Existing law creates the Outdoor Education and Recreation Grant Program and requires the Administrator of the Division of Outdoor Recreation of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to adopt regulations to establish an advisory committee to assist and advise the Administrator in the development and administration of the Grant Program. (NRS 407A.605, 407A.610) Existing law also creates the Advisory Board on Outdoor Recreation, which is required to advise the Administrator on any matter concerning outdoor recreation in this State. (NRS 407A.575) Section 1.3 of this bill eliminates the advisory committee and instead requires the Advisory Board on Outdoor Recreation to serve as a technical advisory committee to assist and advise the Administrator in the development and administration of the Grant Program. Section 1 of this bill makes a conforming change to require the Advisory Board to assist and advise the Administrator in the development and administration of the Grant Program. Section 1.7 of this bill requires the Division of Outdoor Recreation to establish an Outdoor Education Advisory Working Group in the 2023-2024 interim to study approaches to incorporate outdoor recreation into the curriculum of the public education system in this State. Section 1.7 also: (1) prescribes the membership and duties of the Outdoor Education Advisory Working Group; (2) requires the Division to submit a written report describing the activities, findings, conclusions and recommendations of the Advisory Working Group for transmittal to the 83rd Session of the Legislature; and (3) authorizes the Outdoor Education Advisory Working Group to request the drafting of not more than 1 legislative measure for prefiling on or before the first day of the regular session of the Legislature in 2025.

Statutes affected:
Reprint 2: 407A.575, 407A.610
As Enrolled: 407A.575, 407A.610