1.  The board in any county whose population is 700,000 or more, shall, by ordinance, create a taxing district to establish a system to provide a telephone number to be used in an emergency if the question for the funding of the system has been approved by the voters of that county.

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 244A.767

  • county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
  • population: means the number of people in a specified area as determined by the last preceding national decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce pursuant to Section 2 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States and reported by the Secretary of Commerce to the Governor pursuant to 13 U. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.050

2.  The boundary of the district:

(a) Must be defined in the ordinance;

(b) May not include any part of an incorporated city unless the governing body of the city petitions the board for inclusion in the district; and

(c) May include only the area served by the system.

3.  The board may delegate the operation of the system to a metropolitan police department, if one has been established in the county.