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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.367 - Fireworks: Regulation and control; penalties; exception.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the board of county commissioners shall have power and jurisdiction in their respective counties to pass ordinances:
(a) Prohibiting, restricting, suppressing or otherwise regulating the sale, use, storage and possession of fireworks; and
(b) Providing for the imposition of criminal or civil penalties, or both, for the violation thereof. A civil penalty imposed pursuant to such an ordinance must not be:
(1) In an amount less than $250 or more than $1,000 for a violation involving less than 100 pounds in gross weight of fireworks, including packaging;
(2) In an amount less than $1,000 or more than $5,000 for a violation involving not less than 100 pounds or more than 5,000 pounds in gross weight of fireworks, including packaging;
(3) In an amount less than $5,000 or more than $10,000 for a violation involving more than 5,000 pounds in gross weight of fireworks, including packaging; or
(4) Imposed against a person who has been issued a license or permit pursuant to the ordinance.
2. An ordinance passed pursuant to subsection 1 must:
(a) Provide that any license or permit that may be required for the sale of fireworks must be issued by the licensing authority for:
(1) The county, if the fireworks are sold within the unincorporated areas of the county; or
(2) A city located within the county, if the fireworks are sold within the jurisdiction of that city; and
(b) Establish factors for determining the severity of any criminal penalty or any civil penalty within the limits contained in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 that take into account, without limitation, the number and severity of any previous violations.
3. An ordinance passed pursuant to subsection 1 must not apply to a child under the age of 18 years unless the child is emancipated.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 231; A 1999, 808; 2021, 1468)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3671 - Action to recover expenses incurred in extinguishing wildfire.

1. A board of county commissioners may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction against any person, firm, association or agency that is responsible for willfully or negligently causing a wildfire to recover any expenses incurred by the county in extinguishing the wildfire and reasonable attorney’s fees and litigation expenses.
2. In determining whether a person, firm, association or agency is responsible for willfully or negligently causing a wildfire, it must be considered, without limitation, whether the person, firm, association or agency failed to exercise reasonable care given:
(a) The forecasted and existing weather conditions;
(b) The conditions of fuel moisture; and
(c) The topography of the area of the wildfire.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections 1 and 2, a person, firm, association or agency is immune from liability for the payment of any expenses incurred by the county in extinguishing a wildfire and attorney’s fees and litigation expenses if the person, firm, association or agency immediately notified the nearest fire-fighting agency of the wildfire, was forthright and truthful in responding to questions from the State Forester Firewarden, any fire-fighting agency and any other state or local agency investigating the wildfire, and at least one of the following circumstances applies:
(a) The person, firm, association or agency had permission from a federal, state or local agency to start a fire or conduct a controlled burn and was in compliance with the terms of such permission;
(b) The person, firm, association or agency started a warming fire to protect human life due to dangerous weather conditions; or
(c) The person, firm, association or agency is in the business of raising livestock and started a controlled campfire for the purpose of branding livestock.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Fire-fighting agency" means a public fire department, fire protection district or other agency of this State or a political subdivision of this State, the primary functions of which are to control, extinguish, prevent and suppress fires.
(b) "Livestock" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 569.0085.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1371)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3673 - Investigation of fires and enforcement of regulations of State Fire Marshal by certain counties.

The board of county commissioners of any county whose population is 100,000 or more or which has been converted into a consolidated municipality may provide by ordinance for the investigation of fires in which a death has occurred or which are of a suspicious origin, and for the enforcement of regulations adopted by the State Fire Marshal.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 129; A 1979, 1333; 1987, 2283; 1989, 1902; 1999, 1077; 2001, 1959)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3675 - Regulation of construction, maintenance and safety of buildings, structures and property; adoption of codes and establishment of fees.

