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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.110 - Procedure for changing number of directors and divisions; election required.

1. The number of directors and the number of divisions of any district organized pursuant to the laws of this state must not be altered or changed except upon:
(a) A petition of not less than 51 percent of the qualified electors of the district; or
(b) A resolution adopted by the board of directors.
2. The petition or resolution must prescribe the number of divisions into which the district is proposed to be divided and must be accompanied by a map showing the proposed new division boundaries, which map must be a part of the petition or resolution and must be presented to the board of directors of the district at any regular meeting.
3. At its next regular meeting following the presentation of the petition or adoption of the resolution, the board of directors shall prepare or cause to be prepared a map of the district showing the proposed new division boundaries, which map must be placed on file in the office of the district. At least two copies of the map must be posted in other conspicuous places in the district where the maps are available for inspection by all interested persons.
4. The board of directors shall submit the question of altering or changing the number of divisions of the district in accordance with the petition to the qualified electors of the district at the next district election or primary or general state election. Notice of the election must be given in the manner provided in NRS 539.125, and must include notice of the places where the map showing the proposed new division boundaries may be inspected.
5. If the result of the election is in favor of the changes in the number of divisions and division boundaries of the district, the next biennial election of directors is governed by the altered conditions established by the election and the terms of office of all the directors then in office and who were elected or appointed before the altered conditions expire on the second Monday following the biennial election. The new directors then elected shall determine their respective tenures of office in the manner designated in NRS 539.065.
6. No petition or resolution to change the number of directors and divisions of a district may be received or considered within a period of 4 years following the date of an election held pursuant to this section.
[8 1/2:64:1919; added 1931, 170; 1931 NCL § 8015.01]—(NRS A 1991, 1082; 1993, 1082)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.113 - Procedure for election of directors.

1. Not later than 60 days before any general election of the district, if a petition, signed by the qualified electors of the district equal in number to 35 percent of the qualified electors of the district, requesting that directors from each division of the district be elected by the qualified electors of that division and not by the qualified electors of the district as a whole, is filed with the board of directors, the board shall place upon the ballot of the next district election or primary or general state election the question of whether directors from each division shall be elected by the electors of the division and not by the electors of the district as a whole.
2. If a majority of the votes cast at the election are in favor of electing directors from each division by the electors from that division alone, thereafter the directors in the district must be elected in that manner.
[73:64:1919; added 1929, 286; NCL § 8091]—(NRS A 1993, 1083)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.115 - When regular elections of irrigation districts to be held.

The regular elections of irrigation districts shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April of the second calendar year after the completion of the organization thereof, and on the same day biennially thereafter, or as to districts organized prior to July 1, 1919, biennially after the first regular election therein.
[Part 5:64:1919; A 1933, 271; 1931 NCL § 8012]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.117 - When election need not be held; declaration of election of candidates.

If there shall be no contests for office, and no matters or propositions to be voted upon at any such election, then such election shall not be held, and the duly qualified candidates shall be deemed elected as of the date the election would otherwise have been held, and the board of directors must declare on its records such candidates to have been elected.
[Part 5:64:1919; A 1933, 271; 1931 NCL § 8012]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.120 - Declarations of candidacy; filing fees.

1. Nominations for the office of director shall be made by filing a declaration with the secretary within 50 days before the date of election and not later than 20 days before such election.
2. A candidate shall pay $25 filing fee with such declaration.
[Part 5:64:1919; A 1933, 271; 1931 NCL § 8012]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.125 - Notice of election: Contents; publication.

The secretary shall cause to be published a notice specifying the time and place of the election held pursuant to NRS 539.113. The notice must be published in a newspaper published in the county or one of the counties in which the district is located not less than 15 days nor more than 22 days before the election. If no newspaper is published in such a county, the notice must be published in a newspaper which has a general circulation in the county or counties.
[Part 6:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1927, 309; 1931, 75; 1935, 135; 1931 NCL § 8013]—(NRS A 1981, 582; 1993, 1083)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.127 - Registration of electors required; reregistration.

