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-  S.B. 106
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-SENATE BILL NO. 106–COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
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-(ON BEHALF OF THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
-FOR THE REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT OF THE
-TAHOE REGIONAL PLANNING AGENCY AND
-THE MARLETTE LAKE WATER SYSTEM)
-
-PREFILED JANUARY 21, 2025
-____________
-
-Referred to Committee on Natural Resources
-
-SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to the operation of
-vessels. (BDR 43-371)
-
-FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: Increases or Newly
-Provides for Term of Imprisonment in County or City
-Jail or Detention Facility.
- Effect on the State: Yes.
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-EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
-
-AN ACT relating to vessels; prohibiting the operation of a vessel in
-excess of a certain speed within 600 feet of the shoreline
-of Lake Tahoe; revising provisions relating to the
-violation of certain provisions of the Code of Ordinances
-of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency; providin g a
-penalty; and providing other matters properly relating
-thereto.
-Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
- Under existing law, it is a misdemeanor to operate a vessel or permit a vessel to 1
-be operated at a speed in excess of 5 nautical miles per hour within 100 fe et of a 2
-person who is bathing, wading, diving, floating or swimming and within 200 feet 3
-of: (1) any beach frequented by persons who are bathing, wading, diving, floating 4
-or swimming; (2) a swimming float, diving platform or lifeline; and (3) certain way 5
-or landing floats. (NRS 488.600) Section 1 of this bill makes it a misdemeanor to 6
-operate a vessel or permit a vessel to be operated at a speed in excess of 5  nautical 7
-miles per hour within 600 feet of the shoreline of Lake Tahoe. 8
- Under existing law, certain peace officers are authorized to take various actions 9
-when a person violates certain sections of the Code of Ordinances of the Tahoe 10
-Regional Planning Age ncy. (NRS 277.215) Section 2 of this bill replaces 11
-references to ordinances no longer in effect with the current ordinances. 12
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-THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
-SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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- Section 1.  NRS 488.600 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1
- 488.600  Every owner, operator or person in command of any 2
-vessel is guilty of a misdemeanor who operates it or permits it to be 3
-operated at a speed in excess of 5 nautical miles per hour in any of 4
-the following areas: 5
- 1.  Within 100 feet of any person who is engaged in the act of 6
-bathing, wading, diving, floating or swimming. 7
- 2.  Within 200 feet of any: 8
- (a) Beach frequented by persons who engage in the acts of 9
-bathing, wading, diving, floating or swimming. 10
- (b) Swimming float, diving platform or lifeline. 11
- (c) Way or landing float to which vessels are made fast or which 12
-is used for the embarkation or discharge of passengers. 13
- 3.  Within 600 feet of the shoreline of Lake Tahoe. 14
- Sec. 2.  NRS 277.215 is hereby amended to read as follows: 15
- 277.215  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, 16
-every game warden, sheriff and other peace officer of this state and 17
-its political subdivisions may issue one or more of the following: 18
- (a) Educational mate rial provided by the Tahoe Regional 19
-Planning Agency; 20
- (b) An oral advisory; or 21
- (c) A warning citation, 22
- to a person who violates, within the portion of the region that is 23
-within the waters of this state, section [54.16(A), 54.16(B) ] 24
-60.1.3(E) or [81.2(E)] 84.10 of the Code of Ordinances adopted by 25
-the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and in effect on [April 1, 26
-1999.] August 25, 2024. 27
- 2.  A game warden, sheriff or other peace officer who issues a 28
-warning citation pursuant to subsection 1 shall report the na me and 29
-address of the person to whom such warning was issued to the 30
-Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. 31
- 3.  An agency that provides law enforcement or other public 32
-safety services is not subject to the provisions of section [54.16(A), 33
-54.16(B)] 60.1.3(E) or [81.2(E)] 84.10 of the Code of Ordinances 34
-adopted by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and in effect on 35
-[April 1, 1999, ] August 25, 202 4, when performing its official 36
-duties during an emergency or disaster on the waters of Lake Tahoe 37
-if such duties are performed in an effort to protect life or property. 38
- 4.  As used in this section: 39
- (a) “Region” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 277.200. 40
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- (b) “Waters of this state” means any waters within the territorial 1
-limits of this state. 2
- Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval. 3
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+SB106 – Revises provisions relating to the
+operation of vessels
+Julie W. Regan, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
+April 28, 2025
+TRPA History
+• Created by bi-state compact in 1969 to manage development and
+transportation at Tahoe to achieve environmental goals.
+History
+• August 1997
+• Polluting two-stroke carbureted engine ban
+• 600 foot No Wake Zone established
+• 1999 (70th Session)
+• Nevada adoption through SB510
+• NRS Chapter 277
+2018 Lake Tahoe Shoreline Plan
+• Continued 600 foot no wake zone from Tahoe’s shoreline
+Need for SB106
+Fix outdated references between
+NRS and TRPA’s Code of
+Ordinances
+Rise in non-motorized recreation
+at Tahoe
+Clarity on regulations for public
+SB106 – Requested Changes
+• 600 Foot no wake zone
+• TRPA Code 54.16(A), 54.16(B) ➔ 84.10
+• Two-stroke engine ban
+• TRPA Code 81.2(E)➔ 60.1.3(E)
+• Addition of 600 Foot No Wake Zone to Chapter 488.600 of NRS