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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › NRS 555.500 - Legislative declaration.

The Legislature declares that it is primarily the responsibility of each owner or occupier of land in this State to control rodents on his or her own land, but finds that in certain areas this responsibility can best be discharged through cooperation in organized districts.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 480)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › NRS 555.510 - Creation of district: Petition; notice and hearing; exclusion of land.

1. The board of county commissioners of any county shall create one or more rodent control districts in that portion of the county which lies outside any incorporated city if there is filed a petition which:
(a) Designates the area to be included in the rodent control district, either as the entire unincorporated area of the county or by sections or parts of sections with appropriate township and range references; and
(b) Is signed by the owners of more than 50 percent in assessed valuation, as shown by the current assessment roll of the county, of the lands to be included in the rodent control district.
2. Before creating a rodent control district, the board of county commissioners shall hold at least one public hearing, of which they shall give notice by publication, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, of at least one notice published not less than 10 days before the date of the hearing. At this hearing, the board of county commissioners shall entertain applications for the exclusion of lands, designated by sections or parts of sections as prescribed in subsection 1, from the proposed district, if any such application is made. The board of county commissioners shall exclude any such lands as to which it is shown to their satisfaction that any rodents which exist on that land do not render substantially more difficult the control of rodents on other lands in the proposed district.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 480; A 1987, 1729)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › NRS 555.520 - Board of directors: Number; qualifications; appointment; terms; vacancies.

1. The board of county commissioners of any county in which a rodent control district has been created shall appoint a board of directors of the district composed of three persons who:
(a) Are landowners in the district, whether or not they signed the petition for its creation. For the purpose of this paragraph, if any corporation or partnership owns land in the district, a partner or a director, officer or beneficial owner of 10 percent or more of the stock of the corporation shall be deemed a landowner.
(b) Fairly represent the agricultural economy of the district.
2. The initial appointments to the board of directors shall be for terms of 1, 2 and 3 years respectively. Each subsequent appointment shall be for a term of 3 years. Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 480)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › NRS 555.530 - Board of directors: Powers.

The board of directors of a rodent control district may:
1. With the approval of the Director, appoint a rodent control officer.
2. Receive and expend any money provided by assessment, voluntary contribution or otherwise for the control of rodents in the district.
3. Exercise any other power necessary or proper to carry out the purposes for which the district exists.
4. Elect a chair from among its members, and secretary who may be a member of the board.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 481; A 1975, 556; 1993, 1721; 1999, 3654)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › NRS 555.540 - Regulations.

The State Board of Agriculture shall, after a hearing held in the county, promulgate regulations for each rodent control district, which shall include but are not limited to:
1. The species of rodents to be controlled in the district.
2. The means of control, including a designation of the types of rodenticides permitted and the movement from, to and within the district of agricultural products and other vectors capable of spreading the rodents designated for control.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 481)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › NRS 555.550 - Submission of plans by landowners after promulgation of regulations; performance of necessary work by rodent control officer on failure by landowner; charges as lien.

1. Within 60 days after regulations have been promulgated for any rodent control district, each landowner in the district shall file with the board of directors:
(a) A sketch of the landowner’s land; and
(b) A plan for the control of rodents on the landowner’s land.
2. If any landowner fails to submit the plan as required by subsection 1, the rodent control officer shall prepare such a plan.
3. The board of directors shall consider each plan submitted by a landowner or prepared by the rodent control officer and shall, consistently with the regulations for the district:
(a) Approve the plan; or
(b) Require specified changes in the plan.
4. If any landowner fails to carry out the plan of rodent control for the landowner’s land as approved or modified by the board of directors, the rodent control officer may, after giving 10 days’ notice in writing to the owner by registered or certified mail directed to the landowner’s last known address, enter upon the land, perform any work necessary to carry out the plan, and charge such work against the landowner. Any such charge, until paid, is a lien against the land affected coequal with a lien for unpaid general taxes, and may be enforced in the same manner.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 481)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › NRS 555.560 - Assessments; liens; loans.

1. Upon the preparation and approval of a budget in the manner required by the Local Government Budget and Finance Act, the board of county commissioners shall, by resolution, levy an assessment upon all real property in the rodent control district.
2. Every assessment so levied shall be a lien against the property assessed.
3. The county commissioners may obtain short-term loans of an amount of money not to exceed the total amount of such assessment, for the purpose of paying the expenses of controlling the rodents in a rodent control district. Such loans may be made only after such assessments are levied.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 481; A 2001, 1828)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › NRS 555.570 - Civil penalty.

