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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 493 - General Provisions › NRS 493.160 - Licensing of airmen and operators.

It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in aeronautics as an airman or operator in this state unless the person has an appropriate effective airman certificate, permit, rating or license issued by the United States authorizing him or her to engage in the particular class of aeronautics in which he or she is engaged, if such certificate, permit, rating or license is required by the United States.
[4:114:1947; 1943 NCL § 288.4]—(NRS A 1991, 254)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 493 - General Provisions › NRS 493.170 - Licensing of aeronautics instructors.

It shall be unlawful for any aeronautics instructor to give instruction in flying unless such instructor has an appropriate effective instructor’s rating, certificate, permit or license as a flight instructor issued by the United States.
[5:114:1947; 1943 NCL § 288.5]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 493 - General Provisions › NRS 493.180 - Posting and inspection of license of airman and aircraft.

1. Where a certificate, permit, rating or license is required for an airman by the United States, it shall:
(a) Be kept in the airman’s personal possession when he or she is operating within the State.
(b) Be presented for inspection upon the demand of any peace officer, or any other officer of this state or of a municipality, or any official, manager or person in charge of any airport upon which the airman shall land, or upon the reasonable request of any other person.
2. Where a certificate, permit or license is required by the United States for an aircraft, it shall:
(a) Be carried in the aircraft at all times while the aircraft is operating in the State.
(b) Be conspicuously posted in the aircraft where it may be readily seen by passengers or inspectors.
(c) Be presented for inspection upon the demand of any peace officer, or any other officer of the State or of a municipality, or any official, manager or person in charge of any airport upon which the aircraft shall land, or upon the reasonable request of any person.
[6:114:1947; 1943 NCL § 288.6]—(NRS A 1959, 64)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 493 - General Provisions › NRS 493.190 - Powers and duties of state and municipal officers.

Every state and municipal officer charged with the enforcement of state and municipal laws, shall enforce and assist in the enforcement of NRS 493.130 to 493.200, inclusive, and of all rules, regulations and orders issued pursuant thereto, and of all other laws of this state relating to aeronautics. In that connection, each of the aforesaid persons is authorized to inspect and examine at reasonable hours any premises, and the buildings and other structures thereon, where airports, air navigation facilities, air schools, or other aeronautical activities are operated or conducted.
[8:114:1947; 1943 NCL § 288.8]—(NRS A 1959, 65)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 493 - General Provisions › NRS 493.200 - Penalty.

Unless a specific penalty is otherwise provided, any person violating any of the provisions of NRS 493.130 to 493.200, inclusive, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[7:114:1947; 1943 NCL § 288.7]—(NRS A 1967, 597)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 493 - General Provisions › NRS 493.210 - Aerial navigational chart: Contents; fee; use of receipts.

1. The Commission on Tourism shall prepare and publish an aerial navigational chart of the State for the use of pilots of private aircraft. The chart must contain such navigational and other information as the Commission determines to be desirable. The Commission shall charge a fee for each chart which is sufficient to pay for the cost of printing the chart.
2. The Aerial Navigational Chart Account is hereby created in the State General Fund. All money received by the Commission pursuant to subsection 1 must be deposited in the Account. Money in the Account may only be used by the Commission for printing aerial navigational charts of the State for the use of pilots of private aircraft.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1091; A 1983, 1171)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 494 - State Airports › NRS 494.020 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the text otherwise requires:
1. "Air navigation facility" means any facility, other than one owned and operated by the United States, used in, available for use in, or designed for use in, aid of air navigation, including any structures, mechanisms, lights, beacons, markers, communicating systems, or other instrumentalities, or devices used or useful as an aid, or constituting an advantage or convenience to the safe taking off, navigation and landing of aircraft, or the safe and efficient operation or maintenance of an airport, and any combination of any or all of such facilities.
2. "Airport" means any area of land or water which is used, or intended for use, for the landing and takeoff of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas which are used for airport buildings or other airport facilities or rights-of-way, together with all airport buildings and facilities located thereon.
3. "Airport hazard" means any structure, object of natural growth, or use of land which obstructs the airspace required for the flight of aircraft in landing or taking off at an airport or is otherwise hazardous to such landing or taking off of aircraft.
4. "Person" includes a government, a governmental agency and a political subdivision of a government.
[1:246:1949; 1943 NCL § 293.1]—(NRS A 1985, 520)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 494 - State Airports › NRS 494.030 - Establishment, maintenance and operation of airports and air navigation facilities.

