AB 333 — Provides for the issuance of “Vegas Strong” specialty license plates. (BDR 43-273)

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and - 80th Session (2019) – 5 – (b) The withdrawal of the authority granted to a new vehicle dealer pursuant to subsection 1 if that dealer fails to comply with the regulations adopted by the Department.

482.2703sample 1.license plates which must be of the same design and size as regular license plates or license plates issued pursuant to NRS 482.384.

The Director may order the preparation of sample license plates which must be of the same design and size as regular license plates or license plates issued pursuant to NRS 482.384.

The Director may order the preparation of sample license plates which must be of the same design and size as any of the special license plates issued pursuant to NRS 482.3667 to 482.3823, inclusive [.] , and section 1 of this act.

The Director shall ensure tha(a)that: Each license plate issued pursuant to this subsection, regardless of its design, is inscribed with the word SAMPLE and the number zero in the location where any other numerals would normally be displayed on a license plate of that design;

and(a) (b)Each Thelicense numberplate assignedissued pursuant to paragraphthis (a)subsection, regardless of its design, is notinscribed assignedwith tothe aword vehicleSAMPLE registeredand pursuantthe tonumber thiszero chapterin orthe chapterlocation 706where any other numerals would normally be displayed on a license plate of NRS.that design;

3.and (b) The number assigned pursuant to paragraph (a) is not assigned to a vehicle registered pursuant to this chapter or chapter of NRS.

The Director may establish a fee for the issuance of sample license plates of not more than $15 for each license plate.plate.sample 4.

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The Director shall order the preparation of vehicle license plates for trailers in the same manner provided for motor vehicles in NRS 482.270, except that a vehicle license plate prepared for a full trailer or semitrailer that is registered pursuant to - 80th Session (2019) – 6 – subsection 3 of NRS 482.483 is not required to have displayed upon it the month and year the registration expires.

The smaller plates may be used for trailers withwit3. a gross vehicle weight of less than 1,000 pounds.

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NRS 482.367004 is hereby amended to read as fol482.367004follows: 1.

482.367004 1.

The Commission is advisory to the membersDepartment asand follows:istsconsists of five Legislators and three nonvoting (a)members Fiveas Legislatorsfollows: appointed by the Legislative Commission:

(a) Five Legislators appointed by the Legislative Commission:

That Legislator may designate an alternate tomust servebe inanother placeLegislator ofwho also served on theThe Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation during the Legislatormost whenrecent absent.legislative session.

The alternate must be another Legislator who also served on the Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation during the most recent legislative session.

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(3)- The80th DirectorSession of(2019) the– Department7 of– Tourism and Cultural Affairs, or a designee of the Director.Director.t of Tourism and Cultural 2.

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(b) The issuance by the Department of special license plates that hav(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, applications for the design, preparation and issuance of special license plates that have been designedauthorized andby preparedan pursuantact toof NRSthe 482.367002;Legislature after January 1, 2007.

and (c)In Exceptdetermining aswhether otherwiseto providedrecommend into subsectionthe 7,Department applicationsthe haveapproval beenof authorizedsuch by an actapplication ofor issuance, the LegislatureCommission afterenseshall platesconsider, thatwithout Januarylimitation, 1,whether 2007.it would be appropriate and feasible for the Department to, as applicable, design, prepare or issue the particular special license plate.

approval of such an application or issuance, the Commission shall consider, without limitation, whether it would be appropriate and feasible for the Department to, as applicable, design, prepare or issue the particular special license plate.

On or before September 1 of each fiscal year, the Commission shall compile a list of each special license plate for which the Commission, during the immediately preceding fiscal year, recommended to the Department that the Department approve the application for the special license plate or approve the issuance of the special license plate.

The Commission shall transmit the information - *AB333_R1* – 8 – described in this subsection to the Department and the Department shall make that information available on its Internet website.

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The Commission shall:

(a) A license plate that the Department has designed and prepared pursuant to NRS 482.367002 in accordance with thedthe system of application and petition described in that section;

(b) A license plate approved by the Legislature that the Department has designed and prepared pursuant to NRS 482.3747, 482.37903, 482.37905, 482.37917, 482.379175, 482.37918, 482.37919, 482.3792, 482.3793, 482.37933, 482.37934, 482.37935, 482.379355, 482.379365, 482.37937, 482.379375, 482.37938,482.37938,37935, 482.37939, 482.37945 or 482.37947;

Whenever the total number of separate designs of special license plates issued by the Department at any one time is less than 30, the Department shall issue a number of additional designs of special license plates that have been authorized by an act of the Legislature or the application for which has been recommended by the Commission on Special License Plates to be - *AB333_R1*80th –Session 9(2019) – approved9 by– the Department pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 482.367004, not to exceed a total of 30 designs issued by the Department at any one time.

(1) The application for the special license plates must be accompanied by a surety bond posted with the Department in the amount of $20,000;

andandy bond posted with the Department in the (2) Pursuant to the assessment of the viability of the design of the special license plates that is conducted pursuant to this section, it is determined that at least 3,000 special license plates have been issued.

