HIGHWAYS, ROADS AND TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES
Nev. Rev. Stat. 408
in effectContents
section408.010. Short title.section408.015. Rules of construction.section408.020. Definitions.section408.033. Board defined.section408.037. Business defined.section408.040. City defined.section408.042. Conveyance system defined.section408.045. Department defined.section408.046. Director defined.section408.047. Displaced person defined.section408.050. Encroachment defined.section408.056. Family defined.section408.057. Farm operation defined.section408.058. Farmer defined.section408.059. Federal-aid highways defined.section408.060. Freeway defined.section408.065. Frontage road defined.section408.067. Grade line defined.section408.070. Highway defined.section408.077. Planning agency defined.section408.078. Public lands defined.section408.080. Rights-of-way defined.section408.090. Shall and may construed.section408.095. Town defined.section408.100. Declaration of legislative intent.section408.106. Creation; Board of Directors.section408.111. Composition; heads of divisions.section408.115. Office.section408.116. Legal actions; process.section408.118. Study of operations of Department: Legislative approval required.section408.119. Governor authorized to direct naming of state highway, road, bridge or transportation facility after deceased member of Armed Forces of United States; duties of Director.section408.121. Adoption and use of seal; appointment and duties of Secretary.section408.126. Meetings.section408.131. Duties.section408.133. Plan for measuring performance of Department; report on level of achievement.section408.141. Rules; agreements with other states; designation of alternate routes for transportation of hazardous material.section408.146. Sale or lease of certain water rights to public utility; reconveyance.section408.151. Loans from financial institutions; limitations.section408.160. Director: Appointment; term.section408.163. Director: Qualifications; classification.section408.170. Director: Other employment prohibited; removal.section408.172. Chief Counsel: Appointment; assistants; duties; classification.section408.175. Employment of Deputy Directors and other personnel; restrictions on other employment of Deputy Directors.section408.178. Qualifications and classifications of Deputy Directors and Chief Engineer.section408.180. Oaths of Director and Deputy Directors.section408.185. Facsimile signatures of Director and Deputy Directors.section408.190. Duties of Director: General plan of highways; information, statistics and maps.section408.195. Duties of Director: General supervision of highways.section408.200. Duties of Director: Standards for construction and maintenance; telecommunications facilities within rights-of-way; cooperation with county officers.section408.201. Duties of Director: Policies for use of recycled materials in highways.section408.203. Duties of Director: Reports to Legislature.section408.205. Powers of Director: Execution of instruments and documents; deductions from wages of officers and employees for purchase of United States Savings Bonds or similar obligations.section408.210. Powers of Director: Closing and construction of highways; removal of encroachments.section408.212. Powers of Director: Easements for monorail or other systems of transportation.section408.213. Powers of Director: Designation of highway as scenic route; adoption of regulations.section408.214. Duties of Director: Designation of restricted highways.section408.215. Duties of Director: Records; index of deeds; regulations.section408.220. Duties of Director: Reports to Board.section408.225. Powers of Director: Purchase and rental of and contracts for equipment, supplies and services.section408.228. Highway Safety Information and Outreach Coordinator: Creation; duties; authority to provide certain grants.section408.233. Planning Division: Responsibilities and duties; operation of railroad or airport prohibited.section408.234. Motor Vehicle Recovery and Transportation Planner: Creation; duties.section408.235. State Highway Fund: Creation; sources; uses; payment of bills; limitations on use of bond proceeds and taxes ad valorem; limitations on use of lease fees. [Effective through June 30, 2027.]section408.240. State Highway Revolving Account: Establishment; use; warrants; deposit; transfers to State Highway Fund.section408.242. Establishment of nonreverting account for construction, reconstruction, improvement and maintenance of public roads consisting of money transferred from Fund for Cleaning Up Discharges of Petroleum and money from other sources; semiannual allocation of balance of account.section408.245. Acceptance of federal acts.section408.250. Federal acts: State highways; contracts; pledge to match federal money.section408.255. Federal acts: Secondary and feeder highways; contracts; pledge to match federal money.section408.260. Federal lands: Construction and maintenance of highways; availability of federal money.section408.265. Federal money deposited in State Highway Fund.section408.270. Vouchers for payment; temporary transfer of money from State General Fund to State Highway Fund.section408.271. Department may expend money to conduct