Assembly Bill No. 90–Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining

 

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AN ACT relating to water; increasing the limit on the assessment for water distribution expenses incurred by the State Engineer; 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. NRS 533.280 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    533.280  1.  The State Engineer shall, between the first

Monday of October and the first Monday of December of each year,

prepare a budget of the amount of money estimated to be necessary

to pay the expenses of the stream system or each water district for

the then current year.

    2.  The budget must show the following detail:

    (a) The aggregate amount estimated to be necessary to pay the

expenses of the stream system or water district.

    (b) The aggregate water rights in the stream system or water

district as determined by the State Engineer or the court.

    (c) The unit charge necessary to provide the money required.

    (d) The charge against each water user, which must be based

upon the proportion which his water right bears to the aggregate

water rights in the stream system, but the minimum charge is $1.

    3.  When the stream system lies in more than one county, a

separate budget must be prepared for each county showing only the

claimants and charges assessable within the county.

    4.  When the stream system irrigates more than 200,000 acres

of land, the assessment for water distribution expenses must not

exceed [25] 30 cents per acre-foot of water decreed.

    Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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