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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.4052 - Annual fee on parcels in district: Imposition; collection and deposit; use.

1. Subject to the provisions of NRS 548.4053 and 548.4054, and only after receiving the approval of a majority of the registered voters of the conservation district voting on the question at a primary, general or special election held pursuant to NRS 548.4053 or at an election conducted by mail pursuant to NRS 548.4054:
(a) If a conservation district includes land lying in only one county, the board of county commissioners of the county shall impose, on behalf of the conservation district, an annual fee of not more than $25 on each parcel in the conservation district; and
(b) If a conservation district includes land lying in more than one county, the boards of county commissioners of the respective counties shall impose, on behalf of the conservation district, an annual fee of not more than $25 on each parcel in the conservation district.
2. A fee imposed pursuant to subsection 1 must be collected as are other fees and taxes imposed by the board of county commissioners are collected. A board of county commissioners that imposes the fee shall establish a separate fund in the county treasury for the receipt and expenditure of and accounting for the proceeds of the fee.
3. Money collected pursuant to this section may be used only for the purposes of this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1982)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.4053 - Annual fee on parcels in district: Submission of question to voters upon receipt of petition; notice of election; contents of ballot; approval by voters.

1. A board of county commissioners shall submit to the voters a question of whether to impose a fee described in NRS 548.4052 upon receipt of a petition requesting the election and prescribing the amount of the proposed fee. The petition must be signed by a majority of the supervisors of the conservation district or not less than 10 percent of the registered voters of the conservation district. The board of county commissioners shall direct the county clerk of the county or the county clerk’s designee to conduct an election on the question.
2. If a conservation district includes land lying in more than one county, the petition described in subsection 1 must be submitted to the board of county commissioners of each such county and each respective board of county commissioners shall submit the question to the registered voters of the conservation district who live in the county. Each respective board of county commissioners shall direct the county clerk of the county or the county clerk’s designee to conduct an election on the question. The county clerks of the respective counties shall confer and delegate to the county clerk, or the county clerk’s designee, of the county having the greatest number of qualified electors of the conservation district the duty of carrying out the provisions of this section and shall reimburse that county on a pro rata basis for their respective counties’ shares of the expenses of conducting the election.
3. Notice of an election or elections on the question of whether to impose a fee described in NRS 548.4052 must be:
(a) Published at least once each week for 4 weeks before the date of the election in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which the election or elections are to be held; and
(b) Posted continuously on the Internet website of the county or counties beginning not less than 30 days before the date of the election.
4. At the election, the ballot must contain the words "Shall a fee of not more than $_____ per parcel be approved for the conservation district?" or words equivalent thereto.
5. If a majority of the registered voters of the conservation district voting on the question approve the imposition of the fee, the fee must be imposed beginning on July 1 of the year next following the election or elections.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1982)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.4054 - Annual fee on parcels in district: Election by mail in lieu of primary special or general election; date of election; mailing and marking ballots; appointment of electors to count votes; approval by voters.

1. In lieu of conducting the election required by NRS 548.4052 at a primary, general or special election pursuant to NRS 548.4053, the board or boards of county commissioners, as applicable, may direct that the election be conducted by mail in accordance with this section. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of NRS 548.4053 govern an election conducted pursuant to this section.
2. If the election is conducted by mail:
(a) The board or boards of county commissioners, as applicable, shall establish the date by which marked mailing ballots must be mailed by voters to the county clerk or the county clerk’s designee pursuant to paragraph (c). That date is the date of the election for the purposes of subsection 3 of NRS 548.4053.
(b) On or after the first date of publication or posting, whichever occurs first, of the notice required by subsection 3 of NRS 548.4053, but not later than 5 business days after that date, the county clerk or the county clerk’s designee shall cause to be mailed to each registered voter in the conservation district:
(1) An official mailing ballot;
(2) A return envelope; and
(3) Instructions regarding the manner of marking and returning the ballot. The instructions must set forth the date established pursuant to paragraph (a) by which the ballot must be mailed by the voter to the county clerk or the county clerk’s designee.
(c) Upon receipt of a mailing ballot, the registered voter must, in accordance with the instructions, mark and fold the ballot, deposit and seal the ballot in the return envelope, affix his or her signature on the back of the envelope and mail the envelope to the county clerk or the county clerk’s designee. The ballot shall be deemed timely mailed if the envelope is postmarked not later than 3 business days after the date established pursuant to paragraph (a) by which the ballot must be mailed.
(d) At the close of polling, the county clerk or the county clerk’s designee shall appoint three electors who are not supervisors of the conservation district to act, without pay, as judges and tellers to open the envelopes and count the votes.
3. If a majority of the electors of the conservation district voting on the question at an election conducted pursuant to this section approve the imposition of the fee, the fee must be imposed beginning on July 1 of the year next following the election.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1983)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.4055 - Annual fee on parcels in district: Procedures for increase, decrease or elimination.

