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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 540A - Regional Planning and Management › NRS 540A.260 - Preparation and approval of plan for remediation; duty of board to determine costs of developing and carrying out plan; liability of owner or lessee of property.

1. Before creating a district for remediation pursuant to NRS 540A.250, the board shall prepare a plan for remediation which must be approved by the Division.
2. The plan for remediation may include any action which is reasonable and economically feasible in the event of the release or threat of release of any hazardous substance into the environment which may affect the water quality in this state. Such action may include:
(a) Monitoring, assessing and evaluating the water which may be affected by the substance;
(b) Removing or disposing of the substance or remedying the condition of the water in any other manner; and
(c) Taking such actions as are necessary to prevent, minimize or mitigate damage to the affected water.
3. After the plan for remediation is approved by the Division, the board shall determine, and may from time to time redetermine, the costs of developing and carrying out the plan for remediation. The costs may include all or part of:
(a) The cost of acquisition, construction, equipment or other improvement of real and personal property in developing and carrying out the plan for remediation;
(b) The cost of engineering and design in connection with developing and carrying out the plan for remediation;
(c) The cost of operation, maintenance, monitoring, administration, collection and other continuing charges in connection with developing and carrying out the plan for remediation;
(d) Any reimbursements as provided in subsection 2 of NRS 540A.250 or NRS 540A.270;
(e) Principal, interest and other charges due in connection with bonds or other borrowing incurred to pay the costs of developing and carrying out the plan for remediation;
(f) The cost of operation, maintenance, administration and other continuing charges in connection with carrying out the responsibilities of the district for remediation, including the cost to notify the general public of the plan for remediation and the activities of the district; and
(g) All other costs and expenses that the board determines are reasonably related to the development and carrying out of the plan for remediation or the financing thereof, or to the activities or responsibilities of the district for remediation.
4. An owner or lessee of property within the district who did not cause or contribute to the condition which the district was created to remedy is not subject to criminal or civil liability, including, without limitation, any liability for the cost of remediation or any related damage or injury caused by the condition, except to the extent of any unpaid assessments levied against the property.
5. No person, governmental agency or charitable organization, whether or not otherwise exempt from assessment or taxation, except the Federal Government, is exempt from an assessment levied pursuant to this section.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2657; A 1997, 656, 1336)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 540A - Regional Planning and Management › NRS 540A.262 - Prerequisites to determining, expanding or amending boundaries of district for remediation: Hearing; publication of notice of hearing; adoption of ordinance; certain bonds or financial obligations paid in full; territory not required to be contiguous.

1. Before determining the boundaries of a district for remediation, the board shall hold a hearing. It shall cause notice of the hearing to be published at least once not less than 15 days before the hearing in a display advertisement at least 3 by 5 inches in size in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The notice must contain a description of the boundaries of the district by assessor’s parcel number, or by metes and bounds or other legal description, or state that a description of the boundaries of the district is on file at the office of the county clerk for public examination.
2. After the hearing, the board shall make such adjustments to the proposed boundaries of the district as appear to the board to be necessary, but the boundaries may not be expanded to include any property not included in the proposed boundaries of the district described in the notice of hearing or filed with the county clerk unless another hearing is held, after notice given by publication in the manner provided in subsection 1. After the hearing and any adjustment to the boundaries of the district required by this section, the board shall designate the boundaries of the district by ordinance, which may not be adopted as if an emergency existed.
3. The board may from time to time amend the boundaries of the district. Any such amendment must be made by ordinance adopted after a hearing held in the manner provided in subsection 1. Notice of that hearing must be given by publication in the manner provided in subsection 1. The board may not amend the boundaries of the district to exclude any property if bonds have been issued or other financial obligations incurred for the district until those bonds or other financial obligations have been paid in full.
4. The territory of the district established pursuant to subsection 2 and, if applicable, expanded pursuant to subsection 3 need not be contiguous.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1332)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 540A - Regional Planning and Management › NRS 540A.267 - Power of board to issue bonds or otherwise become obligated to pay costs of developing and carrying out plan for remediation; bonds or other obligations secured by certain fees or taxes.

