requires two-thirds majority vote (§§ 4, 7, 8, 19)                                    

                                                                                                  

 

Assembly Bill No. 540–Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

March 21, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

SUMMARY—Provides for identification, registration, regulation, taxation and other treatment of recreational park trailers as recreational vehicles. (BDR 43‑799)

 

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 recreational park trailers; providing for their identification, registration, regulation, taxation and other treatment as recreational vehicles; providing for the issuance of permits for the movement of oversized recreational park trailers; 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    “Recreational park trailer” means a vehicle which is primarily

1-4  designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping

1-5  or seasonal use and which:

1-6    1.  Is built on a single chassis mounted on wheels;

1-7    2.  Has a gross trailer area not exceeding 400 square feet in the set-

1-8  up mode; and

1-9    3.  Is certified by the manufacturer as complying with Standard No.

1-10  A119.5 of the American National Standards Institute.

1-11    Sec. 2.  NRS 482.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-12    482.010  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,

1-13  the words and terms defined in NRS 482.011 to 482.137, inclusive, and

1-14  section 1 of this act have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

1-15    Sec. 3.  NRS 482.067 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-16    482.067  “Mobile home” means a vehicular structure, built on a chassis

1-17  or frame, which is designed to be used with or without a permanent

1-18  foundation and is capable of being drawn by a motor vehicle. It may be

1-19  used as a dwelling when connected to utilities or may be used permanently

1-20  or temporarily for the advertising, sales, display or promotion of

2-1  merchandise or services. The term does not include a recreational park

2-2  trailer.

2-3    Sec. 4.  NRS 482.101 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-4    482.101  “Recreational vehicle” means a vehicular-type unit primarily

2-5  designed as temporary living quarters for travel, recreational or camping

2-6  use, which may be self-propelled, mounted upon, or drawn by, a motor

2-7  vehicle. The term includes a recreational park trailer.

2-8    Sec. 5.  Chapter 484 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

2-9  new section to read as follows:

2-10    “Recreational park trailer” has the meaning ascribed to it in section 1

2-11  of this act.

2-12    Sec. 6.  NRS 484.013 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-13    484.013  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,

2-14  the words and terms defined in NRS 484.014 to 484.217, inclusive, and

2-15  section 5 of this act have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

2-16    Sec. 7.  NRS 484.762 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-17    484.762  1.  The department of transportation may, upon application

2-18  in writing, if good cause appears, issue a special or multiple trip-limited

2-19  time permit in writing authorizing the applicant to move a recreational

2-20  park trailer, a manufactured or mobile home, or any other similar type of

2-21  vehicle or structure, in excess of the maximum width, but not exceeding,

2-22  except as otherwise provided in NRS 484.7625, 120 inches exclusive of

2-23  appendages which must not extend beyond 3 inches on either side. The

2-24  department of transportation may establish seasonal or other limitations on

2-25  the time within which the trailer, home, vehicle or structure may be moved

2-26  on the highways indicated, and may require an undertaking or other

2-27  security as may be considered necessary to protect the highways and

2-28  bridges from injury or to provide indemnity for any injury resulting from

2-29  the operation. Permits for the movement of trailers, homes, vehicles or

2-30  structures as provided for in this section may be issued only to licensed

2-31  manufacturers, dealers, owners and transporters and may be issued only

2-32  under the following conditions:

2-33    (a) The power unit used to tow an overwidth trailer, home, vehicle or

2-34  structure having a gross weight of 18,000 pounds or less must be a three-

2-35  quarter-ton truck or tractor, or a truck or tractor of greater power equipped

2-36  with dual wheels.

2-37    (b) The power unit used to tow an overwidth trailer, home, vehicle or

2-38  structure having a gross weight in excess of 18,000 pounds must be a one-

2-39  and-one-half-ton, or larger, truck or tractor equipped with dual wheels.

2-40    (c) The recreational park trailer or mobile home for which the permit

2-41  is issued must comply with the provisions of NRS 484.745 relating to

2-42  maximum weight on axles.