A fee imposed pursuant to NRS 548.4052 and 548.4053 or 548.4054, as applicable, may not be increased, decreased or eliminated except according to the same procedures prescribed in NRS 548.4052 and 548.4053 or 548.4054, as applicable, for imposing the fee.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1984)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.4056 - Appropriation of money to provide programs for renewable natural resources.

A board of county commissioners may appropriate money from the county general fund to a conservation district for the purpose of providing programs for renewable natural resources regardless of whether a fee is imposed pursuant to NRS 548.4052 and 548.4053 or 548.4054, as applicable.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1984)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.410 - Petition to formulate regulations; formulation; hearings; determination of whether referendum to be held.

1. The supervisors of any district may file petitions with the Commission at any time to request it to formulate land use regulations applicable to the district.
2. The Commission shall prescribe the form of the petition, which shall be, as nearly as practicable, in the form prescribed in this chapter for petitions to organize a district.
3. The Commission shall have authority to formulate regulations, based upon the petition, governing the use of lands within a district in the interest of conserving renewable natural resources and preventing and controlling soil erosion and sedimentation.
4. The Commission shall conduct, after due notice, public meetings and public hearings within the district or districts concerned upon such regulations as it deems necessary to assist it in consideration thereof.
5. The Commission shall determine, on the basis of information presented in the petition or brought out in public hearings, and on the basis of the number of petitioners in relation to the total number of occupiers of land lying within the district, whether it can render a reasonable determination of approval or denial of the petition without holding a referendum, or whether a referendum shall be held.
[Part 9:212:1937; 1931 NCL § 6870.09]—(NRS A 1973, 756)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.415 - Proposed ordinance; notices and supervision of referendum; form of question; eligibility to vote; informalities not to invalidate referendum.

If a referendum is to be held:
1. The proposed regulations shall be embodied in a proposed ordinance.
2. Copies of such proposed ordinance shall be available for the inspection of all eligible voters during the period between publication of such notice and the date of the referendum.
3. The notices of the referendum shall recite the contents of such proposed ordinance, or shall state where copies of such proposed ordinance can be examined.
4. The question shall be submitted by ballots, upon which the words "For approval of proposed ordinance No. ........, prescribing land use regulations for conservation of soil and prevention of erosion" and "Against approval of proposed ordinance No. ........, prescribing land use regulations for conservation of soil and prevention of erosion" shall be printed, with a square before each proposition and a direction to insert an X mark in the square before one or the other of the propositions as the voter may favor or oppose approval of such proposed ordinance.
5. The Commission shall supervise such referendum, shall prescribe appropriate regulations governing the conduct thereof, and shall publish the result thereof.
6. All persons determined by the county clerk or clerks to be registered voters residing within the district are eligible to vote in such referendum.
7. No informalities in the conduct of such referendum or in any matters relating thereto invalidate the referendum or the result thereof if notice thereof was given substantially as provided in this chapter and the referendum was fairly conducted.
[Part 9:212:1937; 1931 NCL § 6870.09]—(NRS A 1973, 757; 1975, 905)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.420 - Approval of proposed ordinance; effect of regulations.

1. The Commission shall not have authority to enact such proposed ordinance into law unless at least a majority of the votes cast in such referendum shall have been cast for approval of the proposed ordinance.
2. The approval of the proposed ordinance by a majority of the votes cast in such referendum shall not be deemed to require the Commission to enact such proposed ordinance into law.
3. Land use regulations prescribed in ordinances adopted pursuant to the provisions of NRS 548.410 to 548.435, inclusive, by the Commission shall have the force and effect of law in the conservation district and shall be binding and obligatory upon all occupiers of lands within such district.
[Part 9:212:1937; 1931 NCL § 6870.09]—(NRS A 1973, 758)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.425 - Procedure for amendment or repeal of regulations.

1. Any occupier of land within such district may at any time file a petition with the Commission asking that any or all of the land use regulations prescribed in any ordinance adopted by the Commission under the provisions of NRS 548.410 to 548.435, inclusive, shall be amended, supplemented or repealed.
2. Land use regulations prescribed in any ordinance adopted pursuant to the provisions of NRS 548.410 to 548.435, inclusive, shall not be amended, supplemented or repealed except in accordance with the procedure prescribed in NRS 548.410 to 548.435, inclusive, for adoption of land use regulations.
3. Referenda on adoption, amendment, supplementation or repeal of land use regulations shall not be held more often than once in 6 months.
[Part 9:212:1937; 1931 NCL § 6870.09]—(NRS A 1973, 758)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.430 - Permissible provisions.

