AB 296 — Revises various provisions relating to motor vehicles. (BDR 43-231)

If the Department provides the ability to register or renew the registration of vehicles through an electronic branch office consisting of an Internet website or software application, the Department shall contract with a person who is licensed pursuant to chapter 675 of NRS to allow the person to offer, through the website or application, installment loans to vehicle owners to pay - 83rd Session (2025) – 4 – the applicable fees and taxes due for the initial or renewal registration of a vehicle, including, without limitation, governmental services taxes, sales and use taxes due pursuant to NRS 482.225, fees for license plates and registration fees.

The person with whom the Department contracts pursuant to this subsection:

whom the Department contracts pursuant to this (a) Must furnish to the Department, at the time of the initial or renewal registration of a vehicle, the entire amount of the fees and taxes owed by the vehicle owner to whom an installment loan is provided;

(c) Shall not requirecharge the vehicle owner toany pay an initial installment fee inor excesscombination of $10fees orfor athe monthly installment feeloan in excess of $515 eachpercent month;of the total amount financed;

and (d) May only provide a loan pursuant to this subsection if the total amount financed is $250 or more.more;

and (e) Shall not rollover or refinance any installment loan provided pursuant to this subsection into any other loan made to the vehicle owner pursuant to chapter 604A or 675 of NRS.

The use of a digital license plate must be voluntary and the Department shall not require any person to use or install a digital license plate or digital license plate device.

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(b) Be plainly readable by the human eye from a distance of 100 feet during daylight and darkness.

- *AB296_R1* – 5 – (c) Be displayed on a digital license plate device that has been approved by the Department and purchased from a vendor approved by the Department.

(a)- Approve83rd alternativeSession banner(2025) messages– 5 – bottom of a digital license plate.messages to appear on the bottom(b) ofAuthorize athe sale or resale of digital license plate.plate devices by a device manufacturer or by participating vendors, subject to review and approval by the Department.

(b) Authorize the sale or resale of digital license plate devices by a device manufacturer or by participating vendors, subject to review and approval by the Department.

Any such fee which is imposed to generate financial support for a particular cause or charitable organization must be deposited and distributed in the same manner as the fee imposed with respect to the conventional version of the special license plate.

The Department may authorize a digital license plate to replicate the appearance of a personalized prestige license plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.3667 by displaying a personalizedpersonalizedplate license plate code.

The Department shall charge for the use of a digital license plate that replicates the appearance of a personalized prestige license plate the same fees which are charged for the issuance and renewal of a conventional - *AB296_R1* – 6 – personalized license plate.

Any fees collected - 83rd Session (2025) – 6 – pursuant to this subsection must be deposited with the State Treasurer to the credit of the Motor Vehicle Fund.

The provisions of subsections 5, 6 and 7 of NRS 482.3667 apply with equal force to a digital license plate which replicates the appearance of a personalizedper7.nalThe prestigeDepartment shall not charge any fee for the use of a digital license plate.plate or digital license plate device in excess of the fees charged for a conventional license plate of the same type.

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The Department shall not charge any fee for the use of a digital license plate or digital license plate device in excess of the fees charged for a conventional license plate of the same type.

(4) The list of digital license plate devices which are approvedapprov(5) forThe useprocedure pursuantthrough which a person may apply to thisuse section.a digital license plate.

(5) The procedure through which a person may apply to use a digital license plate.

and - *AB296_R1* – 7 – (d) The provisions of NRS 482.270 do not apply to a digital license plate or digital license plate device.

(a)- “Digital83rd licenseSession plate”(2025) means– a7 digital– image displayed on a digital license plate device that includes the license plate code assigned to the vehicle and any other information or images which the Department may authorize or require by regulation.

[The] Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, the Department shall furnish to every owner whose vehicle is registered two license plates for a motor vehicle other than a motorcycle or moped and one license plate for all other vehicles required to be registered hereunder.

