Nevada § 555.217 - Change of boundaries: Petition; notice and hearing; resolution; ratification by board of county commissioners

§ 555.217. Change of boundaries: Petition; notice and hearing; resolution; ratification by board of county commissioners

1. The boundaries of a weed control district may be changed in the manner prescribed

in this section or in subsection 3 of NRS 308.080 , but the change of boundaries of the district does not: (a) Impair or affect its organization or its rights in or to property, or any of its

rights or privileges whatsoever. (b) Affect or impair or discharge any contract, obligation, lien or charge for or

upon which it or the owners of property in the district might be liable or chargeable

had the change of boundaries not been made. 2. The owners of lands may file with the board of directors a petition in writing

praying that those lands be included in or excluded from the district. The petition must describe the tracts or body of land owned by the petitioners, and

the petition shall be deemed to give the consent of the petitioners to the inclusion

in or the exclusion from the district of the lands described in the petition. The petition must be acknowledged in the same manner that conveyances of land are

required to be acknowledged. 3. The board of directors of the district may, on its own motion or upon petition

of any person other than the owner, initiate proceedings for the inclusion of land

in the district. A petition filed with the board of directors for this purpose must be in writing and

must describe the tracts or body of land proposed to be included, allege that the

lands described contain certain weeds that are harmful to owners of land in the district

and request that the lands be included in the district. 4. Areas proposed for inclusion in a weed control district need not be located in

the same county as other portions of the district and need not be contiguous to other

portions of the district. 5. The secretary of the board shall give notice of filing of the petition, or initiation

of proceedings by the board, to the owner or owners of the lands described in the

petition or motion of the board and shall cause notice to be published in a newspaper

of general circulation in the county in which the lands described are situated. The notices must require all persons interested to appear at the office of the board

at the time specified in the notice and show cause in writing why the request should

not be granted. 6. The board shall at the time specified in the notice, or at the time or times to

which the hearing may be adjourned, proceed to hear the request and all written objections

presented to show cause why the request should not be granted. The failure of any person interested to show cause in writing must be considered an

approval by that person of the inclusion in or the exclusion from the district of

the lands as requested. 7. Upon conclusion of the hearing the board by resolution shall approve the request,

subject to ratification by the board of county commissioners of the county in which

the lands are situated if the request is for the inclusion of lands, or deny the request.

In the case of proceedings initiated pursuant to subsection 3, the board may approve

the inclusion in the district of the described lands only if it determines that the

lands contain weeds that are harmful to owners of land in the district. The board may defer adoption of the resolution to a special meeting or its first regular

meeting after conclusion of the hearing, whichever is sooner. 8. A copy of the resolution, adopted pursuant to subsection 7, must be filed with

the board of county commissioners of each county in which all or a part of the district

is located. 9. No action of the board of directors approving the inclusion of lands within the

district becomes effective unless it is ratified by the board of county commissioners

of the county in which the lands are situated. The board of county commissioners may ratify the action at any time after the filing

of the resolution, but if the board has neither ratified the action nor denied ratification

within 90 days after the date the resolution was filed pursuant to subsection 8, the

action of the board of directors shall be deemed ratified.