2005 Nevada Revised Statutes - Chapter 267 — Commission Form of Municipal Government

CHAPTER 267 - COMMISSION FORM OF MUNICIPALGOVERNMENT

INCORPORATION; POWERS; TERMINATION

NRS 267.010 Definitions.

NRS 267.020 Citymay adopt commission form of government.

NRS 267.030 Petitionfor adoption of commission form of government; election of electors to framecharter.

NRS 267.040 Nominationand election of electors to frame charter.

NRS 267.050 Canvassof returns of election; issuance of certificates of election.

NRS 267.060 Electedpersons to frame charter; publication and posting of charter; affidavits ofpublication and posting.

NRS 267.070 Electionfor adoption or rejection of charter: Publication of charter; form of ballot;alternative propositions.

NRS 267.080 Canvassand declaration of result of election; when charter becomes organic law ofcity.

NRS 267.090 Certificationof charter.

NRS 267.100 Recordingand attesting of charter and amendments; judicial notice of charter andamendments.

NRS 267.110 Powersof city with commission form of government; contents of charter.

NRS 267.120 Generalpowers of a city with commission form of government.

NRS 267.123 Publicworks: Citys powers subordinate to powers of regional planning agency.

NRS 267.125 Landimprovement fund: Creation by ordinance; composition; expenditures.

NRS 267.140 Electionto terminate commission form of government: Notice; form of ballot; canvass andresults.

CONTRACTS WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RELATING TO FACILITIES FORDRAINAGE, SEWERAGE AND WATER

NRS 267.450 Definitions.

NRS 267.455 Acquisitionand acquire defined.

NRS 267.460 Drainageproject defined.

NRS 267.465 FederalGovernment defined.

NRS 267.470 Governingbody defined.

NRS 267.475 Improvementand improve defined.

NRS 267.480 Municipaldefined.

NRS 267.485 Municipalitydefined.

NRS 267.490 Projectdefined.

NRS 267.495 Sewerageproject defined.

NRS 267.500 Waterproject defined.

NRS 267.505 Requestby municipality for Federal Government to undertake project; approval byelectors of incurrence of indebtedness.

NRS 267.510 Repaymentcontracts: Powers of municipality.

NRS 267.515 Cooperationwith Federal Government.

NRS 267.520 Validationand ratification of contracts outstanding on March 28, 1969.

NRS 267.525 Legislativeauthority for validation of contracts and projects.

NRS 267.530 Liberalconstruction.

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INCORPORATION; POWERS; TERMINATION

NRS 267.010 Definitions. As used in NRS 267.010to 267.140, inclusive:

1. Commission form of government means any form ofmunicipal government not contrary to the Constitution and laws of the UnitedStates wherein either:

(a) Both legislative and administrative authority isexercised by the same governing body, members of which are elected by thequalified electors of a city; or

(b) All powers of the city are vested in a governingbody, members of which are elected by the qualified electors of the city, whichenacts local legislation, adopts budgets, determines policies, and appoints acity manager, who executes the laws and administers the municipal government.

2. Commissioners means city commissioners or citycouncilmen.

[Part 1:192:1915; A 1919, 366; 1919 RL p. 2658; NCL 1248](NRS A 1959, 125)

NRS 267.020 Citymay adopt commission form of government. Any incorporatedcity in the State of Nevada may adopt the commission form of government andframe its own charter therefor.

[Part 1:192:1915; A 1919, 366; 1919 RL p. 2658; NCL 1248](NRS A 1959, 126; 1987, 1706)

NRS 267.030 Petitionfor adoption of commission form of government; election of electors to framecharter. Whenever the qualified voters of anyincorporated city desiring to adopt a commission form of government so declaretheir desire by filing with the governing body of that city a petition havingthe signatures of one-fourth of the qualified voters voting at the last cityelection, the governing body shall cause 15 qualified electors to be elected atthe next primary or general municipal election or primary or general stateelection to frame a charter which provides for a commission form of governmentfor the city. The persons elected must have been residents of the city for atleast 2 years preceding their election.

[2:192:1915; 1919 RL p. 2658; NCL 1249](NRS A1959, 126; 1963, 803; 1987, 1706; 1993, 1041)

NRS 267.040 Nominationand election of electors to frame charter. Nominationsof the electors must be made by petition of one-fifth of the qualified votersof the incorporated city. The petition must be filed with the governing body ofthe city at least 30 days before the day of the election, as provided for in NRS 267.030. The names of all candidates sofiled must be placed upon the official ballots to be voted at the election.