studies and match federal money for capital acquisitions.section408.273. Issuance of bonds.section408.275. Surveys, maps and studies of traffic; roadside parks; rest areas; receipt of federal money; regulations.section408.280. Program for work on highways: Contents; distribution.section408.281. Program for work on highways: Inclusion of designated projects for use of recycled products.section408.283. Cooperative agreements between Department of Transportation and county commissioners.section408.285. State highways; designation of other highways and roads as state highways and state routes; route numbers; roads for state parks.section408.290. Procedure for establishment of new routes.section408.301. State Route 163 designated as Colorado River Highway; placement of markers.section408.302. Donald J. Laughlin Memorial Bridge: Designation; placement of markers.section408.303. U.S. Highway No. 6 designated as Grand Army of the Republic Highway; placement of markers.section408.307. Comstock Highway: Designation; placement of markers.section408.309. Designation of Route 94.section408.313. Manner of construction; use of recycled materials.section408.317. Supervision of work by Director; payments from State Highway Fund.section408.319. Report of projects for construction and maintenance: Preparation; contents; revision; public inspection.section408.321. Consideration of users of roadways of all ages and abilities, bicycle lanes, various services for bicycles, motor vehicle recovery lanes and turnouts for slower vehicles.section408.323. Conditions for execution of work without contract; work resulting from disaster or emergency.section408.327. Advertisement for bids; publication.section408.333. Bids and bidders: Experience and financial ability; disqualification; hearing upon disqualification; appeal of decision.section408.337. Bids and bidders: Security; forfeiture; refunds.section408.343. Bids and bidders: Procedure for award of contract; regulations.section408.346. Monetary incentive for early completion of contract.section408.347. Execution of contract in name of State; copies filed with Department and county commissioners.section408.353. Interest of member of Board, officer or employee prohibited; exception; voidability; penalties.section408.354. Contract awarded to railroad company may provide under certain circumstances that railroad company is exempt from requirements concerning bonds.section408.357. Bids and bidders: Bonds required of successful bidders; exception; conditions; sureties.section408.363. Claims against contractors bond; action against surety.section408.367. Project not exceeding $250,000: Solicitation and rejection of bids; quarterly reports; public records; bonds.section408.373. Contractor: Compliance with state laws concerning workers compensation and unemployment compensation; compliance with other laws.section408.377. Subcontractor: Approval; compliance with laws.section408.379. Subcontractor: State business license required.section408.383. Contractor: Partial payments; percentage retained; substitution of certain obligations for retained payments; period for dispersal of money by contractor to subcontractors; rate of interest on delinquent dispersal; procedure for resolution of dispute over dispersal.section408.387. Contract: Publication of notice of final acceptance; final settlement.section408.388. Projects for which Department may contract with design-build team.section408.389. Approval of Board of Directors required for purchase of certain equipment; analysis of costs and benefits of purchase and alternatives.section408.393. Enforcement of laws concerning labor; charges for transportation and meals; penalty; exception.section408.397. Procedure for diversion or change of route of highway.section408.403. Freeways.section408.407. Reimbursement of utility by State for relocation of facility located on or near certain highways.section408.413. Improvement of state highway Route No. 81.section408.417. Guideposts, signs and markers: Erection; metric units; penalty for destruction; liability for costs of repair and replacement.section408.423. Permit required to excavate state highway; exception; fee.section408.427. Unauthorized crossing, removal or destruction of control-of-access fence or barrier on highway: Injunction; recovery of expenses of restoration.section408.429. Clean-up of encampment of homeless persons in right-of-way.section408.433. Roadside parks and rest areas: Unlawful acts; penalties.section408.437. Permit to use law enforcement vehicle; limitations.section408.441. Discharge of pollutant upon highway or right-of-way prohibited in certain circumstances; abatement, removal or remediation required upon receipt of compliance order; remedies available to Department.section408.442. Entry and inspection of premises.section408.444. Violations: Remedies; exception.section408.446. Violations: Director authorized to issue order for compliance; exception.section408.448. Violations: Injunctive relief; exception.section408.449. Violations: Civil penalty; exceptions.section408.451. Director to conduct independent investigation before determining whether to take certain corrective actions; exception.section408.0465. Discharge defined.section408.487. Acquisition