Assembly Bill No. 500

Assembly Bill No. 500-Committee on Natural Resources,

Agriculture, and Mining

(On Behalf of the Sheep Commission of the Department
of Business and Industry)

May 16, 1997
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Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining

SUMMARY--Revises provisions governing administration of state sheep inspection account and account for control of predatory animals. (BDR 50-422)

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 state financial administration; authorizing the state board of sheep commissioners to enter into agreements for the administration of the sheep inspection account and the account for control of predatory animals by a county treasurer; changing the name of the accounts to allow distinction from county accounts for the same purposes; 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 Chapter 562 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. The board may enter into a cooperative agreement with a board of county commissioners for the administration of the state sheep inspection account. Upon execution of such an agreement the state controller shall transfer all money in the state sheep inspection account in the state general fund to the appropriate county treasurer for credit to the state sheep inspection account in the county treasury of the county that executed the agreement.
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 state sheep inspection account in the county treasury to the state sheep inspection account 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 state sheep inspection account in the state general fund.
4. The board shall prepare and submit an annual fiscal report to the department of administration.
Sec. 2 NRS 562.090 is hereby amended to read as follows:
562.090 1. Each member of the board is entitled to receive for his services $500 per year or a lesser amount if and as determined by a majority of the board.
2. Salaries and compensation must be paid from the state or county treasury in which the state sheep account is located in the same manner as the salaries of state or county officers.
Sec. 3 NRS 562.130 is hereby amended to read as follows:
562.130 The board may:
1. Employ a secretary and such inspectors and other employees as it may find necessary in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
2. Prescribe the duties and fix the compensation and travel and subsistence expenses of its employees [.] and volunteers.
3. Require such bonds from its inspectors as the board sees fit.
4. Request the administrator of the division of agriculture of the department of business and industry to designate, pursuant to NRS 561.225, one or more employees of the division to issue sheep permits and act as sheep inspectors when the board and its inspectors are unable to do so.
Sec. 4 NRS 562.140 is hereby amended to read as follows:
562.140 1. Whenever the board deems it necessary, it may employ special attorneys to assist in the prosecution of violations or violators of any of the provisions of this chapter, and also may employ attorneys for such other purposes as the board deems necessary.
2. Such services must be paid for out of any money in the state sheep inspection account.
Sec. 5 NRS 562.170 is hereby amended to read as follows:
562.170 1. The rate of tax fixed by the board, as provided for in NRS 562.160, must not exceed the equivalent of 18 cents per head on all sheep.
2. The tax paid by an owner of sheep must be deposited in the state or county treasury in which the state sheep inspection account is located for credit to [the sheep inspection account, which is hereby created in the state general fund.] that account. The money in the state sheep inspection account must be made available and disbursed by the proper state or county officials upon request of the board for the purposes provided for in this chapter.
Sec. 6 NRS 562.200 is hereby amended to read as follows:
562.200 All contributions of money which the board is authorized to accept and which are made by any organization interested in the welfare of the sheep industry must be deposited by the board with the state or county treasurer [in the] who has custody of the state sheep inspection account [and] for credit to that account. The money in the account must be disbursed by the proper state or county officials when ordered by the board in accordance with the purposes for which each contribution was made.
Sec. 7 NRS 562.210 is hereby amended to read as follows:
562.210 1. The board may encourage, promote, advance and protect the sheep interests of the state [,] and may, directly or indirectly, by expenditure [,] or by payment or otherwise to any association formed for any such purposes or objects, pay annually, out of the state sheep inspection account, for any enumerated purposes, not to exceed the equivalent of 10 cents of the levy assessed pursuant to NRS 562.170.
2. The board is the sole and exclusive judge of the expenditures of all sums directly or by the payment to any association, club or other organization pursuant to this section.
Sec. 8 NRS 562.220 is hereby amended to read as follows:
562.220 The salaries, compensation and expenses provided for in this chapter must be paid out of the state sheep inspection account.
Sec. 9 NRS 562.230 is hereby amended to read as follows:
562.230 Whenever any inspector files in the office of the state controller or county treasurer who has custody of the state sheep account proper vouchers [,] or claims, duly approved by the board, setting forth:
1. The name of the inspector;
2. The kind and nature of service rendered;
3. The particular locality where the work was done;
4. The length of time employed;
5. The number of sheep inspected and the name of the owner or person in charge of [such] the sheep;
6. The disease or diseases treated, and the length of time of [such] the treatment; and
7. The amount claimed for [such] the services,
the state controller or county treasurer shall draw a warrant or check in favor of the inspector, payable out of the money in the state sheep inspection account.
Sec. 10 Chapter 567 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
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.
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.
4. The board shall make an annual fiscal report to the department of administration.
Sec. 11 NRS 567.060 is hereby amended to read as follows:
567.0601. The office of the committee must be located in the office of the state board of sheep commissioners.
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 sheep commissioners.
Sec. 12 NRS 567.100 is hereby amended to read as follows:
567.100As used in NRS 567.100 to 567.170, inclusive [:] , and section 10 of this act:
1. "Board" means the state board of sheep commissioners.
2. "Committee" means the committee to control predatory animals of the state board of sheep commissioners.
Sec. 13 NRS 567.120 is hereby amended to read as follows:
567.120As 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 [the account for control of predatory animals which is hereby created in the state general fund,] that account, subject only to the orders of the board.
Sec. 14 NRS 567.130 is hereby amended to read as follows:
567.1301. 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.
Sec. 15 NRS 567.150 is hereby amended to read as follows:
567.150Any 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 [for credit to the] in which the woolgrowers' state account for [the] 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 [.] , and section 10 of this act.
Sec. 16 NRS 567.170 is hereby amended to read as follows:
567.170Administrative expenses necessary on the part of the board in carrying out the provisions of NRS 567.100 to 567.170, inclusive, and section 10 of this act are a proper charge against and payable from the state sheep inspection account.
Sec. 17 This act becomes effective on July 1, 1997.