1. The regulations to be adopted by the Commission under the provisions of NRS 548.410 to 548.435, inclusive, may include:
(a) Provisions requiring the carrying out of necessary engineering operations, including the construction of terraces, terrace outlets, check dikes, dams, ponds, ditches and other necessary structures.
(b) Provisions requiring observance of particular methods of cultivation, including contour cultivating, contour furrowing, lister furrowing, sowing, planting, strip cropping, seeding, and planting of lands to water-conserving and erosion-preventing plants, trees and grasses, forestation, and revegetation.
(c) Specifications of cropping programs and tillage practices to be observed.
(d) Provisions requiring the retirement from cultivation of highly erosive areas or of areas on which erosion may not be adequately controlled if cultivation is carried on.
(e) Provisions for such other means, measures, operations, and programs as may assist conservation of renewable natural resources and prevent or control soil erosion and sedimentation in the conservation district, having due regard to the legislative findings set forth in NRS 548.095 to 548.113, inclusive.
2. As used in this section, "revegetation" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 528.097.
[Part 9:212:1937; 1931 NCL § 6870.09]—(NRS A 1973, 758; 2015, 1985; 2021, 632)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.435 - Uniformity of regulations; availability to occupiers of lands within district.

1. The regulations shall be uniform throughout the territory comprising the land use district, except that the Commission may classify the lands within the district with reference to such factors as soil type, degree of slope, degree of erosion threatened or existing, cropping and tillage practices in use, and other relevant factors, and may provide regulations varying with the type or class of land affected, but uniform as to all lands within each class or type.
2. Copies of land use regulations adopted under the provisions of NRS 548.410 to 548.435, inclusive, shall be printed and made available to all occupiers of lands lying within the district.
[Part 9:212:1937; 1931 NCL § 6870.09]—(NRS A 1973, 758)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.440 - Enforcement of regulations; damages.

1. The Commission or supervisors shall have authority to go upon any lands within the land use district to determine whether land use regulations adopted under the provisions of NRS 548.410 to 548.435, inclusive, are being observed.
2. The Commission is authorized to provide by ordinance that any land occupier who shall sustain damages from any violation of such regulations by any other land occupier may recover damages at law from such other land occupier for such violation.
[10:212:1937; 1931 NCL § 6870.10]—(NRS A 1967, 611; 1973, 759)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.445 - Petition to require observance: Contents; joinder of owner as defendant.

1. Where the Commission shall find that any of the provisions of land use regulations prescribed in an ordinance adopted in accordance with the provisions of NRS 548.410 to 548.435, inclusive, are not being observed on particular lands, and that such nonobservance tends to increase erosion on other lands and is interfering with the prevention or control of erosion on other lands within a land use district, the Commission may present to the district court having jurisdiction a petition, duly verified:
(a) Setting forth the adoption of the ordinance prescribing land use regulations, the failure of the defendant land occupier to observe such regulations, and to perform particular work, operations or avoidances as required thereby, and that such nonobservance tends to increase erosion on such lands and is interfering with the prevention or control of erosion on other lands within the land use district; and
(b) Praying the court to require the defendant to perform the work, operations or avoidances within a reasonable time and to order that, if the defendant shall fail so to perform, the Commission may go on the land, perform the work or other operations or otherwise bring the condition of such lands into conformity with the requirements of such regulations, and recover the costs and expenses thereof, with interest, from the occupier of such land.
2. In all cases where the person, in possession of lands, who shall fail to perform such work, operations or avoidances shall not be the owner, the owner of such lands shall be joined as a party defendant.
[Part 11:212:1937; 1931 NCL § 6870.11]—(NRS A 1973, 759)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.450 - Petition to require observance: Service of process; hearing; appointment of master; order of court.

1. Upon the presentation of the petition, the court shall cause process to be issued against the defendant, and shall hear the case.
2. If it shall appear to the court that testimony is necessary for the proper disposition of the matter, the court may take evidence or appoint a master to take such evidence as it may direct and report the same to the court with the master’s findings of fact and conclusions of law, which shall constitute a part of the proceedings upon which the determination of the court shall be made.
3. The court may dismiss the petition; or it may require the defendant to perform the work, operations or avoidances, and may provide that upon the failure of the defendant to initiate such performance within the time specified in the order of the court, and to prosecute the same to completion with reasonable diligence, the Commission may enter upon the lands involved and perform the work or operations or otherwise bring the condition of such lands into conformity with the requirements of the regulations and recover the costs and expenses thereof, with interest at the rate of 5 percent per annum, from the occupier of such lands.
[Part 11:212:1937; 1931 NCL § 6870.11]—(NRS A 1973, 759)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.455 - Petition to require observance: Court to retain jurisdiction until work completed; entry of judgment for costs and expenses; judgment as lien.