Subject to the limitations set forth in NRS 244.368, 278.02315, 278.580, 278.582, 278.584, 278.5846, 278.586, 444.340 to 444.430, inclusive, and 477.030, the boards of county commissioners within their respective counties may:
1. Regulate all matters relating to the construction, maintenance and safety of buildings, structures and property within the county.
2. Adopt any building, electrical, housing, plumbing or safety code necessary to carry out the provisions of this section and establish such fees as may be necessary. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 278.580, these fees do not apply to the State of Nevada or the Nevada System of Higher Education.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 707; A 1991, 1167; 1993, 2584; 1999, 1064; 2001, 3103; 2007, 1096, 3099; 2009, 833; 2015, 1991; 2017, 1479; 2021, 2346)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3677 - Ordinance regulating battery charged fences: Requirements; prohibitions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a board of county commissioners shall enact ordinances regulating battery-charged fences.
2. An ordinance enacted pursuant to this section must, without limitation, require that a battery-charged fence:
(a) Be located on property that:
(1) Is not designated for residential use; or
(2) Is designated for residential use and the property:
(I) Is located in a rural zoning area; or
(II) Is governed by the provisions of NRS 278.780 to 278.828, inclusive;
(b) Use a battery that is not more than 12 volts of direct current;
(c) Have an energizer that meets the most current standards set forth by the International Electrotechnical Commission;
(d) Be surrounded by a nonelectric perimeter fence or wall that is at least 5 feet in height;
(e) Not be higher than 10 feet in height or 2 feet higher than the height of the nonelectric perimeter fence or wall described in paragraph (d), whichever is greater; and
(f) Be marked with conspicuous warning signs that are located on the battery-charged fence at intervals of not more than 40 feet and that read: "WARNING: ELECTRIC FENCE."
3. A board of county commissioners, in enacting an ordinance pursuant to this section, may not enact an ordinance that:
(a) Requires a permit for the installation or use of a battery-charged fence that is in addition to any permit that is required to install an alarm system;
(b) Imposes any installation or operational requirement for a battery-charged fence that is inconsistent with the most current standards set forth by the International Electrotechnical Commission; or
(c) Prohibits the installation or use of a battery-charged fence.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Alarm system" means a device or system that transmits an audible, visual or electronic signal intended to summon or alert law enforcement. The term does not include a system which does not transmit a signal from outside of a building or residence and is intended to alert only occupants of a building or residence.
(b) "Battery-charged fence" means a fence that interfaces with an alarm system in a manner that enables the fence to cause the connected alarm system to transmit a signal intended to summon law enforcement in response to an intrusion and has an energizer that is driven by a battery.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1298)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3679 - Ordinance restricting hours of construction work in common-interest community.

1. If the board of county commissioners in a county whose population is 700,000 or more adopts an ordinance restricting the hours in which construction work in a common-interest community may begin, the hours for construction work in a declarant-controlled common-interest community must be allowed to begin at, but not earlier than, 5 a.m. during the period beginning on April 1 and ending on September 30.
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Common-interest community" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 116.021.
(b) "Declarant-controlled common-interest community" means a common-interest community in which the original developer controls a majority of the units.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 448)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.368 - Areas within which city’s building code supersedes less stringent provisions of county’s building code.

1. In a county whose population is less than 700,000, a city’s building code that has rules, regulations and specifications more stringent than the building code of the county within which the city is located supersedes, with respect to the area within the city and within a 1-mile limit outside of the boundaries of the city, any provisions of the county’s building code not consistent therewith.
2. In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, a city’s building code that has rules, regulations and specifications more stringent than the building code of the county within which the city is located supersedes, with respect to the area within the city, any provisions of the county’s building code not consistent therewith.
3. The provisions of this section do not apply to farm or ranch buildings in existence on March 30, 1959.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 499; A 1993, 2584; 2007, 295; 2011, 1115)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3685 - Prescription drugs or medicine at reduced prices.

1. A board of county commissioners may enter into one or more contracts or other agreements to provide the residents of the county with a reduction in the price of a drug or medicine dispensed by a pharmacy pursuant to a prescription. Such contract or other agreement may, without limitation, provide for the participation of the county in a program that provides prescription drugs or medicines at a discounted price.
2. A contract or agreement entered into pursuant to subsection 1 is not subject to any requirement of competitive bidding or other restriction imposed on the procedure for the awarding of contracts.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 355)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.369 - Food handlers: Ordinance requiring physical examinations; limitations.

