Assembly Bill No. 520–Committee on Transportation

 

(On Behalf of the Department of Motor Vehicles)

 

March 24, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Transportation

 

SUMMARY—Transfers Program for Education of Motorcycle Riders from Department of Motor Vehicles to Department of Public Safety. (BDR 43‑1317)

 

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; transferring the Program for the Education of Motorcycle Riders from the Department of Motor Vehicles to the Department of Public Safety; 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. NRS 480.110 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2  480.110  Except as otherwise provided therein, the Department

1-3  shall execute, administer and enforce, and perform the functions and

1-4  duties provided in:

1-5  1.  Chapters 176A and 213 of NRS relating to parole and

1-6  probation;

1-7  2.  Chapter 414 of NRS relating to emergency management;

1-8  3.  Chapter 453 of NRS relating to controlled substances and

1-9  chapter 454 of NRS relating to dangerous drugs;

1-10      4.  Chapter 459 of NRS relating to the transportation of

1-11  hazardous materials; [and]

1-12      5.  Chapter 477 of NRS relating to the State Fire Marshal[.] ;

1-13  and

2-1  6.  NRS 486.370 to 486.377, inclusive, and sections 5, 6 and 7

2-2  of this act relating to the education and safety of motorcycle

2-3  riders.

2-4  Sec. 2.  NRS 481.015 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-5  481.015  Except as otherwise provided in chapters 480 and

2-6  486A of NRS[,] and NRS 486.370 to 486.377, inclusive, and

2-7  sections 5, 6 and 7 of this act, as used in this title, unless the context

2-8  otherwise requires:

2-9  1.  “Department” means the Department of Motor Vehicles.

2-10      2.  “Director” means the Director of the Department of Motor

2-11  Vehicles.

2-12      Sec. 3.  NRS 481.023 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-13      481.023  1.  Except as otherwise provided [therein,] in this

2-14  section and in the provisions of law described in this section, the

2-15  Department shall execute, administer and enforce, and perform the

2-16  functions and duties provided in:

2-17      (a) Chapter 108 of NRS, and perform such duties and exercise

2-18  such powers relating to liens on vehicles as may be conferred upon

2-19  it pursuant to chapter 108 of NRS or the provisions of any other law.

2-20      (b) Chapters 360A, 365, 366, 371 and 373 of NRS, relating to

2-21  the imposition and collection of taxes on motor fuels.

2-22      (c) Chapters 481, 482 to 486, inclusive, and 487 of NRS,

2-23  relating to motor vehicles. The Department shall not execute,

2-24  administer or enforce, or perform the functions or duties provided

2-25  in NRS 486.370 to 486.377, inclusive, and sections 5, 6 and 7 of

2-26  this act relating to the education and safety of motorcycle riders.

2-27      (d) Chapter 706 of NRS relating to licensing of motor vehicle

2-28  carriers and the use of public highways by those carriers.

2-29      (e) The provisions of NRS 426.401 to 426.461, inclusive.

2-30      2.  The Department shall perform such other duties and exercise

2-31  such other powers as may be conferred upon the Department.

2-32      Sec. 4.  Chapter 486 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

2-33  thereto the provisions set forth as sections 5, 6 and 7 of this act.

2-34      Sec. 5.  As used in NRS 486.370 to 486.377, inclusive, and

2-35  sections 5, 6 and 7 of this act, unless the context otherwise

2-36  requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 486.370 and

2-37  sections 6 and 7 of this act have the meanings ascribed to them in

2-38  those sections.

2-39      Sec. 6.  “Department” means the Department of Public

2-40  Safety.

2-41      Sec. 7.  “Director” means the Director of the Department of

2-42  Public Safety.

2-43      Sec. 8.  NRS 486.370 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-44      486.370  [As used in NRS 486.372 to 486.377, inclusive,

2-45  “motorcycle”] “Motorcycle” does not include a trimobile.

3-1  Sec. 9.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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