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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.190 - General duties.

1. The mayor shall exercise a careful supervision over the general affairs of the city.
2. In exercising the duty of supervision pursuant to subsection 1, the mayor shall:
(a) From time to time, give the city council information in writing relative to the state of the city, and recommend such measures as the mayor may deem beneficial to the city.
(b) See that all the general laws and ordinances of the city are observed and enforced.
(c) Take all proper measures for the preservation of public peace and order, and the suppression of riots, tumults and all forms of public disturbances, for which purpose the mayor may, if the city is not participating in a metropolitan police department, appoint extra police officers temporarily and use and command the police force. If the city is participating in a metropolitan police department, the mayor may request law enforcement assistance from the sheriff. In either case, if local law enforcement forces are inadequate, the mayor shall call upon the Governor for military aid in the manner provided by law.
(d) Sign all licenses and warrants and claims against the city.
(e) See that all contracts are fully kept and faithfully performed, and, to that end and in any such case where necessary or proper to protect the interests of the city, shall cause legal proceedings to be instituted or defended at the expense of the city.
(f) Perform such other duties as the city council shall prescribe by ordinance.
[Part 18:125:1907; RL § 784; NCL § 1117]—(NRS A 1973, 925; 2001, 627)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.200 - Mayor is presiding officer of city council; vote; veto; approval of contracts, resolutions and ordinances.

1. The mayor:
(a) Shall preside over the city council when in session, and shall preserve order and decorum among the members and enforce the rules of the city council and determine the order of business, subject to those rules and appeal to the city council, or as provided by ordinance.
(b) Is not entitled to a vote except in case of a tie, when the mayor has a casting vote, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
2. The mayor may exercise the right of veto upon all matters passed by the city council. To pass any matter receiving the mayor’s veto requires a five-sevenths vote of a city council composed of seven members, a four-fifths vote of a city council composed of five members, and a unanimous vote of a city council composed of three members.
3. No resolution or contract requiring the payment of money nor any ordinance may go into force or have any effect until approved in writing by the mayor, unless passed over the mayor’s veto. If the mayor does not approve the resolution, contract or ordinance so submitted, the mayor shall, within 5 days after the receipt thereof, return it to the city clerk with his or her reasons in writing for not approving it. If the mayor does not so return it, the resolution or contract thereupon goes into effect and the ordinance becomes a law, in like manner and with the same effect as if it had been approved by the mayor.
[Part 18:125:1907; RL § 784; NCL § 1117]—(NRS A 1993, 54; 2001, 628)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.215 - Qualifications of city council members.

Council members must be:
1. Qualified electors within their respective cities and bona fide residents thereof for a period of at least 1 year next preceding their election.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 266.220, qualified electors within their respective wards.
[Part 16:125:1907; RL § 782; NCL § 1115]—(NRS A 1977, 201; 1995, 2064)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.220 - Election and number of council members.

1. If a city of population category one is:
(a) Divided into wards, the city council must be composed of five or seven council members with one council member from each ward who is elected only by the electors who reside in that ward and one council member who is elected by the city at large.
(b) Not divided into wards, five or seven council members must be elected by the voters of the city at large.
2. If a city of population category two or three is:
(a) Divided into wards, the city council must be composed of three or five council members with one council member from each ward who is elected only by the electors who reside in that ward.
(b) Not divided into wards, the three or five council members must be elected by the voters of the city at large.
[Part 15:125:1907; RL § 781; NCL § 1114] + [Part 17:125:1907; RL § 783; NCL § 1116]—(NRS A 1963, 43, 141; 1969, 1089; 1993, 54; 1995, 2064; 2001, 628)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.225 - Vacancy in office of council member filled by mayor and council; exception.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.325, any vacancy occurring in the office of council member by death, resignation, removal or otherwise must be filled by the mayor and city council at the first regular meeting after the vacancy, when the council and the mayor, who has the same voting power thereon as a council member, shall by a majority vote elect some person possessing the requisite qualifications, who shall hold the office until the election and qualification of a successor at the next general city election.
[19:125:1907; RL § 785; NCL § 1119]—(NRS A 1997, 2448)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.230 - Limitation on council member’s appointment to office created or which had salary increased while he or she was member of council.

