533.270 - Water commissioners: Appointment; duties and salaries; exemption from state personnel system; district supervisors. - Nevada Statutes

533.270  Water commissioners: Appointment; duties and salaries; exemption from state personnel system; district supervisors.

      1.  The State Engineer shall appoint, subject to confirmation by any court having jurisdiction, one or more water commissioners for any stream system or water district subject to regulation and control by the State Engineer. The duties and salaries of the water commissioners must be fixed by the State Engineer and their salaries must be paid by the State of Nevada out of the water distribution accounts. The water commissioners are exempt from the provisions of chapter 284 of NRS.

      2.  The State Engineer shall appoint a district supervisor of water commissioners and fix the district supervisor’s duties. The district supervisor is in the unclassified service of the State.

      [Part 52:140:1913; A 1915, 378; 1919, 384; 1921, 171; 1931, 357; 1945, 87; 1947, 518; 1951, 132]—(NRS A 1957, 530; 1961, 490; 1967, 1501; 1971, 1440; 1979, 666, 1112; 1981, 1283)