1. Subject to the limitations contained in subsection 2, any board of county commissioners may by ordinance require that any food handler, as defined in NRS 446.030, submit to physical examination as a prerequisite to engaging in or continuing to engage in such occupation.
2. Any ordinance enacted pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 shall provide that no food handler is required to pay in excess of $5 for any or all required physical examinations in any 2-year period.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 476; A 1973, 1080; 1977, 411)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3691 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 244.3691 to 244.3695, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 244.36915 and 244.3692 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 739; A 2001, 851)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.36915 - "Graffiti" defined.

1. "Graffiti" means any unauthorized inscription, word, figure or design that is marked, etched, scratched, drawn, painted on or affixed to the public or private property, real or personal, of another, including, without limitation, an estray or one or more head of livestock, which defaces such property.
2. The term does not include any item affixed to property which may be removed:
(a) By hand without defacing the property;
(b) Through the use of a chemical or cleaning solvent commonly used for removing an adhesive substance without defacing the property; or
(c) Without the use of a decal remover tool.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Decal remover tool" means any device using power or heat to remove an adhesive substance.
(b) "Estray" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 206.003.
(c) "Livestock" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 205.219.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 849; A 2015, 2111)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3693 - Removal or covering of graffiti on real or personal property of county; civil penalty.

1. The board of county commissioners shall remove or cover all evidence that graffiti has been placed on any real or personal property which it owns or otherwise controls within 15 days after it discovers the graffiti or as soon as practicable.
2. The board of county commissioners may bring an action against a person responsible for placing graffiti on the property of the county to recover a civil penalty and damages for the cost of removing or covering the graffiti placed on such property.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 739)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.36935 - Abatement of graffiti on residential property.

1. The board of county commissioners may adopt by ordinance procedures pursuant to which officers, employees or other designees of the county may cover or remove graffiti that is placed on residential property.
2. An ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 must provide that:
(a) Officers, employees or other designees of the county shall not cover or remove the graffiti unless:
(1) The owner of the residential property consents to the covering or removal of the graffiti; or
(2) If the board of county commissioners or its designee is unable to contact the owner of the residential property to obtain the owner’s consent, the board first provides the owner of the property with written notice that is:
(I) Sent by certified mail, return receipt requested; and
(II) Posted on the residential property on which the graffiti will be covered or from which the graffiti will be removed,
at least 5 days before the officers, employees or other designees of the county cover or remove the graffiti.
(b) The county shall pay the cost of covering or removing the graffiti.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 849; A 2015, 2111)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3695 - Graffiti reward and abatement fund: Creation; use; administrative assessments; payment of rewards.

1. The board of county commissioners shall create a graffiti reward and abatement fund. The money in the fund must be used to pay a reward to a person who, in response to the offer of a reward, provides information which results in the identification, apprehension and conviction of a person who violates a county ordinance that prohibits graffiti or other defacement of property.
2. When a defendant pleads or is found guilty or guilty but mentally ill of violating a county ordinance that prohibits graffiti or other defacement of property, the court shall include an administrative assessment of $250 for each violation in addition to any other fine or penalty. The money collected must be paid by the clerk of the court to the county treasurer on or before the fifth day of each month for credit to the graffiti reward and abatement fund.
3. If sufficient money is available in the graffiti reward and abatement fund, a county law enforcement agency may offer a reward, not to exceed $1,000, for information leading to the identification, apprehension and conviction of a person who violates a county ordinance that prohibits graffiti or other defacement of property. The reward must be paid out of the graffiti reward and abatement fund upon approval of the board of county commissioners.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 739; A 2007, 1444)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.370 - Exhibits of county’s products at exposition or fair; permanent exhibits.

1. Whenever the State of Nevada by act of the Legislature shall have decided to make a state exhibit at any exposition, the various counties may, for the purpose of more efficiently representing their resources and products, by order of their respective county commissioners, employ some person or persons to collect county exhibits and forward the same pursuant to instructions from the State Board of Commissioners of the exposition.
2. All collectors acting under authorization of county commissioners shall collect and mark each and every sample in accordance with such instructions from the State Board as may be necessary to secure clearness and uniformity of system in the state exhibit.
3. The county commissioners of each county may order the payment of such expenses as may be incurred in collecting the exhibit out of any available fund.
4. The county commissioners may, for the purpose of illustrating, exhibiting and advertising the resources of their counties, maintain permanent exhibits at suitable places either in this state or elsewhere, but they shall not expend for the maintenance of such permanent exhibit more than $25 in any 1 month. Nothing in this subsection shall be so construed as to conflict in any way with subsections 1, 2 or 3.
[1:34:1903; RL § 3937; NCL § 7007] + [2:34:1903; RL § 3938; NCL § 7008] + [3:34:1903; RL § 3939; NCL § 7009] + [4:34:1903; RL § 3940; NCL § 7010]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.375 - Tax for exhibits at expositions.

