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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 709 - Franchises by Local Governments › NRS 709.150 - Privileges and benefits of NRS 709.050 to 709.170, inclusive, conferred on holder of franchise pursuant to other laws: Conditions.

1. All persons, companies, associations or corporations in the business of conducting street railways, telephone, electric light and power lines, gas or water mains in any of the cities, towns or places mentioned in NRS 709.050 to 709.170, inclusive, under the provisions of any other law providing for the granting of such franchises, and who or which has not fully complied with the provisions of the law under which the franchise was obtained, may, nevertheless, have and enjoy all the privileges and benefits of NRS 709.050 to 709.170, inclusive, if such person, company, association or corporation shall, within 6 months after March 23, 1909, file in the Office of the Secretary of State, and in the office of the county recorder of the county in which such person, company, corporation or association maintains its principal office or place of business, a duly executed and acknowledged acceptance of the terms, conditions and provisions of NRS 709.050 to 709.170, inclusive, which acceptance, in case of a corporation, shall be evidenced by a duly attested or certified copy of a resolution of its board of directors.
2. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to relieve any such person, company, association or corporation of any duty or obligation provided in any law or contained in any franchise under which any person, company, association or corporation is operating on March 23, 1909.
[11:168:1909; RL § 2139; NCL § 3193]—(NRS A 2013, 1956)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 709 - Franchises by Local Governments › NRS 709.160 - Regulation of utilities by Public Utilities Commission of Nevada.

Nothing contained in NRS 709.050 to 709.170, inclusive, must be so construed as to deprive the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada of full power to regulate and control, as prescribed by law, the service, practices, regulations and charges, subject to the maximum charges fixed by the board of county commissioners upon granting the franchise, and subject also to the provisions of NRS 709.110, of all utilities receiving franchises as provided in NRS 709.050 to 709.170, inclusive.
[Part 12:168:1909; RL § 2140; NCL § 3194]—(NRS A 1997, 1958)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 709 - Franchises by Local Governments › NRS 709.170 - NRS 709.010 to 709.040, inclusive, not affected.

NRS 709.050 to 709.170, inclusive, shall not be construed in any way to repeal any portion of NRS 709.010 to 709.040, inclusive.
[13:168:1909; RL § 2141; NCL § 3195]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 709 - Franchises by Local Governments › NRS 709.180 - Power of county commissioners to grant franchises for extension of certain utilities.

The boards of county commissioners may grant, within their respective counties, to any person, association or corporation engaged in the business of supplying electric light, heat or power in two or more counties of this state, and who desires to extend the business into any other county or counties, the franchise, right and privilege to construct, install, operate and maintain electric light, heat and power lines, and all necessary or proper appliances used in connection therewith, or appurtenant thereto, in or over the streets, alleys, avenues and other places in any unincorporated town, and along the public roads and highways of their respective counties when the applicant complies with the terms and provisions of NRS 709.180 to 709.280, inclusive.
[1:102:1919; 1919 RL p. 2807; NCL § 3197]—(NRS A 1985, 320)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 709 - Franchises by Local Governments › NRS 709.190 - Application for franchise: Contents; franchise limited to 50 years.

Any person engaged in the business of supplying electric light, heat or power within two or more counties of this state, and who desires to extend the business into any other county or counties, may obtain a franchise to construct, install, operate and maintain electric light, heat and power lines, and all necessary or proper appliances used in connection therewith, or appurtenant thereto, in or over the streets, alleys, avenues, and other places, in any unincorporated town, and along the public roads and highways, in any other county or counties, by filing with the board of county commissioners of the county or counties, respectively, within which the franchise is to be exercised an application, in writing, setting forth:
1. The name of the applicant, the counties in which the applicant is operating, and the time for which the franchise is desired, not exceeding 50 years.
2. The places where the franchise, right or privilege is to be exercised in the county.
[2:102:1919; 1919 RL p. 2808; NCL § 3198]—(NRS A 1985, 321; 1987, 2237)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 709 - Franchises by Local Governments › NRS 709.200 - Notice of hearing; objections to application.

1. Upon receipt of the application for a franchise, the board of county commissioners shall:
(a) Set the same for hearing at its next regular meeting thereafter.
(b) Cause such notice to be given of the filing of the application and of the time set for the hearing thereof as it may deem reasonable.
2. At the hearing objections to the granting of the franchise may be heard and considered.
[3:102:1919; 1919 RL p. 2808; NCL § 3199]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 709 - Franchises by Local Governments › NRS 709.210 - Granting of franchise: Conditions.