of property: Purposes.section408.489. Acquisition of property: Manner; costs.section408.493. Acquisition of property: Survey and location of right-of-way; judicial order permitting entry for examination and appraisal.section408.497. Construction, alteration or improvement of highway: Claim for damage to land or interests; proceeding in inverse condemnation.section408.503. Eminent domain: Resolution by Board; precedence over other legal actions.section408.507. Lease or rental of property.section408.513. Acquisition of property by towns and cities; costs; transfer of interest to State.section408.517. Acquisition of property by counties; costs; transfer of interest to State.section408.523. Summary vacation and abandonment of portion of state highway superseded by relocation or in excess of needs; resolution of Board; recordation.section408.527. Procedure for relinquishment of roadways; regulations.section408.533. Disposal of property.section408.537. State consent to close public road on public land: Application; notice; duties of planning agencies.section408.543. State consent to close public road on public land: Duties of Department.section408.547. State consent to close public road on public land: Determination by Board; approval by inaction; certificate of consent.section408.548. Authority of Department to request submission of proposals; regulations.section408.549. Federal, state or local assistance.section408.551. Center defined.section408.553. Designation of locations for signs and centers.section408.557. Regulations.section408.559. Development and review of plan.section408.561. Toll-free telephone system for public accommodations; apportionment of costs.section408.562. Directors recommendations for programs: Approval by Board; funding.section408.563. Agreements with governmental agencies or others.section408.567. Account for Systems of Providing Information to the Traveling Public: Creation; sources; use.section408.569. System of communication to report emergencies and to obtain information concerning conditions for driving authorized along certain frequently traveled highways.section408.571. Educational program: Duty of Department to develop; content.section408.573. Nevada Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board: Creation; appointment, terms and compensation of members.section408.577. Nevada Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Advisory Board: Duties; gifts, grants and donations; Department to provide secretarial services.section408.581. Creation; members; terms; vacancies; Chair and Vice Chair; meetings; quorum; compensation; administrative support; powers and duties.section408.601. Permits to solicit charitable contributions while standing on median strip of highway or sidewalk adjacent to highway.section408.651. Wildlife defined.section408.656. Creation; deposits; use; administration.section408.661. Inventory of connectivity needs; publication of inventory and list of certain transportation projects.section408.666. Standards and specifications for incorporation of wildlife crossings and related features into highway design and construction.section408.671. Consultation with grazing permit holders and certain landowners.section408.676. Regulations.section408.2831. Contents of agreement.section408.2832. Priority of improvement projects; determination of ability of county to perform.section408.2833. Standards for project.section408.3195. Written analysis of costs and benefits of proposed highway projects: Contents; availability to Board and public.section408.3875. Definitions.section408.3876. Design-build contract defined.section408.3877. Design-build team defined.section408.3878. Prime contractor defined.section408.3879. Project defined.section408.3881. Public meeting; notice.section408.3882. Procedure for selecting design-build team.section408.3883. Request for preliminary proposals: Advertisement by Department; publication; information available for inspection by design-build teams.section408.3884. Qualifications of design-build team.section408.3885. Procedure for selecting finalists from among design-build teams that submitted preliminary proposals.section408.3886. Requests for final proposals and best and final offers: Selection or rejection of proposal or offer; contents of contract between Department and design-build team; applicability of prevailing wage requirements to projects; duties of design-build team.section408.3887. Employment of architect or engineer as consultant during construction.section408.3888. Certain submittals confidential until notice of intent to award contract is issued.section408.5471. Transportation facility defined.section408.5473. Authority of Department to authorize transportation facilities.section408.5475. Submission of request to Department; contents of request.section408.5483. Approval of request or proposal: Determination of public purpose; staff reports; copy of request or proposal to be furnished to affected governmental entities; fee; approval contingent on entering agreement with Department; establishment of date for development of or commencement of construction of transportation facility.section408.5484. Certain submittals confidential until notice of intent to award contract