USA Statutes : nevada
Title : Title 50 - ANIMALS
Chapter : CHAPTER 567 - NOXIOUS AND PREDATORY ANIMALS; PROPERTY-DESTROYING BIRDS
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)
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 )
The Committee consists of five members. Two
members must be designated by the State Board of Agriculture from among
its members, one of which must be the appointee for range or semirange
sheep production. One member must be designated by the Board of Wildlife
Commissioners from among its members. One member must be designated by
the State Board of Health from among its members. One member must be
designated by the Nevada Farm Bureau from among its members.
[Part 1:256:1949; 1943 NCL § 3149.01]—(NRS A 1979, 915; 2003, 2150
)
1. Upon and following its organization the Committee shall select
its own Chairman.
2. 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 )
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 is the
designated member or Secretary.
[Part 1:256:1949; 1943 NCL § 3149.01]
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 )
The Committee’s
Secretary shall call the first meeting of the Committee following the
designation of its members as provided in NRS 567.030 .
[Part 3:256:1949; 1943 NCL § 3149.03]
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)
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
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 )
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 )
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 President of the Board, the Director of the Department of
Administration, the State Controller 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)
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)
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)
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)
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]
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 )
