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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.99858 - Notes, bonds and other obligations: Refunding obligations.

1. The Authority may issue refunding obligations to refund any obligations then outstanding which have been issued under the provisions of NRS 315.9981 to 315.99874, inclusive, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of the obligations and for any statutory purpose of the Authority. The issuance of the obligations, the maturities and other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof, and the rights, duties and obligations of the Authority in respect to them are governed by the provisions of NRS 315.9981 to 315.99874, inclusive, which relate to the issuance of original obligations insofar as appropriate.
2. Refunding obligations issued as provided in this section may be sold or exchanged for outstanding obligations issued under NRS 315.9981 to 315.99874, inclusive, and, if they are sold, the proceeds thereof may be applied, in addition to any other authorized purposes, to the purchase, redemption or payment of the outstanding obligations. Pending the application of the proceeds of the refunding obligations, with any other available funds, to the purpose for which they are issued, the proceeds may be invested in direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and the interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America, or obligations of any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, which mature or which are subject to redemption by the holders thereof, at the option of such holders, not later than the respective dates when the proceeds, together with the interest accruing thereon, will be required for the purposes intended.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 216)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.9986 - Notes, bonds and other obligations: Establishment, use and requirements for bond reserve funds.

1. The Authority may establish one or more bond reserve funds, and shall pay into each such bond reserve fund:
(a) Any money appropriated by the Legislature for the purpose of the fund;
(b) Any proceeds of sale of notes or bonds to the extent provided in connection with the issuance thereof; and
(c) Any other money which may be available to the Authority for the purpose of the fund from any other source or sources.
All money held in any bond reserve fund, except as otherwise expressly provided in NRS 315.9981 to 315.99874, inclusive, must be used, as required, solely for the payment of the principal of bonds secured in whole or in part by the fund or of the sinking fund payments with respect to such bonds, the purchase or redemption of such bonds, the payment of interest on such bonds or the payment of any redemption premium required to be paid when the bonds are redeemed before maturity.
2. Money in such a fund must not be withdrawn from the fund at any time in an amount that would reduce the amount of the fund below the requirement established for that fund, except to pay when due, with respect to bonds secured in whole or in part by that fund, principal, interest, redemption premiums and sinking fund payments for the payment of which other money of the Authority is not available.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 216)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.99862 - Notes, bonds and other obligations: Limitations on bond reserve funds.

The Authority shall not at any time pursuant to NRS 315.9981 to 315.99874, inclusive, issue bonds, secured in whole or in part by a bond reserve fund, if upon the issuance of those bonds, the amount in that bond reserve fund will be less than the bond reserve fund requirement for that fund, unless the Authority at the time of issuance of those bonds deposits in that fund from the proceeds of the bonds issued, or from other sources, an amount which, together with the amount then in that fund, will not be less than the bond reserve fund requirement for that fund. The bond reserve fund requirement, as of any particular date of computation, is an amount of money, specified in the proceedings of the Authority authorizing the bonds with respect to which the fund is established, necessary to provide adequate reserves for debt service on the bonds.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 217)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.99868 - Notes, bonds and other obligations: Pledge against impairment of holders’ rights and remedies; credit of State or political subdivision not pledged.

1. The State of Nevada hereby pledges to and agrees with the holders of any notes or bonds issued under NRS 315.9981 to 315.99874, inclusive, that the State will not limit or alter the rights vested in the Authority by NRS 315.9981 to 315.99874, inclusive, to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with such holders or in any way impair the rights and remedies of such holders until such notes and bonds, together with the interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of such holders, are fully met and discharged. The Authority may include this pledge and agreement of the State in any agreement with the holders of such notes or bonds.
2. Obligations issued under the provisions of NRS 315.9981 to 315.99874, inclusive, including letters of credit issued by the Authority, do not constitute a debt, liability or obligation of this State or of any political subdivision thereof, or a pledge of the faith and credit of this State or of any political subdivision thereof, but are payable solely from the revenues or assets of the Authority. Neither the commissioners of the Authority nor any person executing the bonds is liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. Each obligation, including a letter of credit, issued under NRS 315.9981 to 315.99874, inclusive, must contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that the Authority is not obligated to pay the obligation or the interest thereon except from the revenues or assets pledged therefor and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of this State or of any political subdivision thereof is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the obligation. The bonds do not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 218)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.9987 - Notes, bonds and other obligations: Submission to and certification by Attorney General.

