Assembly Bill No. 136–Committee on
Government Affairs

 

(On Behalf of Lincoln County)

 

February 14, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs

 

SUMMARY—Authorizes creation of general improvement district for establishment of area or zone for preservation of one or more species or subspecies of wildlife threatened with extinction. (BDR 25‑398)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: No.

 

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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 local governments; authorizing the creation of a general improvement district for the establishment of an area or zone for the preservation of one or more species or subspecies of wildlife threatened with extinction; 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. Chapter 318 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

1-2  thereto a new section to read as follows:

1-3  In the case of a district created wholly or in part for the

1-4  establishment of an area or zone for the preservation of one or

1-5  more species or subspecies of wildlife that has been declared

1-6  endangered or threatened pursuant to the federal Endangered

1-7  Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531 et seq., the board shall

1-8  have the power to:

1-9  1.  Establish, control, manage and operate or provide money

1-10  for the establishment, control, management and operation of the

1-11  area or zone.

2-1  2.  Purchase, sell, exchange or lease real property, personal

2-2  property and other interests in property, except water rights, as

2-3  necessary for the establishment, control, management and

2-4  operation of the area or zone.

2-5  Sec. 2.  NRS 318.116 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-6  318.116  Any one, all or any combination of the following basic

2-7  powers may be granted to a district in proceedings for its

2-8  organization, or its reorganization pursuant to NRS 318.077 and all

2-9  provisions in this chapter supplemental thereto, or as may be

2-10  otherwise provided by statute:

2-11      1.  Furnishing electric light and power, as provided in

2-12  NRS 318.117;

2-13      2.  Extermination and abatement of mosquitoes, flies, other

2-14  insects, rats, and liver fluke or Fasciola hepatica, as provided in

2-15  NRS 318.118;

2-16      3.  Furnishing facilities or services for public cemeteries, as

2-17  provided in NRS 318.119;

2-18      4.  Furnishing facilities for swimming pools, as provided

2-19  in NRS 318.1191;

2-20      5.  Furnishing facilities for television, as provided in

2-21  NRS 318.1192;

2-22      6.  Furnishing facilities for FM radio, as provided in

2-23  NRS 318.1187;

2-24      7.  Furnishing streets and alleys, as provided in NRS 318.120;

2-25      8.  Furnishing curbs, gutters and sidewalks, as provided

2-26  in NRS 318.125;

2-27      9.  Furnishing sidewalks, as provided in NRS 318.130;

2-28      10.  Furnishing facilities for storm drainage or flood control, as

2-29  provided in NRS 318.135;

2-30      11.  Furnishing sanitary facilities for sewerage, as provided in

2-31  NRS 318.140;

2-32      12.  Furnishing facilities for lighting streets, as provided in

2-33  NRS 318.141;

2-34      13.  Furnishing facilities for the collection and disposal of

2-35  garbage and refuse, as provided in NRS 318.142;

2-36      14.  Furnishing recreational facilities, as provided in

2-37  NRS 318.143;

2-38      15.  Furnishing facilities for water, as provided in

2-39  NRS 318.144;

2-40      16.  Furnishing fencing, as provided in NRS 318.1195;

2-41      17.  Furnishing facilities for protection from fire, as provided

2-42  in NRS 318.1181;

2-43      18.  Furnishing energy for space heating, as provided in

2-44  NRS 318.1175;

3-1  19.  Furnishing emergency medical services, as provided

3-2  in NRS 318.1185; [and]

3-3  20.  Control and eradication of noxious weeds, as provided in

3-4  chapter 555 of NRS[.] ; and

3-5  21.  Establishing, controlling, managing and operating an

3-6  area or zone for the preservation of one or more species or

3-7  subspecies of wildlife that has been declared endangered or

3-8  threatened pursuant to the federal Endangered Species Act of

3-9  1973, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531 et seq.

3-10      Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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