1. The State is authorized, out of moneys made available for the purposes of this chapter:
(a) To plan, establish, develop, construct, enlarge, improve, maintain and operate airports and air navigation facilities either within or without the territorial boundaries of this State.
(b) To contract or otherwise provide, by condemnation if necessary, for the removal or the relocation of all private structures, railways, mains, pipes, conduits, wires, cables, poles and all other facilities and equipment which may interfere with the location, expansion, development or improvement of such airports, restricted landing areas, and other air navigation facilities, or with the safe approach thereto or takeoff therefrom by aircraft.
(c) To pay the cost of removal or relocation.
(d) To pay the cost of construction, installation, equipment, maintenance and operation at such airports of buildings and other facilities for the servicing of aircraft or for the comfort and accommodation of air travelers and the purchase and sale of supplies, goods and commodities as an incident to the operation of its airport properties.
2. For such purposes the State may use any available property that it may now or hereafter own or control and may, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, eminent domain proceedings or otherwise, acquire property, real or personal, or any interest therein, including easements in airport hazards or land outside the boundaries of an airport or airport site, as are necessary to permit safe and efficient operation of the airport or to permit the removal, elimination, obstruction, marking and lighting of airport hazards, or to prevent the establishment of airport hazards.
[2:246:1949; 1943 NCL § 293.2]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 494 - State Airports › NRS 494.048 - Fund for Aviation: Creation; administration by Director of Department of Transportation; investment of money; expenditure of money as grants; regulations; use and separate accounting of money; exception.

1. The Fund for Aviation is hereby created as a trust fund in the State Treasury. The Director:
(a) Shall administer the Fund; and
(b) May apply for and accept any gift, bequest, grant, appropriation or donation from any source for deposit in the Fund.
2. Any money received by the Director pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 must be deposited in the Fund. The money in the Fund may be invested as the money in other state funds is invested. After deducting any applicable charges, all interest and income earned on the money in the Fund must be credited to the Fund. The money in the Fund may be expended only in accordance with the terms and conditions of any gift, bequest, grant, appropriation or donation to the Fund or in the manner provided in subsection 3. Not more than 1 percent of the money in the Fund may be used to pay the costs of administering the Fund.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Director may:
(a) Expend money in the Fund to award grants to a county, city or other local government in this State for obtaining matching money for federal programs and any other programs relating to airports or for the planning, establishment, development, construction, enlargement, improvement or maintenance of any airport, landing area or air navigation facility owned or controlled by the county, city or other local government; and
(b) Adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of paragraph (a).
4. The Director shall:
(a) In adopting regulations pursuant to subsection 3, determine the order of priority for the expenditures from the Fund by considering, without limitation, the following factors:
(1) The purpose of the project;
(2) The costs and benefits of the project; and
(3) The effect of the project on the environment, safety, security, infrastructure and capacity of the airport; and
(b) Before awarding a grant or adopting a regulation pursuant to subsection 3, consult with the Nevada Aviation Technical Advisory Committee and any person who represents an airport in this State used by the general public.
5. Any money received by a county, city or other local government pursuant to the provisions of this section must be accounted for separately by the county, city or other local government and may be used only for the purpose for which the money was received by the county, city or other local government.
6. The provisions of this section do not apply to an airport, landing area or air navigation facility that is owned or controlled by the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority or a county whose population is 700,000 or more.
7. As used in this section, "Director" means the Director of the Department of Transportation.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1238; A 2011, 1291)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 494 - State Airports › NRS 494.050 - Power of State to acquire existing airports.

The State may, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, eminent domain proceedings or otherwise, acquire existing airports and air navigation facilities; but it shall not acquire or take over any airport or air navigation facility owned or controlled by a county, municipality or public agency of this or any other state without the consent of such municipality, county or public agency.
[4:246:1949; 1943 NCL § 293.4]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 494 - State Airports › NRS 494.070 - Eminent domain: Payment of damages and costs of removal and relocation; jurisdiction of court.

1. In the acquisition of property by eminent domain proceedings authorized by this chapter, the State shall proceed in the manner provided by chapter 37 of NRS, provided that the State in exercising such power shall, in addition to the damage for taking, injury or destruction of property, also pay the cost of removal or relocation of any structure, railways, mains, pipes, conduits, wires, cables, poles or any public utility which is required to be moved to a new location.
2. The power of the State to acquire by condemnation any railway, highway, main, pipe, conduit, wires, cables, poles and all other facilities and equipment or other property held for or devoted to a public use or to require by condemnation the relocation of any such property held for or devoted to a public use shall be exercised only after the court in which such condemnation proceedings are pending finds that the taking or relocation thereof for the public use of the State is of greater public necessity than the public use for which presently held or used.
3. The court in any such proceeding shall have full power and jurisdiction to fix the terms and conditions for the enjoyment of a right of common use in lieu of such taking or relocation as the court will determine will best suit the public interest and necessity.
[6:246:1949; 1943 NCL § 293.6]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 494 - State Airports › NRS 494.080 - Receipt and expenditure of money; contracts with United States and public agencies.

