Existing law authorizes a board of county commissioners and city council to exercise certain powers relating to the control of animals. (NRS 244.359, 266.325)
Sections 1 and 2 of this bill authorize the governing body of a county or incorporated city, respectively, that owns and operates an animal shelter, or appropriates money to an animal shelter, to establish a program to waive the adoption fee of certain animals adopted by a person who is a veteran, law enforcement officer or first responder.
Sections 1 and 2 require that, if established, these programs: (1) waive the adoption fee for not more than one eligible animal from the animal shelter for a period of 6 months for each veteran, law enforcement officer or first responder who adopts an animal; (2) require such a veteran, law enforcement officer or first responder to provide a valid form of identification; (3) require the animal shelter to report to the governing body of the county or city, as applicable, certain information concerning the program; and (4) require the animal shelter to maintain records of each adoption made under the program. On or before October 1 of each even-numbered year, after the governing body of a county or city establishes such a program, the governing body of the county or city is required to submit a report to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the next regular session of the Legislature containing certain information concerning the program.