SB77_EN

Senate Bill No. 77–Senator Amodei

Joint Sponsor: Assemblyman Dini

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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; providing for the issuance of special license plates for the support of the reconstruction, maintenance, improvement and promotion of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad; providing for the issuance of souvenir license plates that indicate support for the reconstruction, maintenance, improvement and promotion of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad; imposing a fee for the issuance or renewal of special license plates to finance the reconstruction, maintenance, improvement and promotion of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad; 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. Chapter 482 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

new section to read as follows:

1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the department, in

cooperation with the Northern Nevada Railway Foundation or its

successor, shall design, prepare and issue license plates for the support

of the reconstruction, maintenance, improvement and promotion of the

Virginia & Truckee Railroad using any colors that the department deems

appropriate. The design of the license plates must include a depiction of

a locomotive of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad and the phrase “The

Virginia & Truckee Lives.” The department shall not design, prepare or

issue the license plates unless it receives at least 250 applications for the

issuance of those plates.

2. If the department receives at least 250 applications for the

issuance of license plates for the support of the reconstruction,

maintenance, improvement and promotion of the Virginia & Truckee

Railroad, the department shall issue those plates for a passenger car or

light commercial vehicle upon application by a person who is entitled to

license plates pursuant to NRS 482.265 and who otherwise complies with

the requirements for registration and licensing pursuant to this chapter.

A person may request that personalized prestige license plates issued

pursuant to NRS 482.3667 be combined with license plates for the

support of the reconstruction, maintenance, improvement and promotion

of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad if that person pays the fees for the

personalized prestige license plates in addition to the fees for the license

plates for the support of the reconstruction, maintenance, improvement

and promotion of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad pursuant to

subsections 3 and 4.

3. The fee for license plates for the support of the reconstruction,

maintenance, improvement and promotion of the Virginia & Truckee

Railroad is $35, in addition to all other applicable registration and

license fees and governmental services taxes. The license plates are

renewable upon the payment of $10.

4. In addition to all other applicable registration and license fees and

governmental services taxes and the fee prescribed in subsection 3, a

person who requests a set of license plates for the support of the

reconstruction, maintenance, improvement and promotion of the

Virginia & Truckee Railroad must pay for the initial issuance of the

plates an additional fee of $25 and for each renewal of the plates an

additional fee of $20, to be distributed pursuant to subsection 5.

5. The department shall transmit the fees collected pursuant to

subsection 4 to the treasurer with whom the Tricounty Railway

Commission of Carson City and Lyon and Storey counties has entered

into an agreement as required by subsection 2 of section 8 of chapter

566, Statutes of Nevada 1993, for deposit in the fund created pursuant to

that section. The fees transmitted pursuant to this subsection must be

used only for the reconstruction, maintenance, improvement and

promotion of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad.

6. If, during a registration year, the holder of license plates issued

pursuant to the provisions of subsections 1 to 6, inclusive, disposes of the

vehicle to which the plates are affixed, the holder shall:

(a) Retain the plates and affix them to another vehicle that meets the

requirements of subsections 1 to 6, inclusive, if the transfer and

registration fees are paid as set out in this chapter; or

(b) Within 30 days after removing the plates from the vehicle, return

them to the department.

7. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the director shall,

at the request of the Northern Nevada Railway Foundation or its

successor:

(a) Order the design and preparation of souvenir license plates that

indicate support for the reconstruction, maintenance, improvement and

promotion of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad; and

(b) Issue such souvenir license plates only to the Northern Nevada

Railway Foundation or its successor for a fee established pursuant to

NRS 482.3825. The Northern Nevada Railway Foundation or its

successor may resell such souvenir license plates at a price determined by

the Foundation or its successor.

The director shall not order the design or preparation of souvenir license

plates pursuant to this subsection unless the department has received at

least 250 applications for the issuance of license plates for the support of

the reconstruction, maintenance, improvement and promotion of the

Virginia & Truckee Railroad pursuant to subsections 1 to 6, inclusive.

Sec. 2. NRS 482.216 is hereby amended to read as follows:

482.216 1. Upon the request of a new vehicle dealer, the department

may authorize the new vehicle dealer to:

(a) Accept applications for the registration of the new motor vehicles he

sells and the related fees and taxes;

(b) Issue certificates of registration to applicants who satisfy the

requirements of this chapter; and

482.399 if the applicant purchased from the new vehicle dealer a new

vehicle to which the registration is to be transferred.

2. A new vehicle dealer who is authorized to issue certificates of

registration pursuant to subsection 1 shall:

(a) Transmit the applications he receives to the department within the

period prescribed by the department;

(b) Transmit the fees he collects from the applicants and properly

account for them within the period prescribed by the department;

(d) Bear any cost of equipment which is necessary to issue certificates

of registration, including any computer hardware or software.

