APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER

NRS 705.005. Effect of federal preemption.

FOREIGN CORPORATIONS

NRS 705.010. Construction and operation of railroad by foreign corporation; qualification to do business.

RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND FRANCHISES

NRS 705.020. County, city or town may grant use of street by railroad to reach depot or pass through; limitations.

CONDITIONAL SALE OF EQUIPMENT

NRS 705.030. Contract reserving title or lien as security for full payment.

NRS 705.040. Lease containing stipulation for conditional sale of equipment at termination of lease.

NRS 705.050. Validity of contract for conditional sale.

NRS 705.060. Contract recorded with Secretary of State; recording of declaration of full payment; fees.

NRS 705.070. NRS 705.030 to 705.060, inclusive, not to invalidate contracts made before March 27, 1913.

SALE OR LEASE OF PROPERTY AND FRANCHISES

NRS 705.080. Sale, transfer or lease of property and franchises to corporation: Consent of stockholders; operation by buyer or lessee.

TRANSPORTATION OF LIVESTOCK

NRS 705.090. Confinement of livestock in car for longer than 28 hours in intrastate shipment prohibited; extension of time.

NRS 705.100. Animals to be fed and watered when unloaded; duties of custodian or company; lien of company.

NRS 705.110. Penalty.

FENCES AND GUARDS FOR LIVESTOCK

NRS 705.120. Duty of maintaining fences; liability for killing livestock.

NRS 705.130. Duty of constructing barriers or guards where public road crosses fenced-in right-of-way; liability for killing or injuring livestock.

NRS 705.140. Penalty for allowing animal to stray on enclosed right-of-way.

DAMAGES FOR LIVESTOCK KILLED BY RAILROADS

NRS 705.150. Liability for negligent killing or injuring livestock; prima facie evidence of negligence.

NRS 705.160. Settlement of claim within 90 days; action for recovery; assignment of claim.

NRS 705.170. Fenced right-of-way to be equipped with passageways and gates; responsibility of railroad.

NRS 705.180. Employee to report killing or injuring of livestock.

NRS 705.190. Owner or operator of railroad to provide notice upon injuring or killing livestock; notice to be posted at stations and forwarded to State Department of Agriculture; contents of notice.

NRS 705.200. Penalties.

EMPLOYEES

NRS 705.210. Employees’ hours of employment limited; penalties.

NRS 705.220. Railroad police: Appointment; responsibility for actions; wearing of badge.

NRS 705.230. Unlawful compulsion or requirement of purchase of uniform or apparel as condition of continued employment; penalty.

NRS 705.240. Engineer required to be able to read timetables and ordinary handwriting; penalty.

NRS 705.250. Intoxication and other violations of duties; penalties.

LIABILITY OF RAILROADS TO EMPLOYEES AND DEPENDENTS IN CASES OF PERSONAL INJURY OR WRONGFUL DEATH

NRS 705.260. “Common carrier” defined.

NRS 705.270. Liability for injury to or death of employee.

NRS 705.280. Contributory negligence of employee not to bar recovery; diminution of damages by jury; violation by employer of safety statute.

NRS 705.290. Risk of employment not assumed where injury or death results from negligence of employer’s officers or employees or defect in equipment.

NRS 705.300. Question of causation for jury’s determination.

NRS 705.310. Fact of injury or death presumptive evidence of want of care by employer.

NRS 705.320. Contract or regulation of employer exempting employer from liability void; setoff by employer in action.

NRS 705.330. Survival of right of action.

NRS 705.340. Limitation of actions.

LIABILITY OF RAILROADS TO PASSENGERS IN CASES OF PERSONAL INJURY

NRS 705.350. Liability to passenger for personal injury; violation by passenger of printed regulations or verbal instructions.

EQUIPMENT

NRS 705.360. Headlights on locomotive; penalty.

NRS 705.370. Emergency first-aid kits: Contents prescribed by Commission; reports when used or missing; penalties.

NRS 705.380. Windshield made of safety glass, electric headlamps, wiper and other equipment required on motor car used for transporting employees; penalty.

