Nevada Revised Statutes Title 20. Counties and Townships: Formation, Government and Officers § 244A.741. Operation by county prohibited

1. When all principal of, interest on and any prior redemption premiums due in connection with the bonds issued for a project have been paid in full, and if an option to purchase or option to renew a lease, if any, contained in such lease has not been exercised as to all of the property contained in the project, the lease shall terminate and the county shall sell such remaining property or devote the same to county purposes other than those authorized by NRS 244A.669 to 244A.763, inclusive.

2. No county may operate any project as a business or in any other manner except as a lessor or seller thereof. If the project is for the generation and transmission of electricity, and the county retains ownership and sells the electricity generated or charges for the use of the transmitting facilities, the project must be constructed and operated by one or more of the purchasers of that electricity or users of the transmitting facilities pursuant to agreement with the county.

3. Any such sale which is not made pursuant to exercise of an option to purchase by the lessee or pursuant to an agreement of sale shall be conducted in the same manner as is then provided by law governing the issuer's sale of surplus property.