The Authority may submit to the Attorney General of the State any bonds to be issued under NRS 315.9981 to 315.99874, inclusive, after all proceedings for the issuance of such bonds have been taken. Upon the submission of such proceedings to the Attorney General, the Attorney General shall examine into and pass upon the validity of such bonds and the regularity of all proceedings in connection therewith. If the proceedings conform to the provisions of NRS 315.9981 to 315.99874, inclusive, and are otherwise regular in form, and if such bonds when delivered and paid for will constitute binding and legal obligations of the Authority enforceable according to the terms thereof, the Attorney General shall certify in substance upon the back of each of the bonds that it is issued in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Nevada.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 219)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.99872 - Notes, bonds and other obligations: Legal investments; securities.

1. The notes and bonds of the Authority are legal investments in which all public officers and public bodies of the State, its political subdivisions, all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, savings and loan associations, savings banks and trust companies, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons who are authorized to invest in bonds or in other obligations of this State, may properly and legally invest funds, including capital, in their control or belonging to them. The notes and bonds are securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by all public officers and public bodies of the State or any agency or political subdivision of the State and all municipalities and public corporations for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of this State is authorized by law and may be used as collateral to secure any deposit of public money.
2. The notes and bonds of the Authority are securities within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code—Investment Securities.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 219)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 315 - Housing Authorities › NRS 315.99874 - Notes, bonds and other obligations: Signatures of commissioners and officers.

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.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 219)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.015 - Legislative declaration.

1. It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination that the organization of districts having the purposes, powers, rights, privileges and immunities provided in this chapter will serve a public use and will promote the health, safety, prosperity, security and general welfare of the inhabitants thereof and of the State of Nevada; that the acquisition, improvement, maintenance and operation of any project authorized in this chapter is in the public interest and constitutes a part of the established and permanent policy of the State of Nevada; and that each district organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be a body corporate and politic and a quasi-municipal corporation. For the accomplishment of these purposes the provisions of this chapter shall be broadly construed.
2. It is hereby further declared that the provisions of this chapter are not intended to provide a method for financing the costs of developing private property.
3. It is hereby further declared as a matter of legislative determination that the notice provided for in this chapter for each hearing and action to be taken is reasonably calculated to inform the parties of all proceedings which may directly and adversely affect their legally protected interest.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 457; A 1977, 525)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.020 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Acquisition," "acquire" and "acquiring" each means acquisition, extension, alteration, reconstruction, repair or other improvement by purchase, construction, installation, reconstruction, condemnation, lease, rent, gift, grant, bequest, devise, contract or other acquisition, or any combination thereof.
2. "Board of trustees" and "board" alone each means the board of trustees of a district.
3. "FM radio" means a system of radio broadcasting by means of frequency modulation.
4. "General improvement district" and "district" alone each means any general improvement district organized or, in the case of organizational provisions, proposed to be organized, pursuant to this chapter.
5. "Mail" means a single mailing first class or its equivalent, postage prepaid, by deposit in the United States mails, at least 15 days before the designated time or event.
6. "Project" and "improvement" each means any structure, facility, undertaking or system which a district is authorized to acquire, improve, equip, maintain or operate. A project may consist of all kinds of personal and real property, including, but not limited to, land, elements and fixtures thereon, property of any nature appurtenant thereto or used in connection therewith, and every estate, interest and right therein, legal or equitable, including terms for years, or any combination thereof.
7. "Publication" means publication once in a newspaper of general circulation in the district at least 15 days before the designated time or event.
8. "Qualified elector" means a person who has registered to vote in district elections.
9. "Special assessment district" means any local public improvement district organized within a general improvement district by the board of trustees of such general improvement district pursuant to this chapter.
10. "Trustees" means the members of a board.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 458; A 1967, 1679; 1973, 86; 1977, 525; 1995, 1904; 2005, 725)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.030 - Correction of faulty notices.

