annexing to it the territory described in the petition or as modified by the determination of the board.
2. Within 30 days after the effective date of any order made pursuant to subsection 1, the county clerk shall file a copy of the order in the clerk’s office and shall cause to be filed an additional copy of the order in the Office of the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall not impose a fee for filing the order and shall file the order in the same manner as articles of incorporation are required to be filed under chapter 78 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1599)