Existing law creates the Department of Wildlife, which administers the wildlife laws of this State. (NRS 501.331) Section 3 of this bill establishes the Nevada Wildlife Conservation Program to support the preservation, protection, management and restoration of wildlife and wildlife habitats. Section 3: (1) requires the Department to administer the Program; and (2) authorizes the Department to contract with the Community Foundation of Northern Nevada to assist with the administration of the Program. Section 3 also creates the Nevada Wildlife Conservation Program Account in the State General Fund and requires that the money in the Account be used: (1) to provide matching money required as a condition of federal grants; or (2) for the preservation, protection, management and restoration of wildlife and wildlife habitats. Section 3 further provides that, upon request, the personal identifying information of a person who donates to the Account must be kept confidential. Section 5 of this bill makes a conforming change to account for the confidentiality of personal identifying information of certain people who make a donation to the Program. Section 4 of this bill establishes the Board of the Nevada Wildlife Conservation Program to advise the Department on the expenditure of money in the Nevada Wildlife Conservation Program Account created by section 3. Existing law establishes the Wildlife Account in the State General Fund and authorizes the Department, with certain exceptions, to use the money in the Wildlife Account to carry out certain provisions of existing law relating to wildlife. (NRS 501.356) Section 1 of this bill provides that money received by the Department for the Nevada Wildlife Conservation Program Account is not required to be deposited in the Wildlife Account in the State General Fund.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 501.356, 239.010
Reprint 1: 501.356, 239.010
Reprint 2: 501.356, 239.010
BDR: 501.356, 239.010