NRS309.030. Requirements for proposal to organize district; number of divisions and directors.

      1.  A majority in number of the holders of title, or evidence of title, to lands which will be benefited by the construction of power plants and the distribution of electrical energy therefrom or the construction of a sewer system or the construction or acquisition of a water system, may propose the organization of a local improvement district under the terms of this chapter; provided:

      (a) The holders of title or evidence of title hold title or evidence of title to at least one-half of the total area of the land in the proposed local improvement district, and in computing the total area in that proposed local improvement district, the public domain of the United States of America must be excluded. The holder or holders of a bona fide contract to purchase any land within the proposed district and who have been in actual possession thereof at least 1 year under the terms of that contract and whose names appear upon the next preceding equalized county assessment roll for the payment of taxes on the land shall be deemed the holder or holders of title thereto for all of the purposes of this chapter.

      (b) Any lands situate within the boundaries of any incorporated city or irrigation district are not subject to the provisions of this chapter.

      2.  The equalized county assessment roll next preceding the presentation of a petition for the organization of a local improvement district is sufficient evidence of title for the purpose of this chapter, but other evidence may be received. The petitioners may determine in the petition whether the proposed district will be divided into three, five or seven divisions, and whether it will have three, five or seven directors, but if no number is named in the petition the board of county commissioners may determine whether the number will be three, five or seven.

      [1:24:1928; NCL § 3455]—(NRS A 1964, 11; 1987, 1719)