2-43    (d) The insurer must furnish evidence of insurance verifying coverage

2-44  of the overwidth trailer, home, vehicle or structure in the amount of

2-45  $100,000 because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one

2-46  accident, in the amount of $300,000 because of bodily injury to or death of

2-47  two or more persons in any one accident and in the amount of $50,000

2-48  because of injury to or destruction of property of others in any one

2-49  accident.

3-1    2.  A permit which has been issued for the movement of a recreational

3-2  park trailer, a manufactured or mobile home, or a similar type of vehicle

3-3  or structure, is not valid between sunset and sunrise. The director of the

3-4  department of transportation may establish additional reasonable

3-5  regulations, consistent with this section, including regulations concerning

3-6  the movement of such a trailer, home, vehicle or structure on a Saturday,

3-7  Sunday or a legal holiday, as he considers necessary in the interest of

3-8  public safety.

3-9    Sec. 8.  NRS 484.7625 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-10    484.7625  1.  The department of transportation may, upon application

3-11  in writing, if good cause appears, issue a special or multiple trip-limited

3-12  time permit in writing authorizing the applicant to move a recreational

3-13  park trailer, a manufactured or mobile home, or any other similar type of

3-14  vehicle or structure, in excess of 120 inches in width but not exceeding 192

3-15  inches in width, including any appendages and roof eaves.

3-16    2.  The movement of a recreational park trailer, a manufactured or

3-17  mobile home, or a similar type of vehicle or structure, pursuant to

3-18  subsection 1 is, in addition to the conditions and requirements of NRS

3-19  484.762, subject to the following requirements and conditions:

3-20    (a) “Wide-load” signs and red flags must be on the front of the towing

3-21  vehicle and on the rear of the trailer, home, vehicle or structure.

3-22    (b) The towing vehicle must be a one-and-one-half-ton or larger truck

3-23  or tractor equipped with dual wheels.

3-24    (c) The applicant must present evidence satisfactory to the department

3-25  that he is financially responsible and that he has complied or is able to

3-26  comply with the equipment requirements.

3-27    (d) As an additional warning to approaching traffic, the towing vehicle

3-28  must be operated with the headlights turned on low beam.

3-29    (e) The driver of the towing vehicle shall do everything possible to

3-30  prevent the congestion or slowing down of traffic in either direction

3-31  because of the overwidth trailer, home, vehicle or structure and shall, if

3-32  necessary to maintain the normal flow of traffic, drive the towing vehicle

3-33  and the trailer, home, vehicle or structure off the pavement where safe to

3-34  do so, in order that traffic may pass.

3-35    (f) When two or more trailers, homes, vehicles or structures in excess

3-36  of 120 inches in width are moved over the same highway in the same

3-37  direction, the drivers of the towing vehicles shall maintain a distance of at

3-38  least 1,000 feet between vehicles.

3-39    3.  The department of transportation shall:

3-40    (a) Designate the highways over which recreational park trailers,

3-41  manufactured or mobile homes, or other similar types of vehicles or

3-42  structures, in excess of 120 inches in width may be moved, and may

3-43  require a pilot car to precede or follow the load.

3-44    (b) Prescribe, by regulation, standards for moving trailers, homes,

3-45  vehicles or structures, in excess of 120 inches in width, including the times

3-46  and days when such moving is permitted, and additional safety precautions

3-47  to be taken.

3-48    4.  The regulations adopted pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 3

3-49  may establish different standards that are applicable only to the moving of

4-1  a recreational park trailer, a manufactured or mobile home, or other

4-2  similar types of vehicle or structure, that is in excess of 168 inches,

4-3  excluding any appendages and roof eaves, but does not exceed 192 inches

4-4  in width, including any appendages and roof eaves.

4-5    Sec. 9.  NRS 487.001 is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-6    487.001  1.  The provisions of this chapter, except NRS 487.035 and

4-7  487.290, apply to mobile homes although not licensed or registered.

4-8    2.  As used in this section, “mobile home” means a vehicular structure,

4-9  built on a chassis or frame, which is designed to be used with or without a

4-10  permanent foundation and is capable of being drawn by a motor vehicle.

4-11  The term does not include a recreational park trailer as defined in

4-12  section 1 of this act.

