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 and revises certain statutory definitions of “motor home” and “travel trailer.” (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 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:

 

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

2-4    482.071  “Motor home” means a structure:

2-5    1.  Attached permanently to a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis;

2-6    2.  Designed as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational or

2-7  camping use; and

2-8    3.  When assembled for the road, [having] has a maximum body width

2-9  of [8 feet.] 102 inches.

2-10    Sec. 4.  NRS 482.101 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-11    482.101  “Recreational vehicle” means a vehicular-type unit primarily

2-12  designed as temporary living quarters for travel, recreational or camping

2-13  use, which may be self-propelled, mounted upon, or drawn by, a motor

2-14  vehicle. The term includes a recreational park trailer.

2-15    Sec. 5.  NRS 487.001 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-16    487.001  1.  The provisions of this chapter, except NRS 487.035 and

2-17  487.290, apply to mobile homes although not licensed or registered.

2-18    2.  As used in this section, “mobile home” means a vehicular structure,

2-19  built on a chassis or frame, which is designed to be used with or without a

2-20  permanent foundation and is capable of being drawn by a motor vehicle.

2-21  The term does not include a recreational park trailer as defined in

2-22  section 1 of this act.

2-23    Sec. 6.  Chapter 489 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

2-24  new section to read as follows:

2-25    “Recreational park trailer” has the meaning ascribed to it in section 1

2-26  of this act.

2-27    Sec. 7.  NRS 489.031 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-28    489.031  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,

2-29  the words and terms defined in NRS 489.036 to 489.155, inclusive, and

2-30  section 6 of this act, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

2-31    Sec. 8.  NRS 489.062 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-32    489.062  “Commercial coach” means a structure without motive power

2-33  which is designed and equipped for human occupancy for industrial,

2-34  professional or commercial purposes. The term does not include a

2-35  recreational park trailer.

2-36    Sec. 9.  NRS 489.113 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-37    489.113  1.  “Manufactured home” means a structure which is:

2-38    (a) Built on a permanent chassis;

2-39    (b) Designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation as a

2-40  dwelling when connected to utilities;

2-41    (c) Transportable in one or more sections; and

2-42    (d) Eight feet or more in body width or 40 feet or more in body length

2-43  when transported, or, when erected on site, contains 320 square feet or

2-44  more.

2-45    2.  The term includes:

2-46    (a) The plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems of the

2-47  structure.

2-48    (b) Any structure:

3-1       (1) Which meets the requirements of paragraphs (a) to (c), inclusive,

3-2  of subsection 1, and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily

3-3  files a certification required by the Secretary of Housing and Urban

3-4  Development and complies with the standards established under the

3-5  National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of

3-6  1974 , [(]42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 et seq. ; [);] or

3-7       (2) Built in compliance with the requirements of chapter 461 of NRS.

3-8    3.  The term does not include a recreational park trailer.

3-9    Sec. 10.  NRS 489.120 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-10    489.120  1.  “Mobile home” means a structure which is:

3-11    [1.] (a) Built on a permanent chassis;

3-12    [2.] (b) Designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation as

3-13  a dwelling when connected to utilities; and

3-14    [3.] (c) Transportable in one or more sections.

3-15    2.  The term includes the design of the body and frame and the

3-16  plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems of the mobile

3-17  home. [“Mobile home”]

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

3-19  commercial coach[,] or manufactured home or any structure built in

3-20  compliance with the requirements of chapter 461 of NRS.

3-21    Sec. 11.  NRS 489.150 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-22    489.150  [1.] “Travel trailer” means a portable structure mounted on

3-23  wheels, consisting of a vehicular chassis primarily designed as temporary

3-24  living quarters for recreational, camping or travel use and designed to be

3-25  drawn by another vehicle, and designated by the manufacturer as a travel

3-26  trailer.

3-27    [2.  A vehicle is not a travel trailer if, when equipped for highway use,

3-28  it is more than 8 feet wide.] The term does not include a recreational park

3-29  trailer.

3-30    Secs. 12 and 13.  (Deleted by amendment.)

3-31    Sec. 14.  NRS 361.029 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-32    361.029  “Mobile home” means a vehicular structure, built on a chassis

3-33  or frame, which is designed to be used with or without a permanent

3-34  foundation and is capable of being drawn by a motor vehicle. It may be

3-35  used as a dwelling when connected to utilities or may be used permanently

3-36  or temporarily for the advertising, sales, display or promotion of

3-37  merchandise or services. The term does not include a recreational park

3-38  trailer as defined in section 1 of this act.

3-39    Sec. 15.  NRS 361.561 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-40    361.561  Those units identified as “chassis-mount camper,” “mini

3-41  motor home,” “motor home,” “recreational park trailer,” “travel trailer,”

3-42  “utility trailer” and “van conversion,” in chapter 482 of NRS and any other

3-43  vehicle required to be registered with the department of motor vehicles and

3-44  public safety are subject to the personal property tax unless registered and

3-45  taxed pursuant to chapter 371 of NRS. Such unregistered units and vehicles

3-46  must be taxed in the manner provided in NRS 361.562 to 361.5644,

3-47  inclusive.

 

 

4-1    Sec. 16.  Chapter 461 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

4-2  new section to read as follows:

4-3    “Recreational park trailer” has the meaning ascribed to it in section 1

4-4  of this act.

4-5    Sec. 17.  NRS 461.040 is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-6    461.040  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,

4-7  the words and terms defined in NRS 461.050 to 461.160, inclusive, and

4-8  section 16 of this act have the meanings ascribed to them in such sections.

4-9    Sec. 18.  NRS 461.080 is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-10    461.080  “Factory-built housing” means a residential building,

4-11  dwelling unit or habitable room thereof which is either wholly

4-12  manufactured or is in substantial part manufactured at an offsite location to

4-13  be wholly or partially assembled on site in accordance with regulations

4-14  adopted by the division pursuant to NRS 461.170 , but does not include a

4-15  mobile home[.] or recreational park trailer.

4-16    Sec. 19.  NRS 461.132 is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-17    461.132  “Manufactured building” includes any modular building or

4-18  any building constructed using one or more modular components[.] , but

4-19  does not include a recreational park trailer.

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

4-21    461.143  “Modular building” means an office, apartment, school, motel

4-22  or other building, whether it is a total building or a room, which is either

4-23  wholly manufactured or is in substantial part manufactured at an offsite

4-24  location to be wholly or partially assembled on site in accordance with

4-25  regulations adopted by the division pursuant to NRS 461.170, but does not

4-26  include a mobile home[.] or recreational park trailer.

4-27    Sec. 21.  Chapter 461A of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

4-28  new section to read as follows:

4-29    “Recreational vehicle” includes, without limitation, a recreational

4-30  park trailer as defined in section 1 of this act.

4-31    Sec. 22.  NRS 461A.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-32    461A.010  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise

4-33  requires, the terms defined in NRS 461A.020 to 461A.060, inclusive, and

4-34  section 21 of this act have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

 

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