APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER

NRS 269.010. Automatic application to disincorporated cities or towns, and towns formed by board of county commissioners; petition required in certain towns or cities.

NRS 269.011. Applicability of NRS 269.016 to 269.022, inclusive, and 269.024 to 269.0248, inclusive.

BOUNDARIES

NRS 269.012. Boundaries fixed when city disincorporates; effect of annexation by city.

NAME; SEAL

NRS 269.013. Name: Unlawful use by another political subdivision.

NRS 269.014. Seal.

TOWN BOARD FORM OF GOVERNMENT

NRS 269.016. Establishment of elected town board.

NRS 269.0165. Adoption by initiative petition; procedures for appointment or election of initial members of town board.

NRS 269.0166. Additional qualifications of voters in election on initiative petition.

NRS 269.017. Members of town board: Qualifications; initial appointments; subsequent election.

NRS 269.0171. Members of town board: Election when initiative proposal submitted to electors; filing of notice of intention to become candidate.

NRS 269.018. Members of town board: Terms of office; vacancies.

NRS 269.019. Chair and town clerk: Selection; duties.

NRS 269.0205. Single candidate declared elected.

NRS 269.021. Effective date of ordinance or other action.

NRS 269.022. Discontinuance of elected town board: Procedure.

CITIZENS’ ADVISORY COUNCIL

NRS 269.024. Creation by board of county commissioners.

NRS 269.0242. Members; qualifications; election; appointment; terms; duties.

NRS 269.0244. Officers; meetings; rules of procedure; records.

NRS 269.0246. Responsibilities of board of county commissioners unaffected.

NRS 269.0248. Creation of additional councils under original ordinance.

OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

NRS 269.025. Meetings; quorum; affirmative vote of majority of whole board required to carry question.

NRS 269.030. Duties of county clerk.

NRS 269.035. Duties of county treasurer.

NRS 269.040. Duties of other county officers; compensation.

NRS 269.070. Nevada Ethics in Government Law inapplicable to certain transactions.

NRS 269.071. Member of town board or county commissioner not to become contractor under certain contracts; penalties. [Effective through December 31, 2013.]

NRS 269.071. Member of town board or county commissioner not to become contractor under certain contracts; penalties. [Effective January 1, 2014.]

NRS 269.072. Town officer not to be interested in certain contracts and purchases; penalties. [Effective through December 31, 2013.]

NRS 269.072. Town officer not to be interested in certain contracts and purchases; penalties. [Effective January 1, 2014.]

NRS 269.073. Avoidance of unlawful contract.

NRS 269.075. Town treasurer may refuse to redeem warrants.

NRS 269.080. Officers may sell indebtedness for personal services rendered.

NRS 269.082. Deduction from employee’s salary for service as volunteer firefighter or volunteer driver or attendant prohibited.

NRS 269.083. Public hearing for dismissed employee.

FINANCES

NRS 269.085. Claims against town: Auditing; allowance.

NRS 269.095. Taxes, fines and forfeitures paid to county treasurer; general fund and debt service fund.

NRS 269.100. Transfer of surplus money to other funds.

NRS 269.105. Expenses and salaries paid from general fund; form and payment of warrants; chair of county commissioners to examine books and make report; reports to town boards.

NRS 269.110. Payment of funded debt, outstanding bonds and other debt of disincorporated city: Procedure.

TAXATION

NRS 269.115. Power of county commissioners to levy taxes.

NRS 269.120. Levy and collection of taxes.

PUBLIC WORKS

NRS 269.122. Town’s powers subordinate to powers of Nevada Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. [Effective: (1) upon the proclamation by the Governor of this State of the withdrawal by the State of California from the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact or of a finding by the Governor of this State that the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has become unable to perform its duties or exercise its powers; or (2) October 1, 2015, unless: (a) on or before January 1, 2014, the Governor of this State issues a proclamation that the State of California has enacted legislation which satisfies the requirements set forth in section 7 of chapter 424, Statutes of Nevada 2013, at page 2368; or (b) before October 1, 2015, the amendments to the Compact proposed by this State in 2011 are approved pursuant to Public Law 96-551, the State of California enacts amendments that are substantially identical to those amendments, and the governing board of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency adopts an update to the 1987 Regional Plan; or (3) October 1, 2017, if: (a) on or before January 1, 2014, the Governor of this State does not issue a proclamation that the State of California has enacted legislation which satisfies the requirements set forth in section 7 of chapter 424, Statutes of Nevada 2013, at page 2368; and (b) the amendments to the Compact proposed by this State in 2011 are not approved pursuant to Public Law 96-551, the State of California has not enacted amendments that are substantially identical to those amendments, and the governing board of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has not adopted an update to the 1987 Regional Plan by July 1, 2015, and the Governor of this State issues a proclamation before October 1, 2015, that those events are likely to take place in the reasonably foreseeable future but those events do not take place by September 30, 2017.]