If, upon the hearing of the application, it appears to the satisfaction of the board of county commissioners that the applicant is engaged in the business of furnishing electric light, heat or power within two or more counties of this state and that the granting of the franchise is in the best interests of the residents of the county, the board of county commissioners shall thereupon grant the franchise for a term not exceeding 50 years.
[4:102:1919; 1919 RL p. 2808; NCL § 3200]—(NRS A 1985, 321; 1987, 2237)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 709 - Franchises by Local Governments › NRS 709.220 - Undertaking by holder of franchise guaranteeing commencement of construction within 6 months from date of granting of franchise.

The board of county commissioners shall, at the time of granting any franchise provided in NRS 709.210, require the applicant to enter an undertaking to the county, in a sum to be determined by the board of county commissioners, with a surety or sureties approved by the board, conditioned that such applicant shall commence active construction of the electric light, heat or power lines for which such franchise is granted within 6 months from the date of granting the same and prosecute the construction thereof to completion with due diligence; and failing to comply with the conditions of such undertaking the applicant shall forfeit all rights to the franchise.
[5:102:1919; 1919 RL p. 2808; NCL § 3201]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 709 - Franchises by Local Governments › NRS 709.230 - Agreement to pay annually 2 percent of net profits for deposit in State Education Fund for benefit of public schools.

1. The grantee of any franchise secured under the provisions of NRS 709.180 to 709.280, inclusive, shall, within 30 days after such franchise is granted, file with the county recorder of such county an agreement, properly executed by the grantee, to pay annually, on the first Monday of July of each year, to the State Treasurer for deposit in the State Education Fund, for the benefit of the public schools in this State, 2 percent of the net profits made by such grantee in the operation of such electric light, heat and power lines within the county.
2. No right or privilege shall be exercised under the franchise until the agreement is filed.
[6:102:1919; 1919 RL p. 2809; NCL § 3202]—(NRS A 2019, 4251)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 709 - Franchises by Local Governments › NRS 709.240 - Poles and wires subject to regulation by Public Utilities Commission of Nevada; repair of wires.

1. All poles from which wires are suspended for electric power, light or heating purposes within the boundaries of unincorporated towns or cities and over public highways shall be subject to such rules and regulations in constructing and maintaining the same as may be prescribed by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada.
2. The persons or corporations operating such electric light, heat or power lines shall provide a competent electrician, at the expense of such persons or corporations, to cut, repair and replace wires in all cases where such cutting, repairing or replacing is made necessary by the removal of buildings or other property through the public streets or highways.
[7:102:1919; 1919 RL p. 2808; NCL § 3203]—(NRS A 1997, 1958)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 709 - Franchises by Local Governments › NRS 709.250 - Extension of term of existing franchise; application.

Any person, association or corporation engaged in the business of supplying electric light, heat or power within two or more counties of this state, and operating under franchises granted prior to April 10, 1969, may have the term of each franchise under which it is operating increased to not exceeding 50 years, including the unexpired portion of the term of such former franchise or franchises, by filing with the boards of county commissioners of the counties wherein such former franchise was granted and application in writing setting forth:
1. The name of the applicant.
2. The county or counties within which the applicant is operating.
3. The time when such former franchise was granted.
4. The unexpired portion of the term thereof.
5. The time for which such franchise is to be extended, which, together with the unexpired term of the former franchise, shall not exceed 50 years.
[8:102:1919; 1919 RL p. 2808; NCL § 3204]—(NRS A 1969, 496)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 709 - Franchises by Local Governments › NRS 709.260 - Notice of hearing on application for extension of term of franchise; objections.

1. Upon the receipt of an application for the extension of the term of any franchise mentioned in NRS 709.250, the board of county commissioners shall:
(a) Set the application for hearing at its next regular meeting thereafter.
(b) Cause such notice thereof to be given as it may deem reasonable.
2. At the hearing objections to extending the term of the franchise may be heard and considered.
[9:102:1919; 1919 RL p. 2808; NCL § 3205]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 709 - Franchises by Local Governments › NRS 709.270 - Granting of extension of term of franchise: Conditions; agreement to pay annually 2 percent of net profits for deposit in State Education Fund for benefit of public schools.

1. If, upon the hearing of the application, it appears to the satisfaction of the board of county commissioners that the applicant is engaged in the business of furnishing electric light, heat or power within two or more counties, including the county in which the application provided in NRS 709.250 is pending, the board shall thereupon extend the term of the franchise under which the applicant is operating for not exceeding 50 years, including the unexpired portion of the term of such former franchise.
2. The applicant shall, within 30 days after such franchise extending the term of the former franchise is granted, file with the county recorder of such county an agreement, properly executed by the grantee, to pay annually, on the 1st Monday of July of each year, to the State Treasurer for deposit in the State Education Fund, for the benefit of the public schools in this State, 2 percent of the net profits made by such grantee in the operation of its electric light, heat and power lines within the county. No extension of the term of the original franchise shall be effective in the county until such agreement shall be filed.
[10:102:1919; 1919 RL p. 2808; NCL § 3206]—(NRS A 2019, 4251)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 709 - Franchises by Local Governments › NRS 709.280 - Issuance of formal franchise by county clerk; fee.

