NRS 541.130
Duties of secretary

  • board may employ chief engineer, attorney and other employees.

1.

The secretary shall:

(a)

Be custodian of the records of the district and of its corporate seal.

(b)

Assist the board in such particulars as it may direct in the performance of its duties.

(c)

Attest, under the corporate seal of the district, all certified copies of the official records and files of the district that may be required of the Secretary by this chapter, or by any person ordering the same and paying the reasonable cost of transcription, and any portion of the record so certified and attested shall prima facie import verity.

(d)

Serve also as treasurer of the district unless a treasurer is otherwise provided for by the board.

2.

The board may also employ a chief engineer, who may be an individual, copartnership or corporation; an attorney; and such other engineers, attorneys and other agents and assistants as may be needful; and may provide for their compensation, which, with all other necessary expenditures, shall be taken as a part of the cost or maintenance of the improvement. The chief engineer shall be superintendent of all works and improvements, and shall make a full report to the board each year, or oftener if required by the board, and may make such suggestions and recommendations to the board as the chief engineer may deem proper.

3.

The secretary and treasurer and such other agents or employees of the district as the board of directors may direct shall furnish surety bonds, at the expense of the district, in amount and form fixed and approved by the court in accordance with the provisions of chapter 282 of NRS.

Source: Section 541.130 — Duties of secretary; board may employ chief engineer, attorney and other employees., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-541.­html#NRS541Sec130.

541.010
Short title. 541.020
Definitions. 541.030
Legislative declarations. 541.040
District courts vested with jurisdiction to establish water conservancy districts 541.050
Establishment of district: Requirements 541.060
Filing of bond. 541.070
Time and place for hearing 541.080
Protesting petition 541.090
Findings and decree to be filed with Secretary of State, county recorders and county clerks. 541.100
Board of directors: Appointment 541.110
Directors: Oath 541.120
Quorum of board. 541.130
Duties of secretary 541.140
Powers of board. 541.145
Powers of board concerning irrigation, flood control, drainage, safety and health projects. 541.150
Subdistricts: Organization 541.160
Board may levy and collect taxes and special assessments 541.170
Board to fix rate of levy under class A 541.180
Board may sell or lease water to municipalities upon petition 541.190
Board may sell or lease water to irrigation districts 541.200
Board may sell or lease water to persons and private corporations on petition 541.205
Board may undertake irrigation, flood control, drainage, safety and health projects 541.207
Board or subcontracting agency not required to furnish water for artificially created lake or stream if restricted or prohibited by ordinances 541.210
Board may levy additional assessments to pay deficiencies. 541.220
Board to hear objections to assessments 541.230
Officials charged with duty to collect taxes 541.240
Sale of real property for unpaid taxes and assessments. 541.250
Property exempt from assessments. 541.260
Board may dispose of water under contracts. 541.270
Liens to secure payment of annual installments. 541.280
Board may create sinking fund. 541.290
Powers of board in distribution of water. 541.300
Contracts relating to electrical energy. 541.310
Change of boundaries: Petition for inclusion of other lands 541.320
Petition for exclusion of lands in district 541.330
Board may enter into contracts relative to payments to be made to United States. 541.340
Acquisition of works: Procedure for creation of indebtedness 541.350
Publication of resolution for creation of indebtedness. 541.360
Conduct of election 541.370
Majority vote required to authorize indebtedness 541.380
Board may petition court for judicial determination of orders, acts, power, taxes and contracts. 541.390
Notice 541.400
Cases to be heard by court at earliest practicable moment. 541.410
Liberal construction of chapter. 541.420
Conflicting laws declared nonoperative.
Last Updated

Feb. 5, 2021

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