NRS 502.280 Resident Native Americans: Application for specialty combination hunting and fishing license; requirements for big game tags; consultation with tribes concerning proposed legislation; assistance of Department of Native American Affairs; regulations.
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NRS 502.280 Resident Native Americans: Application for specialty combination hunting and fishing license; requirements for big game tags; consultation with tribes concerning proposed legislation; assistance of Department of Native American Affairs; regulations.
1. Any resident Native American of the State of Nevada may apply for a specialty combination fishing and hunting license. When applying for a specialty combination fishing and hunting license, the resident Native American shall exhibit a document issued in this State by the chair of a tribal council or chief of a Native American tribe, or an officer of a reservation, colony or educational institution, stating that the bearer is a resident Native American of the State of Nevada.
2. The Department shall issue a specialty combination fishing and hunting license to a resident Native American pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 502.240 pursuant to the same methods as the Department issues a specialty combination fishing and hunting license to a person pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 502.240 .
3. Before hunting for deer or big game off an Indian reservation in this State, all Native Americans must secure resident deer tags or other resident big game tags and pay the fee provided therefor in NRS 502.250 .
4. If the Department is considering whether to make any recommendations for proposed legislation relating to any fishing and hunting rights of a resident Native American or any Native American tribe in this State, the Department shall, in accordance with regulations adopted by the Commission:
(a)Provide notice of the proposed action to each of those tribes or any other person specified in those regulations; and
(b)Consult with each of those tribes and persons concerning the proposed action.
5. Upon request by the Department, the Department of Native American Affairs may provide information or assistance to the Department in carrying out the provisions of this section.
6. The Commission shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.