2005 Nevada Revised Statutes - Chapter 234 — State and Local Governmental Boundaries
Title 19 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS RELATED TO GOVERNMENT ANDPUBLIC AFFAIRS
CHAPTER 234 - STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTALBOUNDARIES
STATE BOUNDARIES
Miscellaneous Provisions
NRS 234.020 Filingof maps of state boundaries.
Interstate Compact Defining a Portion of the Arizona-Nevada Boundary on the Colorado River
NRS 234.130 Ratificationand approval of Compact.
NRS 234.140 Termsand provisions of Compact.
NRS 234.150 Secretaryof State to transmit copy of law to Arizona; proclamation by Governor upon approvalby Arizona and Congress; publication.
NRS 234.160 Consentof Congress petitioned.
NRS 234.170 Titles,rights and claims to lands not affected.
NRS 234.180 Recordingof evidence of ownership after approval by Congress; retroactive effect.
LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL BOUNDARIES
NRS 234.250 Recordingof plat of boundaries of local governments; changes in boundaries; restrictionson taxation for failure to comply.
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STATE BOUNDARIES
Miscellaneous Provisions
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(Added to NRS by 1957, 646; A 1977, 1123)
Interstate Compact Defining a Portion of the Arizona- NevadaBoundary on the Colorado River
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ARTICLE I. Purpose.
The boundary between the States of Arizona and Nevadaon the Colorado River between the point where the Nevada-California state lineintersects the 35th degree of latitude north and Davis Dam has becomeindefinite and uncertain because of meanderings in the main channel of theColorado River with the result that a state of confusion exists as to the trueand correct location of the boundary and the enforcement and administration ofthe laws of the two states have been rendered difficult.
The purpose of this Compact is to fix the location ofthe boundary line between the States of Arizona and Nevada on the ColoradoRiver between the point where the Nevada-California state line intersects the35th degree of latitude north and Davis Dam.
ARTICLE II.Description.
The boundary between the States of Arizona and Nevadaon the Colorado River between the point where the Nevada-California state lineintersects the 35th degree of latitude north and Davis Dam is herewith definedas a line passing through a series of fixed points located in the mid-channel ofthe Colorado River which are tied by bearing and distance to establishmonuments and described as follows:
Point No. 1, being the place ofbeginning where the Nevada-California boundary intersects the 35th degree oflatitude north; thence northerly 18,099.91 feet along a curve to the right(with a radius bearing North 6334
Point No. 2, which point is North 51
Point No. 3, which point is North 23
Point No. 4, which point is North 13
Point No. 5, which is North 9
Point No. 6, which point is North 5
Point No. 7, which point is South 74
Point No. 8, which point is North 72
Point No. 9, which point is North 65
Point No. 10, which point is South771452West 4,476.96 feet from the northeast corner of Section 24, Township 20 North,Range 23 West, G.&S.R. Base & Meridian in Arizona; thence North 39
Point No. 11, which point is North812829West 3,192.99 feet from the southeast corner of Section 13, Township 20 North,Range 23 West, G.&S.R. Base & Meridian in Arizona; thence North 50
Point No. 12, which point is North570902West 2,501.42 feet from the southeast corner of Section 13, Township 20 North,Range 23 West, G.&S.R. Base & Meridian in Arizona; thence North 38
Point No. 13, which point is North214031West 2,863.96 feet from the southeast corner of Section 13, Township 20 North,Range 23 West, G.&S.R. Base & Meridian in Arizona; thence easterly6,083.30 feet along a curve to the right with a radius of 6,332.12 feet to
Point No. 14, which point is South 1
Point No. 15, which point is South 3
Point No. 16, which point is South852102East 3,330.79 feet from the northeast corner of Section 34, Township 32 South,Range 66 East, Mt. Diablo Base & Meridian in Nevada; thence North 66
Point No. 17, which point is North863032East 4,598.33 feet from the northeast corner of Section 34, Township 32 South,Range 66 East, Mt. Diablo Base & Meridian in Nevada; thence North 54
Point No. 18, which point is South 7
