2019 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 321 - Administration, Control and Transfer of State Lands
NRS 321.720 - Duties of Administrator concerning local governments.

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

(a) Preparation and continuing revision of a statewide inventory of the land and natural resources of the State;

(b) 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;

(c) 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;

(d) 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;

(e) 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;

(f) 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;

(g) 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

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

2. To the extent practicable, the Administrator shall:

(a) Compile any information developed pursuant to subsection 1; and

(b) Make the compilation available to cities and counties.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 817; A 1975, 103; 1977, 1554; 1989, 1672; 1997, 1031; 2017, 650)