1. Any person violating any of the provisions of NRS 555.500 to 555.560, inclusive, or failing, refusing or neglecting to perform or observe any conditions or regulation prescribed by the State Board of Agriculture, in accordance with the provisions of NRS 555.500 to 555.540, inclusive, is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed:
(a) For the first violation, $250.
(b) For a second violation, $500.
(c) For each subsequent violation, $1,000.
2. Any money collected from the imposition of a civil penalty pursuant to subsection 1 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 1969, 481; A 2015, 3592)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 556 - Garlic and Onions › NRS 556.010 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Department" means the State Department of Agriculture.
2. "Grower" means any landowner personally engaged in growing garlic or onions, or a landowner and the landowner’s tenant jointly, and includes a natural person, partnership, association, corporation, cooperative organization, trust, sharecropper and all other business units, devises or arrangements that grow garlic or onions.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1597; A 1999, 3654; 2017, 145)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 556 - Garlic and Onions › NRS 556.040 - Preparation and presentation of certain programs for research by grower or employee of Department; recommendations for projects.

Any grower or employee of the Department may prepare and present to the State Board of Agriculture a program for research in the production, harvesting, processing, distribution and market promotion of garlic and onions. The program must contain a recommendation of a natural person or agency to conduct or manage each project, the time period for each project and the budget allocation for the project.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1598; A 2017, 145)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 556 - Garlic and Onions › NRS 556.050 - Deposit of gifts or grants of money into Garlic and Onion Research and Promotion Account.

All gifts or grants of money received pursuant to this chapter must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Garlic and Onion Research and Promotion Account.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1599; A 2017, 146)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 556 - Garlic and Onions › NRS 556.060 - Powers of State Board of Agriculture; money to carry out chapter; regulations.

1. The State Board of Agriculture may:
(a) Administer, enforce and control the collection of assessments levied for the Garlic and Onion Research and Promotion Account.
(b) Authorize payments from the Garlic and Onion Research and Promotion Account.
(c) Contract with natural persons or agencies for the conduct or management of research projects and market-promotion projects.
(d) Adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
2. Money from the State General Fund may not be utilized by the State Board of Agriculture in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. Expenditures for those purposes may be made only from the Garlic and Onion Research and Promotion Account created by NRS 561.423, and are subject to the limitations stated in that section.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1598; A 2017, 146)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 556 - Garlic and Onions › NRS 556.070 - Assessments: Imposition and collection; deposit of proceeds.

The Department may, on or before August 1 of each year, fix an annual special assessment not to exceed $10 per acre to be levied upon all garlic and onions grown and harvested in this State for commercial use. If the Department levies the assessment, the Department shall collect the assessment and transmit the proceeds to the State Treasurer for credit to the Garlic and Onion Research and Promotion Account.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1599; A 1999, 3654; 2003, 581; 2017, 146)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 556 - Garlic and Onions › NRS 556.080 - Assessments: Payment.

If any assessments are levied pursuant to the provisions of NRS 556.070, the assessments must be:
1. Paid to the Department by the grower of garlic or onions; and
2. Paid by December 1 of each year for the garlic or onions harvested within the 12 months immediately preceding that date.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1599; A 1999, 3654; 2003, 582; 2017, 146)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 556 - Garlic and Onions › NRS 556.090 - Assessments: Civil penalty.

If an assessment is levied pursuant to NRS 556.070, any grower who fails to pay the assessment by December 1 of each year as required by NRS 556.080 forfeits to the Department a penalty of 5 percent of the amount of the assessment due and 1 percent of the assessment due for each month of delay or fraction thereof after December 31 of the year that the assessment became due. The Department, if satisfied the delay was excusable, may remit any part of the penalty. The penalty must be paid to the Department and deposited for credit to the Garlic and Onion Research and Promotion Account.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1599; A 1999, 3655; 2003, 582; 2017, 146)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 556 - Garlic and Onions › NRS 556.100 - Assessments: Nature of debt; civil action for recovery.

