A.C.R. 4


Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 4--Assemblyman He
    ttrick

                 January 25, 1995
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Referred to Committee on Elections and Procedures


SUMMARY--Directs Legislative Commission to appoint 
          committee to continue review of Tahoe 
          Regional Planning Compact. (BDR R-321)




EXPLANATION--Matter in italics is new; matter in bra
ckets [ ] is material to be omitted.

ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION--Directing the Legislative Commission 
        to appoint a committee to continue the review of the Tahoe 
        Regional Planning Compact, including a review of the Tahoe 
        Regional Planning Agency and the federal and state agencies 
        that regulate activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin.


  WHEREAS, The Tahoe Regional Planning Compact 
provides for the maintenance of the scenic, recreational, 
educational, scientific, natural and public health values of 
the entire Lake Tahoe Basin; and
  WHEREAS, The Tahoe Regional Planning Compact 
establishes the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency to adopt and 
enforce a regional plan and to provide opportunities for 
orderly growth and development consistent with the values of 
the Lake Tahoe Basin; and
  WHEREAS, The Legislature of the State of 
Nevada is vitally concerned with achieving regional goals in 
conserving the natural resources of the entire Lake Tahoe 
Basin and with the programs and activities of the Tahoe 
Regional Planning Agency which affect these goals; and
  WHEREAS, As a necessary corollary to this 
vital concern and for the protection of Lake Tahoe, the 
Legislature of the State of Nevada is also concerned with 
the role and activities of those federal and state agencies 
having authority to regulate activities in the Lake Tahoe 
Basin and their interactions with and effect upon the Tahoe 
Regional Planning Agency and the Lake Tahoe Basin; and
  WHEREAS, Subcommittees of the Legislative 
Commission have successfully conducted reviews of the 
programs and activities of the Tahoe Regional Planning 
Agency on previous occasions; and
  WHEREAS, Senate Joint Resolution No. 7 of the 
67th Legislative Session directed the Legislative Commission 
to appoint a committee of six legislators composed of three 
senators and three assemblymen to continue the review of the 
Tahoe Regional Planning Compact and to oversee the Tahoe 
Regional Planning Agency; and 
  WHEREAS, The review and oversight of the 
programs and activities of the Tahoe Regional Planning 
Agency and the role of each federal and state agency having 
authority and responsibility in the Lake Tahoe Basin 
continue to be necessary to ensure the proper functioning of 
those agencies; and
  WHEREAS, It is vital to remain in 
communication with members of the Legislature of the State 
of California to continue to achieve the goals set forth in 
the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact; now, therefore, be it
  RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, THE 
SENATE CONCURRING, That the Legislative Commission is 
hereby directed to appoint a committee of six legislators 
composed of three senators and three assemblymen to continue 
the review of the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact and to 
oversee the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and each federal 
and state agency having authority to regulate activities in 
the Lake Tahoe Basin; and be it further
  RESOLVED, That the committee is directed to:
  1.  Review the budget, programs, activities, 
responsiveness and accountability of the Tahoe Regional 
Planning Agency; and
  2.  Study the role and activities of each federal and 
state agency having authority to regulate activities in the 
Lake Tahoe Basin, including their role in the protection of 
Lake Tahoe and their interactions with and effect upon the 
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and the Lake Tahoe Basin;
and be it further
  RESOLVED, That the committee is directed to 
continue to communicate with interested members of the 
Legislature of the State of California to achieve the goals 
set forth in the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact; and be it 
further
  RESOLVED, That the Chief Clerk of the 
Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to each member 
of the California delegation to the Tahoe Regional Planning 
Agency, the President pro Tempore of the Senate and the 
Speaker of the Assembly of the State of California.

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