Upon the granting of a franchise, as provided in NRS 709.210, or the extension of the term of a franchise granted prior to April 10, 1969, as provided in NRS 709.270, the county clerk shall issue to the grantee a formal franchise for the term so granted or extended by the board of county commissioners, for which a charge of $5 shall be made by the county clerk.
[11:102:1919; 1919 RL p. 2809; NCL § 3207]—(NRS A 1969, 497)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 709 - Franchises by Local Governments › NRS 709.290 - Sale of franchise; "street railway" defined. [Effective until 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Nevada High-Speed Rail System connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed, or on the date all borrowing made pursuant to NRS 705.890 is retired, whichever is later.] Sale of franchise; "street railway" defined. [Effective 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Nevada High-Speed Rail System connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed, or on the date all borrowing made pursuant to NRS 705.890 is retired, whichever is later.]

1. The county commissioners, town trustees, supervisors or other governing body directly entrusted with the management of affairs of any town or city in this State are authorized to sell to the highest responsible bidder any franchise for a street railway through and over any street or streets of such town, according to the provisions of NRS 709.310.
2. As used in NRS 709.290 to 709.360, inclusive, "street railway" means:
(a) A system of public transportation operating over fixed rails on the surface of the ground; or
(b) An overhead or underground system, other than a monorail, used for public transportation.
The term does not include a Super Speed Ground Transportation System as defined in NRS 705.4292 or a high-speed rail system as defined in NRS 705.830.
3. As used in this section, "monorail" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 705.650.
[1:63:1901; RL § 2121; NCL § 3175]—(NRS A 1991, 1140; 1997, 2445; 2015, 1267)
1. The county commissioners, town trustees, supervisors or other governing body directly entrusted with the management of affairs of any town or city in this State are authorized to sell to the highest responsible bidder any franchise for a street railway through and over any street or streets of such town, according to the provisions of NRS 709.310.
2. As used in NRS 709.290 to 709.360, inclusive, "street railway" means:
(a) A system of public transportation operating over fixed rails on the surface of the ground; or
(b) An overhead or underground system, other than a monorail, used for public transportation.
The term does not include a Super Speed Ground Transportation System as defined in NRS 705.4292.
3. As used in this section, "monorail" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 705.650.
[1:63:1901; RL § 2121; NCL § 3175]—(NRS A 1991, 1140; 1997, 2445; 2015, 1267, effective 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Nevada High-Speed Rail System connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed, or on the date all borrowing made pursuant to NRS 705.890 is retired, whichever is later)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 709 - Franchises by Local Governments › NRS 709.310 - Proposals to be advertised: Publication; contents.

1. Whenever any person, persons, association, company or corporation shall apply to the proper authorities of any town in this state for a franchise to construct and operate a street railway within the limits of such town, the authorities, whether a board of town trustees, county commissioners or supervisors, shall advertise the proposed franchise, in full, offering the same for sale to the highest responsible bidder.
2. The advertisement of the franchise shall be published for a period of not less than 90 days, and no privilege shall be conveyed or granted by the town authorities to any successful bidder, unless the same privilege shall have appeared in full in the advertisement for bids as an essential part thereof.
3. Besides the essential part and all features of the proposed franchise, the advertisement shall:
(a) Contain a statement naming the day upon which all bids for the franchise will be opened.
(b) State in detail and specifically the street or streets over and through which the proposed street railway is to run, so that the entire course and extent thereof shall be clearly shown.
4. No franchise shall be given or issued which has not been so specifically and fully described and advertised.
[2:63:1901; RL § 2122; NCL § 3176]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 709 - Franchises by Local Governments › NRS 709.320 - Cost of advertising paid by successful bidder; deposit by first applicant.

The cost of advertising according to the provisions of NRS 709.290 to 709.360, inclusive, shall be paid by the successful bidder, but the first applicant for the franchise must deposit with the proper town officials a sum sufficient to pay the cost of advertising and any other necessary incidental expense, which sum so deposited shall be returned to the first applicant in case some other bidder is successful and obtains the franchise.
[7:63:1901; RL § 2127; NCL § 3181]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 709 - Franchises by Local Governments › NRS 709.330 - Purchaser of franchise to furnish bond.

