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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.170 - "Authority" defined.

"Authority" means any of the public corporations created or authorized to be created by NRS 315.140 to 315.7813, inclusive, and any housing authority established and operating prior to July 1, 1975, under the provisions of the Housing Authorities Law of 1943 or the Housing Law of 1951. The term includes a regional authority.
[Part 2:253:1947; A 1951, 8]—(NRS A 1975, 16; 1977, 1184; 2009, 2225)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.180 - "Bonds" defined.

"Bonds" means any bonds, notes, interim certificates, debentures or other obligations issued by an authority pursuant to NRS 315.140 to 315.7813, inclusive.
[Part 2:253:1947; A 1951, 8]—(NRS A 1975, 16; 1977, 1184)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.230 - "Housing project" defined.

1. "Housing project" means any work or undertaking:
(a) To demolish, clear or remove buildings from any area acquired by the authority; or
(b) To provide decent, safe and sanitary urban or rural dwellings, apartments or other living accommodations for persons of low income. Such work or undertaking may include buildings, land, equipment, facilities and other real or personal property for necessary, convenient or desirable appurtenances, streets, sewers, water service, utilities, parks, site preparation, landscaping, administrative, health, recreational, welfare or other purposes; or
(c) To accomplish a combination of the foregoing.
2. "Housing project" also may be applied to the planning of the buildings and improvements, the acquisition of property, the demolition of existing structures, the construction, reconstruction, alteration and repair of the improvements and all other work in connection therewith.
3. The term includes the acquisition or development of mobile home parks and facilities, the leasing or rental of mobile home lots in the park or the purchase, leasing or rental of mobile homes.
[Part 2:253:1947; A 1951, 8]—(NRS A 1979, 990)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.250 - "Obligee of the authority" and "obligee" defined.

"Obligee of the authority" or "obligee" shall include any bondholder, agents or trustees for any bondholders, or lessor demising to the authority property used in connection with a housing project, or any assignee or assignees of such lessor’s interest or any part thereof, and the Federal Government when it is a party to any contract with the authority.
[Part 2:253:1947; A 1951, 8]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.260 - "Persons of low income" defined.

"Persons of low income" means persons or families who lack the amount of income which is necessary (as determined by the housing authority) to enable them, without financial assistance, to live in decent, safe and sanitary dwellings, without overcrowding.
[Part 2:253:1947; A 1951, 8]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.300 - "Veteran" and "serviceman or servicewoman" defined.

"Veteran" or "serviceman or servicewoman" means a person who has served in the Armed Forces of the United States at any time:
1. On or after April 6, 1917, and prior to November 11, 1918;
2. On or after September 16, 1940, and prior to July 26, 1947;
3. On or after June 27, 1950, and prior to January 31, 1955; and
4. On or after August 5, 1964, and prior to such date thereafter as shall be determined by Presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of the Congress as the end of the Vietnam era,
and, in the case of a veteran, has been discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable, or in the case of a serviceman or servicewoman, is presently in the Armed Forces of the United States.
[Part 2:253:1947; A 1951, 8]—(NRS A 1975, 16)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.310 - Exemption of real property from execution, process and judgment lien: Enforcement of certain encumbrances, pledges and liens.

1. All real property of an authority shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same, nor shall any judgment against an authority be a charge or lien upon its real property.
2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees to foreclose or otherwise enforce any mortgage or other security of an authority or the right of obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by an authority on its rents, fees or revenues.
[18:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.18]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.320 - Housing authority: Nature; resolution of necessity to function.

1. In each city, town or county of the State there is hereby created a public body corporate and politic to be known as the housing authority of the city, town or county; but such authority shall not transact any business or exercise its powers hereunder until or unless the governing body of the city, town or county, as the case may be, by proper resolution shall declare at any time thereafter that there is need for an authority to function in such city, town or county.
2. Such housing authority is hereby created a public body corporate for municipal purposes and shall be a municipal corporation.
[Part 3:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.03]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.330 - Factual findings required.

The governing body shall adopt a resolution declaring that there is need for an authority in the city, town or county, as the case may be, if it shall find:
1. That dwelling accommodations are occupied in such city, town or county, which are unsafe or insanitary; or
2. That there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in such city, town or county available to veterans and other persons of low income at rentals they can afford.
[Part 3:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.03]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.340 - Determination of unsafe or insanitary conditions: Considerations.