1. The State is authorized:
(a) To accept, receive, receipt for, disburse and expend federal and state moneys and other moneys, public or private, made available by grant or loan, or both, to accomplish, in whole or in part, any of the purposes of this chapter.
(b) To enter into contracts and agreements with the United States and other public agencies in connection with carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
2. All federal moneys accepted under this section shall be accepted and expended by the State upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the United States and as are consistent with state law.
[7:246:1949; 1943 NCL § 293.7]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 494 - State Airports › NRS 494.090 - State may contract for use or improvements of state airports and air navigation facilities; terms; conditions.

1. In the operation or maintenance of an airport or air navigation facility owned, leased or controlled by the State, the State may, except as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan or agreement pursuant to NRS 494.080, enter into contracts, leases and other arrangements with any persons:
(a) Granting the privilege of using or improving such airport or air navigation facility or any portion or facility thereof or space therein for commercial purposes.
(b) Conferring the privilege of supplying goods, commodities, things, services or facilities at such airport or air navigation facility.
(c) Making available services to be furnished by the State or its agents at such airport or air navigation facility.
2. In each case, the State may establish the terms and conditions and fix the charges, rentals or fees for the privileges or services which shall be reasonable and uniform for the same class of privilege or service, and shall be established with due regard to the property and improvements used and the expenses of operation to the State.
[8:246:1949; 1943 NCL § 293.8]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 494 - State Airports › NRS 494.100 - Agent or lessee may operate state airport; limitations.

Except as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan or agreement pursuant to NRS 494.080, the State may by contract, lease or other arrangement, upon a consideration fixed by it, grant to any qualified person the privilege of operating, as agent of the State or otherwise, any airport owned or controlled by the State; but no such person shall be granted any authority to operate such an airport other than as a public airport or to enter into any contracts, leases or other arrangements in connection with the operation of the airport which the State might not have undertaken under NRS 494.090.
[9:246:1949; 1943 NCL § 293.9]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 494 - State Airports › NRS 494.120 - Agreements for joint action by State and public agencies; contents of agreement.

1. The State may enter into agreements with any other public agencies for joint action pursuant to carrying out the purposes of this chapter. Concurrent action by ordinance, resolution or otherwise of the governing bodies of the participating public agencies shall constitute joint action.
2. Each agreement shall specify:
(a) Its duration.
(b) The proportionate interest which such public agency shall have in the property, facilities and privileges involved.
(c) The proportion to be borne by each public agency of preliminary costs and costs of acquisition, establishment, construction, enlargement, improvement and equipment of the airport or air navigation facility.
(d) The proportion of the expenses of maintenance, operation and protection thereof to be borne by each.
(e) Such other items as are required by the provisions of this chapter.
[11:246:1949; 1943 NCL § 293.11]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 494 - State Airports › NRS 494.130 - Actions declared to be public and governmental functions.

1. The acquisition of any land or interest therein pursuant to this chapter, the planning, acquisition, establishment, development, construction, improvement, maintenance, equipment, operation, protection and policing of airports and air navigation facilities, including the acquisition or elimination of airport hazards, and the exercise of any other powers herein granted to the State and other public agencies, to be exercised severally or jointly, are hereby declared to be public and governmental functions, exercised for a public purpose, and matters of public necessity.
2. All land and other property and privileges acquired and used by or on behalf of the State or other public agency in the manner and for the purposes enumerated in this chapter shall and are hereby declared to be acquired and used for public and governmental purposes and as a matter of public necessity.
[12:246:1949; 1943 NCL § 293.12]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 494 - State Airports › NRS 494.160 - Uniformity of interpretation and construction of chapter.

This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to make uniform so far as possible the laws and regulations of this state and other states and of the government of the United States having to do with the subject of airports.
[15:246:1949; 1943 NCL § 293.15]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 495 - City and County Airports; Acquisition of Property › NRS 495.010 - Acquisition of sites and airports.

