Assembly Bill No. 115–Committee on Ways and Means

 

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AN ACT relating to the state department of agriculture; expanding the types of fees that must be used in the plant industry program and expanding the purposes for which expenditures for the plant industry program may be made; abolishing the apiary inspection account; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

   Section 1. NRS 561.355 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   561.355  1.  The plant industry program is hereby established.

   2.  The following fees and money [shall] must be used in the plant

 industry program:

   (a) Fees and money collected pursuant to the provisions of chapters 552,

 555, 581, 582 and 587 of NRS.

   (b) Laboratory fees collected for the diagnosis of infectious,

 contagious and parasitic diseases of bees, as authorized by NRS 561.305,

 and as are necessary pursuant to the provisions of chapter 552 of NRS.

   (c) Laboratory fees collected for the diagnosis of infectious, contagious

 and destructive diseases of agricultural commodities, and infestations

 thereof by pests, as authorized by NRS 561.305, and as may be necessary

 [under] pursuant to the provisions of NRS 554.010 to 554.240, inclusive.

   [(c)](d) Laboratory fees collected for the survey and identification of

 insect pests, plant diseases and noxious weeds, as authorized by NRS

 561.305, and as may be necessary [under] pursuant to the provisions of

 NRS 555.010 to 555.249, inclusive.

   [(d)](e) Laboratory fees collected for the testing of the purity and

 germinating power of agricultural seeds, as authorized by NRS 561.305,

 and as may be necessary [under] pursuant to the provisions of NRS

 587.015 to 587.123, inclusive.

   3.  Expenditures for the plant industry program [shall] must be made

 only for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this chapter and

 chapters 552, 554, 555, 581, 582 and 587 of NRS . [, and the provisions of

 this chapter.]

   Sec. 2.  NRS 552.300 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   552.300  1.  Upon presentation of satisfactory evidence by the state

 quarantine officer, the chief inspector or any deputy inspector of the

 violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, any district attorney

 shall, without delay, prosecute the person who has violated any of the

 provisions of this chapter.

   2.  The department may employ counsel to assist in the prosecution of

 any person charged with the violation of any of the provisions of this

 chapter and compensate the counsel so employed from the [apiary

 inspection account.]plant industry program.

   Sec. 3.  NRS 561.365 is hereby repealed.

   Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

 

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