321.597 - Division to hold and manage public lands; regulations; employment of personnel. - Nevada Statutes

321.597  Division to hold and manage public lands; regulations; employment of personnel.

      1.  The Division shall hold the public lands of the State in trust for the benefit of the people of the State and shall manage them in an orderly and beneficial manner consistent with the public policy declared in NRS 321.5977.

      2.  The State Land Registrar may with the approval of the Board of Review adopt regulations necessary to manage the public lands in an orderly and beneficial manner and to carry out the provisions of NRS 321.596 to 321.599, inclusive, and the public trust created in those sections.

      3.  Except as provided in this subsection, the State Land Registrar may contract for or employ such professional and clerical personnel as are needed to carry out the functions of the State Land Registrar. Any contract for professional services must be approved by the State Board of Examiners and any money necessary to compensate those persons must be approved for expenditure by the Legislature or the Interim Finance Committee.

      (Added to NRS by 1979, 1365)