SUMMARY--Makes appropriation to department of transportation for North Shore Beautification and Water Quality Project. (BDR S-212)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: Contains Appropriation.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of transportation for carrying out the North Shore Beautification and Water Quality Project; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Whereas, Many visitors enter Nevada on state highway Route No. 28 near the north shore of Lake Tahoe; and
Whereas, The first sight that these visitors see are commercial buildings and signs that contrast with the natural environment of the Lake Tahoe Basin; and
Whereas, The runoff of water from the streets and highways in the area surrounding state highway Route No. 28 from the Nevada state line to Reservoir Drive contributes to the degradation of the supply of water in the Lake Tahoe Basin; and
Whereas, A group of persons interested in enhancing the aesthetics along state highway Route No. 28 from the Nevada state line to Reservoir Drive and improving the quality of water in the Lake Tahoe Basin has participated in the design of the North Shore Beautification and Water Quality Project that will:
1. Provide benches, landscaping, sidewalks, street lamps and vegetation along state highway Route No. 28 from the Nevada state line to Reservoir Drive;
2. Control erosion and treat any runoff of water from that portion of the highway; and
3. Reduce by 50 percent the amount of area covered by commercial signs and modernize the signs that remain along that portion of the highway; and
Whereas, The cost of the North Shore Beautification and Water Quality Project is estimated to be $1,300,000; now, therefore,
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the department of transportation for the costs associated with carrying out the North Shore Beautification and Water Quality Project the sum of $200,000 upon the condition that:
(a) The board of county commissioners of Washoe County appropriates not less than $200,000 to the department of transportation for the costs of carrying out the project on or before June 30, 1999;
(b) Persons who own commercial property along state highway Route No. 28 from the Nevada state line to Reservoir Drive collectively contribute not less than $200,000 to the department of transportation for the costs of carrying out the project on or before June 30, 1999; and
(c) The remainder of the money necessary to carry out the project is available to the department from other sources on or before June 30, 1999.
2. The state controller shall not distribute any money from the appropriation made pursuant to subsection 1 until the department of transportation demonstrates that the conditions prescribed in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection 1 have been satisfied.
3. If the department of transportation fails to demonstrate that the conditions prescribed in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection 1 have been satisfied on or before June 30, 1999, the money appropriated pursuant to subsection 1 reverts to the state general fund.
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1997.