In determining, as provided in NRS 315.330, whether dwelling accommodations are unsafe or insanitary, a governing body may take into consideration:
1. The physical condition of the dwelling accommodations.
2. The degree of overcrowding.
3. The percentage of land coverage.
4. The light, air, space and access available to the occupants of such dwelling accommodations.
5. The size and arrangement of the rooms.
6. The adequacy of sanitary facilities and water supply.
7. The extent to which conditions exist in such buildings which endanger life or property by fire or other causes.
[Part 4:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.04]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.350 - Actions involving authority’s contracts; establishment of authority conclusively presumed; sufficiency of resolution.

1. In any suit, action or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of or relating to any contract of the authority, an authority shall be conclusively deemed to have become established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers hereunder upon proof of the adoption of the resolution or resolutions herein prescribed declaring the need for the authority.
2. Each such resolution or resolutions shall be deemed sufficient if it declares that there is such need for an authority and finds in substantially the terms provided in NRS 315.330 (no further detail being necessary) that the conditions therein enumerated exist.
3. A copy of such resolution duly certified by the clerk shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action or proceeding.
[Part 4:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.04]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.360 - Continuation of housing authorities organized under prior laws.

Any housing authority created and existing prior to July 1, 1975, pursuant to the Housing Authorities Law of 1943 or the Housing Law of 1951 continues in existence for the purposes of and has all of the powers granted by NRS 315.140 to 315.7813, inclusive.
[Part 3:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.03]—(NRS A 1975, 16; 1977, 1185; 2011 581)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.365 - Effect of chapter 16, Statutes of Nevada 1975.

1. Chapter 16, Statutes of Nevada 1975, shall not impair or affect any act done, offense committed or right accruing, accrued or acquired, or liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred prior to July 1, 1975, but the same may be enjoyed, asserted, enforced, prosecuted or inflicted, as fully and to the same extent as if it had not been passed.
2. Chapter 16, Statutes of Nevada 1975, shall not affect the corporate existence of any authority established or operating under the Housing Authorities Law of 1943 or the Housing Law of 1951 prior to July 1, 1975.
3. The passage of chapter 16, Statutes of Nevada 1975, shall not repeal or in any way affect or modify:
(a) Any law authorizing the issuance of any outstanding bonds and other securities by any authority established or operating prior to July 1, 1975, under the Housing Authorities Law of 1943 or the Housing Law of 1951.
(b) Any other contract of any such authority.
(c) Any law pursuant to which there have been levied by or on behalf of any such authority and there have not been paid in full, including without limitation the principal and any interest and penalties, any rents, fees and charges pertaining to the facilities or services, or both facilities and services, provided by any such authority.
(d) The running of the statutes of limitations in force on July 1, 1975.
4. All incomplete proceedings had and taken by any such authority, under any law repealed by chapter 16, Statutes of Nevada 1975, preliminary to and in the acquisition or improvement of any housing project or the issuance of any interim or temporary bond, or any definitive bond, which proceedings are in substantial compliance with the provisions of NRS 315.140 to 315.7813, inclusive, may, at the option of the commissioners of the authority, be completed under the provisions of NRS 315.140 to 315.7813, inclusive, the same as if such incomplete proceedings had been had and taken pursuant to such provisions.
5. The passage of chapter 16, Statutes of Nevada 1975, shall not repeal or in any way affect or modify the power of the commissioners of any authority established or operating under the Housing Authorities Law of 1943 or the Housing Law of 1951 prior to July 1, 1975, concerning the borrowing of money or the acceptance of any grant of public or private money, which power was exercised prior to July 1, 1975.
6. All bonds, notes, contracts, agreements and obligations of authorities relating to financing or undertaking (including cooperating with or acting as agent of the Federal Government in) the development or administration of any project to assure the availability of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities, which bonds, notes, contracts, agreements and obligations were issued or entered into prior to July 1, 1951, are validated and declared legal in all respects, notwithstanding any defect or irregularity therein or any want of statutory authority.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 21; A 1977, 1185)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.370 - Appointment of commissioners: Number; term; qualifications; vacancies.

