Senate Bill No. 5–Joint Rules Committee
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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. NRS 482.480 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.480 There must be paid to the department for the registration or
the transfer or reinstatement of the registration of motor vehicles, trailers
and semitrailers, fees according to the following schedule:
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, for each stock
passenger car and each reconstructed or specially constructed passenger
car registered to a person, regardless of weight or number of passenger
capacity, a fee for registration of $33.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3:
(a) For each of the fifth and sixth such cars registered to a person, a fee
for registration of $16.50.
(b) For each of the seventh and eighth such cars registered to a person, a
fee for registration of $12.
(c) For each of the ninth or more such cars registered to a person, a fee
for registration of $8.
3. The fees specified in subsection 2 do not apply:
(a) Unless the person registering the cars presents to the department at
the time of registration the registrations of all of the cars registered to him.
(b) To cars that are part of a fleet.
4. For every motorcycle, a fee for registration of $33 and for each
motorcycle other than a trimobile, an additional fee of $6 for motorcycle
safety. The additional fee must be deposited in the state highway fund for
credit to the account for the program for the education of motorcycle
riders.
5. For each transfer of registration, a fee of $6 in addition to any other
fees.
6. Except as otherwise provided in subsection [8] 9 of NRS 485.317,
to reinstate the registration of a motor vehicle suspended pursuant to that
section:
(a) A fee of $250 for a registered owner who failed to have insurance on
the date specified in the form for verification that was mailed by the
department pursuant to subsection [2] 3 of NRS 485.317; or
(b) A fee of $50 for a registered owner of a dormant vehicle who
canceled the insurance coverage for that vehicle or allowed the insurance
coverage for that vehicle to expire without first canceling the registration
for the vehicle in accordance with subsection 3 of
NRS 485.320,
both of which must be deposited in the account for verification of
insurance which is hereby created in the state highway fund. The money in
the account must be used to carry out the provisions of NRS 485.313 to
485.318, inclusive.
7. For every travel trailer, a fee for registration of $27.
8. For every permit for the operation of a golf cart, an annual fee of
$10.
9. For every low-speed vehicle, as that term is defined in
NRS 484.527, a fee for registration of $33.
10. To reinstate the registration of a motor vehicle that is suspended
pursuant to NRS 482.451, a fee of $33.
Sec. 2. NRS 485.186 is hereby amended to read as follows:
485.186 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection [6,] 7, any
natural person may satisfy the requirements of NRS 485.185 by obtaining,
in lieu of an owner’s policy of liability insurance, an operator’s policy of
liability insurance which meets the requirements of this section and NRS
485.3091.
2. An operator’s policy of liability insurance may only be issued to a
person if:
(a) The number of motor vehicles that he owns is greater than the
number of persons in his household who possess a driver’s license; and
(b) Each person in his household who possesses a driver’s license is
covered by an operator’s policy of liability insurance.
3. An operator’s policy of liability insurance must state, in addition to
the requirements of NRS 485.3091, that:
(a) The insurer is only liable under the policy for liability incurred by
the insured while the named insured is the operator of a motor vehicle or
while a motor vehicle owned by the insured is not being operated by any
person;
(b) The policy does not provide coverage for any vicarious liability
imposed on the owner of the motor vehicle as a result of the operation by
another person of a motor vehicle owned by the insured or for any liability
imposed by NRS 41.440 or 483.300; and
(c) The coverage provided by the policy may not meet the requirements
of the financial responsibility laws of other states,
unless such extended coverage is expressly included in the policy. No
operator’s policy of liability insurance may be delivered or issued for
delivery in this state unless the insured has signed an endorsement stating
that he has read and understood the policy and its limitations.
[3.] 4. An owner of a motor vehicle which is registered or required to
be registered in this state and who holds an operator’s policy of liability
insurance shall not permit another person to operate his motor vehicle if
the owner knows or should have known that the person does not have
liability insurance to cover his own operation of that motor vehicle.
[4.] 5. An operator’s policy of liability insurance must not provide
coverage for damages incurred while a person other than the named
insured is operating a motor vehicle.