Point No. 19, which point is South303910East 2,968.79 feet from the northwest corner of Section 25, Township 32 South,Range 66 East, Mt. Diablo Base & Meridian in Nevada; thence North 23
Point No. 20, which point is South643316West 3,266.89 feet from the northeast corner of Section 12, Township 20 North,Range 22 West, G.&S.R. Base & Meridian in Arizona; thence North 6
Point No. 21, which point is South895400 West3,100.00 feet from the northeast corner of Section 12, Township 20 North, Range22 West, G.&S.R. Base & Meridian in Arizona; thence North 10
Point No. 22, which point is North751733West 3,377.31 feet from the northeast corner of Section 12, Township 20 North,Range 22 West, G.&S.R. Base & Meridian in Arizona; thence North 6
Point No. 23, which point is South582658West 3,655.64 feet from the northeast corner of Section 1, Township 20 North,Range 22 West, G.&S.R. Base & Meridian in Arizona; thence North 15
Point No. 24, which point is North875832West 2,563.75 feet from the northeast corner of Section 1, Township 20 North,Range 22 West, G.&S.R. Base & Meridian in Arizona; thence North 10
Point No. 25, which point is South575249East 3,931.95 feet from the northwest corner of Section 13, Township 32 South,Range 66 East, Mt. Diablo Base & Meridian in Nevada; thence North 0
Point No. 26, which point is South882653East 3,352.93 feet from the northwest corner of Section 13, Township 32 South,Range 66 East, Mt. Diablo Base & Meridian in Nevada; thence North 0
Point No. 27, which point is South884205East 3,542.59 feet from the southwest corner of Section 1, Township 32 South,Range 66 East, Mt. Diablo Base & Meridian in Nevada; thence North 5
Point No. 28, which point is North685518East 3,659.71 feet from the southwest corner of Section 1, Township 32 South,Range 66 East, Mt. Diablo Base & Meridian in Nevada; thence North 20
Point No. 29, which point is South453218East 3,758.25 feet from the northwest corner of Section 1, Township 32 South,Range 66 East, Mt. Diablo Base & Meridian in Nevada; thence North 5
Point No. 30, which point is South881829East 2,454.13 feet from the northwest corner of Section 1, Township 32 South,Range 66 East, Mt. Diablo Base & Meridian in Nevada; thence North 1
Point No. 31, which point is North705157East 2,627.86 feet from the northwest corner of Section 1, Township 32 South,Range 66 East, Mt. Diablo Base & Meridian in Nevada and monumented by abrass cap in the roadway of the highway crossing Davis Dam.
ARTICLE III.Ratification and Effective Date.
This compact shall become operative when it has beenratified and approved by the Legislatures of the States of Arizona and Nevadaand approved by the Congress of the United States.
Dated this 6th day of February,1960, at Phoenix, Arizona.
FOR THE STATE OF ARIZONA
Colorado River Boundary Commissionof Arizona
/s/ Wayne M. Akin
Wayne M. Akin, Chairman
Chairman of the Arizona InterstateStream Commission
/s/ Wade Church
Wade Church
Attorney General
/s/ Obed M. Lassen
Obed M. Lassen
State Land Commissioner
FOR THE STATE OF NEVADA
Colorado River Boundary Commissionof Nevada
/s/ Ralph L. Denton
Ralph L. Denton, Chairman
Appointed Member
/s/ A.J. Shaver
A.J. Shaver, Secretary
Chief Engineer, Colorado RiverCommission of Nevada
/s/ Hugh A. Shamberger
Hugh A. Shamberger
Director, State Department ofConservation and Natural Resources
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LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL BOUNDARIES
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1. In addition to any other requirement of law, eachlocal government, as defined in NRS 354.474,shall record the original official plat with:
(a) The county recorder, the county clerk or theregistrar of voters, and the county assessor of each county in which itsterritory or any part thereof is situated.
(b) The Department of Taxation.
2. All changes in boundaries made after the originalrecording of such plat must be recorded immediately with the offices with whichcopies of the original plat were recorded.
3. Until a local government complies with therequirements of subsections 1 and 2, it shall not levy or receive any advalorem or other tax or any other mandatory assessment.
4. This section applies to all local governmentsreceiving and expending funds on behalf of the public, regardless of theirdesignation.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 990; A 1973, 1081; 1975, 1680;1977, 536; 2001, 1756;2003, 75)
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