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) Carry out the provisions of NRS 383.440.
(c) Compile and maintain an inventory of cultural resources in Nevada deemed significant by the Administrator.
(d) Designate repositories for the materials that comprise the inventory.
(e) Provide staff assistance to the Commission.
(f) Assist the State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration in conducting the evaluation required by NRS 701B.925 with respect to a building that is at least 50 years old, including, without limitation, making a recommendation regarding the use of an alternative to window replacement based upon whether the use of the alternative is consistent with the goal of historic preservation.
3. An Indian tribe may be designated as a repository to receive prehistoric native Indian human remains or funerary objects pursuant to paragraph (d) of subsection 2 if agreed to by the Indian tribe.
4. 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; 2015, 73; 2017, 1436, 3543)
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