In any case where a notice is provided for in this chapter, if the court finds for any reason that due notice was not given, the court shall not thereby lose jurisdiction, and the proceeding in question shall not thereby be void or abated; but the court shall order due notice to be given and shall continue the hearing until such time as notice is properly given, and thereupon shall proceed as though notice had been properly given in the first instance.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 459)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.035 - Sufficiency of chapter.

This chapter, without reference to other statutes of the State, except as specifically provided in this chapter, shall constitute full authority for the authorization and issuance of bonds hereunder. No other law with regard to the authorization or issuance of bonds that provides for an election, requires an approval, or in any way impedes or restricts the carrying out of the acts authorized by this chapter to be done shall be construed as applying to any proceedings taken under this chapter or acts done pursuant thereto, it being intended that this chapter shall provide a separate method of accomplishing its objectives, and not an exclusive one; and this chapter shall not be construed as repealing, amending or changing any such other law.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 459)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.050 - Jurisdiction in board of county commissioners; interest of county commissioners or trustees.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the board of county commissioners of any county within this State is hereby vested with jurisdiction, power and authority to create districts within the county which it serves.
2. No member of a board of county commissioners or board of trustees shall be disqualified to perform any duty imposed by this chapter by reason of ownership of property within any proposed district.
3. If the boundaries of a proposed district include territory within two or more counties, the board of county commissioners of the county in which is located the larger or largest proportion of the area of the proposed district has the jurisdiction, power and authority to create the district, to broaden its basic powers and otherwise to supervise the district as provided in this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 459; A 1963, 570; 1967, 1685)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.060 - Notice of organizational hearing.

After such initiating ordinance has been adopted by the board of county commissioners, the county clerk shall mail written notice to all property owners within the proposed district of the intention of the board of county commissioners to establish such district, which notice shall set forth the name, statement of purposes, general description and time and place of hearing.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 460; A 1973, 562)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.065 - Protests against organization of district.

1. Any person who owns property which is located within the district may, on or before the date fixed, protest against the establishment of such district, in writing, which protest shall be filed with the county clerk of such county.
2. If, at or before the time fixed in the initiating ordinance and notice, written protest is filed, signed by a majority of the owners of property within such proposed district, the district shall not be established.
3. If any written protests are filed and the board of county commissioners determines that the protests so filed represent less than a majority of the owners of property within the district, the board of county commissioners, in its discretion but subject to the limitation provided by NRS 318.070, may proceed with the creation of the district. If the board of county commissioners does so proceed, the ordinance of the board of county commissioners creating the district, for which provision is made in this chapter, shall contain a recital of the number of protests filed and such recital is binding and conclusive for all purposes.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 460; A 1965, 1079; 1977, 528)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.070 - Organizational hearing; ordinances creating or not creating district.

