Nevada § 350.370 - Additional powers of municipality under NRS 350.350 to 350.490, inclusive

§ 350.370. Additional powers of municipality under NRS 350.350 to 350.490, inclusive

In addition to the powers which it may now have, any municipality shall, subject to

the limitation stated in this section, have power under NRS 350.350 to 350.490 , inclusive: 1. To acquire by gift, purchase or the exercise of the right of eminent domain, to

construct, to reconstruct, to improve, to better and to extend any undertaking, wholly

within or wholly without the municipality, or partially within and partially without

the municipality, and to acquire by gift, purchase or the exercise of the right of

eminent domain, lands, easements, rights in lands and water rights in connection therewith. 2. To operate and maintain any undertaking for its own use and for the use of public

and private consumers, and users within and without the territorial boundaries of

the municipality. 3. To prescribe, revise and collect rates, fees, tolls or charges for the services,

facilities or commodities furnished by such undertaking, and, in anticipation of the

collection of the revenues of such undertaking, to issue revenue bonds to finance

in whole or in part the cost of the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement,

betterment or extension of any undertaking. 4. To pledge to the punctual payment of the bonds and interest thereon all or any

part of the revenues of such undertaking (including the revenues of improvements,

betterments or extension thereto thereafter constructed or acquired, as well as the

revenues of existing systems, plants, works, instrumentalities and properties of the

undertaking so improved, bettered or extended) or of any part of such undertaking. 5. When determined by its governing body to be in the public interest and necessary

for the protection of the public health, to enter into and perform contracts, whether

long-term or short-term, with any industrial or mining establishment for the provision

and operation by the municipality of sewage facilities to abate or reduce the pollution

of water caused by discharges of industrial or mining waste by the industrial or mining

establishment and the payment periodically by the industrial or mining establishment

to the municipality of amounts at least sufficient, in the determination of such governing

body, to compensate the municipality for the cost of providing (including payment

of principal and interest charges, if any) and of operating and maintaining the sewerage

facilities serving such industrial or mining establishment. 6. Notwithstanding any provision of NRS 350.350 to 350.490 , inclusive, to the contrary or in conflict herewith, to accept contributions or loans

from the United States of America or any department, instrumentality or agency thereof,

for the purpose of financing or aiding in financing the cost of preliminary investigations

and studies, surveys, plans and specifications, procedures and other action preliminary

to construction, and the construction, maintenance and operation of any undertaking. 7. To make all contracts, execute all instruments and do all things necessary or convenient

in the exercise of the powers herein granted or in the performance of its covenants

or duties or in order to secure the payment of its bonds; provided: (a) No encumbrance, mortgage or other pledge of property of the municipality is created

thereby; (b) No property of the municipality is liable to be forfeited or taken in payment

of the bonds; and (c) No debt on the credit of the municipality is thereby incurred in any manner for

any purpose.