1. The board may issue bonds and otherwise borrow money in anticipation of the fees or taxes, or any combination thereof, collected pursuant to NRS 540A.265 to pay the costs of developing and carrying out the plan for remediation, including any of the costs mentioned in subsection 3 of NRS 540A.260.
2. The board may issue those bonds as, or may borrow money evidenced by, special obligations of the county secured solely by those fees or taxes, or any combination thereof, or general obligations of the county, whose payment is additionally secured by those fees or taxes, or any combination thereof.
3. The taxes or fees that are pledged as additional security for those general obligations are pledged revenues for the purposes of subsection 3 of NRS 350.020.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1334)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 540A - Regional Planning and Management › NRS 540A.269 - Applicability of chapters 332 and 338 of NRS to contract for plan for remediation; county ownership of property on which remediation equipment or improvements are located not required if certain conditions met.

1. Chapters 332 and 338 of NRS do not apply to a contract made by a person to accomplish the purposes of NRS 540A.250 to 540A.285, inclusive, or to a contract made by the county to carry out the plan for remediation with any provider of water service to the district for remediation.
2. The county need not own the property on which any remediation equipment or improvements are located or used, or acquire ownership of any remediation equipment or improvements whose cost is paid from money of the county, including proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to NRS 540A.267, if the board determines there are adequate contractual safeguards to ensure that the equipment or improvements are used to further the plan for remediation.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1334)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 540A - Regional Planning and Management › NRS 540A.270 - Reimbursement of expenses to identify, study and remedy condition if costs and expenses in conformity with plan; establishment of criteria for reimbursement; reimbursement subject to availability of proceeds from certain bonds, fees or taxes.

1. The board may reimburse a person, governmental agency or public utility for any expenses incurred in identifying, studying and remedying, or attempting in good faith to remedy, the condition before the district is created, or thereafter for costs and expenses that are in conformity with and further the plan for remediation or operation of the district. No reimbursement may be allowed for any expense that any person incurs in connection with disturbing the ground for the construction or improvement of property in the district unless the board determines that the cost or expense is in furtherance of the plan for remediation and is a cost or expense which would have been cost-effective and beneficial to incur to further the plan for remediation.
2. The board may establish criteria for the reimbursement of a person, governmental agency or public utility for expenses pursuant to subsection 1. The criteria must include adequate safeguards so that costs reimbursed include only the actual costs of the activities undertaken as provided in this section. No reimbursement may be provided for any cost incurred after the creation of the district unless before the cost is incurred by the person or entity seeking reimbursement, the amount is approved by the board and the board determines that the cost is in furtherance of the plan for remediation. The board may establish criteria with respect to the amount of reimbursement for particular activities and with respect to the process to be followed in establishing reasonable costs for reimbursement, including, at the board’s discretion, any requirement for bidding on any construction or any acquisition of equipment.
3. The reimbursement may be made only if money is available from the proceeds of bonds issued or from fees or taxes imposed pursuant to NRS 540A.250 to 540A.285, inclusive, which are not otherwise required to be expended for other purposes. Those sections do not constitute a requirement that the county make any reimbursements.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2658; A 1997, 1338)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 540A - Regional Planning and Management › NRS 540A.280 - State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources authorized to recover costs of remediation from person who caused or contributed to condition requiring remediation; priority of distribution of money recovered from responsible person; use of money distributed to board.

1. If, during an investigation to establish the boundary of a district for remediation, development of a plan for remediation or the carrying out of the plan, the board acquires evidence that a person has caused or contributed to the condition requiring remediation, the board shall provide this evidence to the Division for appropriate action. In addition to any other action authorized by statute, the Department may by legal action recover from the person responsible the costs of remediation incurred by the county or district. Any monetary recovery from the person responsible, excluding any money recovered as a penalty, must be distributed and applied in the following order of priority:
(a) To the Department to pay the costs of recovery and to offset the costs of remediation incurred by the Department; and
(b) To the board to offset the costs of remediation incurred by the county or district.
2. Any recovery distributed to the board must be used to reduce the fee or tax or to defray any increase in the fee or tax that would otherwise be charged against the parcels or properties within the district, as determined by the board.
3. As used in this section, "Department" means the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2658; A 1997, 1338)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 540A - Regional Planning and Management › NRS 540A.285 - Determination by board conclusive and incontestable in absence of fraud or gross abuse of discretion; review of determination by district court.

