As used in NRS 321.596 to 321.599, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Division" means the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
2. "Public lands" means all lands within the exterior boundaries of the State of Nevada except lands:
(a) To which title is held by any private person or entity;
(b) To which title is held by the State of Nevada, any of its local governments or the Nevada System of Higher Education;
(c) Which are located within congressionally authorized national parks, monuments, national forests or wildlife refuges or which are lands acquired by purchase consented to by the Legislature;
(d) Which are controlled by the United States Department of Defense, Department of Energy or Bureau of Reclamation; or
(e) Which are held in trust for Indian purposes or are Indian reservations.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1364; A 1993, 389)