1. No election for any purpose except for organization shall be held in any irrigation district without registration.
2. If an elector is currently registered on or registers after July 1, 1967, and remains eligible, the elector shall not be required to reregister in order to vote at any succeeding election, but before the elector shall be permitted to vote at such election, if the elector shall not have reregistered therefor, the elector shall be required to take and subscribe the registration oath before the board of election, on a form provided by the district, as evidence of the elector’s continued eligibility.
[Part 6:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1927, 309; 1931, 75; 1935, 135; 1931 NCL § 8013]—(NRS A 1967, 1215)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.130 - Secretary is ex officio district registrar; appointment of field registrars; duties.

1. The secretary is ex officio district registrar of the district, and may, at least 4 weeks before any election, appoint a field registrar in each election precinct. Each field registrar shall register all electors within his or her precinct applying for registration, and for this purpose the field registrar has the authority to demand of the elector all information and to administer all oaths required by this chapter.
2. The registrar and field registrars are governed in the performance of their duties by the general election laws of this state as far as they are applicable, and must be at their places of registration to receive applications for registration from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. on the Wednesday immediately preceding the close of registration pursuant to NRS 539.133.
[Part 6:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1927, 309; 1931, 75; 1935, 135; 1931 NCL § 8013]—(NRS A 1993, 2202; 1995, 2794)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.133 - Close of registration: Time.

Registration of voters for any regular or special election must close 14 days before the election.
[Part 6:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1927, 309; 1931, 75; 1935, 135; 1931 NCL § 8013]—(NRS A 1991, 1084)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.135 - Oath of individual registrant.

The registrars shall require registrants to take the following oath in substance: I am, or have declared my intention to become, a citizen of the United States, am over the age of 18 years, and am, or properly represent, under the law in pursuance of which this election is to be held, the bona fide holder of title or evidence of title, as defined in the law, to ..... acres of land within the boundaries of the ................ (name of district) and such holding is for all purposes and not simply for this election or matters connected therewith.
[Part 6:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1927, 309; 1931, 75; 1935, 135; 1931 NCL § 8013]—(NRS A 1991, 1084; 1997, 1307)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.137 - Oath of registrants on behalf of entity that is not natural person.

The registrar shall require registrants on behalf of an entity that is not a natural person to take the following oath, in substance: I am over the age of 18 years, and the (position held) of (name of entity), or have been duly authorized in writing to register on behalf of (name of entity); that the entity is organized under or has qualified under the laws of Nevada to transact business therein and is the holder of title or evidence of title to ..... acres of land within the boundaries of the ................ (name of district).
[Part 6:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1927, 309; 1931, 75; 1935, 135; 1931 NCL § 8013]—(NRS A 1991, 1085; 1997, 1307)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.140 - Persons who may administer registration oath.

1. The registration oath may be taken before the registrar or field registrars, any member of an election board, or any person authorized by law to administer oaths.
2. All oaths taken before the election board must be preserved by the election board and returned with the ballots.
[Part 6:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1927, 309; 1931, 75; 1935, 135; 1931 NCL § 8013]—(NRS A 1985, 1222; 1993, 2202)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.143 - Designation of registered voters in rosters and lists of registered electors.

In all rosters and lists of registered electors prepared for any election under this chapter, the names of electors who have registered or reregistered for such election shall be distinguished from the names of those who voted at the last preceding district election but who have not so registered or reregistered, by the letter "R" enclosed in parentheses placed before each of the names of the former and the omission thereof in connection with the names of the latter.
[Part 6:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1927, 309; 1931, 75; 1935, 135; 1931 NCL § 8013]—(NRS A 2007, 2625)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.145 - Appointment of inspectors and clerks; designation of time and place of election.

1. Before publishing a notice pursuant to NRS 539.125, the board of directors shall appoint three qualified electors to act as inspectors of election in each election precinct, and shall also appoint two clerks of election for each precinct.
2. If the board of directors fails to appoint a board of election or the members appointed do not attend the opening of the polls on the morning of election, the electors of the precinct present at that hour may appoint the board or supply the place of absent members thereof.
3. The board of directors shall, in its order appointing the board of election, designate the hour and the place in each precinct where the election will be held.
[Part 6:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1927, 309; 1931, 75; 1935, 135; 1931 NCL § 8013]—(NRS A 1981, 582)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.150 - Election officers: Oath; vacancies.

