Contiguous unincorporated territory lying within one or more counties or incorporated territory lying within a consolidated municipality and not included in any other fire protection district may be formed into a county fire protection district in the manner and under the proceedings set forth in NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive. [1:121:1937; A 1947, 455; 1943 […]
1. When 25 percent or more of the holders of title or evidence of title to lands lying in one body, whose names appear as such upon the last county assessment roll, present a petition to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the land or the greater portion thereof is located, […]
The notice must: 1. Be headed “Notice of the proposed formation of fire protection district in ………………………. County,” stating the name of the proposed district and the name of the county or, if there is more than one county, the name of the counties in which the proposed district is located. 2. State the fact […]
1. At the time fixed for the hearing of the matter, or at any time prior thereto, any person interested may file with the clerk of the board written objections to the formation of the district. 2. At the time fixed for the hearing, or to which the hearing may be adjourned, the board of […]
Any owner of lands adjacent to the borders of the proposed district may, by written application therefor filed with the board of county commissioners at or before the time of the hearing of the petition, in the discretion of the board, have such lands included within such proposed district. [Part 3:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.03]
Upon the hearing of the petition, the board of county commissioners shall determine whether or not the petition complies with the requirements and purposes of NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive, and must hear all competent and relevant testimony offered in support or in objection thereto. The board shall, by resolution, determine whether or not such […]
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, when, pursuant to the provisions of NRS 474.040, 474.050 and 474.060, the boundaries of the proposed district are defined and established by the board, the board of county commissioners shall make an order dividing the proposed district into three or five divisions as nearly equal in size […]
1. The board of county commissioners shall submit the question of whether the proposed district shall be organized pursuant to the provisions of NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive, to the electors of the proposed district at the next primary or general election. 2. The notice must: (a) Designate a name for the proposed district. (b) […]
1. Every qualified elector within the district may vote either in person or by proxy at any election held by the district. 2. No person may vote by proxy unless the proxy to cast his or her vote is evidenced by an instrument in writing duly acknowledged before a notary public and filed with the […]
1. The election having been held, the board of county commissioners shall, on the first Monday succeeding the election, if then in session, or at its next succeeding general or special session, proceed to canvass the votes cast at the election. 2. If upon such canvass it appears that a majority of all votes cast […]
1. The board of county commissioners shall then cause a copy of such order, certified by the clerk of the board, to be immediately filed for record in the office of the county recorder of each county in which any portion of the lands included in the county fire protection district are located, and must […]
1. A county fire protection district organized pursuant to NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive, upon its formation: (a) Is a political subdivision of this State; and (b) Has perpetual existence unless dissolved as provided in this chapter. 2. Each such district may: (a) Sue and be sued, and be a party to suits, actions and […]
