Assembly Bill No. 88–Assemblymen Gustavson, Collins, Bache, Price, Angle, Beers, Berman, Brower, Carpenter, Cegavske, de Braga, Dini, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Hettrick, Humke, Lee, Manendo, Marvel, Mortenson, Tiffany and Von Tobel

February 12, 2001

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Joint Sponsors: Senators O’Connell, Amodei, James, McGinness, Rhoads, Shaffer and Washington

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Referred to Committee on Transportation

SUMMARY—Limits requirement for protective headgear for drivers and passengers of motorcycles. (BDR 43‑951)

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.

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AN ACT relating to motorcycles; limiting the requirement for protective headgear for drivers and passengers; 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 486.231 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 486.231 1. The department shall adopt standards for protective

1-3 headgear and protective glasses, goggles or face shields to be worn by the

1-4 drivers and passengers of motorcycles and transparent windscreens for

1-5 motorcycles.

1-6 2. Except as otherwise provided in this section, when any motorcycle,

1-7 except a trimobile or moped, is being driven on a highway, the driver and

1-8 passenger shall wear protective headgear securely fastened on the head and

1-9 protective glasses, goggles or face shields meeting those standards. Drivers

1-10 and passengers of trimobiles shall wear protective glasses, goggles or face

1-11 shields which meet those standards.

1-12 3. When a motorcycle or a trimobile is equipped with a transparent

1-13 windscreen meeting those standards, the driver and passenger are not

1-14 required to wear glasses, goggles or face shields.

2-1 4. When a motorcycle is being driven in a parade authorized by a local

2-2 authority, the driver and passenger are not required to wear the protective

2-3 devices provided for in this section.

2-4 5. When a three-wheel motorcycle, on which the driver and passengers

2-5 ride within an enclosed cab, is being driven on a highway, the driver and

2-6 passengers are not required to wear the protective devices required by this

2-7 section.

2-8 6. A driver of a motorcycle is not required to wear protective

2-9 headgear if he:

2-10 (a) Is 21 years of age or older; and

2-11 (b) Is licensed to drive a motorcycle.

2-12 7. The passenger on a motorcycle is not required to wear protective

2-13 headgear if:

2-14 (a) The passenger is 21 years of age or older; and

2-15 (b) The driver of the motorcycle is not required to wear protective

2-16 headgear.

2-17 H