4-13    Sec. 10.  Chapter 489 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

4-14  new section to read as follows:

4-15    “Recreational park trailer” has the meaning ascribed to it in section 1

4-16  of this act.

4-17    Sec. 11.  NRS 489.031 is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-18    489.031  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,

4-19  the words and terms defined in NRS 489.036 to 489.155, inclusive, and

4-20  section 10 of this act, have the meanings ascribed to them in those

4-21  sections.

4-22    Sec. 12.  NRS 489.062 is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-23    489.062  “Commercial coach” means a structure without motive power

4-24  which is designed and equipped for human occupancy for industrial,

4-25  professional or commercial purposes. The term does not include a

4-26  recreational park trailer.

4-27    Sec. 13.  NRS 489.113 is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-28    489.113  1.  “Manufactured home” means a structure which is:

4-29    (a) Built on a permanent chassis;

4-30    (b) Designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation as a

4-31  dwelling when connected to utilities;

4-32    (c) Transportable in one or more sections; and

4-33    (d) Eight feet or more in body width or 40 feet or more in body length

4-34  when transported, or, when erected on site, contains 320 square feet or

4-35  more.

4-36    2.  The term includes:

4-37    (a) The plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems of the

4-38  structure.

4-39    (b) Any structure:

4-40      (1) Which meets the requirements of paragraphs (a) to (c), inclusive,

4-41  of subsection 1, and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily

4-42  files a certification required by the Secretary of Housing and Urban

4-43  Development and complies with the standards established under the

4-44  National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of

4-45  1974 , [(]42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 et seq. ; [);] or

4-46      (2) Built in compliance with the requirements of chapter 461 of NRS.

4-47    3.  The term does not include a recreational park trailer.

 

 

5-1    Sec. 14.  NRS 489.120 is hereby amended to read as follows:

5-2    489.120  1.  “Mobile home” means a structure which is:

5-3    [1.] (a) Built on a permanent chassis;

5-4    [2.] (b) Designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation as

5-5  a dwelling when connected to utilities; and

5-6    [3.] (c) Transportable in one or more sections.

5-7    2.  The term includes the design of the body and frame and the

5-8  plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems of the mobile

5-9  home. [“Mobile home”]

5-10    3.  The term does not include a recreational park trailer, travel trailer,

5-11  commercial coach[,] or manufactured home or any structure built in

5-12  compliance with the requirements of chapter 461 of NRS.

5-13    Sec. 15.  NRS 489.150 is hereby amended to read as follows:

5-14    489.150  1.  “Travel trailer” means a portable structure mounted on

5-15  wheels, consisting of a vehicular chassis primarily designed as temporary

5-16  living quarters for recreational, camping or travel use and designed to be

5-17  drawn by another vehicle, and designated by the manufacturer as a travel

5-18  trailer. The term does not include a recreational park trailer.

5-19    2.  A vehicle is not a travel trailer if, when equipped for highway use, it

5-20  is more than 8 feet wide.

5-21    Sec. 16.  NRS 40.215 is hereby amended to read as follows:

5-22    40.215  As used in NRS 40.215 to 40.425, inclusive, unless the context

5-23  requires otherwise:

5-24    1.  “Mobile home” means every vehicle, including equipment, which is

5-25  constructed, reconstructed or added to in such a way as to have an enclosed

5-26  room or addition occupied by one or more persons as a dwelling or

5-27  sleeping place and which has no foundation other than wheels, jacks,

5-28  skirting or other temporary support.

5-29    2.  “Mobile home lot” means a portion of land within a mobile home

5-30  park which is rented or held out for rent to accommodate a mobile home.

5-31    3.  “Mobile home park” or “park” means an area or tract of land where

5-32  two or more mobile homes or mobile home lots are rented or held out for

5-33  rent. “Mobile home park” or “park” does not include those areas or tracts

5-34  of land, whether within or outside of a park, where the lots are held out for

5-35  rent on a nightly basis.

5-36    4.  “Premises” includes a mobile home.

5-37    5.  “Recreational vehicle” means a vehicular structure primarily

5-38  designed as temporary living quarters for travel, recreational or camping

5-39  use, which may be self-propelled or mounted upon or drawn by a motor

5-40  vehicle. The term includes a recreational park trailer as defined in

5-41  section 1 of this act.