Any assessment levied constitutes a personal debt of the person so assessed. If a person fails to pay an assessment, including all penalties, the Department may, at any time within 3 years after the date of delinquency, maintain a civil action against the person to recover the amount of the delinquent assessment and penalties.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1599; A 1999, 3655)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 557 - Hemp › NRS 557.100 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 557.110 to 557.180, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1343; A 2019, 2583, 2949)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 557 - Hemp › NRS 557.110 - "Agricultural hemp seed" defined.

"Agricultural hemp seed" means the seed of any plant of the genus Cannabis that:
1. Is sold to or intended to be sold to a grower for planting; or
2. Remains in an unprocessed or partially processed condition that is capable of germination.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1343)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 557 - Hemp › NRS 557.160 - "Hemp" defined.

1. "Hemp" means any plant of the genus Cannabis sativa L. and any part of such a plant, including, without limitation, the seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a THC concentration that does not exceed the maximum THC concentration established by the Department for hemp.
2. "Hemp" does not include any commodity or product made using hemp.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1344; A 2019, 2352, 2583; 2021, 3156)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 557 - Hemp › NRS 557.190 - Applicability.

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to:
1. A person who purchases, for the purpose of resale, hemp or a commodity or product made using hemp which was not grown or processed by the person;
2. A person who transports hemp or a commodity or product made using hemp which was not grown or processed by the person; or
3. A person described in NRS 446.844 who, for the purpose of engaging in any of the activities set forth in NRS 446.844, purchases or handles hemp or a commodity or product made using hemp which was not grown or processed by the person,
if such a person reasonably believes the hemp or commodity or product made using hemp was grown or processed in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1344; A 2019, 2583, 2949; 2021, 728)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 557 - Hemp › NRS 557.210 - Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for registration or renewal of registration; grounds for denial. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

1. In addition to any other requirements set forth in this chapter, an applicant for registration or the renewal of a registration as a grower, handler or producer shall:
(a) Include the social security number of the applicant in the application submitted to the Department.
(b) Submit to the Department the statement prescribed by the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 425.520. The statement must be completed and signed by the applicant.
2. The Department shall include the statement required pursuant to subsection 1 in:
(a) The application or any other forms that must be submitted for the issuance or renewal of the registration; or
(b) A separate form prescribed by the Department.
3. Registration as a grower, handler or producer may not be issued or renewed by the Department if the applicant:
(a) Fails to submit the statement required pursuant to subsection 1; or
(b) Indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that the applicant is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order.
4. If an applicant indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that the applicant is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order, the Department shall advise the applicant to contact the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order to determine the actions that the applicant may take to satisfy the arrearage.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1345; A 2019, 2585)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 557 - Hemp › NRS 557.220 - Suspension of registration for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of registration. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

1. If the Department receives a copy of a court order issued pursuant to NRS 425.540 that provides for the suspension of all professional, occupational and recreational licenses, certificates and permits issued to a person who is registered as a grower, handler or producer, the Department shall deem the registration issued to that person to be suspended at the end of the 30th day after the date on which the court order was issued unless the Department receives a letter issued to the registrant by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 stating that the registrant has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560.
2. The Department shall reinstate the registration of a grower, handler or producer that has been suspended by a district court pursuant to NRS 425.540 if the Department receives a letter issued by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 to the person whose registration was suspended stating that the person whose registration was suspended has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1345)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 557 - Hemp › NRS 557.230 - Renewal of registration: Additional requirements.

1. In addition to any other requirements set forth in this chapter, an applicant for the renewal of a registration as a grower, handler or producer must indicate in the application submitted to the Department whether the applicant has a state business license. If the applicant has a state business license, the applicant must include in the application the business identification number assigned by the Secretary of State upon compliance with the provisions of chapter 76 of NRS.
2. Registration as a grower, handler or producer may not be renewed by the Department if:
(a) The applicant fails to submit the information required by subsection 1; or
(b) The State Controller has informed the Department pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 353C.1965 that the applicant owes a debt to an agency that has been assigned to the State Controller for collection and the applicant has not:
(1) Satisfied the debt;
(2) Entered into an agreement for the payment of the debt pursuant to NRS 353C.130; or
(3) Demonstrated that the debt is not valid.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Agency" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 353C.020.
(b) "Debt" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 353C.040.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1346; A 2019, 2585)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 557 - Hemp › NRS 557.240 - Retention of records by grower or handler; inspection of records; inspection and analysis of growing crop; plan for disposal or remediation of crop; additional inspection, sampling and testing of crop; land and crop management practices.

