Assembly Bill No. 529

Assembly Bill No. 529-Assemblymen Braunlin, Chowning, Parks, Sandoval, Lambert, Amodei, Mortenson, Von Tobel, Neighbors, Carpenter, Nolan, Bache, Koivisto, Gustavson, Collins, Lee and Anderson

May 26, 1997
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Referred to Committee on Transportation

SUMMARY--Provides for issuance of special license plates that encourage donation of human organs. (BDR 43-306)

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 motor vehicles; providing for the issuance of special license plates that encourage the donation of human organs; 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 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 organizations in this state which assist in the donation and procurement of human organs, shall design, prepare and issue license plates that encourage the donation of human organs using any colors and designs 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 that encourage the donation of human organs for any 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 that encourage the donation of human organs if that person pays the fees for the personalized prestige license plates in addition to the fees for the license plates which encourage the donation of human organs pursuant to subsection 3.
3. The fee for license plates to encourage the donation of human organs 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. 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 forth in this chapter; or
(b) Within 30 days after removing the plates from the vehicle, return them to the department.
Sec. 2 NRS 482.270 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.270 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.3747, 482.3775, 482.379, 482.3791, 482.3792, 482.3793, 482.3794 or 482.384, or section 1 of this act, the director shall order the preparation of motor vehicle license plates with no other colors than blue and silver. The director may substitute white in place of silver when no suitable material is available.
2. The director may determine and vary the size, shape and form and the material of which license plates are made, but each license plate must be of sufficient size to be plainly readable from a distance of 100 feet during daylight. All license plates must be treated to reflect light and to be at least 100 times brighter than conventional painted number plates. When properly mounted on an unlighted vehicle, the license plates, when viewed from a vehicle equipped with standard headlights, must be visible for a distance of not less than 1,500 feet and readable for a distance of not less than 110 feet.
3. Every license plate must have displayed upon it:
(a) The registration number, or combination of letters and numbers, assigned to the vehicle and to the owner thereof;
(b) The name of the state, which may be abbreviated;
(c) If issued for a calendar year, the year; and
(d) If issued for a registration period other than a calendar year, the month and year the registration expires.
4. The letters I and Q must not be used in the designation.
5. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.379, all letters and numbers must be of the same size.