244A.757 - Eminent domain not available; exception. - Nevada Statutes

244A.757  Eminent domain not available; exception.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, no land acquired by a county by the exercise of condemnation through eminent domain can be used for the project to effectuate the purposes of NRS 244A.669 to 244A.763, inclusive.

      2.  If the project is for the generation and transmission of electricity, the county financing the project may acquire land or rights-of-way for generating facilities within its own boundaries, and may acquire land or rights-of-way for transmission facilities or facilities for the production or transportation of fuel or water within or outside its boundaries, by the exercise of condemnation through eminent domain, unless the property to be acquired is owned or otherwise subject to use or control by public utilities within the State.

      (Added to NRS by 1967, 1751; A 1979, 691)