(REPRINTED WITH ADOPTED AMENDMENTS) SECOND REPRINT
Assembly Bill No. 15-Assemblywoman Buckley
Prefiled on January 14, 1997
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Referred to Committee on Judiciary
SUMMARY--Exempts certain persons who operate bicycles while on duty from complying with provisions relating to operation of bicycles under certain circumstances. (BDR 43-746)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to traffic laws; exempting certain persons who operate bicycles while on duty from complying with the provisions relating to the operation of bicycles under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1 Chapter 484 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a peace officer, a fireman, an emergency medical technician certified pursuant to chapter 450B of NRS or a security guard, who operates a bicycle while he is on duty, is not required to comply with any provision of NRS or any ordinance of a local government relating to the operation of a bicycle while on duty if he:
(a) Is responding to an emergency call or the peace officer is in pursuit of a suspected violator of the law; or
(b) Determines that noncompliance with any such provision is necessary to carry out his duties.
2. The provisions of this section do not:
(a) Relieve a peace officer, fireman, emergency medical technician or security guard from the duty to operate a bicycle with due regard for the safety of others.
(b) Protect such a person from the consequences of his disregard for the safety of others.
3. As used in this section, "security guard" means a person employed as a watchman, guard, patrolman or in any other similar position for the purpose of protecting property.
Sec. 2 NRS 484.503 is hereby amended to read as follows:
484.503 Every person riding a bicycle upon a roadway [shall be granted] has all of the rights and [shall be] is subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle except as [to special provisions] otherwise provided in NRS 484.505 to 484.513, inclusive, and section 1 of this act, and except as to those provisions of this chapter which by their nature can have no application.
Sec. 3 NRS 405.250 is hereby amended to read as follows:
405.250 1. Subject to the authority conferred by law on city authorities, the boards of county commissioners or road supervisors, any owner or occupant of land may construct and maintain a sidewalk in the highway along the line of his land.
2. Sidewalks already constructed and laid out [, being of] with reasonable limits as to width [, and] so as not to operate as an obstruction to the street or highway [, shall] must be maintained and protected [under] pursuant to this section.
3. [Any] Except as otherwise provided in section 1 of this act, a person who [shall] willfully and intentionally [ride or drive, or cause] rides or drives, or causes to be ridden or driven, any animal, vehicle or other thing over or upon such a sidewalk, without permission of the owner or occupant, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $20, in addition to the costs of prosecution.