October4. 1 of each year the Department shall assess the viability of each separate design of special license plate that the Department is registered motor vehicles to which that design of special license plate is affixed.

Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, on October 1 of each year the Department shall assess the viability of each separate design of special license plate that the Department is currently issuing by determining the total number of validly registered motor vehicles to which that design of special license plate is affixed.

and (b) On October 1, that particular design of special license plate has been available to be issued for less than 12 months.months.icense plate 5.

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or (b) In the case of special license plates described in subsection 3, less than 3,000, - the80th DirectorSession shall(2019) provide– 10 – described in subsection 6.de notice of that fact in the manner described in subsection 6.

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or (b)3, Inless thethan case3,000,of of special license plates described in subsection 3, less than 3,000,  the Director shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, issue an order providing that the Department will no longer issue that particular design of special license plate.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NRS 482.265, such an order does not require existing holders of that particular design of special license plate to surrender their plates to the Department and does not proSec.prohibit those holders from renewing those plates.

8.hosNRSSec. 482.36705 is hereby amended to read as follows:

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NRS 482.36705 is hereby amended to read as follows:

(a) If a new special license plate is authorized by an act of the Legislature after January 1, 2003, other than a special license plate that is authorized pursuant to NRS 482.379375, the Legislature will direct that the license plate not be designed, prepared or issued by the Department unless the Department receives at least 1,000 applications for the issuance of that plate within 2 years after the effective date of the act of the Legislature that authorized the plate.

(c) In addition to the requirements set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b), if a new special license plate is authorized by an act of the Legislature after January 1, 2007, the Legislature will direct that the - 80th Session (2019) – 11 – license plate not be designed, prepared or issued by the Department unless the Commission on Special License Plates recommends to the Department that the Department approve the application for the authorized plate pursuant to NRS 482.367004.

-special *AB333_R1*license –plates 11that –are 2.issued pursuant to NRS 482.3746, 482.3751, 482.3752, 482.3757, 482.3783, 482.3785, 482.3787 or 482.37901 [.] or section 1 of this act.

The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply with regard to special license plates that are issued pursuant to NRS 482.3746, 482.3751, 482.3752, 482.3757, 482.3783, 482.3785, 482.3787 or 482.37901 [.] or section 1 of this act.

(b) The Department may, except as otherwise provided in this paragraph and after the particular special license plate is approved or other type of vehicle that is not a passenger car or lightmotorcycle commercial vehicle, excluding vehicles required to be registered with the Department pursuant to NRS 706.801 to 706.861, inclusive, full trailers or semitrailers registered pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 482.483 and mopeds registered pursuant to NRS 482.2155, upon application by a person who is entitled to license plates pursuant to NRS 482.265 or 482.272 and who otherwise complies with the requirements for registration and licensing pursuant to this chapter or chapter 486 of NRS.

In addition, if the Department incurs additional costs to manufacture a special license plate for such other types of vehicles, including, without limitation, costs associated with the purchase, - 80th Session (2019) – 12 – manufacture or modification of dies or other equipment necessary to manufacture the special license plate for such other types of vehicles, those additional costs must be paid from private sources without any expense to the State of Nevada.

2.the Department issues a special license plate for a trailer, motorcycle or other type of vehicle that is not a passenger car or light commercial vehicle, the Department shall charge and collect for the issuance and renewal of such a plate the same fees that the Department would charge and collect if the other type of vehicle was a passenger car or light commercial vehicle.

If, as authorized pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1, the Department issues a special license plate for a trailer, motorcycle - *AB333_R1* – 12 – or other type of vehicle that is not a passenger car or light commercial vehicle, the Department shall charge and collect for the issuance and renewal of such a plate the same fees that the Department would charge and collect if the other type of vehicle was a passenger car or light commercial vehicle.

A license plate that the Department has designed and prepared pursuant to NRS 482.367002 in accordance with the systemsys2.m ofA applicationlicense andplate petitionapproved describedby inthe Legislature that section;then;

2.Department has designed and prepared pursuant to NRS 482.3747, 482.37903, 482.37904, 482.37905, 482.37917, 482.379175, 482.37918, 482.37919, 482.3792, 482.3793, 482.37933, 482.37934, 482.37935, 482.379355, 482.379365, 482.37937, 482.379375, 482.37938, 482.37939, 482.37945 or 482.37947;

Aand license3. plate approved by the Legislature that the 482.37903, ha482.37904, and482.37905,pur482.37917,RS 482.379175, 482.37918, 482.37919, 482.3792, 482.3793, 482.37933, 482.37934, 482.37938, 482.37939, 482.37945 or 482.37947;

and.379375, 3.

