Assembly Bill No. 265–Assemblyman Carpenter

 

March 10, 2003

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Referred to Concurrent Committees on Transportation
and Ways and Means

 

SUMMARY—Provides for reduction of certain fees for registration of certain motor vehicles under certain circumstances. (BDR 43‑227)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: Yes.

 

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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; providing for the reduction of certain fees for the registration of certain motor vehicles based upon the estimated number of miles that the motor vehicle will travel within this state during the year for which it is registered; providing for the adjustment of those fees based upon the actual number of miles traveled; requiring the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles to adopt regulations; 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 482.482 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2  482.482  1.  [In] Except as otherwise provided in subsections

1-3  2, 3 and 4, in addition to any other applicable fee listed in NRS

1-4  482.480, there must be paid to the Department for the registration of

1-5  every motortruck, truck-tractor or bus which has a declared gross

1-6  weight of:

1-7  (a) Less than 6,000 pounds, a fee of $33.

1-8  (b) Not less than 6,000 pounds and not more than 8,499 pounds,

1-9  a fee of $38.

1-10      (c) Not less than 8,500 pounds and not more than 10,000

1-11  pounds, a fee of $48.

2-1  (d) Not less than 10,001 pounds and not more than 26,000

2-2  pounds, a fee of $12 for each 1,000 pounds or fraction thereof.

2-3  (e) Not less than 26,001 pounds and not more than 80,000

2-4  pounds, a fee of $17 for each 1,000 pounds or fraction thereof. The

2-5  maximum fee is $1,360.

2-6  2.  For a motortruck, truck-tractor or bus that will travel:

2-7  (a) Five thousand miles or less within Nevada during the year

2-8  for which it is registered, the applicable fee set forth in subsection

2-9  1 must be reduced by 75 percent.

2-10      (b) More than 5,000 miles but not more than 10,000 miles

2-11  within Nevada during the year for which it is registered, the

2-12  applicable fee set forth in subsection 1 must be reduced by 50

2-13  percent.

2-14      (c) More than 10,000 miles but not more than 15,000 miles

2-15  within Nevada during the year for which it is registered, the

2-16  applicable fee set forth in subsection 1 must be reduced by 25

2-17  percent.

2-18      (d) More than 15,000 miles within Nevada during the year for

2-19  which it is registered, the applicable fee set forth in subsection 1

2-20  must not be reduced pursuant to this subsection.

2-21      3.  At the time a motortruck, truck-tractor or bus is registered:

2-22      (a) A person who is registering the motortruck, truck-tractor

2-23  or bus and who wishes to take advantage of the provisions of

2-24  subsection 2 must sign a declaration estimating the range of miles

2-25  that the motortruck, truck-tractor or bus will travel within Nevada

2-26  during the year for which it is registered, as described in

2-27  paragraphs (a) to (d), inclusive, of that subsection; and

2-28      (b) If the person registering the motortruck, truck-tractor or

2-29  bus signs a declaration as described in paragraph (a), the fee for

2-30  registration that is charged by the Department for that vehicle

2-31  pursuant to subsection 1 must be modified according to the

2-32  schedule set forth in subsection 2, based upon the estimated range

2-33  of miles declared.

2-34      4.  If the number of miles a motortruck, truck-tractor or bus

2-35  actually travels within Nevada during the year for which it is

2-36  registered:

2-37      (a) Exceeds the estimated range of miles declared pursuant to

2-38  paragraph (a) of subsection 3, the Department shall collect the

2-39  difference, if any, between:

2-40          (1) The amount paid for the registration of that vehicle

2-41  pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 3; and

2-42          (2) The amount which should have been paid for the

2-43  registration of that vehicle based on the number of miles that the

2-44  vehicle actually traveled.

3-1  (b) Is less then the estimated range of miles declared pursuant

3-2  to paragraph (a) of subsection 3, the Department shall refund the

3-3  difference, if any, between:

3-4       (1) The amount paid for the registration of that vehicle

3-5  pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 3; and

3-6       (2) The amount which should have been paid for the

3-7  registration of that vehicle based on the number of miles that the

3-8  vehicle actually traveled.

3-9  5.  The Director shall adopt such regulations as the Director

3-10  determines are necessary to carry out the provisions of subsections

3-11  2, 3 and 4.

3-12      6.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection [6,] 10, the

3-13  original or renewal registration fees for fleets of vehicles with a

3-14  declared gross weight in excess of 26,000 pounds and the

3-15  governmental services tax imposed by the provisions of chapter 371

3-16  of NRS for the privilege of operating those vehicles may be paid in

3-17  equal installments. Installments are due on or before January 31,

3-18  April 1, July 1 and October 1 of each year. The amount of each

3-19  installment must be determined by taking the total fee and

3-20  governmental services tax due for the calendar year and dividing

3-21  that total by four. The Department shall not allow installment

3-22  payments for a vehicle added to a fleet after the original or renewal

3-23  registration is issued.

3-24      [3.] 7. If the due date of any installment falls on a Saturday,

3-25  Sunday or legal holiday, that installment is not due until the next

3-26  following business day.

3-27      [4.] 8. Any payment required by subsection [2] 6 shall be

3-28  deemed received by the Department on the date shown by the post

3-29  office cancelation mark stamped on an envelope containing payment

3-30  properly addressed to the Department, if that date is earlier than the

3-31  actual receipt of that payment.

3-32      [5.] 9. A person who fails to pay any fee pursuant to subsection

3-33  [2] 6 or governmental services tax when due shall pay to the

3-34  Department a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of the unpaid fee,

3-35  plus interest on the unpaid fee at the rate of 1 percent per month or

3-36  fraction of a month from the date the fee and tax were due until the

3-37  date of payment.

3-38      [6.] 10. If a person fails to pay any fee pursuant to subsection

3-39  [2] 6 or governmental services tax when due, the Department may,

3-40  in addition to the penalty provided for in subsection [5,] 9, require

3-41  that person to pay:

3-42      (a) The entire amount of the unpaid registration fee and

3-43  governmental services tax owed by that person for the remainder of

3-44  the calendar year; and

4-1  (b) On an annual basis, any registration fee and governmental

4-2  services tax set forth in subsection [2] 6 which may be incurred by

4-3  that person in any subsequent calendar year.

4-4  Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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