Assembly Bill No. 177–Committee on Transportation

 

(On Behalf of the Department of Motor Vehicles)

 

February 21, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Transportation

 

SUMMARY—Makes various changes concerning registration of motor vehicles and special plates, placards and stickers issued to certain disabled persons. (BDR 43‑1032)

 

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.

 

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; revising provisions relating to the issuance to certain disabled persons of special license plates, placards and stickers; revising the period within which the holder of a valid registration must notify the Department of Motor Vehicles of a change of name or residence address; revising provisions relating to the issuance of duplicate number plates and substitute number plates; revising provisions relating to submission to the Department, at the time of registering a vehicle, of evidence of automobile liability insurance; 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 482 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

1-2  thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2 to 7, inclusive, of this

1-3  act.

1-4  Sec. 2.  As used in NRS 482.3835 and 482.384 and sections 4,

1-5  5 and 6 of this act, unless the context otherwise requires, the

1-6  words and terms defined in NRS 482.3835 and sections 4, 5 and 6

1-7  of this act have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

2-1  Sec. 3.  “Duplicate number plate” means a license plate or a

2-2  set of license plates issued to a registered owner which repeats the

2-3  code of a plate or set of plates previously issued to the owner to

2-4  maintain his registration using the same code.

2-5  Sec. 4.  “Person with a disability of moderate duration”

2-6  means a person:

2-7  1.  With a disability which limits or impairs the ability to walk;

2-8  and

2-9  2.  Whose disability has been certified by a licensed physician

2-10  as being reversible, but estimated to last longer than 6 months.

2-11      Sec. 5.  “Person with a permanent disability” means a

2-12  person:

2-13      1.  With a disability which limits or impairs the ability to walk;

2-14  and

2-15      2.  Whose disability has been certified by a licensed physician

2-16  as irreversible.

2-17      Sec. 6.  “Person with a temporary disability” means a person:

2-18      1.  With a disability which limits or impairs the ability to walk;

2-19  and

2-20      2.  Whose disability has been certified by a licensed physician

2-21  as estimated to last not longer than 6 months.

2-22      Sec. 7.  “Substitute number plate” means a license plate or a

2-23  set of license plates issued in place of a previously issued and

2-24  unexpired plate or set of plates. The plate or set of plates does not

2-25  repeat the code of the previously issued plate or set.

2-26      Sec. 8.  NRS 482.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-27      482.010  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise

2-28  requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 482.011 to 482.137,

2-29  inclusive, and sections 3 and 7 of this act have the meanings

2-30  ascribed to them in those sections.

2-31      Sec. 9.  NRS 482.215 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-32      482.215  1.  All applications for registration, except

2-33  applications for renewal of registration, must be made as provided in

2-34  this section.

2-35      2.  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.294, applications

2-36  for all registrations, except renewals of registration, must be made in

2-37  person, if practicable, to any office or agent of the Department or to

2-38  a registered dealer.

2-39      3.  Each application must be made upon the appropriate form

2-40  furnished by the Department and contain:

2-41      (a) The signature of the owner, except as otherwise provided in

2-42  subsection 2 of NRS 482.294, if applicable.

2-43      (b) His residential address.

2-44      (c) His declaration of the county where he intends the vehicle to

2-45  be based, unless the vehicle is deemed to have no base. The

3-1  Department shall use this declaration to determine the county to

3-2  which the governmental services tax is to be paid.

3-3  (d) A brief description of the vehicle to be registered, including

3-4  the name of the maker, the engine, identification or serial number,

3-5  whether new or used, and the last license number, if known, and the

3-6  state in which it was issued, and upon the registration of a new

3-7  vehicle, the date of sale by the manufacturer or franchised and

3-8  licensed dealer in this state for the make to be registered to the

3-9  person first purchasing or operating the vehicle.

3-10      (e) [Proof satisfactory to the Department or registered dealer

3-11  that] Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, if the

3-12  applicant is not an owner of a fleet of vehicles or a person

3-13  described in subsection 5, a declaration signed by the applicant

3-14  that he has provided the insurance required by NRS 485.185 and[,

3-15  except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, his signed

3-16  declaration that he] will maintain the insurance during the period of

3-17  registration. If the application is submitted by electronic means

3-18  pursuant to NRS 482.294, the applicant is not required to sign the

3-19  declaration required by this paragraph.

