Lawmakers introduce bill to withdrawal Nevada from Tahoe Regional Planning Agency compact
A bill entered into the Nevada Legislature would withdrawal the state from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency compact.
S.B. 271 was introduced on March 18, by State Senators John Lee, D-North Las Vegas, and James Settelmeyer, R-Gardnerville with joint Assembly sponsors Pat Hickey, R-Reno, Randy Kirner, R-Reno and Kelly Kite, R-Minden. The bill has been moved to the Committee on Government Affairs.
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As written, the bill would withdrawal Nevada from the TRPA and would instead give regulatory powers to the Nevada Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, which would oversee environmental and land use issues on the Nevada side of the lake. This agency is to be made up of seven members, one appointed by the governor and three each of the contiguous counties, Douglas and Washoe.
Advocates argue that extracting Nevada from the TRPA would get the state out from under the influence California and therefore would be able to govern Lake Tahoe issues at a local level.
The TRPA was formed in 1969 and ratified by the U.S. Congress as a bistate agreement between California and Nevada. The agency is mandated to protect the environment of the Lake Tahoe Basin through environmental and land-use regulations and is one of only a few watershed-based regulatory agencies in the United States.
In order for the state to leave the TRPA it would require approval of both Nevada and California legislatures and the U.S. Congress.
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