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Assembly Bill No. 444-Committee on Transportation

May 1, 1997
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Referred to Committee on Transportation

SUMMARY--Revises provisions governing vehicle used as taxicab. (BDR 58-1634)

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 taxicabs; revising the maximum allowable mileage on a vehicle that is acquired for use as 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:

Section 1 NRS 706.8834 is hereby amended to read as follows:
706.8834 1. A certificate holder shall not permit a vehicle to be used as a taxicab if it has been in operation as a taxicab for more than 4 model years or 52 months, whichever period is longer.
2. Any vehicle which a certificate holder acquires for use as a taxicab must:
(a) Be new; or
(b) Register not more than [20,000] 30,000 miles on the odometer.

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