SUMMARY--Revises certain fees charged for reinstatement of registration of motor vehicle. (BDR 43-777)
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; revising the fees charged by the department of motor vehicles and public safety to reinstate the registration of a motor vehicle in certain circumstances; 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 482.480 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.480 There must be paid to the department for the registration or the transfer or reinstatement of the registration of motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers, fees according to the following schedule:
1. For each stock passenger car and each reconstructed or specially constructed passenger car, regardless of weight or number of passenger capacity, a fee for registration of $33.
2. For every motorcycle, a fee for registration of $33 and for each motorcycle other than a trimobile, an additional fee of $6 for motorcycle safety. The additional fee must be deposited in the state highway fund for credit to the account for the program for the education of motorcycle riders.
3. For each transfer of registration a fee of $6 in addition to any other fees.
4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 485.317, to reinstate the registration of a motor vehicle suspended pursuant to that section:
(a) A fee [of] not to exceed $250 for a registered owner who failed to have insurance on the date specified in the form for verification that was mailed by the department pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 485.317; or
(b) A fee [of] not to exceed $50 for a registered owner who had insurance on the date specified in the form for verification that was mailed by the department pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 485.317, but failed to return the form within the time specified in that subsection,
both of which must be deposited in the account for verification of insurance which is hereby created in the state highway fund. Money in the account must be used to carry out the provisions of NRS 485.313 to 485.318, inclusive.
5. For every travel trailer, a fee for registration of $27.
6. For every permit for the operation of a golf cart, an annual fee of $10.
Sec. 2. NRS 485.317 is hereby amended to read as follows:
485.317 1. The department shall, at least monthly, compare the current registrations of motor vehicles to the information in the data base created pursuant to NRS 485.313 to verify that all owners of registered motor vehicles have maintained the insurance required by NRS 485.185.
2. The department shall mail a form for verification to each registered owner that it determines has not maintained the insurance required by NRS 485.185. The owner shall complete the form with all the information which is requested by the department, including whether he carries an owner's or operator's policy of liability insurance or a certificate of self-insurance, and return the completed form within 10 days after the date on which the form was mailed by the department.
3. When the department receives a completed form for verification , it shall verify the information on the form.
4. The department shall suspend the registration of the vehicle and require the return to the department of the license plates of any vehicle for which a form for verification is:
(a) Not returned to the department by the registered owner within 10 days;
(b) Returned by the registered owner and the department is not able to verify the information on the form; or
(c) Returned by the registered owner with an admission of no insurance or without indicating an insurer or the number of a motor vehicle liability policy or a certificate of self-insurance.
5. If an owner who did not return a completed form for verification within the specified period:
(a) Proves to the satisfaction of the department that there was a justifiable cause for his failure to do so;
(b) Submits a completed form regarding his insurance on the date stated in the form mailed by the department pursuant to subsection 2; and
(c) Presents evidence of current insurance,
the department shall rescind its suspension of the registration if it is able to verify the information on the form. For the purposes of this subsection, "justifiable cause" may include the fact that the owner did not receive the form mailed by the department pursuant to subsection 2.
6. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, if a registered owner whose registration is suspended pursuant to subsection 4, failed to have insurance on the date specified in the form for verification, the department shall reinstate the registration of the vehicle and reissue the license plates only upon filing by the registered owner of evidence of current insurance and payment of the fee for reinstatement of registration [prescribed in] required pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 4 of NRS 482.480.
7. If a registered owner:
(a) Proves to the satisfaction of the department that his vehicle was not used in this state for a 30-day period, including the date on which the information provided pursuant to NRS 485.314 indicated that there was no insurance for the vehicle; or
(b) Who did not return a completed form for verification within the period specified in subsection 2 subsequently proves to the satisfaction of the department that his vehicle was insured on the date stated in the form mailed by the department pursuant to subsection 2, presents to the department evidence of current insurance and pays the fee for reinstatement of registration [prescribed in] required pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 4 of NRS 482.480,
the department shall reinstate his registration and reissue his license plates.