No member of any city council shall, during the term for which the council member was elected and for 1 year after the expiration of such term, hold or be appointed to any office which shall have been created, or the salary or emoluments of which shall have been increased, while he or she was such member.
[50:125:1907; RL § 816; NCL § 1151]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.235 - Quorum.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 241.0355, a majority of all members of the city council constitutes a quorum to do business, but fewer members may meet and adjourn from time to time and may compel the attendance of absentees under such penalties as may be prescribed by ordinance.
[20:125:1907; RL § 786; NCL § 1120]—(NRS A 2001, 629, 1125; 2003, 14)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.240 - Rules; punishment or expulsion of members.

The city council shall determine its own rules of procedure, may punish its members for disorderly conduct, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds of the members of the city council, may expel a member for cause.
[Part 21:125:1907; RL § 787; NCL § 1121]—(NRS A 2001, 629)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.245 - Meetings: Frequency, time and place of holding; compliance with Open Meeting Law.

1. The city council shall prescribe by ordinance the time and place of holding its meetings, but at least one meeting must be held each month.
2. All meetings of a city council must be conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 241 of NRS.
[22:125:1907; RL § 788; NCL § 1122] + [24:125:1907; RL § 790; NCL § 1124]—(NRS A 2001, 629)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.250 - Meetings to be public; minutes; audio recordings or transcripts; required recorded votes; affirmative vote of majority of all members required to pass ordinances and certain propositions.

1. The deliberations, sessions and proceedings of the city council must be public.
2. The city council shall keep written minutes and audio recordings or transcripts of its own proceedings as required pursuant to NRS 241.035. The yeas and nays must be taken upon the passage of all ordinances, and all propositions to create any liability against the city, or to grant, deny, increase, decrease, abolish or revoke licenses, and in all other cases at the request of any member of the city council or of the mayor, which yeas and nays must be entered in the minutes of its proceedings. 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. The affirmative vote of a majority of all the members elected to the city council is necessary to pass any such ordinance or proposition.
[23:125:1907; RL § 789; NCL § 1123]—(NRS A 2001, 629, 1125; 2003, 14; 2005, 1408; 2013, 327)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.255 - Deferment of final action on committee’s report.

At the request of any two members of the city council in cities with councils composed of five or seven members, or at the request of one member in cities with councils composed of three members, final action on any report of a committee of the city council must be deferred to the next regular meeting of the city council after the report is made.
[25:125:1907; RL § 791; NCL § 1125]—(NRS A 1993, 54; 2001, 630)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.260 - Manner and details for exercise of powers of city council may be provided by ordinance.

When power is conferred upon the city council to do and perform any act or thing, and the manner of exercising the same is not specifically pointed out, the city council may provide by ordinance the manner and details necessary for the full exercise of such power.
[29:125:1907; RL § 795; NCL § 1130]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.261 - Public works: General powers of city council.

1. The city council, on behalf of the city and in its name, without any election, may acquire, improve, equip, operate and maintain, convert to or authorize:
(a) Curb and gutter projects;
(b) Drainage projects;
(c) Off-street parking projects;
(d) Overpass projects;
(e) Park projects;
(f) Sanitary sewer projects;
(g) Sidewalk projects;
(h) Storm sewer projects;
(i) Street projects;
(j) Underpass projects;
(k) Water projects; and
(l) Underground electric and communication facilities.
2. The city council, on behalf of the city, for the purpose of defraying all the costs of acquiring, improving or converting to any project authorized by subsection 1, or any portion of the cost thereof not to be defrayed with money otherwise available therefor, is vested with the powers granted to municipalities by chapters 271 and 704A of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 377; A 1985, 260; 2001, 2075)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.263 - Public works: City’s powers subordinate to powers of regional planning agency.

In any region of this state for which there has been created by interstate compact a regional planning agency, the powers of a city incorporated under this chapter for the location and construction of all public works are subordinate to the powers of such regional planning agency.
(Added to NRS by 1968, 13; R 2011, 3740; A 2013, 2366, 2367, 3838)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.265 - City’s property: General powers of city council; exceptions.