Every person, persons, company, association or corporation, purchasing a franchise under the provisions of NRS 709.290 to 709.360, inclusive, shall furnish a good and sufficient bond to carry out faithfully the provisions under which the franchise is purchased.
[6:63:1901; RL § 2126; NCL § 3180]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 709 - Franchises by Local Governments › NRS 709.335 - Condemnation of real property for street railway.

Real property reasonably necessary for the proposed line of a grantee of a franchise for a street railway may be condemned in the manner prescribed by law for the condemnation of land for public use in a proceeding brought for that purpose by the grantor of the franchise.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 1139)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 709 - Franchises by Local Governments › NRS 709.340 - Maintenance and repair of streets by holder of franchise.

Every purchaser of a franchise, according to the provisions of NRS 709.290 to 709.360, inclusive, and every person, persons, company, association or corporation, operating the street railway under a franchise, shall maintain and keep in repair, equally as good as the adjoining portions of the street immediately surrounding or including the track, that portion of the street included between the rails of the track and also for a distance of 2 feet outside of the track, on each side thereof.
[5:63:1901; RL § 2125; NCL § 3179]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 709 - Franchises by Local Governments › NRS 709.350 - Proceeds from sale of franchise to be expended for improving streets.

The entire proceeds of the sale of such franchise as may be sold, in accordance with the provisions of NRS 709.290 to 709.360, inclusive, shall be devoted to and expended for the purpose of improving and paving the streets of the town.
[3:63:1901; RL § 2123; NCL § 3177]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 709 - Franchises by Local Governments › NRS 709.360 - Franchise not construed as interfering with public improvements and maintenance.

No franchise granted according to the provisions of NRS 709.290 to 709.360, inclusive, shall be construed so as to in any way interfere with the ordinary and necessary procedure of the town authorities in establishing or conducting any of the essential features of town improvement or the maintenance of sewers, water and gas pipes, crosswalks, paving or other public convenience.
[4:63:1901; RL § 2124; NCL § 3178]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 710 - Utilities Owned by Local Governments › NRS 710.010 - Purchase or construction of lines by county commissioners: Petition; title vested in county; charges for service may include amount for reserve for expansion.

1. The board of county commissioners of any county is authorized, upon there being filed with it a petition signed by two-thirds of the taxpayers of the county requesting the board so to do, to purchase or construct a telephone line or lines within the limits of the county, if in the judgment of the board it would be to the interest of the county to do so, and to pay for the same out of the county general fund.
2. The title to any telephone line or lines constructed or acquired by or under the authority of any board of county commissioners as provided in subsection 1 shall be vested in the county and under its control and management.
3. Any telephone system which is under the control and management of a county, notwithstanding the method used in acquiring the system, may include within its charges for service to each user an amount sufficient to provide a reasonable reserve to be used for the purpose of expansion of the telephone facility.
[1:76:1899; C § 2237; RL § 4633; NCL § 7682] + [2:76:1899; C § 2238; RL § 4634; NCL § 7683]—(NRS A 1963, 541; 2001, 2091)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 710 - Utilities Owned by Local Governments › NRS 710.020 - NRS 710.030 to 710.145, inclusive, supplementary to NRS 710.010.

NRS 710.030 to 710.145, inclusive, are supplementary to NRS 710.010.
[9:133:1921; NCL § 2015]—(NRS A 1985, 321)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 710 - Utilities Owned by Local Governments › NRS 710.030 - Issuance of bonds for purchase, construction, extension and improvement of lines: Petition of two-thirds of taxpayers.

If a petition signed by two-thirds of the taxpayers of the county requesting any such action by the board of county commissioners has been filed with the board, the board of county commissioners of any county is authorized and empowered:
1. To purchase or construct telephone lines within the limits of the county, if, in the judgment of the board, it would be to the interest of the county to do so; and
2. To issue bonds of the county for the purchase, extension and improvement thereof.
[Part 1:133:1921; NCL § 2007]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 710 - Utilities Owned by Local Governments › NRS 710.035 - Issuance of bonds: Purposes; procedure.

Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 710.030, the board of county commissioners of any county controlling and managing a telephone system, for the extension, betterment, alteration, reconstruction or other major improvement, or any combination thereof, of the system, including without limitation the purchase, construction, condemnation and other acquisition of plants, stations, other buildings, structures, other equipment, furnishings, transmission and distribution lines, other facilities, lands in fee simple, easements, rights-of-way, other interests in land, other real and personal property, and appurtenances, may, at any time or from time to time, in the name and on the behalf of the county, issue:
1. General obligation bonds, payable from taxes;
2. General obligation bonds, payable from taxes, which payment is additionally secured by a pledge of the net revenues derived from the operation of the system; and
3. Revenue bonds constituting special obligations and payable from such net revenues.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 541; A 1967, 961; 1981, 966; 2013, 1956)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 710 - Utilities Owned by Local Governments › NRS 710.040 - Limitations on issuance of general and special obligation bonds and other securities.