1. After March 20, 1911, the county commissioners of the various counties are empowered to levy a special tax for the purpose of displaying the products of the county at expositions.
2. The county commissioners are authorized to use their discretion in the levying of the tax to cover the legitimate expenses incurred in the display of any products at an exposition; but in no case shall such tax levy exceed 4 cents on each $100 in any 1 year.
[1:123:1911; RL § 3935; NCL § 7005] + [2:123:1911; RL § 3936; NCL § 7006]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.377 - Tax levy; payment of proceeds to and use by nonprofit organization; exemption from limitation.

1. The board of county commissioners of any county may include in the annual budget of the county items to cover the expense of maintaining a county museum, art center or historical society.
2. The expenditures so budgeted may be met by including them in the annual tax levy of the county, but in no case may the tax levy for such purposes in any 1 year exceed 5 cents on each $100 of the assessed valuation of the property of that county.
3. The proceeds of the tax levy may be paid under contract to a nonprofit historical society, nonprofit museum board or other nonprofit board, committee or organization for their use in paying salaries of museum or art center personnel, in building and maintaining exhibits, in purchasing cabinets, in displaying items and in conducting activities related to a museum or art center, but in no case may such an organization or board make capital improvements without the express approval of the board of county commissioners.
4. The proceeds of the tax levied pursuant to this section are exempt from the limitation imposed by NRS 354.59811 and may be excluded in determining the allowed revenue from taxes ad valorem for the county.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 166; A 1975, 140; 2003, 480)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.378 - Sale, trade or exchange of duplicate or unwanted items.

Except as otherwise provided by county ordinance, the director of the department designated to operate a county museum, art center or historical society may sell, trade or exchange duplicate or unwanted museum items with any other museum, nonprofit organization or educational institution.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1055)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.380 - Tax levy; contracts for promotion of county.

1. Annually, the boards of county commissioners of the several counties may include in their respective county budgets items to cover the expense of exploiting, promoting and publishing to homeseekers and the public at large, by any means in their judgment calculated to accomplish this purpose, the agricultural, mining and other resources, progress and advantages of their respective counties.
2. Such expenditures as may by the board of county commissioners be decided upon shall be met by including them in the annual tax levy of and for that county; provided:
(a) That the tax levy shall not in any 1 year exceed 3 cents on each $100 of the assessed valuation of the property in that county.
(b) That in counties having a population of 100,000 or more, the county commissioners of those counties may levy a tax of 2 cents on each $100 of the assessed valuation of property in that county.
(c) That pending the accumulation and setting aside of the fund for the purposes authorized by this section, the boards of county commissioners are authorized and empowered to pledge their respective counties for those purposes to an amount not exceeding the sum to be raised as in this section provided, and to be paid out of the fund raised and set aside therefor as herein authorized.
3. The boards of county commissioners may enter into contracts with any person, group, corporation, agency or commission to carry out the purposes of this section and are authorized to pay over to any such person, group, corporation, agency or commission, pursuant to such contracts, any moneys derived from the tax levy provided for in subsection 2.
[1:181:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.21] + [2:181:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.22]—(NRS A 1959, 772; 1979, 514)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.382 - Legislative findings.

The Legislature finds that:
1. Many of the less populous counties of the State have experienced shortages of physicians, surgeons, anesthetists, dentists, other medical professionals, physician assistants and anesthesiologist assistants.
2. Some of the more populous counties of the State have also experienced shortages of physicians, surgeons, anesthetists, dentists, other medical professionals, physician assistants and anesthesiologist assistants in their rural communities.
3. By granting county scholarships to students in such medical professions who will agree to return to the less populous counties or the rural communities of the more populous counties for residence and practice, these counties can alleviate the shortages to a degree and thereby provide their people with needed health services.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 632; A 1995, 104; 2001, 779; 2023, 1595)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3821 - Establishment of medical scholarship program; appropriation of money; acceptance of contributions.

