Senate Bill No. 291–Senator Jacobsen (by request)

March 3, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Natural Resources

 

SUMMARY—Clarifies authorized extent of use of water from domestic well. (BDR 48-1519)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.

Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.

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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).

 

AN ACT relating to water; clarifying the authorized extent of use of water from a domestic well; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

1-1 Section 1. NRS 534.013 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 534.013 "Domestic use" or "domestic purposes" extends to culinary

1-3 and household purposes [, in] directly related to a single-family dwelling,

1-4 including, without limitation, the watering of a family garden [,] and lawn

1-5 and the watering of livestock and any other domestic animals [.] or

1-6 household pets, if the amount of water drawn does not exceed the

1-7 threshold daily maximum amount set in NRS 534.180 for exemption

1-8 from the application of this chapter.

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