SUMMARY--Requires Board of Directors of Department of Transportation to use certain money received by Department 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 relating to transportation; requiring the Board of Directors of the Department of Transportation to use money set aside for transportation activities pursuant to the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to carry 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 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 requires each state to use 10 percent of the money it receives from the Federal Government for surface transportation programs to finance transportation enhancement activities which include landscaping or other scenic beautification projects and projects for the mitigation of water pollution caused by the runoff of water from streets and highways; and
Whereas, The Board of Directors of the Department of Transportation chooses the projects that receive the money set aside for transportation enhancement activities; 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. The Board of Directors of the Department of Transportation shall use money set aside for transportation activities pursuant to the Intermodal Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (P.L. 102-240), as amended, to finance the costs of carrying out the North Shore Beautification and Water Quality Project.
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1997.