1.  The board in any county whose population is less than 700,000 may submit to the voters of that county the question of whether a taxing district to establish a system to provide a telephone number to be used in an emergency should be created within the county. If the question is approved, the board, by ordinance, must create such a district.

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 244A.768

  • 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 a district created pursuant to subsection 1:

(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.