3-20      (f) If the [insurance is provided by a contract of insurance,]

3-21  applicant is an owner of a fleet of vehicles or a person described in

3-22  subsection 5, evidence of [that insurance provided by the insurer in

3-23  the form of:

3-24          (1) A] insurance:

3-25          (1) In the form of a certificate of insurance on a form

3-26  approved by the Commissioner of Insurance; [or

3-27          (2) A]

3-28          (2) In the form of a card issued pursuant to NRS 690B.023

3-29  which identifies the vehicle and indicates, at the time of application

3-30  for registration, coverage which meets the requirements of NRS

3-31  485.185[.] ; or

3-32          (3) In another form satisfactory to the Department.

3-33  The Department may file that evidence, return it to the applicant or

3-34  otherwise dispose of it.

3-35      (g) If required, evidence of the applicant’s compliance with

3-36  controls over emission.

3-37      4.  The application must contain such other information as is

3-38  required by the Department or registered dealer[,] and must be

3-39  accompanied by proof of ownership satisfactory to the Department.

3-40      5.  For purposes of the [proof, declaration and] evidence

3-41  required by [paragraphs (e) and] paragraph (f) of subsection 3:

3-42      (a) Vehicles which are subject to the fee for a license and the

3-43  requirements of registration of the Interstate Highway User Fee

3-44  Apportionment Act, and which are based in this state, may be

3-45  declared as a fleet by the registered owner thereof[,] on his original

4-1  application for or application for renewal of a proportional

4-2  registration. The owner may file a single certificate of insurance

4-3  covering that fleet.

4-4  (b) Other fleets composed of 10 or more vehicles based in this

4-5  state or vehicles insured under a blanket policy which does not

4-6  identify individual vehicles may each be declared annually as a fleet

4-7  by the registered owner thereof for the purposes of an application

4-8  for his original or any renewed registration. The owner may file a

4-9  single certificate of insurance covering that fleet.

4-10      (c) A person who qualifies as a self-insurer pursuant to the

4-11  provisions of NRS 485.380 may file a copy of his certificate of

4-12  self-insurance.

4-13      (d) A person who qualifies for an operator’s policy of liability

4-14  insurance pursuant to the provisions of NRS 485.186 and 485.3091

4-15  may file evidence of that insurance.

4-16      Sec. 10.  NRS 482.283 is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-17      482.283  Each holder of a valid registration, upon changing his

4-18  name or place of residence, shall notify the Department of [such]

4-19  the change within [10 days thereof] 30 days after the change and

4-20  shall include in [such] the notice both the old and new names and

4-21  residence addresses.

4-22      Sec. 11.  NRS 482.285 is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-23      482.285  1.  If any certificate of registration or certificate of

4-24  [ownership] title is lost, mutilated or illegible, the person to whom it

4-25  was issued shall immediately make application for and obtain a

4-26  duplicate or substitute therefor upon furnishing information

4-27  satisfactory to the Department and upon payment of the required

4-28  fees.

4-29      2.  If any license plate or plates or any decal is lost, mutilated or

4-30  illegible, the person to whom it was issued shall immediately make

4-31  application for and obtain [a] :

4-32      (a) A duplicate number plate or a substitute [therefor upon:

4-33      (a) Furnishing] number plate;

4-34      (b) A substitute decal; or

4-35      (c) A combination of both (a) and (b),

4-36  as appropriate, upon furnishing information satisfactory to the

4-37  Department[; and

4-38      (b) Payment] and payment of the fees required by

4-39  NRS 482.500.

4-40      3.  If any license plate or plates or any decal is stolen, the

4-41  person to whom it was issued shall immediately make application

4-42  for and obtain:

4-43      (a) A substitute number plate;

4-44      (b) A substitute decal; or

4-45      (c) A combination of both (a) and (b),

5-1  as appropriate, upon furnishing information satisfactory to the

5-2  Department and payment of the fees required by NRS 482.500.

5-3  4.  The Department shall issue duplicate number plates or

5-4  substitute number plates and, if applicable, a substitute decal, if the

5-5  applicant:

5-6  (a) Returns the mutilated or illegible plates to the Department or

5-7  [certifies under oath] signs a declaration that the plates were lost ,

5-8  mutilated or [stolen;] illegible; and

5-9  (b) [Makes] Complies with the provisions of subsection 6.