1. A grower or handler shall keep and maintain for a period of not less than 3 years such records as the Department may prescribe by regulation and, upon 3 days’ notice, make such records available to the Department for inspection during normal business hours. The Department may inspect records pursuant to this subsection to determine whether a person has complied with the provisions of this chapter, the regulations adopted pursuant thereto and any lawful order of the Department.
2. The Department may inspect any growing crop of a grower and take a representative sample for analysis in the field. If the testing of such a sample in the field determines that the crop contains a THC concentration that exceeds the maximum THC concentration established by the Department for hemp, the grower shall submit a plan for the effective disposal or remediation of the crop to the Department for its approval.
3. If a crop has been determined pursuant to subsection 2 to contain a THC concentration that exceeds the maximum THC concentration established by the Department for hemp, the grower of the crop may elect to perform remediation activities to render the crop compliant. After a grower performs remediation activities pursuant to a plan for the effective remediation of a crop approved pursuant to subsection 2, an additional inspection, sampling and testing of the crop must be conducted to determine the THC concentration of the crop.
4. If a grower fails to submit an approved plan to the Department pursuant to subsection 2 or fails to follow the provisions of such a plan, or if a crop continues to contain a THC concentration that exceeds the maximum THC concentration established by the Department for hemp after remediation pursuant to subsection 3, the Department may:
(a) Impose any additional requirement it determines necessary upon the grower;
(b) Suspend or revoke the registration of the grower;
(c) Impose an administrative fine pursuant to NRS 557.280 on the grower;
(d) Report the grower to the appropriate local law enforcement agency for investigation of a violation of the provisions of chapter 453 of NRS; or
(e) Detain, seize or embargo the crop.
5. If the Department determines that the land or crop management practices of a grower, handler or producer are inadequate, inconsistent with the information concerning such practices submitted to the Department pursuant to NRS 557.200 or negatively affect natural resources, the Department may impose an administrative fine pursuant to NRS 557.280.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1346; A 2019, 2586; 2021, 705)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 557 - Hemp › NRS 557.250 - Grower to provide legal description of property on which crop is to be located; authorized methods for production of hemp; retention of hemp seed for certain purposes.

1. Each grower shall provide the Department with a legal description of and additional information to identify the property on which the crop of the grower is or will be located. Such additional information must be in a manner prescribed by the Department and include, without limitation, global positioning system coordinates.
2. A grower may use any method for the propagation of hemp to produce hemp, including, without limitation, planting seeds or starts, using clones or cuttings or cultivating hemp in a greenhouse.
3. A grower may retain agricultural hemp seed for the purpose of propagating hemp in future years.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1346; A 2019, 2353, 2586)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 557 - Hemp › NRS 557.255 - Prohibition against synthetic cannabinoid.

1. A grower or producer shall not produce, distribute, sell in or offer to sell in this State any synthetic cannabinoid.
2. As used in this section, "synthetic cannabinoid" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 678A.239.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 3156)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 557 - Hemp › NRS 557.260 - Regulations; compliance by producer with certain requirements; requirements for agricultural hemp seed.

1. The Department may adopt regulations necessary to:
(a) Establish quality standards and requirements for the packaging and labeling of agricultural hemp seed;
(b) Provide for the certification and registration of sites used for growing, producing or handling hemp; and
(c) Comply with any requirement imposed by the United States Department of Agriculture, including, without limitation, any requirement related to reporting information regarding growers, handlers and producers.
2. The Department shall adopt regulations establishing the maximum THC concentration for hemp.
3. A producer shall comply with:
(a) Any regulation adopted by the Department pursuant to subsection 1 or 2; and
(b) The provisions of NRS 587.015 to 587.123, inclusive, and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
4. Any agricultural hemp seed which is obtained by a grower and was produced:
(a) In this State must be produced by a producer; and
(b) In another state must be produced by a person who is registered and approved to produce and sell agricultural hemp seed pursuant to the laws of that state.
5. The Department shall provide adequate information to growers to identify producers from which a grower may purchase agricultural hemp seed.
6. A handler may only obtain hemp from a grower and agricultural hemp seed for cleaning and future propagation from a producer.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1347; A 2019, 2587; 2021, 3156)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 557 - Hemp › NRS 557.270 - Requirements for submission of hemp for testing; adoption of regulations relating to testing; results of testing; failing testing; retesting.

