501.339 - Director: Exercise of powers of Commission in emergency; designation of deputies and game wardens. - Nevada Statutes

501.339  Director: Exercise of powers of Commission in emergency; designation of deputies and game wardens.  The Director may:

      1.  In cases of emergency, with the prior approval of the Governor, exercise the powers of the Commission until such time as the Commission meets or the emergency ends.

      2.  Designate an employee or employees of the Department to act as the Director’s deputy or deputies. In the Director’s absence or inability to discharge the powers and duties of his or her office, the powers and duties devolve upon the Director’s deputy or deputies.

      3.  Designate persons outside the Department as game wardens if, in the Director’s opinion, the need for such designations exists.

      (Added to NRS by 1969, 1559; A 1979, 894; 1983, 851; 1989, 730; 1993, 1656; 2003, 1525)