REQUIRES TWO THIRDS MAJORITY VOTE (§§ 4, 15)              

      (REPRINTED WITH ADOPTED AMENDMENTS)

 

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; 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

1-21  merchandise or services. The term does not include a recreational park

1-22  trailer.

2-1    Sec. 4.  NRS 482.101 is hereby amended to read as follows:

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

2-3  designed as temporary living quarters for travel, recreational or camping

2-4  use, which may be self-propelled, mounted upon, or drawn by, a motor

2-5  vehicle. The term includes a recreational park trailer.

2-6    Sec. 5.  NRS 487.001 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-7    487.001  1.  The provisions of this chapter, except NRS 487.035 and

2-8  487.290, apply to mobile homes although not licensed or registered.

2-9    2.  As used in this section, “mobile home” means a vehicular structure,

2-10  built on a chassis or frame, which is designed to be used with or without a

2-11  permanent foundation and is capable of being drawn by a motor vehicle.

2-12  The term does not include a recreational park trailer as defined in

2-13  section 1 of this act.

2-14    Sec. 6.  Chapter 489 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

2-15  new section to read as follows:

2-16     “Recreational park trailer” has the meaning ascribed to it in section 1

2-17  of this act.

2-18    Sec. 7.  NRS 489.031 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-19    489.031  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,

2-20  the words and terms defined in NRS 489.036 to 489.155, inclusive, and

2-21  section 6 of this act, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

2-22    Sec. 8.  NRS 489.062 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-23    489.062  “Commercial coach” means a structure without motive power

2-24  which is designed and equipped for human occupancy for industrial,

2-25  professional or commercial purposes. The term does not include a

2-26  recreational park trailer.

2-27    Sec. 9.  NRS 489.113 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-28    489.113  1.  “Manufactured home” means a structure which is:

2-29    (a) Built on a permanent chassis;

2-30    (b) Designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation as a

2-31  dwelling when connected to utilities;

2-32    (c) Transportable in one or more sections; and

2-33    (d) Eight feet or more in body width or 40 feet or more in body length

2-34  when transported, or, when erected on site, contains 320 square feet or

2-35  more.

2-36    2.  The term includes:

2-37    (a) The plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems of the

2-38  structure.

2-39    (b) Any structure:

2-40      (1) Which meets the requirements of paragraphs (a) to (c), inclusive,

2-41  of subsection 1, and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily

2-42  files a certification required by the Secretary of Housing and Urban

2-43  Development and complies with the standards established under the

2-44  National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of

2-45  1974 , [(]42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 et seq. ; [);] or

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

2-47    3.  The term does not include a recreational park trailer.

 

 

3-1    Sec. 10.  NRS 489.120 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-2    489.120  1.  “Mobile home” means a structure which is:

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

3-4    [2.] (b) Designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation as

3-5  a dwelling when connected to utilities; and

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

3-7    2.  The term includes the design of the body and frame and the

3-8  plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems of the mobile

3-9  home. [“Mobile home”]

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

3-11  commercial coach[,] or manufactured home or any structure built in

3-12  compliance with the requirements of chapter 461 of NRS.

3-13    Sec. 11.  NRS 489.150 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-14    489.150  1.  “Travel trailer” means a portable structure mounted on

3-15  wheels, consisting of a vehicular chassis primarily designed as temporary

3-16  living quarters for recreational, camping or travel use and designed to be

3-17  drawn by another vehicle, and designated by the manufacturer as a travel

3-18  trailer. The term does not include a recreational park trailer.

3-19    2.  A vehicle is not a travel trailer if, when equipped for highway use, it

3-20  is more than 8 feet wide.

3-21    Sec. 12.  NRS 40.215 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-22    40.215  As used in NRS 40.215 to 40.425, inclusive, unless the context

3-23  requires otherwise:

3-24    1.  “Mobile home” means every vehicle, including equipment, which is

3-25  constructed, reconstructed or added to in such a way as to have an enclosed

3-26  room or addition occupied by one or more persons as a dwelling or

3-27  sleeping place and which has no foundation other than wheels, jacks,

3-28  skirting or other temporary support.

3-29    2.  “Mobile home lot” means a portion of land within a mobile home

3-30  park which is rented or held out for rent to accommodate a mobile home.