3. A new vehicle dealer who is authorized to issue certificates of

registration pursuant to subsection 1 shall not:

(a) Charge any additional fee for the performance of those services;

(b) Receive compensation from the department for the performance of

those services;

vehicle; or

(d) Accept an application for the registration of a motor vehicle if the

applicant wishes to:

(1) Obtain special license plates pursuant to NRS 482.3667 to

482.3825, inclusive[;] , and section 1 of this act; or

(2) Claim the exemption from the governmental services tax provided

pursuant to NRS 361.1565 to veterans and their relations.

4. The director shall adopt such regulations as are necessary to carry

out the provisions of this section. The regulations adopted pursuant to this

subsection must provide for:

(a) The expedient and secure issuance of license plates and decals by

the department; and

(b) The withdrawal of the authority granted to a new vehicle dealer

pursuant to subsection 1 if that dealer fails to comply with the regulations

adopted by the department.

Sec. 3. NRS 482.3825 is hereby amended to read as follows:

482.3825 1. The director may order the design and preparation of

souvenir license plates which are easily distinguishable in design or color

from regular license plates. Thedirector may establish a fee for the

issuance of such plates of not more than $15 per plate. The department may

issue more than one plate of any particular design.

2. Allmoney collected from the issuance of souvenir license plates

must be deposited in the state treasury for credit to the motor vehicle fund.

3. As used in this section, “issuance” does not include the resale of a

souvenir license plate.

Sec. 4. NRS 482.500 is hereby amended to read as follows:

482.500 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 or 3,

whenever upon application any duplicate or substitute certificate of

registration, decal or number plate is issued, the following fees must be

paid:

For a certificate of registration $5.00

For every substitute number plate or set of plates 5.00

For every duplicate number plate or set of plates 10.00

For every decal displaying a county name. .50

For every other decal, license plate sticker or tab5.00

2. The following fees must be paid for any replacement plate or set of

plates issued for the following special license plates:

(a) For any special plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.3667, 482.3672,

482.3675, 482.370 to 482.376, inclusive, or 482.379 to 482.3816,

inclusive, and section 1 of this act, a fee of $10.

(b) For any special plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.368, 482.3765,

482.377 or 482.378, a fee of $5.

souvenir license plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.3825 or sample license

plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.2703, a fee equal to that established by

the director for the issuance of those plates.

3. A fee must not be charged for a duplicate or substitute of a decal

[requested] issued pursuant to NRS 482.37635.

4. The fees which are paid for duplicate number plates and decals

displaying county names must be deposited with the state treasurer for

credit to the motor vehicle fund and allocated to the department to defray

the costs of duplicating the plates and manufacturing the decals.

5. As used in this section:

(a) “Duplicate number plate” means a license plate or a set of license

plates issued to a registered owner which repeat the code of a plate or set of

plates previously issued to the owner to maintain his registration using the

same code.

(b) “Substitute number plate” means a license plate or a set of license

plates issued in place of a previously issued and unexpired plate or set of

plates. The plate or set of plates does not repeat the code of the previously

issued plate or set.

Sec. 5. Section 8 of chapter 566, Statutes of Nevada 1993, at page

2329, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 8. 1. The commission may enter into an agreement with

the district attorney of Carson City or Douglas, Lyon, Storey or

Washoe County, or any combination thereof, to provide legal services

to the commission. The commission may authorize payment to the

district attorney for the costs to the district attorney for providing

those services.

2. The commission shall enter into an agreement with the

treasurer of Carson City or Douglas, Lyon, Storey or Washoe County

to create a fund for the commission and pay all claims against the

fund that are properly approved by the commission. The commission

may authorize payment to the treasurer for the costs to the treasurer

for providing those services.

3. All money received by the commission must be deposited in

the fund created pursuant to subsection 2. [The] Except as otherwise

provided in section 1 of Senate Bill No. 77 of the 2001 legislative

session, the money in the fund must be used only for the necessary

expenses of the commission and the costs of the projects authorized

by this act.

Sec. 6. On or before October 1, 2005, the department of motor

vehicles and public safety shall determine and publicly declare the number

of applications it has received for the issuance of a license plate pursuant to

subsections 1 to 6, inclusive, of section 1 of this act.

Sec. 7. The amendatory provisions of this act expire by limitation on

October 1, 2005, if on that date the department of motor vehicles and

public safety has received fewer than 250 applications for the issuance of a

license plate pursuant to subsections 1 to 6, inclusive, of section 1 of this

act.

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