1. Upon the adoption of a resolution declaring the need for an authority, the chief executive of the city or the governing body of the town or county, as the case may be, shall thereupon appoint five persons to serve as commissioners of the authority. Three of the commissioners who are first appointed pursuant to this section must be designated to serve for terms of 1, 2 and 3 years, respectively, from the date of their appointment, and two must be designated to serve for terms of 4 years from the date of their appointment, but thereafter commissioners must be appointed for a term of office of 4 years.
2. The first commissioner appointed after the authority has provided assistance to at least five persons must be a current recipient of assistance from the authority who was selected from a list of at least five eligible nominees submitted for this purpose by an organization which represents tenants of housing projects. If no such organization exists, the commissioner must be selected from a list of nominees submitted for this purpose from persons who currently receive assistance from the authority. Thereafter, at least one commissioner must be such a recipient who was nominated and appointed in the same manner. If during his or her term the commissioner ceases to be a recipient of assistance, he or she must be replaced in the manner set forth in this subsection by a person who is a recipient of assistance.
3. Nothing in this section affects the terms of office of commissioners appointed to an authority created before October 1, 1995. The appointing authority shall appoint to the term next expiring a commissioner who was nominated and appointed in the same manner as is set forth in subsection 2. Thereafter, at least one commissioner must be such a recipient who was nominated and appointed in the same manner. If during his or her term the commissioner ceases to be a recipient of assistance, he or she must be replaced in the manner set forth in subsection 2 by a person who is a recipient of assistance.
4. All vacancies must be filled for the unexpired term.
[Part 3:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.03]—(NRS A 1995, 2693)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.380 - Officers of authority.

1. An authority shall select a chair and a vice chair from its commissioners.
2. For the purpose of managing a regional authority, the commissioners of the regional authority shall initially select an executive director by way of a competitive, open and public process. Thereafter, the selection of an executive director must be made as determined by the commissioners of the regional authority to be in the best interests of the authority.
[Part 3:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.03]—(NRS A 2009, 2225)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.390 - Compensation and expenses of commissioner.

1. A commissioner is entitled to necessary expenses, including travel expenses, incurred in the discharge of the commissioner’s duties.
2. An authority may provide by resolution that each commissioner is entitled to receive compensation of $80 for each meeting attended.
3. No commissioner may receive as compensation more than $240 in a calendar month.
[Part 3:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.03]—(NRS A 1975, 17; 1977, 392; 1981, 1979; 1985, 930)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.400 - Conflicts of interest.

1. A commissioner or employee of the authority shall not voluntarily acquire any interest, direct or indirect, except as a residential tenant, in any housing project or in any property included or planned to be included in any housing project, or in any contract or proposed contract in connection with any housing project. Where the acquisition is not voluntary, the commissioner or employee shall immediately disclose the interest in writing to the authority and the disclosure must be entered upon the minutes of the authority. Upon disclosure the commissioner or employee shall not participate in any action by the authority involving the housing project, property or contract. If any commissioner or employee of the authority previously owned or controlled an interest, direct or indirect, in any housing project or in any property included or planned to be included in any housing project, or in any contract or proposed contract in connection with any housing project, he or she shall immediately disclose the interest in writing to the authority and the disclosure must be entered upon the minutes of the authority. Upon disclosure the commissioner or employee shall not participate in any action by the authority involving the housing project, property or contract.
2. Any violation of this section constitutes misconduct in office.
3. This section is not applicable to the acquisition of any interest in notes or bonds of the authority issued in connection with any housing project or the execution of agreements by financial institutions for the deposit or handling of money in connection with a housing project or to act as trustee under any trust indenture.
[5:253:1947; A 1951, 10]—(NRS A 1975, 933; 1977, 1112; 1995, 2694; 1999, 1468)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.410 - Removal of commissioners.

1. For inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, a commissioner of an authority may be removed by the mayor, or in the case of an authority for a town or county, by its governing body.
2. A commissioner shall be removed only after a hearing and after he or she shall have been given a copy of the charges at least 10 days prior to such hearing and had an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel.
3. In the event of the removal of any commissioner, a record of the proceedings, together with the charges and findings thereon, shall be filed in the office of the clerk.
[6:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.06]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.420 - Nature and functions; power to effectuate purposes.

