Senate Bill No. 214–Committee on Transportation

 

February 26, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Finance

 

SUMMARY—Revises provisions concerning enforcement of requirement of registration of motor vehicle by new resident of this state. (BDR 43‑1058)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: Contains Appropriation not included in Executive Budget.

 

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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; requiring the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish a toll-free telephone number for the reporting of certain violations relating to the registration of a vehicle; requiring the Department to notify the appropriate local law enforcement agency of violations; making an appropriation; 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  The Director shall:

1-4  1.  Establish and maintain a toll-free telephone number for

1-5  persons to report to the Department information concerning

1-6  alleged violations of subsection 3 of NRS 482.385.

1-7  2.  Establish procedures pursuant to which employees of the

1-8  Department will receive information reported pursuant to

1-9  subsection 1 and, based upon the information so received,

1-10  determine the appropriate action to be taken in response to the

1-11  information.

 

2-1  Sec. 2.  NRS 482.385 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-2  482.385  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 and

2-3  NRS 482.390, a nonresident owner of a vehicle of a type subject to

2-4  registration pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, owning any

2-5  vehicle which has been registered for the current year in the state,

2-6  country or other place of which the owner is a resident and which at

2-7  all times when operated in this state has displayed upon it the

2-8  registration license plate issued for the vehicle in the place of

2-9  residence of the owner, may operate or permit the operation of the

2-10  vehicle within this state without its registration in this state pursuant

2-11  to the provisions of this chapter and without the payment of any

2-12  registration fees to this state.

2-13      2.  This section does not:

2-14      (a) Prohibit the use of manufacturers’, distributors’ or dealers’

2-15  license plates issued by any state or country by any nonresident in

2-16  the operation of any vehicle on the public highways of this state.

2-17      (b) Require registration of vehicles of a type subject to

2-18  registration pursuant to the provisions of this chapter operated by

2-19  nonresident common motor carriers of persons or property, contract

2-20  motor carriers of persons or property, or private motor carriers of

2-21  property as stated in NRS 482.390.

2-22      (c) Require registration of a vehicle operated by a border state

2-23  employee.

2-24      3.  When a person, formerly a nonresident, becomes a resident

2-25  of this state, he shall:

2-26      (a) Within 30 days after becoming a resident; or

2-27      (b) At the time he obtains his driver’s license,

2-28  whichever occurs earlier, apply for the registration of any vehicle

2-29  which he owns and which is operated in this state. If a person fails

2-30  to register a vehicle within 10 days after the last day allowed for

2-31  timely registration pursuant to this subsection, the Department

2-32  shall notify the appropriate local law enforcement agency that the

2-33  person is in violation of this subsection.

2-34      4.  Any resident operating a motor vehicle upon a highway of

2-35  this state which is owned by a nonresident and which is furnished to

2-36  the resident operator for his continuous use within this state, shall

2-37  cause that vehicle to be registered within 30 days after beginning its

2-38  operation within this state.

2-39      5.  A person registering a vehicle pursuant to the provisions of

2-40  subsection 3, 4 or 6 [of this section] or pursuant to NRS 482.390

2-41  must be assessed the registration fees and governmental services

2-42  tax, as required by the provisions of this chapter and chapter 371 of

2-43  NRS. He must not be allowed credit on those taxes and fees for the

2-44  unused months of his previous registration.

3-1  6.  If a vehicle is used in this state for a gainful purpose, the

3-2  owner shall immediately apply to the Department for registration,

3-3  except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.390, 482.395 and 706.801

3-4  to 706.861, inclusive.

3-5  7.  An owner registering a vehicle pursuant to the provisions of

3-6  this section shall surrender the existing nonresident license plates

3-7  and registration certificates to the Department for cancelation.

3-8  8.  A vehicle may be cited for a violation of this section

3-9  regardless of whether it is in operation or is parked on a highway, in

3-10  a public parking lot or on private property which is open to the

3-11  public if, after communicating with the owner or operator of the

3-12  vehicle, the peace officer issuing the citation determines that:

3-13      (a) The owner of the vehicle is a resident of this state; or

3-14      (b) The vehicle is used in this state for a gainful purpose.

3-15      Sec. 3.  1.  There is hereby appropriated from the State

3-16  Highway Fund to the Department of Motor Vehicles the sum of

3-17  $109,000 for the purchase of equipment to establish and maintain

3-18  the toll-free telephone number pursuant to section 1 of this act and

3-19  for the costs related to a multimedia advertising campaign to inform

3-20  the public about the toll-free telephone number and its purpose.

3-21      2.  Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by

3-22  subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30,

3-23  2005, and reverts to the State Highway Fund as soon as all

3-24  payments of money committed have been made.

3-25      Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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