Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities
INSTALLATION AND RELOCATION OF FACILITIES AND ENCROACHMENTS
Reimbursement for Costs of Relocating Facilities
Section 408.307 - Conditions for use of money received from State or Federal Government
Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 408.307
Current through September 16, 2024
1. Money which is received from the State or Federal Government for projects and administered by the Department may be used to reimburse a utility for the costs of relocating its facility, including any preliminary engineering services required by the Department's project, if:
(a) The utility has a right of occupancy in
its existing location because it holds the fee, an easement or any other
interest in real property which is compensable under eminent domain;
(b) The utility occupies publicly owned lands
which have not or will not be purchased by the Department, including public
roads or street rights-of-way, pursuant to an agreement with a city, county or
state agency if money is available for relocation;
(c) The utility is owned by a public agency
or political subdivision of the State and occupies publicly owned land,
including public roads and street rights-of-way, and is not required by state
law or agreement to relocate at its expense if the facility is not located
pursuant to provisions of
NRS
408.423;
(d) The utility occupies private property and
has a prescriptive easement for that property;
(e) The utility occupies private property
with the knowledge and consent of the owner of the property pursuant to a
license or other form of consent;
(f) For a project of a local government
administered by the Department for highways which is not owned or maintained by
the Department, any available federal money may be used for the cost of
relocation occupying local streets and roads pursuant to a franchise agreement
or any other agreement between a local government and the utility if:
(1) The agreement specifically provides for
appropriate pro rata participation by any available federal money;
and
(2) The utility furnishes to
the Department a copy of its agreement for reimbursement; or
(g) The utility occupies a
right-of-way for a state highway and the occupancy was established pursuant to
NRS, a franchise agreement or other agreement before the highway became a state
highway.
2. A utility which claims a right of occupancy pursuant to:
(a) Paragraph (a) of subsection 1, must
submit to the Department proof of its right of occupancy.
(b) Paragraph (b) of subsection 1, must
furnish proof to the Department of the agreement with a local government to
occupy the publicly owned land.
(c)
Paragraph (d) of subsection 1, must submit to the Department a statement signed
by an officer of the utility under penalty of perjury declaring its
prescriptive easement.
(d)
Paragraph (e) of subsection 1, must furnish proof to the Department of the
owner's permission to occupy the privately owned land.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Transportation, eff. 1-6-95
NRS 408.215, 408.407
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