NRS 541.010 – Short title.
This chapter may be known and cited as the Water Conservancy Districts Act. [1:380:1955]
NRS 541.020 – Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Board” means the board of directors of the district. 2. “Court” means the district court of that judicial district of the State of Nevada wherein the petition for the organization of a water conservancy district must be filed. 3. “Land” or “real estate” means […]
NRS 541.030 – Legislative declarations.
1. It is declared that to provide for the conservation and development of the water and land resources of the State of Nevada and for the greatest beneficial use of water within this state, the organization of water conservancy districts and the construction of works as herein defined by such districts are a public use […]
NRS 541.040 – District courts vested with jurisdiction to establish water conservancy districts; limitation of powers.
The district court sitting in and for any county in this state is hereby vested with jurisdiction, power and authority, when the conditions stated in NRS 541.050 are found to exist, to establish water conservancy districts, which may be entirely within or partly within and partly without the judicial district in which the court is […]
NRS 541.050 – Establishment of district: Requirements; filing of petitions; contents; effect of defects; amendments and corrections.
1. Before any water conservancy district is established under this chapter, a petition must be filed in the office of the clerk of the court vested with jurisdiction, in the county in which all or the greatest part of the lands embraced within the proposed water conservancy district are situated. The petition must be approved […]
NRS 541.060 – Filing of bond.
At the time of filing the petition, or at any time after the filing and before the hearing on the petition, a bond, not exceeding in amount the sum of $1,000, in such form and with such surety or sureties as is approved by the court, must be filed for the purpose of insuring the […]
NRS 541.070 – Time and place for hearing; jurisdiction of district court; judge not to be disqualified.
1. Immediately after the filing of the petition, the court wherein the petition is filed shall by order fix a place and time, not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days after the petition is filed, for hearing thereon, and thereupon the clerk of the court shall cause notice by publication to be […]
NRS 541.080 – Protesting petition; requisite signers; filing and objections; decree establishing district; place of business; dismissal of petition or proceedings; finality and conclusiveness of order; appeal; collateral attack.
1. At any time after the filing of a petition for the organization of a water conservancy district and not less than 10 days before the time fixed by the order of court for the hearing upon the petition, and not thereafter, a petition may be filed in the office of the clerk of the […]
NRS 541.090 – Findings and decree to be filed with Secretary of State, county recorders and county clerks.
Within 30 days after the district has been declared a corporation by the court, the clerk of the court shall transmit to the Secretary of State and to the county clerk and recorder in each of the counties having lands in the district copies of the findings and the decree of the court incorporating the […]
NRS 541.100 – Board of directors: Appointment; qualifications; terms; filling of vacancies; meetings and reports.
1. Within 60 days after the entry of the decree incorporating the district, the Governor shall appoint a board of directors therefor in accordance with the petition. If the district includes land within more than one county, the representative or representatives of each county must be appointed from a list of two or more nominees […]
NRS 541.110 – Directors: Oath; officers; seal; record of proceedings of board; copy of minutes or audio recordings; compensation.
1. Each director before entering upon his or her official duties shall take and subscribe to an oath, before a person authorized to administer oaths, that he or she will support the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Nevada and will honestly, faithfully and impartially perform the duties of the office. 2. […]
NRS 541.120 – Quorum of board.
A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum, and a concurrence of a majority of those in attendance, in any matter, within their duties, shall be sufficient for its determination, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. [12:380:1955]
NRS 541.130 – Duties of secretary; board may employ chief engineer, attorney and other employees.
1. The secretary shall: (a) Be custodian of the records of the district and of its corporate seal. (b) Assist the board in such particulars as it may direct in the performance of its duties. (c) Attest, under the corporate seal of the district, all certified copies of the official records and files of the […]
NRS 541.140 – Powers of board.
The board shall have power on behalf of the district: 1. To have perpetual succession. 2. To take by appropriation, grant, purchase, bequest, devise or lease, and to hold and enjoy water, waterworks, water rights and sources of water supply and any and all real and personal property of any kind within or without the […]
NRS 541.145 – Powers of board concerning irrigation, flood control, drainage, safety and health projects.
The board shall have the following powers concerning the management, control, operation and use of any irrigation, flood control, drainage, safety or health project: 1. To make and enforce all reasonable rules and regulations for the management, control, operation and use of any such project. 2. To restrict or suspend the right of any person […]
NRS 541.150 – Subdistricts: Organization; proceedings; board’s consent to furnish water; decree of organization; powers and duties of board of directors.
1. Subdistricts may be organized upon the petition of the owners of real property within, or partly within and partly without, the district, which petition must be in substantially the same form and must fulfill the same requirements concerning the subdistricts as the petition outlined in NRS 541.050 is required to fulfill concerning the organization […]
NRS 541.160 – Board may levy and collect taxes and special assessments; classification of methods.
In addition to the other means of providing revenue for such districts as provided in this chapter, the board may levy and collect taxes and special assessments for maintaining and operating those works and paying the obligations and indebtedness of the district by any one or more of the methods or combinations thereof, classified as […]
NRS 541.170 – Board to fix rate of levy under class A; maximum rate; certification to county commissioners.
To levy and collect taxes under class A as herein provided, the board shall in each year determine the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation, taking into consideration other sources of revenue of the district, and shall fix a rate of levy which, when levied upon every $100 of assessed valuation of […]
NRS 541.180 – Board may sell or lease water to municipalities upon petition; levy and collection of special assessments under class B.
1. To levy and collect special assessments under class B as herein provided, the board shall make an allotment of water to each petitioning municipality in the district in the manner hereinafter provided, in such quantity as will in the judgment of the board, when added to the then present supply of water of such […]
NRS 541.190 – Board may sell or lease water to irrigation districts; levy and collection of special assessments under class C.
1. To levy and collect special assessments upon lands under class C as herein provided, the board shall make an allotment of water to each of the petitioning irrigation districts within the district in the manner as hereinafter provided in such quantity as will in the judgment of the board, when added to the present […]