Senate Bill No. 500–Committee on Finance

 

May 27, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Finance

 

SUMMARY—Revises certain fees paid to Department of Motor Vehicles concerning control of emissions from motor vehicles. (BDR 40‑1365)

 

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; revising the provisions governing certain fees paid to the Department of Motor Vehicles concerning the control of emissions from motor vehicles; 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 445B.830 is hereby amended to read as

1-2  follows:

1-3  445B.830  1.  In areas of the State where and when a program

1-4  is commenced pursuant to NRS 445B.770 to 445B.815, inclusive,

1-5  the following fees must be paid to the Department of Motor

1-6  Vehicles and accounted for in the Pollution Control Account, which

1-7  is hereby created in the State General Fund:

1-8  (a) For the issuance and annual renewal of a license for an

1-9  authorized inspection station, authorized maintenance station,

1-10  authorized station or fleet station.............. $25

1-11      (b) For each set of 25 forms certifying emission control

1-12  compliance........................................ [125] 150

1-13      (c) For each form issued to a fleet station[5] 6

1-14      2.  Except as otherwise provided in subsections 4, 5 and 6, and

1-15  after deduction of the amount required for grants pursuant to

1-16  paragraph (a) of subsection 4, money in the Pollution Control

2-1  Account may, pursuant to legislative appropriation or with the

2-2  approval of the Interim Finance Committee, be expended by the

2-3  following agencies in the following order of priority:

2-4  (a) The Department of Motor Vehicles to carry out the

2-5  provisions of NRS 445B.770 to 445B.845, inclusive.

2-6  (b) The State Department of Conservation and Natural

2-7  Resources to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

2-8  (c) The State Department of Agriculture to carry out the

2-9  provisions of NRS 590.010 to 590.150, inclusive.

2-10      (d) Local governmental agencies in nonattainment or

2-11  maintenance areas for an air pollutant for which air quality criteria

2-12  have been issued pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 7408, for programs related

2-13  to the improvement of the quality of the air.

2-14      (e) The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency to carry out the

2-15  provisions of NRS 277.200 with respect to the preservation and

2-16  improvement of air quality in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

2-17      3.  The Department of Motor Vehicles may prescribe by

2-18  regulation routine fees for inspection at the prevailing shop labor

2-19  rate, including, without limitation, maximum charges for those fees,

2-20  and for the posting of those fees in a conspicuous place at an

2-21  authorized inspection station or authorized station.

2-22      4.  The Department of Motor Vehicles shall by regulation

2-23  establish a program to award grants of money in the Pollution

2-24  Control Account to local governmental agencies in nonattainment or

2-25  maintenance areas for an air pollutant for which air quality criteria

2-26  have been issued pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 7408, for programs related

2-27  to the improvement of the quality of air. The grants to agencies in a

2-28  county pursuant to this subsection must be made from:

2-29      (a) An amount of money in the Pollution Control Account that is

2-30  equal to [one-fifth] one-sixth of the amount received for each form

2-31  issued in the county pursuant to subsection 1; and

2-32      (b) Excess money in the Pollution Control Account. As used in

2-33  this paragraph, “excess money” means the money in excess of

2-34  $500,000 remaining in the Pollution Control Account at the end of

2-35  the fiscal year, after deduction of the amount required for grants

2-36  pursuant to paragraph (a) and any disbursements made from the

2-37  Account pursuant to subsection 2.

2-38      5.  Any regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 4 must

2-39  provide for the creation of an advisory committee consisting of

2-40  representatives of state and local agencies involved in the control of

2-41  emissions from motor vehicles. The committee shall:

2-42      (a) Review applications for grants and make recommendations

2-43  for their approval, rejection or modification;

2-44      (b) Establish goals and objectives for the program for control of

2-45  emissions from motor vehicles;

3-1  (c) Identify areas where funding should be made available; and

3-2  (d) Review and make recommendations concerning regulations

3-3  adopted pursuant to subsection 4 or NRS 445B.770.

3-4  6.  Grants proposed pursuant to subsections 4 and 5 must be

3-5  submitted to the appropriate Deputy Director of the Department of

3-6  Motor Vehicles and the Administrator of the Division of

3-7  Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation

3-8  and Natural Resources. Proposed grants approved by the appropriate

3-9  Deputy Director and the Administrator must not be awarded until

3-10  approved by the Interim Finance Committee.

3-11      Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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