An authority shall constitute a public body corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions, and having all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of NRS 315.140 to 315.7813, inclusive, (but not the power to levy and collect taxes or special assessments).
[Part 7:253:1947; A 1951, 11]—(NRS A 1975, 17; 1977, 1186; 2021, 1568)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.430 - General powers.

An authority may:
1. Sue and be sued.
2. Have a seal and alter the same at pleasure.
3. Have perpetual succession.
4. Make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers.
5. Make, and from time to time amend and repeal bylaws, rules and regulations to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the authority.
[Part 7:253:1947; A 1951, 11]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.435 - Area of another authority.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 315.9835, a housing authority shall not operate in any area in which an authority already established is operating without the consent by resolution of the authority already operating therein. For the purposes of this section, the formation of a regional authority pursuant to NRS 315.7805 shall be deemed to constitute consent by resolution of the authority of any participating local governmental entity.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 212; A 2009, 2225)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.440 - Powers concerning housing projects.

Within its area of operation, an authority may:
1. Prepare, carry out and operate housing projects and provide for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, extension, alteration, or repair of any such project or any part thereof.
2. Determine where there is unsafe, insanitary or overcrowded housing.
3. Make studies and recommendations relating to the problem of eliminating unsafe, insanitary or overcrowded housing.
4. Cooperate with the city, the county, the State, or any political subdivision thereof in action taken in connection with such problems.
5. If it is a regional authority, work cooperatively with the relevant local jurisdictions concerning new developments or housing projects, or both. The relevant local jurisdictions with which a regional authority works cooperatively concerning new developments or housing projects, or both, shall provide to the regional authority such support and assistance as the regional authority may require.
[Part 7:253:1947; A 1951, 11]—(NRS A 2009, 2225)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.450 - Contracts for services or works: Compliance with wage and hour laws; conditions of federal aid.

An authority may:
1. Arrange or contract for the furnishing by any person or agency, public or private, of services, privileges, works or facilities for, or in connection with, its housing projects.
2. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in NRS 315.140 to 315.7813, inclusive, or any other provisions of law, agree to any conditions attached to federal financial assistance relating to the determination of prevailing salaries or wages or payment of not less than prevailing salaries or wages or compliance with labor standards, in the development or administration of projects.
3. Include in any contract let in connection with a housing project, stipulations requiring that the contractor and any subcontractors comply with requirements as to minimum salaries or wages and maximum hours of labor, and comply with any conditions attached to the financial aid of such project.
[Part 7:253:1947; A 1951, 11]—(NRS A 1975, 17; 1977, 1186)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.460 - Powers relating to real and personal property.

An authority may:
1. Lease or rent any dwellings, accommodations, buildings, structures or facilities embraced in any housing project, and establish and revise the rents or charges therefor.
2. Own, hold and improve real or personal property.
3. Purchase, lease, obtain options upon, acquire by gift, grant, bequest, devise or otherwise any real or personal property or any interest therein.
4. Acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property pursuant to the provisions of the laws of Nevada and rules of court relative to the right of eminent domain, civil actions, new trials and appeals, which laws and rules shall be applicable to and constitute the rules of practice in condemnation proceedings by housing authorities.
5. Sell, lease, exchange, transfer, assign, pledge or dispose of any real or personal property or any interest therein.
6. Insure or provide for the insurance of any real or personal property or operations of the authority against any risks or hazards.
[Part 7:253:1947; A 1951, 11]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.470 - Authorized investments; redemption or repurchase of bonds.

An authority may:
1. Invest any funds held in reserves or sinking funds, or any funds not required for immediate disbursement, in:
(a) Obligations issued by the United States Postal Service or the Federal National Mortgage Association, whether or not the payment of principal and interest thereon is guaranteed by the Federal Government.
(b) Bonds or other obligations issued by a redevelopment agency created pursuant to chapter 279 of NRS or a legislative body that has elected to exercise the powers granted an agency pursuant to that chapter.
(c) Bonds or other securities issued pursuant to the provisions of NRS 349.150 to 349.364, inclusive, 350.500 to 350.720, inclusive, or 396.809 to 396.885, inclusive.
(d) Money market mutual funds that:
(1) Are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission;
(2) Are rated by a nationally recognized rating service as "AAA" or its equivalent; and
(3) Invest only in securities issued or guaranteed as to payment of principal and interest by the Federal Government, or its agencies or instrumentalities, or in repurchase agreements that are fully collateralized by such securities.
2. Redeem its bonds at the redemption price established therein or purchase its bonds at less than such redemption price. All bonds so redeemed or purchased must be cancelled.
[Part 7:253:1947; A 1951, 11]—(NRS A 1997, 2878; 1999, 621)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.500 - Rentals.

