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Water-law specialist Jay Dixon hired to monitor 2025 Nevada legislative session; board approves $9,000 contract
Summary
After a presentation reviewing select water bills and Division of Water Resources priorities, the Nye County Water District approved a five-month professional services agreement with Jay Dixon of Water Strategy Group for up to $9,000 to monitor legislation and provide weekly reports and mid-session briefings.
The board heard a legislative preview from Jay Dixon of Water Strategy Group and voted to approve a professional services agreement for legislative monitoring during the 2025 Nevada legislative session.
Dixon reviewed a selection of water-related bills he was tracking for the 83rd Nevada Legislative Session, noting the session schedule, changes in bill language and several priority items that could affect rural basins. He highlighted bills and topics including proposed extensions for temporary conversions of irrigation water (AB9), a measure affecting geothermal and dissolved-mineral project review (AB109), a potential federal-exemption deadline change (SB31 regarding filing proof of appropriation deadlines), buyback/retirement programs for water rights (AB104 / SB36), cloud-seeding funding (SB6) and a proposal to create a state fund for hydrologic studies in rural counties (previews that appeared as AB190 in his notes). He also noted pending BDRs to impose processing time limits on Division of Water Resources actions.
Dixon described his role as monitoring and reporting rather than lobbying and said deliverables would include weekly reports, links to bill text and hearings, a mid-session briefing (proposed for April) and a post-session summary. The manager and Dixon told the board the contract is for monitoring and reporting only and would not pay for lobbying.
The board made a motion to approve the professional services agreement with Jay Dixon of Water Strategy Group for a not-to-exceed amount of $9,000 covering the five months of the 2025 legislative session. The motion passed on a 5–0 roll-call vote (Mister Miller, Mister Holden, Mister Jackson, Mister Locke and Mrs. Williams voted yes; one member was absent). The record does not show a named mover or seconder in the public transcript; the contract documents and minutes should be consulted for official mover/second attribution.
Board members discussed how they would use Dixon’s reports and urged staff to circulate weekly updates to board members and to liaise with the Nye County Commission if appropriate. Dixon said he would provide weekly reports and a mid-session update, and that his team in Carson City could flag hearings where the County might wish to provide testimony or take a position.
No lobbying or contract amendments were authorized during the meeting; the agreement passed as written.
