'Public lands' means all lands within the exterior boundaries of the State of Nevada except lands: 1. To which title is held by any private person or entity; 2. To which title is held by the State of Nevada, any of its local governments or the Nevada System of Higher Education; 3. 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; 4. Which are controlled by the United States Department of Defense, Department of Energy or Bureau of Reclamation; or 5. Which are held in trust for Indian purposes or are Indian reservations. (Added to NRS by 1981, 924; A 1993, 400)
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