It is declared to be the policy of this state that each authority shall manage and operate its housing projects in an efficient manner so as to enable it to fix the rentals or payments for dwelling accommodations at low rates consistent with its providing decent, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income, and that no authority shall construct or operate any housing project for profit, or as a source of revenue to the city, town or the county. To this end an authority shall fix the rentals or payments for dwellings in its housing projects at no higher rates than it shall find to be necessary in order to produce revenues which, together with all other available moneys, revenues, income and receipts of the authority from whatever sources derived, will be sufficient:
1. To pay, as the same become due, the principal and interest on the bonds of the authority.
2. To create and maintain such reserves as may be required to assure the payment of principal and interest as it becomes due on its bonds.
3. To meet the cost of, and to provide for, maintaining and operating the housing projects (including necessary reserves therefor and the cost of any insurance) and the administrative expenses of the authority.
4. To make such payments in lieu of taxes as it determines are consistent with the maintenance of the low-rent character of the housing projects.
[8:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.08]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.510 - Tenant selection: Preferences.

In the operation or management of housing projects, an authority shall at all times observe the following duties with respect to rentals and tenant admissions:
1. It may rent or lease the dwelling accommodations therein only to persons of low income and, as among low-income persons who are eligible applicants for occupancy in dwellings of given sizes and at specified rents, shall extend the following preferences in the selection of tenants:
(a) First: To families who are to be displaced by any low-rent housing project or by any public slum clearance or redevelopment project initiated after January 1, 1947, or who were so displaced within 3 years before making application on authority for admission to any low-rent housing. Among such families, first preference must be given to families of veterans with a disability whose disability has been determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs to be service connected, second preference must be given to families of deceased veterans and servicemen or servicewomen whose death has been determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs to be service connected, and third preference must be given to families of other veterans and servicemen or servicewomen.
(b) Second: To families of other veterans and servicemen or servicewomen. Among such families, first preference must be given to families of veterans with a disability whose disability has been determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs to be service connected, and second preference must be given to families of deceased veterans and servicemen or servicewomen whose death has been determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs to be service connected.
2. It may rent or lease to a tenant dwelling accommodations consisting of a number of rooms, but no greater number, which it deems necessary to provide safe and sanitary accommodations to the proposed occupants thereof, without overcrowding.
3. An authority shall not accept any person or persons as tenants in any housing project if the person or persons who occupy the dwelling accommodations have, at the time of admission, an aggregate annual net income, less an exemption of $200 for each minor member of the family other than the head of the family and his or her spouse, in excess of seven times the annual rental of the quarters to be furnished such person or persons, but an authority may agree to conditions as to tenant eligibility or preference required by the Federal Government pursuant to federal law in any contract for financial assistance with the authority. In computing the rental for this purpose of admitting tenants, there must be included in the rental the average annual cost, as determined by the authority, to occupants of heat, water, electricity, gas, cooking fuel and other necessary services or facilities, whether or not the charge for such services and facilities is included in the rental.
[Part 9:253:1947; A 1951, 12]—(NRS A 1967, 1268; 1995, 1086)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.513 - Tenant eligibility: Money deposited in individual development account not considered income.

The authority shall not consider money deposited in an individual development account pursuant to NRS 422A.493 by a tenant of a housing project operated by the authority to be income for the purpose of determining whether the person is eligible to reside in the housing project under the provisions of NRS 315.510 or any regulations adopted by the authority.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1567)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.515 - Duty to ensure provision of instruction in financial literacy to tenant who deposits income in individual development account.

1. In addition to the training provided by the State Treasurer pursuant to paragraph (m) of subsection 1 of NRS 226.110, the authority shall, to the extent that money is provided by the State Treasurer pursuant to NRS 422A.492 for that purpose, ensure that instruction in financial literacy is provided to a tenant who deposits a portion of his or her income in an individual development account established pursuant to NRS 422A.493.
2. The authority may contract for the services of an independent contractor to provide the instruction required by subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1567)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.520 - Remedies of authority’s obligee: Effect of NRS 315.500 and 315.510.

