Assembly Bill No. 619

Assembly Bill No. 619-Committee on Natural Resources,

Agriculture, and Mining

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AN ACT making an appropriation for the management of estray horses in the Virginia Range area in northern Nevada and creating a special account for the money appropriated; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

[Approved July 16, 1997]

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the revolving account for the management of estray horses in the Virginia Range, created in section 2 of this act, the sum of $10,000 for the management of estray horses in the Virginia Range area in northern Nevada.
2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 1999, and reverts to the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have been made.
Sec. 2. 1. The revolving account for the management of estray horses in the Virginia Range is hereby created in the state general fund. The Administrator of the Division of Agriculture of the Department of Business and Industry shall administer the account and is hereby authorized to expend the money in the account for the management of estray horses in the Virginia Range area.
2. All proceeds from the sale of estray horses from the Virginia Range area in northern Nevada and any gifts, grants, donations or other money received by the Division of Agriculture for the management of estray horses in the Virginia Range must be deposited in the state general fund for credit to the revolving account for the management of estray horses in the Virginia Range.
3. The provisions of subsection 3 of NRS 569.010 do not apply to the proceeds derived from the sale of estray horses from the Virginia Range.
Sec. 3. The Administrator of the Division of Agriculture of the Department of Business and Industry shall designate the boundaries of the Virginia Range area in northern Nevada.
Sec. 4. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval or on June 30, 1997, whichever occurs earlier.
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