NRS383.021. Creation of Office of Historic Preservation; duties; inclusion of Comstock Historic District Commission within Office.

      1.  The Office of Historic Preservation is hereby created.

      2.  The Office shall:

      (a) Encourage, plan and coordinate historic preservation and archeological activities within the State, including programs to survey, record, study and preserve or salvage cultural resources.

      (b) Compile and maintain an inventory of cultural resources in Nevada deemed significant by the Administrator.

      (c) Designate repositories for the materials that comprise the inventory.

      (d) Provide staff assistance to the Commission for Cultural Affairs of the Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs.

      3.  The Comstock Historic District Commission is within the Office.

      (Added to NRS by 1977, 1357; A 1985, 716; 1989, 504; 1993, 1592; 2005, 1576; 2011, 2981)