Senate Bill No. 202–Committee on Transportation

(On Behalf of Department of Motor Vehicles
and Public Safety)

February 16, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Transportation

 

SUMMARY—Makes various changes concerning taxes, fees and assessments owed to department of motor vehicles and public safety. (BDR 43-653)

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 motor vehicles; authorizing the department of motor vehicles and public safety to file a certificate of delinquency on taxes, fees and assessments owed to the department; deleting an exemption provided for certain special fuel users from the requirement of obtaining a special fuel user’s license; providing that certain refunds owed to licensed special fuel users be credited against any debt owing to the department by such users; 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. Chapter 481 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto

1-2 the provisions set forth as sections 2 and 3 of this act.

1-3 Sec. 2. 1. If any tax, fee or assessment administered by the

1-4 department is not paid when due, the department may, within 3 years

1-5 after the date that the tax, fee or assessment was due, file for record a

1-6 certificate in the office of any county recorder which states:

1-7 (a) The amount of the tax, fee or assessment and any interest or

1-8 penalties due;

1-9 (b) The name and address of the person who is liable for the amount

1-10 due as they appear on the records of the department; and

1-11 (c) That the department has complied with all procedures required by

1-12 law for determining the amount due.

2-1 2. From the time of the filing of the certificate, the amount due,

2-2 including interest and penalties, constitutes a lien upon all real and

2-3 personal property in the county owned by the person or acquired by him

2-4 afterwards and before the lien expires. The lien has the effect and

2-5 priority of a judgment lien and continues for 5 years after the time of the

2-6 filing of the certificate unless sooner released or otherwise discharged.

2-7 3. Within 5 years after the date of the filing of the certificate or

2-8 within 5 years after the date of the last extension of the lien pursuant to

2-9 this subsection, as appropriate, the lien may be extended by filing for

2-10 record a new certificate in the office of the county recorder of any

2-11 county. From the time of filing, the lien is extended to all real and

2-12 personal property in the county owned by the person or acquired by him

2-13 afterwards for 5 years, unless sooner released or otherwise discharged.

2-14 Sec. 3. 1. The department may release all or any portion of the

2-15 property subject to a lien imposed by the department pursuant to section

2-16 2 of this act or subordinate the lien to other liens and encumbrances if

2-17 the department determines that the amount, interest and penalties are

2-18 secured sufficiently by a lien on other property or that the release or

2-19 subordination of the lien will not jeopardize the collection of the amount,

2-20 interest and penalties.

2-21 2. A certificate issued by the department stating that property has

2-22 been released from a lien, or that a lien has been subordinated to other

2-23 liens and encumbrances, is conclusive evidence that the property has

2-24 been released, or that the lien has been subordinated.

2-25 Sec. 4. NRS 366.221 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-26 366.221 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, [no] a

2-27 special fuel user’s license [may be] is not required of the following classes

2-28 of special fuel users:

2-29 (a) Operators of motor vehicles who make occasional trips into this state

2-30 for service or repair.

2-31 (b) Operators of house coaches as defined in NRS 484.067.

2-32 (c) Operators of motor vehicles having a declared gross weight of

2-33 26,000 pounds or less.

2-34 (d) Operators of unladen motor vehicles purchased in this state for the

2-35 trip from the point of delivery to the state boundary.

2-36 (e) Operators of motor vehicles who make occasional trips into or across

2-37 this state for nonprofit or eleemosynary purposes.

2-38 [(f) Operators of motor vehicles used in the production of motion

2-39 pictures, including films to be shown in theaters and on television,

2-40 industrial, training and educational films, commercials for television and

2-41 video discs and tapes.

3-1 (g) Private motor carriers of property which is used for any convention,

3-2 show, exhibition, sporting event, carnival, circus or organized recreational

3-3 activity.

3-4 (h) A private motor carrier of property which is used to attend livestock

3-5 shows or sales.]

3-6 2. A person otherwise exempt pursuant to subsection 1 who does not

3-7 purchase special fuel in this state in an amount commensurate with his

3-8 consumption of special fuel in the propulsion of motor vehicles on the

3-9 highways of this state shall secure a special fuel user’s license.

3-10 3. As used in this section, "private motor carrier of property" has the

3-11 meaning ascribed to it in NRS 706.111.

3-12 Sec. 5. NRS 366.650 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-13 366.650 1. If illegally or through error the department collects or

3-14 receives any excise tax, penalty or interest imposed pursuant to this chapter,

3-15 the excise tax, penalty or interest must be refunded to the person who paid

3-16 the tax, penalty or interest. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 360.235,

3-17 a written application for a refund, stating the specific grounds therefor,

3-18 must be made within 36 months after the date of payment, whether or not

3-19 the excise tax, penalty or interest was paid voluntarily or under protest.

3-20 2. Refunds must be made to a successor, assignee, estate or heir of the

3-21 person if written application is made within the time limit.

3-22 3. Any amount determined to be refundable by the department must be

3-23 refunded or credited to any amounts then due from the special fuel supplier

3-24 or special fuel dealer.

3-25 4. All amounts refunded pursuant to the provisions of this chapter must

3-26 be paid from the state highway fund on claims presented by the department,

3-27 approved by the state board of examiners, and allowed and paid as other

3-28 claims against the state are allowed and paid.

3-29 5. [Licensed] A licensed special fuel [users] user operating interstate

3-30 or off road, or both, who can prove to the satisfaction of the department

3-31 that [their] his special fuel purchases in Nevada exceed [their] his use of

3-32 the special fuel over the highways of this state for a certain quarter must

3-33 apply credit to any excise taxes, penalties or interest required by this

3-34 chapter or fees, taxes, penalties or interest applicable pursuant to chapter

3-35 371, 482 or 706 of NRS and any balance may be refunded or credited to

3-36 succeeding reports.

3-37 6. A person who wishes to apply for a refund of the tax on special fuel

3-38 paid by him pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 366.207 must:

3-39 (a) Submit an application for the refund on a form prescribed by the

3-40 department; and

4-1 (b) Establish to the satisfaction of the department that within a period of

4-2 6 months he purchased not less than 200 gallons of special fuel in this state

4-3 which was used for a purpose that is exempt from the tax on special fuel

4-4 pursuant to NRS 366.200.

4-5 The department shall refund to an applicant who complies with the

4-6 provisions of this subsection a refund in an amount equal to the tax paid by

4-7 that person when he purchased the special fuel.

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