1. At the place, date and hour specified for the hearing in the notice or at any subsequent time to which the hearing may be adjourned, the board of county commissioners shall give full consideration to all protests which may have been filed and shall hear all persons desiring to be heard and shall thereafter adopt an ordinance either creating the district or determining that it shall not be created.
2. If the board of county commissioners determines at the hearing that the proponents of such proposed district have failed to show that creation of the district is required by public convenience and necessity or have failed to show that the creation of such district is economically sound and feasible, or both, it shall adopt an ordinance determining that it shall not be created.
3. Any ordinance creating a district may contain such changes as may be considered by the board of county commissioners to be equitable and necessary.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 460; A 1965, 1079)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.075 - Conclusiveness of ordinance creating district; time for appeal; filing of ordinance with Secretary of State.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the adoption of the ordinance creating the district shall finally and conclusively establish the regular organization of the district against all persons, which district shall thenceforth be a governmental subdivision of the State of Nevada, a body corporate and politic and a quasi-municipal corporation.
2. Within 30 days immediately following the effective date of such ordinance any person who has filed a written protest, as provided in NRS 318.065, shall have the right to commence an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to set aside such determination. Thereafter all actions or suits attacking the regularity, validity and correctness of that ordinance and all proceedings, determinations and instruments taken, adopted or made prior to such ordinance’s final passage, shall be perpetually barred.
3. Within 30 days after the effective date of the ordinance creating the district, the county clerk shall file a copy of the ordinance in his or her office and shall cause to be filed an additional copy of the ordinance in the Office of the Secretary of State, which filings shall be without fee and be otherwise in the same manner as articles of incorporation are required to be filed under chapter 78 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 460)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.077 - Addition of basic powers not provided in formation: Procedure.

The board may elect to add basic powers not provided in its formation, in which event the board shall cause proceedings to be had by the board of county commissioners similar, as nearly as may be, to those provided for the formation of the district, and with like effect. The board shall obtain in connection with each such additional basic power a modified service plan for the district in a manner like that provided for an initial service plan required for the organization of a district in the Special District Control Law.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 626; A 1967, 1687; 1971, 1047; 1977, 529)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.080 - Duties of board of county commissioners; appointment of initial board of trustees; bond; removal of trustee.

1. After adopting an ordinance creating a district and before appointing the first board of trustees for the district, the board of county commissioners is, ex officio, the board of trustees for the district.
2. While acting as the board of trustees, the board of county commissioners shall establish:
(a) Accounting practices and procedures for the district;
(b) Auditing practices and procedures to be used by the district;
(c) A budget for the district; and
(d) Management standards for the district.
3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 318.0953 and 318.09533, after the board of county commissioners has performed the duties required by subsection 2, it shall appoint five persons to serve as the first board of trustees of the district and shall specify therein the terms of office to the first Monday in January next following the respective election dates provided in NRS 318.095. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, these persons must be qualified electors of the district.
4. The members of the board of trustees shall qualify by filing with the county clerk their oaths of office and corporate surety bonds, at the expense of the district, the bonds to be in an amount not more than $10,000 each, the form and exact amount thereof to be approved and determined, respectively, by the board of county commissioners, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties as trustees. The board of county commissioners may from time to time, upon good cause shown, increase or decrease the amount of the bond.
5. The board of county commissioners may appoint as one of the five initial trustees as provided by subsection 1 the district attorney for the county or a deputy district attorney on his or her staff. Such appointee need not be a qualified elector of the district, but no such attorney is qualified for appointment to fill any vacancy on the board pursuant to NRS 318.090 or qualified as a candidate for election to the board at any biennial election pursuant to NRS 318.095 unless he or she is a qualified elector of the district.
6. The board of county commissioners of the county vested with jurisdiction pursuant to NRS 318.050 may remove any trustee serving on an appointed or elected board of trustees for cause shown, on petition, hearing and notice thereof by publication and by mail addressed to the trustee.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 461; A 1965, 1079; 1967, 1687; 1971, 1047; 1977, 529; 1983, 1282; 1989, 1878; 1995, 175)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.083 - Membership of board of trustees of certain districts that furnish electric light and power in a county whose population is 700,000 or more.

