NRS 710.160: Purchase, construction, operation and extension of electrical power plants and lines by county commissioners upon petition.

Upon there being filed with a board of county commissioners of any county a petition signed by at least two-thirds of the taxpayers of such county requesting and petitioning the board so to do, the board of county commissioners, in the name of the county, is authorized to purchase, acquire or construct electrical power plants and power lines within the limits of the county and thereafter operate, maintain and extend the same as a public utility.