1. The city council may:
(a) Control the property of the city.
(b) Erect and maintain all buildings, structures and other improvements for the use of the city.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.059, 268.061 and 268.062, purchase, receive, hold, sell, lease, convey and dispose of property, real and personal, for the benefit of the city, both within and without the city boundaries, improve and protect such property, and do all other things in relation thereto which natural persons might do.
2. Except as otherwise provided by law, the city council may not mortgage, hypothecate or pledge any property of the city for any purpose.
[Part 28:125:1907; RL § 794; NCL § 1128]—(NRS A 1971, 299; 2001, 630; 2005, 1462, 2680)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.267 - Requirements for sale or lease of real property owned by city.

1. A city council shall not enter into a lease of real property owned by the city for a term of 3 years or longer or enter into a contract for the sale of real property until after the property has been appraised pursuant to NRS 268.059. Except as otherwise provided in this section, paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 268.050 and subsection 3 of NRS 496.080:
(a) The sale or lease of real property must be made in the manner required pursuant to NRS 268.059, 268.061 and 268.062; and
(b) A lease or sale must be made at or above the appraised value of the real property or average of the appraised value if two or more appraisals were obtained as determined pursuant to the appraisal or appraisals, as applicable, conducted pursuant to NRS 268.059.
2. The city council may sell or lease real property for less than its appraised value or average of the appraised value, as applicable, to any person who maintains or intends to maintain a business within the boundaries of the city which is eligible pursuant to NRS 374.357 for an abatement from the sales and use taxes imposed pursuant to chapter 374 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2203; A 2005, 1462, 2680; 2007, 566, 2008; 2019, 1036)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.270 - Condemnation of property for public uses.

The city council may condemn property for public uses in the manner prescribed by chapter 37 of NRS.
[Part 28:125:1907; RL § 794; NCL § 1128]—(NRS A 1971, 299; 1985, 261)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.275 - Streets, sidewalks, parks and public grounds.

The city council may:
1. Lay out, maintain, alter, improve or vacate all public rights-of-way in the city.
2. Regulate the use of public parks, buildings, grounds and rights-of-way and prevent the unlawful use thereof.
3. Require landowners to keep the adjacent streets, sidewalks and public parks, buildings and grounds free from encroachments or obstructions.
4. Regulate and prevent in all public places:
(a) The distribution and exhibition of handbills, or signs.
(b) Any practice tending to annoy persons passing in such public places.
(c) Public demonstrations and processions.
5. Prevent riots or any act tending to promote riots in any public place.
[Part 28:125:1907; RL § 794; NCL § 1128]—(NRS A 1971, 299)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.277 - Traffic and parking.

The city council may, by ordinance, regulate:
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 707.375, all vehicular, pedestrian and other traffic within the city and provide generally for the public safety on public streets, publicly owned parking lots, parking areas to which the public is invited and public rights-of-way.
2. The length of time for which vehicles may be parked upon the public streets and publicly owned parking lots.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 296; A 1973, 470; 2003, 1251)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.280 - Parking meters; off-street facilities for public parking.

1. The city council may acquire, install, maintain, operate and regulate parking meters at the curbs of the city streets or upon publicly owned property made available for public parking. The parking fees to be charged for the use of the parking facilities regulated by parking meters must be fixed by the city council.
2. The city council may acquire property within the city, by any lawful means except by eminent domain, for the purpose of establishing off-street public parking facilities for vehicles. The council may, after an election is held in conformity with the provisions of chapter 350 of NRS concerning municipal bond elections, and a majority of the electors voting on the bond question is in favor of the issuance of the bonds, issue revenue bonds for the purpose of acquiring such property and erecting such improvements thereon as may be proper. The city council may, in such bonds, pledge on-street parking revenues, the general credit of the city, or both, to secure the payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon.
[28 3/4:125:1907; added 1955, 196]—(NRS A 1971, 104, 301; 1985, 261)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.285 - Provision of utilities.