[3:192:1915; 1919 RL p. 2658; NCL 1250](NRS A1959, 127; 1963, 804; 1987, 1707; 1993, 1041)

NRS 267.050 Canvassof returns of election; issuance of certificates of election. Within 5 days after the date of the election thelegislative authority of the incorporated city shall:

1. Meet and canvass the returns of the election.

2. Declare the result thereof.

3. Issue certificates of election to the 15 qualifiedelectors having the highest vote therefor.

[Part 4:192:1915; 1919 RL p. 2659; NCL 1251](NRS A1959, 127; 1987, 1707)

NRS 267.060 Electedpersons to frame charter; publication and posting of charter; affidavits ofpublication and posting.

1. The persons elected as provided for in NRS 267.050 shall convene within 10 daysand commence to frame a charter for the city and within 90 days thereafterthey, or a majority of them, shall submit the charter to the legislativeauthority of the incorporated city.

2. Within 10 days thereafter, the legislativeauthority of the city shall:

(a) Cause the proposed charter to be published once ina newspaper published in the incorporated city. If no newspaper is published inthe city, the proposed charter must be published once in a newspaper publishedin the county; and

(b) Cause copies of the proposed charter to be postedin three of the most public places of the city for 30 days.

3. The affidavits of the publisher and of the personposting the copies of the charter must be made immediately after publicationand after the posting.

[Part 4:192:1915; 1919 RL p. 2659; NCL 1251](NRS A1959, 127; 1987, 1707)

NRS 267.070 Electionfor adoption or rejection of charter: Publication of charter; form of ballot;alternative propositions.

1. The governing body of the incorporated city shallcause the proposed charter to be published once and posted for 30 days andprovide for the submission of the proposed charter to the qualified voters ofthe incorporated city at the next primary or general municipal election orprimary or general state election.

2. The form of ballot concerning the question of theproposed charter at the election must be: For the proposed charter, Againstthe proposed charter.

3. In submitting the proposed charter, or amendmentsthereto, any alternative article or proposition may be presented to the votersof the incorporated city and may be voted on separately without prejudice tothe others. In submitting the amendments, article or proposition, the form ofthe ballot must be: For Article No. ..... of the charter, Against ArticleNo. ..... of the charter.

[Part 4:192:1915; 1919 RL p. 2659; NCL 1251](NRS A1959, 128; 1963, 804; 1987, 1707; 1993, 1041)

NRS 267.080 Canvassand declaration of result of election; when charter becomes organic law ofcity. The officers conducting the electionshall make returns thereof within the time and in the manner provided by thestate election laws. The vote thereof shall be canvassed and the resultdeclared as provided by such laws. If upon the canvass it shall be found that amajority of the votes so cast at the election were cast in favor of theratification of the charter, the charter shall become the organic law of thecity and shall supersede any existing charter, and all amendments thereto andall special laws inconsistent therewith, when authenticated, recorded andattested as provided in NRS 267.010 to 267.140, inclusive.

[Part 5:192:1915; 1919 RL p. 2659; NCL 1252](NRS A1959, 128)

NRS 267.090 Certificationof charter. If upon the canvass it is foundthat a majority of the votes cast at the election were cast in favor of theratification of the charter, as provided in NRS267.080, the mayor of the city shall thereupon attach to the charter acertificate in substance as follows:

I, ................, mayor of ................, dohereby certify that in accordance with the terms and provisions of Section 8 ofArticle 8 of the Constitution, and the laws of the State of Nevada, an electionwas held on the .......... day of the month of . of the year .., at which15 qualified electors were elected to prepare a charter for the city of......................; that notice of the election was given in the mannerprovided by law; that on the .......... day of the month of . of the year.., the election was held, and the votes cast at that election were canvassedby the governing body of the city, and the following persons were declaredelected to prepare and propose a charter for the city of .................

That thereafter, on the .......... day of the month of. of the year ., the board of electors returned a proposed charter for thecity of ................, signed by the following members thereof:.................

That thereafter the proposed charter was published oncein a newspaper and posted in three of the most public places in the city, towit: For one publication, the publication in a newspaper on the .......... dayof the month of . of the year .., and was posted on the .......... day ofthe month of . of the year

That thereafter, on the .......... day of the month of. of the year .., an election was held at which the proposed charter wassubmitted to the qualified electors of the city, and the returns of theelection were canvassed by the governing body at a meeting held on the.......... day of the month of . of the year .., and the result of theelection was found to be as follows: For the proposed charter, ........ votes;against the proposed charter, ........ votes. Majority for the proposedcharter, ........ votes.