(a) The fee to be received by the Department for the initial issuance of the special license plate is $35, exclusive of any additional fee which may be added to generate funds for a particular cause or charitable organization;

to generate funds for a particular (b) The fee to be received by the Department for the renewal of the special license plate is $10, exclusive of any additional fee which may be added to generate financial support for a particular cause or charitable organization;

and (c) The Department shall not design, prepare or issue a special license plate unless, within 4 years after the date on which the - *AB296_R1* – 8 – measure authorizing the issuance becomes effective, it receives at least 250 applications for the issuance of that plate.

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If, at the time of registration, the owner of a vehicle applies to use a digital license plate on the vehicle pursuant to section 2 of this act, the Department is not required to furnish a license plate to the vehicle owner pursuant to subsection 1.

If the owner of aaate vehicle applies to use a digital license plate on a vehicle for which a license plate was previously issued by the Department, the Department may require the return to the Department of the license plate or plates previously issued for the vehicle.

The license plates must be so displayed during the current calendar year or registrationreg2.traIf period.the motor vehicle was not manufactured to include a bracket, device or other contrivance to display and secure a front license plate, and if the manufacturer of the motor vehicle provided no other means or method by which a front license plate may be displayed upon and secured to the motor vehicle:

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If the motor vehicle was not manufactured to include a bracket, device or other contrivance to display and secure a front license plate, and if the manufacturer of the motor vehicle provided no other means or method by which a front license plate may be displayed upon and secured to the motor vehicle:

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The provisions of subsection 2 do not relieve the Department of the duty to issue a set of two license plates as otherwise required pursuant to NRS 482.265 or other applicable law and do not entitle the owner of a motor vehicle to pay a reduced tax or fee in connection with the registration or transfer of the motor vehicle.

If the owner of a motor vehicle, in accordance with thethetor provisions of subsection 2, exercises the option to attach a license plate only to the rear of the motor vehicle, the owner shall:

(a)for Providewhich the addressapplication ofis thesubmitted.e office or other place of business for(b) whichContain such further relevant information as the applicationCommissioner ismay submitted.require, including the names and addresses of the partners, officers, directors or trustees, and of such of the principal owners or members as will provide the basis for the investigations and findings contemplated by NRS 675.110 and 675.120.

(b) Contain such further relevant information as the Commissioner may require, including the names and addresses of the partners, officers, directors or trustees, and of such of the principal owners or members as will provide the basis for the investigations and findings contemplated by NRS 675.110 and 675.120.

or - *AB296_R1*83rd Session (2025) – 10 – (b) The applicant or a subsidiary or affiliate of the applicant has a license issued pursuant to this chapter for an office or other place of business located in this State.

A person who wishes to apply for a license pursuant to subsection 3 must submit with the application for a license a statement signed by the applicant which states that the applicant agrees to:

Sec.675.230 1.NRS 6Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, a licensee may not conduct the business of making loans under this chapter within any office, suite, room or place of business in which any other business is solicited or engaged in, except an insurance agency or notary public, or in association or conjunction with any other business, unless authority to do so is given by the Commissioner.

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NRS 675.230 is hereby amended to read as follows:

675.230 1.

Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, a licensee may not conduct the business of making loans under this chapter within any office, suite, room or place of business in which any other business is solicited or engaged in, except an insurance agency or notary public, or in association or conjunction with any other business, unless authority to do so is given by the Commissioner.

and - 83rd Session (2025) – 11 – (b) The mortgage company is licensed by this state pursuant to chapter 645B of NRS and does not receive money to acquire or - *AB296_R1* – 11 – repay loans or maintain trust accounts as provided by NRS 645B.175.

page 3006, is hereby amended to read as follows:of Nevada 2019, at Sec.

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Section 7 of chapter 498, Statutes of Nevada 2019, at page 3006, is hereby amended to read as follows:

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Sections 1 to 6, inclusive, of this act become effective on October 1, 20192019, .and expire by limitation on December 31, [2026.] 2030.

[, and expire by limitation on December 31, 2026.] Sec.

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