[Rev. 5/4/2013 2:36:05 PM]
[NAC-548 Revised Date: 4-12]
548.010 Definitions.
548.020 “Annual meeting” defined.
548.030 “Annual report” defined.
548.040 “Annual work plan” defined.
548.050 “Commission” defined.
548.060 “Conservation district” defined.
548.070 “Program” defined.
548.080 Filing of annual reports with Program.
548.090 Determination of whether conservation district is in good standing: Procedure; effect.
548.100 Petition for reevaluation of determination; review of status and recommendations for improvement; finding that conservation district is in good standing.
548.110 Prerequisites for conservation district to be in good standing.
548.120 Report and review of conservation districts in good standing; distribution of grants; time restriction on use of grants.
548.130 Duty to account for grants of money.
548.140 Pooling of grants by conservation districts.
548.150 Interpretation of term “reasonable and necessary expenses.”
NAC 548.010 Definitions. (NRS 548.160) As used in NAC 548.020 to 548.110, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 548.020 to 548.070, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NAC by Conservation Comm’n, eff. 9-5-90)
NAC 548.020 “Annual meeting” defined. (NRS 548.160) “Annual meeting” means a public meeting of a conservation district held at a regular time each year, during which a public review of the annual report and the annual work plan of the conservation district is conducted.
(Added to NAC by Conservation Comm’n, eff. 9-5-90)
NAC 548.030 “Annual report” defined. (NRS 548.160) “Annual report” means a written report completed by a conservation district at the end of each year that sets forth the accomplishments of the conservation district during that year, and includes a financial report for that year.
(Added to NAC by Conservation Comm’n, eff. 9-5-90)
NAC 548.040 “Annual work plan” defined. (NRS 548.160) “Annual work plan” means a written plan which is developed by a conservation district before the beginning of each year setting forth the plans and the budget of the conservation district for that year.
(Added to NAC by Conservation Comm’n, eff. 9-5-90)
NAC 548.050 “Commission” defined. (NRS 548.160) “Commission” means the State Conservation Commission in the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(Added to NAC by Conservation Comm’n, eff. 9-5-90)
NAC 548.060 “Conservation district” defined. (NRS 548.160) “Conservation district” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 548.032.
(Added to NAC by Conservation Comm’n, eff. 9-5-90)
NAC 548.070 “Program” defined. (NRS 548.160) “Program” means the Conservation Districts Program in the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(Added to NAC by Conservation Comm’n, eff. 9-5-90)
NAC 548.080 Filing of annual reports with Program. (NRS 548.160) Each conservation district shall file annual reports with the Program which contain such information as the Commission may require.
(Added to NAC by Conservation Comm’n, eff. 9-5-90)
NAC 548.090 Determination of whether conservation district is in good standing: Procedure; effect. (NRS 548.160, 548.178)
1. The Commission, at a regular meeting, will request the Program to review the records of each conservation district that are maintained by the Program and advise the Commission concerning which conservation districts appear to be in good standing.
2. If it appears to the Commission that there is evidence that a conservation district is not in good standing:
(a) The Commission will request the Program to notify the conservation district that there is evidence that it is not in good standing; and
(b) The Commission will schedule the determination of the status of the conservation district for the next regularly scheduled public meeting of the Commission.
3. Upon receiving a notice from the Program that there is evidence that it is not in good standing, a conservation district may respond to the Commission in writing within 60 days after receiving the notice or attend the determination hearing at the next regularly scheduled public meeting of the Commission, or both.
4. The Commission will make a final determination as to whether the conservation district is in good standing after it reviews the evidence and hears testimony at its next regularly scheduled public meeting.
5. If the Commission determines that a conservation district is not in good standing, it will:
(a) Place the conservation district on a list which makes it ineligible for grant programs administered by the Commission;
(b) Notify the Natural Resource Conservation Service that the conservation district is not in good standing; and
(c) Ask the conservation district if it wishes to be discontinued or consolidated with another conservation district. The Commission may assist the conservation district by following the procedures for discontinuance as set forth in NRS 548.530.
