2013 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 396 - Nevada System of Higher Education
NRS 396.031 - Definitions.


NV Rev Stat § 396.031 (2013) What's This?

As used in NRS 396.031 to 396.046, 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.

(Added to NRS by 1981, 1820; A 1991, 1095; 2001 Special Session, 365; 2011, 1531)

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