1. Before opening the polls each inspector and each clerk must take and subscribe to an oath to perform faithfully the duties imposed upon him or her by law. Any elector of the precinct may administer and certify such oath.
2. Vacancies occurring during the progress of the election may be filled by the remaining inspector or inspectors, and any inspector of election may administer and certify oaths.
[Part 7:64:1919; A 1921, 118; NCL § 8014]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.153 - Applicability of general election laws.

The time of opening and closing the polls, the manner of conducting the election, canvassing and announcing the result, the keeping of the tally list, the making and certifying of the result, and the disposition of the ballots after election shall be the same, as near as may be, as provided for elections under the general election laws of this State.
[Part 7:64:1919; A 1921, 118; NCL § 8014]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.155 - Returns delivered to secretary; canvass by board of directors; declaration of result.

1. The returns shall be delivered to the secretary of the district. No list, tally paper or returns from any election shall be set aside or rejected for want of form if they can be satisfactorily understood.
2. The board of directors shall meet at its usual place of meeting on or before the sixth working day after an election to canvass the returns, and it shall proceed in the same manner and with like effect, as near as may be, as the board of county commissioners in canvassing the returns of general elections.
3. When the board of directors shall have declared the result, the secretary shall make full entries in the secretary’s record in like manner as is required of the county clerk in general elections.
[Part 7:64:1919; A 1921, 118; NCL § 8014]—(NRS A 2007, 627)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.157 - Declaration of candidates receiving highest number of votes; certificates of election.

1. The board of directors must declare elected the person or persons having the highest number of votes given for each office.
2. The secretary shall immediately make out and deliver to such person or persons a certificate of election, signed by the secretary and authenticated with the seal of the board.
[Part 7:64:1919; A 1921, 118; NCL § 8014]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.160 - Directors subject to recall from office.

Every director of an irrigation district organized and existing under the laws of the State of Nevada shall be subject, as provided in NRS 539.160 to 539.187, inclusive, to recall from office by the qualified electors of the irrigation district from which the director was elected.
[1:186:1927; NCL § 8206]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.163 - Petition for recall: Contents; required signatures; filing.

1. For the purpose of recalling any director of an irrigation district there shall be first filed with the secretary of the irrigation district from which such director was elected a petition signed by qualified electors of such irrigation district equal in number to at least 35 percent of the vote cast at the last preceding election held in and for the district.
2. The petition shall also contain the residence addresses of the signers, and shall set forth in not to exceed 200 words the reason why the recall is demanded.
[2:186:1927; A 1933, 98; 1931 NCL § 8207]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.165 - Petition for recall: Use of copies; verification.

The petition may consist of any number of copies thereof, identical in form with the original, except for the signatures and addresses of the residences of the signers. Every copy must be verified by at least one of the signers thereof, who shall make oath, before any person authorized by law to administer oaths, that the statements and signatures contained in the petition are true.
[Part 3:186:1927; NCL § 8208]—(NRS A 1985, 1222)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.170 - Special election: Call; when held.

Upon the filing of the petition, the board of directors of the irrigation district shall, not sooner than 10 days nor more than 20 days thereafter, issue a call for a special election to be held within 20 days after the issuance of the call therefor, in the irrigation district electing such director, to determine whether the electors shall recall such director.
[Part 3:186:1927; NCL § 8208]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.173 - Vacancy filled if director resigns; continuance in office if director does not resign.

1. If the director shall offer his or her resignation within 5 days after the filing of the petition, the resignation shall be accepted, and the vacancy thereby caused shall be filled in the manner provided by law.
2. If the director does not resign, he or she shall continue to perform the duties of the office until the result of the special election is finally declared.
[Part 3:186:1927; NCL § 8208]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.175 - Removal of signature from recall petition: Procedure.

Any signer of a petition to recall a director of a district may, at any time within 5 days after the filing of the petition with the secretary of the irrigation district, have his or her name stricken from the petition by filing a written request therefor with the secretary of the district. His or her name shall thereupon not be considered as a signer of the petition.
[Part 3:186:1927; NCL § 8208]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.177 - Nominating petitions for successors; filing.

