533.435 - Fees of State Engineer.
533.435 Fees of State Engineer.
1. The State Engineer shall collect the following fees:
For examining and filing an application for a permit to appropriate water $300.00
This fee includes the cost of publication, which is $50.
For reviewing a corrected application or map, or both, in connection with an application for a permit to appropriate water............................................................................................................. 100.00
For examining and acting upon plans and specifications for construction of a dam 1,000.00
For examining and filing an application for each permit to change the point of diversion, manner of use or place of use of an existing right...................................................................................... 200.00
This fee includes the cost of the publication of the application, which is $50.
For issuing and recording each permit to appropriate water for any purpose, except for generating hydroelectric power which results in nonconsumptive use of the water or watering livestock or wildlife purposes 300.00
plus $3 per acre-foot approved or fraction thereof.
For issuing and recording each permit to change an existing right whether temporary or permanent for any purpose, except for generating hydroelectric power which results in nonconsumptive use of the water, for watering livestock or wildlife purposes which change the point of diversion or place of use only 250.00
plus $3 per acre-foot approved or fraction thereof.
For issuing and recording each permit to appropriate or change the point of diversion or place of use of an existing right only whether temporary or permanent for watering livestock or wildlife purposes 200.00
plus $50 for each second-foot of water approved or fraction thereof.
For issuing and recording each permit to appropriate or change an existing right whether temporary or permanent for water for generating hydroelectric power which results in nonconsumptive use of the water 400.00
plus $50 for each second-foot of water approved or fraction thereof.
For issuing a waiver in connection with an application to drill a well...... 100.00
For filing a secondary application under a reservoir permit...................... 250.00
For approving and recording a secondary permit under a reservoir permit 450.00
For reviewing each tentative subdivision map............................................ 150.00
plus $1 per lot.
For reviewing and approving each final subdivision map......................... 100.00
For storage approved under a dam permit for privately owned nonagricultural dams which store more than 50 acre-feet 400.00
plus $1 per acre-foot storage capacity. This fee includes the cost of inspection and must be paid annually.
For filing proof of completion of work............................................................ 50.00
For filing proof of beneficial use...................................................................... 50.00
For filing proof of resumption of a water right............................................ 300.00
For filing any protest........................................................................................... 25.00
For filing any application for extension of time within which to file proofs, for each year for which the extension of time is sought....................................................................................................... 100.00
For reviewing a cancellation of a water right pursuant to a petition for review 300.00
For examining and filing a report of conveyance filed pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 533.384 100.00
plus $20 per conveyance document
For filing any other instrument......................................................................... 10.00
For making a copy of any document recorded or filed in the Office of the State Engineer, for the first page 1.00
For each additional page....................................................................................... .20
For certifying to copies of documents, records or maps, for each certificate 5.00
For each blueprint copy of any drawing or map, per square foot................ 5.00
The minimum charge for a blueprint copy, per print...................................... 3.00
For colored mylar plots...................................................................................... 10.00
2. When fees are not specified in subsection 1 for work required of the Office of the State Engineer, the State Engineer shall collect the actual cost of the work.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, all fees collected by the State Engineer under the provisions of this section must be deposited in the State Treasury for credit to the State General Fund. All fees received for blueprint copies of any drawing or map must be kept by the State Engineer and used only to pay the costs of printing, replacement and maintenance of printing equipment. Any publication fees received which are not used by the State Engineer for publication expenses must be returned to the persons who paid the fees. If, after exercising due diligence, the State Engineer is unable to make the refunds, the State Engineer shall deposit the fees in the State Treasury for credit to the State General Fund. The State Engineer may maintain, with the approval of the State Board of Examiners, a checking account in any bank or credit union qualified to handle state money to carry out the provisions of this subsection. The account must be secured by a depository bond satisfactory to the State Board of Examiners to the extent the account is not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund or a private insurer approved pursuant to NRS 678.755.
[73:140:1913; A 1915, 378; 1921, 171; 1925, 121; 1947, 518; 1949, 102; 1943 NCL § 7959]—(NRS A 1957, 531; 1975, 46, 1398; 1981, 114, 1839; 1983, 1577; 1989, 1733; 1993, 2083; 1995, 436; 1999, 1508; 2009, 646, 1014)