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                                            (REPRINTED WITH ADOPTED AMENDMENTS)

 

Assembly Bill No. 474–Assemblymen Nolan, Gibbons, McClain, Beers, Manendo, Berman, Brown, Cegavske, Claborn, Collins, Giunchigliani, Hettrick, Koivisto, Mortenson, Parks, Smith and Tiffany

 

March 19, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Transportation

 

SUMMARY—Revises provisions concerning enforcement of registration of motor vehicle by new resident of this state. (BDR 43‑1201)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                             Effect on the State: Contains Appropriation not included in Executive Budget.

 

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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 the director of the department of motor vehicles and public safety to establish a toll-free telephone number for the reporting of certain violations relating to the registration of a vehicle; requiring the department to notify the appropriate local law enforcement agency of violations; making an appropriation; 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 482 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

1-2  new section to read as follows:

1-3    The director shall:

1-4    1.  Establish and maintain a toll-free telephone number for persons

1-5  to report to the department information concerning alleged violations of

1-6  subsection 3 of NRS 482.385.

1-7    2.  Establish procedures pursuant to which employees of the

1-8  department will receive information reported pursuant to subsection 1

1-9  and, based upon the information so received, determine the appropriate

1-10  action to be taken in response to the information.

1-11  Sec. 2.  NRS 482.385 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-12  482.385  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 and NRS

1-13  482.390, a nonresident owner of a vehicle of a type subject to registration

1-14  pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, owning any vehicle which has

1-15  been registered for the current year in the state, country or other place of

1-16  which the owner is a resident and which at all times when operated in this

1-17  state has displayed upon it the registration license plate issued for the

2-1  vehicle in the place of residence of the owner, may operate or permit the

2-2  operation of the vehicle within this state without its registration in this state

2-3  pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and without the payment of any

2-4  registration fees to this state.

2-5    2.  This section does not:

2-6    (a) Prohibit the use of manufacturers’, distributors’ or dealers’ license

2-7  plates issued by any state or country by any nonresident in the operation of

2-8  any vehicle on the public highways of this state.

2-9    (b) Require registration of vehicles of a type subject to registration

2-10  pursuant to the provisions of this chapter operated by nonresident common

2-11  motor carriers of persons or property, contract motor carriers of persons or

2-12  property, or private motor carriers of property as stated in NRS 482.390.

2-13  (c) Require registration of a vehicle operated by a border state

2-14  employee.

2-15  3.  When a person, formerly a nonresident, becomes a resident of this

2-16  state, he shall:

2-17  (a) Within 30 days after becoming a resident; or

2-18  (b) At the time he obtains his driver’s license,

2-19  whichever occurs earlier, apply for the registration of any vehicle which he

2-20  owns and which is operated in this state. If a person fails to register a

2-21  vehicle within 10 days after the last day allowed for timely registration

2-22  pursuant to this subsection, the department shall notify the appropriate

2-23  local law enforcement agency that the person is in violation of this

2-24  subsection.

2-25  4.  Any resident operating a motor vehicle upon a highway of this state

2-26  which is owned by a nonresident and which is furnished to the resident

2-27  operator for his continuous use within this state, shall cause that vehicle to

2-28  be registered within 30 days after beginning its operation within this state.

2-29  5.  A person registering a vehicle pursuant to the provisions of

2-30  subsection 3, 4 or 6 [of this section] or pursuant to NRS 482.390 must be

2-31  assessed the registration fees and governmental services tax, as required by

2-32  the provisions of this chapter and chapter 371 of NRS. He must not be

2-33  allowed credit on those taxes and fees for the unused months of his

2-34  previous registration.

2-35  6.  If a vehicle is used in this state for a gainful purpose, the owner

2-36  shall immediately apply to the department for registration, except as

2-37  otherwise provided in NRS 482.390, 482.395 and 706.801 to 706.861,

2-38  inclusive.

2-39  7.  An owner registering a vehicle pursuant to the provisions of this

2-40  section shall surrender the existing nonresident license plates and

2-41  registration certificates to the department for cancellation.

2-42  8.  A vehicle may be cited for a violation of this section regardless of

2-43  whether it is in operation or is parked on a highway, in a public parking lot

2-44  or on private property which is open to the public if, after communicating

2-45  with the owner or operator of the vehicle, the peace officer issuing the

2-46  citation determines that:

2-47  (a) The owner of the vehicle is a resident of this state; or

2-48  (b) The vehicle is used in this state for a gainful purpose.

3-1    Sec. 3.  1.  There is hereby appropriated from the state highway fund

3-2  to the department of motor vehicles and public safety the sum of $109,000

3-3  for the purchase of equipment to establish and maintain the toll-free

3-4  telephone number pursuant to section 1 of this act and for the costs related

3-5  to a multimedia advertising campaign to inform the public about the toll-

3-6  free telephone number and its purpose.

3-7    2.  Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

3-8  must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2003, and reverts to

3-9  the state highway fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

3-10  been made.

3-11  Sec. 4.  1.  This section and sections 1 and 3 of this act become

3-12  effective on July 1, 2001.

3-13  2.  Section 2 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on

3-14  July 1, 2001.

 

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