1. The Livestock Inspection Account is hereby created in the State General Fund for the use of the Department.

2. The following special taxes, fees and other money must be deposited in the Livestock Inspection Account:

(a) All special taxes on livestock as provided by law.

(b) Fees and other money collected pursuant to the provisions of chapter 564 of NRS.

(c) Fees collected pursuant to the provisions of chapter 565 of NRS.

(d) Fees collected pursuant to the provisions of chapter 577 of NRS.

(e) Unclaimed proceeds from the sale of estrays and feral livestock by the Department pursuant to NRS 569.005 to 569.130, inclusive, or proceeds required to be deposited in the Livestock Inspection Account pursuant to a cooperative agreement established pursuant to NRS 569.031 for the management, control, placement or disposition of estrays and feral livestock.

(f) Fees collected pursuant to the provisions of chapter 573 of NRS.

(g) Fees collected pursuant to the provisions of chapter 576 of NRS.

(h) Laboratory fees collected for the diagnosis of infectious, contagious and parasitic diseases of animals, as authorized by NRS 561.305, and as are necessary pursuant to the provisions of chapter 571 of NRS.

3. Expenditures from the Livestock Inspection Account must be made only for carrying out the provisions of this chapter and chapters 564, 565, 569, 571, 573, 576 and 577 of NRS.

4. The interest and income earned on the money in the Livestock Inspection Account, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the Account.

(Added to NRS by 1961, 502; A 1969, 770; 1983, 401; 1985, 157; 1987, 147; 1989, 272; 1991, 9, 1790; 1993, 294, 1729; 1995, 579; 1999, 3664; 2003, 2149; 2013, 1322, 1866; 2015, 2464)