1. FACT SHEET: SB 630
AUTHORS: SENATOR FRAN PAVLEY AND DARRELL STEINBERG
TAHOE COMPACT RESTORATION ACT OF 2013
FEBRUARY 12, 2013​
THE P ROBLEM
California needs a contingency plan if Nevada adheres to its 2011 state law and withdraws from
the bi-state Tahoe Regional Planning Compact which would also effectively dissolve the Tahoe
Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). California needs such a contingency plan in 2013 because
Nevada’s legislature does not meet in 2014 and its state law imposes a deadline of 2015. Nevada’s
Legislature adjourns in June, 2015.
The best contingency plan would be to re-establish the California Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
which existed for many years and which handled the many planning and land use issues important
to California in the Tahoe Basin before the Compact. The Nevada Tahoe Regional Planning
Agency continues to exist in Nevada law although it has not been active since the Compact was
approved.
What Nevada Demands. The Nevada legislation demanded that the voting structure of TRPA be
changed to accommodate more development in the Tahoe Basin and that an updated regional plan
be adopted. An updated regional plan was adopted in December, 2012. The new regional plan was
successfully developed through a formal bi-state consultation process.
The changes in the voting structure would weaken conservation protections in the Tahoe Basin and
in any event would require Congressional action to amend the Compact. Such measures are not
possible through action of state legislatures.
BACKGROUND
Until the Compact was established, the California Tahoe Regional Planning Agency fulfilled the
planning, conservation, and water quality protections in the Tahoe Basin that were important to
California. It was governed by a blend of local and state appointees, including public members.
That approach would be continued under SB 630.
JOINT-AUTHORS
Senator Darrell Steinberg
THE SOLUTION
To be clear, it is the preference of the authors, the administration, and key congressional leaders

2. such as Senator Dianne Feinstein, that the Compact continue in existence along with TRPA. To
that end, SB 630 specifies that it will not take effect if in 2013 Nevada repeals its bill to withdraw
from the Compact.
To provide for continuity of governance, SB 630 provides that the most regional plan update will
remain in effect with specified exceptions if the CTRPA needs to be re-established.
Senator Fran Pavley ​Fact Sheet
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