CHAPTER244A. Counties: Financing of Public Improvements  


COUNTY BOND LAW
NRS 244A.011. Short title.
NRS 244A.013. Definitions.
NRS 244A.015. “Acquisition” and “acquire” defined.
NRS 244A.017. “Board” defined.
NRS 244A.019. “Building project” defined.
NRS 244A.021. “Condemnation” and “condemn” defined.
NRS 244A.023. “Cost of the project” defined.
NRS 244A.025. “County” defined.
NRS 244A.027. “Drainage and flood control project” defined.
NRS 244A.029. “Equipment” and “equip” defined.
NRS 244A.0293. “Flood management authority” defined.
NRS 244A.0297. “Flood management project” defined.
NRS 244A.031. “Hereby,” “herein,” “hereinabove,” “hereinafter,” “hereinbefore,” “hereof,” “hereto” and “hereunder” defined.
NRS 244A.033. “Improvement” and “improve” defined.
NRS 244A.034. “Infrastructure project” defined.
NRS 244A.0343. “Lending project” defined.
NRS 244A.0344. “Minor league baseball stadium project” defined.
NRS 244A.0345. “Municipal securities” defined.
NRS 244A.0347. “Municipality” defined.
NRS 244A.035. “Offstreet parking project” defined.
NRS 244A.037. “Overpass project” defined.
NRS 244A.039. “Park project” defined.
NRS 244A.043. “Project” defined.
NRS 244A.045. “Property” defined.
NRS 244A.047. “Public body” defined.
NRS 244A.048. “Revenues of a lending project” defined.
NRS 244A.049. “Real property” defined.
NRS 244A.0505. “Sewerage project” defined.
NRS 244A.051. “State” defined.
NRS 244A.053. “Street project” defined.
NRS 244A.055. “Underpass project” defined.
NRS 244A.0555. “Wastewater authority” defined.
NRS 244A.056. “Water project” defined.
NRS 244A.057. General powers of board of county commissioners.
NRS 244A.058. Power of board of county commissioners of county whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000 to acquire, lease, improve, equip, operate and maintain minor league baseball stadium project; issuance of revenue bonds.
NRS 244A.0585. Power of board of county commissioners of county whose population is more than 700,000 to acquire, improve, equip, operate and maintain performing arts center; issuance of revenue bonds.
NRS 244A.0587. Power of board of county commissioners of county to acquire, improve and equip sewerage project or water project; issuance of special obligation bonds.
NRS 244A.059. County’s general obligation bonds; county’s debt limit.
NRS 244A.061. Payment of bonds additionally secured by pledge of certain revenues.
NRS 244A.063. Fees, rates and charges: Establishment, maintenance and revision of schedules.
NRS 244A.064. Lending projects: Powers of county.
NRS 244A.065. Construction and effect of County Bond Law.
FACILITATION OF TRANSPORTATION
NRS 244A.252. Transportation districts: Powers of board of county commissioners; limitations on special elections; budget; employees.
NRS 244A.254. Boundaries of transportation district.
NRS 244A.256. Pledge of money for payment of obligations issued for certain projects.
STREET BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS
NRS 244A.291. Legislative declaration.
NRS 244A.333. “Street beautification project” defined.
NRS 244A.343. General powers of board of county commissioners.
COUNTY BONDS FOR SWIMMING POOLS AND FACILITIES
NRS 244A.441. Power of board of county commissioners.
NRS 244A.445. Issuance of general obligation or revenue bonds.
NRS 244A.447. Applicability of Local Government Securities Law.
NRS 244A.449. Sale of bonds; employment of expert services.
NRS 244A.451. Revenue or general obligation bonds secured by pledge of revenues: Establishment, maintenance and revision of schedules of rates and fees.
NRS 244A.453. Bonding limit.
COUNTY SEWAGE AND WASTEWATER LAW
NRS 244A.455. Short title.
NRS 244A.457. Applicability to county whose population is 700,000 or more.
NRS 244A.459. Legislative determinations.
NRS 244A.461. Definitions.
NRS 244A.463. “Advisory committee” defined.
NRS 244A.465. “Board” defined.
NRS 244A.467. “Bond requirements” defined.
