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S.B. 88
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SENATE BILL NO. 88–COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
(ON BEHALF OF THE JOINT INTERIM STANDING
COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES)
PREFILED JANUARY 26, 2023
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Referred to Committee on Natural Resources
SUMMARY—Requires the Joint Interim Committee on Natural
Resources to conduct an interim study of certain
state agencies. (BDR S-345)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
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 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 1
Resources, consisting of certain members of the Assembly and Senate, to study 2
issues related to natural resources during the legislative interim period. (NRS 3
218E.320, 218E.330) This bill requires the Committee to conduct a study during 4
the 2023-2024 interim concerning state agencies that regulate natural resources in 5
this State. The study must include, without limitation, an examination of the 6
composition, mission and scope of such state agencies. The Committee must 7
examine, without limitation, the Board of Wildlife Commissioners, the 8
Commission on Mineral Resources, the State Department of Conservation and 9
Natural Resources and the State Environmental Commission. Further, the 10
Committee must submit a report of its findings and any recommendations for 11
legislation relating to the study to the 83rd Session of the Nevada Legislature. 12
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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 1
Natural Resources shall conduct a study during the 2023-2024 2
interim concerning state agencies that regulate natural resources. 3
2. The study must include, without limitation, the examination 4
of the composition, mission and scope of state agencies that regulate 5
natural resources in this State. 6
3. The Committee shall examine, without limitation: 7
(a) The Board of Wildlife Commissioners; 8
(b) The Commission on Mineral Resources; 9
(c) The State Department of Conservation and Natural 10
Resources; and 11
(d) The State Environmental Commission. 12
4. The Committee shall include its findings and 13
recommendations for legislation relating to this study in the report 14
required by subsection 4 of NRS 218E.330 to be prepared and 15
submitted to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for 16
transmittal to the 83rd Session of the Legislature. 17
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2023. 18
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