Assembly Bill No. 242–Assemblymen Marvel and Chowning

 

February 26, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Transportation

 

SUMMARY—Revises requirements for licenses for certain instructors for schools for training drivers. (BDR 43‑1173)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: No.

                                    Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; requiring an instructor for a school for training drivers who provides instruction solely to applicants for commercial drivers’ licenses to have a high school diploma or its equivalent or to complete certain experience; providing that such an instructor is not required to complete requirements for continuing education; 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 483.720 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2    483.720  1.  An applicant for a license as an instructor for a school for

1-3  training drivers must:

1-4    [1.] (a) Be of good moral character;

1-5    [2.] (b) Pass such examination as the department may require on traffic

1-6  laws, safe driving practices and the operation of motor vehicles;

1-7    [3.] (c) Be physically able to operate a motor vehicle safely and train

1-8  others in the operation of motor vehicles;

1-9    [4.] (d) Hold a valid Nevada driver’s license;

1-10    [5.] (e) Be 21 years of age or older; and

1-11    [6.] (f) Hold a valid driving instructor’s certificate issued by the state

1-12  department of education in accordance with regulations prescribed by the

1-13  state board of education governing the qualifications of instructors in

1-14  privately owned schools for training drivers.

1-15    2.  In addition to the requirements set forth in subsection 1, an

1-16  instructor who provides instruction solely to applicants for commercial

1-17  drivers’ licenses must have:

1-18    (a) A high school diploma or its equivalent; or

1-19    (b) At least 5 years of experience in operating a commercial motor

1-20  vehicle.

 

2-1    Sec. 2.  NRS 483.730 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-2    483.730  1.  The department shall issue a license to operate a school

2-3  for training drivers or to act as an instructor for such a school, if it is

2-4  satisfied that the applicant has met the qualifications required by NRS

2-5  483.700 to 483.780, inclusive.

2-6    2.  The license is valid for 5 years after the date of issuance, unless

2-7  canceled, suspended or revoked by the department and, except as otherwise

2-8  provided in subsection 3, may be renewed subject to the same conditions as

2-9  the original license.

2-10    3.  [The] Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, the department

2-11  may renew the license of an instructor of a school for training drivers if,

2-12  when he submits his application for the renewal of his license, he provides

2-13  evidence satisfactory to the department that, during the period of the

2-14  license, he completed at least six credits of continuing education by

2-15  attending:

2-16    (a) A course of instruction relating to the training of drivers approved

2-17  by the department; or

2-18    (b) A state or national conference approved by the department of

2-19  education for credit for continuing education.

2-20    4.  In determining whether an instructor has complied with the

2-21  provisions of subsection 3, the department shall award one credit of

2-22  continuing education for the completion of each 15 hours of:

2-23    (a) Classroom instruction in a course specified in paragraph (a) of

2-24  subsection 3; or

2-25    (b) Attendance at a conference specified in paragraph (b) of
subsection 3.

2-26    5.  The provisions of subsection 3 do not apply to an instructor who

2-27  provides instruction solely to applicants for commercial drivers’ licenses.

2-28    Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective:

2-29    1.  Upon passage and approval for the purpose of revising regulations

2-30  by the department of motor vehicles and public safety to comply with the

2-31  provisions of this act; and

2-32    2.  On July 1, 2001, for all other purposes.

 

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