2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns
NRS 266.060 - Attainment of higher population category; proclamation of Governor.
1. Whenever any city of population category two attains the population of 50,000 or more, or any city of population category three attains the population of 5,000 or more, and that fact is ascertained:
(a) By actual census taken and certified to the Governor by the mayor; or
(b) At the option of the city council, by the Governor, pursuant to NRS 360.285, for 2 consecutive years,
the Governor shall declare, by public proclamation, that city to be of population category one or two, and the city thus changed is governed by the provisions of this chapter applicable to cities of the higher population category.
2. An authenticated copy of the Governor s proclamation must be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State.
[8:125:1907; RL 774; NCL 1107] (NRS A 1985, 1172; 2001, 625, 2702; 2003, 14)
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