Land use plan OK’d by panel

Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2002 | 11:01 a.m.

The House Resources Committee today approved a comprehensive Clark County public lands use plan, inching the legislation closer to final approval.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee passed a similar version of the bill last week. The House version is slightly different in that it now contains a provision that directs the secretary of interior to hand over irrigation project property to the Pershing County Water Control District, the state of Nevada and Pershing and Lander counties.

Neither the full House nor full Senate has acted on the bills. Despite the minor difference in the two bills, Nevada lawmakers are hopeful both chambers will vote by the end of the year.

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