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--Revises certain provisions governing establishment by department of transportation of system of communication for members of traveling public. (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; revising certain provisions governing the establishment by the department of transportation of a system of communication for members of the traveling public; 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 of communication 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 of communication 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. NRS 408.567 is hereby amended to read as follows:
408.5671. Money received by the department from:
(a) Fees for providing information;
(b) Participants in a [telephone] system of communication established to reserve accommodations for travelers; and
(c) Appropriations made by the legislature for the purposes of NRS 408.551 to 408.567, inclusive,
must be deposited with the state treasurer for credit to the account for systems of providing information to the traveling public in the state highway fund, which is hereby created.
2. Money in the account must only be used to carry out the provisions of NRS 408.551 to 408.567, inclusive.
Sec. 2 NRS 408.569 is hereby amended to read as follows:
408.569 The department [may] shall establish along [the most] one or more frequently traveled highways of this state a system of [telephones] communication for members of the public to report fires, accidents or other emergencies or to receive information concerning the conditions for driving on certain highways.