1. A grower, handler or producer may submit hemp or a commodity or product made using hemp, other than a commodity or product described in subsection 1 of NRS 439.532, to a cannabis independent testing laboratory for testing pursuant to this section and a cannabis independent testing laboratory may perform such testing.
2. Before the harvest of any crop, the Department shall collect a sample of the crop. A grower or producer must harvest a crop in a timely manner after the collection of such a sample and within the period of time prescribed in the regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States pursuant to 7 U.S.C. § 1639r. A grower or producer who does not harvest a crop within that period of time shall not harvest the crop before the Department has collected a new sample of the crop.
3. The Department or a cannabis independent testing laboratory approved by the Department shall test each sample collected pursuant to subsection 2 to determine whether the crop has a THC concentration that exceeds the maximum THC concentration established by the Department for hemp. The Department may adopt regulations relating to such testing which include, without limitation:
(a) Protocols and procedures for the testing of a crop, including, without limitation, determining appropriate standards for sampling and for the size of batches for testing; and
(b) A requirement that a cannabis independent testing laboratory provide the results of the testing directly to the Department in a manner prescribed by the Department.
4. When the Department has obtained the results of the testing required by subsection 3, the Department shall issue to the grower or producer of the crop a report of the results of the testing which must include, without limitation, the THC concentration of the crop.
5. A crop which is harvested before a sample has been collected by the Department pursuant to subsection 2 shall be deemed to have failed the testing required by subsection 3 and may be detained, seized or embargoed by the Department. The Department shall not renew the registration of a grower or producer who harvests a crop before a sample has been collected by the Department pursuant to subsection 2.
6. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5 and by federal law, a grower or producer whose crop fails a test prescribed by the Department pursuant to this section may request that the Department collect a new sample of that same crop for retesting. The Department shall adopt regulations establishing protocols and procedures for such retesting.
7. As used in this section, "cannabis independent testing laboratory" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 678A.115.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1347; A 2019, 2353, 2587, 3883; 2021, 706)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 557 - Hemp › NRS 557.280 - Authorized actions by Department for certain violations of law, regulations or orders.

1. The Department may refuse to issue or renew, suspend or revoke the registration of a grower, handler or producer for:
(a) Materially falsifying any information in an application for registration as a grower, handler or producer;
(b) Growing or handling hemp or producing agricultural hemp seed in a manner that is inconsistent with the information submitted to the Department in an approved application for registration as a grower, handler or producer;
(c) Failing to comply with all applicable local governmental ordinances or rules; or
(d) Committing a violation of any provision of this chapter, the regulations adopted pursuant thereto or any lawful order of the Department.
2. In addition to any other lawful reason, the Department may refuse to issue a registration as a grower, handler or producer to a person who has previously had such a registration refused or revoked pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 1.
3. The Department shall impose an administrative fine in an amount not to exceed $2,500 on any person who fails to comply with the provisions of subsection 6 of NRS 557.200.
4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 and in addition to any other penalty provided by law, the Department may impose an administrative fine on any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, the regulations adopted pursuant thereto or any lawful order of the Department in an amount not to exceed $2,500.
5. All fines collected by the Department pursuant to subsections 3 and 4 must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the State General Fund.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1348; A 2019, 2588, 2949; 2021, 707)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 557 - Hemp › NRS 557.290 - Penalties for failure to register.

If a person grows or handles hemp or produces agricultural hemp seed without being registered with the Department pursuant to NRS 557.200, the Department shall:
1. Impose an administrative fine pursuant to NRS 557.280 on the person; and
2. Report the person to the appropriate local law enforcement agency for investigation of a violation of the provisions of chapter 453 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1348; A 2019, 2354, 2588)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 561 - State Department of Agriculture › NRS 561.015 - Legislative declaration.

