NRS: CHAPTER 567 - NOXIOUS AND PREDATORY ANIMALS; PROPERTY-DESTROYING BIRDS

[Rev. 6/29/2024 4:31:36 PM--2023]

CHAPTER 567 - NOXIOUS AND PREDATORY ANIMALS; PROPERTY-DESTROYING BIRDS

STATE PREDATORY ANIMAL AND RODENT COMMITTEE

NRS 567.040 Chair; Vice Chair; designation of certain members by Chair; Secretary.

NRS 567.050 Compensation and expenses of members and Secretary.

NRS 567.060 Location of office of Committee; payment of miscellaneous administrative expenses from State Sheep Inspection Account.

NRS 567.070 Meetings: Call by Secretary.

NRS 567.080 Agreements with United States Department of Agriculture for control of predatory animals, property-destroying birds and rodents.

NRS 567.090 State Predatory Animal and Rodent Account: Deposit of contributions; claims against Account.

COMMITTEE TO CONTROL PREDATORY ANIMALS

NRS 567.100 Definitions.

NRS 567.110 Levy of annual special tax; maximum rate; designation as tax for control of predatory animals; notice to State Department of Agriculture.

NRS 567.120 Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals: Deposit of tax.

NRS 567.125 Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals: Agreement with board of county commissioners for administration; annual statement by county treasurer; reimbursement for administration; termination of agreement.

NRS 567.130 Cooperative agreements with United States Department of Agriculture for control of predatory animals; contributions by Board from Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals.

NRS 567.140 Reports by United States Department of Agriculture regarding disposition of money and results of expenditures.

NRS 567.150 Deposit of money from sale of furs and other contributions; limitation on expenditure.

NRS 567.160 Assistance to Board by advisers selected by woolgrowers’ organizations.

NRS 567.170 Payment of administrative expenses from State Sheep Inspection Account; limitation on payment of administrative expenses.

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STATE PREDATORY ANIMAL AND RODENT COMMITTEE

NRS 567.010 Definitions. As used in NRS 567.010 to 567.090, inclusive:

1. “Committee” means the State Predatory Animal and Rodent Committee.

2. “Property-destroying bird” means starlings, blackbirds, ravens, crows and other birds that damage property, threaten human health or cause a public nuisance.

[Part 1:256:1949; 1943 NCL § 3149.01]—(NRS A 1967, 1025; 1995, 214)

NRS 567.020 Creation. To control predatory animals, property-destroying birds and rodents within the State of Nevada, with money as may be made available to it by contributions from private or public agencies, or otherwise, the State Predatory Animal and Rodent Committee is hereby created within the State Department of Agriculture.

[Part 1:256:1949; 1943 NCL § 3149.01]—(NRS A 1967, 1025; 1991, 334; 1993, 1743; 1995, 214; 1999, 3682)

NRS 567.030 Members. The Committee consists of the following seven members:

1. Two members designated by the State Board of Agriculture from among its members, one of which must be the appointee for range or semirange sheep production.

2. One member designated by the Board of Wildlife Commissioners from among its members.

3. One member designated by the State Board of Health from among its members.

4. One member designated by the Nevada Farm Bureau Federation from among its members.

5. One member designated by the Chair of the Committee from among the persons who make application to the Committee who:

(a) Must have been issued a license to hunt, trap or fish in this State in at least 3 of the 5 years immediately preceding the date on which he or she is designated as a member; and

(b) Must not have been convicted of any violation of the provisions of this title or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto or any federal law or regulation or any law or regulation of any other state relating to hunting, trapping or fishing in the year immediately preceding the date on which he or she is designated as a member.

6. One member designated by the Chair of the Committee from among the persons who make application to the Committee who:

(a) Must hold a license as a master guide issued pursuant to NRS 504.390; and

[Part 1:256:1949; 1943 NCL § 3149.01]—(NRS A 1979, 915; 2003, 2150; 2015, 959)

NRS 567.040 Chair; Vice Chair; designation of certain members by Chair; Secretary.

1. At the first meeting of each year, the Committee shall select its own Chair and Vice Chair from among its members. A member may not serve as the Chair or Vice Chair for more than two consecutive terms.

2. Upon the selection of the Chair at the first meeting of each year, the Chair shall designate the members described in subsections 5 and 6 of NRS 567.030.

3. The Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture shall serve as Secretary of the Committee.

[Part 1:256:1949; 1943 NCL § 3149.01] + [Part 3:256:1949; 1943 NCL § 3149.03]—(NRS A 2003, 2151; 2015, 960)

NRS 567.050 Compensation and expenses of members and Secretary.

1. The members and the Secretary of the Committee shall serve without salary or compensation as such.

2. The travel and subsistence expenses of each member and the Secretary incident to attendance at meetings or conferences of the Committee may be defrayed from the funds of the board of which he or she is the designated member or Secretary.

[Part 1:256:1949; 1943 NCL § 3149.01]

NRS 567.060 Location of office of Committee; payment of miscellaneous administrative expenses from State Sheep Inspection Account.

1. The office of the Committee must be located in the office of the State Board of Agriculture.

2. Such miscellaneous administrative expenses as are necessary for the conduct of the Committee’s affairs, aside from travel and subsistence expenses of the members and the Secretary, such as stationery and postage, must be paid from and are a proper charge against the State Sheep Inspection Account of the State Board of Agriculture.

[Part 1:256:1949; 1943 NCL § 3149.01]—(NRS A 1991, 1794; 1997, 845; 2003, 2151)

NRS 567.070 Meetings: Call by Secretary. The Committee’s Secretary shall call the first meeting of the Committee each year following the designation of the members described in subsections 1 to 4, inclusive, of NRS 567.030.

[Part 3:256:1949; 1943 NCL § 3149.03]—(NRS A 2015, 960)

NRS 567.080 Agreements with United States Department of Agriculture for control of predatory animals, property-destroying birds and rodents. The Committee may enter into agreements from time to time with the United States Department of Agriculture covering cooperative control of predatory animals, property-destroying birds and rodents in and by manners and methods whereby a maximum of protection against losses of property, livestock, poultry, game birds, animals and crops on a statewide basis best can be assured with a maximum of returns for the money expended.

[2:256:1949; 1943 NCL § 3149.02]—(NRS A 1967, 1025; 1991, 335; 1995, 214)

NRS 567.090 State Predatory Animal and Rodent Account: Deposit of contributions; claims against Account.

1. All contributions of money which the Committee is authorized to accept must be deposited into a special account to be known as the State Predatory Animal and Rodent Account to be held in trust by the State Treasurer for use only in the control of predatory animals, property-destroying birds and rodents, under the provisions of this chapter.

2. All claims against the State Predatory Animal and Rodent Account must be approved by at least one member of the Committee, designated for that purpose by the Committee, the Secretary of the Committee and by the State Board of Examiners.

[4:256:1949; 1943 NCL § 3149.04]—(NRS A 1967, 1025; 1979, 624; 1983, 403; 1995, 214)

COMMITTEE TO CONTROL PREDATORY ANIMALS

NRS 567.100 Definitions. As used in NRS 567.100 to 567.170, inclusive:

1. “Board” means the State Board of Agriculture.

2. “Committee” means the Committee to Control Predatory Animals of the State Board of Agriculture.

[Part 1:259:1949; A 1951, 67] + [6:259:1949; 1943 NCL § 3902.06]—(NRS A 1985, 306, 746; 1993, 1743; 1995, 214; 1997, 845; 2003, 2151)

NRS 567.110 Levy of annual special tax; maximum rate; designation as tax for control of predatory animals; notice to State Department of Agriculture.

1. Upon receipt of the reports from the State Department of Agriculture pursuant to NRS 575.180, the Board, acting as the Committee to Control Predatory Animals, may levy an annual special tax of not to exceed the equivalent of 20 cents per head on all sheep and goats.

2. The special tax is designated as the tax for control of predatory animals.

3. Notice of the tax must be sent by the Board to the State Department of Agriculture on or before the first Monday in May of each year.