[5.] 6. An operator’s policy of liability insurance must provide
coverage for liability incurred by the insured while a motor vehicle owned
by the insured is not being operated by any person.
[6.] 7. This section does not apply to a lessor, dealer, manufacturer,
rebuilder or distributor of a motor vehicle, an owner of a fleet, a common,
contract or private motor carrier or any other employer who owns a motor
vehicle for use in his business.
Sec. 3. NRS 485.316 is hereby amended to read as follows:
485.316 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3,
information which is maintained in the database created pursuant to
NRS 485.313 is confidential.
2. The department may only disclose information which is maintained
in the database, upon request, to a state or local governmental agency for
the purpose of enforcing NRS 485.185, including investigating or
litigating a violation or alleged violation.
3. The department may only disclose information retrieved from the
database to:
(a) A person who requests information regarding his own status;
(b) The parent or legal guardian of the person about whom the
information is requested if the person is an unemancipated minor or
legally incapacitated;
(c) A person who has a power of attorney from the person about whom
the information is requested;
(d) A person who submits a notarized release from the person about
whom the information is requested which is dated no more than 90 days
before the date of the request; or
(e) A person who has suffered a loss or injury in an accident involving a
motor vehicle , or his authorized insurer or a representative of his
authorized insurer, who requests [information] :
(1) Information for use in the accident report[.] ; and
(2) For each motor vehicle involved in the accident:
(I) The name and address of each registered owner;
(II) The name of the insurer; and
(III) The number of the policy of liability insurance.
4. A person who knowingly violates the provisions of this section is
guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in
NRS 193.130.
5. As used in this section, “authorized insurer” has the meaning
ascribed to it in NRS 679A.030.
Sec. 4. NRS 485.317 is hereby amended to read as follows:
485.317 1. [The] Subject to the limitations set forth in this
subsection and subsection 2, the department shall, at least monthly,
compare the current registrations of motor vehicles to the information in
the database created pursuant to NRS 485.313 to verify that each motor
vehicle:
(a) Which is newly registered in this state; or
(b) For which a policy of liability insurance has been issued, amended
or terminated,
is covered by a policy of liability insurance as required by NRS 485.185. In
identifying a motor vehicle for verification pursuant to this subsection, the
department [shall,] may, if the motor vehicle was manufactured during or
after 1981, use only the last eight digits of the vehicle identification
number . [, in whole or in part.] In comparing the vehicle identification
number of a motor vehicle to the vehicle identification number in a
policy of liability insurance, to determine if the two vehicle identification
numbers match, the department may find that the two vehicle
identification numbers match if no fewer than seven of the last eight
digits of the two vehicle identification numbers match.
2. [The] Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the
department may use any information to verify, pursuant to subsection 1,
whether the motor vehicle is covered by a policy of liability insurance as
required by NRS 485.185. The department may not use the name of the
owner of a motor vehicle as the primary means of verifying that a motor
vehicle is covered by a policy of liability insurance.
3. If, pursuant to subsection 1, the department determines that a
motor vehicle is not covered by a policy of liability insurance as required
by NRS 485.185, the department shall send a form for verification by
first-class mail to each registered owner that it determines has not
maintained the insurance reqired by NRS 485.185. The owner shall
complete the form with all the information which is requested by the
department, including whether he carries an owner’s or operator’s policy
of liability insurance or a certificate of self-insurance, and return the
completed form within 20 days after the date on which the form was
mailed by the department. If the department does not receive the
completed form within 20 days after it mailed the form to the owner, the
department shall send to the owner a second form for verification by
certified mail. The owner shall complete the form and return it to the
department within 15 days after the date on which it was sent by the
department. This subsection does not prohibit an authorized agent of the
owner from providing to the department:
(a) The information requested by the department pursuant to this
subsection.
(b) Additional information to amend or correct information already
submitted to the department pursuant to this subsection.
[3.] 4. When the department receives a completed form for
verification , it shall verify the information on the form.