1. A determination by the board pursuant to NRS 540A.250 to 540A.285, inclusive, including a determination of the boundaries of a district for remediation or any expansion thereof, determination of the costs of developing or carrying out a plan for remediation, determination of the apportionment of the fee to recover those costs pursuant to NRS 540A.265, determination of the amount of any fee or tax pursuant to NRS 540A.265, determination as to guidelines for the provision of any reimbursement of the cost of remediation pursuant to NRS 540A.270, determination of the amount of any reimbursements and any determinations made in connection with the issuance of bonds pursuant to NRS 540A.267, is conclusive and incontestable in the absence of fraud or gross abuse of discretion.
2. A property owner or other person who is aggrieved by a determination of the board pursuant to NRS 540A.250 to 540A.285, inclusive, may seek review of the determination in the district court in and for the county within 15 days after the board makes the determination. Such a review may not be sought after the expiration of that period. If, in such an appeal, the court finds that the determination was a result of fraud or gross abuse of discretion, it shall remand the matter to the board for a new determination. If the court does not find the determination was a result of fraud or gross abuse of discretion, it shall uphold the action of the board.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1334)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts › NRS 541.020 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Board" means the board of directors of the district.
2. "Court" means the district court of that judicial district of the State of Nevada wherein the petition for the organization of a water conservancy district must be filed.
3. "Land" or "real estate" means real estate as the words "real estate" are defined by the laws of the State of Nevada, and includes all railroads, highways, roads, streets, street improvements, telephone, telegraph and transmission lines, gas, sewer and water systems, water rights, pipelines and rights-of-way of public service corporations, and all other real property whether held for public or private use.
4. "Property" means real estate and personal property.
5. "Publication," when no manner is specified therefor, means once a week for 3 consecutive weeks in at least one newspaper of general circulation in each county wherein the publication is to be made. It is not necessary that publication be made on the same day of the week in each of the 3 weeks, but not less than 14 days, excluding the day of the first publication, must intervene between the first publication and the last publication, and publication is complete on the date of the last publication.
6. "Public corporation" means counties, cities and counties, towns, cities, school districts, irrigation districts, water districts, and all governmental agencies clothed with the power of levying or providing for the levy of general or special taxes or special assessments.
7. "Section" means a section of this chapter unless some other statute is expressly mentioned.
8. "Subcontracting agency" means a public service, public, private or other corporation, or other entity which contracts with the district for the purchase, transfer or acquisition from it of water, drainage or electric power.
9. "Water conservancy districts" means the districts created under the provisions of this chapter.
10. "Works" means drains, channels, trenches, watercourses and other surface and subsurface conduits to effect drainage, dams, storage reservoirs, compensatory and replacement reservoirs, canals, conduits, pipelines, drains, tunnels, power plants and any and all works, facilities, improvements and property necessary or convenient for the supplying of water for domestic, irrigation, power, milling, manufacturing, mining, metallurgical, and any and all other beneficial uses, and for otherwise accomplishing the purposes of this chapter. The term includes studies of the feasibility and advisability of constructing dams for storage of water in the upstream portions of watersheds.
[2:380:1955]—(NRS A 1959, 373; 1985, 523; 1989, 1401)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts › NRS 541.030 - Legislative declarations.

1. It is declared that to provide for the conservation and development of the water and land resources of the State of Nevada and for the greatest beneficial use of water within this state, the organization of water conservancy districts and the construction of works as herein defined by such districts are a public use and will:
(a) Be essentially for the public benefit and advantage of the people of the State of Nevada;
(b) Indirectly benefit all industries of the state;
(c) Indirectly benefit the State of Nevada in the increase of its taxable property valuation;
(d) Directly benefit residents of the State of Nevada by providing adequate supplies of water for domestic, municipal and industrial use;
(e) Directly benefit lands to be irrigated or drained from works to be constructed;
(f) Directly benefit lands now under irrigation by stabilizing the flow of water in streams and by increasing flow and return flow of water to such streams;
(g) Directly benefit urban use of water or development of water resources by flood control; and
(h) Promote the comfort, safety and welfare of the people of the State of Nevada.
2. It is therefore declared to be the policy of the State of Nevada:
(a) To control, make use of and apply to beneficial use unappropriated waters in this state to a direct and supplemental use of such waters for domestic, manufacturing, irrigation, power and other beneficial uses.
(b) To cooperate with the United States and agencies thereof under the federal reclamation laws or other federal laws now or hereafter enacted and to construct and finance works within or without the State of Nevada as herein defined and to operate and maintain the same.
[3:380:1955]—(NRS A 1963, 765)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts › NRS 541.040 - District courts vested with jurisdiction to establish water conservancy districts; limitation of powers.

