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AB 429

Relating to: designating the Greg Quinn and Larry Millard Memorial Bridge.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Elijah Behnke and 14 co-sponsors

AB 429 clarifies that governments may create, convey, record, modify, or terminate conservation easements the same as others, boosting certainty and enabling deals.

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Bill Summary · AB 429

AB 429 — Summary (2025 Session, Chapter 130)

Status: Enacted (Approved by Governor; Chapter 130).
Sponsors: Committee on Natural Resources; Assemblymember Hadwick (author).
Subject: Conservation easements — revisions to NRS 111.420.

Main purpose / intent

AB 429 clarifies and modernizes Nevada law governing easements for conservation by explicitly authorizing any person — including state or local governments, and their agencies or instrumentalities — to create, convey, record, assign, release, reserve, modify, terminate, or otherwise alter an easement for conservation in the same manner as other easements. The change is intended to remove statutory ambiguity about whether government entities may be grantors or sellers of conservation easements and to increase certainty and durability for current and future easements.

Key provisions

  • Amends NRS 111.420(1) to state, in substance:
    • Any person, including (without limitation) a state or local government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, may create, convey, record, assign, release, reserve, modify, terminate, or otherwise alter or affect an easement for conservation in the same manner as other easements.
    • The word “reserve” was added to the operative list of actions (Assembly Amendment No. 261 / Reprint 1).
  • Retains existing statutory protections:
    • No right or duty in favor of/against a holder — and no third‑party enforcement right — arises until the easement is accepted by the holder and acceptance is recorded.
    • Easements for conservation are unlimited in duration unless the creating instrument provides otherwise or a court orders termination/modification under NRS 111.430(2).
    • Interests in real property that exist at the time an easement is created are not impaired by the easement unless the owner is a party to or consents to it.

Who is affected

  • Government entities (state and local) — explicitly authorized to act as grantors/parties in conservation easements.
  • Landowners and private persons who create, grant, or otherwise deal with conservation easements.
  • Conservation organizations, land trusts, and other easement holders — clearer statutory basis for accepting easements from governmental grantors.
  • Courts and title/real‑estate professionals — benefit from clarified statutory language reducing ambiguity in transactions and enforcement.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • Assembly Amendment No. 261 added “reserve” and produced the First Reprint.
  • Legislative history shows committee approvals and floor actions in spring 2025.
  • Approved by the Governor and chaptered as Chapter 130 (2025). (Legislative documents indicate urgency provisions and immediate effect; check the official chapter law for the precise effective date.)
  • Fiscal note: the bill indicates “Effect on Local Government: May have Fiscal Impact. Effect on the State: Yes.” Specific fiscal effects were not detailed in the summary materials.

Practical effect

AB 429 removes statutory ambiguity about government participation in conservation easements, providing legal certainty for transactions where a government entity is a grantor, seller, or otherwise involved in creating or reserving conservation interests — likely facilitating conservation deals, land management, and long‑term protection of resources.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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