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1-1 Section 1. NRS 502.142 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 502.142 1. The commission shall adopt regulations to establish a

2-1 (2) If that private land blocks reasonable access to adjacent public

2-2 land, provides reasonable access through the private land to allow a person

2-3 or hunting party possessing a valid elk tag to hunt elk on the adjacent

2-4 public land.

2-5 (d) Establish criteria for the issuance of special incentive elk tags based

2-6 upon:

2-7 (1) The percentage of private land controlled by the applicant;

2-8 (2) The [portion of the population of elk above the target level for elk

2-9 established by the land management agency;] characteristics and quality

2-10 of the private land controlled by the applicant; and

2-11 (3) Limiting the number of special incentive elk tags issued in each

2-12 calendar year to not more than one-half of the bull elk tags issued in that

2-13 calendar year,

2-14 within the actual elk use area in the unit or units of the management area or

2-15 areas in which the private land is located.

2-16 (e) Provide that special incentive elk tags are valid for both sexes of elk.

2-17 (f) Prohibit a person who has, within a particular calendar year, applied

2-18 for or received compensation pursuant to NRS 504.165 as reimbursement

2-19 for damage caused by elk to private land from applying, within the same

2-20 calendar year, for a special incentive elk tag for the same private land.

2-21 (g) Allow a group of owners, lessees and managers of private land to

2-22 qualify for a special incentive elk tag for their combined lands.

2-23 (h) Ensure that the issuance of special incentive elk tags will not result

2-24 in the number of bull elk tags issued in any year being reduced to a number

2-25 below the quota for bull elk tags established by the commission for 1997.

2-26 (i) Provide that a person to whom a special incentive elk tag is issued by

2-27 the commission pursuant to this section may:

2-28 (1) If he holds a valid hunting license issued by this state, use the

2-29 special incentive elk tag himself; or

2-30 (2) Sell the special incentive elk tag to another person who holds a

2-31 valid hunting license issued by this state at any price upon which the

2-32 parties mutually agree.

2-33 (j) Require that a person who is issued a special incentive elk tag must

2-34 hunt:

2-35 (1) During the open season for elk.

2-36 (2) In the unit or units within the management area or areas in which

2-37 the private land is located.

2-38 (k) Provide for the appointment of an arbitration panel to resolve

2-39 disputes between persons who apply for special incentive elk tags and the

2-40 division regarding the issuance of such tags.

3-1 2. As used in this section, "actual elk use area" means an area in which

3-2 elk live, as identified and designated by the division.