Nevada 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 486 — Makes various changes related to transportation. (BDR 35-678)

Last action — Chapter 310.

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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 24, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Joe Lombardo (Republican) on June 05, 2025.

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REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY VOTE (§ 2) (Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 18, 2025) FIRST REPRINT A.B.
Assembly Bill No.
486 A SSEMBLY BILL N O.
486–Committee on Natural Resources CHAPTER..........
486–COMMITTEE ON N ATURAL R ESOURCES M ARCH 24, 2025 ____________ Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure SUMMARY—Makes various changes related to wildlife.
AN ACT relating to transportation;
(BDR 35-678) FISCAL NOTE:
requiring the Department of Transportation to report certain information on the progress and need for certain transportation projects relating to wildlife;
Effect on Local Government:
revising the qualifications for a Deputy Director of the Department;
No.
revising provisions relating to the proposal for certain highway projects the Department must submit to the Board of Directors of the Department;
Effect on the State:
No.
~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to wildlife;
revising provisions relating to the proposal for certain highway projects the Department of Transportation must submit to the Board of Directors of the Department;
revising provisions relating to the Wildlife Crossings Account;
increasing the fee collected from a purchaser of new tires and requiring a certain amount of the proceeds to be credited to the Account;
Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to prepare a written cost $25 million or more.
Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to develop an inventory of connectivity needs on the state highway system where the implementation of wildlife crossings and other related highway features will support certain purposes relating to wildlife.
(NRS 408.3195) Section 1 of this bill instead requiresill that the Department prepare such an analysis of each proposal for a highway project that will cost $50 million or more.
(NRS 408.661) Existing law also requires:
Section 1 additionally requires the Department to include in the analysis for a highway project proposal a discussion of the value of any mitigation of wildlife-vehicle collisions from the design, construction and use of wExisting law creates the Wildlife Crossings Account in the State General Fund, which is administered by the Director of the Department of Transportation.
(1) the Board of Directors of the Department to adopt a plan for measuring the performance of the Department;
Existing law requires the money in the Account to be used by the Department for certain purposes relating to wildlife crossings.
and (2) the Director of the Department to prepare a report, based upon certain performance measurements, on the level of achievement of each division of requirements, the scheduling, scope, cost and progress of any current or proposed highway projects.
(NRS 408.656) Existing law requires a person who sells a new tire for a vehicle to a customer for certain purposes to collect from the purchaser a fee of $1 per tire to be held in in trust to the Department of Taxation for deposit with the State Treasurer for credit to the Solid Waste Management Account in the State General Fund;
(NRS 408.133) Section 1 of this bill requires that the information in the report prepared by the Director relating to current and proposed highway projects include the progress of any current or proposed project identified in the inventory of connectivity and the need for such a project.
and (2) retain the remaining 5 percent to cover related administrative costs.
Existing law requires each Deputy Director of the Department to:
(NRS 444A.090) Section 2 of this bill increases the fee collected by the seller to $2 per tire and, once the 95 percent of the money is transmitted to the Department of Taxation for - *AB486_R1* – 2 – deposit with the State Treasurer, requires the State Treasurer to credit half of the money to the Wildlife Crossings Account in the State General Fund and the other Fund.of the money to the Solid Waste Management Account in the State General Section 1.5 of this bill requires that any money credited to the Wildlife Crossings Account from the fee imposed pursuant to section 2 be deposited in the State Treasury for credit to the Account.
(1) hold a master’s degree in public or business administration, or meet certain other responsible experience in engineering or project management, or meet certain other experiential requirements.
(NRS 408.178) Section 1.1 of this bill instead requires each Deputy Director to:
(1) hold a bachelor’s degree in business, economics or public or business administration, or meet certain other educational requirements;
and (2) have at least 15 years of progressively responsible experience in engineering, project management, business or economics, or meet certain other experiential requirements.
Existing law further requires the Department to prepare a written analysis of the or more.
(NRS 408.3195) Section 1.3 of this bill instead requires that the25 million Department prepare such an analysis of each proposal for a highway project that will cost $50 million or more.
Section 1.3 additionally requires the Department to include in the analysis for a highway project proposal a discussion of the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions in the highway district and the value of any mitigation of wildlife-vehicle collisions from the design, construction and use of wildlife crossings.
- 83rd Session (2025) – 2 – EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
NRS 408.133 is hereby amended to read as follows:
408.133 1.
The Board shall adopt a plan for measuring the performance of the Department, which must include separate sets of performance measurements for each division of the Department and for the Department as a whole.
2.
The Director shall, not later than December 31 of each year:
(a) Prepare a report, based upon the relevant performance measurements adopted pursuant to subsection 1, on the level of achievement of each division of the Department and of the Department as a whole during the immediately preceding fiscal year.
The report must include a discussion of:
current status of the Department in relation to meeting those goals and objectives;
(2) Any applicable directives from the Board or Legislature since the most recent report prepared pursuant to this section;
(3) The scheduling, scope, cost and progress of any current or proposed highway projects [;] , including, without limitation, the progress of any current or proposed project identified in the inventory of connectivity pursuant to NRS 408.661 and the need for any such project;
(4) The sources, amount and expenditure of any funding received during the immediately preceding fiscal year;
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(5) The rationale used to establish priorities for the completion of highway projects;
and (6) Any recommendations for amendments to the plan adopted pursuant to subsection 1.
(b) Submit the report to:
(1) The Board;
and (2) The Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Interim Finance Committee.
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1.1.
NRS 408.178 is hereby amended to read as follows:
408.178 1.
Each Deputy Director:
(a) Is in the unclassified service of the State.