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Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.2155 and subsection 3 of NRS 482.483, the holder of the original registration may transfer the registration to another vehicle to be registered by the holder and use the same regular license plate or plates or special license plate or plates issued pursuant to NRS 482.3667 to 482.3823, inclusive, and section 1 of this act, or 482.384, on the vehicle from which the registration is being transferred, if the license plate or plates are appropriate for the second vehicle, upon filing an application for transfer of registration and upon paying the - *AB333_R1* – 13 – transfer registration fee and the excess, if any, of the registration fee and governmental services tax on the vehicle to which the registration is transferred over the total registration fee and governmental services tax paid on all vehicles from which he or she is transferring ownership or interest.

If any person transfers ownership or interest in two or more vehicles, the Department or the registered dealer shall credit the portion of the tax paid on all of the vehicles attributable to the remainder of the current registration period or calendar year on a pro rata monthly basis against the tax due on the vehicle to which the registration is transferred or on any other vehicle of which the person is the registered owner.

The certificates of registration and unused license plates of the vehicles from which a person transfers ownership or interest must be submitted before credit is given against the tax due on the vehicle to which the registration is transferred or on any other veh4.le In computing the registration fee, the Department or its agent or the registered dealer shall credit the portion of the registration fee paid on each vehicle attributable to the remainder of thewhich current calendar year or registration period on a pro rata basis against the registrationperson feeis due on the vehicleregistered toowner. which registration is transferred.

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IfIn computing the amountregistration owedfee, on the registrationDepartment fee or governmentalits servicesagent taxor on the vehicleregistered todealer whichshall registrationcredit is transferred is less than the creditportion onof the total registration fee or governmental services tax paid on alleach vehiclesvehicle fromattributable whichto athe personremainder transfersof ownershipthe orcurrent interest,calendar theyear personor mayregistration applyperiod theon unuseda portionpro ofrata thebasis creditagainst to the registration offee anydue otheron the vehicle ownedto bywhich theregistration person.is transferred.

Any- unused80th portionSession of(2019) such– a14 credit– expires5. on the date the registration of the vehicle from which the person transferred the registration was due to expire.

If the amount owed on the registration fee or governmental services tax on the vehicle to which registration is transferred is less than the credit on the total registration fee or governmental services tax paid on all vehicles from which a person transfers ownership or registration of any other vehicle owned by the person.

Any unusedo the portion of such a credit expires on the date the registration of the vehicle from which the person transferred the registration was due to expire.

If the license plate or plates are not appropriate for the second vehicle, the plate or plates must be surrendered to the Department or registered dealer and an appropriate plate or plates - *AB333_R1* – 14 – must be issued by the Department.

If application for transfer of registration is not made within 60 days after the destruction or transfer of ownership of or interest in any vehicle, the license plate or plates must be surrendered to the Department on or before the 60th day for cancellation of the registration.

(a) In accordance with the provisions of subsection 9, issue to the person a refund of the portion of the registration fee and governmental services tax paid on the vehicle attributable to the remainder of the current calendar year or registration period on a pro rata basis;

Such a credit may be applied by the person to the registration of any other vehicle owned by the person.

Any unused portion of the creditanycredit other expires on the date the registration of the vehicle from which the per9.person obtained a refund was due to expire.

The9. Department shall issue a refund pursuant to subsection 8 only if the request for a refund is made at the time the registration is cancelled and the license plates are surrendered, the person requesting the refund is a resident of Nevada, the amount eligible for refund exceeds $100, and evidence satisfactory to the Department is submitted that reasonably proves the existence of extenuating circumstances.

The Department shall issue a refund pursuant to subsection 8 only if the request for a refund is made at the time the registration is cancelled and the license plates are surrendered, the person requesting the refund is a resident of Nevada, the amount eligible - 80th Session (2019) – 15 – Department is submitted that reasonably proves the existence of extenuating circumstances.

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Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 or 3 or specifically provided by statute, whenever upon application any duplicatenumber plate is issued, the following fees must be paid:icator, decal or substituteFor a certificate of registration,registration........................................$5.00 indicator,For decalevery substitute number plate or set of plates.............5.00 For every duplicate number plate isor issued,set theof followingplates............10.00 feesFor mustevery bedecal paid:displaying a county name ...........................50 For every other indicator, decal, license plate sticker or tab.............................................................................5.00 2.

7 For a certificate of registration........................................$5.00 For every substitute number plate or set of plates.............5.00 For every duplicate number plate or set of plates............10.00 For every decal displaying a county name ...........................50 For every other indicator, decal, license plate sticker or tab.............................................................................5.00 2.

(a) For any special plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.3667, 482.367002, 482.3672, 482.3675, 482.370 to 482.3755, inclusive, and section 1 of this act, 482.376 or 482.379 to 482.3818, inclusive, a f(b) For any special plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.368, 482.3765, 482.377 or 482.378, a fee of $10.$5.

(b)(c) ForExcept as otherwise provided in paragraph (a) of subsection of NRS 482.3824, for any specialsouvenir license plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.368,482.3825 482.3765,or 482.377sample orlicense 482.378,plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.2703, a fee equal to that established by the Director for the issuance of $5.those plates.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 482.3824, for any souvenir license plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.3825 or sample license plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.2703, a fee equal to that established by the Director for the issuance of those plates.

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