502.077 - Issuance of special fishing permits for use by certain organizations.
502.077 Issuance of special fishing permits for use by certain organizations.
1. The Department shall issue special fishing permits to each public and private nonprofit:
(a) Mental health facility or hospital that provides mental health services;
(b) Facility for the detention or correctional care of juveniles;
(c) Rehabilitation center within a hospital;
(d) Facility or establishment that provides care for older persons;
(e) Facility which provides temporary foster care for children who are not delinquent; and
(f) Club or other social group operated for the benefit of disadvantaged or at-risk children.
2. The permits:
(a) Must be in the possession of the officer or employee of the organization who is supervising a member, patient or child while the member, patient or child is fishing.
(b) Authorize a member, patient or child to fish in a legal manner if in the company of an officer or employee of one of the organizations listed in this section if the officer or employee has a valid Nevada fishing license.
(c) Must be issued pursuant and subject to regulations prescribed by the Commission.
(d) Must contain the words “Nevada Special Fishing Permit” and the number of the permit printed on the face of the permit.
(e) May authorize no more than 15 members, patients or children, respectively, to fish.
3. Each organization shall pay to the Department an annual fee of $25 for each permit issued to the organization pursuant to this section. The Department shall not issue more than two permits per year to each organization.
4. It is unlawful for any person other than a member, patient or child in one of these organizations to fish with a permit issued by the Department pursuant to this section.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 683; A 1969, 1353; 1973, 118, 805; 1975, 1558; 1981, 2027; 1987, 1449; 1989, 1963; 1993, 1663; 1999, 115; 2001, 1117; 2003, 1158, 1532, 2541)