2013 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts
NRS 474.530 - Dissolution of district organized pursuant to
chapter 473 of NRS or exclusion of portions.
1. Where 25 percent of the property owners in a fire protection district or a designated portion of a fire protection district organized as provided in chapter 473 of NRS petition the State Forester Firewarden to dissolve the district or to exclude the designated portion thereof and to place the territory of the district or designated portion thereof within the provisions of NRS 474.460 to 474.540, inclusive, the State Forester Firewarden shall determine whether the petition is feasible and shall notify the board of directors of the district of his or her decision.
2. Upon receipt of a notice in writing from the State Forester Firewarden, stating that the petition is approved, the district board of directors shall prepare a resolution describing the territory of the district or designated portion thereof, dissolving the district or excluding the designated portion therefrom and stating the reasons therefor.
3. Upon adoption of the resolution the board of directors shall forthwith notify the State Forester Firewarden of the resolution, and the district must be dissolved or the designated portion excluded forthwith and is subject to the provisions of NRS 474.460 to 474.540, inclusive.
4. The State Forester Firewarden shall promulgate regulations for forest, watershed and brush fire control in the territory of the dissolved district or excluded portion to meet the terms and requirements for federal aid as defined in NRS 473.010, and shall continue to administer this function, directly or indirectly, as the State Forester Firewarden may consider in the best interest of the State.
5. The property and facilities of the dissolved district or excluded portion become the property of the county in which the territory lies in a manner determined by the State Forester Firewarden to comply with state and federal laws and regulations.
6. The provisions of NRS 474.440 apply to any outstanding or bonded indebtedness of the district at the time of its dissolution or the exclusion of territory.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 326; A 1985, 299)
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