1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the board of trustees of a district organized or reorganized pursuant to this chapter that exists on July 1, 2009, that is authorized only to exercise the basic power of furnishing electric light and power pursuant to NRS 318.117 in a county whose population is 700,000 or more, and for which the board of county commissioners of the county is not ex officio the board of trustees, shall consist of seven trustees.
2. The members of the board of trustees described in subsection 1 must be selected as follows:
(a) One member who is elected by the qualified electors of the largest incorporated city in the district at the first biennial election following July 1, 2009. The term of office of a trustee who is elected pursuant to this paragraph is 4 years.
(b) One member who is elected by the qualified electors of the district at the first biennial election following July 1, 2009. The initial term of office of a trustee who is elected pursuant to this paragraph is 2 years. After the initial term, the term of office of a trustee who is elected pursuant to this paragraph is 4 years.
(c) Five members who are elected from the election areas in the district created pursuant to NRS 318.0952 that existed on July 1, 2009, each of whom serves for a term of 4 years.
3. Each member of the board of trustees must be a resident of the area which he or she seeks to represent.
4. A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum at any meeting.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 2245; A 2011, 1213)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.090 - Office or principal place of business; records; meetings; quorum; vacancies; terms.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 318.0953 and 318.09533:
1. The board shall, by resolution, designate the place where the office or principal place of the district is to be located, which must be within the corporate limits of the district and which may be changed by resolution of the board. Copies of all those resolutions must be filed with the county clerk or clerks of the county or counties wherein the district is located within 5 days after their adoption. The official records and files of the district must be kept at that office and must be open to public inspection as provided in NRS 239.010.
2. The board of trustees shall meet regularly at least once each year, and at such other times at the office or principal place of the district as provided in the bylaws.
3. Special meetings may be held on notice to each member of the board as often as, and at such places within the district as, the needs of the district require.
4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 318.083, three members of the board constitute a quorum at any meeting.
5. A vacancy on the board must be filled by a qualified elector of the district chosen by the remaining members of the board, the appointee to act until a successor in office qualifies as provided in NRS 318.080 on or after the first Monday in January next following the next biennial election, held in accordance with NRS 318.083 or 318.095, at which election the vacancy must be filled by election if the term of office extends beyond that first Monday in January. Nominations of qualified electors of the district as candidates to fill unexpired terms of 2 years may be made the same as nominations for regular terms of 4 years, as provided in NRS 318.083 and 318.095. If the board fails, neglects or refuses to fill any vacancy within 30 days after the vacancy occurs, the board of county commissioners shall fill that vacancy.
6. Each term of office of 4 years terminates on the first Monday in January next following the general election at which a successor in office is elected, as provided in NRS 318.083 or 318.095. The successor’s term of office commences then or as soon thereafter as the successor qualifies as provided in NRS 318.080, subject to the provisions in this chapter for initial appointments to a board, for appointments to fill vacancies of unexpired terms and for the reorganizations of districts under this chapter which were organized under other chapters of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 461; A 1967, 1688; 1971, 1048; 1985, 1799; 1989, 1878; 1995, 176; 2009, 2246)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.095 - Biennial election of trustees; reimbursement of costs of election; names of candidates may be placed on primary or general election ballot; terms of office.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 318.0953:
1. There must be held simultaneously with the first general election in the county after the creation of the district and simultaneously with every general election thereafter an election to be known as the biennial election of the district. The election must be conducted under the supervision of the county clerk or registrar of voters. A district shall reimburse the county clerk or registrar of voters for the costs he or she incurred in conducting the election for the district.
2. The office of trustee is a nonpartisan office. The general election laws of this State govern the candidacy, nominations and election of a member of the board. The names of the candidates for trustee of a district may be placed on the ballot for the primary or general election.
3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 318.083, at the first biennial election in any district organized or reorganized and operating under this chapter and each fourth year thereafter, there must be elected by the qualified electors of the district two qualified electors as members of the board to serve for terms of 4 years. At the second biennial election and each fourth year thereafter, there must be so elected three qualified electors as members of the board to serve for terms of 4 years.
4. The secretary of the district shall give notice of election by publication and shall arrange such other details in connection therewith as the county clerk or registrar of voters may direct.
5. Any new member of the board must qualify in the same manner as members of the first board qualify.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 461; A 1967, 1689; 1969, 59; 1971, 1049; 1977, 530; 1981, 193; 1985, 1800; 1987, 699; 1989, 1879; 1995, 177; 2009, 2246)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.0951 - Trustees elected by plurality vote.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 318.0952 or 318.0953:
1. Each trustee elected at any biennial election must be chosen by a plurality of the qualified electors of the district voting on the candidates for the vacancies to be filled.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 318.083, if there are two regular terms which end on the first Monday in January next following the biennial election, the two qualified electors receiving the highest and next highest number of votes must be elected. If there are three regular terms so ending, the three qualified electors receiving the highest, next highest and third highest number of votes must be elected.
3. If there is a vacancy in an unexpired regular term to be filled at the biennial election, as provided in subsection 5 of NRS 318.090, the candidate who receives the highest number of votes, after there are chosen the successful candidates to fill the vacancies in expired regular terms as provided in subsection 2, must be elected.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1690; A 1969, 24; 1971, 1049; 1985, 1800; 1989, 1880; 1995, 177; 2009, 2247)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.09523 - Single candidate declared elected.

