1. After adopting an ordinance creating a district and before appointing the first board of trustees for the district, the board of county commissioners is, ex officio, the board of trustees for the district. 2. While acting as the board of trustees, the board of county commissioners shall establish: (a) Accounting practices and procedures for […]
1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the board of trustees of a district organized or reorganized pursuant to this chapter that exists on July 1, 2009, that is authorized only to exercise the basic power of furnishing electric light and power pursuant to NRS 318.117 in a county whose population is 700,000 […]
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 318.0953 and 318.09533: 1. After taking oaths and filing bonds, the board shall choose one of its members as chair of the board and president of the district, and shall elect a secretary and a treasurer of the board and of the district, who may or may not be […]
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 318.0953 and 318.09533: 1. The board shall, by resolution, designate the place where the office or principal place of the district is to be located, which must be within the corporate limits of the district and which may be changed by resolution of the board. Copies of all those […]
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 318.0953: 1. There must be held simultaneously with the first general election in the county after the creation of the district and simultaneously with every general election thereafter an election to be known as the biennial election of the district. The election must be conducted under the supervision of […]
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 318.0952 or 318.0953: 1. Each trustee elected at any biennial election must be chosen by a plurality of the qualified electors of the district voting on the candidates for the vacancies to be filled. 2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 318.083, if there are two regular terms which […]
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 318.0953: 1. Trustees may be elected in the alternate manner provided in this section from election areas within the district. 2. Within 30 days before May 1 of any year in which a general election is to be held in the State, 10 percent or more of the qualified […]
In any election for a general improvement district, if at 5:00 p.m. on the last day for filing a declaration of candidacy, as defined in NRS 293.0455, there is only one candidate nominated for the office, that candidate must be declared elected and no election may be held for that office. (Added to NRS by […]
1. Any person residing within a district who is otherwise qualified to vote at general elections in this State may register to vote in district elections by appearing before the county clerk or registrar of voters of the county in which the district is located and completing an application to register to vote in accordance […]
1. In every county whose population is 700,000 or more, the board of county commissioners is, and in counties whose population is less than 700,000 the board of county commissioners may be, ex officio the board of trustees of each district organized or reorganized pursuant to this chapter and authorized to exercise the basic power […]
1. When the board of trustees of any district is constituted pursuant to NRS 318.0953, the following special provisions apply and supersede the corresponding provisions of NRS 318.080 to 318.09525, inclusive, 318.0954 and 318.0955: (a) The members need not file the oath of office or bond required by NRS 318.080. (b) The members of the […]
1. Whenever a board of county commissioners is the board of trustees of any district organized or reorganized pursuant to this chapter or is exercising any powers pursuant to NRS 244.157, the board may by ordinance establish a local district managing board for the district. 2. Such a local district managing board must consist of […]
1. The governing body of any district organized or reorganized under and operating as provided in any chapter in this title, excluding chapters 315, 318 and 318A of NRS, must be designated a board of trustees and shall reorganize as provided in this section so that after the transitional period the board consists of five […]
Members of the board of trustees are subject to recall from office pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution and statutes of this State. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1716)
1. Except as provided in subsection 2, no member of the board may be interested, directly or indirectly, in any property purchased for the use of the district, or in any purchase or sale of property belonging to the district, or in any contract made by the district for the acquisition of any project or […]
1. Except as provided in subsection 2, it is unlawful for a member of the board: (a) To become a contractor under any contract or order for supplies or any other kind of contract authorized by the board of which he or she is a member, or to be in any manner interested, directly or […]
1. The board of trustees of any district may request, in writing, assistance from any elected or appointed officer of the county in which the district is located. 2. The officer shall furnish the requested assistance, after an agreement has been reached concerning the amount of money which the board of trustees shall pay for […]
1. For and on behalf of the district the board shall have each of the basic powers enumerated in this chapter and designated in the organizational proceedings of the district and in any reorganizational proceedings of the district taken pursuant to NRS 318.077 and other provisions supplemental thereto in this chapter, or otherwise authorized by […]
1. As an alternate procedure for constructing or otherwise acquiring, improving or converting any public improvement (or any combination thereof), and for defraying all the cost thereof or any portion of the cost thereof not to be defrayed with moneys otherwise available therefor by the levy of special assessments against assessable property specially benefited thereby […]
In the region of this state for which there has been established by NRS 278.780 to 278.828, inclusive, a regional planning agency, the powers of any district organized, reorganized or required to reorganize under this chapter with respect to the location and construction of all improvements are subordinate to the powers of such regional planning […]