1. The total of all general obligation bonds and other general obligation securities constituting a debt (but excluding revenue bonds and other securities constituting special obligations) issued to finance any undertaking authorized in NRS 710.010 to 710.035, inclusive, must be in a principal amount not to exceed 10 percent of the assessed valuation of all property in the county for the year in which the bonds are issued. Such general obligation securities constitute a separate classification of debt of the county and do not exhaust its debt-incurring power for other purposes under any other statutory debt limitation.
2. No revenue bonds or other securities constituting special obligations of the county payable from the revenues of the system may be issued for any undertaking authorized in NRS 710.035, unless the earnings derived from the operation of the system for the fiscal year immediately preceding the date of the issuance of such revenue bonds or other securities has been sufficient to pay the operation and maintenance expenses of the system for the fiscal year, and, in addition, sufficient to pay an amount representing 125 percent of the average annual principal and interest requirements of the outstanding bonds and other securities of the county payable from the revenues of the system and the bonds or other securities proposed to be issued.
3. This section does not prevent the county from funding, refunding or reissuing any securities of the county appertaining to the system as provided in the Local Government Securities Law, except as therein limited.
[Part 1:133:1921; NCL § 2007]—(NRS A 1963, 541; 1967, 961; 1985, 321)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 710 - Utilities Owned by Local Governments › NRS 710.050 - Applicability of Local Government Securities Law.

Subject to the provisions of NRS 710.010 to 710.035, inclusive, for any undertaking therein authorized the board of county commissioners may, on the behalf and in the name of the county, borrow money, otherwise become obligated, and evidence obligations by the issuance of bonds and other county securities, and in connection with the undertaking or the system as thereby improved, the board may otherwise proceed, all as provided in the Local Government Securities Law.
[Part 4:133:1921; NCL § 2010]—(NRS A 1967, 962; 1985, 322)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 710 - Utilities Owned by Local Governments › NRS 710.145 - Conditions for extending certain services outside county boundaries.

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute, a county telephone line or system may extend its communication services outside the territorial boundaries of the county if:
(a) The services are not within the scope of activities regulated pursuant to chapter 704 of NRS and the county telephone line or system complies with the provisions of subsection 6 of NRS 710.140;
(b) The services are extended into an area served by one or more competitive suppliers regulated pursuant to NRS 704.68861 to 704.68887, inclusive; or
(c) The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada has, in an action commenced under NRS 704.330 and after 20 days’ notice to all telephone utilities providing service in the county into which the extension is to be made, determined that no other telephone service can reasonably serve the area into which the extension is to be made and approves the extension of the system. No such extension may be permitted for a distance of more than 10 miles.
2. If, after October 1, 2005, a county telephone line or system provides any communication services pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection 1 outside the territorial boundaries of the county, the county telephone line or system shall:
(a) With regard to the facilities and property it maintains outside the territorial boundaries of the county, comply with the same federal, state and local requirements that would apply to a privately held company providing the same communication services; and
(b) With regard to the provision of such services outside the territorial boundaries of the county, comply with any regulations and rules of the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada that would apply to a privately held company providing the same communication services.
3. If a county telephone line or system and an affiliated entity engage in any transaction to provide communication services outside the territorial boundaries of the county, the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada has jurisdiction over such a transaction to the extent necessary to enforce this section and NRS 710.140.
4. Nothing in this section requires a county telephone line or system to offer any services to or engage in any transaction with an affiliated entity or an unaffiliated third party.
5. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 1, 2 and 3, nothing in this section vests jurisdiction over a county telephone line or system in the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada.
6. As used in this section, "affiliated entity" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 710.140.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 540; A 1987, 209; 1989, 580; 1997, 1959; 2001, 2091; 2005, 290; 2007, 712)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 710 - Utilities Owned by Local Governments › NRS 710.147 - Governing body of county whose population is 55,000 or more: Sale of telecommunication service to general public prohibited; exception; conditions for purchase or construction of facilities for providing telecommunication that intersect with public rights-of-way.