PROTECTION OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES FROM DISCHARGE OR LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT

NRS 705.390. Protection of flagger and trainman employed on certain dates from discharge or loss of employment.

NRS 705.420. Penalty.

STATE PLAN FOR SERVICE BY RAIL

NRS 705.421. Department of Transportation to develop state plan for service by rail.

NRS 705.423. Power of Department of Transportation to accept money, enter into agreements and act as agent for county or city.

NRS 705.425. State program for preservation of lines of railroad on which service has been discontinued: Establishment; admission of lines to program; allowance for taxes on property admitted.

NRS 705.427. Contract for acquisition and operation of track and other property of lines of railroad.

NRS 705.428. Contract for construction, improvement or rehabilitation of track and other property of lines of railroad.

NRS 705.429. Regulations.

SUPER SPEED GROUND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

NRS 705.4291. Legislative declaration. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Super Speed Ground Transportation System connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed, or on the date all borrowing made pursuant to NRS 705.42955 is retired, whichever is later.]

NRS 705.4292. Definitions. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Super Speed Ground Transportation System connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed, or on the date all borrowing made pursuant to NRS 705.42955 is retired, whichever is later.]

NRS 705.4293. California-Nevada Super Speed Ground Transportation Commission: Creation; membership; terms and reappointment of members; Chair. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Super Speed Ground Transportation System connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed, or on the date all borrowing made pursuant to NRS 705.42955 is retired, whichever is later.]

NRS 705.42935. Designation of Commission as agency of State of Nevada for certain purposes. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Super Speed Ground Transportation System connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed, or on the date all borrowing made pursuant to NRS 705.42955 is retired, whichever is later.]

NRS 705.4294. Power of Commission to take certain actions regarding Super Speed Ground Transportation System; requirements for approval of route and terminals. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Super Speed Ground Transportation System connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed, or on the date all borrowing made pursuant to NRS 705.42955 is retired, whichever is later.]

NRS 705.4295. Power of Commission to incorporate in Nevada or California; admissibility of proceedings, records and acts of Commission; immunity from liability for members, agents and employees of Commission. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Super Speed Ground Transportation System connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed, or on the date all borrowing made pursuant to NRS 705.42955 is retired, whichever is later.]

NRS 705.42955. Power of Commission to issue bonds, notes, obligations or other evidences of borrowing; authorized sources of payment or security; financing agreements; refund of obligations; no authority to obligate certain governmental entities without intergovernmental agreement; distribution of property upon dissolution; liens. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Super Speed Ground Transportation System connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed, or on the date all borrowing made pursuant to NRS 705.42955 is retired, whichever is later.]

NRS 705.4296. Governor to issue proclamation when System completed. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Super Speed Ground Transportation System connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed, or on the date all borrowing made pursuant to NRS 705.42955 is retired, whichever is later.]

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AND CRIMES

NRS 705.430. Penalty for unlawful failure to ring bell or sound whistle at crossing; exceptions.

NRS 705.440. Illegal rates and charges; penalty.

NRS 705.450. Penalty for willful obstruction or delay of train.

NRS 705.460. Penalty for unlawful obstruction or destruction of track, equipment or devices.

NRS 705.480. Tampering with railroad property; penalty.

MONORAILS

NRS 705.610. Definitions.

NRS 705.650. “Monorail” defined.

NRS 705.660. “Operator” defined.

NRS 705.665. “Owner” defined.

NRS 705.680. Installation and operation authorized in county whose population is 700,000 or more; authority of owner or operator.

NRS 705.690. Installation and operation of monorail is not public work; monorail is not public utility within meaning of chapter 704 of NRS; Department of Transportation, county and city authorized to assist in installation, operation and financing.

NRS 705.695. County or city authorized to grant franchise or enter into agreement for installation and operation; franchise or agreement with county or city required before beginning construction; franchise or agreement dispenses with permit otherwise required by county or city.

NRS 705.700. Requirements for agreement or ordinance granting franchise for installation and operation.