Senate Bill No. 119–Senator Shaffer

February 13, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Transportation

SUMMARY—Requires taxicab authority to establish program for transportation by taxicab of elderly persons and permanently handicapped persons in certain counties. (BDR 58‑692)

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 taxicabs; requiring the taxicab authority to establish a program for the transportation by taxicab of elderly persons and permanently handicapped persons in certain counties; 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. Chapter 706 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

1-2 new section to read as follows:

1-3 1. The taxicab authority shall adopt regulations establishing a

1-4 program for the transportation by taxicab of elderly persons and

1-5 permanently handicapped persons.

1-6 2. The program must require the administrator to:

1-7 (a) Establish and maintain a telephone number for elderly persons

1-8 and permanently handicapped persons to request transportation by

1-9 taxicab;

1-10 (b) Assign the requests for transportation by taxicab of elderly persons

1-11 and permanently handicapped persons equitably among the certificate

1-12 holders; and

1-13 (c) Monitor and report to the taxicab authority on the performance of

1-14 each certificate holder in fulfilling the requests for transportation by

1-15 taxicab of elderly persons and permanently handicapped persons

1-16 assigned to him by the administrator.

1-17 3. The taxicab authority shall require a certificate holder to

1-18 participate in the program as a condition of exercising the rights granted

1-19 by his certificate.

1-20 4. As used in this section:

1-21 (a) “Elderly person” means a person who is 60 years of age or older.

2-1 (b) “Permanently handicapped person” means a person who provides

2-2 the administrator with a certificate from a physician licensed in this state

2-3 that describes the character and extent of the permanent handicap.

2-4 Sec. 2. NRS 706.881 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-5 706.881 1. The provisions of NRS 706.8811 to 706.885, inclusive,

2-6 and section 1 of this act apply to any county:

2-7 (a) Whose population is 400,000 or more; or

2-8 (b) For whom regulation by the taxicab authority is not required , if [its]

2-9 the board of county commissioners of the county has enacted an ordinance

2-10 approving the inclusion of the county within the jurisdiction of the taxicab

2-11 authority.

2-12 2. Upon receipt of a certified copy of such an ordinance from a county

2-13 for whom regulation by the taxicab authority is not required, the taxicab

2-14 authority shall exercise its regulatory authority pursuant to NRS 706.8811

2-15 to 706.885, inclusive, within that county.

2-16 3. Within any such county, the provisions of this chapter which confer

2-17 regulatory authority over taxicab motor carriers upon the transportation

2-18 services authority do not apply.

2-19 Sec. 3. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

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