NRS309.040. Petition for organization of district: Contents; bond; notice.

      1.  Whenever it is proposed to organize a local improvement district, a petition shall first be presented to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the lands or the greater portion thereof are situated, signed by the required number possessing the qualifications provided for in NRS 309.030, which petition shall set forth and particularly describe the proposed boundaries of such district and shall designate the name of the proposed district which may be in substance as follows: “................ County Electrical Improvement District No. .....,” and shall pray that the same may be organized under the provisions of this chapter.

      2.  The petitioners must accompany the petition with a good and sufficient bond, to be approved by the board of county commissioners, in double the amount of the probable cost of organizing such district, conditioned that the bondsmen will pay all costs in case organization shall not be effected.

      3.  Such petition shall be filed in the office of the county clerk and a notice thereof shall be published by such county clerk, for at least 2 weeks before the time at which the same is to be presented to the board of county commissioners, in some newspaper printed and published in the county where the petition is presented, which newspaper shall be designated by the board of county commissioners as the paper most likely to impart notice of the hearing of the petition; the notice to set forth that the petition has been filed, the time of the meeting of the board of county commissioners to consider the petition, and a description of the territory to be embraced in such proposed district.

      [2:24:1928; NCL § 3456]