5-42    6.  “Recreational vehicle lot” means a portion of land within a

5-43  recreational vehicle park, or a portion of land so designated within a

5-44  mobile home park, which is rented or held out for rent to accommodate a

5-45  recreational vehicle overnight or for less than 3 months.

5-46    7.  “Recreational vehicle park” means an area or tract of land where

5-47  lots are rented or held out for rent to accommodate a recreational vehicle

5-48  overnight or for less than 3 months.

 

6-1    Sec. 17.  NRS 118B.018 is hereby amended to read as follows:

6-2    118B.018  “Recreational vehicle” means a vehicular structure primarily

6-3  designed as temporary living quarters for travel, recreational or camping

6-4  use, which may be self-propelled or mounted upon or drawn by a motor

6-5  vehicle. The term includes a recreational park trailer as defined in

6-6  section 1 of this act.

6-7    Sec. 18.  NRS 361.029 is hereby amended to read as follows:

6-8    361.029  “Mobile home” means a vehicular structure, built on a chassis

6-9  or frame, which is designed to be used with or without a permanent

6-10  foundation and is capable of being drawn by a motor vehicle. It may be

6-11  used as a dwelling when connected to utilities or may be used permanently

6-12  or temporarily for the advertising, sales, display or promotion of

6-13  merchandise or services. The term does not include a recreational park

6-14  trailer as defined in section 1 of this act.

6-15    Sec. 19.  NRS 361.561 is hereby amended to read as follows:

6-16    361.561  Those units identified as “chassis-mount camper,” “mini

6-17  motor home,” “motor home,” “recreational park trailer,” “travel trailer,”

6-18  “utility trailer” and “van conversion,” in chapter 482 of NRS and any other

6-19  vehicle required to be registered with the department of motor vehicles and

6-20  public safety are subject to the personal property tax unless registered and

6-21  taxed pursuant to chapter 371 of NRS. Such unregistered units and vehicles

6-22  must be taxed in the manner provided in NRS 361.562 to 361.5644,

6-23  inclusive.

6-24    Sec. 20.  Chapter 461 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

6-25  new section to read as follows:

6-26    “Recreational park trailer” has the meaning ascribed to it in section 1

6-27  of this act.

6-28    Sec. 21.  NRS 461.040 is hereby amended to read as follows:

6-29    461.040  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,

6-30  the words and terms defined in NRS 461.050 to 461.160, inclusive, and

6-31  section 20 of this act have the meanings ascribed to them in such sections.

6-32    Sec. 22.  NRS 461.080 is hereby amended to read as follows:

6-33    461.080  “Factory-built housing” means a residential building,

6-34  dwelling unit or habitable room thereof which is either wholly

6-35  manufactured or is in substantial part manufactured at an offsite location to

6-36  be wholly or partially assembled on site in accordance with regulations

6-37  adopted by the division pursuant to NRS 461.170 , but does not include a

6-38  mobile home[.] or recreational park trailer.

6-39    Sec. 23.  NRS 461.132 is hereby amended to read as follows:

6-40    461.132  “Manufactured building” includes any modular building or

6-41  any building constructed using one or more modular components[.] , but

6-42  does not include a recreational park trailer.

6-43    Sec. 24.  NRS 461.143 is hereby amended to read as follows:

6-44    461.143  “Modular building” means an office, apartment, school, motel

6-45  or other building, whether it is a total building or a room, which is either

6-46  wholly manufactured or is in substantial part manufactured at an offsite

6-47  location to be wholly or partially assembled on site in accordance with

6-48  regulations adopted by the division pursuant to NRS 461.170, but does not

6-49  include a mobile home[.] or recreational park trailer.

 

 

7-1    Sec. 25.  Chapter 461A of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

7-2  new section to read as follows:

7-3    “Recreational vehicle” includes, without limitation, a recreational

7-4  park trailer as defined in section 1 of this act.

7-5    Sec. 26.  NRS 461A.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:

7-6    461A.010  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise

7-7  requires, the terms defined in NRS 461A.020 to 461A.060, inclusive, and

7-8  section 25 of this act have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

 

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