2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 34 EDUCATION
Chapter 385 State Administrative Organization
NRS 385.017 Definitions.
NRS 385.017 Definitions. As used in NRS 385.017 to 385.0265, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Block" means the smallest geographical unit whose boundaries were designated by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce in its topographically integrated geographic encoding and referencing system.
2. "Block group" means a combination of blocks whose numbers begin with the same digit.
3. "Census tract" means a combination of block groups.
4. "Census voting district" means the voting district:
(a) Based on the geographic and population databases compiled by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce as validated and incorporated into the geographic information system by the Legislative Counsel Bureau for use by the Nevada Legislature; and
(b) Designated in the maps filed with the Office of the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 385.0175.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1816; A 1991, 1088; 2001 Special Session, 346)
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