1-3 to ambulances or hearses.

1-4 2. A common motor carrier [who] that enters into an agreement for the

1-5 purchase of its service by an incorporated city, county or regional

1-6 transportation commission is not required to obtain a certificate of public

1-7 convenience and necessity to operate a system of public transit consisting

1-8 of [regular] :

1-9 (a) Regular routes and fixed schedules [. Under such an agreement,] ;

1-10 (b) Nonemergency medical transportation of persons to facilitate their

1-11 use of a center as defined in NRS 435.170, if the transportation is

1-12 available upon request and without regard to regular routes or fixed

1-13 schedules;

1-14 (c) Nonmedical transportation of disabled persons without regard to

3-3 one or more other public agencies to perform any governmental service,

3-4 activity or undertaking which any of the public agencies entering into the

3-5 contract is authorized by law to perform. Such a contract [shall] must be

3-6 ratified by appropriate official action of the governing body of each party

3-7 to the contract as a condition precedent to its entry into force. Such a

3-8 contract [shall] must set forth fully the purposes, powers, rights, objectives

3-9 and responsibilities of the contracting parties.

3-10 2. The authorized purposes of agreements made pursuant to subsection

3-11 1 include , but are not limited to:

3-12 (a) The joint use of hospitals, road construction and repair equipment,

3-13 and such other facilities or services as may and can be reasonably used for

3-14 the promotion and protection of the health and welfare of the inhabitants of

3-15 this state.

3-16 (b) The joint use of county and city personnel, equipment and facilities,

3-17 including sewer systems, drainage systems, street lighting systems, fire

3-18 alarm systems, sewage disposal plants, playgrounds, parks and recreational

3-19 facilities, and public buildings constructed by or under the supervision of

3-20 the board of county commissioners or the city council of the county and

3-21 city concerned, upon such terms and agreements, and within such areas

3-22 within the county as may be determined, for the promotion and protection

3-23 of health, comfort, safety, life, welfare and property of the inhabitants of

3-24 the counties and cities.

3-25 (c) The joint employment of clerks, stenographers and other employees

3-26 in the offices of the city and county auditor, city and county assessor, city

3-27 and county treasurer, or any other joint city and county office existing or

3-28 hereafter established in the several counties, upon such terms and

3-29 conditions as may be determined for the equitable apportionment of the

3-30 expenses of the joint city and county office.

3-31 (d) The joint and cooperative use of fire-fighting and fire-protection

3-32 equipment for the protection of property and the prevention and

3-33 suppression of fire.

3-34 (e) The joint use of county and city personnel, equipment and facilities,

3-35 upon such terms and conditions, and within such areas within the county as

3-36 may be determined, for the promotion and protection of the health of the

3-37 inhabitants of the county and city through the regulation, control and

3-38 prohibition of the excessive emission of dense smoke and air pollution.

3-39 (f) The joint and cooperative use of law enforcement agencies.

3-40 (g) The joint use or operation of a system of public transportation.

3-41 3. Each public agency which has entered into an agreement pursuant to

3-42 this section shall annually at the time of preparing its budget include an

4-7 population is less than 100,000 or an incorporated city within such a

4-8 county may establish or operate a public transit system consisting of

4-9 [regular] :

4-10 (a) Regular routes and fixed schedules to serve the public [.] ;

4-11 (b) Nonemergency medical transportation of persons to facilitate their

4-12 use of a center as defined in NRS 435.170, if the transportation is

4-13 available upon request and without regard to regular routes or fixed

4-14 schedules;

4-15 (c) Nonmedical transportation of disabled persons without regard to

4-16 regular routes or fixed schedules; or

4-17 (d) In a county whose population is less than 100,000 or an

4-18 incorporated city within such a county, nonmedical transportation of

4-19 persons if the transportation is available by reservation 1 day in advance

4-20 of the transportation and without regard to regular routes or fixed

4-21 schedules.

4-22 2. A regional transportation commission may lease vehicles to or from

4-23 or enter into other contracts with a private operator for the provision of

4-24 such a system.

4-25 3. In a county whose population is less than 400,000, such a system

4-26 may also provide service which includes:

4-27 (a) Minor deviations from the regular routes and fixed schedules

4-28 required by paragraph (a) of subsection 1 on a recurring basis to serve the

4-29 public transportation needs of passengers. The deviations must not exceed

4-30 one-half mile from the regular routes.

4-31 (b) The transporting of persons other than those specified in paragraph

4-32 (b), (c) or (d) of subsection 1 upon request without regard to regular routes

4-33 or fixed schedules, if the service is provided by a common motor carrier

4-34 which has a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the

4-35 transportation services authority pursuant to NRS 706.386 to 706.411,

4-36 inclusive, and the service is subject to the rules and regulations adopted by

4-37 the transportation services authority for a fully regulated carrier.

4-38 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 332 of NRS or NRS

4-39 625.530, a regional transportation commission may utilize a turnkey

4-40 procurement process to select a person to design, build, operate and

4-41 maintain, or any combination thereof, a fixed guideway system, including,

4-42 without limitation, any minimum operable segment thereof. The

5-37 transportation within a county, provide:

5-38 1. Services to assist commuters in communicating with others to share

5-39 rides;

5-40 2. Transportation for elderly persons and the handicapped [;] ,

5-41 including, without limitation, nonemergency medical transportation of

5-42 persons to facilitate their use of a center as defined in NRS 435.170;

6-6 transit system in a county whose population is 400,000 or more may, in

6-7 addition to providing local transportation within the county and the services

6-8 described in NRS 377A.130, provide:

6-9 (a) Programs to reduce or manage motor vehicle traffic; and

6-10 (b) Any other services for a public transit system which are requested by

6-11 the general public,

6-12 if those additional services are included and described in a long-range plan

6-13 adopted pursuant to 23 U.S.C. § 134 and 49 U.S.C. § 5303.

6-14 2. Before a regional transportation commission may provide for an on-

6-15 call public transit system in an area of the county, other than an on-call

6-16 public transit system that provides the nonemergency medical

6-17 transportation described in NRS 377A.130, the commission must receive a

6-18 determination from the transportation services authority that:

6-19 (a) There are no common motor carriers of passengers who are

6-20 authorized to provide on-call operations for transporting passengers in that

6-21 area; or

6-22 (b) Although there are common motor carriers of passengers who are

6-23 authorized to provide on-call operations for transporting passengers in the

6-24 area, the common motor carriers of passengers do not wish to provide, or

6-25 are not capable of providing, those operations.

6-26 3. As used in this section:

6-27 (a) "Common motor carrier of passengers" has the meaning ascribed to

6-28 it in NRS 706.041.

6-29 (b) "On-call public transit system" means a system established to

6-30 transport passengers only upon the request of a person who needs