1. The court shall retain jurisdiction of the case until after the work has been completed.
2. Upon completion of such work pursuant to such order of the court, the Commission may file a petition with the court, a copy of which shall be served upon the defendant in the case, stating the costs and expenses sustained by them in the performance of the work and praying judgment therefor with interest.
3. The court shall have jurisdiction to enter judgment for the amount of such costs and expenses, with interest at the rate of 5 percent per annum until paid, together with the costs of suit, including a reasonable attorney’s fee to be fixed by the court.
4. The Commission shall have further authority to certify to the county recorder of the county or counties in which any of the lands of the land use district are situated the amount of such judgment, which shall be a lien upon such lands, and shall be collected as general taxes upon real property are collected. The procedure for collection of delinquent general taxes upon real property shall be applicable to the collection of such judgments. When such judgment shall be paid or collected, the proceeds shall be paid over to the Commission.
[Part 11:212:1937; 1931 NCL § 6870.11]—(NRS A 1973, 760)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.460 - Board of adjustment: Establishment.

Where the Commission shall adopt an ordinance prescribing land use regulations in accordance with the provisions of NRS 548.410 to 548.435, inclusive, they shall further provide by ordinance for the establishment of a board of adjustment.
[Part 12:212:1937; 1931 NCL § 6870.12]—(NRS A 1973, 760)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.465 - Board of adjustment: Number, appointment and terms of members.

1. The board of adjustment shall consist of three members appointed by the Commission, with the advice and approval of the supervisors of the district or districts for which the board has been established.
2. Each member shall be appointed for a term of 3 years, except that the members first appointed shall be appointed for terms of 1, 2 and 3 years, respectively.
3. Members of the Commission and the supervisors of the district or districts shall be ineligible to appointment as members of the board of adjustment during their tenure of such other office.
[Part 12:212:1937; 1931 NCL § 6870.12]—(NRS A 1973, 760)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.475 - Board of adjustment: Removal of member.

A member of the board of adjustment shall be removed from office, upon notice and hearing, for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office, but for no other reason. The hearing shall be conducted jointly by the Commission and the supervisors of the district or districts.
[Part 12:212:1937; 1931 NCL § 6870.12]—(NRS A 1973, 761)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.480 - Board of adjustment: Compensation of members and employees.

1. The members of the board of adjustment are entitled to receive a salary of not more than $80 per day, as fixed by the board, for time spent on the work of the board of adjustment.
2. While engaged in the business of the board, each member and employee of the board is entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally.
[Part 12:212:1937; 1931 NCL § 6870.12]—(NRS A 1973, 761; 1989, 1719)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.485 - Board of adjustment: Chair.

1. The board of adjustment shall designate a chair from among its members, and may, from time to time, change such designation.
2. The chair or, in the chair’s absence, such other member of the board as the chair may designate to serve as acting chair may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses.
[Part 12:212:1937; 1931 NCL § 6870.12]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.490 - Board of adjustment: Meetings; quorum.

1. Meetings of the board of adjustment shall be held at the call of the chair and at such other times as the board may determine. All meetings of the board shall be open to the public.
2. Any two members of the board shall constitute a quorum.
[Part 12:212:1937; 1931 NCL § 6870.12]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.495 - Board of adjustment: Rules; records.

1. The board of adjustment shall adopt rules to govern its procedures, which rules shall be in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and with the provisions of any ordinance adopted pursuant to NRS 548.460.
2. The board shall keep a full and accurate record of all proceedings, of all documents filed with it, and of all orders entered, which shall be filed in the office of the board and shall be a public record.
[Part 12:212:1937; 1931 NCL § 6870.12]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.500 - Board of adjustment: Commission to pay expenses.

The Commission shall pay the necessary administrative and other expenses of operation incurred by the board of adjustment, upon the certificate of the chair of the board.
[Part 12:212:1937; 1931 NCL § 6870.12]—(NRS A 1973, 761)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.505 - Petition for variance: Notice; hearing; determination of board; order.

