EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

1-1 Section 1. NRS 534.350 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 534.350 1. The state engineer shall adopt regulations establishing a

2-1 (b) In all other cases, within the county where the major portion of that

2-2 basin lies,

2-3 to take testimony from any interested persons regarding the proposed

2-4 regulations.

2-5 3. Upon adoption of the regulations required by this section regarding

2-6 a particular ground water basin, a public water system which provides

2-7 service in that basin is entitled to receive a credit for each customer who is

2-8 added to the system after the adoption of those regulations and:

2-9 (a) Voluntarily ceases to draw water from a domestic well located

2-10 within that basin; or

2-11 (b) Is the owner of a lot or other parcel of land, other than land used or

2-12 intended solely for use as a location for a water well, which [:

2-13 (1) Is located] is:

2-14 (1) Located within that basin;

2-15 (2) [Was established as a separate lot or parcel before July 1, 1993;

2-16 (3) Was approved] Approved by a local governing body or planning

2-17 commission for service by an individual domestic well [before July 1,

2-18 1993; and

2-19 (4) Is subject] ; and

2-20 (3) Subject to a written agreement which was voluntarily entered into

2-21 by the owner with the public water system pursuant to which the owner

2-22 agrees not to drill a domestic well on the land and the public water system

2-23 agrees that it will provide water service to the land. Any such agreement

2-24 must be acknowledged and recorded in the same manner as conveyances

2-25 affecting real property are required to be acknowledged and recorded

2-26 pursuant to chapter 111 of NRS.

2-27 4. The state engineer may require a new customer, who voluntarily

2-28 ceases to draw water from a domestic well as provided in paragraph (a) of

2-29 subsection 3, to plug that well.

2-30 5. A credit granted pursuant to this section:

2-31 (a) Must be sufficient to enable the public water system to add one

2-32 service connection for a single-family dwelling to the system, except that

2-33 the credit may not exceed the increase in water consumption attributable to

2-34 the additional service connection or 1,800 gallons per day, whichever is

2-35 less.

2-36 (b) May not be converted to an appropriative water right.

2-37 6. This section does not:

2-38 (a) Require a public water system to extend its service area.

2-39 (b) Authorize any increase in the total amount of ground water pumped

2-40 in a ground water basin.

2-41 (c) Affect any rights of an owner of a domestic well who does not

2-42 voluntarily bring himself within the provisions of this section.

3-1 7. As used in this section:

3-2 (a) "Domestic well" means a well used for culinary and household

3-3 purposes in a single-family dwelling, including the watering of a garden,

3-4 lawn and domestic animals and where the draught does not exceed 1,800

3-5 gallons per day.

3-6 (b) "Public water system" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS

3-7 445A.840.