1. Other candidates for the office may be nominated to be voted for at the special election by petition, which petition shall be signed by qualified electors of the district holding the election, equal in number to 35 percent of the number of votes cast for the director receiving the highest number of votes at the election next preceding.
2. The nominating petition shall be filed with the secretary of the irrigation district at least 15 days prior to the date of the special election.
[9:186:1927; A 1933, 98; 1931 NCL § 8214] + [10:186:1927; NCL § 8215]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.180 - Recall ballots: Reasons for recall and answer thereto; form of proposal; names of nominees.

1. Upon the ballot for the election there shall be printed verbatim, as set forth in the recall petition, the reason for demanding the recall of the director, and in not more than 200 words, if furnished by the director, the director’s justification of his or her course in office.
2. If there are no other candidates nominated to be voted for at the special election, there shall be printed on the ballot the name of the director sought to be recalled, the office which he or she holds, and the words "For Recall" and "Against Recall."
3. If there are other candidates nominated for the office to be voted for at the special election, there shall be printed upon the ballot the name of the director sought to be recalled, and the office which he or she holds, and the name or names of such other candidates as may be nominated to be voted for at the special election, and the words "For Recall" and "Against Recall" shall be omitted.
4. In other respects the ballot shall conform with the requirements of the general election laws of this state.
[4:186:1927; NCL § 8209] + [5:186:1927; NCL § 8210]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.183 - Result of recall election: Successor elected or vacancy in office created.

1. If there are other candidates nominated to be voted for at the special election, the candidate who receives the highest number of votes at the special election shall be deemed elected for the remainder of the term, whether it is the person against whom the recall petition was filed or another.
2. If any director is recalled upon a special election and the other candidates are not nominated to be voted for at the special election, the vacancy thereby created shall be filled in the manner provided by law.
[6:186:1927; NCL § 8211] + [7:186:1927; NCL § 8212]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.185 - Subsequent recall proceedings barred during director’s term unless previous election expenses paid by petitioners.

After one recall petition is filed and a special election held, no further recall petition shall be filed against the same director during the term for which he or she was elected, unless such further petitioners shall pay into the district treasury, from which the expenses of the special election have been paid, the whole amount paid out of the district treasury as expenses for the preceding special election.
[Part 8:186:1927; NCL § 8213]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.188 - Special election may be held upon unanimous vote of board of directors.

For the purposes of NRS 539.237, 539.240, 539.243, 539.297, 539.380, 539.397, 539.410, 539.417, 539.433, 539.465, 539.545, 539.557, 539.577, 539.587 and 539.690, a special election may be held at any time upon the unanimous vote of the board of directors of an irrigation district.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1081; A 1997, 1307)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.189 - Notice of election for election for issuance of bonds or other securities: Contents.

The notice of election for any election held pursuant to this chapter which includes a proposal for the issuance of any bonds or other securities must, in addition to any other requirements of this chapter, contain an estimate of the annual cost to operate, maintain and repair any buildings, structures or other facilities or improvements to be constructed or acquired with the proceeds of the bonds or other securities.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1419)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.190 - General powers of board of directors.

The board of directors may:
1. Do any and every lawful act necessary to be done in order to accomplish the things and purposes described in this chapter, including exercising on behalf of the district the powers that are conferred upon the board of directors of a water conservancy district pursuant to NRS 541.140 and 541.145.
2. Manage and conduct the business and affairs of the district.
[Part 10:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1925, 203; 1927, 309; 1951, 55]—(NRS A 1991, 1085)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.193 - Agents and employees: Employment and appointment; duties; compensation.

The board of directors shall have power to employ and appoint such agents, officers and employees, delegates to conventions, or other representatives in the interest of the district as may be required, and prescribe their duties and remunerations.
[Part 10:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1925, 203; 1927, 309; 1951, 55]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.195 - Entry upon land to make surveys and locate works.

The board and its agents and employees shall have the right to enter upon any land to make surveys, and may locate the necessary irrigation and other works, and the lines of any canal or canals, and the necessary branches for the same, on any lands which may be deemed best for such location.
[Part 10:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1925, 203; 1927, 309; 1951, 55]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.200 - Contracts of indemnity and guaranty.

