(On Behalf of the Department of Motor Vehicles
and Public Safety)
January 29, 1997
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Referred to Committee on Transportation
SUMMARY--Deletes requirement of declaration of maintenance of insurance upon renewal of registration of motor vehicle. (BDR 43-468)
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; deleting the requirement that an application for the renewal of the registration of a motor vehicle include the declaration of the applicant that he will maintain the insurance coverage required by statute; 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 482.280 is hereby amended to read as follows:
482.280 1. The registration of every vehicle expires at midnight on the day specified on the receipt of registration, unless the day specified falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. If the day specified on the receipt of registration is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the registration of the vehicle expires at midnight on the next judicial day. The department shall mail to each holder of a certificate of registration an application for renewal of registration for the following period of registration. The applications must be mailed by the department in sufficient time to allow all applicants to mail the applications to the department and to receive new certificates of registration and license plates, stickers, tabs or other suitable devices by mail before the expiration of their registrations. An applicant may present the application to any agent or office of the department.
2. An application mailed or presented to the department or to a county assessor pursuant to the provisions of this section, or presented to an authorized inspection station or authorized station pursuant to the provisions of NRS 482.281 must include [:
(a) A signed declaration by the applicant that he has and will maintain, during the period of registration, insurance as required by NRS 485.185. Insurance may be provided by an operator's policy of liability insurance if the applicant and the policy meet the requirements of NRS 485.186 and 485.3091.
(b) If] , if required, evidence of compliance with standards for control of emissions.
3. The department shall insert in each application mailed pursuant to subsection 1:
(a) The amount of privilege tax to be collected for the county pursuant to the provisions of NRS 482.260.
(b) The amount set forth in a notice of nonpayment filed with the department by a local authority pursuant to NRS 484.444.
(c) A statement which informs the applicant that, pursuant to NRS 485.185, he is legally required to maintain insurance during the period in which the motor vehicle is registered.
4. An owner who has made proper application for renewal of registration before the expiration of the current registration but who has not received the license plate or plates or card of registration for the ensuing period of registration is entitled to operate or permit the operation of that vehicle upon the highways upon displaying thereon the license plate or plates issued for the preceding period of registration for such a time as may be prescribed by the department as it may find necessary for the issuance of the new plate or plates or card of registration.
Sec. 2 This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.