2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 477 - State Fire Marshal
NRS 477.100 - Authority defined.
As used in NRS 477.100 to 477.170, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, authority means:
1. The State Fire Marshal in a county other than one whose population is 100,000 or more or which has been converted into a consolidated municipality;
2. Unless the county has enacted an ordinance designating the persons who constitute the authority, the chief building official and chief officer of the fire service of the jurisdiction in a county whose population is 100,000 or more or which has been converted into a consolidated municipality, and if they are unable to agree on any question, authority includes the county manager or city manager, who shall cast the deciding vote on that question; or
3. If the board of county commissioners of a county whose population is 100,000 or more or which has been converted into a consolidated municipality, or the governing body of a city in that county, has specified a person or persons to act as the authority, that person or those persons.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1568; A 1987, 2282; 1989, 1930; 1999, 1077; 2001, 1994)
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