Whereupon the charter was ratified by a majority of thequalified electors voting at the election.

And I further certify that the foregoing is a full,true and complete copy of the proposed charter voted upon and ratified asaforesaid.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affixthe corporate seal of the city this .......... day of the month of . of theyear

............................................................................. ,

Mayorof the city of...........................................

Attest:......................................... ,

Clerk of the city of ....................

[Part 5:192:1915; 1919 RL p. 2659; NCL 1252](NRS A1959, 128; 1987, 1708; 1993, 1042; 2001, 46)

NRS 267.100 Recordingand attesting of charter and amendments; judicial notice of charter andamendments.

1. Immediately after being certified as provided in NRS 267.090, the charter shall be recordedby the city clerk in a book to be provided and kept for that purpose and knownas the charter book of the city of ................, and when so recorded shallbe attested by the clerk and the mayor of the city under the corporate sealthereof.

2. Thereafter any and all amendments to the chartershall be in a like manner recorded and attested.

3. When so recorded and attested, all courts in thisstate shall take judicial notice of the charter and all amendments thereto.

[Part 5:192:1915; 1919 RL p. 2659; NCL 1252](NRS A1959, 129)

NRS 267.110 Powersof city with commission form of government; contents of charter.

1. Any city having adopted a charter pursuant to theprovisions of NRS 267.010 to 267.140, inclusive, has pursuant to thecharter:

(a) All of the powers enumerated in the general laws ofthe State for the incorporation of cities.

(b) Such other powers necessary and not in conflictwith the Constitution and laws of the State of Nevada to carry out thecommission form of government.

2. The charter, when submitted, must:

(a) Fix the number of commissioners, their terms ofoffice and their duties and compensation.

(b) Provide for all necessary appointive and electiveofficers for the form of government therein provided, and fix their salariesand emoluments, duties and powers.

(c) Fix, in accordance with the provisions of NRS 293C.140 and 293C.175 or with the provisions of NRS 293C.145, or with the provisions ofparagraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS293C.115, the time for the first and subsequent elections for all electiveofficers. After the first election and the qualification of the officers whowere elected, the old officers and all boards or offices and their emolumentsmust be abolished.

[6:192:1915; 1919 RL p. 2660; NCL 1253](NRS A1959, 130; 1969, 678; 1987, 366, 1709, 1731; 1997, 3475; 2003, 679)

NRS 267.120 Generalpowers of a city with commission form of government. Anycity adopting a charter under the provisions of NRS 267.010 to 267.140, inclusive, has all of the powerswhich are now or may hereafter be conferred upon incorporated cities by thelaws of the State, and all such powers as are usually exercised by municipalcorporations of like character and degree, whether or not the powers arespecifically enumerated in NRS 267.010to 267.140, inclusive.

[7:192:1915; 1919 RL p. 2661; NCL 1254](NRS A1959, 130; 1987, 1710)

NRS 267.123 Publicworks: Citys powers subordinate to powers of regional planning agency. In any region of this state for which there has been establishedby interstate compact a regional planning agency, the powers of a cityorganized under NRS 267.010 to 267.140, inclusive, with respect to thelocation and construction of all public works are subordinate to the powers ofsuch regional planning agency.

(Added to NRS by 1968, 13; became effective uponproclamation by the Governor of the enactment of the Tahoe Regional PlanningCompact by the State of California and its approval by the Congress of theUnited States)

NRS 267.125 Landimprovement fund: Creation by ordinance; composition; expenditures.

1. The governing body of a city having the type ofcommission form of government described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 267.010, which has acquired by theprovisions of any federal or any other law real property within its corporateboundaries, and which has adopted a policy, by its charter, of leasing orselling such real property, or portions thereof, in a manner that will resultin the maximum benefit accruing to the city from such leases and sales, may, byordinance, with the approval of the Department of Taxation, create a landimprovement fund, which fund shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 354 of NRS.

2. The land improvement fund may be composed of:

(a) Moneys transferred from any capital improvementfund existing pursuant to the provisions of the charter when so authorized bythe registered voters of the city at an election.

(b) Moneys contributed from the general fund of thecity by action of the governing body, which contributions need not be repaid tothe general fund of the city.