The district court sitting in and for any county in this state is hereby vested with jurisdiction, power and authority, when the conditions stated in NRS 541.050 are found to exist, to establish water conservancy districts, which may be entirely within or partly within and partly without the judicial district in which the court is located, for the purposes enumerated in NRS 541.030; but the terms of this chapter shall not be construed to confer upon such district court jurisdiction in proceedings provided for herein to hear, adjudicate and settle questions concerning the priority of appropriation of water between districts organized under this chapter and ditch companies and other owners of ditches drawing water for irrigation purposes from the same stream or its tributaries.
[4:380:1955]—(NRS A 1963, 766)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts › NRS 541.050 - Establishment of district: Requirements; filing of petitions; contents; effect of defects; amendments and corrections.

1. Before any water conservancy district is established under this chapter, a petition must be filed in the office of the clerk of the court vested with jurisdiction, in the county in which all or the greatest part of the lands embraced within the proposed water conservancy district are situated. The petition must be approved by the board of county commissioners of each county in which the district is situated. The petition must be filed by the board of county commissioners for the county in which the petition is filed, who must be designated as petitioners, and must set forth:
(a) The proposed name of the district.
(b) That the property within the proposed district will be benefited by the accomplishment of the purposes enumerated in NRS 541.030.
(c) A general description of the purpose of the contemplated improvement and of the territory to be included in the proposed district. The description need not be given by metes and bounds or by legal subdivisions, but must be sufficient to enable a property owner to ascertain whether his or her property is within the territory proposed to be organized as a district. The territory need not be contiguous, provided it is so situated that the organization of a single district of the territory described is calculated to promote one or more of the purposes enumerated in NRS 541.030.
(d) A general designation of the divisions of the district, any one or more of which may, if so provided in the petition, be constituted of an existing irrigation or other district organized under the laws of the State of Nevada or of an incorporated city or combination of incorporated cities, within the water conservancy district.
(e) The name of the principal subcontracting agency or agencies with which it is proposed the water conservancy district will enter into a contract or contracts.
(f) The number of directors of the proposed district which may, in addition to one director for each division thereof, include as director a representative of the proposed principal subcontracting agency named in the petition, or, if more than one such agency is named in the petition, then one representative of each principal subcontracting agency named therein. If the district includes land within more than one county, each county must have at least one representative on the board of directors.
(g) A prayer for the organization of the district by the name proposed.
2. No petition that has been approved by the required boards of county commissioners may be declared void on account of alleged defects, but the court may at any time permit the petition to be amended to conform to the facts by correcting any errors in the description of the territory, or in any other particular.
[5:380:1955]—(NRS A 1963, 766; 1983, 146; 1987, 1725; 1989, 1402)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts › NRS 541.060 - Filing of bond.

At the time of filing the petition, or at any time after the filing and before the hearing on the petition, a bond, not exceeding in amount the sum of $1,000, in such form and with such surety or sureties as is approved by the court, must be filed for the purpose of insuring the payment of expenses connected with the proceedings in case the organization of the district is not effected. If at any time during the proceeding the court is satisfied that the bond first executed is insufficient in amount, it may require the execution of an additional bond within a time to be fixed, to be not less than 10 days distant, and upon failure of the board of county commissioners that filed the petition to execute the additional bond, the petition must be dismissed.
[6:380:1955]—(NRS A 1989, 1404)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts › NRS 541.070 - Time and place for hearing; jurisdiction of district court; judge not to be disqualified.

1. Immediately after the filing of the petition, the court wherein the petition is filed shall by order fix a place and time, not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days after the petition is filed, for hearing thereon, and thereupon the clerk of the court shall cause notice by publication to be made of the pendency of the petition and of the time and place of hearing thereon. The clerk of the court shall also forthwith cause a copy of the notice to be mailed by United States registered or certified mail to the board of county commissioners of each of the several counties having territory within the proposed district.
2. The district court in and for the county in which the petition for the organization of a water conservancy district has been filed shall thereafter for all purposes of this chapter, except as herein otherwise provided, maintain and have original and exclusive jurisdiction, coextensive with the boundaries of the water conservancy district and of land and other property proposed to be included in the district or affected by the district without regard to the usual limits of its jurisdiction.
3. No judge of such court wherein such petition is filed shall be disqualified to perform any duty imposed by this chapter by reason of ownership of property within any water conservancy district or proposed water conservancy district, or by reason of ownership of any property that may be benefited, taxed or assessed therein.
[7:380:1955]—(NRS A 1969, 95)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts › NRS 541.090 - Findings and decree to be filed with Secretary of State, county recorders and county clerks.

