1. The Department has control of all matters pertaining to the apiary industry in this State.
2. The Director may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
3. The Director may, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, impose a civil penalty of not more than $500 for each violation of this chapter.
4. Any money collected from the imposition of a civil penalty pursuant to subsection 3 must be accounted for separately and:
(a) Fifty percent of the money must be used to fund a program selected by the Director that provides loans to persons who are engaged in agriculture and who are 21 years of age or younger; and
(b) The remaining 50 percent of the money must be deposited in the Account for the Control of Weeds established by NRS 555.035.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 3583)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 552 - Bees and Apiaries
NRS 552.0851 - "Apiary" defined.
NRS 552.0852 - "Appliance" defined.
NRS 552.0853 - "Bees" defined.
NRS 552.0854 - "Colony" defined.
NRS 552.0855 - "Colony strength" defined.
NRS 552.08555 - "Department" defined.
NRS 552.08575 - "Director" defined.
NRS 552.0858 - "Disease" defined.
NRS 552.0861 - "Inspector" defined.
NRS 552.0862 - "Location" defined.
NRS 552.170 - Abatement of nuisance for failure to comply with order for destruction or treatment.
NRS 552.180 - Right of access of inspectors.
NRS 552.190 - Duties of inspectors after inspections.
NRS 552.205 - Colony strength: Establishment of standards; inspectors; certification; fees.
NRS 552.215 - Fees for inspections.
NRS 552.230 - Bees to be kept in movable frame hives.
NRS 552.240 - Concealment of disease or exposure of bees to disease unlawful.
NRS 552.250 - Regulation of neglected or abandoned used hives or appliances.
NRS 552.255 - Public nuisances: Declaration; abatement.
NRS 552.260 - Extraction of honey.
NRS 552.280 - Removal or distribution of diseased bees without permission unlawful.
NRS 552.290 - Chapter supplemental to state law governing quarantines.