is issued.section408.5485. Contract for transportation services.section408.5501. Definitions.section408.5502. Agreement required for longitudinal or wireless access to right-of-way by telecommunications provider; requirements for agreement; compensation required; types of compensation allowed.section408.55011. Council defined.section408.55012. Longitudinal access defined.section408.55013. Permit defined.section408.55014. Right-of-way defined.section408.55015. Statewide telecommunications purposes defined.section408.55016. Telecommunications facility defined.section408.55017. Telecommunications provider defined.section408.55018. Utility facility defined.section408.55019. Wireless access defined.section408.55021. Longitudinal or wireless access not granted where safety, efficiency or convenience of use by traveling public compromised.section408.55022. Costs of trenching and trench sharing to be proportionate and shared fairly among parties to agreement.section408.55023. Monetary compensation must be deposited in State Highway Fund; in-kind compensation must be fairly valued by Department and used for statewide telecommunications purposes.section408.55024. Department may offer use of and access to spare conduit and related facilities to telecommunications provider: Requirements; compensation rates; duties of Department.section408.55025. In-kind compensation: Types; valuation by Department.section408.55026. Two or more telecommunications providers: Agreements must require shared obligation for compensation; joint and several liability; Department authorized to audit and review relevant records.section408.55027. Existing policies and procedures relating to utilities in rights-of-way not altered; factors Department may consider to determine insurance requirements; authority of Department to determine or dictate placement of telecommunications facilities; compliance with certain federal laws required.section408.55028. Telecommunications Advisory Council: Creation; members; meetings; compensation; duties.section408.55029. Regulations.section408.55048. Definitions.section408.55049. Bank defined.section408.55051. Board of Directors defined.section408.55052. Eligible costs defined.section408.55053. Eligible project defined.section408.55054. Executive Director defined.section408.55055. Federal accounts defined.section408.55056. Financing agreement defined.section408.55057. Governmental unit defined.section408.55058. Loan defined.section408.55059. Loan obligation defined.section408.55061. Other financial assistance defined.section408.55062. Project revenue defined.section408.55063. Qualified borrower defined.section408.55064. Qualified project defined.section408.55065. State and local accounts defined.section408.55066. Transportation facility defined.section408.55067. Utility defined.section408.55068. Utility infrastructure defined.section408.55069. Nevada State Infrastructure Bank: Creation; purpose; Board of Directors; meetings; quorum; compensation of members.section408.55071. Board of Directors: Powers; duties; limitations on conduct of Bank.section408.55072. Executive Director: Appointed by Governor; duties; powers; compensation.section408.55073. Nevada State Infrastructure Bank Fund: Creation; administration by Board of Directors; establishment of accounts; acceptable deposits; compliance with federal laws; requirements for investment of earnings; authorized uses for money in Fund.section408.55074. Loans: Application required; Executive Director to review applications; required terms of loans; Bank to determine form and content of applications, financing agreements and loan obligations; federal requirements.section408.55075. Qualified borrower: Required entry into financing agreement to obtain loan or other financial assistance; authorized uses of loan proceeds.section408.55076. Bank may provide insurance or reinsurance of loans; duties; requirements.section408.55077. Permissible forms of security for issuance of revenue bonds by Bank.section408.55078. Obligation to third person by Bank: Limitations; requirements.section408.55079. Failure of qualified borrower to remit full amount due: Notice; withholding of money allotted or appropriated to borrower; exceptions.section408.55081. Immunity from civil liability for certain persons.section408.55082. Bank not required to provide notice or hearing before performing certain acts.section408.55083. Bank exempt from taxation.section408.55084. Bonds and other securities issued by Bank exempt from taxation.section408.55085. Qualified borrower retains right to issue bonds.section408.55086. Relation to other law.section408.55087. Required reports.section408.55088. Governmental units authorized to provide technical advice, support and assistance to Bank.section408.550515. Digital infrastructure defined.section408.550615. Other infrastructure related to economic development defined.section408.550643. Recycling and sustainability infrastructure defined.section408.550645. Renewable energy infrastructure defined.section408.550647. Social infrastructure defined.section408.550685. Water and wastewater infrastructure defined.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-408.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026