Within 30 days after the district has been declared a corporation by the court, the clerk of the court shall transmit to the Secretary of State and to the county clerk and recorder in each of the counties having lands in the district copies of the findings and the decree of the court incorporating the district. The same shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State in the same manner as articles of incorporation are now required to be filed under the general laws concerning corporations, and copies shall also be filed in the office of the county clerk and recorder of each county in which a part of the district may be, where they shall become permanent records.
[9:380:1955]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts › NRS 541.100 - Board of directors: Appointment; qualifications; terms; filling of vacancies; meetings and reports.

1. Within 60 days after the entry of the decree incorporating the district, the Governor shall appoint a board of directors therefor in accordance with the petition. If the district includes land within more than one county, the representative or representatives of each county must be appointed from a list of two or more nominees submitted by the board of county commissioners of the represented county. No person may be disqualified to act as a director because that person is an officer, employee or stockholder of, or owner of land within, any irrigation or other district constituting a division, or part of a division, or subcontracting agency of the district, nor may any director for that reason be disqualified to vote or act upon any matter involving such irrigation or other district or subcontracting agency.
2. The Governor shall fix the terms of office so that not less than three of the directors first appointed after organization of the district shall serve until the end of the calendar year next succeeding their appointment, and the remaining directors first appointed shall serve until the expiration of 3 years after the end of the calendar year in which they were appointed. All succeeding terms of office must be for 4 years. Upon the expiration of the term of office of any director, the Governor shall, upon the recommendation of the district or incorporated city, or combination of incorporated cities, or subcontracting agency, as the case may be, from which the director was appointed, appoint a successor to the director to hold office for 4 years. If the district includes land within more than one county, the representative or representatives of each county must be appointed from a list of two or more nominees submitted by the board of county commissioners of the represented county.
3. All vacancies in the office of director must be filled in the manner provided in subsection 2. Each director shall hold office during the term for which he or she is appointed and until a successor is appointed and has qualified.
4. An annual meeting of the board of directors must be held on a date to be fixed by the board and, in addition thereto, the board shall hold meetings at least quarterly on dates to be fixed in the bylaws of the district. A report of the business transacted during the preceding year by the district, including a financial report prepared by qualified public accountants, must be filed with the board of county commissioners of each county in which the district is situated on or before the date of the annual meeting.
[10:380:1955]—(NRS A 1959, 376; 1987, 1727; 1989, 1406)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts › NRS 541.110 - Directors: Oath; officers; seal; record of proceedings of board; copy of minutes or audio recordings; compensation.

1. Each director before entering upon his or her official duties shall take and subscribe to an oath, before a person authorized to administer oaths, that he or she will support the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Nevada and will honestly, faithfully and impartially perform the duties of the office.
2. Upon taking oath, the board shall choose one of their number chair of the board and president of the district, and shall elect some suitable person secretary of the board and of the district, who may or may not be a member of the board. The board shall adopt a seal and shall keep audio recordings or transcripts of all meetings and, in a well-bound book, a record of all its proceedings, minutes of all meetings, certificates, contracts, bonds given by employees and all corporate acts, which, except as otherwise provided in NRS 241.035, must be open to inspection of all owners of property in the district, as well as to all other interested persons. A copy of the minutes or audio recordings must be made available to a member of the public upon request at no charge pursuant to NRS 241.035.
3. Each member of the board is entitled to receive as compensation for his or her service such sum as may be ordered by the board, not in excess of the sum of $80 per day and actual traveling expenses for each day spent attending meetings of the board or while engaged in official business under the order of the board.
[11:380:1955]—(NRS A 1973, 786; 1985, 1222; 1999, 922; 2005, 1414; 2013, 332)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts › NRS 541.130 - Duties of secretary; board may employ chief engineer, attorney and other employees.

