1. Senate Bill No. 510–Committee on Finance

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AN ACT relating to regional planning; authorizing peace officers to issue a warning and

provide certain information to persons who violate certain ordinances adopted by

the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency; requiring peace officers who issue a warning

to such persons to report certain information to the Tahoe Regional Planning

Agency; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Chapter 277 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

new section to read as follows:

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, every game warden,

sheriff and other peace officer of this state and its political subdivisions

may issue one or more of the following:

(a) Educational material provided by the Tahoe Regional Planning

Agency;

(b) An oral advisory; or

(c) A warning citation,

to a person who violates, within the portion of the region that is within

the waters of this state, section 54.16(A), 54.16(B) or 81.2(E) of the Code

of Ordinances adopted by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and in

effect on April 1, 1999.

2. A game warden, sheriff or other peace officer who issues a

warning citation pursuant to subsection 1 shall report the name and

address of the person to whom such warning was issued to the Tahoe

Regional Planning Agency.

3. An agency that provides law enforcement or other public safety

services is not subject to the provisions of section 54.16(A), 54.16(B) or

81.2(E) of the Code of Ordinances adopted by the Tahoe Regional

Planning Agency and in effect on April 1, 1999, when performing its

official duties during an emergency or disaster on the waters of Lake

Tahoe if such duties are performed in an effort to protect life or property.

4. As used in this section:

(a) "Region" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 277.200.

(b) "Waters of this state" means any waters within the territorial limits

of this state.

Sec. 2. NRS 277.207 is hereby amended to read as follows:

  1. 277.207 All judicial actions and proceedings in which there may arise
  1. a question of the validity of any matter under the provisions of NRS
  1. 277.190 to 277.220, inclusive, and section 1 of this act, shall be advanced
  1. as a matter of immediate public interest and concern, and be heard at the
  1. earliest practicable moment.

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

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