1. Any land occupier may file a petition with the board of adjustment alleging that there are great practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship in the way of the petitioner’s carrying out upon his or her lands the strict letter of the land use regulations prescribed by ordinance approved by the Commission, and praying the board of adjustment to authorize a variance from the terms of the land use regulations in the application of such regulations to the lands occupied by the petitioner.
2. Copies of such petition shall be served by the petitioner upon the Chair of the Commission.
3. The board of adjustment shall fix a time for the hearing of the petition and cause due notice of such hearing to be given.
4. The supervisors of the district or districts and the Commission shall have the right to appear and be heard at the hearing.
5. Any occupier of lands lying within the district who shall object to the authorizing of the variance prayed for may intervene and become a party to the proceedings. Any party to the hearing before the board of adjustment may appear in person, by agent or by attorney.
6. If, upon the facts presented at the hearing, the board of adjustment shall determine that there are great practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship in the way of applying the strict letter of any of the land use regulations upon the lands of the petitioner, the board shall make and record such determination and shall make and record findings of fact as to the specific conditions which establish such great practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship.
7. Upon the basis of such findings and determination, the board shall have power by order to authorize such variance from the terms of the land use regulations, in their application to the lands of the petitioner, as will relieve such great practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship and will not be contrary to the public interest, and so that the spirit of the land use regulations shall be observed, the public health, safety and welfare secured, and substantial justice done.
[Part 12:212:1937; 1931 NCL § 6870.12]—(NRS A 1973, 761)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.510 - Procedure for review of order of board of adjustment by district court.

1. Any petitioner aggrieved by an order of the board of adjustment granting or denying, in whole or in part, the relief sought, the supervisors of the district or districts, the Commission or any intervening party may obtain a review of such order in district court, by filing in such court a petition praying that the order of the board of adjustment be modified or set aside.
2. A copy of such petition shall forthwith be served upon the parties to the hearing before the board of adjustment, and thereupon the party seeking review shall file in the court a transcript of the entire record in the proceedings, certified by the board of adjustment, including the documents and testimony upon which the order complained of was entered, and the findings, determination and order of the board of adjustment.
3. Upon such filing, the court shall cause notice thereof to be served upon the parties and shall have jurisdiction of the proceedings and of the questions determined or to be determined therein, and shall have power to grant such temporary relief as it deems just and proper, and to make and enter a decree enforcing, modifying and enforcing as so modified, or setting aside, in whole or in part, the order of the board of adjustment.
4. No contention that has not been urged before the board of adjustment shall be considered by the court unless the failure or neglect to urge such contention shall be excused because of extraordinary circumstances.
5. The findings of the board of adjustment as to the facts, if supported by evidence, shall be conclusive.
6. If any party shall apply to the court for leave to produce additional evidence and shall show to the satisfaction of the court that such evidence is material and that there were reasonable grounds for the failure to produce such evidence in the hearing before the board of adjustment, the court may order such additional evidence to be taken before the board of adjustment and to be made a part of the transcript. The board of adjustment may modify its findings as to the facts or make new findings, taking into consideration the additional evidence so taken and filed, and the board of adjustment shall file such modified or new findings, which, if supported by evidence, shall be conclusive, and shall file with the court its recommendations, if any, for the modification or setting aside of its original order.
7. The jurisdiction of the court shall be exclusive and its judgment and decree shall be final, except that the same shall be subject to review in the same manner as are other judgments or decrees of the court.
[Part 12:212:1937; 1931 NCL § 6870.12]—(NRS A 1973, 762)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.515 - Procedure for inclusion of land.

1. Petitions for including additional territory within an existing district shall be filed with the Commission.
2. The proceedings provided for in this chapter in the case of petitions to organize a district shall be observed in the case of petitions for inclusion, except that the application for a certificate of inclusion shall be signed by the chair and the secretary of the governing body of the district into which the additional territory is to be included.
3. The Commission shall prescribe the form for the petitions, which shall be, as nearly as practicable, in the form prescribed in this chapter for petitions to organize a district.
4. Where the total number of land occupiers in the area proposed for inclusion shall be less than 25, the petition may be filed when signed by a majority of the occupiers of such area, and in such case no referendum need be held.
5. In referenda upon petitions for inclusion, all occupiers of land lying within the proposed additional area shall be eligible to vote.
6. The Commission shall determine whether or not such inclusion shall be made.
[Part 5:212:1937; A 1947, 431; 1951, 190]—(NRS A 1973, 763; 2011, 2486)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.520 - Procedure for exclusion of land.

1. Petitions to withdraw lands from a district may be filed with the Commission at any time.
2. The Commission shall prescribe the form of the petition, which shall be, as nearly as practicable, in the form prescribed in this chapter for petitions to organize a district.
3. Where the total number of land occupiers in the area affected by a proposed withdrawal will be less than 25, the petition may be filed when signed by a majority of the occupiers of such area, and in such case no referendum need be held.
4. In referenda upon petitions for withdrawal, all occupiers of land lying within the area affected by the proposed change in boundary shall be eligible to vote.
5. The Commission shall determine whether or not such withdrawal shall be made.
[5.5:212:1937; added 1955, 154]—(NRS A 1960, 73; 1973, 763; 2011, 2487)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.525 - Petition for discontinuance; determination of need for referendum.

1. At any time after 5 years after the organization of a district under the provisions of this chapter, any 10 occupiers of land lying within the boundaries of such district may file a petition with the Commission praying that the operations of the district be terminated and the existence of the district be discontinued.
2. The Commission may conduct such public meetings and public hearings upon such petition as may be necessary to assist it in the consideration thereof.
3. The Commission shall determine, on the basis of information presented in the petition or brought out in public hearings and on the basis of the number of petitioners in relation to the total number of occupiers of land lying within the district, whether it can render a reasonable determination of approval or denial of the petition without holding a referendum, or whether a referendum shall be held.
[Part 15:212:1937; 1931 NCL § 6870.15]—(NRS A 1973, 764; 2011, 2487)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.530 - Referendum on petition for discontinuance.

1. Within 60 days after a petition for discontinuance has been received by the Commission, it shall give due notice of the holding of the referendum if one is to be held.
2. The Commission shall supervise the referendum and issue appropriate regulations governing the conduct thereof.
3. The question shall be submitted by ballots upon which the words "For terminating the existence of the ................ (name of the conservation district to be here inserted)" and "Against terminating the existence of the ............... (name of the conservation district to be here inserted)" shall be printed, with a square before each proposition and a direction to insert an X mark in the square before one or the other of the propositions, as the voter may favor or oppose discontinuance of such district.
4. All persons determined by the county clerk or clerks to be registered voters residing within the district are eligible to vote in such referendum.
5. No informalities in the conduct of such referendum or in any matters relating thereto invalidate the referendum or the result thereof if notice thereof was given substantially as provided in this chapter and the referendum was fairly conducted.
6. The Commission shall publish the result of the referendum.
[Part 15:212:1937; 1931 NCL § 6870.15]—(NRS A 1973, 764; 1975, 906; 2011, 2487)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.535 - Discontinuance of district on determination that continued operation is not administratively practicable or feasible.

1. The Commission shall consider the information and facts presented in the petition and brought out in any public hearings that may be held and the result of the referendum if one is held, and shall thereafter determine whether the continued operation of the district is administratively practicable and feasible.
2. If the Commission determines that the continued operation of such district is administratively practicable and feasible, the Commission shall record such determination and deny the petition. The Commission shall not determine that the continued operation of the district is administratively practicable and feasible unless the number of petitioners comprises less than a majority of the registered voters in the district or unless at least a majority of the votes cast in the referendum were cast in favor of the continuance of such district.
3. If the Commission determines that the continued operation of the district is not administratively practicable and feasible, the Commission shall record such determination and shall certify such determination to the supervisors of the district.
4. In making such determination the Commission shall give due regard and weight to:
(a) The attitudes of the occupiers of lands lying within the district.
(b) The number of eligible registered voters who voted in the referendum.
(c) The proportion of petitioners to the total number of land occupiers in the district, and the proportion of the votes cast in favor of the discontinuance of the district to the total number of votes cast.
(d) The approximate wealth and income of the land occupiers of the district.
(e) The probable expense of carrying on erosion-control operations within such district.
(f) Such other economic and social factors as may be relevant to such determination, having due regard to the legislative findings as set forth in NRS 548.095 to 548.113, inclusive.
[Part 15:212:1937; 1931 NCL § 6870.15]—(NRS A 1973, 764; 1975, 906; 2015, 1986)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.540 - Limitation on subsequent petitions for discontinuance of district.

The Commission shall not entertain petitions for the discontinuance of any district, nor conduct referenda upon such petitions, nor make any determination pursuant to such petitions in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, more often than once in 5 years.
[Part 15:212:1937; 1931 NCL § 6870.15]—(NRS A 1973, 765; 2011, 2488)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.545 - Procedure on discontinuance of district; certificate of dissolution.