1. In addition to the powers elsewhere conferred upon all counties, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, any county may establish a medical scholarship program to induce students in the medical professions to return to the county for practice.
2. Any county whose population is 100,000 or more may only establish a medical scholarship program to induce students in the medical professions to return to the less populous rural communities of the county for practice.
3. Students in the medical professions for the purposes of NRS 244.382 to 244.3823, inclusive, include persons studying to be physician assistants licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS or anesthesiologist assistants licensed pursuant to chapters 630 and 633 of NRS.
4. The board of county commissioners of a county that has established a medical scholarship program may appropriate money from the general fund of the county for medical scholarship funds and may accept private contributions to augment the scholarship funds.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 632; A 1979, 515; 1995, 104; 2001, 779; 2007, 1852; 2023, 1595)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3822 - Prerequisites to grant of scholarship.

1. If a medical scholarship fund is created, the board of county commissioners may grant individual scholarships but shall first require each recipient to:
(a) Show the recipient’s financial need for the scholarship.
(b) Execute a written agreement that, after completing his or her studies and achieving professional certification, the recipient will, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, return to the county and practice the profession for a number of years to be specified by the board, not fewer than the number of years during which he or she received the county’s assistance for his or her education.
2. If a recipient of a scholarship executes a written agreement with a county pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 244.3821, the recipient shall return to a less populous rural community of that county and practice the profession for a number of years to be specified by the board, not fewer than the number of years during which he or she received the county’s assistance for his or her education.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 632; A 1995, 105)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3823 - Criteria for selection of recipients.

In awarding individual medical scholarships, the board of county commissioners may:
1. Require applicants to obtain a prior review of their qualifications and approval thereof by the board of hospital trustees of the public hospital in the county or of a designated public hospital.
2. Give preference to applicants whose residence and personal ties in the local community indicate the likelihood of a return to permanent residency and practice in the community.
3. Determine the amount and duration of payments and other matters involved in scholarship grants.
4. Contract with the recipient concerning the terms of any repayment of moneys awarded.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 633)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.386 - Preservation of endangered species or subspecies in county whose population is 700,000 or more: General powers; fee for construction or grading of land in unincorporated areas; creation of enterprise fund.

1. In a county whose population is 700,000 or more and in which exists a species or subspecies that has been declared endangered or threatened pursuant to the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, the board of county commissioners may by ordinance establish, control, manage and operate or provide money for the establishment, control, management and operation of an area or zone for the preservation of species or subspecies. In addition, the board, in cooperation with the responsible local, state and federal agencies, may encourage in any other manner the preservation of those species or subspecies or any species or subspecies in the county which have been determined by the board of county commissioners, to be likely to have a significant impact upon the economy and lifestyles of the residents of the county if listed as endangered or threatened, including the expenditure for this purpose of money collected pursuant to subsection 2 or NRS 268.4413 or the participation in an agreement made pursuant to NRS 503.589. The board may purchase, sell, exchange or lease real property, personal property, water rights, grazing permits and other interests in such property for this purpose, pursuant to such reasonable regulations as the board may establish. If any such property, rights or other interests are purchased from a nonprofit organization, the board of county commissioners may reimburse the organization for its cost of acquisition, not to exceed its appraised value, and any interest, carrying costs, direct expenses and reasonable overhead charges.
2. The board of county commissioners may, by ordinance, impose a reasonable fee of not more than $550 per acre on the construction of a structure or the grading of land in the unincorporated areas of the county for the expense of carrying out the provisions of subsection 1. The fee must be collected at the same time and in the same manner as the fee for the issuance of a building permit collected pursuant to NRS 278.580.
3. If a fee is imposed pursuant to subsection 2 or NRS 268.4413, the board of county commissioners shall create an enterprise fund exclusively for fees collected pursuant to subsection 2 and NRS 268.4413. Any interest or other income earned on the money in the fund, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the fund. The money in the fund may only be used to pay the actual direct costs of the program or programs established pursuant to subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 289; A 1995, 124; 1997, 1198; 2011, 1115; 2013, 779)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.387 - Removal of wild horses from private property.

1. If a wild horse or horses stray onto land which is privately owned, an owner of the land may:
(a) Inform the appropriate federal authority; and
(b) Request the authority to remove the wild horse or horses from the land,
in the manner and form required by the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1331 et seq., and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
2. If the appropriate federal authority fails to remove the wild horse or horses from the land within a reasonable amount of time after receiving a request pursuant to subsection 1, the landowner may:
(a) Notify the board of county commissioners in the county in which the land is located of the failure; and
(b) Request the county to institute an action in federal court on his or her behalf requesting a writ of mandamus ordering the appropriate federal authority to remove the wild horse or horses from the land.
3. Upon receiving a notification and request pursuant to subsection 2, the county may institute an action in a federal court of competent jurisdiction on behalf of the landowner requesting the court to issue a writ of mandamus directing the appropriate federal authority who was notified pursuant to subsection 1 to remove the wild horse or horses from the land. The county shall:
(a) Determine whether it will institute such an action; and
(b) Notify the landowner of its determination,
as soon as practicable after receiving the request.
4. A motion filed pursuant to subsection 3 must include a request that the court authorize the county, the State Department of Agriculture or a representative of the county or the State Department of Agriculture to remove the wild horse or horses from the land if the appropriate federal authority is unable or unwilling to do so.
5. As used in this section "appropriate federal authority" means a federal agency or officer who is charged with the duties of:
(a) Receiving notices from landowners requesting the removal of wild horses from land which is privately owned; and
(b) Arranging to have wild horses removed from land which is privately owned,
pursuant to the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1331 et seq., or regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 984)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.388 - Establishment, use and operation of mitigation bank or in-lieu fee program.

1. The board of county commissioners of a county may by ordinance establish, use and operate a mitigation bank or an in-lieu fee program in accordance with the federal regulations set forth in 33 C.F.R. Parts 325 and 332 and 40 C.F.R. Part 230.
2. A board of county commissioners that establishes a mitigation bank or an in-lieu fee program pursuant to subsection 1 may enter into a cooperative agreement with a public agency or nonprofit organization for the establishment, use or operation of the mitigation bank or the in-lieu fee program.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 159; A 2023, 578)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.401 - Creation of office by ordinance; appointment and duties of coordinator; creation of office by two or more counties.

1. The board of county commissioners of any county may create by ordinance the office of coordinator of services for veterans. If such an office is created, the board shall appoint a qualified veteran to hold the office and the board shall establish the coordinator’s compensation.
2. If the coordinator of services for veterans performs duties as a veterans service officer, including, without limitation, assisting veterans with filing claims for benefits with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the board of county commissioners of the county must request the Director of the Department of Veterans Services to provide the coordinator of services for veterans training and certification as a veterans service officer pursuant to paragraph (o) of subsection 1 of NRS 417.090.
3. The coordinator of services for veterans shall:
(a) Assist a veteran or the veteran’s spouse or dependent, if the person requesting assistance is a resident of the county, in preparing, submitting and pursuing any claim that the person has against the United States, or any state, to establish the person’s right to any privilege, preference, care or compensation to which he or she believes that he or she is entitled;
(b) If the coordinator of services for veterans performs duties as a veterans service officer, including, without limitation, assisting veterans with filing claims for benefits with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and the board of county commissioners of the county has made the request pursuant to subsection 2, become certified as a veterans service officer by the Director of the Department of Veterans Services pursuant to paragraph (o) of subsection 1 of NRS 417.090;
(c) If a certification is received pursuant to paragraph (b), maintain the certification with the Director of the Department of Veterans Services and accreditation or official recognition with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs as a veterans service officer;
(d) Aid, assist and cooperate with the Director of the Department of Veterans Services and with the Nevada Veterans Services Commission;
(e) Disseminate information relating to veterans’ benefits in cooperation with the Director of the Department of Veterans Services; and
(f) Perform such other services related to assisting a veteran, or the veteran’s spouse or dependent, as requested by the board of county commissioners.
4. Two or more counties jointly may create one office of coordinator of services for veterans to serve those counties.
5. As used in this section, "veterans service officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 417.017.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1318; A 1997, 2592; 1999, 577, 2478; 2017, 383; 2019, 133)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.406 - Financial support of office.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the office of coordinator of services for veterans must be supported from money in the county general fund and from any gifts or grants received by the county for the support of the office.
2. The board of county commissioners of a county that creates the office of coordinator of services for veterans may enter into an agreement with the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services for the purpose of obtaining federal matching funds to contribute to the salaries and expenses of the office of coordinator of services for veterans for its activities which are reasonably related to the programs of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health and which benefit or result in cost avoidance for the Division.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1319; A 1997, 2592; 1999, 2479; 2013, 1619, 2508; 2017, 5; 2019, 134)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.414 - Advisory committee on aircraft noise: Establishment in county whose population is 700,000 or more; members; terms; vacancies; chair; compensation; meetings.

