SB442

Senate Bill No. 442–Senators Rhoads, Neal, Jacobsen, Care, Townsend, James, Amodei, Carlton, Coffin, Mathews, McGinness, Raggio, Rawson, Schneider, Shaffer, Titus
and Washington

March 15, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Transportation

SUMMARY—Revises penalty for exceeding posted speed limit in certain circumstances. (BDR 43-1070)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: Yes.

Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: Yes.

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 traffic laws; revising the penalty for exceeding the posted speed limit in certain circumstances; 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 484.3685 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 484.3685 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a person

1-3 driving a motor vehicle [~~during the hours of daylight]~~ at a speed in excess

1-4 of the speed limit posted by a public authority for the portion of highway

1-5 being traversed shall be punished by a fine of $25 if:

1-6 (a) The posted speed limit is 60 miles per hour and the person is not

1-7 exceeding a speed of 70 miles per hour.

1-8 (b) The posted speed limit is 65 miles per hour and the person is not

1-9 exceeding a speed of 75 miles per hour.

1-10 (c) The posted speed limit is 70 miles per hour and the person is not

1-11 exceeding a speed of 75 miles per hour.

1-12 2. A violation of the speed limit under any of the circumstances set

1-13 forth in subsection 1 must not be recorded by the department on a driver’s

1-14 record and shall not be deemed a moving traffic violation.

1-15 3. The provisions of this section do not apply to a violation specified in

1-16 subsection 1 that occurs in a county whose population is 100,000 or more

1-17 [.] if the portion of highway being traversed is in:

2-1 (a) An urban area; or

2-2 (b) An area which is adjacent to an urban area and which has been

2-3 designated by the public authority that established the posted speed limit

2-4 for the portion of highway being traversed as an area that requires strict

2-5 observance of the posted speed limit to protect public health and safety.

2-6 Sec. 2. The amendatory provisions of this act do not apply to offenses

2-7 committed before July 1, 1999.

2-8 Sec. 3. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1999.