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                                            (REPRINTED WITH ADOPTED AMENDMENTS)

 

Assembly Bill No. 460–Assemblyman Parks

 

March 19, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Transportation

 

SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing remittance of fees collected by short-term lessors of passenger cars to department of taxation. (BDR 43‑589)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: No.

                                    Effect on the State: Yes.

 

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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; revising provisions governing the remittance of fees by short-term lessors of passenger cars to the department of taxation; 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 482.313 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2    482.313  1.  Upon the lease of a passenger car by a short-term lessor

1-3  in this state, the short-term lessor shall charge and collect from the short-

1-4  term lessee a fee of 6 percent of the total amount for which the passenger

1-5  car was leased, excluding any taxes or other fees imposed by a

1-6  governmental entity. The amount of the fee must be indicated in the lease

1-7  agreement.

1-8    2.  On or before [January 31 of each year,] the last day of the month

1-9  following each calendar quarter, the short-term lessor shall:

1-10    (a) File with the department of taxation and the department of motor

1-11  vehicles and public safety, on a form prescribed by the department of

1-12  taxation, a report indicating the total amount of:

1-13      (1) Fees collected by the short-term lessor during the immediately

1-14  preceding [year] calendar quarter pursuant to this section; and

1-15      (2) Vehicle licensing fees and taxes paid by the short-term lessor

1-16  during the immediately preceding [year] calendar quarter pursuant to this

1-17  chapter.

1-18    (b) Remit to the department of taxation [:

1-19      (1) One-third] one-third of the fees collected by the short-term lessor

1-20  during the immediately preceding [year] calendar quarter pursuant to this

1-21  section . [; and

1-22      (2) Of the remainder of those fees, any amount]

2-1    3. On or before January 31 of each year, the short-term lessor shall

2-2  remit to the department of taxation the amount of the remainder of the

2-3  fees collected by the short-term lessor during the immediately preceding

2-4  year pursuant to this section that is in excess of the total amount of

2-5  vehicle licensing fees and taxes paid by the short-term lessor during the

2-6  immediately preceding year pursuant to this chapter.

2-7    [3.] 4.  The department of taxation shall deposit all money received

2-8  from short-term lessors pursuant to the provisions of this section with the

2-9  state treasurer for credit to the state general fund.

2-10    [4.] 5.  To ensure compliance with this section, the department of

2-11  taxation may audit the records of a short-term lessor.

2-12    [5.] 6.  The provisions of this section do not limit or affect the payment

2-13  of any taxes or fees imposed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

2-14    [6.] 7.  The department of motor vehicles and public safety shall, upon

2-15  request, provide to the department of taxation any information in its

2-16  records relating to a short-term lessor that the department of taxation

2-17  considers necessary to collect the fee required by this section.

2-18    [7.] 8.  As used in this section, “vehicle licensing fees and taxes”

2-19  means:

2-20    (a) The fees paid by a short-term lessor for the registration of, and the

2-21  issuance of certificates of title for, the passenger cars leased by him; and

2-22    (b) The basic and supplemental governmental services taxes paid by the

2-23  short-term lessor with regard to those passenger cars.

2-24    Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on January 1, 2002.

 

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