The city council may:
1. Provide, by contract, franchise or public enterprise, for any utility to be furnished to the city for the residents thereof.
2. Provide for the construction of any facility necessary for the provision of the utility.
3. Fix the rate to be paid for any utility provided by public enterprise. Any charges due for services, facilities or commodities furnished by any utility owned by the city is a lien upon the property to which the service is rendered and must be perfected by recording with the county recorder a statement by the city clerk of the amount due and unpaid and describing the property subject to the lien. Each such lien:
(a) Is coequal with the latest lien thereon to secure the payment of general taxes.
(b) Is not subject to extinguishment by the sale of any property because of the nonpayment of general taxes.
(c) Is prior and superior to all liens, claims, encumbrances and titles other than the liens of assessments and general taxes.
[Part 28:125:1907; RL § 794; NCL § 1128]—(NRS A 1971, 301; 2001, 1756, 2076; 2003, 152)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.290 - Acquisition or establishment of municipal utility: Procedure.

1. The city council may acquire or establish any public utility in the manner provided in this section.
2. The council shall enact an ordinance which must set forth fully and in detail:
(a) The public utility proposed to be acquired or established.
(b) The estimated cost thereof, as shown by the report approved by the council and mayor, of an engineer or body theretofore appointed by the council for that purpose.
(c) The proposed manner and terms of payment.
3. The ordinance must be published in full at least once a week for 4 successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city.
4. At the first regular meeting of the council, or any adjournment thereof, after the completion of the publication, the council may proceed to enact an ordinance for that purpose which must conform in all respects to the terms and conditions of the previously published ordinance, unless a petition is presented to it, signed by not less than 15 percent of the qualified electors of the city, as shown by the last preceding registration list, and representing not less than 10 percent of the taxable property of the city as shown by the last preceding tax list or assessment roll, praying for placement on the ballot at a special election or at the next primary or general municipal election or primary or general state election of the question of whether the proposed ordinance is to be passed. Thereupon, no such proposed ordinance may be enacted or become effective for any purpose whatsoever, unless at a special election called and held for the purpose or the next primary or general municipal election or primary or general state election, a majority of the votes cast are for the ordinance.
[Part 28:125:1907; RL § 794; NCL § 1128]—(NRS A 1971, 302; 1981, 952; 1993, 1039; 2001, 2076)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.293 - Provision of services by municipal utility to real property not to be conditioned upon annexation of property.

If real property is located within the service area of a public utility acquired or established by a city council pursuant to NRS 266.290, the provision of services by the public utility to the property may not be conditioned upon the property owner agreeing to annexation of the real property to the city.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 3662)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.295 - Railroads and railways.

The city council may:
1. License, regulate or prohibit the location, construction or laying of tracks of any railroad in any public right-of-way.
2. Grant franchises to any person or corporation to operate a railroad upon public rights-of-way and adjacent property.
3. Declare a nuisance and take up and remove, or cause to be taken up and removed, the tracks of any railway which have been laid upon, in, along, through or across any of the streets, alleys, avenues or public places of the city and which have not been operated with cars for public use for 1 year after the laying thereof.
4. Subject to the provisions of NRS 704.300, condemn rights-of-way for any public purpose across any railroad right-of-way.
5. Prescribe the length of time any public right-of-way may be obstructed by trains standing thereon.
6. Require railroad companies to fence their tracks and to construct cattle guards and crossings and to keep them in repair.
7. Require railroad companies to provide protection against injury to persons or property.
8. Compel railroad companies to raise or lower their tracks to conform to any grade established by the city, so that tracks may be crossed at any place on any street, alley or avenue.
9. Compel railroad companies to provide that drainage from property adjacent to their tracks not be impaired.
[Part 28:125:1907; RL § 794; NCL § 1128]—(NRS A 1971, 302; 1985, 1241)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.300 - Franchises for certain public purposes.

1. The city council shall have the power:
(a) To grant franchises to persons or corporations to lay, maintain and operate in, upon, along, through or across any street, alley, avenue or any part or parts thereof of the city or other public places therein, railroad tracks and connecting and terminal tracks.
(b) To contract with, authorize or grant any person, company or association a franchise to construct, maintain and operate gas, electric or other lighting works in the city, and to give such person, company or association the privilege of furnishing light for the public buildings, streets, sidewalks and alleys of the city.
2. The city council shall grant no franchise for a longer period of time than 50 years, and no franchise for any purpose shall be granted within any city incorporated under the provisions of this chapter except as herein provided. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to impair any franchises granted in any city prior to its incorporation hereunder.
[Part 28:125:1907; RL § 794; NCL § 1128]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.310 - Fire department; arson investigators; storage of hazardous material; fire code.

