Nevada Effort to End Tahoe Pact Faces Veto
Gov. Richard Bryan said Wednesday that he would veto any effort to pull Nevada out of the bistate Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, which governs development in the Tahoe Basin.
The Assembly Government Affairs Committee approved a bill on Tuesday for Nevada to withdraw from the compact with California, complaining that property owners in the basin have not been treated fairly and that the neighboring state is dominating the compact.
The bill could come up for a final vote in the Assembly later this week. It is expected to pass there but faces a rougher time in the state Senate.
Bryan said the agency, although “not . . . perfect,” is the most effective one to guard against pollution and overdevelopment of the lake, which bridges the Nevada-California border.
The governor said he does not agree with the assessment of U.S. Sen. Paul Laxalt (R-Nev.), who suggested that the agency is dominated by California. Bryan noted that Laxalt wrote a letter in December to the League to Save Lake Tahoe stating that he supported the bistate effort.
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