Amendment No. 796

Senate Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 490 First Reprint (BDR 48-1357)

Proposed by: Committee on Natural Resources

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Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

ASSEMBLY ACTION Initial and Date | SENATE ACTION Initial and Date

Adopted Lost | Adopted Lost

Concurred In Not | Concurred In Not

Receded Not | Receded Not

Amend section 1, pages 2 and 3, by deleting lines 3 through 42 on page 2 and lines 1 and 2 on page 3, and inserting:

"section if the channel is cleared, maintained or restored pursuant to a permit granted by the division of state lands of the state department of conservation and natural resources and such other permits and approvals as are required by law.

5. The division of state lands and the division of environmental protection of the state department of conservation and natural resources shall refund the application or permit fees, if any, paid by a governmental entity to apply for a state permit to perform channel clearance, maintenance, restoration, surveying and monumenting if:

(a) The governmental entity applies for the applicable permits from the division of state lands and from the division of environmental protection of the state department of conservation and natural resources;

(b) The governmental entity obtains all other permits and approvals as are required by law;

(c) The governmental entity applies for a grant pursuant to subsection 3; and

(d) The grant is denied for lack of money in the account after:

(1) The state engineer requests an allocation from the contingency fund pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 532.230; and

(2) An allocation from the contingency fund is not made within 90 days after the request is made.

6. A state permit must not be denied for lack of money in the account for the channel clearance, maintenance, restoration, surveying and monumenting program.".

Amend sec. 2, page 3, by deleting lines 20 through 24 and inserting:

"fund pursuant to NRS 353.266, 353.268 and 353.269.".

Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 3.

Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

"AN ACT relating to navigable rivers; requiring the division of state lands and the division of environmental protection of the state department of conservation and natural resources to refund under certain circumstances fees paid by governmental entities to obtain a permit to conduct channel clearance of rivers; revising provisions governing the account for the channel clearance, maintenance, restoration, surveying and monumenting program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.".