1. The board of county commissioners of each county whose population is 700,000 or more may establish by ordinance an advisory committee on aircraft noise.
2. If a board of county commissioners establishes a committee, the board shall appoint to the committee 11 members as follows:
(a) Four members who live in neighborhoods affected by aircraft noise;
(b) One member who lives in a neighborhood that is adjacent to an airport;
(c) One member who represents commercial operators of helicopters;
(d) One member who represents general aviation;
(e) One member who represents the division of Air Traffic Services of the Federal Aviation Administration;
(f) One member who represents a business that is affected by aircraft noise or is adjacent to an airport;
(g) One member who represents the department of aviation of the county; and
(h) One member who represents the board of county commissioners of the county.
3. The members of the committee shall serve terms of 2 years. Members may be reappointed for additional terms of 2 years in the same manner as the original appointments. Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the committee must be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
4. The board of county commissioners shall appoint one of the members as chair of the committee, who shall serve as chair for a term of 1 year. If a vacancy occurs in the position of chair, the vacancy must be filled in the same manner as the original selection for the remainder of the unexpired term.
5. The members of the committee serve without compensation.
6. The committee shall:
(a) Meet upon the call of the chair; and
(b) Comply with the provisions of chapter 241 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1721; A 2011, 1116)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.416 - Advisory committee on aircraft noise: Powers.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the committee may:
(a) Examine and assess laws and any other information related to problems of aircraft noise in the county, including, without limitation, existing and proposed flight paths for aircraft;
(b) Promote increased communication regarding aircraft noise among relevant public entities and between those entities and the general public; and
(c) With due regard for the safety and efficiency of the aviation industry, advise and consult with the Federal Aviation Administration, the board of county commissioners and all other relevant federal, state and local governmental agencies, bodies and officials regarding new and existing programs and approaches for abating aircraft noise.
2. The provisions of this section do not authorize the committee to take any action with respect to any aircraft that is operated:
(a) In commercial aviation pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 121 or 14 C.F.R. Part 135, or both;
(b) As an air ambulance, as that term is defined in NRS 450B.030; or
(c) By or in cooperation with a law enforcement agency.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1722)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.418 - Establishment of toll-free telephone number in county whose population is 700,000 or more to report alleged violations of rules or regulations pertaining to aircraft noise; maintenance of record of complaints.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the board of county commissioners of each county whose population is 700,000 or more shall enact and enforce ordinances requiring the county airport to:
(a) Establish a toll-free telephone number for persons to report information regarding alleged violations of rules or regulations pertaining to aircraft noise, including, without limitation, deviations from established flight paths; and
(b) Compile and maintain a record of each complaint that alleges a violation of a rule or regulation pertaining to aircraft noise.
2. An ordinance enacted pursuant to this section must not apply to any aircraft that is operated:
(a) As an air ambulance, as that term is defined in NRS 450B.030; or
(b) By or in cooperation with a law enforcement agency.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1722; A 2011, 1116)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.421 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 244.421 to 244.429, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 244.423 to 244.427, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1151; A 2011, 791)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.423 - "Necessary services" defined.

"Necessary services" means:
1. Food and access to overnight shelter.
2. Counseling to address immediate emotional crises or problems.
3. Outreach services to locate and assist runaway or homeless youths.
4. Screening for basic health needs and referrals to public and private agencies for health care.
5. Referrals to assistance and services offered by public and private agencies.
6. Long-term planning, placement and follow-up services.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1151)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.424 - "Runaway or homeless youth" defined.