NRS 244A.469. “County” defined.
NRS 244A.471. “County securities” defined.
NRS 244A.473. “Discharge” defined.
NRS 244A.475. “Facilities” defined.
NRS 244A.477. “Hereby,” “herein,” “hereinabove,” “hereinafter,” “hereof,” “hereunder,” “herewith,” “heretofore” and “hereafter” defined.
NRS 244A.479. “Newspaper” defined.
NRS 244A.481. “Point source” defined.
NRS 244A.483. “Pollutant” defined.
NRS 244A.485. “Pollution” defined.
NRS 244A.487. “Project” defined.
NRS 244A.489. “Publication” and “publish” defined.
NRS 244A.491. “Service charges” defined.
NRS 244A.493. “State securities” defined.
NRS 244A.495. Remedial action required when standards of water quality or conditions of permit to discharge pollutants violated.
NRS 244A.497. Technical advisory committee.
NRS 244A.499. Procedure for acquisition of facilities.
NRS 244A.501. Acquisition of competing facilities prohibited; acquisition of properties of other public bodies.
NRS 244A.503. Approval of preliminary plans for facilities.
NRS 244A.505. Approval of plans and specifications for facilities.
NRS 244A.507. Methods of funding county’s acquisition of facilities.
NRS 244A.509. General powers of county in relation to facilities.
NRS 244A.511. Additional powers of county: Contracts and agreements with public agencies and others.
NRS 244A.513. Methods of funding State’s acquisition of facilities.
NRS 244A.515. General powers of State in relation to facilities.
NRS 244A.517. Additional powers of State: Contract with county for employment of county’s personnel.
NRS 244A.519. Additional powers of State: Contracts and agreements with public agencies and others.
NRS 244A.521. Additional powers of county or State: Acquisition and operation of facilities.
NRS 244A.523. Powers of other public bodies.
NRS 244A.525. Extraterritorial powers and rights of officer, agent or employee of State, county or other public body.
NRS 244A.527. Manner of exercising board’s powers pertaining to State’s facilities and securities.
NRS 244A.529. Power of board to invest money.
NRS 244A.531. Power of board to levy and collect general taxes.
NRS 244A.533. Power of county or State to fix and collect service charges.
NRS 244A.535. Contracts for billing and collection of service charges.
NRS 244A.537. Service charges payable constitute general obligations; debt limits unaffected.
NRS 244A.539. Enforcement of collection of service charges by requiring tax levy.
NRS 244A.541. Collection of service charges on tax roll: Election of alternative procedure.
NRS 244A.543. Collection of service charges on tax roll: Notice of filing report and of time and place of hearing.
NRS 244A.545. Collection of service charges on tax roll: Hearings; final report.
NRS 244A.547. Collection of service charges on tax roll: Lien; tax bill; applicability of laws pertaining to levy, collection and enforcement of general taxes.
NRS 244A.549. Lien for unpaid service charges.
NRS 244A.551. Basic penalty for nonpayment of service charges.
NRS 244A.553. Collection of delinquent service charges and penalties imposed by civil action.
NRS 244A.555. Acquisition and transfer of certain facilities on behalf of State; funding of acquisition; recommendations by advisory committee for studies.
NRS 244A.557. Service charges for sewerage.
NRS 244A.559. Liability of county or State on its securities and other obligations.
NRS 244A.561. No recourse based on securities against director, officer or agent of county or State.
NRS 244A.563. Faith of State pledged not to impair securities.
NRS 244A.565. Contracts not binding on State until approved by Governor; exception.
NRS 244A.567. County’s officers to effectuate provisions of County Sewage and Wastewater Law.
NRS 244A.569. County Sewage and Wastewater Law constitutes full authority for exercise of powers granted.
NRS 244A.571. Areawide waste management plan: Development; required elements.
NRS 244A.573. Areawide waste management plan: Ordinances and regulations; enforcement.
COUNTY FAIR AND RECREATION BOARDS
General Provisions
NRS 244A.597. County’s powers concerning recreational facilities.
NRS 244A.599. County fair and recreation boards: Creation; number, appointment and terms of members in county whose population is less than 100,000.
