SB 150 — Revises provisions relating to land use planning. (BDR 22-775)

(ReprintedSenate withBill amendmentsNo. adopted on April 15, 2019) FIRST REPRINT S.B.

150150–Senators SENATEGoicoechea, BILLSettelmeyer, NOHardy; .

150–SENATORSand GOICOECHEAHansen ,Joint SETTELMEYERSponsor: , HARDY ;AND H ANSEN FEBRUARY 12, 2019 ____________ JOINT SPONSOR :

ASSEMBLYMANAssemblyman ELLISONEllison ____________CHAPTER.......... Referred to Committee on Government Affairs SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to land use planning.

(BDR 22-775) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

May have Fiscal Impact.

Effect on the State:

No.

CONTAINS UNFUNDED MANDATE (§ 1) (NOTR EQUESTED AFFECTEDLOCALGOVERNMENT) ~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

Under existing law, planning commissions and certain governing bodies prepare and adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the city, county or region called a master plan.

(NRS 278.150) Section 1 of this bill requires, with limited exception, the governing body of a countyforth orthe cityrequirements tofor developsuch and maintain a plan.a water resource plan.

Section 1 further sets forthExisting thelaw requirementsestablishes fora suchprogram ato plan.provide grants of money to purveyors of water and eligible recipients to pay certain costs relating to water.

Existing(NRS law349.981) establishesSection a4 of this bill provides that the program tomay also provide grants of money toplan.e purveyorsgoverning body of watera andcounty eligibleor recipientscity to paydevelop certainand costsmaintain relatinga towater water.resource EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

(NRSmatter 349.981)between Sectionbrackets 4[omitted ofmaterial] thisis billmaterial provides that the program may also provide grants of money to thebe governingomitted. body of a county or city to develop and maintain a water resource plan.

- *SB150_R1* – 2 – THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

- 80th Session (2019) – 2 – (d) If the analysis required pursuant to paragraph (c) determines that the sources of water identified in paragraph (a) are not of sufficient quality or quantity to satisfy demands, a plan for obtaining additional water of sufficient quality and quantity.

(a) A city is not required to develop and maintain the water resource plan described in subsection 1 if the governing body of the county in which the city is located has adopted a water resource plan that includes the information described ininter subsection 1 pertaining to the city.

and (2) The water district or water authority, as applicable, has developed and maintained a water resource plan that includes the - *SB150_R1* – 3 – information described in subsection 1 pertaining to the city or county, as applicable.

278.010 NAs used in NRS 278.010 to 278.630, inclusive, and section 1 of this act, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 278.0103 to 278.0195, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

2.

NRS 278.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:

278.010 As used in NRS 278.010 to 278.630, inclusive, and section 1 of this act, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 278.0103 to 278.0195, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

Sec.

- 80th Session (2019) – 3 – Sec.

(a) A purveyor of water to pay for costs of capital improvements to publicly owned community water systems and publicly owned nontransient water systems required or made necessary by the State Environmental Commission pursuant to NRS 445A.800 to 445A.955, inclusive, or made necessary by the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C.

§§ 300f et seq., and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.the(b) An eligible recipient to pay for the cost of improvements to conserve water, including, without limitation:

conserve water, including, without limitation:st of improvements to (1) Piping or lining of an irrigation canal;

- *SB150_R1* – 4 – (2) The cost of any capital improvement that is required to complycom(d) An eligible recipient to pay the following costs associated with abandoning an individual sewage disposal system and connecting the property formerly served by the abandoned individual sewage disposal system to a decisioncommunity orsewage regulationdisposal system, if the Division of Environmental Protection requires the Stateindividual Engineer.sewage disposal system to be abandoned and the property upon which the individual sewage disposal system was located to be connected to a community sewage disposal system pursuant to the provisions of NRS 445A.300 to 445A.730, inclusive, or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto:

(d) An eligible recipient to pay the following costs associated with abandoning an individual sewage disposal system and connecting the property formerly served by the abandoned individual sewage disposal system to a community sewage disposal system, if the Division of Environmental Protection requires the individual sewage disposal system to be abandoned and the property upon which the individual sewage disposal system was located to be connected to a community sewage disposal system pursuant to the provisions of NRS 445A.300 to 445A.730, inclusive, or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto:

- 80th Session (2019) – 4 – (2) The cost of any capital improvement that is required to comply with a statute of this State or a decision, directive, order or regulation of the Division of Environmental Protection.

(1) Any local or regional fee for connection to the municipal water (2)s(2) The cost of any capital improvement that is required for the water quality in the area where the well is located to comply 300fwith etthe seq.,standards andof the regulationsSafe adoptedDrinking pursuantWater thereto..Act, 42 U.S.C.

§§ (f)300f Aet governingseq., bodyand to pay the costsregulations associatedadopted withpursuant developingthereto. and maintaining a water resource plan.

(f) A governing body to pay the costs associated with developing and maintaining a water resource plan.

(b) Require the nonprofit association or nonprofit cooperative corporation to comply with those statutory provisions in the same - *SB150_R1* – 5 – manner as if it was a public body that had undertaken the project or had awarded the contract.

- 80th Session (2019) – 5 – [(b)] (2) A nonprofit association or nonprofit cooperative corporation that provides water service only to its members.

additional expenses of a local government that are related to the provisions of this act.

6.5.

AThe governingprovisions body of aNRS city354.599 ordo countynot thatapply is required to developany andadditional maintainexpenses of a waterlocal resourcegovernment planthat pursuantare related to sectionthe 1provisions of this actact. must adopt the initial plan on or before July 1, 2029.