Assembly Bill No. 136–Committee on
Government Affairs

 

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AN ACT relating to local governments; authorizing the creation of a general improvement district for the establishment of an area or zone for the preservation of one or more species or subspecies of wildlife threatened with extinction; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

    Section 1. Chapter 318 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

thereto a new section to read as follows:

    In the case of a district created wholly or in part for the

establishment of an area or zone for the preservation of one or

more species or subspecies of wildlife that has been declared

endangered or threatened pursuant to the federal Endangered

Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531 et seq., the board shall

have the power to:

    1.  Establish, control, manage and operate or provide money

for the establishment, control, management and operation of the

area or zone.

    2.  Purchase, sell, exchange or lease real property, personal

property and other interests in property, except water rights, as

necessary for the establishment, control, management and

operation of the area or zone.

    Sec. 2.  NRS 318.116 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    318.116  Any one, all or any combination of the following basic

powers may be granted to a district in proceedings for its

organization, or its reorganization pursuant to NRS 318.077 and all

provisions in this chapter supplemental thereto, or as may be

otherwise provided by statute:

    1.  Furnishing electric light and power, as provided in

NRS 318.117;

    2.  Extermination and abatement of mosquitoes, flies, other

insects, rats, and liver fluke or Fasciola hepatica, as provided in

NRS 318.118;

    3.  Furnishing facilities or services for public cemeteries, as

provided in NRS 318.119;

    4.  Furnishing facilities for swimming pools, as provided

in NRS 318.1191;

    5.  Furnishing facilities for television, as provided in

NRS 318.1192;

    6.  Furnishing facilities for FM radio, as provided in

NRS 318.1187;

    7.  Furnishing streets and alleys, as provided in NRS 318.120;

    8.  Furnishing curbs, gutters and sidewalks, as provided

in NRS 318.125;

    9.  Furnishing sidewalks, as provided in NRS 318.130;

    10.  Furnishing facilities for storm drainage or flood control, as

provided in NRS 318.135;

    11.  Furnishing sanitary facilities for sewerage, as provided in

NRS 318.140;

    12.  Furnishing facilities for lighting streets, as provided in

NRS 318.141;

    13.  Furnishing facilities for the collection and disposal of

garbage and refuse, as provided in NRS 318.142;

    14.  Furnishing recreational facilities, as provided in

NRS 318.143;

    15.  Furnishing facilities for water, as provided in

NRS 318.144;

    16.  Furnishing fencing, as provided in NRS 318.1195;

    17.  Furnishing facilities for protection from fire, as provided

in NRS 318.1181;

    18.  Furnishing energy for space heating, as provided in

NRS 318.1175;

    19.  Furnishing emergency medical services, as provided

in NRS 318.1185; [and]

    20.  Control and eradication of noxious weeds, as provided in

chapter 555 of NRS[.] ; and

    21.  Establishing, controlling, managing and operating an

area or zone for the preservation of one or more species or

subspecies of wildlife that has been declared endangered or

threatened pursuant to the federal Endangered Species Act of

1973, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531 et seq.

    Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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