Assembly Bill No. 644–Committee on Transportation

 

March 26, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Transportation

 

SUMMARY—Restricts administrative authority to authorize operation of vehicles exceeding certain width. (BDR 43‑1018)

 

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; restricting the authority of the department of transportation and certain local governments to authorize the operation or other movement of vehicles exceeding a certain width; 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. NRS 484.743 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2    484.743  1.  [The] Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the

1-3  board of directors of the department of transportation may by resolution

1-4  authorize the movement of vehicles upon the public highways, including ,

1-5  without limitation , motor vehicles, tractors, trailers, semitrailers and

1-6  combinations thereof, of a size and weight in excess of the limits

1-7  prescribed by this chapter, to such extent as may be authorized by any

1-8  legislation enacted by the Congress of the United States permitting such

1-9  increases without forfeiture of [this state’s] the eligibility of this state for

1-10  federal aid in highway construction and maintenance.

1-11    2.  The board of directors of the department of transportation shall

1-12  not authorize the movement of a vehicle or combination of vehicles

1-13  whose width exceeds 102 inches if the vehicle or combination of vehicles

1-14  is used to transport radioactive, chemical or other hazardous material.

1-15    3.  The board of directors of the department of transportation may by

1-16  resolution establish a reasonable fee or fees to be charged by the

1-17  department for the issuance of permits authorizing the operation of

1-18  oversize or overweight vehicles as provided in this chapter. The fee or fees

1-19  so established must be in an amount set so that the aggregate amounts

1-20  received from the fee or fees do not exceed the estimated costs of

1-21  administering the permit system.

 

2-1    Sec. 2.  NRS 484.7631 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-2    484.7631  1.  [The] Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the

2-3  department of transportation with respect to highways under its jurisdiction

2-4  and the governing body of a city or county with respect to highways under

2-5  its jurisdiction [shall,] :

2-6    (a) Shall, upon application in writing, issue a permit to operate a

2-7  vehicle, or a vehicle with a load, having a width exceeding the legal

2-8  maximum width but not exceeding 120 inches in width on a highway,

2-9  unless the department or governing body determines that the operation

2-10  would be a safety hazard or would unduly impede the flow of traffic.

2-11    [2.  The department of transportation with respect to highways under its

2-12  jurisdiction and the governing body of a city or county with respect to

2-13  highways under its jurisdiction may]

2-14    (b) May adopt regulations providing for an annual permit or a permit for

2-15  a single trip for a vehicle, or a vehicle with a load exceeding 120 inches in

2-16  width and limiting the movement of the vehicle to certain hours of the day,

2-17  days of the week or routes considered necessary to protect public safety.

2-18    2.  No permit may be issued pursuant to this section authorizing the

2-19  operation of a vehicle whose width exceeds 102 inches if the vehicle is

2-20  used to transport radioactive, chemical or other hazardous material.

 

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