Assembly Bill No. 520–Committee on Transportation

 

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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; transferring the Program for the Education of Motorcycle Riders from the Department of Motor Vehicles to the Department of Public Safety; 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 480.110 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    480.110  Except as otherwise provided therein, the Department

shall execute, administer and enforce, and perform the functions and

duties provided in:

    1.  Chapters 176A and 213 of NRS relating to parole and

probation;

    2.  Chapter 414 of NRS relating to emergency management;

    3.  Chapter 453 of NRS relating to controlled substances and

chapter 454 of NRS relating to dangerous drugs;

    4.  Chapter 459 of NRS relating to the transportation of

hazardous materials; [and]

    5.  Chapter 477 of NRS relating to the State Fire Marshal[.] ;

and

    6.  NRS 486.370 to 486.377, inclusive, and sections 5, 6 and 7

of this act relating to the education and safety of motorcycle

riders.

    Sec. 2.  NRS 481.015 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    481.015  Except as otherwise provided in chapters 480 and

486A of NRS[,] and NRS 486.370 to 486.377, inclusive, and

sections 5, 6 and 7 of this act, as used in this title, unless the context

otherwise requires:

    1.  “Department” means the Department of Motor Vehicles.

    2.  “Director” means the Director of the Department of Motor

Vehicles.

    Sec. 3.  NRS 481.023 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    481.023  1.  Except as otherwise provided [therein,] in this

section and in the provisions of law described in this section, the

Department shall execute, administer and enforce, and perform the

functions and duties provided in:

    (a) Chapter 108 of NRS, and perform such duties and exercise

such powers relating to liens on vehicles as may be conferred upon

it pursuant to chapter 108 of NRS or the provisions of any other law.

    (b) Chapters 360A, 365, 366, 371 and 373 of NRS, relating to

the imposition and collection of taxes on motor fuels.

    (c) Chapters 481, 482 to 486, inclusive, and 487 of NRS,

relating to motor vehicles. The Department shall not execute,

administer or enforce, or perform the functions or duties provided

in NRS 486.370 to 486.377, inclusive, and sections 5, 6 and 7 of

this act relating to the education and safety of motorcycle riders.

    (d) Chapter 706 of NRS relating to licensing of motor vehicle

carriers and the use of public highways by those carriers.

    (e) The provisions of NRS 426.401 to 426.461, inclusive.

    2.  The Department shall perform such other duties and exercise

such other powers as may be conferred upon the Department.

    Sec. 4.  Chapter 486 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

thereto the provisions set forth as sections 5, 6 and 7 of this act.

    Sec. 5.  As used in NRS 486.370 to 486.377, inclusive, and

sections 5, 6 and 7 of this act, unless the context otherwise

requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 486.370 and

sections 6 and 7 of this act have the meanings ascribed to them in

those sections.

    Sec. 6.  “Department” means the Department of Public

Safety.

    Sec. 7.  “Director” means the Director of the Department of

Public Safety.

    Sec. 8.  NRS 486.370 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    486.370  [As used in NRS 486.372 to 486.377, inclusive,

“motorcycle”] “Motorcycle” does not include a trimobile.

    Sec. 9.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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