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Nevada Statutes

§ 709.340 — Maintenance and repair of streets by holder of franchise

Nevada § 709.340
JurisdictionNevada
Title 58ENERGY; PUBLIC UTILITIES AND SIMILAR ENTITIES
Ch. 709Franchises
FRANCHISES FOR STREET RAILWAY IN CITIES AND TOWNS

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 709.340 (2026).

Text

Every purchaser of a franchise, according to the provisions of NRS 709.290 to 709.360, inclusive, and every person, persons, company, association or corporation, operating the street railway under a franchise, shall maintain and keep in repair, equally as good as the adjoining portions of the street immediately surrounding or including the track, that portion of the street included between the rails of the track and also for a distance of 2 feet outside of the track, on each side thereof.

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§ 709.290
Nevada § 709.290

Legislative History

[5:63:1901; RL § 2125; NCL § 3179]

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Conditions; payment of percentage of net profits
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Construction of appurtenances of plant
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Length of franchise; annual affidavit of gross receipts and expenditures filed with county recorder; acceptance of provisions of NRS 709.010 to 709.040, inclusive
§ 709.050
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§ 709.060
Application for franchise: Contents; franchise limited to 25 years
§ 709.070
Notice of filing of application; contents; publication and posting
§ 709.080
Hearing: Presentation of objections; adjournment
§ 709.090
Granting of franchise: Terms and conditions
§ 709.100
Undertaking by holder of franchise guaranteeing commencement of construction within 60 days from date of granting of franchise
§ 709.110
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§ 709.120
Affidavit filed annually with county treasurer concerning gross receipts, expenses and net profits
§ 709.130
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§ 709.140
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§ 709.145
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