2015 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 490 - Off-Highway Vehicles
NRS 490.068 - Election of officers; nonvoting advisers; Commission authorized to award grants of money from Account; duties of Commission relating to Account; report to Legislature.

1. The Commission shall:

(a) Elect a Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and Treasurer from among its members.

(b) Meet at the call of the Chair.

(c) Meet at least four times each year.

(d) Solicit nine nonvoting advisers to the Commission to serve for terms of 2 years as follows:

(1) One adviser from the Bureau of Land Management.

(2) One adviser from the United States Forest Service.

(3) One adviser who is:

(I) From the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture; or

(II) A teacher, instructor or professor at an institution of the Nevada System of Higher Education and who provides instruction in environmental science or a related field.

(4) One adviser from the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

(5) One adviser from the Department of Wildlife.

(6) One adviser from the Department of Motor Vehicles.

(7) One adviser from the Commission on Tourism, other than the Chair of the Nevada Indian Commission.

(8) One adviser from the Nevada Indian Commission.

(9) One adviser from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

2. The Commission may award a grant of money from the Account for Off-Highway Vehicles created by NRS 490.069. Any such grant must comply with the requirements set forth in NRS 490.069. The Commission shall:

(a) Adopt regulations setting forth who may apply for a grant of money from the Account for Off-Highway Vehicles and the manner in which such a person may submit the application to the Commission. The regulations adopted pursuant to this paragraph must include, without limitation, requirements that:

(1) Any person requesting a grant provide proof satisfactory to the Commission that the appropriate federal, state or local governmental agency has been consulted regarding the nature of the project to be funded by the grant and regarding the area affected by the project;

(2) The application for the grant address all applicable laws and regulations, including, without limitation, those concerning:

(I) Threatened and endangered species in the area affected by the project;

(II) Ecological, cultural and archaeological sites in the area affected by the project; and

(III) Existing land use authorizations and prohibitions, land use plans, special designations and local ordinances for the area affected by the project; and

(3) Any compliance information provided by an appropriate federal, state or local governmental agency, and any information or advice provided by any agency, group or individual be submitted with the application for the grant.

(b) Adopt regulations for awarding grants from the Account.

(c) Adopt regulations for determining the acceptable performance of work on a project for which a grant is awarded.

(d) Approve the completion of, and payment of money for, work performed on a project for which a grant is awarded, if the Commission determines the work is acceptable.

(e) Monitor the accounting activities of the Account.

3. The nonvoting advisers solicited by the Commission pursuant to paragraph (d) of subsection 1 shall assist the Commission in carrying out the duties set forth in this section and shall review for completeness and for compliance with the requirements of paragraph (a) of subsection 2 all applications for grants.

4. For each regular session of the Legislature, the Commission shall prepare a comprehensive report, including, without limitation, a summary of any grants that the Commission awarded and of the accounting activities of the Account, and any recommendations of the Commission for proposed legislation. The report must be submitted to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for distribution to the Legislature not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year.

(Added to NRS by 2009, 3084; A 2011, 292; 2013, 123, 2761)