Amendment No. 600

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Receded Not | Receded Not

Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 1 through 3 and adding new sections designated sections 1 through 3, following the enacting clause, to read 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.".

Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows: