Assembly Bill No. 47-Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining
January 27, 1997
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Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining
SUMMARY--Makes various changes relating to wildlife. (BDR 45-448)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to wildlife; reducing the fee for a resident mountain lion tag; authorizing the board of wildlife commissioners to retain for administrative costs a certain percentage of the money received from an additional drawing for big game tags; authorizing the board of wildlife commissioners to adopt regulations which authorize the refund of fees paid for certain hunting tags; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1 NRS 501.3575 is hereby amended to read as follows:
501.3575 1. The wildlife heritage trust account is hereby created in the state general fund. The money in the account must be used by the division as provided in this section for the protection, propagation, restoration, transplantation, introduction and management of any game fish, game mammal, game bird or fur-bearing mammal in this state.
2. [Money] Except as otherwise provided in NRS 502.250, money received by the division from:
(a) A bid, auction or partnership in wildlife drawing conducted pursuant to NRS 502.250; and
(b) A gift of money made by any person to the wildlife heritage trust account,
must be deposited with the state treasurer for credit to the account.
3. The interest and income earned on the money in the wildlife heritage trust account, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the account.
4. The division may annually expend from the wildlife heritage trust account an amount of money not greater than the interest earned on the money in the account during the previous year. The commission shall review and approve expenditures from the account. No money may be expended from the account without the prior approval of the commission.
5. The commission shall administer the provisions of this section and may adopt any regulations necessary for that purpose.
Sec. 2. NRS 502.250 is hereby amended to read as follows:
502.250 1. Except as otherwise provided in [subsection 5,] this section, the following fees must be charged for tags:
Resident deer tag for regular season $15
Nonresident and alien deer tag for regular season 60
Resident antelope tag 50
Resident elk tag 100
Resident bighorn tag 100
Resident mountain goat tag 100
Resident mountain lion tag [50] 25
2. Other resident big game tags for special seasons must not exceed $50. Other nonresident big game tags for special seasons must not exceed $1,000.
3. Tags determined to be necessary by the commission for other species pursuant to NRS 502.130 [,] must not exceed $100.
4. A fee not to exceed $10 may be charged for processing an application for a tag other than an elk tag. A fee of not less than $5 but not more than $15 must be charged for processing an application for an elk tag, $5 of which must be deposited with the state treasurer for credit to the wildlife account in the state general fund and used for the prevention and mitigation of damage caused by elk or game mammals not native to this state.
5. The commission may accept sealed bids for or auction not more than 15 big game tags each year. To reimburse the division for the cost of managing [the] wildlife and administering and conducting the bid or auction, not more than 18 percent of the total amount of money received from the bid or auction may be deposited with the state treasurer for credit to the wildlife account in the state general fund. Any amount of money received from the bid or auction that is not so deposited must be deposited with the state treasurer for credit to the wildlife heritage trust account in the state general fund in accordance with the provisions of NRS 501.3575.
6. The commission may by regulation establish an additional drawing for big game tags, which may be entitled the partnership in wildlife drawing. [The] To reimburse the division for the cost of managing wildlife and administering and conducting the drawing, not more than 18 percent of the total amount of money received from the drawing may be deposited with the state treasurer for credit to the wildlife account in the state general fund. Except as otherwise provided by regulations adopted by the commission pursuant to subsection 7, the money received by the division from applicants in the drawing who are not awarded big game tags must be deposited with the state treasurer for credit to the wildlife heritage trust account in accordance with the provisions of NRS 501.3575.
7. The commission may adopt regulations which authorize the return of all or a portion of any fee collected from a person pursuant to the provisions of this section.