The Legislature declares that the purpose of this chapter is:
1. To benefit and to promote the welfare of all the people of the State of Nevada.
2. To promote the efficient, orderly and economical conduct of the various activities for the encouragement, advancement and protection of the livestock and agricultural industries of the State of Nevada.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 496)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 561 - State Department of Agriculture › NRS 561.025 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
1. "Board" means the State Board of Agriculture.
2. "Department" means the State Department of Agriculture.
3. "Director" means the Director of the Department.
4. "Livestock" means:
(a) All cattle or animals of the bovine species.
(b) All horses, mules, burros and asses or animals of the equine species.
(c) All swine or animals of the porcine species.
(d) All goats or animals of the caprine species.
(e) All poultry or domesticated fowl or birds.
(f) All dogs, cats or other animals domesticated or under the restraint or control of humans.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 496; A 1993, 1721; 1999, 3655)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 561 - State Department of Agriculture › NRS 561.035 - Creation of Department; composition of Department; administration of chapter by Department.

1. The State Department of Agriculture is hereby created, consisting of:
(a) The Division of Administrative Services;
(b) The Division of Animal Industry;
(c) The Division of Food and Nutrition;
(d) The Division of Measurement Standards; and
(e) The Division of Plant Health and Compliance.
2. The administration of the provisions of this chapter is vested in the Department.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 496; A 1993, 1721; 1999, 3655; 2021, 100)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 561 - State Department of Agriculture › NRS 561.045 - Creation; number and appointment of members.

There is hereby created in the Department a State Board of Agriculture composed of 13 members appointed by the Governor.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 496; A 1979, 696; 1981, 1299; 1989, 802; 1993, 1722; 1999, 3655; 2003, 2146; 2021, 675)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 561 - State Department of Agriculture › NRS 561.055 - Qualifications of members.

1. The membership of the Board consists of:
(a) Two members who are actively engaged in range or semirange cattle production.
(b) One member who is actively engaged in dairy production.
(c) One member who is actively engaged in range or semirange sheep production.
(d) One member who is actively engaged in general agriculture.
(e) Two members who are actively engaged in growing crops, at least one of which is a specialty crop.
(f) One member who is actively engaged in the control of pests.
(g) One member who is actively engaged in the petroleum industry.
(h) One member who is actively engaged in raising nursery stock.
(i) One member who is working in the field of supplemental nutrition distribution.
(j) One member who is actively engaged in food manufacturing or animal processing.
(k) One member who has veterinary experience in a mixed-animal or large-animal practice and is licensed to practice veterinary medicine pursuant to chapter 638 of NRS.
2. Not more than two members may be residents of the same county.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 496; A 1979, 696; 1981, 1299; 1989, 802; 1999, 1388; 2003, 2146; 2021, 675)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 561 - State Department of Agriculture › NRS 561.075 - Compensation of members and employees.

1. While engaged in the business of the Department, each member of the Board is entitled to receive a salary of not more than $80 per day, as fixed by the Board.
2. While engaged in the business of the Department, each member and employee of the Board is entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally.
3. The salaries, per diem allowances and travel expenses of the members and employees of the Board must be paid from any money available to the Department.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 497; A 1973, 996; 1975, 299; 1981, 1989; 1985, 438; 1989, 1720; 1993, 1722; 1999, 3655)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 561 - State Department of Agriculture › NRS 561.085 - Chair; Secretary.

1. The Board shall elect one of its members as Chair of the Board.
2. The Director shall act as the nonvoting recording Secretary of the Board and shall keep the minutes and audio recordings or transcripts of the proceedings of the Board.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 497; A 1993, 1722; 1999, 3656; 2005, 1415)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 561 - State Department of Agriculture › NRS 561.095 - Meetings; quorum; minutes and audio recordings or transcripts are public records.

1. The members of the Board may meet at such times and at such places as may be specified by the call of the Chair or a majority of the Board, and a meeting of the Board may be held regularly at least once every 3 months. In case of an emergency, special meetings may be called by the Chair or by the Director.
2. Seven members of the Board constitute a quorum. A quorum may exercise all the authority conferred on the Board.
3. Minutes and audio recordings or transcripts of each meeting, regular or special, must be filed with the Department and, except as otherwise provided in NRS 241.035, are public records. A copy of the minutes or audio recordings must be made available to a member of the public upon request at no charge pursuant to NRS 241.035.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 497; A 1983, 1447; 1985, 624; 1989, 802; 1993, 1722; 1999, 3656; 2005, 1415; 2013, 333; 2021, 676)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 561 - State Department of Agriculture › NRS 561.105 - Duties; rules and regulations.

