Section 533.300 - State to be divided into water districts; appointment of advisory boards by State Engineer; meetings1. The State Engineer shall divide the State into water districts, to be so constituted as to insure the best protection for the water users, and the most economical water supervision on the part of the State. The water districts must not be created until a necessity therefor arises and must be created from time to time as the priorities and claims to the streams of the State are determined.2. Upon the creation of a water district the State Engineer may appoint an advisory board of representative citizens within the district to assist the State Engineer in formulating plans and projects for the conservation of the water resources and the use thereof in the district. The per diem and necessary travel and subsistence expenses of the appointive members of the board must be paid from the account provided for the district in NRS 533.290; but the total annual per diem, travel and subsistence expenses of the members for each district must not exceed $800. The State Engineer may call such meetings of the board as in the opinion of the State Engineer may be necessary and expedient.[53:140:1913; A 1947, 518; 1943 NCL § 7938]-(NRS A 1979, 667)[53:140:1913; A 1947, 518; 1943 NCL § 7938] - (NRS A 1979, 667)