Assembly Bill No. 410–Committee on Transportation

(On Behalf of Welfare Division—Child Support Enforcement)

March 5, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Judiciary

 

SUMMARY—Repeals certain requirements relating to submission of statement concerning compliance with court order for child support as condition to issuance or renewal of driver’s license. (BDR 43-448)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.

Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

 

AN ACT relating to drivers’ licenses; repealing certain requirements relating to the submission of a statement regarding compliance with a court order for child support as a condition to the issuance or renewal of a license; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

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

1-1 Section 1. NRS 483.380 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 483.380 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 483.247, every

1-3 driver’s license expires on the fourth anniversary of the licensee’s birthday,

1-4 measured in the case of an original license, a renewal license and a renewal

1-5 of an expired license, from the birthday nearest the date of issuance or

1-6 renewal. Any applicant whose date of birth was on February 29 in a leap

1-7 year is, for the purposes of NRS 483.010 to 483.630, inclusive, considered

1-8 to have the anniversary of his birth fall on February 28.

1-9 2. Every license is renewable at any time before its expiration upon

1-10 application [, submission of the statement required pursuant to NRS

1-11 483.293] and payment of the required fee.

2-1 3. The department may, by regulation, defer the expiration of the

2-2 driver’s license of a person who is on active duty in the Armed Forces

2-3 upon such terms and conditions as it may prescribe. The department may

2-4 similarly defer the expiration of the license of the spouse or dependent son

2-5 or daughter of that person if the spouse or child is residing with the person.

2-6 Sec. 2. NRS 483.293 is hereby repealed.

2-7 Sec. 3. Section 119 of chapter 483, Statutes of Nevada 1997, at page

2-8 2075, is hereby repealed.

2-9 Sec. 4. 1. This section and sections 1 and 2 of this act become

2-10 effective on July 1, 1999.

2-11 2. Section 3 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1,

2-12 1999.

 

2-13 TEXT OF REPEALED SECTIONS

 

2-14 483.293 Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for

2-15 license; grounds for denial of license; duty of department. [Expires by

2-16 limitation on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each

2-17 state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and

2-18 restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for

2-19 child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes

2-20 relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

2-21 1. An applicant for the issuance or renewal of a driver’s license shall

2-22 submit to the department the statement prescribed by the welfare division

2-23 of the department of human resources pursuant to NRS 425.520. The

2-24 statement must be completed and signed by the applicant.

2-25 2. The department shall include the statement required pursuant to

2-26 subsection 1 in:

2-27 (a) The application or any other forms that must be submitted for the

2-28 issuance or renewal of the driver’s license; or

2-29 (b) A separate form prescribed by the department.

2-30 3. A driver’s license may not be issued or renewed by the department

2-31 if the applicant:

2-32 (a) Fails to submit the statement required pursuant to subsection 1; or

2-33 (b) Indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that he

2-34 is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in

2-35 compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or

2-36 other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount

2-37 owed pursuant to the order.

3-1 4. If an applicant indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to

3-2 subsection 1 that he is subject to a court order for the support of a child and

3-3 is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district

3-4 attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of

3-5 the amount owed pursuant to the order, the department shall advise the

3-6 applicant to contact the district attorney or other public agency enforcing

3-7 the order to determine the actions that the applicant may take to satisfy the

3-8 arrearage.

3-9 Section 119 of chapter 483, Statutes of Nevada 1997:

3-10 Sec. 119. NRS 483.380 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-11 483.380 1. Except as otherwise provided in section 5 of [this

3-12 act,] Senate Bill No. 355 of this session, every driver’s license

3-13 expires on the fourth anniversary of the licensee’s birthday,

3-14 measured in the case of an original license, a renewal license and a

3-15 renewal of an expired license, from the birthday nearest the date of

3-16 issuance or renewal. Any applicant whose date of birth was on

3-17 February 29 in a leap year is, for the purposes of NRS 483.010 to

3-18 483.630, inclusive, considered to have the anniversary of his birth

3-19 fall on February 28.

3-20 2. Every license is renewable at any time before its expiration

3-21 upon application , submission of the statement required pursuant to

3-22 section 115 of this act and payment of the required fee.

3-23 3. The department may, by regulation, defer the expiration of

3-24 the driver’s license of a person who is on active duty in the Armed

3-25 Forces upon such terms and conditions as it may prescribe. The

3-26 department may similarly defer the expiration of the license of the

3-27 spouse or dependent son or daughter of that person if the spouse or

3-28 child is residing with the person.

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