1.  In a county in which a qualified project is located, the commission may acquire, construct, improve, maintain and operate or contract for the construction or operation of a project to provide freight rail service in relation to the qualified project.

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 277A.283

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.

2.  To carry out a project described in subsection 1, the commission may:

(a) Enter into agreements with an agency of any state or political subdivision thereof, or the Federal Government;

(b) Receive and disburse funds from an agency of this State or any other source;

(c) In addition to the agreements authorized by paragraph (a), enter into rail access agreements, construction contracts, maintenance agreements and other similar agreements with any person authorizing or regulating use, operation, construction and maintenance of the freight rail service, including, without limitation, any arrangements for payment of fees or costs related to such use, operation and maintenance;

(d) Acquire real and personal property by purchase, lease, easement or other means appropriate to a freight rail service; and

(e) Adopt regulations governing the use, operation and maintenance of the freight rail service.

3.  As used in this section, ‘qualified project’ has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 360.888 or 360.940.