1. The secretary shall:
(a) Be custodian of the records of the district and of its corporate seal.
(b) Assist the board in such particulars as it may direct in the performance of its duties.
(c) Attest, under the corporate seal of the district, all certified copies of the official records and files of the district that may be required of the Secretary by this chapter, or by any person ordering the same and paying the reasonable cost of transcription, and any portion of the record so certified and attested shall prima facie import verity.
(d) Serve also as treasurer of the district unless a treasurer is otherwise provided for by the board.
2. The board may also employ a chief engineer, who may be an individual, copartnership or corporation; an attorney; and such other engineers, attorneys and other agents and assistants as may be needful; and may provide for their compensation, which, with all other necessary expenditures, shall be taken as a part of the cost or maintenance of the improvement. The chief engineer shall be superintendent of all works and improvements, and shall make a full report to the board each year, or oftener if required by the board, and may make such suggestions and recommendations to the board as the chief engineer may deem proper.
3. The secretary and treasurer and such other agents or employees of the district as the board of directors may direct shall furnish surety bonds, at the expense of the district, in amount and form fixed and approved by the court in accordance with the provisions of chapter 282 of NRS.
[13:380:1955]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts › NRS 541.145 - Powers of board concerning irrigation, flood control, drainage, safety and health projects.

The board shall have the following powers concerning the management, control, operation and use of any irrigation, flood control, drainage, safety or health project:
1. To make and enforce all reasonable rules and regulations for the management, control, operation and use of any such project.
2. To restrict or suspend the right of any person or corporation to benefit from any such project if such person or corporation has violated any rule or regulation prescribed by the board as provided in subsection 1.
3. To withhold service upon or maintenance of any such project upon which there are any defaults or delinquencies of payments.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 765)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts › NRS 541.150 - Subdistricts: Organization; proceedings; board’s consent to furnish water; decree of organization; powers and duties of board of directors.

1. Subdistricts may be organized upon the petition of the owners of real property within, or partly within and partly without, the district, which petition must be in substantially the same form and must fulfill the same requirements concerning the subdistricts as the petition outlined in NRS 541.050 is required to fulfill concerning the organization of the main district. The petition must also contain a statement of the minimum quantity of water which the subdistrict proposes to acquire from the district for perpetual use and the court shall, before the entry of its decree organizing a subdistrict, require that the petitioners attach to the petition written evidence of the consent of the board of directors of the water conservancy district to furnish to the subdistrict the perpetual use of water for the purpose specified in the petition.
2. Petitions for the organization of subdistricts must be filed with the clerk of the court and must be accompanied by a bond as provided for in NRS 541.060. The procedure for the organization of subdistricts is the same as for the organization of districts.
3. A subdistrict is a separate entity within the district and has authority to contract with the district for the furnishing of water and for other purposes.
4. Within 60 days after the entry of the decree incorporating a subdistrict, the Governor shall appoint a board of directors of the subdistrict consisting of persons who are owners of real property in the subdistrict, and who may be directors of the district. The provisions of NRS 541.100 are applicable to subdistricts. The board of directors of a subdistrict has all of the powers, rights and privileges granted to a district board under the provisions of this chapter, including specifically, but not limited to, the right of the subdistrict board to levy and collect taxes and assessments referred to in NRS 541.140, 541.160 and 541.240 to carry out its separate purposes. Such taxes and assessments may be levied and collected by the subdistrict notwithstanding the fact that taxes and assessments are being levied and collected by the district in which the subdistrict lies, to carry out the purposes of the district, but the only purpose for which a subdistrict may levy and collect taxes pursuant to NRS 541.160 is to pay the expense of its organization and administration, to pay the cost of construction, operating and maintaining the works of the subdistrict, and for surveys and plans, and for legal services to protect the rights of the subdistrict, and such taxes must not exceed 10 cents on $100 assessed valuation of the property within the subdistrict.
[15:380:1955]—(NRS A 1959, 380; 1963, 771; 1969, 868; 1989, 1407)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts › NRS 541.160 - Board may levy and collect taxes and special assessments; classification of methods.

