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 Whereas, The Tahoe Regional Planning Compact provides for the

1-2 maintenance of the scenic, recreational, educational, scientific, natural and

1-3 public health values of the entire Lake Tahoe Basin; and

1-4 Whereas, The Tahoe Regional Planning Compact establishes the

1-5 Tahoe Regional Planning Agency to adopt and enforce a regional plan and

1-6 to provide opportunities for the orderly growth and development of the

1-7 Lake Tahoe Basin; and

1-8 Whereas, The Legislature of the State of Nevada is vitally concerned

1-9 with achieving regional goals in conserving the natural resources of the

1-10 entire Lake Tahoe Basin and with the programs and activities of the Tahoe

1-11 Regional Planning Agency that affect these goals; and

1-12 Whereas, As a necessary corollary to this vital concern and for the

1-13 protection of Lake Tahoe, the Legislature of the State of Nevada is also

1-14 concerned with the role and efforts of those federal and state agencies that

1-15 have authority to regulate activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin and their

1-16 interactions with and effect upon the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and

1-17 the Lake Tahoe Basin; and

1-18 Whereas, Subcommittees of the Legislative Commission have

1-19 successfully reviewed the programs and activities of the Tahoe Regional

1-20 Planning Agency on previous occasions; and

2-1 Whereas, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 2 of the 69th Legislative

2-2 Session directed the Legislative Commission to appoint a committee of six

2-3 legislators composed of three members of the Senate and three members of

2-4 the Assembly to continue the review of the Tahoe Regional Planning

2-5 Compact and to oversee the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency; and

2-6 Whereas, The review and oversight of the programs and activities of

2-7 the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and the role of each federal and state

2-8 agency having authority and responsibility in the Lake Tahoe Basin

2-9 continue to be necessary to ensure the proper functioning of those

2-10 agencies; and

2-11 Whereas, It is vital to remain in communication with members of the

2-12 Legislature of the State of California to continue to achieve the goals set

2-13 forth in the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact; now, therefore, be it

2-14 Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly

2-15 Concurring, That the Legislative Commission is hereby directed to

2-16 appoint a committee of six legislators composed of three members of the

2-17 Senate and three members of the Assembly to continue the review of the

2-18 Tahoe Regional Planning Compact and to oversee the Tahoe Regional

2-19 Planning Agency and each federal and state agency having authority to

2-20 regulate activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin; and be it further

2-21 Resolved, That the committee is directed to:

2-22 1. Review the budget, programs, activities, responsiveness and

2-23 accountability of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency; and

2-24 2. Study the role and activities of each federal and state agency having

2-25 authority to regulate activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin, including, without

2-26 limitation, their role in the protection of Lake Tahoe and their interactions

2-27 with and effect upon the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and the Lake

2-28 Tahoe Basin; and be it further

2-29 Resolved, That the committee is directed to continue to communicate

2-30 with interested members of the Legislature of the State of California to

2-31 achieve the goals set forth in the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact; and

2-32 be it further

2-33 Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and transmit a

2-34 copy of this resolution to the Executive Director of the Tahoe Regional

2-35 Planning Agency, each member of the California delegation to the Tahoe

2-36 Regional Planning Agency, the President pro Tempore of the Senate of the

2-37 State of California and the Speaker of the Assembly of the State of

2-38 California.