[Part 1:259:1949; A 1951, 67]—(NRS A 1979, 961; 1985, 306, 746; 1987, 1311; 1999, 2779; 2001, 1566; 2003, 2151)

NRS 567.120 Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals: Deposit of tax. As collected, the money derived from the special levy authorized by NRS 567.110 must be deposited by the proper county officer in the state or county treasury in which the Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals is located for credit to that Account, subject only to the orders of the Board.

[Part 1:259:1949; A 1951, 67]—(NRS A 1983, 403; 1985, 746; 1991, 1794; 1997, 846)

1. The Board may enter into a cooperative agreement with a board of county commissioners for the administration of the Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals. Upon execution of such an agreement, the State Controller shall transfer all money in the Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals in the State General Fund to the appropriate county treasurer for credit to the Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals in the county treasury of the county that executed the agreement. The agreement must require the county treasurer to prepare an annual statement that includes an accounting of revenues and expenditures and the balance in the Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals. The statement must cover the most recent fiscal year and must be submitted, within 90 days after the end of that fiscal year, to the county treasurer, the Chair of the Board, the Director of the Office of Finance and the Legislative Auditor.

2. The agreement may include a provision for reimbursement of the county by the Board of any reasonable costs of administering the Account.

3. Upon termination of an agreement executed pursuant to subsection 1, the county treasurer shall transfer all money in the Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals in the county treasury to the Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals in the county treasury of another county that executed an agreement pursuant to subsection 1 or, if no such agreement has been executed, to the State Controller for deposit in the Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals in the State General Fund.

(Added to NRS by 1997, 845; A 2009, 1030)

1. The Board, acting as the Committee, may:

(a) Enter into cooperative agreements with the United States Department of Agriculture in its program of predatory animal control.

(b) Contribute money to aid the program from the Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals in accordance with the terms of the cooperative agreements and within the limitations of the Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals.

2. The Board may withdraw money from the Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals for this purpose only and the money withdrawn must be made available from the Account by the proper authorities of the State or county in the amounts and for the purposes for which the money is withdrawn.

[2:259:1949; 1943 NCL § 3902.02]—(NRS A 1985, 746; 1991, 335, 1794, 1826; 1997, 846)

NRS 567.140 Reports by United States Department of Agriculture regarding disposition of money and results of expenditures. In the case of any money made available to the United States Department of Agriculture pursuant to the provisions of NRS 567.100 to 567.170, inclusive, the United States Department of Agriculture shall furnish to the Board, as soon as practicable after the succeeding date of June 30 of each year concerned, a detailed statement of its disposition of the money and a report of the results accomplished thereby.

[3:259:1949; 1943 NCL § 3902.03]—(NRS A 1991, 335)

NRS 567.150 Deposit of money from sale of furs and other contributions; limitation on expenditure. Any money from the sale of furs received by the Board from the United States Department of Agriculture or any other contributions which are received by the Board for aiding in control of predatory animals must be deposited by the Board in the state or county treasury in which the Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals is located, for credit to that Account, and may only be expended in accordance with the provisions of NRS 567.100 to 567.170, inclusive.

[4:259:1949; 1943 NCL § 3902.04]—(NRS A 1985, 747; 1991, 335, 1794, 1827; 1997, 846)

NRS 567.160 Assistance to Board by advisers selected by woolgrowers’ organizations. To further the purposes of NRS 567.100 to 567.170, inclusive, the Board is empowered and directed, in deciding upon the amount of the rate to be levied each year and the terms of cooperative agreements as provided for in NRS 567.130, to recognize and consider the counsel of any committees of advisers selected by any woolgrower organization which the Board considers to be representative of the State’s woolgrowing industry.

[7:259:1949; 1943 NCL § 3902.07]

NRS 567.170 Payment of administrative expenses from State Sheep Inspection Account; limitation on payment of administrative expenses. Necessary administrative expenses incurred by the Board in carrying out the provisions of NRS 567.100 to 567.170, inclusive, are a proper charge against and payable from the State Sheep Inspection Account, except that such administrative expenses must not exceed 5 percent of the annual collected tax receipts.

[5:259:1949; 1943 NCL § 3902.05]—(NRS A 1991, 1794; 1997, 846; 2003, 2151)