1. Any city, county, town or any municipal corporation in the State of Nevada is authorized and empowered:
(a) To acquire, by purchase, condemnation, donation, lease or otherwise, real or personal property, or to use any real property owned by it, or which it may hereafter acquire, within or without its corporate limits for a site upon which an airport or airports may be maintained and upon which any such city, county, town or municipal corporation may erect and maintain or permit the erection and maintenance of hangars, mooring masts, flying fields, and all places for flying, takeoff and landing of aircraft and the storage of the same when not in active use, together with lights, radio equipment, service shops, conveniences, appliances, works, structures and other air navigation facilities, now known or hereafter invented, of such number and character and in such places as may be necessary or convenient.
(b) To levy taxes for the purpose of raising funds to acquire lands for the purposes mentioned in this section and NRS 495.020 and 495.030, and to pay the principal and interest of any bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this section and NRS 495.020 and 495.030.
2. Any lands previously acquired by any such city, county, town or any municipal corporation in the State of Nevada for park purposes may be used for any of the purposes specified in this section, it being hereby specifically declared that the purpose specified in this section shall constitute park purposes. This subsection shall not be construed to limit or confine the uses specified in this section to lands acquired for park purposes.
3. The uses and purposes specified in this section are hereby declared to be a public use and subject to the exercise of the right of eminent domain, whether such right shall have been exercised prior to or shall be exercised subsequently to January 31, 1928.
[1:11:1928; NCL § 289]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 495 - City and County Airports; Acquisition of Property › NRS 495.020 - Indebtedness authorized; bonds.

Any city, county, town or any municipal corporation in the State of Nevada is authorized and empowered:
1. To incur indebtedness for any of the purposes mentioned in this section and NRS 495.010 and 495.030.
2. To issue bonds for the acquisition, construction and completion of any of the purposes mentioned in NRS 495.010 in the same form and manner as debt is incurred and bonds issued for other municipal purposes, and subject to the conditions, restrictions, proceedings and rights of initiative and referendum now governing the issuance of bonds for other municipal purposes.
[2:11:1928; NCL § 290]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 495 - City and County Airports; Acquisition of Property › NRS 495.030 - Powers concerning erection, maintenance and operation of airports.

In connection with the erection or maintenance of any airport or airports or air navigation facilities, any city, county, town or any municipal corporation shall have the power and jurisdiction:
1. To regulate the receipt, deposit and removal, the embarkation or debarkation of passengers or property for and from such landing places or moorage as may be provided.
2. To exact and require charges, fees and tolls, together with a lien to enforce their payment.
3. To lease or assign for operation such space or area, appurtenances, appliances or other conveniences necessary or useful in connection therewith.
4. To own and operate municipal aircraft.
5. To employ pilots.
6. To provide rules and regulations covering the use of such airport and facilities and the use of other property or means of transportation within or over the airport.
7. To perform any duties necessary or convenient for the regulation of air traffic.
8. To enter into contracts or otherwise cooperate with the Federal Government or other public or private agencies.
9. To exercise such powers as may be required or convenient in the promotion of aeronautics and the furtherance of commerce and navigation by air.
[3:11:1928; NCL § 291]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 495 - City and County Airports; Acquisition of Property › NRS 495.035 - Establishment and maintenance by county.

1. The several counties of the State of Nevada are authorized:
(a) To designate, establish and maintain emergency landing fields for flying, takeoff and landing of aircraft together with necessary conveniences, appliances, works, structures, now known or hereafter invented, of such number and character and in such places as may be necessary or convenient, in the interest of promoting the public safety. Such designation shall be made by resolution spread upon the records of the proceedings of the board of county commissioners.
(b) To pay for such establishment and maintenance out of any appropriations or other moneys made available for such purposes whether by allocations from the State Airport Fund or by gift or devise.
2. The board of county commissioners of any county may authorize the use of county equipment for the purposes authorized in this section.
3. The establishment and maintenance of emergency landing fields are hereby declared to be county functions and purposes, as well as public and governmental, and are matters of public necessity.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 1077; A 1967, 38)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 495 - City and County Airports; Acquisition of Property › NRS 495.040 - Lease authorized; purposes; notice and hearing.

1. The boards of county commissioners of the respective counties of this State may lease real and personal property of their county for use and occupancy as airports, airport facilities or airport service, to whom and upon such conditions and terms as they deem proper, for a term or terms not exceeding 99 years.
2. Before entering into any agreement for the lease of property as set forth in subsection 1, the board of county commissioners shall publish notice of its intention in a newspaper of general circulation published within the county at least once a week for 21 days or three times during a period of 10 days. If there is not a newspaper of general circulation within the county, the board shall post a notice of its intention in a public place at least once a week for 30 days. The notice must specify that a regular meeting is to be held, at which meeting any interested person may appear. No such lease or agreement may be entered into by the board until after the notice has been given and a meeting held as provided in this subsection.
3. The provisions of NRS 244.281 and 496.080 do not apply to any lease entered into pursuant to this section by a board of county commissioners in a county whose population is less than 55,000.
[1:151:1945; 1943 NCL § 296]—(NRS A 1957, 294; 1995, 845; 2001, 821; 2007, 2838; 2011, 1292)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 495 - City and County Airports; Acquisition of Property › NRS 495.050 - Commissioner may vote on agreement or lease extending beyond his or her term of office.

