AB363
AN ACT relating to water; revising provisions relating to the establishment, membership and duties of a groundwater board; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to water; revising provisions relating to the establishment, membership and duties of a groundwater board; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Introduction Date
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Primary Sponsor
Assembly Committee on Natural Resources
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recusal 0 · QPQ 0
AN ACT relating to water; revising provisions relating to the establishment, membership and duties of a groundwater boar
Existing law authorizes a board of county commissioners to recommend to the State Engineer that the State Engineer establish a groundwater board in an area designated as a groundwater basin by the State Engineer. If the State Engineer directs the establishment of a groundwater board, the Governor is required to appoint seven members to serve on the groundwater board. Existing law authorizes the Governor to dissolve the groundwater board if the Governor determines that the future activities of the board are likely to be insubstantial. (NRS 534.035) Section 1 of this bill authorizes a board of county commissioners to request or boards of county commissioners to jointly request that the State Engineer establish a groundwater board. If the State Engineer establishes a groundwater board, section 1: (1) requires the State Engineer to appoint seven members to the groundwater board; and (2) authorizes a board of county commissioners or boards of county commissioners, as applicable, to appoint a nonvoting member to the groundwater board. Section 1 additionally provides that the groundwater board: (1) must be dissolved after 4 years, unless the State Engineer approves a request from the board of county commissioners or boards of county commissioners, as applicable, to continue the board; and (2) may be dissolved by a majority vote of the groundwater board. Section 1 further provides that only one groundwater board may be established for a designated groundwater basin. Section 1 also re
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Opposition (1)
- Reva Crump (Testimony)
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