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                                            (REPRINTED WITH ADOPTED AMENDMENTS)

 

Assembly Bill No. 424–Assemblymen McClain, Manendo, Parks, Ohrenschall, Dini and Leslie

 

March 19, 2001

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Joint Sponsors: Senators Titus and Care

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Referred to Concurrent Committees on Transportation
and Ways and Means

 

SUMMARY—Directs Department of Transportation to construct or cause to be constructed sound barriers alongside certain portion of U.S. Interstate No. 515 in Clark County. (BDR S‑875)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: No.

                                    Effect on the State: Contains Appropriation not included in Executive Budget.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to public highways; directing the Department of Transportation to construct or cause to be constructed walls to function as sound barriers alongside a certain portion of U.S. Interstate No. 515 in Clark County; directing the Department of Transportation, Clark County and the City of Las Vegas to conduct certain assessments concerning the need for the abatement of traffic noise; making an appropriation; 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. To the extent money is distributed to the Department of

1-2  Transportation pursuant to section 2 of this act, the Department shall

1-3  construct or cause to be constructed walls to function as sound barriers

1-4  along the east side of U.S. Interstate No. 515 where there are no existing

1-5  soundwalls between Boulder Highway and Desert Inn Road in Clark

1-6  County.

1-7    Sec. 2.  1.  There is hereby appropriated from the state highway fund

1-8  to the Department of Transportation the sum of $400,000 for the

1-9  construction of the walls described in section 1 of this act.

1-10    2.  The money appropriated by subsection 1 may be used only to the

1-11  extent that matching money is provided by the Federal Government, Clark

1-12  County or from sources other than the appropriation made by subsection 1.

2-1    3.  The State Controller shall only distribute money from the

2-2  appropriation made by subsection 1 to the extent that matching money

2-3  required by subsection 2 has been committed.

2-4    4.  When the walls are completed, any remaining balance of the

2-5  appropriation made by subsection 1 reverts to the state highway fund as

2-6  soon as all payments of money committed have been made.

2-7    Sec. 3.  1.  The Department of Transportation and Clark County shall

2-8  conduct a study of the abatement of traffic noise in Clark County. The

2-9  study must include an assessment of the need for the abatement of traffic

2-10  noise on both sides of U.S. Interstate No. 515 from Charleston Boulevard

2-11  to Russell Road.

2-12    2.  The Department of Transportation and the City of Las Vegas shall

2-13  conduct an assessment of the need for the abatement of traffic noise along

2-14  those sections of U.S. Interstate No. 515 and U.S. Interstate No. 95 that lie

2-15  within the boundaries of the City of Las Vegas.

2-16    3.  The results of the assessments conducted pursuant to this section

2-17  must be reported to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau on or

2-18  before February 1, 2003, for transmittal to the 72nd session of the

2-19  Legislature. Each report must include a plan for the abatement of traffic

2-20  noise, including the construction of sound barriers where required.

2-21    Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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