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Nevada Straw Bale Code
Nevada Straw Bale Code

Nevada State Legislature Legislative Building
401 South Carson Street, Room 101
Carson City, NV 89710

Ref. Code mandate: AB171, Straw Bale Guidelines 1995
Assemblyman Mike Schneider

Assembly Bill No. 171
--Committee on Labor and Manage ment (Requested by Assemblyman Giunchigliani) February 3, 1995 _____________ Referred to Committee on Government Affairs

SUMMARY--Authorizes use of straw and solar energy under building codes. (BDR 22-382)

FISCAL NOTE:
Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.

Ref. Code mandate: AB171, Straw Bale Guidelines 1995
AN ACT relating to construction; requiring local building codes to permit the use of straw and solar energy to the extent feasible in the local climate; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. NRS 278.580 is hereby amended to read as follows:

278.580


1. Subject to the limitation set forth in NRS 244.368, the governing body of any city or county may adopt a building code, specifying the design, soundness and materials of structures, and may adopt rules, ordinances and regulations for the enforcement of the building code.

2. The governing body may also fix a reasonable schedule of fees for the issuance of building permits. A schedule of fees so fixed does not apply to the State of Nevada and its political subdivisions.

3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state and its political subdivisions shall comply with all zoning regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, except for the expansion of any activity existing on April 23, 1971.

4. A local governing body shall permit the use of straw in the construction of a structure and the use of solar energy for the heating of a structure or of water, to the extent the local climate allows.

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