AB 101 — Revises provisions governing the management of wildlife. (BDR 45-187)

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101–A SSEMBLYMAN S PRINKLE PREFILED FEBRUARY 3, 2017 ____________ Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing the management of wildlife.

(BDR 45-187) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

No.

Effect on the State:

Yes.

~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

considering the recommendations of the Department of Wildlife, the countycountyafter advisorytfirst advisory boards to manage wildlife and other persons, to establish policies for the management of big and small game mammals, upland and migratory game birds, fur-bearing mammals, game fish, and protected and unprotected mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians.

ofExisting $3law requires a person applying for processinga game tag to pay an additional fee required to be deposited in the application.Wildlife Account in the State General Fund and used by the Department of Wildlife for costs related to:

The money collected from those fees isal fee required to be deposited in the Wildlife Account in the State General Fund and used by the Department of Wildlife for costs related to:

and (3) conducting research necessary to determine successful techniques for managing and controlling predatory wildlife.

Any program developed or wildlife management activity orolling research conducted must be developed or conducted under the guidance of the - *AB101_R2* – 2 – Board of Wildlife Commissioners.

(NRS 502.253) Section 3 of this bill expands the purposes for which the proceeds from those fees are required to be used by adding wildlife management activities related to wildlife habitat and authorizing obtaining matching money from the Federal Government which is available for use for those programs and activities.

Section 3 also requires the Commission, insein providing guidance to the Department, to establish policies for the development of any programs to control species of predatory wildlife or to conduct any wildlife management activities or research concerning species of predatory wildlife.

Section 3each furtheryear, requiresto the DepartmentDirector toof submitthe aLegislative report,Counsel onBureau orfor beforetransmittal Decemberto 31the of Legislature summarizing the results of certain programs, activities and researchtheresearch related to predatory wildlife.

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THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:D IN Section 1.

- *AB101_R2* – 3 – (g) Cooperation with federal, state and local agencies on wildlife and boating programs.

(h) The revocation of licenses issued pursuant to this title to any person who is convicted of a violation of any provision of this titletitley or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto.

(a) Seasons for hunting game mammals and game birds, for hunting or trapping fur-bearing mammals and for fishing, the daily - 79th Session (2017) – 3 – and possession limits, the manner and means of taking wildlife, including, but not limited to, the sex, size or other physical differentiation for each species, and, when necessary for management purposes, the emergency closing or extending of a season, reducing or increasing of the bag or possession limits on a species, or the closing of any area to hunting, fishing or trapping.

Adopt regulations requiring the Department to make public, before official delivery, its proposed responses to any requests by federal agencies for its comment on drafts of statements concerning the environmental effect of proposed actions or regulations affecting public lands.

- *AB101_R2* – 4 – (b) Establishing the method for determining the amount of an assessment, and the time and manner of payment, necessary for the collection of the assessment required by NRS 502.390.

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Adopt regulations prescribing the circumstances under which a person, regardless of whether the person has obtained a valid tag issued by the Department, may assist in the killing and retrieval of a wounded big game mammal by another person who:

and (e) All other sources, including, without limitation, the Federal Government, except money derived from the forfeiture of any property described in NRS 501.3857 or money deposited in the Wildlife Heritage Account pursuant to NRS 501.3575, the Wildlife Trust Fund pursuant to NRS 501.3585, the Energy Planning andandlife Conservation Account created by NRS 701.630 or the Account for the Recovery of Costs created by NRS 701.640, ¬ must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Wildlife Account in the State General Fund.

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Except as otherwise provided in NRS 502.250, 502.253, 502.410 and 504.155, all fees for the sale or issuance of stamps, tags, permits and licenses that are required to be deposited in the Wildlife Account pursuant to the provisions of this title and any matchingbe moneyaccounted receivedfor byseparately theand Departmentmust frombe used:m any source must be(a) accountedOnly for separatelythe protection, propagation and mustmanagement beof used:wildlife;

(a) Only for the protection, propagation and management of wildlife;

or (d) Obtaining matching money from the Federal Government which is available for use in developing and carrying out the programspro2.amsThe andDepartment activitiesof describedWildlife inis paragraphshereby (a)authorized to expend a portion of the money collected pursuant to subsection 1 to enable the State Department of Agriculture to develop and (b).carry out the programs described in subsection 1.

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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.

In providing guidance for the development of a program to control any species of predatory wildlife or for conducting any wildlife management activity or - *AB101_R2* – 6 – research concerning that species, the Commission shall establish a policy for the program, activity or research.

Each policy must - 79th Session (2017) – 6 – specify the goals and required results of the program, activity or research, including, without limitation, provisions:

(b)activity or research in the geographic area;ing the program, (c) Setting forth the reasonsestimated forpopulation conductingor density of each species of predatory wildlife and the program,location activityof the estimated population or researchdensity in the geographic area;area which must be included in the program, activity or research;

(c) Setting forth the estimated population or density of each species of predatory wildlife and the location of the estimated population or density in the geographic area which must be included in the program, activity or research;