5-10      5.  The Department shall issue substitute number plates and,

5-11  if applicable, a substitute decal, if the applicant:

5-12      (a) Signs a declaration that the plates were stolen; and

5-13      (b) Complies with the provisions of subsection 6.

5-14      6.  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an

5-15  applicant who desires duplicate number plates or substitute

5-16  number plates must make application for renewal of registration.

5-17  Credit must be allowed for the portion of the registration fee and

5-18  governmental services tax attributable to the remainder of the

5-19  current registration period. In lieu of making application for

5-20  renewal of registration, an applicant may elect to make application

5-21  solely for:

5-22      (a) Duplicate number plates or substitute number plates, and a

5-23  substitute decal, if the previous license plates were lost, mutilated

5-24  or illegible; or

5-25      (b) Substitute number plates and a substitute decal, if the

5-26  previous license plates were stolen.

5-27      7.  An applicant who makes the election described in

5-28  subsection 6 retains his current date of expiration for the

5-29  registration of the applicable vehicle and is not, as a prerequisite

5-30  to receiving duplicate number plates or substitute number plates

5-31  or a substitute decal, required to:

5-32      (a) Submit evidence of compliance with controls over

5-33  emission; or

5-34      (b) Pay the registration fee and governmental services tax

5-35  attributable to a full 12-month period of registration.

5-36      Sec. 12.  NRS 482.3835 is hereby amended to read as follows:

5-37      482.3835  [As used in NRS 482.384, unless the context

5-38  otherwise requires, “person] “Person with a disability which limits

5-39  or impairs the ability to walk” means a person who:

5-40      1.  Cannot walk 200 feet without stopping to rest;

5-41      2.  Cannot walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch,

5-42  wheelchair or prosthetic or other assistive device, or another person;

5-43      3.  Is restricted by a lung disease to such an extent that the

5-44  person’s forced expiratory volume for 1 second, when measured by

5-45  a spirometer, is less than 1 liter, or the arterial oxygen tension is less

6-1  than 60 millimeters of mercury on room air while the person is at

6-2  rest;

6-3  4.  Uses portable oxygen;

6-4  5.  Has a cardiac condition to the extent that the person’s

6-5  functional limitations are classified in severity as a Class III or Class

6-6  IV according to standards adopted by the American Heart

6-7  Association;

6-8  6.  Is visually handicapped; or

6-9  7.  Is severely limited in his ability to walk because of an

6-10  arthritic, neurological or orthopedic condition.

6-11      Sec. 13.  NRS 482.384 is hereby amended to read as follows:

6-12      482.384  1.  Upon the application of a person with a

6-13  permanent disability , [which limits or impairs the ability to walk,]

6-14  the Department may issue special license plates for a vehicle,

6-15  including a motorcycle, registered by the applicant pursuant to this

6-16  chapter. [Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the] The

6-17  application must include a statement from a licensed physician

6-18  certifying that the applicant is a person with a permanent disability .

6-19  [which limits or impairs the ability to walk.] The issuance of a

6-20  special license plate to a person with a permanent disability

6-21  pursuant to this subsection does not preclude the issuance to such a

6-22  person of a special parking placard for a vehicle other than a

6-23  motorcycle or a special parking sticker for a motorcycle pursuant to

6-24  subsection 6.

6-25      2.  Every [second] year after the initial issuance of special

6-26  license plates to a person [who the Department determines is not

6-27  permanently disabled,] with a permanent disability, the Department

6-28  shall require the person[, when he applies] to renew his special

6-29  license plates[, to include with his application a statement from a

6-30  licensed physician certifying that the applicant is a person with a

6-31  disability which limits or impairs the ability to walk.] in accordance

6-32  with the procedures for renewal of registration pursuant to this

6-33  chapter. The Department shall not require a person [who it

6-34  determines is permanently disabled] with a permanent disability to

6-35  include [such a statement] with his application for renewal[.] a

6-36  statement from a licensed physician certifying that the person is a

6-37  person with a permanent disability.

