NRS 349.960 – State Engineer may advise Board; State Engineer and Director may assist in preparation of preliminary plan.
1. The State Engineer shall advise the Board, upon its request, of the existence and status of any water rights which affect a water project under consideration by the Board. 2. Upon the Board’s request and within the limits of available resources and staff, the State Engineer and the Director may on a case by […]
NRS 349.961 – Water projects: Preliminary plan; approval.
1. When any municipality or other obligor desires to undertake a water project, it may present its preliminary plan to the Board for approval. If the proposed water project affects drinking water, the Board shall request that the Administrator of the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources submit […]
NRS 349.980 – Definitions.
As used in NRS 349.980 to 349.987, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Board” means the Board for Financing Water Projects created pursuant to NRS 349.957. 2. “Community sewage disposal system” means a public system of sewage disposal which is operated for the benefit of a county, city, district or other political subdivision of […]
NRS 349.981 – Program to provide grants for water conservation and capital improvements to certain water systems; Board for Financing Water Projects to determine recipients of grants; applicability to certain recipients of provisions governing public works.
1. There is hereby established a program to provide grants of money to: (a) A purveyor of water to pay for costs of capital improvements to publicly owned community water systems and publicly owned nontransient water systems required or made necessary by the State Environmental Commission pursuant to NRS 445A.800 to 445A.955, inclusive, or made […]
NRS 349.982 – Powers and duties of Board for Financing Water Projects: Administration of program; adoption of regulations; use of money in Fund to defray certain costs and expenses; imposition of administrative fee.
1. The Board shall administer the program and shall adopt regulations necessary for that purpose. 2. The regulations must provide such requirements for participation in the program as the Board deems necessary. 3. The money in the Fund may be used to defray, in whole or in part, the costs of administering the Fund and […]
NRS 349.954 – Limitation of actions.
No action may be brought questioning the legality of any contract, lease, agreement, indenture, mortgage, order or bonds executed, adopted or taken in connection with any water project or improvements authorized by NRS 349.935 to 349.961, inclusive, after 30 days after the effective date of the order of the director authorizing the issuance of those […]
NRS 349.945 – “Water project” defined.
“Water project” means a project for the management, control, delivery, use or distribution of water. (Added to NRS by 1987, 2275)
NRS 349.946 – General powers of Director; adoption of regulations.
The Director has all the powers necessary to accomplish the purposes set forth in NRS 349.935 to 349.961, inclusive. These powers must be exercised for the health, safety, convenience, prosperity and welfare of the inhabitants of this state. The Director may adopt such regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 349.935 […]
NRS 349.947 – Liberal construction.
NRS 349.935 to 349.961, inclusive, must be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes of those sections. (Added to NRS by 1987, 2275)
NRS 349.948 – Prerequisites for financing water projects.
The Director shall not finance a water project unless, before financing: 1. The water project has been finally approved by the Board after a public hearing on the matter. 2. The Director finds and the State Board of Finance approves the findings of the Director that: (a) The contemplated lessee, purchaser or other obligor has […]