In addition to the other means of providing revenue for such districts as provided in this chapter, the board may levy and collect taxes and special assessments for maintaining and operating those works and paying the obligations and indebtedness of the district by any one or more of the methods or combinations thereof, classified as follows:
1. Class A. To levy and collect taxes upon all property within the district as provided in this chapter.
2. Class B. To levy and collect assessments for special benefits accruing to property within municipalities for which use of water is allotted as provided in this chapter.
3. Class C. To levy and collect assessments for special benefits accruing to lands within irrigation districts for which use of water is allotted as provided in this chapter.
4. Class D. To levy and collect assessments for special benefits accruing to lands for which use of water is allotted as provided in this chapter.
5. Class E. To levy and collect assessments for special benefits accruing to lands from irrigation, flood control, drainage, safety and health resulting or to result from projects undertaken by the district.
[16:380:1955]—(NRS A 1963, 772; 1979, 555; 1987, 538; 1989, 1931; 1997, 1199)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts › NRS 541.170 - Board to fix rate of levy under class A; maximum rate; certification to county commissioners.

To levy and collect taxes under class A as herein provided, the board shall in each year determine the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation, taking into consideration other sources of revenue of the district, and shall fix a rate of levy which, when levied upon every $100 of assessed valuation of property within the district, and with other revenues, will raise the amount required by the district to supply funds for paying expenses of organization, for surveys and plans, paying the cost of construction, operating and maintaining the works of the district; but the rate shall not exceed 5 cents on $100, prior to the commencement of construction of the works, and thereafter shall not exceed 10 cents on $100, of assessed valuation of the property within the district. The board shall, between March 1 and March 15 of each year, certify to the board of county commissioners of each county within the district or having a portion of its territory within the district the rate so fixed with directions that at the time and in the manner required by law for levying of taxes for county purposes such board of county commissioners shall levy such tax upon the assessed valuation of all property within the district, in addition to such other taxes as may be levied by such board of county commissioners at the rate so fixed and determined.
[17:380:1955]—(NRS A 1959, 381)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts › NRS 541.205 - Board may undertake irrigation, flood control, drainage, safety and health projects; levy and collection of special assessments under class E.

1. To levy and collect special assessments upon lands under class E as herein provided, the board shall examine the land in the district and determine the benefits which will accrue to each parcel of land from the construction or purchase of the works proposed for the district. The cost of such works shall be apportioned or distributed over such parcels of land in proportion to such benefits.
2. Any county, municipality, irrigation district, person or corporation which desires a board to undertake any irrigation, flood control, drainage, safety or health project may file a petition requesting the accomplishment of any such project with the board of the district in which such project is desired to be accomplished.
3. Every such petition shall be issued pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the county or municipality which desires the accomplishment of the project, or, if the petitioner is other than a county or municipality, by the county or municipality in which the petitioner resides, and shall set forth:
(a) The name of the petitioner.
(b) The nature of the project desired to be accomplished.
(c) The estimated cost and extent of such project.
4. The secretary of the board shall cause notice of the filing of the petition to be published, which notice shall state the filing of such petition and give notice to all persons interested to appear at the office of the board at a time named in the notice and, in writing, show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted. The board, at the time and place mentioned in the notice, or at such time or times to which the hearing may be adjourned, shall hear the petition and objections thereto. The failure of any person to show cause in writing why the petition should not be granted shall be deemed an assent on his or her part to the granting of the petition. The board may, in its discretion, accept or reject the petition, but if it finds that it will be in the best interest of the district that the petition be granted, it shall enter an order to that effect granting the petition and fixing annual special assessments on the land within the district apportioned as provided in subsection 1.
5. If the petition is granted, the board shall cause a certified copy of the order granting the petition to be recorded in the county in which the lands are located, and thereafter the annual special assessments shall be a perpetual lien upon such lands. The board shall, between March 1 and March 15 of each year, certify to the county assessor of the county within the district in which such lands are located the amount of the annual special assessments, plus a fair proportionate amount of the estimated operating and maintenance charges apportioned to the lands for the next succeeding year, and the county assessor shall extend the amount so certified on the tax roll as a flat special assessment against such lands.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 764)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts › NRS 541.207 - Board or subcontracting agency not required to furnish water for artificially created lake or stream if restricted or prohibited by ordinances; exceptions.