1. The Board:
(a) Must be informed on and interested in the entire field of legislation and administration charged to the Department.
(b) Shall report to the Governor and Legislature on all matters which it deems relevant to the Department, and concerning any specific matters previously requested by the Governor.
(c) Shall advise and make recommendations to the Governor or the Legislature relating to the policies of the State concerning livestock and agriculture.
(d) Shall establish the policy of the Department.
(e) Shall adopt such regulations as it deems necessary for the operation of the Department and for carrying out the provisions of the laws and programs administered by the Department.
2. The Board shall prescribe rules for its management and government.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 497; A 1985, 369; 1993, 1722; 1999, 3656)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 561 - State Department of Agriculture › NRS 561.115 - Appointment; unclassified service.

The Director:
1. Must be appointed by the Board with the approval of the Governor.
2. Is in the unclassified service of the State.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 497; A 1971, 2082; 1977, 311; 1993, 1723; 1999, 3656)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 561 - State Department of Agriculture › NRS 561.125 - Qualifications.

The Director must be a graduate of an accredited college or university and have at least 5 years’ experience in official agricultural or livestock regulatory work, public administration, accounting or business administration.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 497; A 1993, 1723; 1995, 432; 1999, 3657)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 561 - State Department of Agriculture › NRS 561.135 - Salary.

The salary of the Director may be apportioned and paid from any money available to the Department unless otherwise provided by specific statute.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 497; A 1971, 2082; 1985, 438; 1993, 1723; 1999, 3657)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 561 - State Department of Agriculture › NRS 561.145 - General powers and duties.

1. The Director shall direct and supervise all administrative and technical activities of the Department, and all programs administered by the Department as provided by law. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 284.143, the Director shall devote his or her entire time to the duties of the Director’s office, and shall follow no other gainful employment or occupation.
2. The Director may, within such limitations as may be provided by law, and from time to time alter the organization of the Department and reassign responsibilities and duties as the Director may deem appropriate.
3. The Director shall:
(a) Coordinate the activities of the divisions of the Department.
(b) Report to the Board upon all matters pertaining to the administration of the Department.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 498; A 1993, 1723; 1995, 2317; 1999, 3657; 2013, 1631; 2021, 100)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 561 - State Department of Agriculture › NRS 561.146 - Issuance and enforcement of subpoenas.

1. Whenever the Director is authorized or required by law to conduct a hearing, the Director may issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses before him or her, together with all books, memoranda, papers and other documents relating to the matters for which the hearing is called, and take depositions within or without the state, as the circumstances of the case may require.
2. The district court in and for the county in which any hearing is being conducted by the Director may compel the attendance of witnesses, the giving of testimony and the production of books and papers as required by any subpoena issued by the Director.
3. In case of the refusal of any witness to attend or testify or produce any papers required by the subpoena, the Director may report to the district court in and for the county in which the hearing is pending by petition, setting forth:
(a) That notice has been given of the time and place of attendance of the witness or the production of the books and papers;
(b) That the witness has been subpoenaed in the manner prescribed in this section; and
(c) That the witness has failed and refused to attend or produce the papers required by subpoena before the Director in the hearing named in the subpoena, or has refused to answer questions propounded to him or her in the course of the hearing,
and asking an order of the court compelling the witness to attend and testify or produce the books or papers before the Director.
4. The court, upon petition of the Director, shall enter an order directing the witness to appear before the court at a time and place to be fixed by the court in the order, the time to be not more than 10 days after the date of the order, and then and there show cause why the witness has not attended or testified or produced the books or papers before the Director. A certified copy of the order must be served upon the witness. If it appears to the court that the subpoena was regularly issued by the Director, the court may thereupon enter an order that the witness appear before the Director at the time and place fixed in the order and testify or produce the required books or papers, and upon failure to obey the order the witness must be dealt with as for contempt of court.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 420; A 1981, 89; 1993, 1723; 1999, 3657)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 561 - State Department of Agriculture › NRS 561.147 - Prohibition or restriction of movement of infested article; treatment to devitalize or sterilize infested article.

