Senate Bill No. 145–Committee on Government Affairs

 

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AN ACT relating to counties; revising the uses of and interests in federal land that a board of county commissioners may apply for and accept; 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 244.277 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    244.277  The board of county commissioners may apply for and

accept [grants] :

    1.  Grants of rights-of-way , [or] permits , leases and patents

and subsequent renewals of grants of rights-of-way , [or] permits ,

leases and patents over, upon, under or through any land or interest

in land owned by the United States and administered by the

Secretary of the Interior through the Bureau of Land Management

and by the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to lands within the

National Forest System, pursuant to Title V of the Federal Land

Policy and Management Act of 1976 , [(]43 U.S.C. §§ 1761-1771

[),] , and the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, 43 U.S.C. §§

869-869-4; and

    2.  Special use permits for parks, forests and public property

owned by the United States and administered by the Secretary of

Agriculture, through the United States Forest Service, pursuant to

Title 16 of the United States Code and 36 C.F.R. Part 251,

and in connection therewith may comply with federal regulations

and stipulations consistent with [Title V of the Federal Land

Policy and Management Act of 1976] the federal statutes and

regulations set forth in this section or any other applicable federal

statute[.] or regulation.

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

 

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