1. The Division shall acquire and hold in the name of the State of Nevada all lands and interests in land owned or required by the State except:
(a) Lands or interests used or acquired for highway purposes;
(b) Lands or interests the title to which is vested in the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada;
(c) Offices outside state buildings leased by the Administrator of the State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration for the use of state officers and employees; or
(d) Lands or interests used or acquired for the Legislature or its staff,
and shall administer all lands it holds which are not assigned for administration to another state agency.
2. If additional land or an interest in land is required for the use of any state agency except the Department of Transportation or the Nevada System of Higher Education, the agency and the Division shall select land for use by the agency. The Division shall obtain the approval of the Administrator of the State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration if the land will be used for a building pursuant to NRS 341.141. The Division shall determine the value of that land and obtain the land or interest by negotiation or, if necessary, by exercising the State’s power of eminent domain. Title must be taken in the name of the State of Nevada.
3. The Division may acquire and hold land and interests in land required for any public purpose, including the production of public revenue. Title must be taken in the name of the State of Nevada.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1123; A 1979, 650, 1320, 1792; 1983, 1260; 1989, 2006; 1993, 388, 1555; 1995, 579; 1997, 962)