(c) Such portion of the proceeds received by the cityfrom the lease and sale of the real property as may be provided for by thecharter or by city ordinance.

(d) Any other moneys the deposit of which in the landimprovement fund is budgeted for by the governing body or authorized by theregistered voters of the city.

3. Moneys in the land improvement fund may be expendedfor:

(a) Preparation of real property for sale or lease andcosts incidental thereto.

(b) Acquisition and construction of improvements onsuch real property prior to its sale or lease.

(Added to NRS by 1963, 641; A 1965, 737; 1975, 1681)

NRS 267.140 Electionto terminate commission form of government: Notice; form of ballot; canvass andresults.

1. The governing body of an incorporated city having acommission form of government may, on its own motion, and shall, upon receivinga written petition signed by a number of registered voters of the city not lessthan 25 percent of the number who actually voted at the preceding municipalgeneral election seeking the discontinuance and termination in the city of thecommission form of government:

(a) If the incorporated city has a commission form ofgovernment described in paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 267.010, fix by resolution the primaryor general municipal election or primary or general state election at which thequestion is to be submitted. The governing body shall cause to be posted at twopublic bulletin boards within the city, not less than 10 days before the dateof the election, a notice that there will appear on the ballot the propositionfor the discontinuance and termination of the commission form of government andthe repeal of the charter of the city.

(b) If the incorporated city has a commission form ofgovernment described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 267.010, fix by resolution the primaryor general municipal election or primary or general state election at which thequestion is to be submitted. The governing body shall cause to be publishedonce in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, not less than 30 normore than 60 days before the date of the election, a notice that there willappear on the ballot the proposition for the discontinuance and termination ofthe commission form of government and the repeal of the charter of the city.

2. The proposition appearing on the ballot must be insubstantially the following terms: For termination of the commission form ofgovernment and repeal of the charter and Against termination of thecommission form of government and repeal of the charter.

3. Following the election and canvass of returns, ifit is found that a majority of the votes cast on the issue has been cast forthe discontinuance and termination in the city of the commission form ofgovernment and for repeal of the charter, the governing body shall proclaim thecharter repealed effective:

(a) Immediately if the Legislature has not enacted aspecial charter for the city and the provisions of chapter266 of NRS supersede the provisions of NRS267.010 to 267.140, inclusive, as tothe city; or

(b) On the date any special charter of the city enactedby the Legislature may become effective.

4. If, following the election and canvass of returns,it is found that a majority of the votes cast on the issue has been castagainst the discontinuance and termination in the city of the commission formof government and against the repeal of the charter, the commission form ofgovernment and charter continue in effect.

[8a:192:1915; added 1929, 118; NCL 1256](NRS A1959, 131; 1971, 319; 1987, 1710; 1993, 1043)

CONTRACTS WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RELATING TO FACILITIESFOR DRAINAGE, SEWERAGE AND WATER

NRS 267.450 Definitions. Except where the context otherwise requires, thedefinitions in NRS 267.455 to 267.500, inclusive, govern the constructionof NRS 267.450 to 267.530, inclusive.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 248)

NRS 267.455 Acquisitionand acquire defined. Acquisition or acquiremeans the opening, laying out, establishment, purchase, construction, securing,installation, reconstruction, lease, gift, grant from the Federal Government,this state, any public body therein, or any person, the endowment, bequest,devise, condemnation, transfer, assignment, option to purchase, other contract,or other acquirement (or any combination thereof) of any properties pertainingto a project, or an interest therein.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 248)

NRS 267.460 Drainageproject defined. Drainage project means anynatural and artificial water facilities for the collection, channeling,impoundment and disposal of rainfall, other surface and subsurface drainagewaters and storm and floodwaters, including without limitation ditches, ponds,dams, spillways, retarding basins, detention basins, lakes, reservoirs, canals,channels, levees, revetments, dikes, walls, embankments, bridges, inlets,outlets, connections, laterals, other collection lines, intercepting sewers,outfalls, outfall sewers, trunk sewers, force mains, submains, water lines,sluices, flumes, syphons, sewer lines, pipes, conduits, culverts, othertransmission lines, pumping stations, gauging stations, ventilating facilities,stream gauges, rain gauges, engines, valves, pumps, meters, junction boxes,manholes, other inlet and outlet structures, bucket machines, inlet and outletcleaners, backhoes, draglines, graders, other equipment, apparatus, fixtures,structures and buildings, flood-warning service and appurtenant telephone,telegraph, radio and television apparatus, and other water diversion, drainageand flood-control facilities (or any combination thereof).

