Senate Bill No. 500–Committee on Finance

 

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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; revising the provisions governing certain fees paid to the Department of Motor Vehicles concerning the control of emissions from motor vehicles; 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 445B.830 is hereby amended to read as

follows:

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

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

the following fees must be paid to the Department of Motor

Vehicles and accounted for in the Pollution Control Account, which

is hereby created in the State General Fund:

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

authorized inspection station, authorized maintenance station,

authorized station or fleet station.................. $25

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

compliance........................................... [125] 150

    (c) For each form issued to a fleet station[5] 6

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

after deduction of the amount required for grants pursuant to

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

Account may, pursuant to legislative appropriation or with the

approval of the Interim Finance Committee, be expended by the

following agencies in the following order of priority:

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

provisions of NRS 445B.770 to 445B.845, inclusive.

    (b) The State Department of Conservation and Natural

Resources to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

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

provisions of NRS 590.010 to 590.150, inclusive.

    (d) Local governmental agencies in nonattainment or

maintenance areas for an air pollutant for which air quality criteria

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

to the improvement of the quality of the air.

    (e) The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency to carry out the

provisions of NRS 277.200 with respect to the preservation and

improvement of air quality in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

    3.  The Department of Motor Vehicles may prescribe by

regulation routine fees for inspection at the prevailing shop labor

rate, including, without limitation, maximum charges for those fees,

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

authorized inspection station or authorized station.

    4.  The Department of Motor Vehicles shall by regulation

establish a program to award grants of money in the Pollution

Control Account to local governmental agencies in nonattainment or

maintenance areas for an air pollutant for which air quality criteria

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

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

county pursuant to this subsection must be made from:

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

equal to [one-fifth] one-sixth of the amount received for each form

issued in the county pursuant to subsection 1; and

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

this paragraph, “excess money” means the money in excess of

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

the fiscal year, after deduction of the amount required for grants

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

Account pursuant to subsection 2.

    5.  Any regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 4 must

provide for the creation of an advisory committee consisting of

representatives of state and local agencies involved in the control of

emissions from motor vehicles. The committee shall:

    (a) Review applications for grants and make recommendations

for their approval, rejection or modification;

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

emissions from motor vehicles;

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

    (d) Review and make recommendations concerning regulations

adopted pursuant to subsection 4 or NRS 445B.770.

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

submitted to the appropriate Deputy Director of the Department of

Motor Vehicles and the Administrator of the Division of

Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation

and Natural Resources. Proposed grants approved by the appropriate

Deputy Director and the Administrator must not be awarded until

approved by the Interim Finance Committee.

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

 

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