In any election for a general improvement district, if at 5:00 p.m. on the last day for filing a declaration of candidacy, as defined in NRS 293.0455, there is only one candidate nominated for the office, that candidate must be declared elected and no election may be held for that office.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 2174; A 2019, 3420)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.09525 - Registration to vote in district elections.

1. Any person residing within a district who is otherwise qualified to vote at general elections in this State may register to vote in district elections by appearing before the county clerk or registrar of voters of the county in which the district is located and completing an application to register to vote in accordance with the general election laws of this State. Registration for a district election which is not held simultaneously with a general election must close at 5 p.m. of the fifth Friday preceding the district election and registration offices must be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., excluding Saturdays, during the last days before the close of registration. If a person residing within a district is otherwise registered to vote, new registration for district elections is not required.
2. The county clerk or registrar of voters shall, at the expense of the district, prepare and maintain a list of all registered voters residing within the district. The county clerk or registrar of voters is entitled to receive on behalf of the county the sum of 15 cents for each registration placed on the list. All money so received must be deposited to the credit of the general fund of the county.
3. Whenever a district election is required the county clerk or registrar of voters shall submit the current list, showing all persons who are registered to vote in that election, to the election officers who are charged with the duty of conducting the required election.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 524; A 1979, 569, 1258; 1995, 2282)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.09535 - County commissioners as ex officio board of trustees: Establishment of local district managing board; vacancies on board.

1. Whenever a board of county commissioners is the board of trustees of any district organized or reorganized pursuant to this chapter or is exercising any powers pursuant to NRS 244.157, the board may by ordinance establish a local district managing board for the district.
2. Such a local district managing board must consist of not less than 5 members and not more than 12 members who are qualified electors of the district. The members must be:
(a) Appointed by the board of county commissioners; or
(b) Elected by the qualified electors of the district.
3. If the local district managing board is elective, the initial appointments and subsequent elections must be conducted in the manner provided in this chapter for trustees of a district.
4. An ordinance establishing a local district managing board must:
(a) Provide for the compensation which members of the board are to receive for their services;
(b) Provide for the terms of office for the members of the board;
(c) Contain a recital of the powers delegated and duties assigned by the board of county commissioners to the local district managing board; and
(d) Provide that the local district managing board does not have the power to tax, issue bonds or call for an election for the issuance of bonds. All taxes must be levied and bonds issued by the board of county commissioners as generally provided in this chapter.
5. Any vacancy on the board must be filled by a qualified elector of the district who is appointed by the board of county commissioners. If the local district managing board is appointive, the person appointed to fill the vacancy must be appointed to serve the remainder of the unexpired term. If the board is elective, the appointee must be appointed to serve until the first Monday in January when his or her successor in office, elected at the biennial election next following the vacancy, qualifies.
6. The local district managing board may be dissolved by the board of county commissioners after notice and hearing whenever the board of county commissioners determines:
(a) The local district managing board is no longer necessary; or
(b) The services of the district can be more effectively performed by another district.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 523; A 1987, 127; 1991, 1707)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.0954 - Transition of boards of trustees of certain reorganized districts.

