2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                             A SB478 531

Amendment No. 531

 

Senate Amendment to Senate Bill No. 478                                                                         (BDR 43‑137)

Proposed by: Committee on Transportation

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:              Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

Adoption of this amendment will REMOVE the 2/3s majority vote requirement from SB478.

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

       Adopted       Lost                                               |          Adopted       Lost                                           

Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 1 through 34 and adding new sections designated sections 1 through 6, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:

     “Section 1.  NRS 365.060 is hereby amended to read as follows:

     365.060  “Motor vehicle fuel” means gasoline, natural gasoline, casing-head gasoline or any other inflammable or combustible liquid, regardless of the name by which the liquid is known or sold, the chief use of which in this state is for the propulsion of motor vehicles, motorboats or aircraft other than jet or turbine-powered aircraft. The term does not include kerosene, gas oil, fuel oil, fuel for jet or turbine-powered aircraft, diesel fuel, liquefied petroleum gas , [and] an emulsion of water-phased hydrocarbon fuel, as that term is defined in NRS 366.026 [.] or clean-burning fuel, as that term is defined in section 3 of this act.

     Sec. 2.  Chapter 366 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto the provisions set forth as sections 3 and 4 of this act.

     Sec. 3.  1.  “Clean-burning fuel” means any fuel that:

     (a) Is designed to be used in a motor vehicle;

     (b) Is not substantially gasoline or diesel fuel; and

     (c) Is likely to yield substantial environmental benefits.

     2.  The term includes, without limitation:

     (a) Methanol, denatured ethanol and other alcohols;

     (b) Mixtures containing not less than 85 percent by volume of methanol, denatured ethanol or other alcohols with gasoline or other fuels;

     (c) Natural gas;

     (d) Liquefied petroleum gas;

     (e) Hydrogen;

     (f) Coal-derived liquid fuels;

     (g) Fuels, other than alcohol, that are derived from biological materials; and

     (h) Electricity, including, without limitation, electricity derived from solar energy.

     Sec. 4.  The tax imposed by NRS 366.190 does not apply to the sale or use of clean-burning fuel for motor vehicles that use such fuel.

     Sec. 5.  NRS 366.020 is hereby amended to read as follows:

     366.020  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 366.025 to 366.100, inclusive, and section 3 of this act have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

     Sec. 6.  NRS 366.060 is hereby amended to read as follows:

     366.060  1. “Special fuel” means [any] :

     (a) Any combustible gas or liquid used for the generation of power for the propulsion of motor vehicles, including an emulsion of water-phased hydrocarbon fuel [.] ; or

     (b) Clean-burning fuel.

     2. The term does not include motor vehicle fuel as defined in chapter 365 of NRS.”.

     Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

“AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; exempting clean-burning fuel from the tax on special fuels; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.

     Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

“SUMMARY—Exempts clean-burning fuel from tax on special fuels. (BDR 32‑137)”.