244.279 - Sale or lease of right-of-way or water rights to public utility.

244.279  Sale or lease of right-of-way or water rights to public utility.

      1.  A board of county commissioners may sell or lease:

      (a) A right-of-way to a public utility as defined in NRS 704.020; and

      (b) Water rights to a public utility engaged in the business of furnishing water for municipal, industrial and domestic purposes to customers within the boundaries of the county,

Ê without first offering those rights-of-way or water rights to the public.

      2.  If a public utility wishes to dispose of any right-of-way or water right acquired pursuant to subsection 1, it must be reconveyed to the county.

      (Added to NRS by 1983, 524)