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533.363 - State Engineer to notify county commissioners of application to use water in county other than that in which it is appropriated or currently diverted or used.

533.363  State Engineer to notify county commissioners of application to use water in county other than that in which it is appropriated or currently diverted or used.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if water for which a permit is requested is to be used in a county other than that county in which it is to be appropriated, or is to be diverted from or used in a different county than that in which it is currently being diverted or used, then the State Engineer shall give notice of the receipt of the request for the permit to:

      (a) The board of county commissioners of the county in which the water for which the permit is requested will be appropriated or is currently being diverted or used; and

      (b) The board of county commissioners of the county in which the water will be diverted or used.

      2.  The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply:

      (a) To an environmental permit.

      (b) If:

             (1) The water is to be appropriated and used; or

             (2) Both the current and requested place of diversion or use of the water are,

Ê within a single, contiguous parcel of real property.

      3.  A person who requests a permit to which the provisions of subsection 1 apply shall submit to each appropriate board of county commissioners a copy of the application and any information relevant to the request.

      4.  Each board of county commissioners which is notified of a request for a permit pursuant to this section shall consider the request at the next regular or special meeting of the board held not earlier than 3 weeks after the notice is received. The board shall provide public notice of the meeting for 3 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in its county. The notice must state the time, place and purpose of the meeting. At the conclusion of the meeting the board may recommend a course of action to the State Engineer, but the recommendation is not binding on the State Engineer.

      (Added to NRS by 1981, 782; A 1991, 758)

     

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