Any member of any board of county commissioners in the State may vote on any agreement or indenture for the lease of real or personal property of his or her respective county as referred to in NRS 495.040, notwithstanding the fact that the term of the agreement may extend beyond his or her term of office.
[2:151:1945; 1943 NCL § 296.01]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 495 - City and County Airports; Acquisition of Property › NRS 495.060 - Conflicting laws inapplicable.

All acts and parts of acts in conflict with NRS 495.040 and 495.050 are repealed insofar as the same apply to or interfere with the provisions of NRS 495.040 and 495.050, and not in any other particular.
[3:151:1945; 1943 NCL § 296.02]—(NRS A 1975, 576)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 495 - City and County Airports; Acquisition of Property › NRS 495.070 - Acquisition authorized; procedure.

Any corporation organized for the purpose of engaging in the public transportation of passengers or property or United States mail by air, whether intrastate or interstate, and any corporation organized for the purpose of operating a private or municipal airport or air navigation facility for use in connection with the public transportation of passengers or property or United States mail by air, whether intrastate or interstate, may acquire any real property, or any right, title, interest, estate or claim therein or thereto, necessary for the purpose of establishing landing places and terminals for aircraft, air navigation facilities and aerial rights-of-way, by means of the special proceedings prescribed in NRS 495.080 to 495.210, inclusive.
[Part 1:154:1937; 1931 NCL § 294.01]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 495 - City and County Airports; Acquisition of Property › NRS 495.080 - "Person" defined.

In all the proceedings in relation to the sale or appropriation of real property, and ascertaining and receiving the compensation therefor for the purposes prescribed in NRS 495.070, "person" includes a municipal corporation.
[38:146:1865; B § 3463; BH § 872; C § 1009; RL § 3549; NCL § 6273]—(NRS A 1985, 521)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 495 - City and County Airports; Acquisition of Property › NRS 495.090 - Verified petition; contents.

The corporation shall file in the clerk’s office of the district court, in the county in which the real property is situated, a petition verified according to law, stating therein:
1. The name of the corporation.
2. The date when it was incorporated.
3. That it still continues in legal existence.
4. The description by metes and bounds or by some accurate designation of the tract or tracts of land which the corporation desires to appropriate for the purposes mentioned in NRS 495.070.
5. That the tract or tracts of land are necessary for the purposes.
6. The names of the persons in possession of the tract or tracts of land, and of those claiming any right, title or interest therein, as far as the same can be ascertained by reasonable diligence.
[24:146:1865; A 1869, 90; B § 3449; BH § 858; C § 995; RL § 3535; NCL § 6259]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 495 - City and County Airports; Acquisition of Property › NRS 495.100 - Rights of defendants.

The persons in occupation of the tract or tracts of land, and those having any right, title or interest therein, whether named in the petition or not, shall be defendants thereto, and may appear and show cause against the same, and may appear and be heard before the commissioners provided for in this chapter, and in proceedings subsequent thereto, in the same manner as if they had appeared and answered the petition.
[25:146:1865; B § 3450; BH § 859; C § 996; RL § 3536; NCL § 6260]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 495 - City and County Airports; Acquisition of Property › NRS 495.110 - Hearing of petition.

The court shall, by order, appoint the time for the hearing of the petition, and the hearing may be had, and all orders in the proceedings may be made, by the court.
[26:146:1865; B § 3451; BH § 860; C § 997; RL § 3537; NCL § 6261]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 495 - City and County Airports; Acquisition of Property › NRS 495.120 - Notice of hearing: Service; publication.

The corporation shall cause all the occupants and owners of the tract or tracts of land, so far as the same can be ascertained by reasonable diligence, who reside in the county, to be notified personally of the pendency of the petition at least 10 days before the hearing thereof, and if any of the occupants or owners are unknown, or do not reside in the county, and have not been personally notified of the pendency of the petition, the corporation shall cause a notice stating the filing of the petition, the object thereof, the tracts of land sought to be appropriated, and the time and the place of the hearing of the petition, to be published for 4 successive weeks previous to the time of hearing the petition, in a newspaper published in the county, or if none is published in the county, then in a newspaper published nearest to the county.
[27:146:1865; B § 3452; BH § 861; C § 998; RL § 3538; NCL § 6262]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 495 - City and County Airports; Acquisition of Property › NRS 495.130 - Appointment of commissioners; vacancies.