If any feed, grain, hay, machinery or other article is found to be infested with, or the possible carrier of, the propagating parts of any noxious weed, injurious insect pest or plant disease, and the Director determines that movement of the article into any area of the State will be damaging or will jeopardize the agricultural industry of the area, the Director may prohibit or restrict movement of the infested article or may prescribe treatment to devitalize or sterilize the infested article.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 31; A 1993, 1724; 1997, 484; 1999, 3658)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 561 - State Department of Agriculture › NRS 561.148 - Participation in investigation and prosecution of theft or destruction of livestock; inspections.

The Director may participate in the investigation and prosecution of any suspected theft, mutilation or malicious destruction of livestock, and may temporarily stop the movement of livestock and carcasses for the purpose of inspection.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 282; A 1993, 1724; 1999, 3658)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 561 - State Department of Agriculture › NRS 561.149 - Depositions.

In all cases where the Director is required or authorized by law to proceed upon a verified complaint, the Director, or the Director’s deputy so authorized by the Director, may take depositions, within or without the State, as the circumstances of the case may require.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 409; A 1981, 90; 1993, 1724; 1999; 3658)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 561 - State Department of Agriculture › NRS 561.153 - Prescription of fees to cover costs of providing certain services, products or publications; procedures for billing or collecting fees.

The Director may by regulation:
1. Prescribe, in addition to any other fees prescribed by the Director pursuant to titles 49, 50 and 51 of NRS, a fee to cover the costs incurred by the Department for any service, product or publication provided by the Department pursuant to titles 49, 50 and 51 of NRS or the regulations adopted pursuant thereto; and
2. Adopt such procedures as the Director may deem appropriate for the billing or collection of such fees.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 138; A 1979, 292; 1993, 1724; 1999, 3597, 3658; 2003, 1430)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 561 - State Department of Agriculture › NRS 561.155 - Ex officio State Sealer of Measurement Standards.

The Director is hereby designated and appointed ex officio State Sealer of Measurement Standards, and shall carry out all the duties of the State Sealer of Measurement Standards as provided by law.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 498; A 1993, 1725; 1999, 3658; 2013, 2472; 2021, 100)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 561 - State Department of Agriculture › NRS 561.165 - Ex officio State Quarantine Officer.

The Director is hereby designated and appointed ex officio State Quarantine Officer, and shall carry out all the duties of the State Quarantine Officer as provided by law.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 498; A 1993, 1725; 1999, 3659)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 561 - State Department of Agriculture › NRS 561.185 - Designation, powers and duties of deputy.

The Director may designate an employee of the Department to act as the Director’s deputy. In case of the absence of the Director, or the Director’s inability from any cause to discharge the powers and duties of his or her office, those powers and duties devolve upon the Director’s deputy.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 499; A 1993, 1725; 1999, 3659)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 561 - State Department of Agriculture › NRS 561.205 - Appointment of State Veterinarian; unclassified service; qualifications; duties.

1. The Director shall appoint a State Veterinarian. The State Veterinarian is in the unclassified service of the State and serves at the pleasure of the Director.
2. The State Veterinarian must:
(a) Be a graduate of a veterinary school or college approved by the American Veterinary Medical Association; and
(b) Have at least 3 years’ experience in regulating and controlling diseases in livestock.
3. The State Veterinarian shall manage the activities of the Department relating to the protection and promotion of the livestock industry of the State of Nevada.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 498; A 1985, 438; 1991, 1353; 1993, 1725; 1999, 3659; 2013, 1320; 2021, 100)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 561 - State Department of Agriculture › NRS 561.207 - Appointment of Administrator of Division of Administrative Services; unclassified service; duties.

1. The Director shall appoint an Administrator of the Division of Administrative Services. The Administrator is in the unclassified service of the State and serves at the pleasure of the Director.
2. The Administrator shall manage the activities of the Department relating to fiscal, accounting and other administrative services.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 99)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 561 - State Department of Agriculture › NRS 561.209 - Appointment of Administrator of Division of Animal Industry; unclassified service; duties.

1. The Director shall appoint an Administrator of the Division of Animal Industry. The Administrator is in the unclassified service of the State and serves at the pleasure of the Director.
2. The Administrator shall manage the activities of the Department relating to animal industries, including, without limitation, the administration and enforcement of the provisions of chapters 562, 564 to 573, inclusive, and 576 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 2082; A 1991, 1354; 1993, 1725; 1999, 3659; 2013, 1320; 2021, 101)