Adoption of this amendment will MAINTAIN a 2/3s majority vote requirement for final passage of AB477 (§ 1).
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Amend section 1, page 3, by deleting lines 12 through 17 and inserting:
“6. If a person cancels his registration and surrenders to the Department his license plates for a vehicle, the Department shall , under the circumstances provided in subsection 7, issue to the person a refund of the portion of the registration fee and governmental services tax paid on the vehicle attributable to the remainder of the current calendar year or registration period on a pro rata basis.
7. The Department shall issue a refund pursuant to subsection 6 only if the request for a refund is made at the time the registration is cancelled and the license plates are surrendered, the person requesting the refund is a resident of Nevada, the amount eligible for refund exceeds $100, and evidence satisfactory to the Department is submitted that reasonably proves the existence of extenuating circumstances. For the purposes of this subsection, the term “extenuating circumstances” means circumstances wherein:
(a) The person has recently relinquished his driver’s license and has sold or otherwise disposed of his vehicle.
(b) The vehicle has been determined to be inoperable and the person does not transfer the registration to a different vehicle.
(c) The owner of the vehicle is seriously ill or has died and the guardians or survivors have sold or otherwise disposed of the vehicle.
(d) Any other event occurs which the Department, by regulation, has defined to constitute an “extenuating circumstance” for the purposes of this subsection.”.
Amend the title of the bill, fifth line, by deleting “eliminating” and inserting “revising”.
Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows: