requires two-thirds majority vote (§§ 1, 2)                                                                                                            

                                                                                                  

 

Senate Bill No. 288–Committee on Finance

 

(On Behalf of the Department of Administration)

 

March 13, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Transportation

 

SUMMARY—Increases fees for compensable trips of taxicabs and driver’s permit to operate taxicab. (BDR 58‑1251)

 

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 taxicabs; increasing the fee for each compensable trip of a taxicab; increasing the fees for the issuance and renewal of a driver’s permit to operate a taxicab; 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 706.8826 is hereby amended to read as

1-2  follows:

1-3  706.8826  1.  The board of county commissioners of any

1-4  county in which there is in effect an order for the allocation of

1-5  taxicabs from a Taxicab Authority, and the governing body of each

1-6  city within any such county, shall deposit to the credit of the

1-7  Taxicab Authority Fund all of the tax revenue which is received

1-8  from the taxicab business operating in the county and city,

1-9  respectively.

1-10      2.  For the purpose of calculating the amount due to the State

1-11  under subsection 1, the tax revenue of a county does not include any

1-12  amount which represents a payment for the use of county facilities

1-13  or property.

1-14      3.  Any certificate holder who is subject to an order of

1-15  allocation by the Taxicab Authority shall pay to the Taxicab

2-1  Authority $100 per year for each taxicab that the Taxicab Authority

2-2  has allocated to the certificate holder and a fee set by the Taxicab

2-3  Authority that must not exceed [15] 20 cents per trip for each

2-4  compensable trip of each of those taxicabs, which may be added to

2-5  the meter charge. The money so received by the Taxicab Authority

2-6  must be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Taxicab

2-7  Authority Fund.

2-8  Sec. 2.  NRS 706.8841 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-9  706.8841  1.  The Administrator shall issue a driver’s permit

2-10  to qualified persons who wish to be employed by certificate holders

2-11  as taxicab drivers. Before issuing a driver’s permit, the

2-12  Administrator shall:

2-13      (a) Require the applicant to submit a set of his fingerprints,

2-14  which must be forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to

2-15  ascertain whether the applicant has a criminal record and the nature

2-16  of any such record, and shall further investigate the applicant’s

2-17  background; and

2-18      (b) Require proof that the applicant:

2-19          (1) Has been a resident of the State for 30 days before his

2-20  application for a permit;

2-21          (2) Can read and orally communicate in the English

2-22  language; and

2-23          (3) Has a valid license issued under NRS 483.325 which

2-24  authorizes him to drive a taxicab in this state.

2-25      2.  The Administrator may refuse to issue a driver’s permit if

2-26  the applicant has been convicted of:

2-27      (a) A felony, other than a felony involving any sexual offense,

2-28  in this state or any other jurisdiction within 5 years before the date

2-29  of the application;

2-30      (b) A felony involving any sexual offense in this state or any

2-31  other jurisdiction at any time before the date of the application; or

2-32      (c) A violation of NRS 484.379 or 484.3795 or a law of any

2-33  other jurisdiction that prohibits the same or similar conduct within 3

2-34  years before the date of the application.

2-35      3.  The Administrator may refuse to issue a driver’s permit if

2-36  the Administrator, after the background investigation of the

2-37  applicant, determines that the applicant is morally unfit or if the

2-38  issuance of the driver’s permit would be detrimental to public

2-39  health, welfare or safety.

2-40      4.  A taxicab driver shall pay to the Administrator, in advance,

2-41  [$20] $40 for an original driver’s permit and [$5] $10 for a renewal.

2-42      Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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