Senate Bill No. 578–Committee on Finance

 

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AN ACT relating to the department of motor vehicles and public safety; revising the amount of money required to be transferred annually from the account for verification of insurance to the state highway fund; requiring the department to increase certain fees as necessary to cover the actual cost of production of photographs for drivers’ licenses and identification cards; 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. NRS 482.4805 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   482.4805  On June 30 of each year the state controller shall transfer

 from the account for verification of insurance created pursuant to NRS

 482.480 to the state highway fund any amount in the account which

 exceeds [$1,000,000.] $500,000.

   Sec. 2.  NRS 483.347 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   483.347  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the

 department shall issue a driver’s license which bears a front view colored

 photograph of the licensee if he is 21 years of age or older, or a profile

 view colored photograph if he is under 21 years of age.

   2.  The department may issue a temporary driver’s license without a

 photograph of the licensee if the licensee is temporarily absent from this

 state and requests the renewal of, the issuance of a duplicate of, or a

 change in the information on, his driver’s license. If the licensee returns to

 this state for 14 continuous days or more, the licensee shall, within 24 days

 after the date of his return, surrender the temporary license and obtain a

 license which bears his photograph in accordance with subsection 1. A

 licensee charged with violating the provisions of this subsection may not

 be convicted if he surrenders the temporary license, obtains a license

 which bears his photograph in accordance with subsection 1 and produces

 that license in court or in the office of the arresting officer.

   3.  The department shall:

   (a) Establish a uniform procedure for the production of drivers’

 licenses, applicable to renewal as well as to original licenses.

   (b) [Increase] By regulation, increase the fees provided in NRS

 483.410, 483.820 and 483.910 [by an amount up to $1.] as necessary to

 cover the actual cost of production of photographs for drivers’ licenses

 and identification cards. The increase must be deposited in the state

 treasury for credit to the motor vehicle fund and must be allocated to the

 department to defray the increased costs of producing drivers’ licenses

 required by this section.

   Sec. 3.  NRS 483.820 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   483.820  1.  A person who applies for an identification card in

 accordance with the provisions of NRS 483.810 to 483.890, inclusive, is

 entitled to receive an identification card if he is:

   (a) A resident of this state and is 10 years of age or older and does not

 hold a valid driver’s license or identification card from any state or

 jurisdiction; or

   (b) A seasonal resident who does not hold a valid Nevada driver’s

license.

   2.  The department shall charge and collect the following fees for the

 issuance of an original, duplicate or changed identification card:

 

An original or duplicate identification card issued to a person 65

years of age or older..................................... $4

An original or duplicate identification card issued to a person under

18 years of age............................................... 3

An original or duplicate identification card issued to any other

person........................................................... 9

A new photograph or change of name, or both... 4

 

   3.  The department shall not charge a fee for an identification card

 issued to a person who has voluntarily surrendered his driver’s license

 pursuant to NRS 483.420.

   4.  The increase in fees authorized in NRS 483.347 must be paid in

 addition to the fees charged pursuant to this section.

   5.  As used in this section, “photograph” has the meaning ascribed to it

 in NRS 483.125.

   Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

 

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