Statutes > Nevada Statutes > TITLE 22 - COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS BY PUBLIC AGENCIES; REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS; PLANNING AND ZONING; DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT > Chapter 277 - Cooperative Agreements: State, Counties, Cities, Districts and Other Public Agencies > MISCELLANEOUS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS > 277.057 - Cooperative agreements concerning sites of archeological, paleontological or historical significance: Legislative findings and declaration.

277.057 - Cooperative agreements concerning sites of archeological, paleontological or historical significance: Legislative findings and declaration.

277.057  Cooperative agreements concerning sites of archeological, paleontological or historical significance: Legislative findings and declaration.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:

      1.  There are various unique and irreplaceable sites in this state of archeological, paleontological or historical significance.

      2.  Certain of these sites are in danger of degradation and destruction from the encroachment of urban development.

      3.  This state has a compelling interest in preserving, protecting, restoring and enhancing these sites.

      4.  The preservation, protection, restoration and enhancement of these sites is a matter of such significance that it must be carried out on a continual basis.

      5.  It is in the best interest of this state to ensure that certain public entities have continuing authority to enter into cooperative agreements for the preservation, protection, restoration and enhancement of such unique and irreplaceable sites in this state.

      (Added to NRS by 1999, 1687; A 2009, 376)