NRS502.242. Habitat conservation fee; Wildlife Fund Account.

      1.  In addition to any fee charged and collected for an annual hunting, trapping, fishing or combined hunting and fishing license pursuant to NRS 502.240, a habitat conservation fee of $3 must be paid.

      2.  Revenue from the habitat conservation fee must be accounted for separately, deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Wildlife Fund Account and, except as otherwise provided in this subsection and NRS 502.294 and 502.310, used by the Department for the purposes of wildlife habitat rehabilitation and restoration. Each year, not more than 18 percent of the money credited to the Wildlife Fund Account from any revenue received pursuant to subsection 1 may be used to monitor wildlife and its habitat for those purposes.

      3.  The money in the Wildlife Fund Account remains in the Account and does not revert to the State General Fund at the end of any fiscal year.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 2540; A 2011, 2878, 3152)