AB236

Assembly Bill No. 236–Assemblyman Hettrick

Joint Sponsor: Senator Jacobsen

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contracts and agreements relating to the creation and operation of a nonprofit

organization to operate a transit system in the Lake Tahoe Basin; exempting

Douglas County from the Local Government Purchasing Act for the purposes of

entering into such contracts and agreements; and providing other matters properly

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. The legislature hereby finds and declares that, because of

the unique and special conditions of the Lake Tahoe Basin, certain

exemptions are necessary to allow Douglas County to make arrangements

with and to enter into an agreement with other public and private entities

for the creation and operation of a nonprofit organization to own, operate

and maintain a coordinated transit system in the Lake Tahoe Basin. The

legislature further finds and declares that:

1. The Lake Tahoe Basin exhibits unique environmental and ecological

conditions that are irreplaceable.

2. The increasing development of the region is threatening the quality

of the water and air in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

3. The operation of a coordinated transit system in the Lake Tahoe

Basin will contribute to a reduction in the degradation of the quality of

water and air in the Basin.

4. Douglas County and other public and private entities in the Lake

Tahoe Basin desire to own, operate and maintain a coordinated transit

system through the creation and operation of a nonprofit organization.

5. The nonprofit organization will be created through a cooperative

agreement in which Douglas County will participate as a member.

6. A special act is necessary to provide participation in the cooperative

agreement creating the nonprofit organization, and that a general law

cannot be made applicable because of the need for cooperation between

public and private entities and the requirements for the preservation of the

quality of water and air that are unique to the Lake Tahoe Basin.

Sec. 2. 1. Douglas County may enter into contracts and agreements

with public and private entities for the purposes of creating, operating and

dissolving a nonprofit organization to own, operate and maintain a

coordinated transit system in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Douglas County is

exempt from the provisions of chapter 332 of NRS for the purposes of

entering into contracts and agreements pursuant to subsection 1.

Sec. 3. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.