539.708 - Petition for annexation: Contents; inclusion of lands within municipal corporation. - Nevada Statutes

539.708  Petition for annexation: Contents; inclusion of lands within municipal corporation.

      1.  The holder or holders of any title or evidence of title, as defined in NRS 539.020 and 539.023, representing one-half or more of any lands adjacent to or in the vicinity of an irrigation district, whether contiguous or not, and which are susceptible of irrigation or drainage, or both, by the district system, or combined systems of works, may file with the board of directors of the district a petition, in writing, setting forth that those lands are susceptible of irrigation or drainage, or both, as the case may be, by the district system or systems, and praying that the land be annexed.

      2.  The petition must describe the land and also describe the several parcels owned by the petitioners.

      3.  All or any portion of the lands in any city in which the vote for mayor at the last preceding election was not less than 550 votes and not more than 1,000 votes, may in the same manner be included within the boundaries of any irrigation district if the lands are susceptible of irrigation or drainage, or both, by the district system or systems, and upon their inclusion the lands in the city, town or municipal corporation are subject to all of the provisions of this chapter.

      (Added to NRS by 1967, 1613; A 1989, 1175; A 1989, 1175)