The city council may:
1. Organize, regulate and maintain a fire department.
2. Prescribe the duties of the fire chief.
3. Designate arson investigators as peace officers.
4. Regulate or prohibit the storage of any explosive, combustible or inflammable material in or transported through the city, and prescribe the distance from any residential or commercial area where it may be kept. Any ordinance adopted pursuant to this subsection that regulates places of employment where explosives are stored must be at least as stringent as the standards and procedures adopted by the Division of Industrial Relations of the Department of Business and Industry pursuant to NRS 618.890.
5. Establish, by ordinance, a fire code and other regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
[Part 28:125:1907; RL § 794; NCL § 1128]—(NRS A 1971, 303; 1985, 261; 1999, 1858)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.321 - Police ordinances: Enactment and enforcement; penalty for violation of state law.

1. The city council may enact and enforce such local police ordinances as are not in conflict with the general laws of the State of Nevada.
2. Any offense made a misdemeanor by the laws of the State of Nevada shall also be deemed to be a misdemeanor in the city whenever such offense is committed within the city.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 296)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.325 - Control of animals and poultry; collection of fee; limitation.

1. The city council may:
(a) Fix, impose and collect an annual license fee on all animals and provide for the capture and disposal of all animals on which the license fee is not paid.
(b) Regulate or prohibit the running at large and disposal of all kinds of animals and poultry.
(c) Establish a pound, appoint a poundkeeper and prescribe the poundkeeper’s duties.
(d) Prohibit cruelty to animals.
2. The provisions of this section apply only to the extent that they do not conflict with the provisions of chapter 574A of NRS.
[Part 28:125:1907; RL § 794; NCL § 1128]—(NRS A 1971, 304; 2021, 1735)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.330 - Public health.

The city council may:
1. Provide for safeguarding public health in the city.
2. Create a board of health and prescribe the powers and duties of such board.
3. Provide for the enforcement of all regulations and quarantines established by the board of health by imposing adequate penalties for violations thereof.
[Part 28:125:1907; RL § 794; NCL § 1128] + [28 1/2:125:1907; added 1921, 85; NCL § 1129]—(NRS A 1971, 305)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.335 - Nuisances: Abatement, prevention and removal; costs as lien.

The city council may:
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4 of NRS 40.140 and subsections 6, 7, 9 and 10 of NRS 202.450, determine by ordinance what shall be deemed nuisances.
2. Provide for the abatement, prevention and removal of the nuisances at the expense of the person creating, causing or committing the nuisances.
3. Provide that the expense of removal is a lien upon the property upon which the nuisance is located. The lien must:
(a) Be perfected by recording with the county recorder a statement by the city clerk of the amount of expenses due and unpaid and describing the property subject to the lien.
(b) Be coequal with the latest lien thereon to secure the payment of general taxes.
(c) Not be subject to extinguishment by the sale of any property because of the nonpayment of general taxes.
(d) Be prior and superior to all liens, claims, encumbrances and titles other than the liens of assessments and general taxes.
4. Provide any other penalty or punishment of persons responsible for the nuisances.
[Part 28:125:1907; RL § 794; NCL § 1128] + [100 1/2:125:1907; added 1945, 289; 1943 NCL § 1201.01]—(NRS A 1971, 306; 1997, 953; 2001, 1756; 2007, 3133; 2017, 287; 2019, 2580; 2021, 1492)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.342 - "Trunk line" defined.

