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      (REPRINTED WITH ADOPTED AMENDMENTS)

 

Assembly Bill No. 115–Committee on Ways and Means

 

(On Behalf of Department of Agriculture)

 

February 12, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Ways and Means

 

SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to certain accounts of state department of agriculture. (BDR 50‑620)

 

FISCAL NOTE:                     Effect on Local Government: No.

                             Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

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:

 

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

1-2    561.355  1.  The plant industry program is hereby established.

1-3    2.  The following fees and money [shall] must be used in the plant

1-4  industry program:

1-5    (a) Fees and money collected pursuant to the provisions of chapters 552,

1-6  555, 581, 582 and 587 of NRS.

1-7    (b) Laboratory fees collected for the diagnosis of infectious,

1-8  contagious and parasitic diseases of bees, as authorized by NRS 561.305,

1-9  and as are necessary pursuant to the provisions of chapter 552 of NRS.

1-10  (c) Laboratory fees collected for the diagnosis of infectious, contagious

1-11  and destructive diseases of agricultural commodities, and infestations

1-12  thereof by pests, as authorized by NRS 561.305, and as may be necessary

1-13  [under] pursuant to the provisions of NRS 554.010 to 554.240, inclusive.

1-14  [(c)](d) Laboratory fees collected for the survey and identification of

1-15  insect pests, plant diseases and noxious weeds, as authorized by NRS

1-16  561.305, and as may be necessary [under] pursuant to the provisions of

1-17  NRS 555.010 to 555.249, inclusive.

1-18  [(d)](e) Laboratory fees collected for the testing of the purity and

1-19  germinating power of agricultural seeds, as authorized by NRS 561.305,

2-1  and as may be necessary [under] pursuant to the provisions of NRS

2-2  587.015 to 587.123, inclusive.

2-3    3.  Expenditures for the plant industry program [shall] must be made

2-4  only for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this chapter and

2-5  chapters 552, 554, 555, 581, 582 and 587 of NRS . [, and the provisions of

2-6  this chapter.]

2-7    Sec. 2.  NRS 552.300 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-8    552.300  1.  Upon presentation of satisfactory evidence by the state

2-9  quarantine officer, the chief inspector or any deputy inspector of the

2-10  violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, any district attorney shall,

2-11  without delay, prosecute the person who has violated any of the provisions

2-12  of this chapter.

2-13  2.  The department may employ counsel to assist in the prosecution of

2-14  any person charged with the violation of any of the provisions of this

2-15  chapter and compensate the counsel so employed from the [apiary

2-16  inspection account.]plant industry program.

2-17  Sec. 3.  NRS 561.365 is hereby repealed.

2-18  Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

 

2-19  TEXT OF REPEALED SECTION

 

2-20  561.365  Apiary inspection account.

2-21  1.  The apiary inspection account is hereby created in the state general

2-22   fund for the use of the department.

2-23  2.  The following fees must be deposited in the apiary inspection

2-24   account:

2-25  (a) Fees collected pursuant to the provisions of NRS 552.085 to

2-26   552.310, inclusive.

2-27  (b) Laboratory fees collected for the diagnosis of infectious, contagious

2-28   and parasitic diseases of bees, as authorized by NRS 561.305, and as are

2-29   necessary pursuant to the provisions of NRS 552.085 to 552.310,

2-30   inclusive.

2-31  3.  Expenditures from the apiary inspection account must be made only

2-32   to carry out the provisions of this chapter and chapter 552 of NRS.

 

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