Assembly Bill No. 534–Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture and Mining

March 15, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture and Mining

 

SUMMARY—Prohibits division of wildlife of state department of conservation and natural resources from charging or collecting fee for issuing commercial license for possession of live wildlife under certain circumstances. (BDR 45-1650)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.

Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: Yes.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

 

AN ACT relating to wildlife; prohibiting the division of wildlife of the state department of conservation and natural resources from charging or collecting a fee for issuing a commercial license for the possession of live wildlife under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

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

1-1 Section 1. NRS 502.240 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 502.240 The division shall issue annual licenses and limited permits:

1-3 1. To any person who has not attained his 16th birthday and who has

1-4 been a bona fide resident of the State of Nevada for 6 months immediately

1-5 preceding his application for a license, upon payment of $5 for an annual

1-6 trapping license.

1-7 2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 502.245 and 504.390, to any

1-8 person who has attained his 16th birthday and who has been a bona fide

1-9 resident of the State of Nevada for 6 months immediately preceding his

1-10 application for a license, upon the payment of:

1-11 For a fishing license $20.00

1-12 For a 1-day permit to fish 6.00

1-13 For each consecutive day added to a 1-day permit to fish 2.00

1-14 For a hunting license 23.00

2-1 For a combined hunting and fishing license $38.00

2-2 For a trapping license 30.00

2-3 For a fur dealer’s license 50.00

2-4 For an annual master guide’s license 250.00

2-5 For an annual subguide’s license 75.00

2-6 3. To any person who has attained his 12th birthday but who has not

2-7 attained his 16th birthday, and who is not a bona fide resident of the State

2-8 of Nevada, upon the payment of $8 for an annual fishing license, except

2-9 for a fishing license to fish in the reciprocal waters of the Colorado River,

2-10 Lake Mead and Lake Mohave, which annual license must cost a sum

2-11 agreed upon by the commission and the Arizona Game and Fish

2-12 Commission, but not to exceed $30.

2-13 4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, to any person who is

2-14 not a bona fide resident of the State of Nevada, upon the payment of:

2-15 For a fishing license, except for a fishing license to fish in the

2-16 reciprocal waters of the Colorado River, Lake Mead and

2-17 Lake Mohave, which license must cost a sum agreed upon

2-18 by the commission and the Arizona Game and Fish

2-19 Commission, but not to exceed $30 $50

2-20 For a 1-day permit to fish 11

2-21 For each consecutive day added to a 1-day permit to fish 4

2-22 For a hunting license 110

2-23 For an annual trapper’s license 150

2-24 For a fur dealer’s license 100

2-25 For an annual master guide’s license 500

2-26 For an annual subguide’s license 150

2-27 For a 1-day permit to hunt upland game and waterfowl 15

2-28 For each consecutive day added to a 1-day permit to hunt

2-29 upland game and waterfowl 5

2-30 5. To any person, without regard to residence, upon the payment of:

2-31 For a noncommercial license for the possession of live

2-32 wildlife $5

2-33 For a commercial or private shooting preserve 100

2-34 [For] Except as otherwise provided in NRS 504.295, for a

2-35 commercial license for the possession of live wildlife 100

2-36 For a live bait dealer’s permit 35

2-37 For a competitive field trials permit 25

2-38 For a permit to train dogs or falcons 5

2-39 For a 1-year falconry license 30

3-1 For a 3-year falconry license $75

3-2 For an importation permit 5

3-3 For an import eligibility permit 25

3-4 For an exportation permit 5

3-5 For any other special permit issued by the division, a fee not

3-6 to exceed $100 set by the commission.

3-7 Sec. 2. NRS 504.295 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-8 504.295 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS

3-9 503.590, or unless otherwise specified by a regulation adopted by the

3-10 commission, [no person may:] a person shall not:

3-11 (a) Possess any live wildlife unless he is licensed by the division to do

3-12 so.

3-13 (b) Capture live wildlife in this state to stock a commercial or

3-14 noncommercial wildlife facility.

3-15 (c) Possess or release from confinement any mammal for the [purposes]

3-16 purpose of hunting.

3-17 2. The commission shall adopt regulations for the possession of live

3-18 wildlife. The regulations must set forth the species of wildlife which may

3-19 be possessed and propagated, and provide for the inspection by the

3-20 division of any related facilities.

3-21 3. [In] Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the division

3-22 may, in accordance with [the regulations of] regulations adopted by the

3-23 commission, [the division may] issue commercial and noncommercial

3-24 licenses for the possession of live wildlife upon receipt of the applicable

3-25 fee. The division shall not charge or collect a fee for issuing a

3-26 commercial license for the possession of live wildlife if, at the time the

3-27 application for the license is submitted to the division, the applicant

3-28 submits a sworn statement to the division indicating that:

3-29 (a) The wildlife will be exhibited to members of the general public for

3-30 educational purposes; and

3-31 (b) The fees charged by him, if any, for exhibiting the wildlife will not

3-32 exceed the cost to feed, shelter or otherwise maintain the wildlife for the

3-33 period for which the license is issued.

3-34 The statement must be submitted on a form provided by the division.

3-35 4. The provisions of this section do not apply to alternative livestock

3-36 and products made therefrom.

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