6-38      3.  Upon the application of an organization which provides

6-39  transportation for a person with a permanent disability [which

6-40  limits or impairs the ability to walk,] , disability of moderate

6-41  duration or temporary disability, the Department may issue special

6-42  license plates for a vehicle registered by the organization pursuant to

6-43  this chapter[.] , or the Department may issue special parking

6-44  placards to the organization pursuant to this section to be used on

7-1  vehicles providing transportation to such persons. The application

7-2  must include a statement from the organization certifying that [the] :

7-3  (a) The vehicle for which the special license plates are issued

7-4  is used primarily to transport persons with permanent disabilities

7-5  [which limit or impair the ability to walk.] , disabilities of moderate

7-6  duration or temporary disabilities; or

7-7  (b) The organization which is issued the special parking

7-8  placards will only use such placards on vehicles that actually

7-9  transport persons with permanent disabilities, disabilities of

7-10  moderate duration or temporary disabilities.

7-11      4.  The Department may charge a fee for special license plates

7-12  issued pursuant to this section not to exceed the fee charged for the

7-13  issuance of license plates for the same class of vehicle.

7-14      5.  Special license plates issued pursuant to this section must

7-15  display the international symbol of access in a color which contrasts

7-16  with the background and is the same size as the numerals and letters

7-17  on the plate.

7-18      6.  Upon the application of a person with a permanent

7-19  disability [which limits or impairs the ability to walk,] or disability

7-20  of moderate duration, the Department may issue:

7-21      (a) A special parking placard for a vehicle other than a

7-22  motorcycle. Upon request, the Department may issue one additional

7-23  placard to an applicant to whom special license plates have not been

7-24  issued pursuant to this section.

7-25      (b) A special parking sticker for a motorcycle.

7-26  The application must include a statement from a licensed physician

7-27  certifying that the applicant is a person with a permanent disability

7-28  [which limits or impairs the ability to walk.] or disability of

7-29  moderate duration.

7-30      7.  A special parking placard issued pursuant to subsection 6

7-31  must:

7-32      (a) Have inscribed on it the international symbol of access

7-33  which is at least 3 inches in height, is centered on the placard and is

7-34  white on a blue background;

7-35      (b) Have an identification number and date of expiration[;] of:

7-36          (1) If the special parking placard is issued to a person with

7-37  a permanent disability, 10 years after the initial date of issuance;

7-38  or

7-39          (2) If the special parking placard is issued to a person with

7-40  a disability of moderate duration, 2 years after the initial date of

7-41  issuance;

7-42      (c) Have placed or inscribed on it the seal or other identification

7-43  of the Department; and

8-1  (d) Have a form of attachment which enables a person using the

8-2  placard to display the placard from the rearview mirror of the

8-3  vehicle.

8-4  8.  A special parking sticker issued pursuant to subsection 6

8-5  must:

8-6  (a) Have inscribed on it the international symbol of access

8-7  which complies with any applicable federal standards, is centered on

8-8  the sticker and is white on a blue background;

8-9  (b) Have an identification number and a date of expiration[;] of:

8-10          (1) If the special parking sticker is issued to a person with a

8-11  permanent disability, 10 years after the initial date of issuance; or

8-12          (2) If the special parking sticker is issued to a person with a

8-13  disability of moderate duration, 2 years after the initial date of

8-14  issuance; and

8-15      (c) Have placed or inscribed on it the seal or other identification

8-16  of the Department.

8-17      9.  Before the date of expiration of a special parking placard

8-18  or special parking sticker issued to a person with a permanent

8-19  disability or disability of moderate duration, the person shall

8-20  renew his special parking placard or special parking sticker. If the

8-21  applicant for renewal is a person with a disability of moderate

8-22  duration, the applicant must include with his application for

8-23  renewal a statement from a licensed physician certifying that the

8-24  applicant is a person with a disability which limits or impairs the

8-25  ability to walk, and that such disability, although not irreversible,

8-26  is estimated to last longer than 6 months. A person with a

8-27  permanent disability is not required to submit evidence of a

8-28  continuing disability with his application for renewal.

8-29      10. The Department, or a city or county, may issue, and charge

8-30  a reasonable fee for, a temporary parking placard for a vehicle other

8-31  than a motorcycle or a temporary parking sticker for a motorcycle

8-32  upon the application of a person with a temporary disability . [which

8-33  limits or impairs the ability to walk.] Upon request, the Department,

8-34  city or county may issue one additional temporary parking placard

8-35  to an applicant. The application must include a certificate from a

8-36  licensed physician indicating:

8-37      (a) That the applicant has a temporary disability ; [which limits

8-38  or impairs the ability to walk;] and

8-39      (b) The estimated period of the disability.

8-40      [10.] 11. A temporary parking placard issued pursuant to

8-41  subsection [9] 10 must:

8-42      (a) Have inscribed on it the international symbol of access

8-43  which is at least 3 inches in height, is centered on the placard and is

8-44  white on a red background; and

9-1  (b) Have a form of attachment which enables a person using the

9-2  placard to display the placard from the rearview mirror of the

9-3  vehicle.

9-4  [11.] 12. A temporary parking sticker issued pursuant to

9-5  subsection [9] 10 must have inscribed on it the international symbol

9-6  of access which is at least 3 inches in height, is centered on the

9-7  sticker and is white on a red background.

9-8  [12.] 13. A temporary parking placard or temporary parking

9-9  sticker is valid only for the period for which a physician has

9-10  certified the disability, but in no case longer than 6 months.

9-11      [13.] If the temporary disability continues after the period for

9-12  which the physician has certified the disability, the person with the

9-13  temporary disability must renew the temporary parking placard

9-14  or temporary parking sticker before the temporary parking placard

9-15  or temporary parking sticker expires. The person with the

9-16  temporary disability shall include with his application for renewal

9-17  a statement from a licensed physician certifying that the applicant

9-18  continues to be a person with a temporary disability and the

9-19  estimated period of the disability.

9-20      14. A special or temporary parking placard must be displayed

9-21  in the vehicle when the vehicle is parked by hanging or attaching the

9-22  placard to the rearview mirror of the vehicle. If the vehicle has no

9-23  rearview mirror, the placard must be placed on the dashboard of the

9-24  vehicle in such a manner that the placard can easily be seen from

9-25  outside the vehicle when the vehicle is parked.

9-26      [14.] 15. A special or temporary parking sticker must be

9-27  affixed to the windscreen of the motorcycle. If the motorcycle has

9-28  no windscreen, the sticker must be affixed to any other part of the

9-29  motorcycle which may be easily seen when the motorcycle is

9-30  parked.

9-31      [15.] 16. Special or temporary parking placards, special or

9-32  temporary parking stickers, or special license plates issued pursuant

9-33  to this section do not authorize parking in any area on a highway

9-34  where parking is prohibited by law.

9-35      [16.] 17. No person, other than the person certified as being a

9-36  person with a permanent disability [which limits or impairs the

9-37  ability to walk,] , disability of moderate duration or temporary

9-38  disability, or a person actually transporting such a person, may use

9-39  the special license plates or a special or temporary parking placard,

9-40  or a special or temporary parking sticker issued pursuant to this

9-41  section to obtain any special parking privileges available pursuant to

9-42  this section.

9-43      [17.] 18. Any person who violates the provisions of subsection

9-44  [16] 17 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

10-1      [18.] 19. The Department may review the eligibility of each

10-2  holder of a special parking placard, a special parking sticker or

10-3  special license plates, or any combination thereof. Upon a

10-4  determination of ineligibility by the Department, the holder shall

10-5  surrender the special parking placard, special parking sticker or

10-6  special license plates, or any combination thereof, to the

10-7  Department.

10-8      [19.] 20. The Department may adopt such regulations as are

10-9  necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

10-10     Sec. 14.  NRS 482.500 is hereby amended to read as follows:

10-11     482.500  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 or 3,

10-12  whenever upon application any duplicate or substitute certificate of

10-13  registration, decal or number plate is issued, the following fees must

10-14  be paid:

 

10-15  For a certificate of registration...... $5.00

10-16  For every substitute number plate or set of plates  5.00

10-17  For every duplicate number plate or set of plates   10.00

10-18  For every decal displaying a county name..   .50

10-19  For every other decal, license plate sticker or tab   5.00

 

10-20     2.  The following fees must be paid for any replacement plate or

10-21  set of plates issued for the following special license plates:

10-22     (a) For any special plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.3667,

10-23  482.3672, 482.3675, 482.370 to 482.376, inclusive, or 482.379 to

10-24  482.3816, inclusive, a fee of $10.

10-25     (b) For any special plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.368,

10-26  482.3765, 482.377 or 482.378, a fee of $5.

10-27     (c) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.37937 and

10-28  482.37945, for any souvenir license plate issued pursuant to NRS

10-29  482.3825 or sample license plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.2703,

10-30  a fee equal to that established by the Director for the issuance of

10-31  those plates.