The board of directors of any district now or hereafter organized under the provisions of this chapter shall have power to enter into contracts of indemnity and guaranty, in such form as may be approved by the board, relating to or connected with the performance of any contract or agreement which the district shall be empowered to enter into under the provisions of this chapter or any other law of this state.
[10e:64:1919; added 1935, 135; 1931 NCL § 8021.01]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.201 - Purchase of liability insurance.

An irrigation district may purchase and maintain insurance or make other financial arrangements on behalf of any person who is or was an officer of the irrigation district specified in NRS 539.063 or an agent, officer, employee, delegate or representative appointed or employed pursuant to NRS 539.193 for any liability asserted against the person and liability and expenses incurred by the person in his or her capacity or arising out of his or her status as such an agent, officer, employee, delegate or representative of the irrigation district.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 487)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.203 - Board of directors authorized to sue and to be sued.

The board is authorized and empowered to institute, maintain and defend, in the name of the district, any and all actions and proceedings, suits at law and in equity.
[11:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3274; NCL § 8022]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.205 - Annual report to State Engineer; recommendations of State Engineer.

1. At least as often as once a year after the approval of the plans, the board of directors shall make a report to the State Engineer of the progress of the work of the district and whether or not the plan formulated under the provisions of this chapter is being successfully carried out, and whether or not in the opinion of the board the funds available will complete the proposed works.
2. Upon receipt of the report by the State Engineer, the State Engineer shall make such suggestions and recommendations to the board of directors as may be necessary to conserve the best interests of the district.
[50:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3287; NCL § 8067]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.207 - Acquisition of property.

The board of directors shall have the right to acquire, either by purchase, condemnation or other legal means, all lands, rights and other property necessary for the construction, use and supply, operation, maintenance, repair and improvement of the works of the district, including canals and works constructed and being constructed by private owners, lands for reservoirs for the storage of water, and all other works and appurtenances, either within or without the State of Nevada.
[Part 10:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1925, 203; 1927, 309; 1951, 55]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.210 - Use of proceeds of bonds for acquisition.

In case of purchase of property the bonds of the district provided for in this chapter may be used in payment of not less than 90 percent of their par value and accrued interest.
[Part 10:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1925, 203; 1927, 309; 1951, 55]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.213 - Lease of lands for community pasture.

1. The board of directors is empowered, without calling an election therefor, to lease, in the name of the district, lands, from the United States Government or any other person or corporation, that are situate within or without the district for use by the water users of the district as a community pasture, under such rules and regulations as the board may prescribe. The board shall collect such fees from the owners of livestock using such pasture as will cover the cost of such lease and operation.
2. In any district whose irrigated acreage is less than 50,000 acres, the leasing of lands for use as community pasture is hereby declared to be a proprietary function of the district. The county assessor of the county in which such lands are located shall assess the leasehold interest of the district in such lands for taxation as other lands so used are assessed, and the district shall pay to the ex officio tax receiver of such county the taxes levied upon the interest so assessed, at the same times as other taxes upon real estate are paid.
3. The board of directors shall apportion the amount of taxes so required to be paid among the several users of the community pasture, and collect from each his or her proportionate share in addition to any other fees charged.
[Part 10:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1925, 203; 1927, 309; 1951, 55]—(NRS A 1967, 1125)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.215 - Investigations and representations requisite to acquiring control over governmental lands.

For the purpose of acquiring control over government lands within the district, and of complying with the provisions of c. 319, 39 Stat. 506, approved August 11, 1916, the board shall have power to make such investigation and base thereon such representations and assurances to the Secretary of the Interior as may be requisite.
[Part 10:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1925, 203; 1927, 309; 1951, 55]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.217 - Conveyance or donation of lands acquired by district.

1. Any lands bought by an irrigation district at a sale for the payment of delinquent taxes or lands otherwise acquired by the district which are not required for the purposes of the district may be donated to the State or conveyed to any purchaser upon such terms as the board of directors, by unanimous vote, deems to be in the best interests of the district.
2. If there is an adequate supply of water available for the land upon which no assessment, tax, charge or toll is owed, the board of directors may make any desired disposition of the water right appurtenant to that land.
[10f:64:1919; added 1939, 182; 1931 NCL § 8021.02]—(NRS A 1987, 93)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.220 - Construction of works across watercourse, road, railway, conduit or other property; restoration of crossed property.

1. The board of directors shall have the power to construct the works of the district across any stream of water, watercourse, street, avenue, highway, railway, canal, ditch or flume, in such manner as to afford security for life and property; but the board shall restore the same when so crossed or intersected to its former state as near as may be or in a manner not unnecessarily impairing its usefulness.
2. If a railroad company or those in control of the property, thing or franchise to be crossed cannot agree with the board upon the amount to be paid, or upon the point or points or the manner of crossing or intersecting, the same shall be ascertained and determined as provided in this chapter in respect to the taking of land.
[33:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3282; NCL § 8046]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.223 - Rights-of-way over state lands granted; duties of State Engineer and Director of State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

1. The right-of-way is hereby given, dedicated and set apart for the purpose of locating, constructing, operating and maintaining irrigation or other works of a district, including reservoirs, over, upon and through any of the lands which are now or which may hereafter be the property of the State.
2. When such rights-of-way or reservoirs are or will be occupied by a district for any of the purposes specified in this chapter, the Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall, upon receipt of a certificate to that effect from the State Engineer, forthwith withdraw such lands from sale and issue his or her certificate and notice to the district affected, stating in substance that such lands have been and shall continue to be withdrawn from sale during the period such rights-of-way or reservoirs shall remain in use and operation.
[34:64:1919; A 1935, 135; 1931 NCL § 8047]—(NRS A 1957, 656)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.225 - Eminent domain; rules of practice.

1. All irrigation districts organized under the laws of the State of Nevada shall have the right of eminent domain with the power by and through their boards of directors to cause to be condemned and appropriated in the name of and for the use of such districts all reservoirs, canals and works, with their appurtenances, constructed for the irrigation or drainage of any lands within the district or for uses incidental thereto, and all lands required therefor, and all lands and rights-of-way required for the works constructed, or to be constructed, or which may be acquired by the district, and all necessary appurtenances and other property and rights necessary for the construction, operation, maintenance, repair and improvement of the works.
2. Such districts shall have the right by and through their boards of directors to acquire by purchase or other legal means any or all of the property mentioned and referred to in this section.
3. In any action or proceedings for the condemnation of any such property wherein an irrigation district is plaintiff, such district, within 6 months after final judgment, shall pay the amount awarded in the judgment, or the judgment will be annulled.
4. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter the provisions of NRS, Nevada Rules of Appellate Procedure and Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure relative to the right of eminent domain, civil actions and new trials and appeals shall be applicable to and constitute the rules of practice in condemnation proceedings by irrigation districts.
[35:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3283; NCL § 8048]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.227 - Vested rights used in connection with mining or generation of power not to be affected or taken.

Vested interests in or to structures, works and property or water rights owned or used in connection with mining or power development shall never be affected by or taken under the provisions of this chapter, except that rights-of-way may be acquired by the district over or across such works and property.
[46:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3285; NCL § 8062]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.230 - Appropriation and distribution; use by irrigation district declared public use; place of use of water.

1. The board of directors may appropriate or otherwise acquire water in accordance with the law, and also construct the necessary dams, reservoirs and works for the collection, storage, conservation and distribution of water for the district and for the drainage of the lands thereof.
2. The collection, storage, conveyance, distribution and use of water by or through the works of irrigation districts organized before, on or after July 1, 1919, together with the rights-of-way for canals and ditches, sites for reservoirs, electric power and transmission lines, and all other works and property required to carry out fully the provisions of this chapter, is hereby declared to be a public use.
3. The place of use of water appropriated or otherwise acquired by an irrigation district may be within or outside the boundaries of the district, may include all or any part of the lands within the boundaries of the district and must be described in any application filed by the district to appropriate or otherwise acquire the water. Water appropriated or acquired by the district is appurtenant to and may be beneficially used and applied to lands anywhere within the described place of use.
[Part 10:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1925, 203; 1927, 309; 1951, 55]—(NRS A 1991, 1085)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.233 - Regulations for distribution and use of water; regulating and measuring devices; distribution of regulations.

