Assembly Bill No. 564-Assemblymen Arberry, Chowning, Herrera, Giunchigliani, Williams, Perkins, Price, Berman, Evans, Anderson, de Braga, Bache and Freeman
June 5, 1997
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Referred to Committee on Transportation
SUMMARY--Requires department of transportation to establish system of emergency telephones along certain public highways. (BDR 35-569)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: Yes.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to public highways; requiring the department of transportation to establish a system of emergency telephones along the most frequently traveled public highways; 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 NRS 408.561 is hereby amended to read as follows:
408.561 1. The department may establish at centers a toll-free telephone system for members of the traveling public to make reservations at hotels, motels, campgrounds and other places of public accommodation. The cost of this system, reduced pursuant to subsection 2 if applicable, must be apportioned among the hotels, motels, campgrounds and other businesses that participate in the system.
2. If , pursuant to NRS 408.569, the department uses the telephone system established pursuant to subsection 1 as a method for members of the public to report fires, accidents or other emergencies or to receive information concerning the conditions for driving on certain highways, the department shall pay a proportionate share of the cost of the system.
Sec. 2 NRS 408.569 is hereby amended to read as follows:
408.569 The department [may] shall establish along the most frequently traveled highways of this state a system of telephones for members of the public to report fires, accidents or other emergencies or to receive information concerning the conditions for driving on certain highways.