NAC 554.805  Establishment of quarantine; areas under quarantine. (NRS 554.110)

 

     1.  A quarantine is hereby established against Africanized honeybees (Apis mellifera scutellata).

 

     2.  The following areas are under the quarantine:

 

     (a) Any area within the boundaries of Clark County, Nevada;

 

     (b) Any portion of Nye County, Nevada, that lies south of 37o north latitude; and

 

     (c) Any portion of Lincoln County, Nevada, that lies south of 38o north latitude.

 

     (Added to NAC by St. Quarantine Officer by R035-01, eff. 1-17-2002; R044-03, 9-24-2003)

 

      NAC 554.811  Restricted commodities. (NRS 554.110)  The following commodities are designated as restricted:

 

     1.  Any colony of honeybees that is owned or managed by a person; and

 

     2.  Any queen or other honeybee obtained from a colony specified in subsection 1.

 

     (Added to NAC by St. Quarantine Officer by R035-01, eff. 1-17-2002)

 

      NAC 554.815  Certification by Department required for movement, sale or distribution of restricted commodity from area under quarantine. (NRS 554.110)  A person shall not:

 

     1.  Ship, transport or otherwise move a commodity that is restricted pursuant to NAC 554.811 to a destination that is located outside of an area specified in NAC 554.805 unless, within 30 days before the commodity is transported, shipped or moved, the Department certifies that the commodity is not an Africanized honeybee or does not contain any Africanized honeybees; or

 

     2.  Produce for sale or distribution any queen or other honeybee specified in NAC 554.811 unless the Department, at least twice during the year in which the queen or honeybee is produced for sale or distribution, certifies that the colony that is used to produce the queen or honeybee does not contain any Africanized honeybees.

 

     (Added to NAC by St. Quarantine Officer by R035-01, eff. 1-17-2002)

 

      NAC 554.821  Violations. (NRS 554.110)  If the Department determines that a colony specified in NAC 554.811 contains Africanized honeybees, the Department shall, within 10 days after making that determination, notify the owner or manager of the colony of that fact in writing. Within 30 days after receiving the notice, the owner or manager shall:

 

     1.  Destroy the colony in a manner specified by the Department; or

 

     2.  Provide the colony with a queen that is not an Africanized honeybee.

 

     (Added to NAC by St. Quarantine Officer by R035-01, eff. 1-17-2002)

 

      NAC 554.825  Disposition of restricted commodity that is moved to destination outside of area of quarantine. (NRS 554.110)  If any commodity that is restricted pursuant to NAC 554.811 is shipped, transported or otherwise moved to a destination in this State that is located outside an area specified in NAC 554.805 in violation of NAC 554.805 to 554.825, inclusive, the commodity must be immediately returned to the area or destroyed in a manner specified by the Department.

 

     (Added to NAC by St. Quarantine Officer by R035-01, eff. 1-17-2002)