Assembly Bill No. 171–Assemblyman Gustavson
(by request)

 

February 20, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Transportation

 

SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to Program for Education of Motorcycle Riders. (BDR 43‑975)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; increasing the maximum amount of the fee that the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles is required to establish for the Program for the Education of Motorcycle Riders; reducing the required period for which a person must have held a motorcycle driver’s license or endorsement to apply to be an instructor for the Program for the Education of Motorcycle Riders; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1  Section 1. NRS 486.373 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2  486.373  1.  A resident of this state who holds a motorcycle

1-3  driver’s license or a motorcycle endorsement to a driver’s license or

1-4  who is eligible to apply for such a license or endorsement may

1-5  enroll in the Program.

1-6  2.  The Director shall establish a fee of not more than [$100]

1-7  $150 for the Program.

1-8  Sec. 2.  NRS 486.375 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-9  486.375  1.  A person who:

1-10      (a) Is a resident of this state or is a member of the Armed Forces

1-11  of the United States stationed at a military installation located in

1-12  Nevada;

2-1  (b) Is at least 21 years old;

2-2  (c) Holds a motorcycle driver’s license or a motorcycle

2-3  endorsement to a driver’s license issued by the Department;

2-4  (d) Has held a motorcycle driver’s license or endorsement for at

2-5  least [2 years;] 1 year; and

2-6  (e) Is certified as an instructor of motorcycle riders by a

2-7  nationally recognized public or private organization which is

2-8  approved by the Director,

2-9  may apply to the Department for a license as an instructor for the

2-10  Program.

2-11      2.  The Department shall not license a person as an instructor if,

2-12  within 2 years before he submits his application for a license:

2-13      (a) He has accumulated three or more demerit points pursuant to

2-14  the uniform system of demerit points established pursuant to NRS

2-15  483.473, or has been convicted of traffic violations of comparable

2-16  number and severity in another jurisdiction; or

2-17      (b) His driver’s license was suspended or revoked in any

2-18  jurisdiction.

2-19      3.  The Director shall adopt standards and procedures for the

2-20  licensing of instructors for the Program.

2-21      Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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