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Senate Bill No. 419–Committee on Finance

 

(On Behalf of the Department of Administration)

 

March 24, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Natural Resources

 

SUMMARY—Makes various changes to provisions governing Pollution Control Account administered by Department of Motor Vehicles. (BDR 40‑1266)

 

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 the control of emissions from engines; increasing certain fees collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles; increasing the amount of money paid into the Pollution Control Account that is available for certain grants; modifying the permissible uses of money in the Account; 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 445B.830 is hereby amended to read as

1-2  follows:

1-3  445B.830  1.  In areas of the State where and when a program

1-4  is commenced pursuant to NRS 445B.770 to 445B.815, inclusive,

1-5  the following fees must be paid to the Department of Motor

1-6  Vehicles and accounted for in the Pollution Control Account, which

1-7  is hereby created in the State General Fund:

1-8  (a) For the issuance and annual renewal of a license for an

1-9  authorized inspection station, authorized maintenance station,

1-10  authorized station or fleet station.............. $25

1-11      (b) For each set of 25 forms certifying emission control

1-12  compliance........................................ [125] 175

2-1  (c) For each form issued to a fleet station[5] 7

2-2  2.  Except as otherwise provided in subsections 4, 5 and 6, and

2-3  after deduction of the amount required for grants pursuant to

2-4  paragraph (a) of subsection 4, money in the Pollution Control

2-5  Account may, pursuant to legislative appropriation or with the

2-6  approval of the Interim Finance Committee, be expended by the

2-7  following agencies in the following order of priority:

2-8  (a) The Department of Motor Vehicles to carry out the

2-9  provisions of NRS 445B.770 to 445B.845, inclusive.

2-10      (b) The State Department of Conservation and Natural

2-11  Resources to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

2-12      (c) The State Department of Agriculture to carry out the

2-13  provisions of NRS 590.010 to 590.150, inclusive.

2-14      (d) [Local governmental agencies in nonattainment or

2-15  maintenance areas for an air pollutant for which air quality criteria

2-16  have been issued pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 7408, for programs related

2-17  to the improvement of the quality of the air.

2-18      (e)] The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency to carry out the

2-19  provisions of NRS 277.200 with respect to the preservation and

2-20  improvement of air quality in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

2-21      3.  The Department of Motor Vehicles may prescribe by

2-22  regulation routine fees for inspection at the prevailing shop labor

2-23  rate, including, without limitation, maximum charges for those fees,

2-24  and for the posting of those fees in a conspicuous place at an

2-25  authorized inspection station or authorized station.

2-26      4.  The Department of Motor Vehicles shall by regulation

2-27  establish a program to award grants of money in the Pollution

2-28  Control Account to local governmental agencies in nonattainment or

2-29  maintenance areas for an air pollutant for which air quality criteria

2-30  have been issued pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 7408, for programs related

2-31  to the improvement of the quality of air. The grants to agencies in a

2-32  county pursuant to this subsection must be made from:

2-33      (a) An amount of money in the Pollution Control Account that is

2-34  equal to [one-fifth of the amount received] $2 for each form issued

2-35  in the county pursuant to subsection 1; and

2-36      (b) Excess money in the Pollution Control Account. As used in

2-37  this paragraph, “excess money” means the money in excess of

2-38  $500,000 remaining in the Pollution Control Account at the end of

2-39  the fiscal year, after deduction of the amount required for grants

2-40  pursuant to paragraph (a) and any disbursements made from the

2-41  Account pursuant to subsection 2.

2-42      5.  Any regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 4 must

2-43  provide for the creation of an advisory committee consisting of

2-44  representatives of state and local agencies involved in the control of

2-45  emissions from motor vehicles. The committee shall:

3-1  (a) Review applications for grants and make recommendations

3-2  for their approval, rejection or modification;

3-3  (b) Establish goals and objectives for the program for control of

3-4  emissions from motor vehicles;

3-5  (c) Identify areas where funding should be made available; and

3-6  (d) Review and make recommendations concerning regulations

3-7  adopted pursuant to subsection 4 or NRS 445B.770.

3-8  6.  Grants proposed pursuant to subsections 4 and 5 must be

3-9  submitted to the appropriate Deputy Director of the Department of

3-10  Motor Vehicles and the Administrator of the Division of

3-11  Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation

3-12  and Natural Resources. Proposed grants approved by the appropriate

3-13  Deputy Director and the Administrator must not be awarded until

3-14  approved by the Interim Finance Committee.

3-15      Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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