Amendment No. 836

 

Assembly Amendment to Senate Bill No. 356  First Reprint                                              (BDR 43‑1049)

Proposed by: Committee on Transportation

Amendment Box: Replaces Amendment No. 825.

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:               Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

       Adopted       Lost                                               |          Adopted       Lost                                           

Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend section 1, page 1, by deleting lines 14 through 17 and inserting:

     “3.  A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, shall be punished:

     (a) As provided in NRS 193.150; or

     (b) If the violation does not cause any personal injury or damage to property, by a fine of not more than $100.

     4.  The provisions of subsection 3 do not prohibit a local authority from enacting by ordinance a traffic regulation that:

     (a) Covers the same subject matter as this section; and

     (b) Imposes upon a person for any violation of such a traffic regulation a penalty which is not greater than the fullest penalty that may be imposed for conviction of a misdemeanor pursuant to NRS 193.150.”.

     Amend the title of the bill, second line, after “highways;” by inserting:

“authorizing local authorities to impose different penalties for corresponding violations;”.