Senate Bill No. 103–Senators Tiffany, Cegavske, Amodei, Coffin, Hardy, McGinness, Nolan, O’Connell, Rawson, Rhoads, Shaffer, Washington and Wiener

 

February 13, 2003

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Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Beers, Hettrick,
Andonov, Hardy, Mabey, Parks and Weber

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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs

 

SUMMARY—Extends time county may lease real property of county to corporation for public benefit under certain circumstances. (BDR 20‑831)

 

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 counties; extending the time a county may lease real property of the county to a corporation for public benefit under certain circumstances; 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 244.284 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2  244.284  1.  In addition to the powers conferred by NRS

1-3  450.500, the board of county commissioners may:

1-4  (a) Lease any of the real property of the county for a term not

1-5  exceeding [30] 99 years; or

1-6  (b) Convey any of the real property of the county, except

1-7  property of the county that is operated or occupied by the county

1-8  fair and recreation board, without consideration,

1-9  if such real property is not needed for the public purposes of the

1-10  county and is leased or conveyed to a corporation for public benefit,

1-11  and the property is actually used for charitable or civic purposes.

2-1  2.  A lease or conveyance pursuant to this section may be made

2-2  on such terms and conditions as seem proper to the board of county

2-3  commissioners.

2-4  3.  If a corporation for public benefit to which property is

2-5  conveyed pursuant to this section ceases to use the property for

2-6  charitable or civic purposes, the property automatically reverts to

2-7  the county.

2-8  4.  As used in this section, “corporation for public benefit” has

2-9  the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 82.021.

 

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