1. The governing body of a county whose population is 55,000 or more:
(a) Shall not sell telecommunication service to the general public.
(b) May purchase or construct facilities for providing telecommunication that intersect with public rights-of-way if the governing body:
(1) Conducts a study to evaluate the costs and benefits associated with purchasing or constructing the facilities; and
(2) Determines from the results of the study that the purchase or construction is in the interest of the general public.
2. Any information relating to the study conducted pursuant to subsection 1 must be maintained by the county clerk and made available for public inspection during the business hours of the office of the county clerk.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of subsection 1, an airport may sell telecommunication service to the general public.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Telecommunication" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.025.
(b) "Telecommunication service" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.028.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2748; A 2001, 1999; 2007, 713; 2011, 1315)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 710 - Utilities Owned by Local Governments › NRS 710.151 - Sale or lease of system: Institution of proceedings by petition or resolution.

1. Proceedings to sell or lease a county-owned telephone system may be instituted by:
(a) Twenty-five percent or more of the freeholders of the county filing a petition with the board of county commissioners requesting the sale or lease of the system; or
(b) The adoption of a resolution by the board of county commissioners proposing to evaluate the propriety of receiving offers for the sale or lease of the system and to receive offers.
2. After receipt of a petition provided for in paragraph (a) of subsection 1, the board of county commissioners shall cause the proposal contained in the petition to be placed upon the ballot of the next primary or general election for acceptance or rejection by the registered voters of the county.
3. The adoption of a resolution pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 does not require a sale or lease to be completed by the board of county commissioners.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 541; A 1993, 1093; 2015, 106)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 710 - Utilities Owned by Local Governments › NRS 710.152 - Sale or lease of system: Measure and explanation to be drafted by district attorney.

When proceedings are instituted to sell or lease a county-owned telephone system pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 710.151, the district attorney shall draft the measure and an explanation thereof for submission to the registered voters.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1228; A 2015, 106)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 710 - Utilities Owned by Local Governments › NRS 710.153 - Sale or lease of system: Requirements for notice of registration of electors.

If the question of the sale or lease of the county-owned telephone system is submitted at a general election, no notice of registration of electors is required other than that required by the general election laws for such election.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 542; A 1993, 1093; 2011, 3075; 2015, 107)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 710 - Utilities Owned by Local Governments › NRS 710.159 - Sale or lease of system: Appraisal of value of system; confidentiality of appraisal; contract to market and sell or lease; negotiations; conditions for accepting offers; power to reject offers; notice of proposed sale or lease; compliance with Open Meeting Law.

1. If, at the primary or general election, it is shown that a majority of the ballots cast favors the sale or lease of the telephone system, or the board of county commissioners has adopted a resolution pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 710.151, the board of county commissioners shall contract with a reputable and qualified expert in rural telecommunications to appraise the value of the telephone system. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, the appraisal is confidential and must not be disclosed before the completion of the sale or lease of the telephone system.
2. Upon the return of the appraisal, the board of county commissioners shall contract with a reputable and qualified expert in rural telecommunications, other than the expert who provided the appraisal pursuant to subsection 1, to market and sell or lease the telephone system in a commercially reasonable manner. After entering into the contract, the board or its authorized representatives may enter into negotiations for the sale or lease of the telephone system. If the notice is for the sale of the telephone system, the board shall not accept a sum less than the amount of the appraisal of the telephone system. If the telephone system is leased, the board shall safeguard the county’s interest by demanding a bond for the faithful performance of the covenants contained in the lease. The board may reject any and all offers made for such a sale or lease.
3. The board of county commissioners is not obligated to accept the highest bid for the purchase or lease of the telephone system and shall consider, without limitation:
(a) The return on investment to the county;
(b) The preservation of existing jobs and future employment opportunities within the county;
(c) The preservation of future revenue generated by the telephone system within the county; and
(d) The likelihood of local control and management of the telephone system.
4. Not less than 3 days before the board of county commissioners votes to accept or reject a sale or lease of the telephone system, the board shall cause a notice of the proposed sale or lease to be published at least once in a newspaper published in the county, or if no such newspaper is published, then a newspaper published in this State that has a general circulation in the county.
5. A meeting of the board of county commissioners held to consider the general objectives for a sale or lease, including, without limitation, terms and conditions acceptable to the board, is not subject to the provisions of chapter 241 of NRS. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to any vote by the board to seek offers or to accept an offer.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 543; A 1993, 1094; 2005, 291; 2007, 2163; 2015, 107)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 710 - Utilities Owned by Local Governments › NRS 710.160 - Purchase, construction, operation and extension of electrical power plants and lines by county commissioners upon petition.

Upon there being filed with a board of county commissioners of any county a petition signed by at least two-thirds of the taxpayers of such county requesting and petitioning the board so to do, the board of county commissioners, in the name of the county, is authorized to purchase, acquire or construct electrical power plants and power lines within the limits of the county and thereafter operate, maintain and extend the same as a public utility.
[1:127:1923; NCL § 2017]—(NRS A 2001, 2092)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 710 - Utilities Owned by Local Governments › NRS 710.170 - Powers of board of county commissioners.