1. The board of directors shall have power to establish bylaws, rules and regulations for the distribution and use of water in the district, and to compel water users, at their expense, to install measuring and regulating devices to effect and make a proper distribution of water. If the user fails to install any such device when ordered, the district may install the same and charge the actual cost thereof to the water user, and such charge will be regarded and treated as a cost of distribution and collected in the same manner from such water user.
2. The bylaws, rules and regulations shall be printed in convenient form for distribution throughout the district.
[Part 10:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1925, 203; 1927, 309; 1951, 55]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.234 - Petition for State Engineer to prescribe or clarify rules and regulations relating to distribution and use of water within district.

1. An owner or an association of owners of water rights located in an irrigation district may petition the State Engineer to prescribe or clarify rules and regulations relating to the distribution and use of water within the irrigation district. The State Engineer may prescribe or clarify the rules and regulations addressed in the petition.
2. A person may seek judicial review of any action taken by the State Engineer pursuant to subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 795)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.235 - Distribution of water by division or district for appropriate charge.

Water may be supplied by contract, agreement or other legal matter by the district or by a division thereof, when such division is created and authorized, to the United States of America, or any department thereof, the State of Nevada, counties, cities, towns, corporations, irrigation districts, individuals, associations or partnerships, situated within or in the vicinity of the district, and an appropriate charge, consideration or exchange made therefor, when such supply is available or can be developed as an incident of or in connection with the works of the district or the local undertakings of a division.
[53:64:1919; A 1925, 137; NCL § 8071]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.237 - Authority to generate, transmit, sell and acquire electric power.

1. The board of directors may:
(a) Generate, produce, transmit and sell electric power or electrical energy in any form in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter.
(b) Acquire or contract for the delivery of electric power and electric power or transmission lines.
2. In any irrigation district having a reservoir or reservoirs for the storage of water with a capacity of less than 250,000 acre-feet, the board may not acquire or contract for the construction or acquisition of electric power or transmission lines at a cost exceeding the sum of $50,000 without first obtaining the approval of the electors of the district at a special election, district election or primary or general state election.
3. In any irrigation district having a reservoir or reservoirs for the storage of water with a capacity of 250,000 acre-feet or more, the board may not acquire or contract for the construction or acquisition of electric power or transmission lines at a cost exceeding the sum of $100,000 without first obtaining the approval of the electors of the district at a special election, district election or primary or general state election.
[Part 10:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1923, 289; 1925, 203; 1927, 309; 1951, 55]—(NRS A 1960, 49; 1983, 352; 1993, 1083)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.243 - Election required for approval of lease of power plant or transmission system owned or controlled by district.

No contract for the leasing of any electric power plant or transmission system owned or controlled by the district may be made or entered into by the board of directors unless the contract is submitted to the qualified electors of the district at a special election, district election or primary or general state election and approved by a majority vote.
[80:64:1919; added 1931, 170; 1931 NCL § 8097.01]—(NRS A 1993, 1085)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.245 - Authority of board of directors to provide for drainage.

1. To secure complete drainage of the lands within any irrigation district, including field drainage and storm drainage, the board of directors is vested with full power to widen, straighten or deepen any watercourse or remove any obstruction or rubbish therefrom, whether the watercourse is situated in, outside of or below the district, and, when it is necessary, straighten or alter the natural watercourse by cutting a new channel upon other lands.
2. The value of the lands to be occupied by the new channel, and damages, if any, made by the work may be ascertained or paid in the manner provided for the exercise of the right of eminent domain in this state.
3. The expenses of the work provided for in this section must be paid from money arising from assessments upon lands within the district or in any lawful manner acquired.
[Part 10a:64:1919; added 1923, 289; NCL § 8018]—(NRS A 1991, 1085)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.255 - Award of contract in case of emergency or necessity without advertising for bids.

In case of necessity, the board of directors, by unanimous vote of those present at any regular or special meeting, may contract for the construction or repair of any part of the system of works, and may, in the ordinary course of business, purchase any necessary machinery or materials.
[Part 30:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1925, 203; 1927, 309; NCL § 8043]—(NRS A 2009, 59)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.260 - Direction and satisfaction of district engineer; approval by board.

The work shall be done under the direction and to the satisfaction of the engineer employed by the district and approved by the board.
[Part 30:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1925, 203; 1927, 309; NCL § 8043]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.263 - Contract not to be let unless sufficient money in treasury or payable in district’s bonds.