(Added to NAC by Conservation Comm’n, eff. 9-5-90; A 12-26-95)
NAC 548.100 Petition for reevaluation of determination; review of status and recommendations for improvement; finding that conservation district is in good standing. (NRS 548.160, 548.178)
1. A conservation district that is determined not to be in good standing may petition the Commission at any time requesting a reevaluation of the determination.
2. The Program shall review the status of all conservation districts that are not in good standing at least annually and shall recommend to the Commission any actions that may be taken to assist a conservation district in the improvement of its status.
3. The Commission may find a conservation district to be in good standing after a public hearing is held during any regularly scheduled meeting of the Commission.
(Added to NAC by Conservation Comm’n, eff. 9-5-90)
NAC 548.110 Prerequisites for conservation district to be in good standing. (NRS 548.160, 548.178) To be in good standing, a conservation district must:
1. Hold regularly scheduled meetings of the governing board of the district.
2. Hold meetings at least three times each year, one of which must be an annual meeting.
3. Properly give notice of each meeting, prepare an agenda and issue it in conformance with the requirements of chapter 241 of NRS.
4. File the agenda for and the minutes taken at each meeting required by subsection 2 with the Program within 30 working days after the meeting.
5. Hold an election of supervisors on one of the first 10 days of November in each even-numbered year and submit the results of the election to the Commission before November 30 of that year.
6. Develop an annual work plan and budget and submit them to the Commission by the first of June of each year.
7. Develop an annual report and financial report and submit them to the Commission by September 30 of each year for the immediately preceding fiscal year.
(Added to NAC by Conservation Comm’n, eff. 9-5-90; A 12-26-95; R158-07, 12-4-2007)
NAC 548.120 Report and review of conservation districts in good standing; distribution of grants; time restriction on use of grants. (NRS 548.160, 548.178)
1. The Program shall report to the Commission at the first meeting of the Commission of each new fiscal year the conservation districts that are in good standing as of July 1 of that year. A district that is not in good standing is not eligible to receive a grant of money.
2. The Commission will review the annual budget of each district in good standing to determine whether it complies with the intent of this chapter and chapter 548 of NRS. If the budget complies with the intent of those chapters, the Commission will designate the district as eligible for a grant of money.
3. The Commission will equally distribute among the districts that have been designated as eligible for a grant of money pursuant to subsection 2 all available grants of money provided by legislative appropriation pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 548.178 for the Commission’s program of basic operating grants to conservation districts. A grant of money received by a conservation district is for the fiscal year or years for which it was granted. Any money which has not been committed for expenditure before July 1 of the fiscal year after the fiscal year or years for which the money was granted must be deducted from any grant awarded for that fiscal year.
4. The Commission may, pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 548.178, distribute grants of money provided by sources other than legislative appropriation in such amounts and subject to such conditions as the Commission determines appropriate to any conservation district which the Commission determines qualifies for a grant.
(Added to NAC by Conservation Comm’n, eff. 12-26-95; A by R158-07, 12-4-2007)
NAC 548.130 Duty to account for grants of money. (NRS 548.160, 548.178) Each conservation district that receives a grant of money pursuant to NAC 548.120 shall:
1. Maintain an accurate accounting of all expenditures made from such money; and
2. Allow the Commission to review such accounting upon request.
(Added to NAC by Conservation Comm’n, eff. 12-26-95)
NAC 548.140 Pooling of grants by conservation districts. (NRS 548.160, 548.178) Two or more conservation districts may agree to pool any grant of money awarded to them pursuant to NAC 548.120 to carry out a conservation program.
(Added to NAC by Conservation Comm’n, eff. 12-26-95)
NAC 548.150 Interpretation of term “reasonable and necessary expenses.” (NRS 548.160, 548.178) For the purposes of NRS 548.178, the Commission will interpret the term “reasonable and necessary expenses” of a conservation district to include, without limitation:
1. Operating expenses of the conservation district, including, without limitation, office supplies, postage, telephone bills and other items approved for the budget of the district;
2. Travel expenses of supervisors based on the current rate available for the reimbursement of state officers and employees generally;
3. Dues and registration;
4. Support staff;
5. Conservation programs; and
6. Any cost associated with pooling of grants of money.
(Added to NAC by Conservation Comm’n, eff. 12-26-95)