Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 134 > General Provisions

• Board: means the board of county commissioners. See Nevada Revised Statutes 540A.010
• Charter school: means a public school that is formed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 388A of NRS. See Nevada Revised Statutes 385.007
• Commission: means the Northern Nevada Water Planning Commission created by section 36 of chapter 531, Nevada Revised Statutes 540A.010
• county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Division: means the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. See Nevada Revised Statutes 540A.010
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• plan: means the plan developed by a regional water commission created by special act. See Nevada Revised Statutes 540A.010
• population: means the number of people in a specified area as determined by the last preceding national decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce pursuant to Section 2 of Nevada Revised Statutes 0.050
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.
• State Board: means the State Board of Education. See Nevada Revised Statutes 385.007