REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY VOTE (§§ 1, 3)           

                                                 (Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 21, 2003)

 

Assembly Bill No. 239–Committee on Transportation

 

March 5, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Transportation

 

SUMMARY—Authorizes Department of Motor Vehicles to produce and issue vintage license plates for certain motor vehicles. (BDR 43‑126)

 

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; authorizing the Department of Motor Vehicles to produce and issue vintage license plates for motor vehicles manufactured before or during the year 1942; providing that such vintage license plates must be produced by the Department using digital technology; imposing a fee for the issuance and renewal of such vintage license plates; 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 a new section to read as follows:

1-3  1.  The Department may produce and issue vintage license

1-4  plates to residents of Nevada for any motor vehicle manufactured

1-5  not later than 1942.

1-6  2.  Vintage license plates issued pursuant to this section must

1-7  be produced by the Department:

1-8  (a) Using only digital technology for the production of the

1-9  plates; and

1-10      (b) To appear, insofar as is practicable, the same as the license

1-11  plates that were issued in Nevada during the year of manufacture

1-12  of the particular motor vehicle to which the vintage license plates

1-13  will be affixed.

2-1  3.  The fee for vintage license plates issued pursuant to this

2-2  section is $35, in addition to all other applicable registration and

2-3  license fees and governmental services taxes. The vintage license

2-4  plates are renewable upon the payment of $10.

2-5  4.  If, during a registration year, the holder of vintage license

2-6  plates issued pursuant to the provisions of this section disposes of

2-7  the vehicle to which the plates are affixed, the holder shall:

2-8  (a) Retain the plates and affix them to another vehicle that

2-9  meets the requirements of this section if the holder pays the fee for

2-10  the transfer of the registration and any registration fee or

2-11  governmental services tax due pursuant to NRS 482.399; or

2-12      (b) Within 30 days after removing the plates from the vehicle,

2-13  return them to the Department.

2-14      Sec. 2. NRS 482.216 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-15      482.216  1.  Upon the request of a new vehicle dealer, the

2-16  Department may authorize the new vehicle dealer to:

2-17      (a) Accept applications for the registration of the new motor

2-18  vehicles he sells and the related fees and taxes;

2-19      (b) Issue certificates of registration to applicants who satisfy the

2-20  requirements of this chapter; and

2-21      (c) Accept applications for the transfer of registration pursuant

2-22  to NRS 482.399 if the applicant purchased from the new vehicle

2-23  dealer a new vehicle to which the registration is to be transferred.

2-24      2.  A new vehicle dealer who is authorized to issue certificates

2-25  of registration pursuant to subsection 1 shall:

2-26      (a) Transmit the applications he receives to the Department

2-27  within the period prescribed by the Department;

2-28      (b) Transmit the fees he collects from the applicants and

2-29  properly account for them within the period prescribed by the

2-30  Department;

2-31      (c) Comply with the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection

2-32  4; and

2-33      (d) Bear any cost of equipment which is necessary to issue

2-34  certificates of registration, including any computer hardware or

2-35  software.

2-36      3.  A new vehicle dealer who is authorized to issue certificates

2-37  of registration pursuant to subsection 1 shall not:

2-38      (a) Charge any additional fee for the performance of those

2-39  services;

2-40      (b) Receive compensation from the Department for the

2-41  performance of those services;

2-42      (c) Accept applications for the renewal of registration of a motor

2-43  vehicle; or

2-44      (d) Accept an application for the registration of a motor vehicle

2-45  if the applicant wishes to:

3-1       (1) Obtain special license plates pursuant to NRS 482.3667

3-2  to 482.3825, inclusive [;] , and section 1 of this act; or

3-3       (2) Claim the exemption from the governmental services tax

3-4  provided pursuant to NRS 361.1565 to veterans and their relations.

3-5  4.  The Director shall adopt such regulations as are necessary to

3-6  carry out the provisions of this section. The regulations adopted

3-7  pursuant to this subsection must provide for:

3-8  (a) The expedient and secure issuance of license plates and

3-9  decals by the Department; and

3-10      (b) The withdrawal of the authority granted to a new vehicle

3-11  dealer pursuant to subsection 1 if that dealer fails to comply with the

3-12  regulations adopted by the Department.

3-13      Sec. 3. NRS 482.500 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-14      482.500  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 or 3,

3-15  whenever upon application any duplicate or substitute certificate of

3-16  registration, decal or number plate is issued, the following fees must

3-17  be paid:

 

3-18  For a certificate of registration....... $5.00

3-19  For every substitute number plate or set of plates............................. 5.00

3-20  For every duplicate number plate or set of plates........................... 10.00

3-21  For every decal displaying a county name  .50

3-22  For every other decal, license plate sticker or tab.............................. 5.00

 

3-23      2.  The following fees must be paid for any replacement plate or

3-24  set of plates issued for the following special license plates:

3-25      (a) For any special plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.3667,

3-26  482.3672, 482.3675, 482.370 to 482.376, inclusive, or 482.379 to

3-27  482.3816, inclusive, and section 1 of this act, a fee of $10.

3-28      (b) For any special plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.368,

3-29  482.3765, 482.377 or 482.378, a fee of $5.

3-30      (c) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.37937 and

3-31  482.37945, for any souvenir license plate issued pursuant to NRS

3-32  482.3825 or sample license plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.2703,

3-33  a fee equal to that established by the Director for the issuance of

3-34  those plates.

3-35      3.  A fee must not be charged for a duplicate or substitute of a

3-36  decal issued pursuant to NRS 482.37635.

3-37      4.  The fees which are paid for duplicate number plates and

3-38  decals displaying county names must be deposited with the State

3-39  Treasurer for credit to the Motor Vehicle Fund and allocated to the

3-40  Department to defray the costs of duplicating the plates and

3-41  manufacturing the decals.

3-42      5.  As used in this section:

4-1  (a) “Duplicate number plate” means a license plate or a set of

4-2  license plates issued to a registered owner which repeat the code of

4-3  a plate or set of plates previously issued to the owner to maintain his

4-4  registration using the same code.

4-5  (b) “Substitute number plate” means a license plate or a set of

4-6  license plates issued in place of a previously issued and unexpired

4-7  plate or set of plates. The plate or set of plates does not repeat the

4-8  code of the previously issued plate or set.

 

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