Nothing contained in NRS 315.500 and 315.510 shall be construed as limiting the power of an authority to vest in an obligee the right, in the event of a default by the authority, to take possession thereof or cause the appointment of a receiver thereof, free from all the restrictions imposed by such sections.
[Part 9:253:1947; A 1951, 12]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.525 - Duty to inspect dwelling units.

1. Each housing authority in this State shall conduct an inspection of each dwelling unit owned or managed by the housing authority and any dwelling unit leased pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1437f, on a regular basis as required by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. After performing such an inspection, the housing authority shall obtain the handwritten or electronic signature of the tenant to confirm that the inspection was conducted.
2. If an inspection conducted pursuant to subsection 1 identifies necessary repairs, the housing authority or the housing authority in coordination with the private owner, as applicable, shall ensure that all necessary repairs are made as soon as practicable after the inspection so that the dwelling unit is in a decent, safe and sanitary condition.
3. As used in this section, "housing authority" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 315.021. The term includes, without limitation, a regional authority and the Nevada Rural Housing Authority.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 477)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.530 - Cooperation between authorities.

Any authority or authorities may join or cooperate with another in the exercise, either jointly or otherwise, of any of their powers for the purpose of financing, including the issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations and the giving of security therefor, planning, undertaking, owning, constructing, operating or contracting with respect to a housing project or projects located within the area within which one or more of such authorities are authorized to exercise their powers. For such purpose any cooperating authority may, by resolution, prescribe and authorize any authority so joining and cooperating with it to act in its behalf in the exercise of any of such powers, or the cooperating authorities may, by resolution, appoint from among the commissioners of such authorities an executive committee with full powers to act on behalf of such authorities with respect to any of their powers as prescribed by resolution of such authority.
[10:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.10]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.540 - Payments in lieu of taxes.

An authority shall agree to make such payments in lieu of taxes to the city, town, county, and the State, or any political subdivision, as it finds consistent with the maintenance of the low-rent character of housing projects or the achievement of the purposes of NRS 315.140 to 315.7813, inclusive.
[11:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.11]—(NRS A 1975, 17; 1977, 1186)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.550 - Powers of state public bodies respecting housing projects.

1. For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of housing projects of housing authorities located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any state public body may, upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine:
(a) Dedicate, sell, convey or lease any of its interest in any property, or grant easements, licenses, or any other rights or privileges therein to a housing authority.
(b) Cause parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, educational, water, sewer, or drainage facilities, or any other works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake, to be furnished adjacent to or in connection with such projects.
(c) Furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan or replan streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks, or other places which it is otherwise empowered to undertake.
(d) Cause services to be furnished to the housing authority of the character which such state public body is otherwise empowered to furnish.
(e) Enter into agreements with respect to the exercise by such state public body of its powers relating to the repair, improvement, condemnation, closing or demolition of unsafe, insanitary or unfit buildings.
(f) Employ (notwithstanding the provisions of any other law) any funds belonging to or within the control of such state public body, including funds derived from the sale or furnishing of property or facilities to a housing authority, in the purchase of the bonds or other obligations of a housing authority; and, as the holder of such bonds or other obligation, exercise the rights connected therewith.
(g) Do any and all things, necessary or convenient, to aid and cooperate in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of such housing projects.
(h) Incur the entire expense of any public improvements made by such state public body in exercising the powers granted in NRS 315.140 to 315.7813, inclusive.
(i) Enter into agreements (which may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary) with a housing authority respecting action to be taken by such state public body pursuant to any of the powers granted by NRS 315.140 to 315.7813, inclusive. If at any time title to, or possession of, any project is held by any public body or governmental agency authorized by law to engage in the development or administration of low-rent housing or slum clearance projects, including any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the provisions of such agreements shall inure to the benefit of and may be enforced by such public body or governmental agency.
2. Any sale, conveyance, lease or agreement provided for in this section may be made by a state public body without appraisal, public notice, advertisement or public bidding, notwithstanding any other laws to the contrary.
[19:253:1947; A 1951, 13]—(NRS A 1975, 17; 1977, 1186)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.560 - Federal aid.

1. In addition to the powers conferred upon an authority by other provisions of NRS 315.140 to 315.7813, inclusive, an authority may:
(a) Borrow money or accept contributions, grants or other financial assistance from the Federal Government for or in aid of any housing project within its area of operation.
(b) Take over or lease or manage any housing project or undertaking constructed or owned by the Federal Government, and to these ends, to comply with such conditions and enter into such mortgages, trust indentures, leases or agreements as may be necessary, convenient or desirable.
2. In any contract with the Federal Government for annual contributions to an authority, the authority may obligate itself (which obligation shall be specifically enforceable and shall not constitute a mortgage, notwithstanding any other laws) to convey to the Federal Government possession of or title to the project to which such contract relates, upon the occurrence of a substantial default (as defined in such contract) with respect to the covenants or conditions to which the authority is subject. Such contract may further provide that in case of such conveyance, the Federal Government may complete, operate, manage, lease, convey or otherwise deal with the project in accordance with the terms of such contract; provided, that the contract requires that, as soon as practicable after the Federal Government is satisfied that all defaults with respect to the project have been cured and that the project will thereafter be operated in accordance with the terms of the contract, the Federal Government shall reconvey to the authority the project as then constituted.
3. It is the purpose and intent of NRS 315.140 to 315.7813, inclusive, to authorize every authority to do any and all things necessary or desirable to secure the financial aid or cooperation of the Federal Government in the undertaking, construction, maintenance or operation of any housing project by such authority.
[20:253:1947; A 1951, 14]—(NRS A 1975, 18; 1977, 1187)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.570 - Housing in rural areas.

Any city, town, county or regional housing authority which has rural areas under its jurisdiction may undertake the provision of housing for families of low income in such rural areas, and may comply with any conditions not inconsistent with the purposes of this housing authorities law required by the Federal Government pursuant to federal law in any contract for financial assistance with the authority concerning such undertakings.
[20a:253:1947; added 1951, 15]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.580 - Housing for veterans and servicemen or servicewomen.

1. In addition to other powers conferred upon an authority by NRS 315.140 to 315.7813, inclusive, an authority may acquire property and construct housing projects thereon for the purpose of leasing dwellings to servicemen or servicewomen, veterans and their families, and the families of deceased persons who served in the Armed Forces, at rentals, excluding utilities, of not to exceed $50 per month, during the existence of the acute shortage of housing available to such persons as determined by applicable law or as may be provided for in any contract for financial assistance with the Federal Government.
2. In exercising the powers provided in this section an authority shall not be subject to the limitations provided in NRS 315.500 or 315.510 during the period of acute housing shortage for veterans and servicemen or servicewomen, and their families and the families of deceased persons who served in the Armed Forces, of moderate income.
[21:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.21]—(NRS A 1967, 1269; 1975, 19; 1977, 1188)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.590 - Lease of government war housing projects by authority.

An authority, in addition to its other powers, is authorized to cooperate with and lease from the Federal Government war housing projects constructed by the Federal Government, for the purpose of providing housing for veterans and servicemen or servicewomen and their families, and families of deceased persons who served in the Armed Forces, and persons engaged in war activities; provided, that such war housing projects shall not be subject to the limitations provided in NRS 315.500 or 315.510.
[22:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.22]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.600 - Bonds for corporate and refunding purposes.

An authority shall have power:
1. To issue bonds from time to time, in its discretion, for any of its corporate purposes.
2. To issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds previously issued by it.
[Part 12:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.12]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.610 - Types of bonds; additional security.

1. An authority may issue such types of bonds as it may determine, including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) bonds on which the principal and interest are payable:
(a) Exclusively from the income and revenues of the housing project financed with the proceeds of such bonds.
(b) Exclusively from the income and revenues of certain designated housing projects whether or not they are financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of such bonds.
(c) From its revenues generally.
2. Any of the bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any grant or contributions from the Federal Government or other source, or a pledge of any income or revenues of the authority, or a mortgage of any housing project, projects or other property of the authority.
[Part 12:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.12]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.620 - Liability on bonds; debt limitations.

