SUMMARY--Requires division of state lands of state department of conservation and natural resources to establish pilot program for management of resource area located in county selected by division and established by Bureau of Land Management. (BDR S-961)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: Contains Appropriation not included in Executive Budget.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to public lands; requiring the division of state lands of the state department of conservation and natural resources to establish a pilot program for the management of a resource area located in a county selected by the division and established by the Bureau of Land Management; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1 1. The division of state lands of the state department of conservation and natural resources shall, in cooperation with the board of county commissioners of a county selected by the division, establish a pilot program for the management of a resource area. The resource area must be:
(a) Located within the county selected by the division; and
(b) Established by the Bureau of Land Management.
2. The pilot program must include:
(a) A plan established by the division to obtain the approval of Congress for the management of the resource area;
(b) A study of the proposed legislation and regulations that will be necessary to enable the division and the board of county commissioners selected pursuant to subsection 1 to manage the resource area; and
(c) A proposal for establishing and collecting fees for the use of the resource area.
3. The division shall:
(a) Every 6 months, submit to the legislative committee on public lands a report concerning the status of the pilot program; and
(b) Before the commencement of the 70th session of the Nevada legislature, submit to the legislative commission a report of its findings and recommendations concerning the pilot program.
4. If the money appropriated pursuant to section 2 of this act is not sufficient to carry out the pilot program, the division may request additional money from the interim finance committee for the program. If the interim finance committee denies the request, the legislative committee on public lands may request additional money from the legislative commission to carry out the program.
Sec. 2 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the division of state lands of the state department of conservation and natural resources the sum of $20,000 to establish and carry out the pilot program established pursuant to section 1 of this act.
2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 1999, and reverts to the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have been made.
Sec. 3 This act becomes effective on July 1, 1997.