NRS 244A.601. County fair and recreation board in county whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000: Number, appointment and terms of members; vacancies.
NRS 244A.603. County fair and recreation board in county whose population is 700,000 or more: Number, appointment and terms of members; vacancies.
NRS 244A.605. Vacancies; reorganization of board.
NRS 244A.607. Name of board: Designation; use.
NRS 244A.609. Members: Oath; bond; compensation.
NRS 244A.611. Officers: Election and duties.
NRS 244A.613. Meetings; quorum; seal.
NRS 244A.615. Compliance with Local Government Budget and Finance Act.
NRS 244A.617. Loans by counties for preliminary costs of organization.
NRS 244A.619. Powers and duties of board.
NRS 244A.621. Additional powers of board.
NRS 244A.622. Use of money to pay cost of improving, operating, maintaining or improving access to certain airports.
NRS 244A.623. Transactions extending beyond terms of members.
NRS 244A.625. Appropriation and expenditure of money for recreational facilities in certain counties.
NRS 244A.627. Limitations on powers of board concerning real property in certain counties.
NRS 244A.629. Acceptance of federal aid.
NRS 244A.631. Recreational facilities subject to local zoning and other regulations.
NRS 244A.633. Free tickets and passes restricted.
Bonds for Recreational Facilities
NRS 244A.637. Issuance of general obligation or revenue bonds.
NRS 244A.638. Annual report by Department of Transportation on highway construction projects undertaken with money received from issuance of bonds.
NRS 244A.641. Execution of bonds and coupons.
NRS 244A.643. Sale of bonds; employment of expert services.
NRS 244A.645. Powers of board concerning license taxes assigned or appropriated by cities, towns and counties.
NRS 244A.647. Collected license taxes held in trust.
NRS 244A.649. Refund or credit of payment of license taxes; claim.
NRS 244A.651. Revenue or general obligation bonds secured by pledge of revenues: Establishment, maintenance and revision of schedules of rates and fees.
NRS 244A.653. Debt limit of county whose population is 700,000 or more.
NRS 244A.655. Debt limit of county whose population is less than 700,000.
COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BOND LAW
NRS 244A.669. Short title.
NRS 244A.671. Definitions.
NRS 244A.672. “Affordable housing” defined.
NRS 244A.673. “Board” defined.
NRS 244A.675. “Bonds” and “revenue bonds” defined.
NRS 244A.677. “Capacity” defined.
NRS 244A.678. “Corporation for public benefit” defined.
NRS 244A.679. “Finance” and “financing” defined.
NRS 244A.681. “Financing agreement” defined.
NRS 244A.682. “Health and care facility” defined.
NRS 244A.6825. “Historic structure” defined.
NRS 244A.683. “Mortgage” defined.
NRS 244A.685. “Obligor” defined.
NRS 244A.687. “Pollution” defined.
NRS 244A.689. “Project” defined.
NRS 244A.691. “Revenues” defined.
NRS 244A.692. “Supplemental facility for a health and care facility” defined.
NRS 244A.693. “Warehousing” defined.
NRS 244A.695. Legislative intent.
NRS 244A.696. Exercise of powers by county; liberal construction.
NRS 244A.697. General powers.
NRS 244A.6975. Issuance of bonds for affordable housing or residential housing for corporation for public benefit.
NRS 244A.698. Restrictions on powers of county.
NRS 244A.699. Power to sell capacity of project for generation and transmission of electricity and to charge for use of transmitting facilities; right of first refusal of electric utilities; unconditional contractual obligations.
NRS 244A.701. Project for generation and transmission of electricity: Studies, surveys and options.
NRS 244A.702. Project for generation and transmission of electricity: Issuance of taxable bonds to acquire, improve or equip project.
NRS 244A.703. Project for generation and transmission of electricity: Sale and issuance of additional bonds.
NRS 244A.705. Enforcement of county’s obligation to issue additional bonds or to contract for sale of capacity or for construction and operation of project.
NRS 244A.707. Notice and public hearing by board of county commissioners.
NRS 244A.709. Details of proposed terms and conditions of transaction not required in notice.
NRS 244A.711. Determinations required of board of county commissioners after public hearing; operating history and other evidence of sufficient financial resources required of contemplated lessee, purchaser or obligor.