1. Upon receipt from the Commission of a certification that the Commission has determined that the continued operation of the district is not administratively practicable and feasible, pursuant to the provisions of NRS 548.535, the supervisors shall forthwith proceed to terminate the affairs of the district.
2. The supervisors shall dispose of all property belonging to the district at public auction and shall pay over the proceeds of the sale to the State Treasurer for deposit in the State Treasury.
3. The supervisors shall thereupon file an application with the Program for the discontinuance of the district, and shall transmit with the application the certificate of the Commission setting forth the determination of the Commission that the continued operation of the district is not administratively practicable and feasible. The application must recite that the property of the district has been disposed of and the proceeds paid over as provided in this section, and must set forth a full accounting of those properties and proceeds of the sale.
4. The Program shall issue to the supervisors a certificate of dissolution and shall record the certificate in an appropriate book of records.
[Part 15:212:1937; 1931 NCL § 6870.15]—(NRS A 1973, 765; 1985, 782; 2011, 2488)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 548 - Conservation › NRS 548.550 - Effect of certificate of dissolution.

1. Upon the issuance of a certificate of dissolution under the provisions of NRS 548.545, all ordinances and regulations theretofore adopted and in force within such district shall be of no further force and effect.
2. All contracts theretofore entered into, to which the district or supervisors are parties, shall remain in force and effect for the period provided in such contracts. The Commission shall be substituted for the district or supervisors as a party to such contracts. The Commission shall be entitled to all benefits and shall be subject to all liabilities under such contracts and shall have the same right and liability to perform, to require performance, to sue and be sued thereon, and to modify or terminate such contracts by mutual consent or otherwise, as the supervisors of the district would have had.
3. Such dissolution shall not affect the lien of any judgment entered under the provisions of NRS 548.455, nor the pendency of any action instituted under the provisions of NRS 548.445 and 548.450, and the Commission shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of the district or supervisors as to such liens and actions.
[Part 15:212:1937; 1931 NCL § 6870.15]—(NRS A 1973, 766; 2011, 2488)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 549 - Extension Work in Agriculture, Home Economics and Rural Welfare › NRS 549.010 - Cooperative agreements between boards of county commissioners and Nevada System of Higher Education.

To provide for continued educational, research, outreach and service programs pertaining to agriculture, community development, health and nutrition, horticulture, personal and family development, and natural resources in the rural and urban communities in the State of Nevada, the Director of the Agricultural Extension Department of the Public Service Division of the Nevada System of Higher Education and the boards of county commissioners of any or all of the respective counties of the State of Nevada may enter into cooperative agreements and activities subject to the provisions of this chapter.
[1:94:1947; 1943 NCL § 356.1]—(NRS A 1969, 1444; 1993, 413; 1999, 2550)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 549 - Extension Work in Agriculture, Home Economics and Rural Welfare › NRS 549.020 - Preparation and adoption of budget; levy of tax; disposition of proceeds; payment of claims; State’s cooperative share.

1. The Director of the Agricultural Extension Department of the Public Service Division of the Nevada System of Higher Education shall prepare and submit to the board of county commissioners, for each county participating, an annual financial budget covering the county, state and federal funds cooperating in the cost of educational, research, outreach and service programs pertaining to agriculture, community development, health and nutrition, horticulture, personal and family development, and natural resources in the rural and urban communities in the State of Nevada.
2. The budget must be adopted by the board of county commissioners and certified as a part of the annual county budget, and the county tax levy provided for agricultural extension work in the annual county budget must include a levy of not less than 1 cent on each $100 of taxable property. If the proceeds of the county tax levy of 1 cent are insufficient to meet the county’s share of the cooperative agricultural extension work, as provided in the combined annual financial budget, the board of county commissioners may, by unanimous vote, levy an additional tax so that the total in no instance exceeds 5 cents on each $100 of the county tax rate.
3. The proceeds of such a tax must be placed in the agricultural extension fund in each county treasury and must be paid out on claims drawn by the agricultural extension agent of the county as designated by the Director of the Agricultural Extension Department of the Public Service Division of the Nevada System of Higher Education, when approved by the Director and countersigned by the Treasurer of the Nevada System of Higher Education.
4. A record of all such claims approved and paid, segregated by counties, must be kept by the Treasurer of the Nevada System of Higher Education. The cost of maintaining the record must be paid from state funds provided for by this chapter.
5. The State’s cooperative share of the cost of such agricultural extension work, as entered in the budget described in this section, must not be more than a sum equal to the proceeds of 1 cent of such county tax rate; but when the proceeds of a 1-cent tax rate are insufficient to carry out the provisions of the budget previously adopted, the Director of the Agricultural Extension Department of the Public Service Division of the Nevada System of Higher Education is authorized to supplement the State’s cooperative share from the funds as may be made available in the Public Service Division Fund of the Nevada System of Higher Education.
[2:94:1947; 1943 NCL § 356.2]—(NRS A 1969, 1444; 1993, 413; 1999, 2550)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 549 - Extension Work in Agriculture, Home Economics and Rural Welfare › NRS 549.030 - Filing of copy of budget with Nevada System of Higher Education; modification of budget.

