POWERS AND PURPOSES  


General
NRS 539.190. General powers of board of directors.
NRS 539.193. Agents and employees: Employment and appointment; duties; compensation.
NRS 539.195. Entry upon land to make surveys and locate works.
NRS 539.197. Contracts.
NRS 539.200. Contracts of indemnity and guaranty.
NRS 539.201. Purchase of liability insurance.
NRS 539.203. Board of directors authorized to sue and to be sued.
NRS 539.205. Annual report to State Engineer; recommendations of State Engineer.
Property
NRS 539.207. Acquisition of property.
NRS 539.210. Use of proceeds of bonds for acquisition.
NRS 539.213. Lease of lands for community pasture.
NRS 539.215. Investigations and representations requisite to acquiring control over governmental lands.
NRS 539.217. Conveyance or donation of lands acquired by district.
NRS 539.220. Construction of works across watercourse, road, railway, conduit or other property; restoration of crossed property.
NRS 539.223. Rights-of-way over state lands granted; duties of State Engineer and Director of State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
NRS 539.225. Eminent domain; rules of practice.
NRS 539.227. Vested rights used in connection with mining or generation of power not to be affected or taken.
Water
NRS 539.230. Appropriation and distribution; use by irrigation district declared public use; place of use of water.
NRS 539.233. Regulations for distribution and use of water; regulating and measuring devices; distribution of regulations.
NRS 539.234. Petition for State Engineer to prescribe or clarify rules and regulations relating to distribution and use of water within district.
NRS 539.235. Distribution of water by division or district for appropriate charge.
Electric Power
NRS 539.237. Authority to generate, transmit, sell and acquire electric power.
NRS 539.240. Election required for approval of certain contracts; notice; ballots; limitation; judicial determination of validity.
NRS 539.243. Election required for approval of lease of power plant or transmission system owned or controlled by district.
Drainage
NRS 539.245. Authority of board of directors to provide for drainage.
Bids
NRS 539.255. Award of contract in case of emergency or necessity without advertising for bids.
NRS 539.260. Direction and satisfaction of district engineer; approval by board.
NRS 539.263. Contract not to be let unless sufficient money in treasury or payable in district’s bonds.
NRS 539.265. When bids may be dispensed with; use of construction fund.