No contract of any kind shall be let by the board of directors unless there is sufficient money in the district treasury at the time such contract is let to pay fully for the work or material so contracted for, or unless such contract is made payable in bonds of the district as provided for in NRS 539.570 to 539.577, inclusive.
[Part 30:64:1919; A 1921, 118; 1925, 203; 1927, 309; NCL § 8043]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.265 - When bids may be dispensed with; use of construction fund.

On the petition of a majority of the electors of the district, the board of directors may do any construction or repair of any part of the work on behalf of the district without calling for bids, and the board may use the construction fund therefor.
[31:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3282; NCL § 8044]—(NRS A 1967, 1241)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.267 - Performance of acts necessary to carry out enlarged powers.

The board of directors shall generally perform all such acts as shall be necessary to carry out the enlarged powers enumerated in NRS 539.270, 539.273 and 539.333.
[Part 55:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3288; NCL § 8073]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.270 - General powers.

In addition to the powers with which irrigation districts are or may be vested under the laws of the State, irrigation districts shall have the following powers:
1. To cooperate and contract with the United States under the Federal Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and all acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, or any other Act of Congress heretofore or hereafter enacted authorizing or permitting such cooperation.
2. To cooperate and contract with the State of Nevada under any laws heretofore or hereafter enacted authorizing or permitting such cooperation.
[Part 54:64:1919; A 1923, 289; 1933, 271; 1931 NCL § 8072]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.273 - Purposes of cooperation and contract.

The cooperation and contract authorized by NRS 539.270 may be for any or all of the following purposes:
1. Construction of works, whether for irrigation or drainage, or both.
2. Acquisition, purchase, extension, operation or maintenance of constructed works.
3. Water supply.
4. Electric power and transmission lines.
5. Assumption as principal or guarantor of indebtedness to the United States on account of district lands or for the collection of moneys due the United States as fiscal agents or otherwise.
[Part 54:64:1919; A 1923, 289; 1933, 271; 1931 NCL § 8072]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.275 - Provisions includable in contract.

The board of directors may enter into obligations or contracts with the United States for the purposes designated in NRS 539.273, and may provide therein:
1. For the delivery and distribution of water to the lands of such district under the Acts of Congress specified in NRS 539.270 and the rules and regulations established thereunder.
2. For the conveyance to the United States, as partial consideration for the privileges obtained by the district under the contract, of water rights or other property of the district.
[Part 55:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3288; NCL § 8073]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.277 - Bonds: Transfer to or deposit with United States; payment of interest and principal; rate of interest; call for repayment.

1. When a contract has been or may hereafter be made with the United States, bonds of the district may be transferred to or deposited with the United States, if so provided by the contract and authorized as set forth in this chapter, at not less than 95 percent of their par value at the amount or any part thereof to be paid by the district to the United States.
2. The interest on or principal of the bonds, or both, must be raised by assessment and levy as prescribed in this chapter and be regularly paid to the United States and applied as provided in the contract.
3. Bonds transferred to or deposited with the United States may call for the payment of that interest, which must not exceed by more than 5 percent the Index of Revenue Bonds which was most recently published before the bids are received or a negotiated offer is accepted, may be of such denomination, and may call for the repayment of the principal at such times as may be agreed upon between the board and the Secretary of the Interior.
[Part 55:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3288; NCL § 8073]—(NRS A 1971, 2126; 1975, 875; 1981, 1418; 1983, 586; 1985, 2061)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts › NRS 539.280 - Payment in installments; rate of interest; assessment and levy; lien.

1. The contract with the United States may also call for the payment of the amount or any part thereof to be paid by the district to the United States at such times and in such installments and with such interest charges, which must not exceed by more than 5 percent the Index of Revenue Bonds which is in effect at the time the agreement is made, as may be agreed upon, and for assessment and levy therefor as provided in this chapter.
2. The obligations of those contracts are a prior lien to any subsequent bond issue.
[Part 55:64:1919; 1919 RL p. 3288; NCL § 8073]—(NRS A 1971, 2127; 1975, 875; 1981, 1418; 1983, 586; 1985, 2062)