1. A special district may be formed subject to the provisions of this chapter:
(a) To manage any money that is:
(1) Paid to the State of Nevada or to a county by the Federal Government; and
(2) Designated for the territory covered by the special district; and
(b) With a governing body:
(1) Of which not more than half of the members are also members of the board of county commissioners of the county within which lies the territory covered by the special district; and
(2) Which is authorized to act independently of the board of county commissioners of the county within which lies the territory covered by the special district.
2. If a special district is formed pursuant to the provisions of this section to manage money that is:
(a) Paid to the State of Nevada or to a county by the Federal Government pursuant to a specified bill or measure of the Federal Government; and
(b) Designated for the territory covered by the special district,
Ê any such money must be distributed directly to the special district for expenditure.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 1316)