1. The governing body of any district organized or reorganized under and operating as provided in any chapter in this title, excluding chapters 315, 318 and 318A of NRS, must be designated a board of trustees and shall reorganize as provided in this section so that after the transitional period the board consists of five qualified electors from time to time chosen as provided in NRS 318.095 and other provisions of this chapter supplemental thereto.
2. No existing member of any such governing body may be required to resign from the board before the termination of his or her current term of office in the absence of any disqualification as a member of the governing body under such chapter in this title, excluding chapters 315, 318 and 318A of NRS. If a regular term of office of any member of any such governing body would terminate on other than the first Monday of January next following a biennial election in the absence of the adoption of this law, the term must be extended to and terminate on the first Monday in January next following a biennial election and following the date on which the term would have ended.
3. If the members of any such governing body at any time number less than five, the number of trustees must be increased to five by appointment, or by both appointment and election, as provided in NRS 318.090, 318.095 and 318.0951.
4. In no event may any successor trustee be elected or appointed to fill any purported vacancy in any unexpired term or in any regular term which successor will increase the trustees on a board to a number exceeding five nor which will result in less than two regular terms of office or more than three regular terms of office ending on the first Monday in January next following any biennial election.
5. Nothing in this section:
(a) Prevents the reorganization of a board by division of the district into district trustee election districts pursuant to NRS 318.0952.
(b) Supersedes the provisions of NRS 318.0953 or 318.09533.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1692; A 1971, 1053; 1983, 1285; 2017, 2010, 2717)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.0956 - Trustees not to be interested in sales or contracts; exception; penalties.

1. Except as provided in subsection 2, no member of the board may be interested, directly or indirectly, in any property purchased for the use of the district, or in any purchase or sale of property belonging to the district, or in any contract made by the district for the acquisition of any project or improvement by the district.
2. The board may purchase supplies or contract for services for the district from one of its members, when not to do so would be a great inconvenience, but the member from whom the supplies are to be bought or with whom the contract for services is to be made shall not vote upon the allowance of the purchase or contract. If the purchase is made or contract let by competitive bidding, the bid of a member of the board may be accepted only if the member is the lowest responsible bidder.
3. A member of the board who violates the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall be further punished as provided in NRS 197.230.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1716; A 1979, 791)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.0957 - Trustees’ interest in contracts made in official capacity prohibited; exception; contracts void; penalties.

1. Except as provided in subsection 2, it is unlawful for a member of the board:
(a) To become a contractor under any contract or order for supplies or any other kind of contract authorized by the board of which he or she is a member, or to be in any manner interested, directly or indirectly, as principal, in any kind of contract so authorized.
(b) To be interested in any contract made by the board of which he or she is a member, or to be a purchaser or to be interested in any purchase or sale made by the board of which he or she is a member.
2. The board may purchase supplies or contract for services for the district from one of its members, when not to do so would be a great inconvenience, but the member from whom the supplies are to be bought or with whom the contract for services is to be made shall not vote upon the allowance of the purchase or contract. If the purchase is made or contract let by competitive bidding, the bid of a member of the board may be accepted only if the member is the lowest responsible bidder.
3. Any contract made in violation of the provisions of subsection 1 may be declared void at the instance of the district or of any other person interested in the contract except the member of the board prohibited in subsection 1 from making or being interested in the contract.
4. A member of the board who violates the provisions of subsection 1, directly or indirectly, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall be further punished as provided in NRS 197.230.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1716; A 1979, 791)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.098 - Assistance to district from county officers: Request; agreement; limitation on cost; payment.