1. The defendants to the petition may appear and show cause against the petition, on or before the time for the hearing thereof, or at such other time to which the hearing may be continued.
2. Upon satisfactory proof being made that the defendants have been duly notified of the pendency of the petition, as prescribed in NRS 495.120, and upon the hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties, if the court shall be satisfied that the lands, or any part thereof, are necessary or proper for any of the purposes mentioned in the petition, the court shall appoint three competent and disinterested persons as commissioners.
3. One of the commissioners shall be selected from among the persons, if any, named for that purpose by the corporation, and one shall be selected from among the persons, if any, named on the part of any of the defendants, to ascertain and assess the compensation to be paid to any person or persons having or holding any right, title or interest in or to each of the tracts of land, for and in consideration of the appropriation of such land to the use of the corporation.
4. If any vacancy occurs among the commissioners, by reason of any one or more of them refusing or neglecting to act, or by any other means, one or more commissioners may be appointed by the court to fill the vacancy, upon notice being given of the vacancy, as the court may direct.
[28:146:1865; B § 3453; BH § 862; C § 999; RL § 3539; NCL § 6263]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 495 - City and County Airports; Acquisition of Property › NRS 495.140 - Meeting of commissioners.

1. The court shall appoint the time and place for the first meeting of the commissioners, and the time for filing of their report, and may give such further time as may be necessary for that purpose, if they shall not then have completed their duties.
2. The commissioners, or a majority of them, shall meet at the time and place as ordered, and, before entering on their duties, shall be duly sworn to perform the duties imposed upon them honestly, faithfully and impartially. Any one of them may issue subpoenas for witnesses for either of the parties, and may administer oaths. The commissioners may adjourn from place to place and from time to time, as may be necessary for the proper discharge of their duties.
[29:146:1865; B § 3454; BH § 863; C § 1000; RL § 3540; NCL § 6264]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 495 - City and County Airports; Acquisition of Property › NRS 495.150 - Hearing; assessment of compensation; reports; adverse claims.

1. The commissioners shall:
(a) Proceed to view the several tracts of land as ordered by the court.
(b) Hear the allegations and proofs of the parties.
(c) Ascertain and assess the compensations for the land sought to be appropriated, to be paid by the corporation to the person or persons having or holding any right, title or interest in or to each of the several tracts of land.
2. In ascertaining and assessing compensation, the commissioners shall take into consideration and make allowance for any benefit or advantages that in their opinion will accrue to such person or persons by reason of the construction of the landing places, terminals, air navigation facilities and aerial rights-of-way by the corporation.
3. If the corporation shall, in its petition filed in the special proceedings, offer or agree to make good and sufficient fences on the landing places, terminals, air navigation facilities, and aerial rights-of-way, or any portion thereof, at such places and times as the same may be necessary, no sum of money or price for such fences shall be included in the compensation or damages to be awarded by the commissioners; but the corporation shall not be required to construct fences on the landing places, terminals, air navigation facilities and aerial rights-of-way where the same passes through unenclosed tracts of land, nor until enclosure shall be made abutting upon the property of the corporation.
4. The commissioners shall, on or before the time or times as ordered by the court, file in the clerk’s office their report, signed by them, setting forth their proceedings in the premises, and they may include all of the tracts in one report, or they may make several reports, including one or more of the tracts of land, if the court shall so order, or if they shall deem it proper.
5. In case there are adverse or conflicting claims to the compensation assessed for any tract of land, or any right, title or interest therein, thus sought to be appropriated, the parties thus asserting such claims shall present the same, by petition, to the court after the report of the commissioners shall have been filed, and the court shall proceed to hear and determine the same. In such case, the corporation may pay the amount of such compensation to the clerk of the court, to abide the order of the court in the proceeding, and the corporation shall not be liable for any of the costs caused by the adjudication of such conflicting claims.
[30:146:1865; B § 3455; BH § 864; C § 1001; RL § 3541; NCL § 6265]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 495 - City and County Airports; Acquisition of Property › NRS 495.160 - Motion to set aside report; new trial.

The corporation, or any of the defendants, if dissatisfied with the report, may within 20 days after the time for the filing of the report, and after 10 days’ notice to the parties interested, move to set aside the report, and to have a new trial as to any tract of land, upon good cause shown therefor. The court shall set aside the report as to such tract of land, and may recommit the matter to the same or to other commissioners, who shall be ordered to proceed in like manner as those first appointed; but such matters shall not be more than twice recommitted to commissioners.
[31:146:1865; B § 3456; BH § 865; C § 1002; RL § 3542; NCL § 6266]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 495 - City and County Airports; Acquisition of Property › NRS 495.170 - Confirmation of reports.

