2014 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 321 - Administration, Control and Transfer of State Lands
NRS 321.720 - Duties of Administrator concerning local governments.

The Administrator shall develop and make available to cities and counties information useful to land use planning, including:

1. Preparation and continuing revision of a statewide inventory of the land and natural resources of the State;

2. Compilation and continuing revision of data, on a statewide basis, related to population densities and trends, economic characteristics and projections, environmental conditions and trends, and directions and extent of urban and rural growth;

3. Projections of the nature and quantity of land needed and suitable for:

(a) Recreation and esthetic appreciation;

(b) Conservation and preservation of natural resources, agriculture, mineral development and forestry;

(c) Industry and commerce, including the development, generation and transmission of energy;

(d) Transportation;

(e) Urban development, including the revitalization of existing communities, the development of new towns, and the economic diversification of existing communities which possess a narrow economic base;

(f) Rural development, taking into consideration future demands for and limitations upon products of the land; and

(g) Health, educational, and other state and local governmental services;

4. Preparation and continuing revision of an inventory of environmental, geological and physical conditions, including types of soil, which influence the desirability of various uses of land;

5. Preparation and continuing revision of an inventory of state, local government and private needs and priorities concerning the acquisition and use of federal lands within the State;

6. Preparation and continuing revision of an inventory of public and private institutional and financial resources available for land use planning and management within the State and of state and local programs and activities which have a land use impact of more than local concern;

7. Provision, where appropriate, of technical assistance and training programs for state and local agency personnel concerned with the development and implementation of state and local land use programs;

8. Coordination and exchange of land use planning information and data among state agencies and local governments, with the Federal Government, among the several states and interstate agencies, and with members of the public, including conducting of public hearings, preparation of reports and soliciting of comments on reports concerning information useful to land use planning;

9. Coordination of planning for state and local acquisition and use of federal lands within the State, except that in the case of a plan which utilizes both federal and private lands the governing body of the area where private lands are to be utilized has final authority to approve the proposal;

10. Provision of assistance to counties to develop programs to increase the responsibility of local governments for the management of lands in the State of Nevada that are under federal management; and

11. Consideration of, and consultation with, the relevant states on the interstate aspects of land use issues of more than local concern.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 817; A 1975, 103; 1977, 1554; 1989, 1672; 1997, 1031)