NevadaState officials may assign local boards waste and water duties
State officials may approve capable local health boards to handle waste or public water duties, while certain private social club pools fall outside the public pool definition.
What it does
The state Administrator may approve a local health board to handle all or selected solid waste duties. The board must show it can do the work and adopt needed rules.
The state Administrator may approve a local health board to issue public water permits or enforce water rules. The board must show it can do the assigned work.
Pools owned by a qualifying tax-exempt social club and used by its members or their invited guests are excluded from the state definition of a public swimming pool.
Argument forCapable local health boards could handle assigned waste or water duties, which may help local officials oversee these services.
Argument againstState officials could revoke a local board’s assigned duties, including immediately when they find a serious hazard, which may interrupt local oversight.
More detail
The Division Administrator may designate a district health board to handle all or selected solid waste duties. A designation may cover all solid waste duties or only selected duties under the listed state laws and rules. The board must apply, show it can perform the assigned duties, and adopt needed rules. The Environmental Commission sets the ability criteria. The Division reviews the board’s work. For a problem that is not an urgent or serious hazard, the board gets at least 60 days to fix it; the Administrator may revoke its designation if it does not. An urgent or serious hazard may lead to immediate revocation. A board may request a hearing within 30 days. A board already acting as a solid waste management authority when the law takes effect may continue in that role.
The Division Administrator may designate a district health board to issue public water permits or enforce all or selected water rules. Assigned duties may include permits and enforcement for public water systems. The board must apply and show it can perform the duties assigned. The Environmental Commission sets the ability criteria. The Division reviews the board’s work. For a problem that is not an urgent or serious hazard, the board gets at least 60 days to fix it; the Administrator may revoke its designation if it does not. An urgent or serious hazard may lead to immediate revocation. A board may request a hearing within 30 days. A board already administering and enforcing public water rules when the law takes effect may continue in that role.
The law excludes certain private social club pools from the definition of a public swimming pool. The exclusion applies to the definition used in state pool sanitation rules. The pool must be privately owned and used by members of a private organization recognized as a tax-exempt social club under federal law, or by those members’ invited guests.
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- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Jun 9Approved by the Governor Joe Lombardo. Chapter 438.Became Law
- Jun 5Enrolled and delivered to Governor.To Governor
- Jun 4To enrollment.Major
- Jun 2Assembly Amendment No. 566 concurred in.
- May 19Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded Assembly (2nd Reprint). Result: pass.Lower
- May 16Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- May 15From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- May 14Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 566.) To printer.Minor
- May 12From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.Minor
- Apr 17In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To committee.Minor
- Apr 16From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 18, Nays: 3.) To Assembly.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Senate (1st Reprint). Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 15Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 58.) To printer.Minor
- Apr 14From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File.Minor
- Feb 3Read first time. To committee.Minor
- 2024
- Nov 20From printer.
- Nov 18Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer.Introduced
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