Creation
The Nevada Junior Livestock Show Board is hereby created within the State Department of Agriculture.
Nevada · statute · Nev. Rev. Stat. ch. 563 · 26 active provisions
The Nevada Junior Livestock Show Board is hereby created within the State Department of Agriculture.
The Nevada Junior Livestock Show Board consists of eight members appointed by the Governor.
1. One member of the Board must be a member of the teaching staff of the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources of the University of Nevada, Reno. 2. One member of the Board must be a member of the staff of the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension. 3. One member of the Board must be a seconda…
Members of the Board shall hold office for terms of 4 years and until their successors are appointed and qualified.
When any member of the Board ceases to be a member of the particular department from which the member was appointed his or her office terminates automatically.
The members of the Board serve without compensation and are not entitled to the per diem and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally.
1. Within 10 days after their appointment, the members of the Board shall qualify as required by the Constitution, and shall meet and organize by the election of one of their number as President, one as Vice President, and one as Secretary-Treasurer. 2. The Board may also, if it deems advisable, appoint a secretary-tre…
1. The Board shall have possession and care of all property of the Nevada Junior Livestock Show and the Nevada Youth Livestock and Dairy Show and shall be entrusted with the direction of the entire business and financial affairs of these exhibitions. 2. The Board may: (a) Appoint employees and define their duties. (b)…
1. The Nevada Junior Livestock Show Board shall each year conduct the Nevada Junior Livestock Show and the Nevada Youth Livestock and Dairy Show at places to be determined by the Board. 2. To enter any exhibition named in subsection 1, a person must: (a) Be certified by the State 4-H Club Leader or the agriculture educ…
It is proper and lawful for the Nevada Junior Livestock Show Board to cooperate with the farm organizations and livestock associations of the State and the various counties and cities in the exhibitions for which the Board is responsible.
The Board may appoint all necessary marshals and police to keep order and preserve peace at the livestock shows and exhibitions that the Board conducts.
The Board shall: 1. Use all suitable means to collect and disseminate information calculated to educate and benefit producers, growers and breeders of livestock within the State of Nevada. 2. On or before February 1 of each year, report to the Governor a full and detailed account of its transactions and a full financia…
As used in NRS 563.250 to 563.380, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 563.260, 563.270 and 563.280 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
“Commission” means the Rangeland Resources Commission created by NRS 563.290.
“Grazing lands” means any public lands in this state: 1. That are managed or controlled by the United States Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management; and 2. Upon which a person herds or grazes cattle or sheep pursuant to a license, lease or permit issued for that purpose by the Secretary of Agriculture or the S…
“State grazing board” means a state grazing board created by the provisions of NRS 568.040.
1. The Rangeland Resources Commission is hereby created. The Commission consists of: (a) One member from each state grazing board; and (b) The president of: (1) The Nevada Cattlemen’s Association or its successor organization; (2) The Nevada Woolgrowers’ Association or its successor organization; and (3) The Nevada Far…
1. The members of the Commission shall meet at least quarterly and at the times and places specified by a call of the Chair or by a majority of the members of the Commission. 2. A majority of the members of the Commission constitute a quorum, and a quorum may exercise all the powers and duties of the Commission.
The Commission may: 1. Cooperate with any local, state or federal agency, any local, state or national organization or any representatives of an industry whose duties and powers are the same as or similar to the duties and powers of the Commission; 2. Employ such persons or enter into such contracts as it determines ar…
The Commission may: 1. Conduct research and surveys to determine the opinions and knowledge of the residents of this state concerning the livestock industry on grazing lands; 2. Establish programs to provide information to the residents of this state concerning the livestock industry on grazing lands; 3. Conduct advert…
1. The Commission may apply for or accept any gifts, grants, donations or contributions from any source to assist it in carrying out the provisions of NRS 563.250 to 563.380, inclusive. 2. Any money the Commission receives pursuant to subsection 1 must be deposited in the State Treasury pursuant to the provisions of NR…
1. The Commission shall, not later than January 15 of each year, charge and collect from each person who grazed cattle or sheep on grazing lands during the preceding calendar year a fee of 10 cents for each animal unit month that the person was authorized by the United States Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Manage…
1. Any money the Commission receives pursuant to NRS 563.330 and 563.340: (a) Must be deposited in the State Treasury and accounted for separately in the State General Fund; (b) May be used by the Commission only for the costs of carrying out the provisions of NRS 563.250 to 563.380, inclusive; and (c) Does not revert…
1. If a person fails to pay the fee required by NRS 563.340, the Commission may provide a written notice of that fact to the Attorney General or the district attorney of the county in which the person resides. 2. A person who fails to pay the fee required by NRS 563.340 shall: (a) For the first violation, pay a civil p…
1. On or before June 1 of each year, the Commission shall submit to the Director of the Office of Finance a financial statement setting forth: (a) The assets and obligations of the Commission; and (b) The amount of the fees, if any: (1) Collected by the Commission pursuant to the provisions of NRS 563.340 for the immed…