NRS 269.123. Town’s powers subordinate to powers of regional planning agency. [Effective through September 30, 2015, and after that date if: (1) on or before January 1, 2014, the Governor of this State issues a proclamation that the State of California has enacted legislation which satisfies the requirements set forth in section 7 of chapter 424, Statutes of Nevada 2013, at page 2368; or (2) by September 30, 2015, the amendments to the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact proposed by this State in 2011 are approved pursuant to Public Law 96-551, the State of California enacts amendments that are substantially identical to those amendments, and the governing board of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency adopts an update to the 1987 Regional Plan; or effective through September 30, 2017, if: (1) on or before January 1, 2014, the Governor of this State does not issue a proclamation that the State of California has enacted legislation which satisfies the requirements set forth in section 7 of chapter 424, Statutes of Nevada 2013, at page 2368; or (2) the amendments to the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact proposed by this State in 2011 are not approved pursuant to Public Law 96-551, the State of California has not enacted amendments that are substantially identical to those amendments, and the governing board of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has not adopted an update to the 1987 Regional Plan by July 1, 2015, and the Governor of this State issues a proclamation before October 1, 2015, that those events are likely to take place in the reasonably foreseeable future but those events do not take place by September 30, 2017.]

PROPERTY, PUBLIC SERVICES AND FRANCHISES

NRS 269.125. Management, use and sale of property; appraisal.

NRS 269.127. Provision of translator signals for television or FM radio broadcasts.

NRS 269.128. Displacement or limitation of competition: Services.

NRS 269.129. Displacement or limitation of competition: Methods.

CONDEMNATION OF PROPERTY FOR TOWN’S USE

NRS 269.130. Power of board of county commissioners.

NRS 269.135. Procedure.

SUITS AND PROSECUTIONS

NRS 269.140. Powers and duties of town board or board of county commissioners.

NRS 269.145. Duties of district attorney; appointment and duties of town attorney.

PRINTING

NRS 269.150. Town printing to be placed with newspaper or commercial establishment within county; exceptions.

ORDINANCES

NRS 269.155. Enactment; notice; publication; duration of effect.

NRS 269.160. Punishment for breach of ordinance.

NRS 269.165. Jurisdiction of justice of the peace; payment of fees and fines to county treasurer.

TOWN CODE

NRS 269.166. Revision and codification of general ordinances; arrangement, publication and sale of code.

NRS 269.167. Adoption by ordinance; procedure; effective date.

NRS 269.168. Filing with Librarian of Supreme Court Law Library.

NRS 269.169. Amendment and extension; procedure.

LICENSING AND REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS, TRADES AND BUSINESSES

NRS 269.170. Powers of town board or board of county commissioners; application for certain licenses; imposition of license tax; license tax as lien; exchange of information concerning tax or taxpayer with Department of Taxation.

NRS 269.171. Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for license, permit or certificate; grounds for denial of license, permit or certificate; duty of town board or board of county commissioners. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

NRS 269.172. Suspension of license, certificate or permit for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license, certificate or permit. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

NRS 269.173. Application for license, certificate or permit must include social security number of applicant. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

NRS 269.175. Power to license, regulate or suppress certain businesses.

NRS 269.180. Issuance of licenses: Terms and amounts.

NRS 269.182. Pawnbrokers: Licensing; additional license required if motor vehicles accepted as collateral; fee.

VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

NRS 269.185. Power to regulate vehicular traffic; ordinances; posting informational signs and other devices at school zones and school crossing zones.

PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND MORALS

NRS 269.190. Board of health: Power to establish and maintain.

NRS 269.195. Animals running at large.

NRS 269.200. Ordinance prohibiting animals from running at large: Petition; publication; penalty.

NRS 269.205. Nuisances: Power to prevent, remove and punish.

NRS 269.210. Abatement of nuisance: Procedure; costs.

NRS 269.215. Disorderly conduct: Prevention and punishment.

NRS 269.217. Loitering and prowling ordinances: Enactment and enforcement by town board or board of county commissioners.

NRS 269.220. Regulation of storage of explosive and combustible materials.