In any county whose population is 700,000 or more:
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, nothing in this chapter requires the board or a subcontracting agency to furnish water for the purpose of filling or maintaining an artificially created lake or stream where that use of water is prohibited or restricted by ordinance of:
(a) The county, if the lake or stream is located within the unincorporated areas of the county; or
(b) A city, if the lake or stream is located within the boundaries of the city.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 and of any ordinance referred to in subsection 1 do not apply to:
(a) Water stored in an artificially created reservoir for use in flood control, in meeting peak water demands or for purposes relating to the treatment of sewage;
(b) Water used in a mining reclamation project; or
(c) A body of water located in a recreational facility that is open to the public and owned or operated by the United States or the State of Nevada.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1445; A 2011, 1295)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts › NRS 541.210 - Board may levy additional assessments to pay deficiencies.

The board, in making the annual assessments and levies as herein provided, shall take into account the maturing indebtedness for the ensuing year as provided in its contracts and deficiencies and defaults of prior years, and shall make ample provision for the payment thereof. In case the proceeds of such levies and assessments made under the provisions of this chapter, together with other revenues of the district, are not sufficient to pay punctually the annual installments on its contracts, and interest thereon, and to pay defaults and deficiencies, then the board shall make such additional levies of assessments against property to which water has been allotted as may be necessary for such purposes, and, notwithstanding any limitations by contract, order, or otherwise, such assessments shall be made and continue until the indebtedness of the district shall be fully paid.
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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts › NRS 541.230 - Officials charged with duty to collect taxes; taxes levied create equal lien.

The officer or body having authority to levy taxes within each county, city and county, or town shall levy the taxes and special assessments as provided in this chapter, and all county, or city and county, officials, charged with the duty of collecting taxes, shall collect such taxes and special assessment in the time, form and manner and with like interest and penalties as county or city and county taxes are collected and when collected shall pay the same to the district ordering its levy and collection; and the payment of such collections shall be made through the secretary of the district and paid into the depository thereof to the credit of the district. All taxes and assessments made under this chapter, together with all interest thereon and penalties for default in payment thereof, and all costs in collecting the same, shall, until paid, constitute a perpetual lien on a parity with the tax lien of general, state, county, city, town or school taxes and no sale of such property to enforce any general, state, county, city, town or school tax or other liens shall extinguish the perpetual lien of such taxes and assessments.
[23:380:1955]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts › NRS 541.240 - Sale of real property for unpaid taxes and assessments.

If the taxes and assessments levied are not paid as provided in NRS 541.230, then the real property, if not redeemed within the time allowed by law, must be sold and conveyed for the payment of taxes, assessments, interest and penalties in the manner provided in NRS 361.5648 to 361.730, inclusive, for the sale of real property after default in payment of general taxes.
[24:380:1955]—(NRS A 2005, 518; 2019, 755)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts › NRS 541.250 - Property exempt from assessments.

All property of whatever kind and nature owned by the State and by towns, cities, school districts, drainage districts, irrigation districts, water districts, or any other governmental agency or agencies within the district, shall be exempt from assessment and levy by the board as provided by this chapter for the purposes herein contained.
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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts › NRS 541.260 - Board may dispose of water under contracts.

The board may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the use of water to persons, public or private corporations, mutual ditch companies and water users’ associations as shall be provided by term contracts, or by contracts for the perpetual use of such water, authorized and entered into by the board of directors; and the board may require that security be given to secure the payments to be made under such contract or contracts. In contracts with public corporations, the security required may be supplied by including appropriate provisions for the levying by such corporations of special assessments to meet annual payments to the district.
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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts › NRS 541.270 - Liens to secure payment of annual installments.

To meet the annual installments as provided in contracts for the use of water:
1. A water users’ association may bind itself to levy an annual assessment on the use of water and to secure the same by liens on land and water rights or in such manner as may be provided by law.
2. A mutual ditch or irrigation company may bind itself by mortgage upon its irrigation works and system and levy annual assessments upon its stockholders.
3. Any person or corporation landowner may create a mortgage lien upon lands or give other security satisfactory to the board; and all such contracts shall provide for forfeiture of the use of water for nonpayment of assessments or installments.
[27:380:1955]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 541 - Water Conservancy Districts › NRS 541.280 - Board may create sinking fund.

Whenever a contract of indebtedness has been created by the district, it shall be lawful for the board to make the annual levy of taxes and special assessments in such amount as will create a surplus of funds to meet the annual installments of indebtedness and interest and the necessary maintenance and operating charges, and the board shall cause such surplus funds to be placed in a sinking fund which may be used for the payments of contingencies, defaults and delinquencies, and to pay the future annual installments of indebtedness on contracts and interest.
[28:380:1955]