SB 396 — Revises provisions relating to certain licenses and cards issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles. (BDR 43-1041)

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396–SENATOR DENIS M ARCH 20, 2019 ____________ Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to certain licenses and cards issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles.

(BDR 43-1041) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

No.

Effect on the State:

Yes.

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Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue to certain persons a driver’s license, a driver authorization card, an identification card or a motorcycle driver’s license.

(NRS 483.340, 483.820, 486.071) When applying for such a license or card, the applicant may use his or her driver’s license that was issued by another state, the District of Columbia or any territory of the United States to prove his or her full legal name and age, and for certain other purposes.

The Department is not obligated to accept such a license, however, under certain circumstances.

Section 1 of this bill defines, for the purposes of chapter 483 of NRS which governs the issuance of such licenses and cards, the term “state” to mean a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands so that the provisions apply equally to each of those jurisdictions.this bill makes a conforming change to the provisions governing the issuance of af motorcycle driver’s license.

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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

80th Session (2019) – 2 – (b) Be verified by the applicant before a person authorized to administer oaths.

(f) Include such other information as the Department may require to determine the competency and eligibility of the applicant.

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or - *SB396_R1* – 5 – (10) Such other documentation as specified by the Department by regulation;

 No document which is written in a language other than English may be accepted by the Department pursuant to this subsection 80th Session (2019) – 5 – unless it is accompanied by a verified translation of the document in the English language.

and - *SB396_R1* – 6 – (c) Be numbered from the same sequence of numbers as a driver’s license.

The Department may, 80th Session (2019) – 6 – by regulation, defer the expiration of the driver authorization card of a person who is on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States upon such terms and conditions as it may prescribe.

The criteria pursuant to which the Department shall issue or refuse to issue an identification card to a citizen of a foreign country must - *SB396_R1* – 7 – be based upon the purpose for which that person is present within the United States.

Every application for a motorcycle driver’s license must be made upon a form furnished by the Department and must be verified by the applicant before a person authorized to 80th Session (2019) – 7 – administer oaths.

The Department may refuse to accept a driver’s license issued by another state, the District of Columbia , the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the - *SB396_R1* – 8 – Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands [or any territory of the United States] if the Department determines that the other state, the District of Columbia , the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands or the United States Virgin Islands [or the territory of the United States] has less stringent standards than the State of Nevada for the issuance of a driver’s license.

80th Session (2019) – 8 – (a) The Department may refuse to accept the document or refuse to issue a driver’s license to the person presenting the document, or both;

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