NRS 244A.713. Bonds to be special obligations.
NRS 244A.715. Form and terms of bonds.
NRS 244A.717. Security.
NRS 244A.719. Terms of resolution and instruments.
NRS 244A.720. Issuance of bonds by Director of Department of Business and Industry as special obligations of State.
NRS 244A.721. Types of authorized investments; bank deposits and disbursements.
NRS 244A.723. Construction of project.
NRS 244A.725. Limitation on county’s obligation.
NRS 244A.727. Rights upon default.
NRS 244A.729. Determination of costs of financing.
NRS 244A.731. Lease, sale or financing of project.
NRS 244A.733. Option to purchase.
NRS 244A.735. Refunding.
NRS 244A.737. Application of proceeds; components of cost of project.
NRS 244A.739. Payment and contribution by county prohibited; exceptions.
NRS 244A.741. Operation by county prohibited.
NRS 244A.743. Project for generation and transmission of electricity: Legislative approval and determination of limit of capacity.
NRS 244A.745. Project for generation and transmission of electricity: Establishment, composition, powers and duties of committee to manage project.
NRS 244A.753. County’s property exempt from taxation; taxation of lessee, purchaser or obligor.
NRS 244A.755. Project for generation and transmission of electricity: Payment in lieu of taxes.
NRS 244A.757. Eminent domain not available; exception.
NRS 244A.759. Limitation of actions.
NRS 244A.761. Faith of State pledged against repeal, amendment or modification of County Economic Development Revenue Bond Law.
NRS 244A.763. County Economic Development Revenue Bond Law constitutes full authority for exercise of powers granted.
SURCHARGE FOR ENHANCEMENT OR IMPROVEMENT OF TELEPHONE SYSTEM USED FOR REPORTING EMERGENCY
NRS 244A.7641. Definitions.
NRS 244A.7643. Surcharge: Imposition; master plan required in certain counties; amount; collection; penalties for delinquent payment.
NRS 244A.7645. Establishment of advisory committee to develop plan to enhance or improve telephone system; creation of special revenue fund; use of money in fund.
NRS 244A.7646. Dispute of amount of surcharge or designation of place of primary use by customer of supplier of mobile telephone service: Notice by customer; review by supplier; refund, credit or explanation.
NRS 244A.7647. Recovering cost of collecting surcharge.
TAXING DISTRICT TO PROVIDE TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR USE IN EMERGENCY
NRS 244A.765. Definitions.
NRS 244A.767. Creation of taxing district in county whose population is 700,000 or more; boundaries of district; delegation of operation of system to metropolitan police department.
NRS 244A.768. Creation of taxing district in county whose population is less than 700,000; boundaries of district; delegation of operation of system to metropolitan police department.
NRS 244A.769. Features of system.
NRS 244A.771. System to use 911 as primary telephone number; secondary number.
NRS 244A.773. Tax levy: Approval of voters; exemption from limitation.
NRS 244A.775. Determination of rate of tax levy.
NRS 244A.777. Collection of taxes; tax constitutes lien.
DISTRICT FOR THE SUPPORT OF PUBLIC PARKS
NRS 244A.785. Creation in certain counties; boundaries.
NRS 244A.787. Board of county commissioners ex officio governing body; powers; meetings; employees.
NRS 244A.789. Budget of district; submission to voters of proposal to issue bonds or levy tax.
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STADIUM PROJECT
NRS 244A.800. Definitions.
NRS 244A.810. Fee: Imposition in certain counties; amount; exception; use of proceeds; limitation on repeal or modification of authorizing ordinance.
NRS 244A.820. Contract with Department for collection and administration of fee.
NRS 244A.830. Stadium authority: Creation; members; duties.
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
NRS 244A.850. “Department” defined.
NRS 244A.860. Imposition of fee in certain counties; amount of fee; exception; use of proceeds of fee; cooperative agreements with other governmental entities to operate center; delegation of responsibilities of governmental entity to nonprofit organization; limitation on repeal or modification of authorizing ordinance; contract with design-build team for design and construction of center.
NRS 244A.870. Contract with Department for collection and administration of fee.