[4.] 5. The department shall suspend the registration and require the
return to the department of the license plates of any vehicle for which:
(a) Neither of the forms for verification set forth in subsection [2] 3 is
returned to the department by the registered owner or his authorized agent
within the period specified in that subsection;
(b) Either of the forms for verification set forth in subsection [2] 3 is
returned to the department by the registered owner or his authorized agent
and the department is not able to verify the information on the form; or
(c) Either of the forms for verification set forth in subsection [2] 3 is
returned by the registered owner or his authorized agent with an admission
of having no insurance or without indicating an insurer or the number of a
motor vehicle liability policy or a certificate of self-insurance.
[5.] 6. If the department suspends a registration pursuant to subsection
[4] 5 because:
(a) Neither the owner nor his authorized agent returned a form for
verification within the specified period or the owner or his authorized
agent returned a form for verification that was not completed sufficiently,
and the owner or his authorized agent, thereafter:
(1) Proves to the satisfaction of the department that there was a
justifiable cause for his failure to do so;
(2) Submits a completed form regarding his insurance on the date
stated in the form mailed by the department pursuant to subsection [2;] 3;
and
(3) Presents evidence of current insurance; or
(b) The owner or his authorized agent submitted to the department a
form for verification containing information that the department was
unable to verify and, thereafter, the owner or his authorized agent presents
to the department:
(1) A corrected form or otherwise verifiable evidence setting forth
that the owner possessed insurance on the date stated in the form; and
(2) Evidence of current insurance,
the department shall rescind its suspension of the registration if it is able to
verify the information on the form or the other evidence presented. The
department shall not charge a fee to reinstate a registration, the suspension
of which was rescinded pursuant to this subsection. For the purposes of
this subsection, “justifiable cause” may include, but is not limited to, the
fact that the owner did not receive the form mailed by the department
pursuant to subsection [2.] 3.
[6.] 7. Except as otherwise provided in [subsection 7,] subsections 8
and 9, if a registered owner whose registration is suspended pursuant to
subsection [4,] 5, failed to have insurance on the date specified in the form
for verification, the department shall reinstate the registration of the
vehicle and reissue the license plates only upon filing by the registered
owner of evidence of current insurance and payment of the fee for
reinstatement of registration prescribed in paragraph (a) of subsection 6 of
NRS 482.480.
[7.] 8. If a registered owner proves to the satisfaction of the department
that his vehicle was a dormant vehicle during the period in which the
information provided pursuant to NRS 485.314 indicated that there was no
insurance for the vehicle, the department shall reinstate his registration
and, if applicable, reissue his license plates. If such an owner of a dormant
vehicle failed to cancel the registration for the vehicle in accordance with
subsection 3 of NRS 485.320, the department shall not reinstate his
registration or reissue his license plates unless the owner pays the fee set
forth in paragraph (b) of subsection 6 of NRS 482.480.
[8.] 9. If the department suspends the registration of a motor vehicle
pursuant to subsection [4] 5 because the registered owner of the motor
vehicle failed to have insurance on the date specified in the form for
verification, and if the registered owner, in accordance with regulations
adopted by the department, proves to the satisfaction of the department
that he was unable to comply with the provisions of NRS 485.185 on that
date because of extenuating circumstances, the department may:
(a) Reinstate the registration of the motor vehicle and reissue the license
plates upon payment by the registered owner of a fee of $50, which must
be deposited in the account for verification of insurance created by
subsection 6 of NRS 482.480; or
(b) Rescind the suspension of the registration without the payment of a
fee.
The department shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this
subsection.
[9.] 10. For the purposes of verification of insurance by the department
pursuant to this section, a [registered owner shall not] motor vehicle shall
be deemed to [have failed to maintain] be covered by liability insurance
[for a motor vehicle] unless the motor vehicle is without coverage for a
period of more than 7 days.
Sec. 5. 1. This section and section 3 of this act become effective on
July 1, 2001.
2. Sections 1, 2 and 4 of this act become effective on January 1, 2002.
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