2014 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 271 - Local Improvements
NRS 271.355 - Interim warrants.

1. For the purpose of paying any contractor or otherwise defraying any costs of the project as the costs become due from time to time until money is available therefor from the levy and collection of assessments and any issuance of bonds, the governing body may issue interim warrants.

2. Any interim warrants issued for any construction work may be issued only upon estimates of the engineer.

3. Any interim warrants must:

(a) Bear such date or dates;

(b) Mature in such denomination or denominations at such time or times, or at any time upon call;

(c) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 99.067, bear interest at a rate or rates which do not exceed by more than 3 percent the Index of Twenty Bonds which was most recently published before the bids are received or a negotiated offer is accepted; and

(d) Be payable in such medium of payment at such place or places within and without the State, including but not limited to the county treasurer,

as the governing body may determine.

4. Any interim warrants may be issued with privileges for registration for payment as to principal only, or as to both principal and interest, may be negotiable or nonnegotiable, may be general obligations for the payment of which the governing body pledges the full faith and credit of the municipality, or may be special obligations payable from designated special assessments, any bond proceeds, and any other money designated to be available for the redemption of such interim warrants, and generally must be issued in such manner, in such form, with such recitals, terms, covenants and conditions, and with such other details, as may be provided by the governing body by ordinance.

5. An ordinance for the issuance of interim warrants may be adopted or amended as if an emergency existed.

(Added to NRS by 1965, 1365; A 1971, 2100; 1975, 845; 1981, 1407; 1983, 578; 1991, 1878; 2009, 2657)