SUMMARY--Revises authority of taxicab authority to limit hours of service of taxicabs. (BDR 58-1375)
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 taxicabs; revising the authority of the taxicab authority to limit the hours of service of taxicabs in certain counties; 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 NRS 706.8824 is hereby amended to read as follows:
706.8824 1. In determining whether circumstances require the establishment of a system of allocations or a change in existing allocations, the taxicab authority shall consider the interests, welfare, convenience, necessity and well-being of the customers of taxicabs.
2. Whenever circumstances require the establishment of a system of allocations, the taxicab authority shall allocate the number of taxicabs among the certificate holders in the county in a manner which reflects the number of taxicabs operated by each certificate holder during the 5 years immediately preceding the date of establishment of the taxicab authority in the county.
3. Whenever circumstances require an increase in the existing allocations, the taxicab authority shall allocate the additional taxicabs equally among all the certificate holders who apply from the area to be affected by the allocation.
4. Unless a certificate holder puts the additionally allocated taxicabs into service within 30 days after the effective date of the increased allocation, the increased allocation to that certificate holder is void.
5. The taxicab authority may attach to the exercise of the rights granted by the allocation any terms and conditions which in its judgment the public interest may require. The taxicab authority may limit:
(a) The geographical area from which service is offered or provided.
(b) The hours of service. Such a limitation must not reduce hours of service to less than [12] 24 consecutive hours . [in a 24-hour period.]
If a limitation is placed on an allocation, taxicabs must be marked in a distinctive manner that indicates the limitation.
6. The taxicab authority shall review annually:
(a) The existing allocation of taxicabs; and
(b) The rates, charges or fares of the certificate holders in its jurisdiction.