requires two-thirds majority vote (§ 1)                                                                                                                 

                                                                                                  

 

Assembly Bill No. 90–Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining

 

(On Behalf of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Water Resources)

 

February 13, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture, and Mining

 

SUMMARY—Increases limit on assessment for water distribution expenses incurred by State Engineer. (BDR 48‑520)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: Yes.

                           Effect on the State: Yes.

 

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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 water; increasing the limit on the assessment for water distribution expenses incurred by the State Engineer; 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. NRS 533.280 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2  533.280  1.  The State Engineer shall, between the first

1-3  Monday of October and the first Monday of December of each year,

1-4  prepare a budget of the amount of money estimated to be necessary

1-5  to pay the expenses of the stream system or each water district for

1-6  the then current year.

1-7  2.  The budget must show the following detail:

1-8  (a) The aggregate amount estimated to be necessary to pay the

1-9  expenses of the stream system or water district.

1-10      (b) The aggregate water rights in the stream system or water

1-11  district as determined by the State Engineer or the court.

1-12      (c) The unit charge necessary to provide the money required.

2-1  (d) The charge against each water user, which must be based

2-2  upon the proportion which his water right bears to the aggregate

2-3  water rights in the stream system, but the minimum charge is $1.

2-4  3.  When the stream system lies in more than one county, a

2-5  separate budget must be prepared for each county showing only the

2-6  claimants and charges assessable within the county.

2-7  4.  When the stream system irrigates more than 200,000 acres

2-8  of land, the assessment for water distribution expenses must not

2-9  exceed [25] 30 cents per acre-foot of water decreed.

2-10      Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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