244A.521 - Additional powers of county or State: Acquisition and operation of facilities.
244A.521 Additional powers of county or State: Acquisition and operation of facilities. The county, or the State acting through the board, may also:
1. Enter upon any land, make surveys, borings, soundings and examinations, and locate the necessary works of any project and any roadways and other rights-of-way pertaining to any project herein authorized, and acquire all property necessary or convenient for the acquisition, improvement or equipment of such works, including works constructed and being constructed by private owners, and all necessary appurtenances.
2. Acquire property by agreement, condemnation by the exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise, and in case any street, road, highway, railroad, canal, ditch or other property subject or devoted to public use and located within the county, whether within or without or both within and without the territorial limits of any public body, becomes subject to interference by reason of the construction or proposed construction of any works of the county or the State, the right so to interfere with such property, whether it be publicly or privately owned; except:
(a) If such right is acquired by condemnation proceedings and if the court finds that public necessity or convenience so require, the judgment may direct the county or the State, as the case may be, to relocate such street, road, highway, railroad, canal, ditch or other property in accordance with the plans prescribed by the court.
(b) If, by such judgment or agreement, the county or the State is required to relocate any such street, road, highway, railroad, canal, ditch or other property subject or devoted to public use, the board may acquire in the name of the county or the State, by agreement or condemnation, all rights-of-way and other property necessary or proper for compliance with the agreement or judgment of condemnation, and thereafter make such conveyance of such relocated street, road, highway, railroad, canal, ditch or other property as may be proper to comply with the agreement or judgment.
(c) No property, except for easements and rights-of-way, may be acquired by condemnation if at the time of the proposed exercise of such power such property is utilized by a public body for the collection, disposal or treatment of sewage or wastewater.
3. Carry on technical and other investigations of all kinds, make measurement, collect data, and make analyses, studies and inspections pertaining to the facilities and any project.
4. Make and keep records in connection with the facilities and any project or otherwise concerning the county or the State.
5. Arbitrate any differences arising in connection with the facilities and any project or otherwise concerning the county or the State.
6. Have the management, control and supervision of all business and affairs pertaining to the facilities and any project herein authorized, or otherwise concerning the county or the State, and of the acquisition, improvement, equipment, operation, maintenance and disposal of any property pertaining to the facilities or any such project.
7. Enter into contracts of indemnity and guaranty relating to or connected with the performance of any contract or agreement which the county or the State, as the case may be, is empowered to enter into.
8. Obtain financial statements, appraisals, economic feasibility reports and valuations of any type pertaining to the facilities or any project or any property relating thereto.
9. Adopt any ordinance or resolution authorizing a project or the issuance of county securities or state securities, or any combination thereof.
10. Make and execute an indenture or other trust instrument pertaining to any county securities or state securities herein authorized, except as otherwise provided in NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573, inclusive.
11. Make all contracts, execute all instruments and do all things necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers granted herein, or in the performance of the county’s or the State’s covenants or duties, or in order to secure the payment of county or state securities.
12. Have and exercise all rights and powers necessary or incidental to or implied from the specific powers granted herein, which specific powers shall not be considered as a limitation upon any power necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes and intent hereof.
13. Exercise all or any part or any combination of the powers herein granted.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1734; A 1975, 1339; 1977, 27)