10-32     3.  A fee must not be charged for a duplicate or substitute of a

10-33  decal issued pursuant to NRS 482.37635.

10-34     4.  The fees which are paid for duplicate number plates and

10-35  decals displaying county names must be deposited with the State

10-36  Treasurer for credit to the Motor Vehicle Fund and allocated to the

10-37  Department to defray the costs of duplicating the plates and

10-38  manufacturing the decals.

10-39     [5.  As used in this section:

10-40     (a) “Duplicate number plate” means a license plate or a set of

10-41  license plates issued to a registered owner which repeat the code of

10-42  a plate or set of plates previously issued to the owner to maintain his

10-43  registration using the same code.

11-1      (b) “Substitute number plate” means a license plate or a set of

11-2  license plates issued in place of a previously issued and unexpired

11-3  plate or set of plates. The plate or set of plates does not repeat the

11-4  code of the previously issued plate or set.]

11-5      Sec. 15.  Chapter 484 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

11-6  thereto the provisions set forth as sections 16, 17 and 18 of this act.

11-7      Sec. 16.  “Person with a disability of moderate duration” has

11-8  the meaning ascribed to it in section 4 of this act.

11-9      Sec. 17.  “Person with a permanent disability” has the

11-10  meaning ascribed to it in section 5 of this act.

11-11     Sec. 18.  “Person with a temporary disability” has the

11-12  meaning ascribed to it in section 6 of this act.

11-13     Sec. 19.  NRS 484.013 is hereby amended to read as follows:

11-14     484.013  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise

11-15  requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 484.014 to 484.217,

11-16  inclusive, and sections 16, 17 and 18 of this act have the meanings

11-17  ascribed to them in those sections.

11-18     Sec. 20.  NRS 484.407 is hereby amended to read as follows:

11-19     484.407  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, an

11-20  owner or operator of a motor vehicle displaying a special parking

11-21  placard, a special parking sticker, a temporary parking placard, a

11-22  temporary parking sticker or special plates issued pursuant to NRS

11-23  482.384, or special plates for a disabled veteran issued pursuant to

11-24  NRS 482.377, may park the motor vehicle for not more than 4 hours

11-25  at any one time in a parking zone restricted as to the length of time

11-26  parking is permitted, without penalty, removal or impoundment of

11-27  the vehicle if the parking is otherwise consistent with public safety

11-28  and is done by a person with a permanent disability [which limits or

11-29  impairs the ability to walk,] , disability of moderate duration or

11-30  temporary disability, a disabled veteran , or a person transporting

11-31  any such [a] person.

11-32     2.  An owner or operator of a motor vehicle displaying special

11-33  plates for a disabled veteran issued pursuant to NRS 482.377 may,

11-34  without displaying a special license plate, placard or sticker issued

11-35  pursuant to NRS 482.384, park in a parking space designated for the

11-36  handicapped if:

11-37     (a) The parking is done by a disabled veteran; or

11-38     (b) A disabled veteran is a passenger in the motor vehicle being

11-39  parked.

11-40     3.  This section does not authorize the parking of a motor

11-41  vehicle in any privately or municipally owned facility for parking

11-42  off the highway without paying the required fee for the time during

11-43  which the vehicle is so parked.

 

 

12-1      Sec. 21.  NRS 484.408 is hereby amended to read as follows:

12-2      484.408  1.  Any parking space designated for the

12-3  handicapped must be indicated by a sign:

12-4      (a) Bearing the international symbol of access with or without

12-5  the words “Parking,” “Handicapped Parking,” “Handicapped

12-6  Parking Only ” [,”] or “Reserved for the Handicapped,” or any other

12-7  word or combination of words indicating that the space is

12-8  designated for the handicapped;

12-9      (b) Stating “Minimum fine of $100 for use by others” or

12-10  equivalent words; and

12-11     (c) The bottom of which must be not less than 4 feet above the

12-12  ground.

12-13     2.  In addition to the requirements of subsection 1, a parking

12-14  space designated for the handicapped which:

12-15     (a) Is designed for the exclusive use of a vehicle with a side-

12-16  loading wheelchair lift; and

12-17     (b) Is located in a parking lot with 60 or more parking

12-18  spaces,

12-19  must be indicated by a sign using a combination of words to state

12-20  that the space is for the exclusive use of a vehicle with a side-

12-21  loading wheelchair lift.