Neither the commissioners of an authority nor any person executing the bonds is liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. The bonds and other obligations of an authority are not, and must state on their face that they are not, a debt of the city, the county, the State or any other political subdivision thereof, and neither the city, the county, the State nor any other political subdivision thereof is liable thereon, nor in any event are the bonds or obligations payable out of any funds or properties other than those of the authority. The bonds do not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction.
[Part 12:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.12]—(NRS A 1995, 811)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.630 - Resolution authorizing bonds: Contents.

By resolution, an authority may authorize bonds. The resolution, its trust indenture or mortgage may provide for:
1. The issuance of bonds in one or more series.
2. The date the bonds must bear.
3. The date of maturity.
4. The interest rate or rates, which must not exceed by more than 3 percent the Index of Revenue Bonds which was most recently published before the bids are received or a negotiated offer is accepted.
5. The denomination of the bonds.
6. The form of the bonds, either coupon or registered.
7. The conversion or registration privileges which the bonds must carry.
8. The rank or priority of the bonds.
9. The manner of execution of the bonds.
10. The medium of payment in which the bonds are payable.
11. The place of payment.
12. The terms of redemption, with or without premium.
[Part 13:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.13]—(NRS A 1971, 2108; 1975, 853; 1981, 1414; 1983, 583)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.650 - Discontinuance in office: Negotiability.

If any of the commissioners or officers of the authority whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupons cease to be such commissioners or officers before the delivery of such bonds, such signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such commissioners or officers had remained in office until such delivery. Any provision of any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any bonds issued pursuant to NRS 315.140 to 315.7813, inclusive, are fully negotiable.
[Part 13:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.13]—(NRS A 1975, 19; 1977, 1188)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.660 - Validity; conclusive presumptions.

In any suit, action or proceeding involving the validity or enforceability of any bond of an authority or the security therefor, any such bond reciting in substance that it has been issued by the authority to aid in financing a housing project, as defined in NRS 315.230, is conclusively deemed to have been issued for such purpose and such project is conclusively deemed to have been planned, located, and carried out in accordance with the purposes and provisions of NRS 315.140 to 315.7813, inclusive.
[Part 13:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.13]—(NRS A 1975, 19; 1977, 1188)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.670 - Authorized provisions: Bonds; trust indentures; mortgages.

In connection with the issuance of bonds or the incurring of obligations under leases and in order to secure the payment of such bonds or obligations, an authority, in addition to its other powers, has the powers conferred by NRS 315.680 to 315.740, inclusive.
[Part 14:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.14]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.680 - Pledges and mortgages.

An authority may:
1. Pledge all or any part of its gross or net rents, fees or revenues to which its right then exists or may thereafter come into existence.
2. Mortgage all or any part of its real or personal property, then owned or thereafter acquired.
[Part 14:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.14]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.690 - Limitation of further indebtedness; bond proceeds; lost and destroyed bonds; extension of bond and interest payment; redemption.

An authority may:
1. Covenant against pledging all or any part of its rents, fees and revenues, or against mortgaging all or any part of its real or personal property, to which its right or title then exists or may thereafter come into existence, or against permitting or suffering any lien on such revenues or property.
2. Covenant with respect to its right to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any housing project or any part thereof.
3. Covenant as to what other, or additional debts or obligations may be incurred by it.
4. Covenant as to the bonds to be issued and as to the issuance of such bonds in escrow and otherwise, and as to the use and disposition of the proceeds thereof.
5. Provide for the replacement of lost, destroyed or mutilated bonds.
6. Covenant against extending the time for the payment of its bonds or interest thereon.
7. Covenant for the redemption of the bonds, and to provide the terms and conditions thereof.
[Part 14:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.14]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.700 - Rental income; special funds.

An authority may:
1. Covenant (subject to the limitations contained in NRS 315.140 to 315.7813, inclusive) as to the rents and fees to be charged in the operation of a housing project or projects, the amount to be raised each year or other period of time by rents, fees and other revenues, and as to the use and disposition to be made thereof.
2. Create or authorize the creation of special funds for moneys to be held for construction or operating costs, debt service, reserves or other purposes, and covenant as to the use and disposition of the moneys held in such funds.
[Part 14:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.14]—(NRS A 1975, 20; 1977, 1188)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.710 - Procedure relating to bondholders’ contracts.

An authority may prescribe the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with bondholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given.
[Part 14:253:1947; 1943 NCL § 5470.14]