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NV AB385

Bill

Status

Failed

4/12/2025

Primary Sponsor

Lisa Cole

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Origin

Assembly

83rd Legislature (2025)

AI Summary

  • Prohibits Clark County (population 700,000+) and cities within it from adopting building codes or ordinances that ban or limit water-based cooling tower systems for projects requiring 500 or more nominal tons of cooling capacity

  • Allows local governments to establish exemption processes for projects that would otherwise be restricted by existing cooling tower prohibitions in their building codes

  • Exempts industrial and warehouse projects from these cooling tower protections

  • Requires cooling capacity determinations to be made by a licensed professional engineer during plan review

  • Voids any conflicting local ordinances, regulations, or rules enacted before, on, or after October 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Revises provisions relating to governmental administration. (BDR 22-851)

Last Action

(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)

4/12/2025

Committee Referrals

Government Affairs3/10/2025

Full Bill Text

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