Senate Bill No. 358–Committee on Natural Resources

 

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AN ACT relating to state lands; authorizing the administrator of the division of state lands of the state department of conservation and natural resources to lease residential property owned by this state to state officers and employees at less than fair market value in certain circumstances; authorizing the administrator to lease state land for residential purposes without the approval of the state board of examiners or the interim finance committee; 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 322 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

 new section to read as follows:

   1.  The administrator of the division of state lands of the state

 department of conservation and natural resources, as ex officio state

 land registrar, may, pursuant to NRS 322.060, lease residential property

 owned by the State of Nevada for less than the fair market value of the

 property to an officer or employee of this state who is required as a

 condition of his employment to reside in residential property owned by

 this state.

   2.  Before residential property may be leased pursuant to this section,

 the state land registrar, in cooperation with the head of the state agency

 that manages the property, must approve the lease and determine the

 amount of rent for the lease of the property.

   3.  The state land registrar may waive any fee for the consideration of

 an application to lease property pursuant to this section.

   Sec. 2.  NRS 322.007 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   322.007  Any lease of state land, except a lease for residential

 purposes or a lease for farming or grazing, whose term extends or is

 renewable beyond 1 year must be approved by the state board of

 examiners and the interim finance committee.

   Sec. 3.  NRS 322.060 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   322.060  Leases or easements authorized pursuant to the provisions of

 NRS 322.050, and not made for the purpose of extracting oil, coal or gas

 or the utilization of geothermal resources from the lands leased, must be:

   1.  For such areas as may be required to accomplish the purpose for

 which the land is leased or the easement granted.

   2.  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 322.065 and 322.067, and

 section 1 of this act, for such term and consideration as the administrator

 of the division of state lands of the state department of conservation and

 natural resources, as ex officio state land registrar, may determine

 reasonable based upon the fair market value of the land.

   3.  Executed upon a form to be prepared by the attorney general. The

 form must contain all of the covenants and agreements usual or necessary

 to such leases or easements.

   Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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