Upon the expiration of 20 days after the filing of the report or reports, or at such further time as may be appointed therefor, if the motion and notice shall not have been made and given as provided in NRS 495.160, and if the proceedings of the commissioners appear to have been done correctly and properly, the court shall confirm each of the reports and certify the same thereon.
[32:146:1865; B § 3457; BH § 866; C § 1003; RL § 3543; NCL § 6267]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 495 - City and County Airports; Acquisition of Property › NRS 495.180 - Record of reports; amendment of pleadings; costs.

1. Each of the reports and the certificates thereon, upon the compensation therein named being paid, shall be recorded in the recorder’s office of the county by the corporation.
2. The court may make all orders as may be necessary or proper in the special proceedings provided for in this chapter, and shall cause the pleadings and proceedings to be amended whenever justice shall require it to be done, and shall direct the manner of the service of all orders and notices not specially provided for.
3. Costs of the special proceedings shall be taxed by the clerk at the rates prescribed in chapter 19 of NRS for the county in civil actions, and shall be paid by the corporation, except in the case where a defendant shall move for a new trial, and the compensation assessed by the commissioners shall not be increased more than 10 percent upon the previous assessment, in which case such defendant shall pay the costs.
[33:146:1865; B § 3458; BH § 867; C § 1004; RL § 3544; NCL § 6268]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 495 - City and County Airports; Acquisition of Property › NRS 495.190 - Proceedings when title defective; payment into court.

If the title attempted to be acquired by virtue of the provisions of NRS 495.080 to 495.210, inclusive, shall be found to be defective from any cause, the corporation may again institute proceedings to acquire the same, as prescribed in NRS 495.080 to 495.210, inclusive. At any stage of such new proceedings, or of any proceedings under NRS 495.080 to 495.210, inclusive, the court may, by order made in its behalf, authorize the corporation, if already in possession, to continue in the use and possession, and if not in possession, to take possession of, and use such premises during the pendency of, and until the final conclusion of such proceedings, and may stay all actions and proceedings against the corporation on account thereof. The corporation shall pay a sufficient sum in court, or give security, to be approved by the court, to pay the compensation in that behalf when ascertained.
[34:146:1865; B § 3459; BH § 868; C § 1005; RL § 3545; NCL § 6269]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 495 - City and County Airports; Acquisition of Property › NRS 495.200 - Passage of title to corporation; public use.

Upon the report of the commissioners being filed for record as provided for in NRS 495.180, and upon the payment or tender of the compensation and costs, as prescribed in NRS 495.080 to 495.210, inclusive, the real property, or the right, title or interest therein, described in the report, shall become the property of the corporation for the purpose of its incorporation, and shall be deemed to be acquired for, and appropriated to, public use.
[35:146:1865; B § 3460; BH § 869; C § 1006; RL § 3546; NCL § 6270]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 495 - City and County Airports; Acquisition of Property › NRS 495.210 - Payment or tender of compensation.

1. Within 30 days after the final confirmation of the report, the corporation shall, as ordered by the court, pay or tender the sum of money ascertained and assessed by the commissioners as compensation for each tract of land described in the report.
2. The payment or tender may be made:
(a) To the person or persons owning the tract of land, or having or holding any right, title or interest therein, according to the amount or extent of the right, title or interest owned or held therein by such person or persons; or
(b) To the clerk for such persons, and the same shall be deemed and taken as a payment to such person or persons, and shall be as effectual for all purposes whatsoever as if the sum of money had been personally paid to each and all of the persons entitled thereto.
3. The court shall, at the time of the payment of the sum of money to the clerk, or at such other time or times as may be ordered, direct and order the same to be paid over to the person or persons who shall, upon satisfactory proof, appear to be entitled thereto.
[36:146:1865; B § 3461; BH § 870; C § 1007; RL § 3547; NCL § 6271] + [37:146:1865; B § 3462; BH § 871; C § 1008; RL § 3548; NCL § 6272]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 496 - Municipal Airports › NRS 496.020 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Air navigation facility" means any facility, other than one owned and operated by the United States, used in, available for use in, or designed for use in, aid of air navigation, including any structures, mechanisms, lights, beacons, markers, communicating systems, or other instrumentalities, or devices used or useful as an aid, or constituting an advantage or convenience, to the safe taking off, navigation, and landing of aircraft, or the safe and efficient operation or maintenance of an airport, and any combination of any or all of such facilities.
2. "Airport" means any area of land or water which is used for the landing and takeoff of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas which are used for airport buildings or other airport facilities or rights-of-way, together with all airport buildings and facilities located thereon.
3. "Airport hazard" means any structure, object of natural growth, or use of land which obstructs the airspace required for the flight of aircraft in landing or taking off at an airport or is otherwise hazardous to such landing or taking off of aircraft.
4. "Municipal" means pertaining to a municipality as defined in this section.
5. "Municipality" means any county, city or town of this state.
6. "Person" includes a government, a governmental agency and a political subdivision of a government.
7. "Public utility" means a person who operates any airline, broadcasting, electric, gas, pipeline, radio, railroad, rural electric, sanitary sewer, slurry, telephone or water business in this state and who conducts such a business for a public use.
[1:215:1947; 1943 NCL § 293.20]—(NRS A 1977, 276; 1985, 521, 2053; 2013, 1960)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 496 - Municipal Airports › NRS 496.030 - Power of municipality to construct and operate airports; acquisition of property.

