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Assembly Bill No. 239–Committee on Transportation

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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; authorizing the Department of Motor Vehicles to produce and issue vintage license plates for motor vehicles manufactured before or during the year 1942; providing that such vintage license plates must be produced by the Department using digital technology; imposing a fee for the issuance and renewal of such vintage license plates; expanding the purposes for which money in the Revolving Account for the Issuance of Special License Plates may be used; 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. Chapter 482 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

thereto a new section to read as follows:

1. The Department may produce and issue vintage license

plates to residents of Nevada for any motor vehicle manufactured

not later than 1942.

2. Vintage license plates issued pursuant to this section must

be produced by the Department:

(a) Using only digital technology for the production of the

plates; and

(b) To appear, insofar as is practicable, the same as the license

plates that were issued in Nevada during the year of manufacture

of the particular motor vehicle to which the vintage license plates

will be affixed.

3. The fee for vintage license plates issued pursuant to this

section is $35, in addition to all other applicable registration and

license fees and governmental services taxes. The vintage license

plates are renewable upon the payment of $10.

4. If, during a registration year, the holder of vintage license

plates issued pursuant to the provisions of this section disposes of

the vehicle to which the plates are affixed, the holder shall:

(a) Retain the plates and affix them to another vehicle that

meets the requirements of this section if the holder pays the fee for

the transfer of the registration and any registration fee or

governmental services tax due pursuant to NRS 482.399; or

(b) Within 30 days after removing the plates from the vehicle,

return them to the Department.

Sec. 2. NRS 482.1805 is hereby amended to read as follows:

482.1805 1. The Revolving Account for the Issuance of

Special License Plates is hereby created as a special account in the

Motor Vehicle Fund. An amount equal to $35 of the fee received by

the Department for the initial issuance of a special license plate, not

including any additional fee which may be added to generate

financial support for a particular cause or charitable organization,

must be deposited in the Motor Vehicle Fund for credit to the

Account.

2. The Department shall use the money in the Account to [pay]

(a) Pay the expenses involved in issuing special license plates

[.] ; and

(b) Purchase improved and upgraded technology, including,

without limitation, digital technology for the production of special

license plates, to ensure that special license plates are produced in

the most efficient manner possible.

3. Money in the Account must be used only for the [purpose]

purposes specified in subsection 2.

4. At the end of each fiscal year, the State Controller shall

transfer from the Account to the State Highway Fund an amount of

money equal to the balance in the Account which exceeds $50,000.

Sec. 3. NRS 482.216 is hereby amended to read as follows:

482.216 1. Upon the request of a new vehicle dealer, the

Department may authorize the new vehicle dealer to:

(a) Accept applications for the registration of the new motor

vehicles he sells and the related fees and taxes;

(b) Issue certificates of registration to applicants who satisfy the

requirements of this chapter; and

to NRS 482.399 if the applicant purchased from the new vehicle

dealer a new vehicle to which the registration is to be transferred.

2. A new vehicle dealer who is authorized to issue certificates

of registration pursuant to subsection 1 shall:

(a) Transmit the applications he receives to the Department

within the period prescribed by the Department;

(b) Transmit the fees he collects from the applicants and

properly account for them within the period prescribed by the

Department;

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(d) Bear any cost of equipment which is necessary to issue

certificates of registration, including any computer hardware or

software.

3. A new vehicle dealer who is authorized to issue certificates

of registration pursuant to subsection 1 shall not:

(a) Charge any additional fee for the performance of those

services;

(b) Receive compensation from the Department for the

performance of those services;

vehicle; or

(d) Accept an application for the registration of a motor vehicle

if the applicant wishes to:

(1) Obtain special license plates pursuant to NRS 482.3667

to 482.3825, inclusive [;] , and section 1 of this act; or

(2) Claim the exemption from the governmental services tax

provided pursuant to NRS 361.1565 to veterans and their relations.

4. The Director shall adopt such regulations as are necessary to

carry out the provisions of this section. The regulations adopted

pursuant to this subsection must provide for:

(a) The expedient and secure issuance of license plates and

decals by the Department; and

(b) The withdrawal of the authority granted to a new vehicle

dealer pursuant to subsection 1 if that dealer fails to comply with the

regulations adopted by the Department.

Sec. 4. NRS 482.500 is hereby amended to read as follows:

482.500 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 or 3,

whenever upon application any duplicate or substitute certificate of

registration, decal or number plate is issued, the following fees must

be paid:

For a certificate of registration........... $5.00

For every substitute number plate or set of plates................................ 5.00

For every duplicate number plate or set of plates............................... 10.00

For every decal displaying a county name .50

For every other decal, license plate sticker or tab................................. 5.00

2. The following fees must be paid for any replacement plate or

set of plates issued for the following special license plates:

(a) For any special plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.3667,

482.3672, 482.3675, 482.370 to 482.376, inclusive, or 482.379 to

482.3816, inclusive, and section 1 of this act, a fee of $10.

(b) For any special plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.368,

482.3765, 482.377 or 482.378, a fee of $5.

482.37945, for any souvenir license plate issued pursuant to NRS

482.3825 or sample license plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.2703,

a fee equal to that established by the Director for the issuance of

those plates.

3. A fee must not be charged for a duplicate or substitute of a

decal issued pursuant to NRS 482.37635.

4. The fees which are paid for duplicate number plates and

decals displaying county names must be deposited with the State

Treasurer for credit to the Motor Vehicle Fund and allocated to the

Department to defray the costs of duplicating the plates and

manufacturing the decals.

5. As used in this section:

(a) “Duplicate number plate” means a license plate or a set of

license plates issued to a registered owner which repeat the code of

a plate or set of plates previously issued to the owner to maintain his

registration using the same code.

(b) “Substitute number plate” means a license plate or a set of

license plates issued in place of a previously issued and unexpired

plate or set of plates. The plate or set of plates does not repeat the

code of the previously issued plate or set.

Sec. 5. 1. This section and section 2 of this act become

effective upon passage and approval.

2. Sections 1, 3 and 4 of this act become effective on

October 1, 2003.

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