12-22     3.  If a parking space is designed for the use of a vehicle with a

12-23  side-loading wheelchair lift, the space which is immediately

12-24  adjacent and intended for use in the loading and unloading of a

12-25  wheelchair into or out of such a vehicle must be indicated by a sign:

12-26     (a) Stating “No Parking” or similar words which indicate that

12-27  parking in such a space is prohibited;

12-28     (b) Stating “Minimum fine of $100 for violation” or similar

12-29  words indicating that the minimum fine for parking in such a space

12-30  is $100; and

12-31     (c) The bottom of which must not be less than 4 feet above the

12-32  ground.

12-33     4.  An owner of private property upon which is located a

12-34  parking space described in subsection 1, 2 or 3 shall erect and

12-35  maintain or cause to be erected and maintained any sign required

12-36  pursuant to subsection 1, 2 or 3, whichever is applicable. If a

12-37  parking space described in subsection 1, 2 or 3 is located on public

12-38  property, the governmental entity having control over that public

12-39  property shall erect and maintain or cause to be erected and

12-40  maintained any sign required pursuant to subsection 1, 2 or 3,

12-41  whichever is applicable.

12-42     5.  A person shall not park a vehicle in a space designated for

12-43  the handicapped by a sign that meets the requirements of subsection

12-44  1, whether on public or privately owned property, unless he is

12-45  eligible to do so and the vehicle displays:

13-1      (a) Special license plates issued pursuant to NRS 482.384;

13-2      (b) A special or temporary parking placard issued pursuant to

13-3  NRS 482.384;

13-4      (c) A special or temporary parking sticker issued pursuant to

13-5  NRS 482.384;

13-6      (d) Special license plates, a special or temporary parking sticker,

13-7  or a special or temporary parking placard displaying the

13-8  international symbol of access issued by another state or a foreign

13-9  country; or

13-10     (e) Special license plates for a disabled veteran issued pursuant

13-11  to NRS 482.377.

13-12     6.  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a person

13-13  shall not park a vehicle in a space that is reserved for the exclusive

13-14  use of a vehicle with a side-loading wheelchair lift and is designated

13-15  for the handicapped by a sign that meets the requirements of

13-16  subsection 2, whether on public or privately owned property, unless:

13-17     (a) He is eligible to do so;

13-18     (b) The vehicle displays the special license plates or placard set

13-19  forth in subsection 5; and

13-20     (c) The vehicle is equipped with a side-loading wheelchair

13-21  lift.

13-22  A person who meets the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) may

13-23  park a vehicle that is not equipped with a side-loading wheelchair

13-24  lift in such a parking space if the space is in a parking lot with fewer

13-25  than 60 parking spaces.

13-26     7.  A person shall not park in a space which:

13-27     (a) Is immediately adjacent to a space designed for use by a

13-28  vehicle with a side-loading wheelchair lift; and

13-29     (b) Is designated as a space in which parking is prohibited by a

13-30  sign that meets the requirements of subsection 3,

13-31  whether on public or privately owned property.

13-32     8.  A person shall not use a plate, sticker or placard set forth in

13-33  subsection 5 to park in a space designated for the handicapped

13-34  unless he is a person with a permanent disability [which limits or

13-35  impairs the ability to walk,] , disability of moderate duration or

13-36  temporary disability, a disabled veteran , or the driver of a vehicle

13-37  in which any such [a] person is a passenger.

13-38     9.  A person who violates any of the provisions of subsections 5

13-39  to 8, inclusive, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished:

13-40     (a) Upon the first offense, by a fine of $100.

13-41     (b) Upon the second offense, by a fine of $250 and not less than

13-42  8 hours, but not more than 50 hours, of community service.

13-43     (c) Upon the third or subsequent offense, by a fine of not less

13-44  than $500, but not more than $1,000 and not less than 25 hours, but

13-45  not more than 100 hours, of community service.

14-1      Sec. 22.  1.  This section and sections 1, 3, 7, 8, 11 and 14 of

14-2  this act become effective on July 1, 2003.

14-3      2.  Sections 9 and 10 of this act become effective on October 1,

14-4  2003.

14-5      3.  Sections 2, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13 and 15 to 21, inclusive, of this act

14-6  become effective on January 1, 2004.

 

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