Assembly Bill No. 6–Assemblyman Hettrick

 

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AN ACT relating to vehicles; requiring the department of motor vehicles and public safety to adopt regulations governing the driving of certain combinations of vehicles by persons who hold certain noncommercial driver’s licenses; temporarily authorizing the driving of such combinations of vehicles by such persons; 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 483 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

   The department shall adopt regulations authorizing the holder of a

 class A noncommercial driver’s license to drive any combination of

 vehicles not exceeding 70 feet in length with a gross combination weight

 rating of 26,000 pounds or less so long as the gross combination weight

 rating of the towed vehicles does not exceed the gross vehicle weight

 rating of the towing vehicle.

   Sec. 2.  NRS 483.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   483.010  The provisions of NRS 483.010 to 483.630, inclusive, and

 section 1 of this act, may be cited as the Uniform Motor Vehicle Drivers’

 License Act.

   Sec. 3.  NRS 483.015 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   483.015  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 483.330, the provisions

 of NRS 483.010 to 483.630, inclusive, and section 1 of this act apply only

 with respect to noncommercial drivers’ licenses.

   Sec. 4.  1.  The department shall adopt the regulations, required by

 section 1 of this act on or before July 1, 2002.

   2.  Before the effective date of the regulations, the holder of a class A

 noncommercial driver’s license may drive any combination of vehicles not

 exceeding 70 feet in length with a gross combination weight rating of

 26,000 pounds or less so long as the gross combination weight rating of

 the towed vehicles does not exceed the gross vehicle weight rating of the

 towing vehicle.

   Sec. 5.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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