NRS502.253. Additional fee for processing application for game tag.

      1.  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 Fund Account in the State General Fund and used by the Department for costs related to:

      (a) Programs for the management and control of injurious predatory wildlife;

      (b) Wildlife management activities relating to the protection of nonpredatory game animals, sensitive wildlife species and related wildlife habitat;

      (c) Conducting research, as needed, to determine successful techniques for managing and controlling predatory wildlife, including studies necessary to ensure effective programs for the management and control of injurious predatory wildlife; and

      (d) Programs for the education of the general public concerning the management and control of predatory wildlife.

      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 pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 501.181.

      4.  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 2001, 1213; A 2003, 1541; 2009, 464; 2011, 3153)