NRS 269.222. Limited authority to regulate firearms; restrictions concerning registration of firearms in town in county whose population is 700,000 or more.

NRS 269.225. Dogs: Tax; extermination when tax not paid.

NRS 269.227. Ordinance for control of rabies.

NRS 269.230. Duties of certain officers concerning riotous assembly; penalty.

POLICE PROTECTION

NRS 269.235. Police officers: Appointment; bond; salaries; duties.

NRS 269.240. Tax for support of police department; police department fund; appointment of police officers; applicability of section.

NRS 269.245. Prevention of breach of the peace.

NRS 269.247. Accident reports and related materials: Provision upon receipt of reasonable fee; exceptions.

FIRE PROTECTION

NRS 269.250. Fire companies or departments: Appointment of officers and employees; salaries; arson investigators designated as peace officers.

NRS 269.255. Tax for benefit of fire department; fire department fund.

NRS 269.260. Ex officio fire wardens: Appointment; duties.

NRS 269.265. Failure to repair defective fixture: Penalty.

NRS 269.270. Failure to remove dangerous or inflammable material: Penalty; expenses of removal.

GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND FACILITIES

NRS 269.400. “Town” defined.

NRS 269.405. Powers of board to make public improvements.

NRS 269.410. Issuance of general and special obligations.

NRS 269.415. Applicability of Local Government Securities Law.

NRS 269.420. Fees, rates and charges: Establishment, maintenance and revision of schedules.

NRS 269.425. Town’s debt limit.

NRS 269.470. Authority to issue general obligation bonds and securities independent and complete.

ALTERNATIVE PROVISIONS FOR FORMATION OF TOWNS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (UNINCORPORATED TOWN GOVERNMENT LAW)

General Provisions

NRS 269.500. Short title.

NRS 269.505. Definitions.

NRS 269.510. “Board” defined.

NRS 269.515. “Town advisory board” defined.

NRS 269.520. “Unincorporated town” defined.

NRS 269.525. Legislative findings and declaration.

NRS 269.530. Applicability of Unincorporated Town Government Law.

Formation of Unincorporated Towns

NRS 269.535. Methods.

NRS 269.540. Initiative petition: Use; procedure; number of signatures required.

NRS 269.545. Initiative petition: Contents.

NRS 269.550. Procedure following presentation of petition: Adoption of ordinance; submission of question to voters.

NRS 269.555. Formation of town by action of board; submission of question to voters.

NRS 269.560. Voter’s approval; adoption of ordinance.

NRS 269.563. Formation of town in area that contains no residents in county whose population is 700,000 or more.

NRS 269.565. Formation of town when certain services required by law.

NRS 269.570. Amendment of ordinance to adjust list of services.

Services

NRS 269.575. Town services.

NRS 269.5755. Levy of taxes for common service provided to contiguous towns; rate.

Town Advisory Boards

NRS 269.576. County whose population is 700,000 or more: Appointment or election; terms; chair; removal or vacancy; notice of expiration of term or vacancy; duties; compensation.

NRS 269.577. County whose population is less than 700,000: Appointment or election of members; removal or vacancy; compensation; duties.

NRS 269.578. County whose population is less than 700,000: Terms of members.

NRS 269.579. Mandatory training for members.

NRS 269.580. Management of designated services.

NRS 269.585. Notice and information to be provided to town advisory board.

NRS 269.590. Participation in budget and ordinances for town.

NRS 269.595. Control of unappropriated money.

NRS 269.600. Bylaws for internal governance.

Ordinances

NRS 269.605. Availability.

NRS 269.610. Codification; publication.

Miscellaneous Provisions

NRS 269.615. Audits.

NRS 269.617. Powers relating to planning, subdivision regulation and zoning subordinate in region for which Spring Mountains National Recreation Area and Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area and Adjacent Lands Act establish limits upon development.

NRS 269.620. Property.

NRS 269.623. Alteration of boundaries; merger of towns.

NRS 269.625. Dissolution.

ANNEXATION

NRS 269.650. Annexation by town whose population is less than 25,000 in county whose population is less than 700,000: Ordinance; boundaries.

NRS 269.652. Annexation by town whose population is less than 25,000 in county whose population is less than 700,000: Commencement of proceedings to initiate.

NRS 269.654. Annexation by town whose population is less than 25,000 in county whose population is less than 700,000: Notice.

NRS 269.660. Annexation by town in county whose population is 700,000 or more: Privileges, benefits and obligations of annexed territory and its inhabitants; municipal taxes.