1. The Department shall establish the Wildlife Trust Fund. The Department may accept any gift, donation, bequest or devise from any private source for deposit in the Wildlife Trust Fund. All money must be accounted for in the Wildlife Trust Fund.
2. As soon as practicable after receiving any gift, donation, bequest or devise for an unanticipated emergency event from any private source pursuant to subsection 1 that is exempt from the provisions of NRS 353.335 pursuant to paragraph (e) of subsection 6 of NRS 353.335, the Director or the Director’s designee shall submit to the Commission and the Interim Finance Committee a report which states:
(a) The unanticipated emergency event for which the gift, donation, bequest or devise was received;
(b) The amount of the gift, donation, bequest or devise;
(c) The amount of the gift, donation, bequest or devise that was expended for the unanticipated emergency event; and
(d) The private source from which the gift, donation, bequest or devise was received.
3. All of the money in the Wildlife Trust Fund must be deposited in a financial institution to draw interest or to be expended, invested and reinvested pursuant to the specific instructions of the donor, or if no such specific instructions exist, in the sound discretion of the Director. The provisions of NRS 356.011 apply to any accounts in financial institutions maintained pursuant to this section.
4. The money in the Wildlife Trust Fund must be budgeted and expended, within any limitations which may have been specified by particular donors, at the discretion of the Director. The Director may authorize independent contractors that may be funded in whole or in part from the money in the Wildlife Trust Fund.
5. The Director or the Director’s designee shall annually post on the Internet website maintained by the Department a statement setting forth the investment and expenditure of the money in the Wildlife Trust Fund.
6. A separate statement concerning the anticipated amount and proposed expenditures of the money in the Wildlife Trust Fund must be submitted to the Director of the Office of Finance for his or her information at the same time and for the same fiscal years as the requested budget of the Department submitted to the Chief of the Budget Division of the Office of Finance pursuant to NRS 353.210. The statement must be attached to the requested budget for the Department when the requested budget is submitted to the Fiscal Analysis Division of the Legislative Counsel Bureau pursuant to NRS 353.211.
7. The provisions of chapter 333 of NRS do not apply to the expenditure of money in the Wildlife Trust Fund.
8. As used in this section, "unanticipated emergency event" means:
(a) The unanticipated spread of a communicable disease among wildlife in this State;
(b) Drought conditions in this State that the Department determines to be extreme;
(c) A wildfire or the rehabilitation efforts related to a wildfire; or
(d) Any other similar unanticipated event that puts wildlife, wildlife habitat or human life at risk.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 3146; A 2017, 715; 2021, 1756)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 501 - Administration and Enforcement
NRS 501.003 - "Alternative livestock" defined.
NRS 501.005 - "Big game mammal" defined.
NRS 501.010 - "Board" defined.
NRS 501.013 - "Chumming" defined.
NRS 501.015 - "Closed season" defined.
NRS 501.020 - "Commission" defined.
NRS 501.023 - "County" defined.
NRS 501.024 - "Department" defined.
NRS 501.026 - "Director" defined.
NRS 501.030 - "Fishes," "fishing," "fished" and "to fish" defined.
NRS 501.035 - "Fur-bearing mammal" defined.
NRS 501.037 - "Game amphibian" defined.
NRS 501.045 - "Game fish" defined.
NRS 501.046 - "Game mammal" defined.
NRS 501.047 - "Game warden" defined.
NRS 501.050 - "Hunting," "hunted" and "to hunt" defined.
NRS 501.055 - "Migratory game birds" defined.
NRS 501.065 - "Open season" defined.
NRS 501.088 - "Took," "taken," "taking" and "to take" defined.
NRS 501.090 - "Trapping," "trapped" and "to trap" defined.
NRS 501.095 - "Upland game birds" defined.
NRS 501.096 - "Vessel" defined.
NRS 501.097 - "Wildlife" defined.
NRS 501.100 - Legislative declaration regarding wildlife.
NRS 501.102 - Legislative declaration regarding hunting.
NRS 501.105 - Commission to establish policies and adopt regulations.
NRS 501.110 - Classification of wildlife.
NRS 501.118 - Manner of publication of order or regulation regarding seasons, bag limits or hours.
NRS 501.121 - Contact information to be posted on guzzler.
NRS 501.167 - Creation; number and appointment of members.
NRS 501.171 - Appointment and qualifications of members; officers.
NRS 501.172 - Removal of member from office.
NRS 501.177 - Meetings; quorum.
NRS 501.179 - Compensation of members.
NRS 501.181 - Duties; regulations.
NRS 501.1812 - System of assessing demerit points for wildlife convictions: Definitions.
NRS 501.1818 - System of assessing demerit points for wildlife convictions: Regulations.
NRS 501.182 - Cooperative agreements with adjoining states.
NRS 501.243 - Enforcement of chapter 488 of NRS; regulations; cooperative agreements.
NRS 501.260 - Creation; number of members; officers.
NRS 501.265 - Appointment of members; vacancies.
NRS 501.270 - Qualifications of members.
NRS 501.275 - Appointment and terms of members.
NRS 501.285 - Compensation of members.
NRS 501.293 - Removal of member.
NRS 501.297 - Duties: Evaluating local opinion and advising Commission.
NRS 501.310 - Fund for advisory board.
NRS 501.325 - Duties of county auditor and county treasurer.
NRS 501.331 - Creation; administration of laws.
NRS 501.333 - Director: Appointment; qualifications; classification.
NRS 501.337 - Director: Duties.
NRS 501.343 - Collection and dissemination of certain information; publications.
NRS 501.344 - Confidentiality of information obtained by Department.
NRS 501.346 - Fees for advertising in printed materials or on website of Department.
NRS 501.351 - Cooperative and reciprocal agreements.
NRS 501.352 - Reporting of suspected communicable diseases in wildlife.
NRS 501.3525 - Taking of wildlife by employee of Department.
NRS 501.354 - Receipt, deposit and expenditure of money.
NRS 501.356 - Wildlife Account.
NRS 501.3575 - Wildlife Heritage Account.
NRS 501.3585 - Wildlife Trust Fund.
NRS 501.359 - Wildlife Imprest Account.
NRS 501.361 - Petty Cash Account.
NRS 501.375 - Powers and duties of game wardens, sheriffs and other peace officers.
NRS 501.381 - Unlawful sale of game fish.
NRS 501.382 - Unlawful feeding of big game mammal; penalties; exceptions.
NRS 501.383 - Unlawful vandalism of sign or notice erected by Department.
NRS 501.384 - Unlawful possession of certain wildlife from another state or country.
NRS 501.385 - Unlawful acts; criminal penalties.
NRS 501.3855 - Civil penalties.
NRS 501.386 - Citation of violators.
NRS 501.3865 - Failure to appear by holder of license, tag or permit.
NRS 501.3867 - Failure to appear by person who does not hold license, tag or permit.
NRS 501.387 - Penalties concerning licenses; confiscation and disposal of wildlife.
NRS 501.389 - Sale, donation or retention of equipment seized as evidence.