As used in NRS 266.342 to 266.348, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, "trunk line" means a line which provides a channel between a switchboard owned by a customer of a telephone company and the local exchange of the telephone company.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 495)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.344 - Imposition in certain cities; master plan required; amount; collection; penalties for delinquent payment.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the city council of a city of population category two or three in a county whose population is 700,000 or more may, by ordinance, impose a surcharge on each access line or trunk line of each customer to the local exchange of any telephone company providing those lines in the city, for the enhancement of the telephone system for reporting an emergency in the city.
2. A city council may not impose a surcharge pursuant to this section unless the city council first adopts a 5-year master plan for the enhancement of the telephone system for reporting emergencies in the city. The master plan must include an estimate of the cost of the enhancement of the telephone system and all proposed sources of money for funding the enhancement.
3. The surcharge imposed by a city council pursuant to this section:
(a) For each access line to the local exchange of a telephone company, must not exceed 25 cents each month; and
(b) For each trunk line to the local exchange of a telephone company, must equal 10 times the amount of the surcharge imposed for each access line to the local exchange of a telephone company pursuant to paragraph (a).
4. A telephone company which provides access lines or trunk lines in a city that imposes a surcharge pursuant to this section shall collect the surcharge from its customers each month. The telephone company shall remit the surcharge it collects to the treasurer of the city in which the surcharge is imposed not later than the 15th day of the month after the month it receives payment of the surcharge from its customers.
5. An ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 may include a schedule of penalties for the delinquent payment of amounts due from telephone companies pursuant to this section. Such a schedule:
(a) Must provide for a grace period of not less than 90 days after the date on which the telephone company must otherwise remit the surcharge to the city treasurer; and
(b) Must not provide for a penalty that exceeds 5 percent of the cumulative amount of surcharges owed by a telephone company.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 495; A 2011, 1155)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.346 - Establishment of advisory committee to develop plan to enhance telephone system for reporting emergency; creation of special revenue fund; use of money in fund.

If a city council imposes a surcharge pursuant to NRS 266.344, the city council shall:
1. Establish by ordinance an advisory committee to develop a plan, consistent with the master plan adopted by the city council pursuant to NRS 266.344, to enhance the telephone system for reporting an emergency in the city and to oversee any money allocated for that purpose. The advisory committee must consist of not less than five members who:
(a) Are residents of the city;
(b) Possess knowledge concerning telephone systems for reporting emergencies; and
(c) Are not elected public officers.
At least one member of an advisory committee established pursuant to this section must be a representative of an incumbent local exchange carrier that provides service to persons in that city. As used in this subsection, "incumbent local exchange carrier" has the meaning ascribed to it in 47 U.S.C. § 251(h)(1), as that section existed on October 1, 1999, and includes a local exchange carrier that is treated as an incumbent local exchange carrier pursuant to that section.
2. Create a special revenue fund of the city for the deposit of the money collected pursuant to NRS 266.344. The money in the fund must be used only to enhance the telephone system for reporting an emergency so that the number and address from which a call received by the system is made may be determined, including only:
(a) Paying recurring and nonrecurring charges for telecommunication services necessary for the operation of the enhanced telephone system;
(b) Paying costs for the personnel and training associated with the routine maintenance and updating of the database for the enhanced telephone system;
(c) Purchasing, leasing or renting the equipment and software necessary to operate the enhanced telephone system; and
(d) Paying costs associated with any maintenance, upgrade and replacement of equipment and software necessary for the operation of the enhanced telephone system.
3. If the balance in a fund created pursuant to subsection 2 that has not been committed for expenditure exceeds $500,000 at the end of any fiscal year, reduce the amount of the surcharge imposed during the next fiscal year by the amount necessary to ensure that the unencumbered balance in the fund at the end of the next fiscal year does not exceed $500,000.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 496)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.355 - Power of city council to regulate and license.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3, 4 and 5, the city council may:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.0881 to 268.0888, inclusive, 598D.150 and 640C.100, regulate all businesses, trades and professions.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 576.128, fix, impose and collect a license tax for revenue upon all businesses, trades and professions.
2. The city council may establish any equitable standard to be used in fixing license taxes required to be collected pursuant to this section.
3. The city council may license insurance analysts, adjusters and managing general agents and producers of insurance within the limitations and under the conditions prescribed in NRS 680B.020.
4. A city council shall not require that a person who is licensed as a contractor pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS obtain more than one license to engage in the business of contracting or pay more than one license tax related to engaging in the business of contracting, regardless of the number of classifications or subclassifications of licensing for which the person is licensed pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS.
5. The city council shall not require a person to obtain a license or pay a license tax on the sole basis that the person is a professional. As used in this subsection, "professional" means a person who:
(a) Holds a license, certificate, registration, permit or similar type of authorization issued by a regulatory body as defined in NRS 622.060, or who is regulated pursuant to the Nevada Supreme Court Rules; and
(b) Practices his or her profession for any type of compensation as an employee.
[Part 28:125:1907; RL § 794; NCL § 1128]—(NRS A 1961, 47; 1963, 402; 1971, 307, 1958; 1997, 3168; 2003, 2895; 2005, 731, 1136, 2337; 2017, 2404)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.358 - Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for license, permit or certificate; grounds for denial of license, permit or certificate; duty of city council. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

