- 82nd Session (2023)
Senate Bill No. 88–Committee on Natural Resources
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AN ACT relating to natural resources; requiring the Joint Interim
Standing Committee on Natural Resources to conduct an
interim study of state agencies that regulate natural resources;
and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law creates the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Natural
Resources, consisting of certain members of the Assembly and Senate, to study
issues related to natural resources during the legislative interim period. (NRS
218E.320, 218E.330) This bill requires the Committee to conduct a study during
the 2023-2024 interim concerning state agencies that regulate natural resources in
this State. The study must include, without limitation, an examination of the
composition, mission and scope of such state agencies. The Committee must
examine, without limitation, the Board of Wildlife Commissioners, the
Commission on Mineral Resources, the State Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources and the State Environmental Commission. Further, the
Committee must submit a report of its findings and any recommendations for
legislation relating to the study to the 83rd Session of the Nevada Legislature.
EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. 1. The Joint Interim Standing Committee on
Natural Resources shall conduct a study during the 2023-2024
interim concerning state agencies that regulate natural resources.
2. The study must include, without limitation, the examination
of the composition, mission and scope of state agencies that regulate
natural resources in this State.
3. The Committee shall examine, without limitation:
(a) The Board of Wildlife Commissioners;
(b) The Commission on Mineral Resources;
(c) The State Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources; and
(d) The State Environmental Commission.
4. The Committee shall include its findings and
recommendations for legislation relating to this study in the report
required by subsection 4 of NRS 218E.330 to be prepared and
submitted to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for
transmittal to the 83rd Session of the Legislature.
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2023.
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