1. A certified copy of the county extension work budget as adopted and approved pursuant to NRS 549.020 must be filed with the Treasurer of the Nevada System of Higher Education within 10 days after its approval by the board of county commissioners.
2. Necessary modifications thereof, involving county and state funds, resulting from leaves of absence without pay, resignations, changes in salary, dismissals or employment of any cooperative agent, variations in expense accounts or otherwise, not involving an increase in the total expenditures provided to be paid from the funds and consistent with the purposes of this chapter, may be made by filing with the Treasurer of the Nevada System of Higher Education and the board of county commissioners a revised budget, approved by the Director of the Agricultural Extension Department of the Public Service Division of the Nevada System of Higher Education and countersigned by the Treasurer of the Nevada System of Higher Education.
[3:94:1947; 1943 NCL § 356.3]—(NRS A 1969, 1444; 1993, 414)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 549 - Extension Work in Agriculture, Home Economics and Rural Welfare › NRS 549.050 - Expenditure of State’s cooperative share.

All moneys appropriated pursuant to NRS 549.040 must be expended under the direction of the Director of the Agricultural Extension Department of the Public Service Division of the Nevada System of Higher Education to the extent of the financial budget for cooperation between the State and the respective counties provided for in NRS 549.020.
[5:94:1947; 1943 NCL § 356.5]—(NRS A 1969, 1445; 1993, 414)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 549 - Extension Work in Agriculture, Home Economics and Rural Welfare › NRS 549.060 - Participation of counties in extension work.

Any county in the state which has agreed or shall agree to participate in cooperative work in agricultural extension under the provisions of this chapter or acts previously passed by the Legislature and approved by the Governor shall, by the provisions hereof, come under this chapter.
[6:94:1947; 1943 NCL § 356.6]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 549 - Extension Work in Agriculture, Home Economics and Rural Welfare › NRS 549.070 - Transitional provisions.

1. All supplies, materials, equipment, property or land acquired for the use of county agricultural extension offices under the provisions of chapter 213, Statutes of Nevada 1919, shall remain the property of the county extension offices set up under the provisions of this chapter.
2. Any and all contracts for the purchase of equipment, property or land of any type or description made under the provisions of chapter 213, Statutes of Nevada 1919, shall remain in full force and effect until the completion of such contracts.
[7:94:1947; 1943 NCL § 356.7]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 550 - State 4-H Camp › NRS 550.010 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Board of Regents" means the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada.
2. "Director" means the Director of the Agricultural Extension Department of the Public Service Division of the Nevada System of Higher Education.
3. "State 4-H Camp" means the State 4-H Camp Institute and Exhibit.
[Part 1:117:1947; 1943 NCL § 363.01]—(NRS A 1965, 258; 1969, 1445; 1993, 414)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 550 - State 4-H Camp › NRS 550.020 - Continuation of Camp as part of cooperative extension work of Nevada System of Higher Education.

The State 4-H Camp Institute and Exhibit located in Douglas County, Nevada, is hereby continued and established with branches, as or when located, in the respective counties of this State, as a part of the cooperative extension work undertaken by the State of Nevada pursuant to NRS 396.690, and for other purposes.
[Part 1:117:1947; 1943 NCL § 363.01]—(NRS A 1965, 259)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 550 - State 4-H Camp › NRS 550.030 - Purpose.

The purpose of the State 4-H Camp is to provide a living environment to members of 4-H clubs and other youth groups which is conducive to stimulating the development of youth to a high standard of useful and productive citizenship. The State 4-H Camp shall render assistance and conduct such programs as will develop leadership aptitudes, skills and other attributes necessary for the intellectual and physical development of the youth to be served and thus perpetuate the work embodied in the creed of the 4-H clubs of the United States.
[2:117:1947; 1943 NCL § 363.02]—(NRS A 1965, 259)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 550 - State 4-H Camp › NRS 550.035 - State 4-H Camp Advisory Council: Creation; number, terms and selection of members.

The State 4-H Camp Advisory Council is hereby created, to consist of 12 members chosen for terms of 3 years as follows:
1. Four members from the leaders of 4-H clubs in this State, elected by the leaders.
2. Two members appointed by the President of the University of Nevada, Reno.
3. Four members designated from among its members by the Nevada Farm Bureau.
4. Two members from the Agricultural Extension Service, elected by the county agents.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 261; A 1969, 1445)