Assembly Bill No. 540–Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

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AN ACT relating to vehicles; providing for the identification, registration, regulation, taxation and other treatment of recreational park trailers as recreational vehicles; revising certain statutory definitions of “motor home” and “travel trailer;” 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. Chapter 482 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

 new section to read as follows:

   “Recreational park trailer” means a vehicle which is primarily

 designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping

 or seasonal use and which:

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

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

-up mode; and

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

 A119.5 of the American National Standards Institute.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 or temporarily for the advertising, sales, display or promotion of

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

 trailer.

   Sec. 3.5.  NRS 482.071 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   482.071  “Motor home” means a structure:

   1.  Attached permanently to a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis;

   2.  Designed as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational or

 camping use; and

   3.  When assembled for the road, [having] has a maximum body width

 of [8 feet.] 102 inches.

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

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

 designed as temporary living quarters for travel, recreational or camping

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

 vehicle. The term includes a recreational park trailer.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 section 1 of this act.

   Sec. 6.  Chapter 489 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

 new section to read as follows:

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

 of this act.

   Sec. 7.  NRS 489.031 is hereby amended to read as follows:

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

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

 section 6 of this act, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

   Sec. 8.  NRS 489.062 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   489.062  “Commercial coach” means a structure without motive power

 which is designed and equipped for human occupancy for industrial,

 professional or commercial purposes. The term does not include a

 recreational park trailer.

   Sec. 9.  NRS 489.113 is hereby amended to read as follows:

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

   (a) Built on a permanent chassis;

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

 dwelling when connected to utilities;

   (c) Transportable in one or more sections; and

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

 when transported, or, when erected on site, contains 320 square feet or

 more.

   2.  The term includes:

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

 structure.

   (b) Any structure:

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

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

 files a certification required by the Secretary of Housing and Urban

 Development and complies with the standards established under the

 National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of

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

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

   3.  The term does not include a recreational park trailer.

   Sec. 10.  NRS 489.120 is hereby amended to read as follows:

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

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

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

 a dwelling when connected to utilities; and

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

   2.  The term includes the design of the body and frame and the

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

 home. [“Mobile home”]

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

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

 compliance with the requirements of chapter 461 of NRS.

   Sec. 11.  NRS 489.150 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   489.150  [1.] “Travel trailer” means a portable structure mounted on

 wheels, consisting of a vehicular chassis primarily designed as temporary

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

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

 trailer.

   [2.  A vehicle is not a travel trailer if, when equipped for highway use,

 it is more than 8 feet wide.] The term does not include a recreational

 park trailer.

   Secs. 12 and 13.  (Deleted by amendment.)

   Sec. 14.  NRS 361.029 is hereby amended to read as follows:

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

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

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

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

 or temporarily for the advertising, sales, display or promotion of

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

 trailer as defined in section 1 of this act.

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

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

 motor home,” “motor home,” “recreational park trailer,” “travel trailer,”

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

 vehicle required to be registered with the department of motor vehicles

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

 and taxed pursuant to chapter 371 of NRS. Such unregistered units and

 vehicles must be taxed in the manner provided in NRS 361.562 to

 361.5644, inclusive.

   Sec. 16.  Chapter 461 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

 new section to read as follows:

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

 of this act.

   Sec. 17.  NRS 461.040 is hereby amended to read as follows:

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

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

 section 16 of this act have the meanings ascribed to them in such sections.

   Sec. 18.  NRS 461.080 is hereby amended to read as follows:

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

 dwelling unit or habitable room thereof which is either wholly

 manufactured or is in substantial part manufactured at an offsite location

 to be wholly or partially assembled on site in accordance with regulations

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

 mobile home[.] or recreational park trailer.

   Sec. 19.  NRS 461.132 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   461.132  “Manufactured building” includes any modular building or

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

 does not include a recreational park trailer.

   Sec. 20.  NRS 461.143 is hereby amended to read as follows:

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

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

 wholly manufactured or is in substantial part manufactured at an offsite

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

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

 include a mobile home[.] or recreational park trailer.

   Sec. 21.  Chapter 461A of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

 new section to read as follows:

   “Recreational vehicle” includes, without limitation, a recreational

 park trailer as defined in section 1 of this act.

   Sec. 22.  NRS 461A.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:

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

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

 section 21 of this act have the meanings ascribed to them in those

 sections.

 

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