SUMMARY--Provides additional penalty under certain circumstances for operation of vehicle in violation of weight limitations. (BDR 43-442)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.

Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.

AN ACT relating to traffic laws; providing an additional penalty under certain circumstances for the operation of a vehicle in violation of weight limitations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Pounds of Excess Weight Fine

1 to 1,500 $10
1,501 to 2,500 1 cent per pound of excess weight
2,501 to 5,000 2 cents per pound of excess weight
5,001 to 7,500 4 cents per pound of excess weight
7,501 to 10,000 6 cents per pound of excess weight
10,001 and over 8 cents per pound of excess weight

2. If the resulting fine is not a whole number of dollars, the nearest whole number above the computed amount must be imposed as the fine.
3. The fines provided in this section are mandatory, must be collected immediately upon a determination of guilt [,] and must not be reduced under any circumstances by the court.
4. Any bail allowed must not be less than the appropriate fine provided for in this section.
5. A person convicted of a violation of a limitation of weight imposed by NRS 484.739 to 484.755, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine that is equal to twice the amount of the fine specified in subsection 1 if that violation occurred on or after February 1 but before May 1. This subsection does not create a separate offense but provides an additional penalty for the primary offense, whose imposition is contingent upon the finding of the prescribed fact.
Sec. 2 The amendatory provisions of this act do not apply to offenses that are committed before October 1, 1997.