SB 81 — Revises provisions governing regional planning. (BDR S-536)

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81–SENATOR D ALY PREFILED JANUARY 26, 2023 ____________ Referred to Committee on Government Affairs SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing regional planning.

(BDR S-536) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

No.

Effect on the State:

No.

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requiring such representatives to prepare certain joint reports during that period;

Existing law requires Carson City, Douglas County, Lyon County, Storey County and Washoe County, in consultation with any cities within each such county, to each prepare a report for submission to each Legislator who represents any portion of one of these counties at the end of each calendar year between July 1, 2019, and December 31, 2022.

Each report must identify certain issues relating to the orderly management of growth in those counties and make recommendations regarding such issues.

Specifically, this bill requires, on or before December 1 of each calendar year during the period between July 1, 2023, and December 1, 2026, Carson City, Douglas County, Lyon County, Storey County and Washoe County, in consultation with any cities within each such county, to meet to discuss and identify the positive and negative issues relating to growth in the region that are impacting any such county and prepare a joint report that:

Each joint report must set forth recommendations that are intended to resolve any negative impact on such issues which have been identified in the joint report.

Additionally,January this1, bill2027, requirescertain duringLegislators theand periodother betweenrepresentatives Januaryof 1,each 2024,county andandnd city in the region to meet jointly at least twice during each calendar year during the - *SB81_R1* – 2 – period to identify and discuss the positive and negative issues relating to the orderly management of growth in the region.

On or before December 31 of each calendar year during the period, county managers or certain other designees are required to mustaralsojaddressgcomprehensivelyalleofsthesprepare issuesidentifieandinta joint regional report recommendationsof made in the reportsissues preparedidentified. by the counties and cities.

The joint regional report must also address comprehensively all of the issues identified and recommendations made in the reports prepared by the counties and cities.

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

(b) As part of one of the fastest-growing [state] states in the nation, the population of this region has increased rapidly in recent years, especially as a result of the location of substantialsubs(c) This increased population and economic development projectsactivity inhas had a significant impact on resources beyond the region.boundaries of individual political subdivisions, affecting the region in such areas as transportation, land use development and public services and facilities.

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(d)(e) Because of the unique conditions in the region, a general law cannot be made applicable and necessitates this special act to require discussion and planning for the orderly management of growth in the region in a collaborative and structured manner by the counties and cities in the region for the well-being of the residents as well as the long-term economic development of the region.

On or before December [31] 1 of each calendar year during the period between July 1, [2019,] 2023, and December [31, 2022,] 1, 2026, each county in the region, in consultation with any cities within each such county, shall meet to discuss and identify the positive and negative issues relating to growth in the region that are impacting any county in the region and prepare and submit to each any Legislator who represents any portion of the [county] region a [separate] joint report that:

- 82nd Session (2023) – 3 – (a) Identifies [issues] each positive or negative issue relating to the orderly management of growth in the region - *SB81_R1* – 3 – that is impacting any county, including cities within [the] any county [, and] in the region, including, without limitation,limitat(1) issuesConservation, inincluding, without limitation, the followinguse areas:and protection of natural resources [;] , architectural conservation and preservation planning;

(1) Conservation, including, without limitation, the use and protection of natural resources;

(4) Transportation;Transportation [;] , including, without limitation, the I-80 corridor and surrounding arterials;

(b) [Makes] Set forth recommendations [regarding] that are intended to resolve any negative impact on those issues [.] that are identified in the joint report.

In preparing the joint report required by subsection 2, each county in the region and any city within such a county may consult with and solicit input concerning issues relating to the orderly management of growth in the county, city or region from any state agency, including, without limitation, the Department of Transportation and the Office of Economic Development, and from other entities in the county, including, without limitation, [the] school [district] districts and any town, airport authority, regional transportation commission, water authority, military base, flood control agency, public safety agency or Indian colony or tribe in the county.

Such input may include, without limitation, any I-80 corridor planning reports prepared by the Department of Transportation.

During the period between January 1, [2020,] 2024, and [December 1, 2023,] January 1, 2027, two members, one from the majority political party and one from the minority political party, of the Senate whose legislative districts include any area within the region and designated by the Majority Leader of the Senate, two members, one from the majority political party and one from the minority political party, of the Assembly whose legislative districts include any area- within82nd theSession region(2023) and– designated4 by– the Speaker of the Assembly, the county manager of each county in the region or his or her designee, or if a county manager is not appointed pursuant to NRS 244.125, a person designated by the board of county commissioners of the county, and the city manager of each city in the region or his or her designee or, if the city does not have a city manager, a person designated by the governing body of the city, shall meet jointly at least twice - *SB81_R1* – 4 – during each calendar year in that period to identify and discuss the positive and negative issues relating to the orderly management of growth in the region, including, without limitation, the issues identified and any recommendations made in the joint reports prepared pursuant to subsection 2.

Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, on or before December [1] 31 of each calendar year during the period between January 1, [2020,] 2024, and [December 1, 2023, the counties in the region, in consultation with the cities in the region,] January 1, 2027, the county managers or their designees described in subsection 4 shall prepare a joint regional report of the issues identified during the meetings held pursuant to subsection 4 during that calendar year and any recommendations made relating to those issues .

[The] Each joint report that must be submitted [on or before December 1, 2023,] pursuant to this subsection must address comprehensively all the issues identified and recommendations made by the counties and cities in the [region during the period between January 1, 2020, and December 1, 2023, relating to thetheetween orderly management of growth in the region.] joint report prepared by the counties and cities pursuant to subsection 2.

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