NRS 710.010 – Purchase or construction of lines by county commissioners: Petition; title vested in county; charges for service may include amount for reserve for expansion.

1. The board of county commissioners of any county is authorized, upon there being filed with it a petition signed by two-thirds of the taxpayers of the county requesting the board so to do, to purchase or construct a telephone line or lines within the limits of the county, if in the judgment of the […]

NRS 710.020 – NRS 710.030 to 710.145, inclusive, supplementary to NRS 710.010.

NRS 710.030 to 710.145, inclusive, are supplementary to NRS 710.010. [9:133:1921; NCL § 2015]—(NRS A 1985, 321)

NRS 710.030 – Issuance of bonds for purchase, construction, extension and improvement of lines: Petition of two-thirds of taxpayers.

If a petition signed by two-thirds of the taxpayers of the county requesting any such action by the board of county commissioners has been filed with the board, the board of county commissioners of any county is authorized and empowered: 1. To purchase or construct telephone lines within the limits of the county, if, in […]

NRS 710.035 – Issuance of bonds: Purposes; procedure.

Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 710.030, the board of county commissioners of any county controlling and managing a telephone system, for the extension, betterment, alteration, reconstruction or other major improvement, or any combination thereof, of the system, including without limitation the purchase, construction, condemnation and other acquisition of plants, stations, other buildings, structures, other equipment, […]

NRS 710.040 – Limitations on issuance of general and special obligation bonds and other securities.

1. The total of all general obligation bonds and other general obligation securities constituting a debt (but excluding revenue bonds and other securities constituting special obligations) issued to finance any undertaking authorized in NRS 710.010 to 710.035, inclusive, must be in a principal amount not to exceed 10 percent of the assessed valuation of all […]

NRS 710.050 – Applicability of Local Government Securities Law.

Subject to the provisions of NRS 710.010 to 710.035, inclusive, for any undertaking therein authorized the board of county commissioners may, on the behalf and in the name of the county, borrow money, otherwise become obligated, and evidence obligations by the issuance of bonds and other county securities, and in connection with the undertaking or […]

NRS 710.140 – Control and management of system by county commissioners; employees; purchasing; participation in fund to maintain availability of telephone service; creation of separate corporation to provide certain services; conditions for providing certain services outside county boundaries.

1. The control, management and conduct of any telephone line or system purchased, acquired or constructed by any county must be exercised by the board of county commissioners of such county. 2. The board of county commissioners has the right to employ such persons as may be necessary to carry on the business of the […]

NRS 710.145 – Conditions for extending certain services outside county boundaries.

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute, a county telephone line or system may extend its communication services outside the territorial boundaries of the county if: (a) The services are not within the scope of activities regulated pursuant to chapter 704 of NRS and the county telephone line or system complies with the provisions […]

NRS 710.147 – Governing body of county whose population is 55,000 or more: Sale of telecommunication service to general public prohibited; exception; conditions for purchase or construction of facilities for providing telecommunication that intersect with public rights-of-way.

1. The governing body of a county whose population is 55,000 or more: (a) Shall not sell telecommunication service to the general public. (b) May purchase or construct facilities for providing telecommunication that intersect with public rights-of-way if the governing body: (1) Conducts a study to evaluate the costs and benefits associated with purchasing or […]

NRS 710.151 – Sale or lease of system: Institution of proceedings by petition or resolution.

1. Proceedings to sell or lease a county-owned telephone system may be instituted by: (a) Twenty-five percent or more of the freeholders of the county filing a petition with the board of county commissioners requesting the sale or lease of the system; or (b) The adoption of a resolution by the board of county commissioners […]

NRS 710.152 – Sale or lease of system: Measure and explanation to be drafted by district attorney.

When proceedings are instituted to sell or lease a county-owned telephone system pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 710.151, the district attorney shall draft the measure and an explanation thereof for submission to the registered voters. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1228; A 2015, 106)

NRS 710.153 – Sale or lease of system: Requirements for notice of registration of electors.

If the question of the sale or lease of the county-owned telephone system is submitted at a general election, no notice of registration of electors is required other than that required by the general election laws for such election. (Added to NRS by 1963, 542; A 1993, 1093; 2011, 3075; 2015, 107)

NRS 710.159 – Sale or lease of system: Appraisal of value of system; confidentiality of appraisal; contract to market and sell or lease; negotiations; conditions for accepting offers; power to reject offers; notice of proposed sale or lease; compliance with Open Meeting Law.

1. If, at the primary or general election, it is shown that a majority of the ballots cast favors the sale or lease of the telephone system, or the board of county commissioners has adopted a resolution pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 710.151, the board of county commissioners shall contract with […]