NAC502.42693. Procedure if winner of Dream Tag raffle declines Tag or if recipient returns Tag to private entity.

     1. If the winner of a Dream Tag raffle declines to accept the Dream Tag awarded to him or her, the private entity conducting the raffle shall not select an alternate recipient or issue the Dream Tag.

     2. If the recipient of a Dream Tag returns the Dream Tag and it is received by the private entity not later than 14 business days before the first day of the open season for the species for which the Dream Tag was issued, the private entity shall issue the Dream Tag to the holder of the raffle chance with the drawing number with the next highest priority for that species and for whom a desire to be an alternate recipient was specified pursuant to subsection 6 of NAC 502.42692.

     3. In issuing a Dream Tag pursuant to subsection 2, the private entity shall attempt to notify the holder of the chance to win the Dream Tag raffle with the drawing number with the next highest priority for that species. If the private entity is unable to notify the person and obtain his or her acceptance of the Dream Tag, the private entity shall bypass the person’s name in favor of the holder of the chance to win the Dream Tag raffle with the drawing number with the next highest priority for that species.

     4. The private entity shall maintain a record of each attempt to notify a person who is selected to receive a Dream Tag pursuant to this section.

     5. As used in this section, “drawing number” means a number assigned randomly to a chance to win a Dream Tag raffle to denote the priority the chance will receive in the raffle.

     (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Wildlife by R110-11, eff. 3-9-2012; A by Bd. of Wildlife Comm’rs by R159-12, 12-20-2012)