1. If a city council requires a person to obtain a license, permit or certificate to practice a profession or occupation pursuant to NRS 266.355 or 268.0887, an applicant for the issuance or renewal of such a license, certificate or permit shall submit to the city council the statement prescribed by the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 425.520. The statement must be completed and signed by the applicant.
2. The city council shall include the statement required pursuant to subsection 1 in:
(a) The application or any other forms that must be submitted for the issuance or renewal of the license, certificate or permit; or
(b) A separate form prescribed by the city council.
3. A license, certificate or permit may not be issued or renewed by the city council pursuant to NRS 266.355 or 268.0887 if the applicant:
(a) Fails to submit the statement required pursuant to subsection 1; or
(b) Indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that he or she is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order.
4. If an applicant indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that he or she is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order, the city council shall advise the applicant to contact the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order to determine the actions that the applicant may take to satisfy the arrearage.
5. As used in this section, "license, permit or certificate to practice a profession or occupation" does not include a general business license issued by a city council.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2043; A 2005, 2338; 2015, 2666)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.362 - Suspension of license, certificate or permit for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license, certificate or permit. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

1. If a city council receives a copy of a court order issued pursuant to NRS 425.540 that provides for the suspension of all professional, occupational and recreational licenses, certificates and permits issued to a person who is the holder of a license, certificate or permit to practice a profession or occupation issued by the city council pursuant to NRS 266.355 or 268.0887, the city council shall deem the license, certificate or permit issued to that person to be suspended at the end of the 30th day after the date on which the court order was issued unless the city council receives a letter issued to the holder of the license, certificate or permit by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 stating that the holder of the license, certificate or permit has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560.
2. A city council shall reinstate a license, certificate or permit to practice a profession or occupation issued by the city council pursuant to NRS 266.355 or 268.0887 that has been suspended by a district court pursuant to NRS 425.540 if the city council receives a letter issued by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 to the person whose license, certificate or permit was suspended stating that the person whose license, certificate or permit was suspended has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2043; A 2005, 2338)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.368 - Application for license, permit or certificate must include social security number of applicant. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

1. An application for the issuance of a license, permit or certificate to practice a profession or occupation pursuant to NRS 266.355 or 268.0887 must include the social security number of the applicant.
2. As used in this section, "license, permit or certificate to practice a profession or occupation" does not include a general business license issued by a city council.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2044; A 2005, 2339; 2015, 2667)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.386 - Resolution proposing sale or lease of system; election required.

1. Proceedings to sell or lease a city-owned electric light and power system may be instituted by the adoption of a resolution by the city council proposing to sell or lease the electric light and power system.
2. The resolution adopted pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 must require that the question of the sale or lease of the electric light and power system be submitted to the voters of the city at a special election or the next primary or general municipal election or primary or general state election.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 862; A 1993, 1040)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.3861 - Appointment of appraisers.

Upon the adoption of a resolution pursuant to NRS 266.386, the district court of the county shall appoint a qualified firm of licensed engineers to make a true and correct appraisement of the fair market value of the electric light and power system.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 862)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.3862 - Negotiation with qualified lessees.

If the resolution adopted proposes to lease the electric light and power system, the city council shall, after the return of the appraisement, negotiate with one or more qualified lessees. If such negotiations are successful, the city council shall submit the proposed lease for acceptance or rejection at the election. In any lease, the council shall require a bond for faithful performance by the lessee.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 862)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.3864 - Registration of voters for special election; notice; office hours of county clerk.

