Assembly Bill No. 15

Assembly Bill No. 15-Assemblywoman Buckley

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AN ACT relating to traffic laws; exempting certain persons who operate bicycles while on duty from complying with the provisions relating to the operation of bicycles under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

[Approved July 16, 1997]

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

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Section 1. Chapter 484 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a peace officer, a fireman, an emergency medical technician certified pursuant to chapter 450B of NRS or an employee of a pedestrian mall, who operates a bicycle while he is on duty, is not required to comply with any provision of NRS or any ordinance of a local government relating to the operation of a bicycle while on duty if he:
(a) Is responding to an emergency call or the peace officer is in pursuit of a suspected violator of the law; or
(b) Determines that noncompliance with any such provision is necessary to carry out his duties.
2. The provisions of this section do not:
(a) Relieve a peace officer, fireman, emergency medical technician or employee of a pedestrian mall from the duty to operate a bicycle with due regard for the safety of others.
(b) Protect such a person from the consequences of his disregard for the safety of others.
3. As used in this section, "pedestrian mall" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 268.811.
Sec. 2. NRS 484.503 is hereby amended to read as follows:
484.503 Every person riding a bicycle upon a roadway [shall be granted] has all of the rights and [shall be] is subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle except as [to special provisions] otherwise provided in NRS 484.505 to 484.513, inclusive, and section 1 of this act, and except as to those provisions of this chapter which by their nature can have no application.
Sec. 3. NRS 405.250 is hereby amended to read as follows:
405.250 1. Subject to the authority conferred by law on city authorities, the boards of county commissioners or road supervisors, any owner or occupant of land may construct and maintain a sidewalk in the highway along the line of his land.
2. Sidewalks already constructed and laid out [, being of] with reasonable limits as to width [, and] so as not to operate as an obstruction to the street or highway [, shall] must be maintained and protected [under] pursuant to this section.
3. [Any] Except as otherwise provided in section 1 of this act, a person who [shall] willfully and intentionally [ride or drive, or cause] rides or drives, or causes to be ridden or driven, any animal, vehicle or other thing over or upon such a sidewalk, without permission of the owner or occupant, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $20, in addition to the costs of prosecution.
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