The board of county commissioners shall have authority:
1. To enter into any and all necessary contracts with any person, firm, company or corporation generating power for the purchase of electrical energy, power and current.
2. To purchase any existing light line and power line or integral part thereof, upon the most advantageous price and terms to the county.
3. To purchase all proper and necessary equipment, appliances and materials needed for the plant and lines.
4. To enter into contracts with consumers for the sale, distribution and delivery of electrical energy, power and current along its power lines.
5. To make any and all rules and regulations necessary and proper for the management, operation, control and extension thereof.
6. To employ such proper and efficient help and labor as shall be needed.
7. To construct and operate branches or distributing lines, substations and transformers and other electrical appliances as conditions may warrant and require.
[2:127:1923; NCL § 2018]—(NRS A 2001, 2092)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 710 - Utilities Owned by Local Governments › NRS 710.180 - Plants and works deemed public uses; eminent domain.

The plant or plants and the works provided for in NRS 710.160 to 710.280, inclusive, shall be deemed public uses, authorized by the Legislature, such as are assisted by the principle of eminent domain.
[7:127:1923; NCL § 2023]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 710 - Utilities Owned by Local Governments › NRS 710.190 - Title vested in county.

The title of any plant or plants and the appurtenances thereof acquired or constructed by or under the authority of any board of county commissioners as provided in NRS 710.160 to 710.280, inclusive, shall vest and shall be vested in the county and under its control and management.
[9:127:1923; NCL § 2025]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 710 - Utilities Owned by Local Governments › NRS 710.200 - Issuance of bonds for purchase, construction, acquisition or improvement of electrical system.

Subject to the provisions of NRS 710.160 to 710.280, inclusive, the board of county commissioners, for the purchase, construction, other acquisition, extension, betterment, alteration, reconstruction or other major improvement, or any combination thereof, of an electrical system, including, without limitation, the purchase, construction, condemnation and other acquisition of plants, stations, other buildings, structures, equipment, furnishings, transmission and distribution lines, other facilities, lands in fee simple, easements, rights-of-way, other interests in land, other real and personal property and appurtenances, may, at any time or from time to time, in the name and on the behalf of the county, issue:
1. General obligation bonds, payable from taxes;
2. General obligation bonds, payable from taxes, which payment is additionally secured by a pledge of the net revenues derived from the operation of the system; and
3. Revenue bonds constituting special obligations and payable from such net revenues.
[Part 3:127:1923; NCL § 2019]—(NRS A 1969, 1607; 1981, 966; 2001, 2092)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 710 - Utilities Owned by Local Governments › NRS 710.210 - Limitations on issuance of general and special obligation bonds and other securities.

1. The total of all general obligation bonds and other general obligation securities constituting a debt (but excluding revenue bonds and other securities constituting special obligations) issued to finance any undertaking authorized in NRS 710.160 to 710.280, inclusive, must be in a principal amount not to exceed 2 percent of the assessed valuation of all property in the county for the year in which the bonds are issued. Such general obligation securities constitute a separate classification of debt of the county and do not exhaust its debt-incurring power for other purposes under any other statutory debt limitation.
2. No revenue bonds or other securities constituting special obligations of the county payable from the revenues of the system may be issued for any undertaking authorized in NRS 710.160 to 710.280, inclusive, unless the earnings derived from the operation of the system for the fiscal year immediately preceding the date of the issuance of such revenue bonds or other securities has been sufficient to pay the operation and maintenance expenses of the system for the fiscal year, and, in addition, sufficient to pay an amount representing 125 percent of the average annual principal and interest requirements of the outstanding bonds and other securities of the county payable from the revenues of the system and the bonds or other securities proposed to be issued.
3. This section does not prevent the county from funding, refunding or reissuing any securities of the county appertaining to the system as provided in the Local Government Securities Law, except as therein limited.
[Part 3:127:1923; NCL § 2019]—(NRS A 1969, 1608; 1985, 322)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 710 - Utilities Owned by Local Governments › NRS 710.220 - Applicability of Local Government Securities Law.

Subject to the provisions of NRS 710.160 to 710.280, inclusive, for any undertaking therein authorized the board of county commissioners may, on the behalf and in the name of the county, borrow money, otherwise become obligated, and evidence obligations by the issuance of bonds and other county securities, and in connection with the undertaking or the electrical system, the board may otherwise proceed, all as provided in the Local Government Securities Law.
[Part 3:127:1923; NCL § 2019]—(NRS A 1969, 1608; 1985, 323)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 710 - Utilities Owned by Local Governments › NRS 710.260 - County Light and Power Fund: Creation; use; transfer of surplus to county general fund; deficiency.

