Section 502.253 - Additional fee for processing application for game tag; use of money collected1. In addition to any fee charged and collected pursuant to NRS 502.250, a fee of $3 must be charged for processing each application for a game tag, the revenue from which must be accounted for separately, deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Wildlife Account in the State General Fund and used by the Department , at the direction of the applicant, for costs related to:(a) Developing and implementing an annual program for the lethal removal of predatory wildlife; or(b)Developing and implementing an annual program for the improvement of wildlife habitat and research or management activities beneficial to nonpredatory game species.
2. The Department of Wildlife is hereby authorized to expend a portion of the money collected pursuant to subsection 1 to enable the State Department of Agriculture to develop and carry out the programs described in subsection 1.3. Any program developed or wildlife management activity or research conducted pursuant to this section must be developed or conducted under the guidance of the Commission in accordance with the provisions of subsection 4 and the policies adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 501.181.4. The Department , in adopting any program for the lethal removal of predatory wildlife developed pursuant to this section, shall first consider the recommendations of the Commission and the State Predatory Animal and Rodent Committee created by NRS 567.020.
5. The money in the Wildlife Account credited pursuant to this section remains in the Account and does not revert to the State General Fund at the end of any fiscal year.Added to NRS by 2001, 1213; A 2003, 1541; 2009, 464; 2011, 3153; 2015, 99, 958Amended by 2023, Ch. 183,§1, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by 2015, Ch. 24,§19, eff. 7/1/2015.Added to NRS by 2001, 1213; A 2003, 1541; 2009, 464; 2011, 3153