1. To
determine whether to approve or deny an application for appointment as a
license agent, the Department may consider, without limitation, the following
criteria:
(a) Whether the applicant has met
the bonding requirements of NAC 502.150.
(b) Whether the applicant is financially
responsible.
(c) Whether the
applicant has provided the banking information and binding authority necessary
for the electronic transfer of any money the applicant may receive from the
sale of any licenses, permits, tags, stamps and other documents authorized by
the Department to a bank account designated by the Department.
(d) Whether the applicant has been convicted
of a violation of a law or regulation relating to wildlife within the 5 years
immediately preceding the date on which the applicant submits the
application.
(e) Whether the
applicant is under investigation for a violation of a law or regulation
relating to wildlife at the time he or she submits the application.
(f) Whether the applicant has been convicted
of a felony or gross misdemeanor.
(g) Whether the applicant is the subject of
felony criminal proceedings at the time he or she submits the
application.
(h) Whether the
applicant has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude.
(i) The cooperation of the applicant and his
or her employees.
(j)
Characteristics of the business where the applicant desires to issue licenses,
including, without limitation:
(1)
Accessibility of the business to all segments of the public;
(2) The number of license agents in the
geographical area and their proximity to the business;
(3) The remoteness of the area in which the
business is located;
(4) The hours
the business will be open to the public;
(5) The number of times the ownership of the
business has been transferred; and
(6) The need for a license agent, as
determined by the Department, in the general area of the business.
(k) If the applicant previously
was a license agent:
(1) The total number of
licenses sold by the applicant while he or she was a license agent;
(2) Whether the applicant complied with all
laws and regulations relating to a license agent; and
(3) Whether the applicant was placed on
probation or had his or her authority as a license agent cancelled pursuant to
NAC 502.195.
(l) If the
applicant will replace an agent at the business where the applicant desires to
issue licenses:
(1) The total number of
licenses sold by the license agent who will be replaced;
(2) Whether the license agent who will be
replaced complied with all laws and regulations relating to a license agent;
and
(3) Whether the license agent
who will be replaced was placed on probation or had his or her authority as a
license agent cancelled pursuant to NAC 502.195.
2. Except as otherwise provided in
this subsection, if an applicant desires to issue licenses at a business where
licenses have not been issued previously, the business must have been
established for at least 1 year. The Department may waive this requirement for
an applicant whose business is located in a remote area if there is an extreme
need for an agent in that area. All other applications will be handled on a
case-by-case basis in accordance with subsection 1.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
Wildlife Comm'rs, 2-18-88, eff. 3-1-88; A 3-7-90; 11-23-94; R095-00,
10-24-2000; R109-02, eff. 1-21-2003
