Nevada Code § 308.080

Requirements for approval of formation of special district by board of county commissioners; judicial review; formation; material modifications; filing of plans for additional acquisitions; injunction for unreasonable departure from service plan
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1. Except as otherwise subsequently
provided in this section, the formation of a special district shall not be
approved by any board of county commissioners without the resolution of
approval and the service plan required by the Special District Control Law. The
approved service plan and the resolution of approval shall be incorporated by
reference in the ordinance organizing the district after there has been a
compliance with all other legal procedures for the formation of the proposed
district. If the board of county commissioners fails to approve the service
plan for any proposed special district and such failure is determined by any
district court in this state for any county in which the district is located to
be arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable, the court may order the formation of
such district by the board of county commissioners of the county vested with
jurisdiction as provided in NRS 318.050 without such resolution of approval; but an acceptable service plan in
accordance with the provisions of the Special District Control Law, shall be
filed with and approved by the court and incorporated by reference in and
appended to the order of the court providing for the organization of the
district after there has been a compliance with all other legal procedures for
the formation of the proposed district. If the service plan is approved by the
board of county commissioners, any interested party as defined in subsection 2
of NRS 308.070 , if such party had
appeared and presented his or her objections before the board of county
commissioners, is entitled to appear and be heard at the hearing of the board
of county commissioners so vested with jurisdiction for the organization of the
district, and the district court may dismiss any pending legal proceedings
contesting the failure of any board of county commissioners to approve a
service plan upon a determination that the decision of the board of county
commissioners was not arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable.
2. Upon final approval by a board of
county commissioners for the formation of the special district, the facilities,
services and financial arrangements of the district shall conform to the
approved service plan.
3. After the organization of a special
district pursuant to the provisions of chapter 318 of NRS, material modifications of the service plan as originally approved may
be made by the board of such special district only by petition to and approval
by the board of county commissioners of each county in which the district is
located in substantially the same manner as is provided for the approval of an
original service plan, except that the processing fee for such modification
procedure shall not exceed $100. Such modifications are required only with regard
to changes of a basic or essential nature and are not required for changes of a
mechanical type necessary only for the execution of the original service plan.
4. Any unreasonable departure from the
service plan as originally approved, or, if the same has been modified, then
from the service plan as modified, may be enjoined at any time by a district
court upon motion of any board of county commissioners from which a resolution
of approval is required by the Special District Control Law, or upon the motion
of any interested party.

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