1. If the question of the sale or lease of the city-owned electric light and power system is submitted at a city or state primary or general election, no notice of registration of electors is required other than that required by the general election laws for such election. If the question is submitted at a special election, the county clerk shall, at the expense of the city, cause to be published at least once a week for 5 consecutive weeks by five weekly insertions a week apart, the first publication to be not more than 60 days nor less than 45 days next preceding the election, in a newspaper published within the county and having a general circulation in the city, a notice signed by the county clerk to the effect that registration for the special election will be closed on a date designated therein, as provided in this section.
2. Except as provided in this subsection, the office of the county clerk shall be open for such a special election from 9 a.m. to 12 m. and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays, with Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, for the registration of any qualified elector. During the 5 days preceding the close of registration before such a special election, the office of the county clerk shall be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday through Saturday, with Sunday and any legal holidays excepted.
3. The office of the county clerk shall be opened for registration of voters for such special election from and including the 20th day next preceding such election and up to but excluding the 10th day next preceding such election and during regular office hours.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 862)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.3865 - Notice of special election: Publication; contents.

1. If the resolution adopted pursuant to NRS 266.386 calls a special election, the city clerk shall cause a notice of the election to be published in a newspaper printed in the county and having a general circulation in the city at least once a week for 2 consecutive weeks by two weekly insertions a week apart, the first publication to be not more than 14 days nor less than 8 days next preceding the election.
2. The notice of the special election must contain:
(a) The time and places of holding the election.
(b) The hours during the day in which the polls will be open, which must be the same as provided for general elections.
(c) A statement of the question in substantially the same form as it will appear on the ballots.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 863; A 1993, 1040)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.3866 - Powers and duties of county clerk at special election; costs of special election.

1. The county clerk may consolidate or otherwise modify voting precincts, shall designate the polling places, shall appoint officers of the election for each precinct in such number as the county clerk may determine, and shall fix their duties and compensation.
2. Any qualified elector who is properly registered shall be qualified to vote at the special election.
3. The costs of any special election shall be paid by the city.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 863)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.3867 - Sale of system: Advertisement; sealed bids.

If the resolution adopted proposes to sell the electric light and power system, and a majority of the ballots cast favors such sale, the city council shall advertise the sale of such electric light and power system by notice published at least once a week for 5 consecutive weeks by five weekly insertions a week apart in a newspaper published within the county and having a general circulation in the city. The notice shall require sealed bids, to be accompanied by a certified check for at least 5 percent of the sum bid for the purchase, to be deposited with the city clerk on or before the date stated in the notice. No bids shall be accepted by the city council for a sum less than the amount of the appraisement of the electric light and power system. The council may reject any and all bids.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 863)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.390 - Officers and offices: General powers of council.

The city council may:
1. Create any office that may be deemed necessary for the city.
2. Provide for filling all vacancies in elective and appointive offices.
3. Regulate and prescribe the powers, duties and compensation of all officers of the city, except as otherwise provided by law.
4. Require all officers or employees of the city responsible for the handling of city money to give bond and security, to be paid by the city from its money, for the faithful performance of their duties.
5. Require from every officer of the city at any time a report in detail of all transactions in his or her office, or any matters connected therewith.
[Part 28:125:1907; RL § 794; NCL § 1128]—(NRS A 1971, 308; 2001, 630)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.395 - Appointment of officers by mayor.

The mayor, with the advice and consent of the city council, shall appoint all such officers as may be provided for by law or ordinance.
[37:125:1907; RL § 803; NCL § 1138]—(NRS A 1971, 308; 2001, 630)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.400 - Eligibility for office; power of city council to adopt requirements concerning residency.

1. The city council, by ordinance, may require, as a qualification for an appointive office of the city, other than city attorney, and for appointment as a deputy pursuant to NRS 266.455, that the person appointed reside actually, and not constructively, within:
(a) The limits of the city; or
(b) The county in which the city is located.
2. A person who is a defaulter to the city is ineligible to hold any city office.
[44:125:1907; RL § 810; NCL § 1145]—(NRS A 1991, 13; 1997, 273)