Except as may be otherwise provided in any ordinance, indenture or other proceedings pertaining to any outstanding securities pertaining to the electrical system:
1. All moneys received for service or sale of the electrical energy, power and current distributed by the system and other revenues accruing therefrom or in connection therewith shall be paid by the officer or person collecting the same to the county treasurer. All such moneys shall be placed by the county treasurer in the ............... County Light and Power Fund, which is hereby created.
2. From time to time, the board of county commissioners may set aside such portion thereof as may be necessary or advisable to provide for the maintenance, operation and extension of the system.
3. The surplus receipts, after providing for the expense of operation, maintenance and extension, may be apportioned and used for the payment of interest and for the redemption of the bonds. After the redemption of all bonds and the payment of all interest thereon, any remaining surplus may be transferred to the county general fund.
4. Any deficiency which may be incurred in the ................ County Light and Power Fund by reason of insufficient revenues, or otherwise, shall be a charge upon and shall be paid from the county general fund.
[6:127:1923; NCL § 2022]—(NRS A 1969, 1608)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 710 - Utilities Owned by Local Governments › NRS 710.270 - Liability of county treasurer on official bond.

The county treasurer shall be liable on the county treasurer’s official bond for the safekeeping of the moneys which shall come into the county treasurer’s possession under the provisions of NRS 710.160 to 710.280, inclusive, and for the faithful discharge of the county treasurer’s duties thereunder.
[Part 5:127:1923; NCL § 2021]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 710 - Utilities Owned by Local Governments › NRS 710.280 - Existing laws to govern.

The provisions of existing laws respecting the manner of acquisition of public utilities, duties of boards of county commissioners to act upon proper applications and petitions, the collection and enforcement of rates for services, and all other provisions not superseded by NRS 710.160 to 710.270, inclusive, shall apply to the acquisition, management, financing, control and extension of such system.
[8:127:1923; NCL § 2024]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 710 - Utilities Owned by Local Governments › NRS 710.290 - Lease, purchase, construction or financial assistance for operation of railway lines by county or city; agreements with other public agencies.

1. The governing body of any county or city may lease, purchase, construct or provide financial assistance for the operation of a railway line or lines within the limits of the county or the city, if in the judgment of the governing body it would be to the interest of the county or the city so to do, and pay the resulting expenses out of the general fund of the county or city or from a fund to be created for that purpose by the sale of bonds as provided in NRS 710.290 to 710.390, inclusive.
2. The governing body of any county or city may enter into agreements with other public agencies in accordance with the provisions of the Interlocal Cooperation Act, whereby the powers conferred by subsection 1 may be exercised jointly with respect to any railway line which extends beyond the county or city limits.
[1:43:1915; 1919 RL p. 2699; NCL § 1999]—(NRS A 1979, 564)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 710 - Utilities Owned by Local Governments › NRS 710.300 - Title vested in county or city subject to provisions of agreement.

Subject to the provisions of any agreement entered into pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act, the title to any railway line or lines constructed or acquired by or under the authority of the governing body of any county or city, as provided in NRS 710.290 to 710.390, inclusive, is vested in that county or city and the railway line or lines are under its control and management.
[2:43:1915; 1919 RL p. 2700; NCL § 2000]—(NRS A 1979, 565)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 710 - Utilities Owned by Local Governments › NRS 710.310 - Issuance of bonds for construction, acquisition, improvement or financial assistance for operation of railroad system.

Subject to the provisions of NRS 710.310 to 710.390, inclusive, the governing body of the county or city, for the lease, purchase, construction, other acquisition, extension, betterment, alteration, reconstruction or other major improvement, financial assistance for operation, or any combination thereof, of a railroad system, including without limitation the lease, purchase, construction, condemnation and other acquisition of plants, stations, other buildings, structures, engines, cars, tracks, signal equipment, traffic control equipment, maintenance equipment, other equipment, furnishings, electric transmission lines, other facilities, lands in fee simple, easements, rights-of-way, other interests in land, other real and personal property and appurtenances, may at any time, in the name and on the behalf of the county or the city, issue:
1. In the manner provided in NRS 350.011 to 350.070, inclusive:
(a) General obligation bonds, payable from taxes; and
(b) General obligation bonds, payable from taxes, which payment is additionally secured by a pledge of the net revenues derived from the operation of the system.
2. Revenue bonds constituting special obligations and payable from net revenues, without the necessity of the revenue bonds being authorized at any election.
[3:43:1915; 1919 RL p. 2700; NCL § 2001]—(NRS A 1967, 1227; 1969, 1609; 1979, 565; 1985, 323; 2013, 1956)