2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                             A SB396 424

Amendment No. 424

 

Senate Amendment to Senate Bill No. 396                                                                       (BDR 43‑1219)

Proposed by: Committee on Transportation

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:               Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

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Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend sec. 2, page 1, line 10, by deleting “exists.” and inserting:

“exists and the driver may safely turn off the highway into that turnout.”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 1, by deleting lines 13 and 14 and inserting:

“that is traveling at a rate of speed which is less than the posted speed limit for the highway or portion of the highway upon which the vehicle is traveling.”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 6 and 7 as sections 7 and 8 and adding a new section designated sec. 6, following sec. 5, to read as follows:

     “Sec. 6. NRS 484.737 is hereby amended to read as follows:

     484.737  1.  [A] Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall not drive, move, stop or park any vehicle or combination of vehicles, and an owner shall not cause or knowingly permit any vehicle or combination of vehicles to be driven, moved, stopped or parked, on any highway if [such] the vehicle or combination of vehicles exceeds in size or weight or gross loaded weight the maximum limitation specified by law [as to such] for that size, weight and gross loaded weight unless [such] the person or owner is authorized to drive, move, stop or park [such] the vehicle or combination of vehicles by a special permit issued by the proper public authority.

     2.  If the department of transportation or a local law enforcement agency determines that an emergency exists, the department or the local law enforcement agency may authorize a person to drive, move, stop or park a vehicle or combination of vehicles without obtaining a special permit pursuant to subsection 1. Such an authorization may be given orally and may, if requested by a local law enforcement agency or a public safety agency, include driving or moving the vehicle or combination of vehicles to and from the site of the emergency. If a person receives such an authorization, he shall, on the next business day after receiving the authorization, obtain a special permit pursuant to subsection 1 before driving or moving the vehicle or combination of vehicles to or from the site of the emergency.

     3.  This section does not apply to fire apparatus, highway machinery [,] or snowplows or to a farm tractor or other implement of husbandry temporarily moved upon a highway.”.

     Amend the title of the bill by deleting the fifth line and inserting:

“circumstances; authorizing the department of transportation or a local law enforcement agency to allow a person to drive or move certain vehicles or combinations of vehicles to and from the site of an emergency without a special permit under certain circumstances; requiring the department to integrate the”.