1. The board of trustees of any district may request, in writing, assistance from any elected or appointed officer of the county in which the district is located.
2. The officer shall furnish the requested assistance, after an agreement has been reached concerning the amount of money which the board of trustees shall pay for the assistance. The cost shall not be more than the actual additional expense necessitated by the request.
3. The board shall, by a resolution spread upon its minutes, order payment made in the amount, in each case, which was agreed upon by the board of trustees and the officer furnishing the assistance.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 1088; A 1977, 424)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.100 - Basic powers of board; acquisition, construction or servicing of improvements.

1. For and on behalf of the district the board shall have each of the basic powers enumerated in this chapter and designated in the organizational proceedings of the district and in any reorganizational proceedings of the district taken pursuant to NRS 318.077 and other provisions supplemental thereto in this chapter, or otherwise authorized by law. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter the board may construct or otherwise acquire any improvement appertaining to any such basic power which the district may exercise and may finance the costs of any such improvement by any of the procedures provided in this chapter. When it is proposed to construct an improvement the work shall be performed as provided in this chapter.
2. The district may also furnish services pertaining to any such basic power which the district may exercise.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 462; A 1963, 631; 1967, 1692)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.101 - Power of board to use alternate procedures for acquisition, construction or servicing of improvements.

1. As an alternate procedure for constructing or otherwise acquiring, improving or converting any public improvement (or any combination thereof), and for defraying all the cost thereof or any portion of the cost thereof not to be defrayed with moneys otherwise available therefor by the levy of special assessments against assessable property specially benefited thereby and the collection of such assessments and the issuance of special obligation bonds primarily payable from such special assessments payable in installments (to implement any one, all or any combination of basic powers stated in NRS 318.116 and granted to any district in proceedings for its organization or in any proceedings for its reorganization or as may be otherwise provided by law), as the board of the district determines, the district, acting by and through the board, is vested with the powers granted to municipalities by chapters 271 and 704A of NRS, and in any proceedings thereunder the district, other public bodies, district officials, and other public officials are subject to the rights, privileges, immunities, liabilities, duties, disabilities, limitations and other details provided therein.
2. For purposes of this section, in any proceedings under chapters 271 and 704A of NRS:
(a) "Clerk" means the de jure or de facto secretary of the district.
(b) "Governing body" means the district’s board.
(c) "Municipality" means the district and "municipal" means pertaining to the district; except that where the context so indicates, "municipality" means the geographical area comprising the district.
(d) "Ordinance" means a resolution of the district.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 854)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.102 - Powers of district concerning location and construction of improvements subordinate to powers of Nevada Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. [Effective upon the proclamation by the Governor of this State of the withdrawal by the State of California from the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact or of a finding by the Governor of this State that the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has become unable to perform its duties or exercise its powers.]

In the region of this state for which there has been established by NRS 278.780 to 278.828, inclusive, a regional planning agency, the powers of any district organized, reorganized or required to reorganize under this chapter with respect to the location and construction of all improvements are subordinate to the powers of such regional planning agency.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 51; A 1979, 1133, effective upon the proclamation by the Governor of this State of the withdrawal by the State of California from the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact or of a finding by the Governor of this State that the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has become unable to perform its duties or exercise its powers; A 2011, 3739; 2013, 2367)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 318 - General Improvement Districts › NRS 318.103 - Powers of district concerning location and construction of improvements subordinate to powers of regional planning agency.

In any region of this state for which there has been established by interstate compact a regional planning agency, the powers of any district organized, reorganized or required to reorganize under this chapter with respect to the location and construction of all improvements are subordinate to the powers of such regional planning agency.
(Added to NRS by 1968, 14; R 2011, 3740; 2013, 2366, 2367; A 2013, 2366, 2367, 3838)