- Assembly Bill No. 451-Assemblymen Manendo, Chowning, Segerblom, Bache, Ohrenschall, Freeman, Price, Herrera, Neighbors, Amodei, Von Tobel, Hickey, Williams, Sandoval, Buckley, Berman, Nolan, Koivisto, Gustavson, Collins, Anderson, Lambert, Cegavske, Goldwater, de Braga, Marvel, Dini, Krenzer, Mortenson, Lee, Braunlin, Parks, Evans, Close, Giunchigliani, Arberry, Humke and Tiffany
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- AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; providing for the issuance of special license plates for the support of public education; imposing a fee for the issuance or renewal of such license plates; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
[Approved July 16, 1997]
- THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 482 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the department, in cooperation with the department of education, shall design, prepare and issue license plates for the support of public education using any colors that the department deems appropriate. The department shall not design, prepare or issue the license plates unless it receives at least 250 applications for the issuance of those plates.
2. The department may issue license plates for the support of public education for a passenger car or light commercial vehicle upon application by a person who is entitled to license plates pursuant to NRS 482.265 and who otherwise complies with the requirements for registration and licensing pursuant to this chapter. A person may request that personalized prestige license plates issued pursuant to NRS 482.3667 be combined with license plates for the support of public education if that person pays the fees for the personalized prestige license plates in addition to the fees for the license plates for the support of public education pursuant to subsections 3 and 4.
3. The fee for license plates for the support of public education is $35, in addition to all other applicable registration and license fees and motor vehicle privilege taxes. The license plates are renewable upon the payment of $10.
4. In addition to all fees for the license, registration and privilege taxes, a person who requests a set of license plates for the support of public education must pay for the initial issuance of the plates an additional fee of $25 and for each renewal of the plates an additional fee of $20 to be used to purchase textbooks and laboratory equipment and pay for field trips for the benefit of pupils in this state.
5. The department shall deposit the fees collected pursuant to subsection 4 with the state treasurer for credit to the fund for public education created pursuant to section 5 of this act.
6. If, during a registration year, the holder of license plates issued pursuant to the provisions of this section disposes of the vehicle to which the plates are affixed, he may retain the plates and:
(a) Affix them to another vehicle that meets the requirements of this section if the transfer and registration fees are paid as set out in this chapter; or
(b) Within 30 days after removing the plates from the vehicle, return them to the department.
Sec. 2. (Deleted by amendment.)
Sec. 3. NRS 482.2703 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.2703 1. The director may order the preparation of sample license plates which must be of the same design and size as regular license plates or license plates issued pursuant to NRS 482.384. The director shall ensure that:
(a) Each license plate issued pursuant to this subsection, regardless of its design, is inscribed with the word SAMPLE and an identical designation which consists of the same group of three numerals followed by the same group of three letters; and
(b) The designation of numerals and letters assigned pursuant to paragraph (a) is not assigned to a vehicle registered pursuant to this chapter or chapter 706 of NRS.
2. The director may order the preparation of sample license plates which must be of the same design and size as any of the special license plates issued pursuant to NRS 482.3667 to 482.3823, inclusive, section 1 of Assembly Bill No. 32 of this session and section 1 of [this act.] Assembly Bill No. 589 of this session and section 1 of this act. The director shall ensure that:
(a) Each license plate issued pursuant to this subsection, regardless of its design, is inscribed with the word SAMPLE and the number zero in the location where any other numerals would normally be displayed on a license plate of that design; and
(b) The number assigned pursuant to paragraph (a) is not assigned to a vehicle registered pursuant to this chapter or chapter 706 of NRS.
3. The director may establish a fee for the issuance of sample license plates of not more than $15 for each license plate.
4. A decal issued pursuant to NRS 482.271 may be displayed on a sample license plate issued pursuant to this section.
5. All money collected from the issuance of sample license plates must be deposited in the state treasury for credit to the motor vehicle fund.
6. A person shall not affix a sample license plate issued pursuant to this section to a vehicle. A person who violates the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Sec. 4. NRS 482.500 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.500 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, whenever upon application any duplicate or substitute certificate of registration, decal or number plate is issued, the following fees must be paid:
- For a certificate of registration $5.00
- For every substitute number plate or set of plates 5.00
- For every duplicate number plate or set of plates 10.00
- For every decal displaying a county name .50
- For every other decal (license plate sticker or tab) 5.00
2. The following fees must be paid for any replacement plate or set of plates issued for the following special license plates:
(a) For any special plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.3667, 482.3672, 482.3675, 482.370 to 482.376, inclusive, or 482.379 to 482.3816, inclusive, section 1 of Assembly Bill No. 32 of this session and section 1 of [this act,] Assembly Bill No. 589 of this session and section 1 of this act, a fee of $10.
(b) For any special plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.368, 482.3765, 482.377 or 482.378, a fee of $5.
(c) For any souvenir license plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.3825 or sample license plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.2703, a fee equal to that established by the director for the issuance of those plates.
3. The fees which are paid for duplicate number plates and decals displaying county names must be deposited with the state treasurer for credit to the motor vehicle fund and allocated to the department to defray the costs of duplicating the plates and manufacturing the decals.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Duplicate number plate" means a license plate or a set of license plates issued to a registered owner which repeat the code of a plate or set of plates previously issued to the owner to maintain his registration using the same code.
(b) "Substitute number plate" means a license plate or a set of license plates issued in place of a previously issued and unexpired plate or set of plates. The plate or set of plates does not repeat the code of the previously issued plate or set.
Sec. 5. Chapter 386 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. Money received by the state board pursuant to section 1 of this act must be deposited in the fund for public education which is hereby created as a special revenue fund in the state treasury. Money in the fund must not be commingled with money from other sources. The state board shall disburse the money in the fund to schools in this state, upon the request of the school or the board of trustees of the school district in which the school is located, giving preference to those schools that the state board or the board of trustees of the school district in which the school is located has classified as serving a significant proportion of pupils who are economically disadvantaged.
2. A school that receives money pursuant to this section may expend the money only to purchase textbooks and laboratory equipment and to pay for field trips for pupils.
Sec. 6. Sections 3 and 4 of this act become effective at 12:02 a.m. on October 1, 1997.
Sec. 7. The amendatory provisions of this act expire by limitation on October 1, 2001, if on that date the department of motor vehicles and public safety has received fewer than 250 applications for the issuance of a license plate pursuant to section 1 of this act.
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