"Runaway or homeless youth" means a youth who:
1. Is under 18 years of age; and
2. Lives in a situation described in 42 U.S.C. § 11434a(2)(B)(ii)-(iii) with or without the consent or knowledge of his or her parent, guardian or custodian.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1151; A 2007, 246)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.429 - Immunity from civil liability.

A youth shelter and its director, employees, agents or volunteers are immune from civil liability based upon any act or failure to act while admitting, releasing or caring for a runaway or homeless youth, unless the act or failure to act was the result of the gross negligence or intentional or reckless misconduct of the youth shelter or its director, employees, agents or volunteers.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1153; A 2011, 791)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements › NRS 244A.011 - Short title.

NRS 244A.011 to 244A.065, inclusive, may be cited as the County Bond Law.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 636; A 1999, 836; 2003, 2929; 2003, 20th Special Session, 295; 2007, 1294; 2009, 2736; 2011, 658)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements › NRS 244A.013 - Definitions.

Except where the context otherwise requires, the definitions in NRS 244A.015 to 244A.056, inclusive, govern the construction hereof.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 636; A 1991, 1724; 1993, 48; 1999, 836; 2003, 2930; 2003, 20th Special Session, 295; 2005, 183; 2009, 2736)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements › NRS 244A.015 - "Acquisition" and "acquire" defined.

"Acquisition" or "acquire" means the opening, laying out, establishment, purchase, construction, securing, installation, reconstruction, lease, gift, grant from the United States of America, any agency, instrumentality or corporation thereof, any public body or any person, endowment, bequest, devise, condemnation, transfer, assignment, option to purchase, other contract, or other acquirement (or any combination thereof) of any project, or an interest therein, herein authorized.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 636)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements › NRS 244A.019 - "Building project" defined.

"Building project" means any public building or complex of buildings to accommodate or house lawful county activities, including, without limitation, courts, records, county personnel, administrative offices, welfare facilities, hospital facilities, detention home facilities, jail facilities, facilities for the detention of children or other juvenile home facilities, library facilities, museum facilities, theater facilities, art galleries, picture galleries, auditorium facilities, exposition facilities, athletic facilities, supplies, vehicles, road maintenance equipment and other county equipment, or any combination thereof, structures, fixtures and furniture therefor, and all appurtenances and incidentals necessary, useful or desirable for any such facilities, including, without limitation, all types of property therefor.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 637; A 2003, 1130)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements › NRS 244A.021 - "Condemnation" and "condemn" defined.

"Condemnation" or "condemn" means the acquisition by the exercise of the power of eminent domain of property for any project, or an interest therein, herein authorized. A county may exercise in the State the power of eminent domain and in the manner provided by law for the condemnation of private property for public use, may take any property necessary to carry out any of the objects or purposes hereof, and may condemn any existing works or facilities in the county now or hereafter used. The power of eminent domain vested in the board shall include the power to condemn, in the name of the county, either the fee simple or any lesser estate or interest in any real property which the board by resolution shall determine is necessary for carrying out the purposes hereof. Such resolution shall be prima facie evidence that the taking of the fee simple or easement, as the case may be, is necessary.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 637)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements › NRS 244A.023 - "Cost of the project" defined.

"Cost of the project," or words of similar import, means all or any part designated by the board of the cost of any project, or interest therein, being acquired, which cost, at the option of the board may include all or any part of the incidental costs pertaining to the project, including, without limitation:
1. Preliminary expenses advanced by the county from funds available for use therefor in the making of surveys, preliminary plans, estimates of costs and other preliminaries;
2. The costs of appraising, printing, contracting for the services of engineers, architects, financial consultants, attorneys at law, clerical help, other agents or employees;
3. The costs of making, publishing, posting, mailing and otherwise giving any notice in connection with the project, the taking of options, the issuance of bonds and other securities, the capitalization with bond proceeds of any sale discount and of interest on the bonds for any period not exceeding 1 year and the filing or recordation of instruments; and
4. All other expenses necessary or desirable and appertaining to any project, as estimated or otherwise ascertained by the board.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 637)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244A - Counties: Financing of Public Improvements › NRS 244A.025 - "County" defined.

"County" means any county in this State. For the purposes of NRS 244A.011 to 244A.065, inclusive, Carson City is considered as a county.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 637; A 1969, 323; 2009, 2737)