AB190
AN ACT relating to water; creating the Fund for Hydrological Studies to make grants of money for hydrological studies in certain counties; revising provisions governing the payment of the cost of a hydrological study required by the State Engineer in certain counties; making an appropriation to the Fund to be used for such grants of money; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to water; creating the Fund for Hydrological Studies to make grants of money for hydrological studies in certain counties; revising provisions governing the payment of the cost of a hydrological study required by the State Engineer in certain counties; making an appropriation to the Fund to be used for such grants of money; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
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AN ACT relating to water; creating the Fund for Hydrological Studies to make grants of money for hydrological studies in
Existing law: (1) authorizes the State Engineer to require a hydrological, environmental or any other study be conducted before the State Engineer approves or rejects an application to apply water to beneficial use if such a study has not been conducted by the applicant, a governmental agency or other person or the study is not available; and (2) requires the applicant to bear the full cost of the study. (NRS 533.368, 533.370) Any money collected from the applicant to perform the study is required under existing law to be deposited in the Account for Studies Concerning Water and used to defray the costs of conducting these studies and certain inventories. (NRS 533.369) Section 1 of this bill creates a Fund for Hydrological Studies and, with certain exceptions, requires, for a hydrological study which is required by the State Engineer to be conducted in a county whose population is less than 100,000 (currently all counties other than Clark and Washoe Counties): (1) an applicant to pay a deposit to defray 50 percent of the cost of such a study; and (2) the State Engineer to make a grant of money from the Fund equal to the amount deposited by the applicant to defray the remaining 50 percent of the cost of such a study. Section 1 further requires, if there is insufficient money in the Fund to make such a grant of money, the State Engineer to make a grant of money from the Account for Studies Concerning Water to cover the remaining costs. If the Account also has insufficient money
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