1. Every municipality may, out of any appropriations or other money made available for such purposes:
(a) Plan, establish, develop, construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, operate, regulate, protect and police airports and air navigation facilities, either within or without the territorial limits of the municipality and within or without the territorial boundaries of this state.
(b) Contract or otherwise provide, by condemnation if necessary, for the removal of any airport hazard or the removal or the relocation of all private structures, railways, mains, pipes, conduits, wires, cables, poles and all other facilities and equipment which may interfere with the location, expansion, development or improvement of the airports, restricted landing areas and other air navigation facilities, or with the safe approach thereto or takeoff therefrom by aircraft.
(c) Pay the cost of removal or relocation.
(d) Pay the cost of construction, installation, equipment, maintenance and operation at such airports of buildings and other facilities for the servicing of aircraft, for any other use related to the operation of an aviation or air transportation business, or for the comfort and accommodation of air travelers, and the purchase and sale of supplies, goods and commodities as are incident to the operation of its airport properties, including, without limitation, runways, taxiways, loading and unloading ramp and apron facilities, terminal and parking facilities, warehouses and other cargo facilities, hangars, shops, offices, and other buildings and facilities used in connection with the operation of airports.
2. For such purposes, the municipality may use any available property that it owns or controls and may, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, eminent domain proceedings or otherwise, acquire property, real or personal, or any interest therein, including easements in airport hazards or land outside the boundaries of an airport or airport site, as are necessary to permit the safe and efficient operation of the airport or to permit the removal, elimination, obstruction, marking and lighting of airport hazards, or to prevent the establishment of airport hazards, including any property which is located in an area that is significantly affected by noise created by an airport as determined by a study of the airport environs conducted in accordance with guidelines for land use compatibility established by the Federal Aviation Administration.
[2:215:1947; 1943 NCL § 293.21]—(NRS A 1967, 715; 1995, 923)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 496 - Municipal Airports › NRS 496.035 - Exemption from and compliance with chapter 625 of NRS.

1. An employee of a municipality who is not licensed as a professional land surveyor pursuant to chapter 625 of NRS may collect information to be used exclusively by the municipality for preliminary planning for development of new airports or air navigation facilities or improvements to existing airports or air navigation facilities within the municipality.
2. If, based on the information collected pursuant to this section, the municipality elects to initiate or proceed with such a project, the municipality shall comply with the provisions of chapter 625 of NRS governing the:
(a) Preparation of the maps, plans, specifications, reports and estimates required for the project; and
(b) Execution or supervision of all other practices of land surveying associated with the project.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 846; A 1997, 1068)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 496 - Municipal Airports › NRS 496.040 - Power to acquire existing airports; limitation.

The municipality may, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, eminent domain proceedings or otherwise, acquire existing airports and air navigation facilities; but it shall not acquire or take over any airport or air navigation facility owned or controlled by another municipality or public agency of this or any other state without the consent of such municipality or public agency.
[3:215:1947; 1943 NCL § 293.22]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 496 - Municipal Airports › NRS 496.050 - Location of airport; construction of buildings, roadways and bridges authorized.

For the purposes of this chapter, a municipality may:
1. Establish or acquire and maintain, within or bordering upon the territorial limits of the municipality, airports in, over and upon any public waters of this state, any submerged lands under such public waters, and any artificial or reclaimed lands which, before the artificial making or reclamation thereof, constituted a portion of the submerged lands under such public waters.
2. Construct and maintain terminal buildings, landing floats, causeways, roadways and bridges for approaches to or connecting with any such airport, and landing floats and breakwaters for the protection thereof.
[4:215:1947; 1943 NCL § 293.23]