Existing law requires the Administrator of the Office of Historic Preservation of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to: (1) establish the qualifications and standards for a historical markers program, designate and make an inventory of qualified sites on both public and privately owned lands and place and maintain historical markers on all public lands and all private lands when the owner consents; (2) establish a state historical marker registry system; and (3) install, maintain and protect, with certain exceptions, all registered historical markers. (NRS 383.091) Section 1 of this bill eliminates the requirement for the Administrator to place and maintain historical markers on all public lands and private lands. Existing law authorizes the Administrator to contract with, or cooperate with, public or private agencies for suitable markers and directional signs, including signs on highways and roads, at the site of, or on the approaches to, registered historical markers. (NRS 383.091) Section 1 eliminates such authority. Section 4.5 of this bill requires that the Administrator of the Division of State Parks of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources be responsible for the installation, interpretation, maintenance and protection of all registered historical markers. Existing law requires the Administrator of the Office of Historic Preservation to consult with the Nevada Historical Society to determine the content of the legend on all historical markers and grants the Nevada Historical Society final authority to determine the content of any legend. (NRS 383.091) Section 1 eliminates the granting of such authority to the Nevada Historical Society and instead requires the Administrator to prepare the legend for any new marker identified in the inventory of qualified sites, upon request by any state agency or political subdivision.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 383.091, 331.070, 408.417
Reprint 1: 383.091
As Enrolled: 383.091
BDR: 383.091, 331.070, 408.417