NRS 539.223 Rights-of-way over state lands granted; duties of State Engineer and Director of State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
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NRS 539.223 Rights-of-way over state lands granted; duties of State Engineer and Director of State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
1. The right-of-way is hereby given, dedicated and set apart for the purpose of locating, constructing, operating and maintaining irrigation or other works of a district, including reservoirs, over, upon and through any of the lands which are now or which may hereafter be the property of the State.
2. When such rights-of-way or reservoirs are or will be occupied by a district for any of the purposes specified in this chapter, the Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall, upon receipt of a certificate to that effect from the State Engineer, forthwith withdraw such lands from sale and issue his or her certificate and notice to the district affected, stating in substance that such lands have been and shall continue to be withdrawn from sale during the period such rights-of-way or reservoirs shall remain in use and operation.