Nevada § 244A.695 - Legislative intent

§ 244A.695. Legislative intent

It is the intent of the Legislature to authorize counties to finance, acquire, own,

lease, improve and dispose of properties to: 1. Promote industry and employment and develop trade by inducing manufacturing, industrial

and warehousing enterprises and organizations for research and development to locate

in, remain or expand in this State to further prosperity throughout the State and

to further the use of the agricultural products and the natural resources of this

State. 2. Enhance public safety by protecting hotels, motels, apartment buildings, casinos,

office buildings and their occupants from fire. 3. Protect the health, safety and welfare of the public and promote private industry,

commerce and employment in this State by: (a) Reducing, abating or preventing pollution or removing or treating any substance

in processed material which would cause pollution; and (b) Furnishing energy, including electricity to the public, if available on reasonable

demand, and providing facilities to transmit electricity for sale outside the State. 4. Promote the health of residents of the county by enabling a private enterprise

to acquire, develop, expand and maintain health and care facilities and supplemental

facilities for health and care facilities which will provide services of high quality

to those residents at reasonable rates. 5. Promote the educational, cultural, economic and general welfare of the public by

financing the preservation of historic structures in the county, or their restoration

for the original or another use, in order to preserve structures of historic interest. 6. Promote the social welfare of the residents of the county by enabling corporations

for public benefit to acquire, develop, expand and maintain facilities that provide

services for those residents. 7. Promote the social welfare of the residents of the county by financing the acquisition,

development, construction, improvement, expansion and maintenance of affordable housing

in the county.