Assembly Bill No. 242–Assemblymen Marvel and Chowning

 

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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; providing that an instructor for a school for training drivers who provides instruction solely to applicants for commercial drivers’ licenses 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:

 

   Section 1.  NRS 483.730 is hereby amended to read as follows:

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

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

 satisfied that the applicant has met the qualifications required by NRS

 483.700 to 483.780, inclusive, and section 11 of Senate Bill No. 523 of

 this [act.] session.

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

 canceled, suspended or revoked by the department and, except as

 otherwise provided in subsection 3, may be renewed subject to the same

 conditions as the original license, except that an operator of or instructor

 for a school for training drivers is not required to comply with the

 provisions of section 11 of Senate Bill No. 523 of this [act] session for the

 renewal of his license.

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

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

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

 evidence satisfactory to the department that, during the period of the

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

 attending:

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

 by the department; or

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

 education for credit for continuing education.

   4.  In determining whether an instructor has complied with the

 provisions of subsection 3, the department shall award one credit of

 continuing education for the completion of each 15 hours of:

   (a) Classroom instruction in a course specified in paragraph (a) of

 subsection 3; or

   (b) Attendance at a conference specified in paragraph (b) of

subsection 3.

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

 provides instruction solely to applicants for commercial drivers’ licenses.

   Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective:

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

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

 provisions of section 1 of this act; and

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

 

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