(Added to NRS by 1969, 248)

NRS 267.465 FederalGovernment defined. Federal Governmentmeans the United States of America, or any agency, instrumentality orcorporation thereof.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 249)

NRS 267.470 Governingbody defined. Governing body means the citycouncil, city commission, board of supervisors, town council, town board orother local legislative or governing body of the municipality.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 249)

NRS 267.475 Improvementand improve defined. Improvement orimprove means the extension, widening, lengthening, betterment, alteration,reconstruction or other major improvement (or any combination thereof) of anyproperties pertaining to a project or an interest therein, but does not meanrenovation, reconditioning, patching, general maintenance or other minorrepair.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 249)

NRS 267.480 Municipaldefined. Municipal means pertaining to a municipalityas defined in NRS 267.485.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 249)

NRS 267.485 Municipalitydefined. Municipality means any incorporatedcity organized pursuant to NRS 267.010to 267.140, inclusive, which has a populationof 4,000 or more.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 249; A 1979, 526; 1987, 1711)

NRS 267.490 Projectdefined. Project means the acquisition, improvementand equipment (or any combination thereof) of a drainage project, sewerageproject or water project (or any combination thereof).

(Added to NRS by 1969, 249)

NRS 267.495 Sewerageproject defined. Sewerage project means facilitiespertaining to a municipal sanitary sewerage system for the collection, interception,transportation, treatment, purification and disposal of sewage, liquid wastes,solid wastes, night soil and industrial wastes, including without limitation asewerage treatment plant, sewerage purification and treatment works anddisposal facilities, drying beds, pumping plant and station, connections,laterals, other collection lines, outfalls, outfall sewers, trunk sewers,intercepting sewers, force mains, water lines, sewer lines, conduits, ditches,pipes and transmission lines, pumping plants, filter plants, power plants,pumping stations, gauging stations, ventilating facilities, incinerators,engines, valves, pumps, meters, apparatus, fixtures, structures, buildings andother facilities for the collection, interception, transportation, treatment,purification and disposal of sewage, liquid wastes, solid wastes, night soiland industrial wastes (or any combination thereof). A sewerage project mayinclude as a part thereof a drainage project as defined in NRS 267.460.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 249)

NRS 267.500 Waterproject defined. Water project meansfacilities pertaining to a municipal water system for the collection,transportation, treatment, purification and distribution of water, includingwithout limitation springs, wells, ponds, lakes, other raw water sources, basincribs, dams, spillways, retarding basins, detention basins, reservoirs, towers,other storage facilities, pumping plants, infiltration galleries, filtrationplants, purification systems, other water treatment facilities, power plants,waterworks plants, pumping stations, gauging stations, ventilating facilities,stream gauges, rain gauges, valves, standpipes, connections, hydrants, conduits,flumes, sluices, canals, channels, ditches, pipes, lines, laterals, servicepipes, force mains, submains, syphons, other water transmission anddistribution mains, engines, boilers, pumps, meters, apparatus, tools,equipment, fixtures, structures, buildings and other facilities for theacquisition, transportation, treatment, purification and distribution ofuntreated water or potable water for domestic, commercial and industrial useand irrigation (or any combination thereof).

(Added to NRS by 1969, 249)

NRS 267.505 Requestby municipality for Federal Government to undertake project; approval byelectors of incurrence of indebtedness. Thegoverning body of any municipality, on its behalf and in its name, isauthorized:

1. To request the Federal Government to undertake anyproject for the municipality; and

2. To negotiate for, to obtain and enter into, and tocause to be executed such contracts, documents and other instruments as arenecessary or appropriate to carry such requests into effect, subject to theapproval by the qualified electors of the municipality of a questionauthorizing the incurrence of an indebtedness by the municipality by makingsuch an agreement in the manner provided in NRS350.020 to 350.070, inclusive.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 250; A 1981, 954)

NRS 267.510 Repaymentcontracts: Powers of municipality. In the contracts,documents and other instruments designated in NRS267.505, the governing body may:

1. Obligate the municipality to repay to the FederalGovernment the cost of the project undertaken by it for the municipality,including without limitation all incidental costs pertaining thereto, over aterm of not exceeding 40 years commencing on any specified date in the calendaryear next following the calendar year in which the project is completed or isestimated to be completed in any such contract between the municipality and theFederal Government, or in any other such document or any other such instrument,whichever period is later, and otherwise upon such terms and conditions andwith such other provisions as the municipality and the Federal Government mayprovide, except as otherwise provided in NRS267.450 to 267.530, inclusive.

