Assembly Bill No. 359–Assemblymen Angle, Knecht, Andonov, Brown, Carpenter, Goicoechea, Gustavson, Manendo, Marvel, Mortenson, Sherer and Weber

 

March 17, 2003

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Joint Sponsors: Senators Neal, Nolan, Shaffer
and Washington

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Referred to Committee on Transportation

 

SUMMARY—Revises provisions regarding certain fleets to authorize use of certain additives for motor vehicle fuel. (BDR 43‑800)

 

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 motor vehicles; revising provisions regarding certain fleets to authorize the use of certain additives for motor vehicle fuel; 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. Chapter 486A of NRS is hereby amended by

1-2  adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

1-3  “Fuel additive” means a product added to motor vehicle fuel to

1-4  reduce the production of contaminants by a motor vehicle and

1-5  enhance the fuel efficiency of a motor vehicle.

1-6  Sec. 2.  NRS 486A.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-7  486A.010  The Legislature finds that:

1-8  1.  Protection of the State’s environment, particularly the

1-9  quality of its air, requires a reduction, especially in metropolitan

2-1  areas, of the contaminants resulting from the combustion of

2-2  conventional fuels in motor vehicles.

2-3  2.  A very large proportion of these contaminants results from

2-4  the burning of liquid and gaseous fuels to operate trucks and buses,

2-5  many of which are operated in fleets. Each fuel can be evaluated as

2-6  to the air pollution it causes when burned in motor vehicles.

2-7  3.  Conversion of these fleets to use cleaner-burning alternative

2-8  fuels can reduce contaminants sufficiently to permit the continued

2-9  use of conventional fuels in individually owned motor vehicles, but

2-10  such conversion is feasible only if sufficient financial assistance is

2-11  provided to the owners of fleets.

2-12      4.  The use of fuel additives in these fleets can reduce the

2-13  production of contaminants by and enhance the fuel efficiency of

2-14  motor vehicles, thereby protecting the quality of the State’s

2-15  environment.

2-16      Sec. 3.  NRS 486A.020 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-17      486A.020  As used in NRS 486A.010 to 486A.180, inclusive,

2-18  and section 1 of this act, unless the context otherwise requires, the

2-19  words and terms defined in NRS 486A.030 to 486A.130, inclusive,

2-20  and section 1 of this act, have the meanings ascribed to them in

2-21  those sections.

2-22      Sec. 4.  NRS 486A.150 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-23      486A.150  The Commission shall adopt regulations necessary

2-24  to carry out the provisions of NRS 486A.010 to 486A.180,

2-25  inclusive, including, but not limited to, regulations concerning:

2-26      1.  Standards and requirements for alternative fuel. The

2-27  Commission shall not discriminate against any product that is

2-28  petroleum based.

2-29      2.  The use of fuel additives in fleets. The Commission shall

2-30  not discriminate against any product that is composed of blended

2-31  organic aromatic esters containing no metallic or toxic air

2-32  contaminants.

2-33      3.  The conversion of fleets to use alternative fuels if the fleet is

2-34  operated in a county whose population is 100,000 or more.

2-35      [3.] 4.  Standards for alternative fuel injection systems for

2-36  diesel motor vehicles.

2-37      [4.] 5.  Standards for levels of emissions from motor vehicles

2-38  that are converted to use alternative fuels.

2-39      [5.] 6.  The establishment of a procedure for approving

2-40  exemptions to the requirements of NRS 486A.010 to 486A.180,

2-41  inclusive.

2-42      Sec. 5.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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