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

3-32  two or more mobile homes or mobile home lots are rented or held out for

3-33  rent. “Mobile home park” or “park” does not include those areas or tracts

3-34  of land, whether within or outside of a park, where the lots are held out for

3-35  rent on a nightly basis.

3-36    4.  “Premises” includes a mobile home.

3-37    5.  “Recreational vehicle” means a vehicular structure primarily

3-38  designed as temporary living quarters for travel, recreational or camping

3-39  use, which may be self-propelled or mounted upon or drawn by a motor

3-40  vehicle. The term includes a recreational park trailer as defined in

3-41  section 1 of this act.

3-42    6.  “Recreational vehicle lot” means a portion of land within a

3-43  recreational vehicle park, or a portion of land so designated within a

3-44  mobile home park, which is rented or held out for rent to accommodate a

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

3-46    7.  “Recreational vehicle park” means an area or tract of land where

3-47  lots are rented or held out for rent to accommodate a recreational vehicle

3-48  overnight or for less than 3 months.

 

4-1    Sec. 13.  NRS 118B.018 is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-2     118B.018  “Recreational vehicle” means a vehicular structure primarily

4-3  designed as temporary living quarters for travel, recreational or camping

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

4-5  vehicle. The term includes a recreational park trailer as defined in

4-6  section 1 of this act.

4-7    Sec. 14.  NRS 361.029 is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-8    361.029  “Mobile home” means a vehicular structure, built on a chassis

4-9  or frame, which is designed to be used with or without a permanent

4-10  foundation and is capable of being drawn by a motor vehicle. It may be

4-11  used as a dwelling when connected to utilities or may be used permanently

4-12  or temporarily for the advertising, sales, display or promotion of

4-13  merchandise or services. The term does not include a recreational park

4-14  trailer as defined in section 1 of this act.

4-15    Sec. 15.  NRS 361.561 is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-16    361.561  Those units identified as “chassis-mount camper,” “mini

4-17  motor home,” “motor home,” “recreational park trailer,” “travel trailer,”

4-18  “utility trailer” and “van conversion,” in chapter 482 of NRS and any other

4-19  vehicle required to be registered with the department of motor vehicles and

4-20  public safety are subject to the personal property tax unless registered and

4-21  taxed pursuant to chapter 371 of NRS. Such unregistered units and vehicles

4-22  must be taxed in the manner provided in NRS 361.562 to 361.5644,

4-23  inclusive.

4-24    Sec. 16.  Chapter 461 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

4-25  new section to read as follows:

4-26     “Recreational park trailer” has the meaning ascribed to it in section 1

4-27  of this act.

4-28    Sec. 17.  NRS 461.040 is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-29    461.040  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,

4-30  the words and terms defined in NRS 461.050 to 461.160, inclusive, and

4-31  section 16 of this act have the meanings ascribed to them in such sections.

4-32    Sec. 18.  NRS 461.080 is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-33    461.080  “Factory-built housing” means a residential building,

4-34  dwelling unit or habitable room thereof which is either wholly

4-35  manufactured or is in substantial part manufactured at an offsite location to

4-36  be wholly or partially assembled on site in accordance with regulations

4-37  adopted by the division pursuant to NRS 461.170 , but does not include a

4-38  mobile home[.] or recreational park trailer.

4-39    Sec. 19.  NRS 461.132 is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-40    461.132  “Manufactured building” includes any modular building or

4-41  any building constructed using one or more modular components[.] , but

4-42  does not include a recreational park trailer.

4-43    Sec. 20.  NRS 461.143 is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-44    461.143  “Modular building” means an office, apartment, school, motel

4-45  or other building, whether it is a total building or a room, which is either

4-46  wholly manufactured or is in substantial part manufactured at an offsite

4-47  location to be wholly or partially assembled on site in accordance with

4-48  regulations adopted by the division pursuant to NRS 461.170, but does not

4-49  include a mobile home[.] or recreational park trailer.

5-1    Sec. 21.  Chapter 461A of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

5-2  new section to read as follows:

5-3     “Recreational vehicle” includes, without limitation, a recreational

5-4  park trailer as defined in section 1 of this act.

5-5    Sec. 22.  NRS 461A.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:

5-6     461A.010  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise

5-7  requires, the terms defined in NRS 461A.020 to 461A.060, inclusive, and

5-8  section 21 of this act have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

 

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