NevadaAB7083rd Regular Session (2025)House

AN ACT relating to energy; authorizing the board of county commissioners of a county to require applicants for a partial abatement of certain taxes imposed on certain renewable energy facilities to reimburse the county for costs incurred by the county to participate in the preparation of a federal environmental impact statement; authorizing the Director of the Office of Energy within the Office of the Governor to condition approval of such a partial abatement on compliance with the requirement to pay such a reimbursement; prohibiting a county from taking certain actions with respect to a renewable energy facility that the county has approved or recommended approval for a partial abatement; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Sponsored By: Assembly Committee on Growth and Infrastructure

Signed by Governor

BDR 58-454

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Developers must repay county EIS costs

Beginning July 1, 2025, if you seek a partial tax abatement for a renewable project on federal land, the county can charge you for its NEPA environmental review work. You must reimburse the county’s actual costs, up to $50,000 per case. The county can require prepayment and must refund any extra or bill shortfalls. The Director of the Office of Energy can withhold or condition abatement approval until you follow these county rules. These provisions end June 30, 2049.

Counties cannot block approved projects

Starting July 1, 2025, once your partial-abatement application is approved, recommended for approval, or deemed approved, the county cannot require a special-use permit that makes the project impractical. The county also cannot impose a moratorium that stops construction or operation. These protections end June 30, 2049.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Assembly Committee on Growth and Infrastructure

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 62 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/19/2025

Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint)

Yes: 20 • No: 0

House vote • 4/22/2025

Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint)

Yes: 42 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Chapter 19.

    5/27/2025legislature
  2. Approved by the Governor.

    5/26/2025legislature
  3. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

    5/23/2025legislature
  4. In Assembly. To enrollment.

    5/20/2025House
  5. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly.

    5/19/2025Senate
  6. Read second time.

    5/16/2025Senate
  7. From committee: Do pass.

    5/15/2025Senate
  8. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. To committee.

    4/28/2025Senate
  9. In Senate.

    4/28/2025Senate
  10. To Senate.

    4/25/2025House
  11. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.

    4/25/2025House
  12. To printer.

    4/22/2025House
  13. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.)

    4/22/2025House
  14. Dispensed with reprinting.

    4/21/2025House
  15. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 538.)

    4/21/2025House
  16. Placed on Second Reading File.

    4/21/2025House
  17. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

    4/21/2025House
  18. Read first time. To committee.

    2/4/2025House
  19. From printer.

    11/26/2024House
  20. Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Revenue. To printer.

    11/20/2024House

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