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Nevada Revised Statutes Title 40. Public Health and Safety § 439.3672. District board of health: Power to create voluntary financial assistance program to pay cost to connect to community sewerage disposal system; voluntary annual fee

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

1. The district board of health may create a voluntary financial assistance program to pay 100 percent of the cost for a property owner with an existing septic system whose property is served by a municipal water system to abandon the septic system and connect to the community sewerage disposal system.

2. Upon an affirmative vote of two-thirds of all the members of the district board of health, the district board of health may impose a voluntary annual fee on property owners with existing septic systems whose property is served by a municipal water system to carry out the provisions of this section.

3. If the district board of health imposes a voluntary annual fee pursuant to subsection 2:

(a) The fee must not exceed the annual sewer rate charged by the largest community sewerage disposal system in the county or counties, as applicable, in which the district board of health has been established; and

(b) The district board of health shall not provide financial assistance to any property owner who does not pay the voluntary fee.

4. As used in this section:

(a) “Community sewerage disposal system” means a public system of sewage disposal which is operated for the benefit of a county, city, district or other political subdivision of this State.

(b) “Septic system” means a well that is used to place sanitary waste below the surface of the ground that is typically composed of a septic tank and a subsurface fluid distribution or disposal system. The term includes a residential individual system for disposal of sewage.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 40. Public Health and Safety § 439.3672. District board of health: Power to create voluntary financial assistance program to pay cost to connect to community sewerage disposal system; voluntary annual fee - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-40-public-health-and-safety/nv-rev-st-439-3672/

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