2. Obligate the municipality to pay to the FederalGovernment interest on the project cost, except to the extent an allowance ismade in the project cost for interest during the period of construction orduring any other period determined by the municipality and the FederalGovernment, at a rate or rates which do not exceed by more than 3 percent:

(a) For general obligations, the Index of Twenty Bonds;and

(b) For other obligations, the Index of Revenue Bonds,

which is ineffect at the time the agreement is made.

3. Obligate the municipality to operate and maintainthe facilities resulting from the project or otherwise pertaining thereto, insuch manner, upon such terms and conditions, and otherwise with such otherprovisions as the municipality and the Federal Government may provide.

4. Pledge the full faith and credit of themunicipality for the payment of the money due under such contracts, documentsand other instruments.

5. Provide for the payment of such money as generalobligations or special obligations of the municipality, or as generalobligations of the municipality the payment of which is additionally secured bya pledge of revenues derived from any utility or other income-producing projectof the municipality legally available therefor.

6. Otherwise pledge the full faith and credit of themunicipality for the performance and observance of all covenants, conditions,limitations, promises and undertakings made or specified to be kept, observedor fulfilled on the part of the municipality in any such contract with theFederal Government.

7. Exercise any combination of powers provided in NRS 267.450 to 267.515, inclusive.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 250; A 1971, 2098; 1975, 843;1981, 1406; 1983, 577)

NRS 267.515 Cooperationwith Federal Government. Any municipality maycooperate with the Federal Government in connection with any project undertakenby the Federal Government, including, without limitation, in the manner providedin the Federal Reclamation Law approved June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), all actsamendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, and any other act of Congressenacted before, on or after March 28, 1969, authorizing or permitting suchcooperation.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 251; A 1997, 1605)

NRS 267.520 Validationand ratification of contracts outstanding on March 28, 1969. All outstanding contracts, documents and other instrumentspertaining to any project, and all acts and proceedings had or taken prior toMarch 28, 1969, or purportedly had or taken, by or on behalf of a municipalitypreliminary to or in the authorization, execution and otherwise making of suchcontracts, documents and other instruments or preliminary to or in theundertaking of the project (or any combination thereof) are hereby validated,ratified, approved and confirmed, including without limitation any election forthe authorization of such contracts, the terms, provisions, conditions andcovenants in any such contracts, documents and other provisions and in anyresolutions and ordinances pertaining thereto, except as otherwise provided in NRS 267.525, notwithstanding any lack ofpower, authority or otherwise, other than constitutional, and notwithstandingany defects and irregularities, other than constitutional, in the creation ofthe municipality and in making or adopting such contracts, documents and otherinstruments, or in undertaking such project, including without limitation suchacts and proceedings had or taken prior to March 28, 1969, appertaining theretobut remaining uncompleted, subject to the taking or adoption of suchsupplemental acts and proceedings prior to March 28, 1969, not had or taken,nor purportedly had or taken, but required by and in substantial and duecompliance with NRS 267.450 to 267.530, inclusive, and any other lawspertaining thereto.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 251)

NRS 267.525 Legislativeauthority for validation of contracts and projects.

1. This section and NRS267.520 shall operate to supply such legislative authority as may benecessary to validate any such contracts, documents and other instrumentspertaining to any project, to validate any such project, and to validate allacts and proceedings preliminary thereto and prior to March 28, 1969, had ortaken which the Legislature could have supplied or provided for in NRS 267.450 to 267.530, inclusive, or in any other lawunder which such contracts, documents and other instruments were made oradopted, such project was undertaken, or such acts or proceedings were taken.

2. This section and NRS267.520, however, shall be limited to the validation of contracts,documents, other instruments, projects, acts and proceedings to the extent towhich they can be effectuated under the state and federal constitutions.

3. This section and NRS267.520 shall not operate to validate, ratify, approve, confirm or legalizeany contract, document, other instrument, project, act, proceeding or any othermatter which has been determined prior to March 28, 1969, in any legalproceeding to be illegal, void or ineffective.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 251)

NRS 267.530 Liberalconstruction. NRS 267.450 to 267.525, inclusive, being necessary tosecure the public health, safety, convenience and welfare, they shall beliberally construed to effect their purposes.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 252)