(b)(1) Hold a [master’s] bachelor’s degree in business, economics or public or business administration [, hold] ;
- 83rd Session (2025) – 3 – mechanical or industrial engineering [,] ;
or [be]in civil, structural, (3) Be a licensed professional engineer.
(c) Must have at least:
(1) Two years of administrative experience as an assistant director or the Chief Engineer;
or (2) Fifteen years of progressively responsible experience in engineering , [or] project management [.] , business or economics.
2.
The Chief Engineer:
(a) Is in the unclassified service of the State.
(b) Must be a licensed professional engineer.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, must have at least 3 years of experience as the final engineering authority for a state’s agency which has duties similar to those of the Department.
3.
If the Director or the Deputy Director appointed pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 408.175 is a licensed professional engineer, he or she may also act as the Department’s ChiSec.
1.3.
(f) Any other costs of the Department for any other construction or any mitigation associated with the project;
(f) Any other costs of the Department for any other construction or (g) The costs to highway users for any loss of safety, delays in the time of travel and costs for the operation of vehicles that are associated with the project;
(g) The costs to highway users for any loss of safety, delays in the time of travel and costs for the operation of vehicles that are associated with the project;
and (3) Savings in the cost of operating vehicles.
and - 83rd Session (2025) – 4 – (3) Savings in the cost of operating vehicles.
(1) Any additional increases in costs that would result from any delays in the performance of any routine maintenance scheduled under the maintenance program of the Department;
(1) Any additional increases in costs that would result from under the maintenance program of the Department;
and (2) The number of wildlife-vehicle collisions in the highway district and the value of any mitigation of wildlife-vehicle - *AB486_R1* – 3 – collisions from the design, construction and use of wildlife crossings;
andance scheduled (2) The number of wildlife-vehicle collisions in the highway district and the value of any mitigation of wildlife-vehicle collisions from the design, construction and use of wildlife crossings;
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1.5.
1.5 and 2.
NRS 408.656 is hereby amended to read as follows:
(Deleted by amendment.) Sec.
408.656 1.
The Wildlife Crossings Account is hereby created in the State General Fund.
The Director shall administer the Account.
The Account is a continuing account without reversion.
2.
[Any] All money credited to the Account from the fee imposed pursuant to NRS 444A.090 and any proceeds from the issuance of bonds or other securities for the Account must be deposited in the State Treasury for credit to the Account.
The Director may accept gifts, grants and bequests of money from any public or private source.
The money must be deposited in the State Treasury for credit to the Account.
4.
Money in the Account must be used by the Department for the design, construction, identification, restoration and protection of wildlife crossings and other related highway features to improve wildlife permeability in this State, which may include, without limitation:
(a) Matching any federal money for a project to design, construct, identify, restore or protect wildlife crossings and other related highway features;
(b) Conducting studies on wildlife crossings and other related highway features;
(c) Designing or constructing wildlife crossings and other related highway features;
(d) Planning related to wildlife crossings and other related highway features;
- *AB486_R1* – 4 – (e) Staffing needs related to the design, construction, identification, restoration and protection of wildlife crossings and other related highway features;
and (f) Carrying out the provisions of NRS 408.651 to 408.676, inclusive, in cooperation with the Department of Wildlife.
5.
In administering the Account, the Department shall consult with the Department of Wildlife to:
(a) Identify locations where key wildlife habitat, wildlife migration corridors and highways intersect;
(b) Identify and implement strategies to avoid, minimize and mitigate wildlife-vehicle collisions;
and (c) Prioritize areas to implement projects for wildlife crossings or other related highway features to improve permeability for wildlife while maintaining highway user safety.
6.
All claims against the Account must be paid as other claims against the State are paid.
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2.
NRS 444A.090 is hereby amended to read as follows:
444A.090 1.
A person who sells a new tire for a vehicle to a customer for any purpose other than for resale by the customer in the ordinary course of business shall collect from the purchaser at the time the person collects the applicable sales taxes for the sale a fee of [$1] $2 per tire.
A person who did not pay the fee imposed by this section at the time of purchase because he or she purchased the new tire for resale and who then makes any use of that tire other than to resell it in the ordinary course of business, shall pay the fee imposed by this section to the Department of Taxation at the time of the first use of that tire for a purpose other than holding it for resale.
2.
The seller shall account separately for all money received pursuant to subsection 1 as a deposit to be held in trust for the State.
In accordance with the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 3, the seller shall transmit 95 percent of the money held in trust pursuant to this section to the Department of Taxation for deposit with the State Treasurer .
[for] The State Treasurer shall credit half of the money transmitted pursuant to this subsection to the Wildlife Crossings Account created by NRS 408.656 in the State General Fund and half of the money to the Solid Waste Management Account in the State General Fund.
The remaining 5 percent and all interest and income which accrued on the money while in trust with the seller become the property of the seller on the day the balance for the month is transmitted to the Department of Taxation and may be retained by the seller to cover his or her related administrative costs.
3.
The Director of the Department of Taxation shall adopt regulations establishing acceptable methods for accounting for and transmitting to the Department money collected or required to be - *AB486_R1* – 5 – paid by retailers pursuant to subsection 1.
The regulations must include a designation of the persons responsible for payment.
The regulations must, in appropriate situations, allow for the transmission of that money together with the payment of the applicable sales and use taxes.
4.
In collecting the fee, the Department of Taxation may employ any administrative and legal powers conferred upon it for the collection of the sales and use taxes by chapters 360 and 372 of NRS.
5.
The fee imposed pursuant to subsection 1 does not apply to any tire included in the sale of a new or used vehicle unless the tire is Sec.
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Action History

  1. Chapter 310.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

  4. Senate Amendment No. 598 concurred in. To enrollment.

  5. In Assembly.

  6. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: 1.) To Assembly.

  7. From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Third reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

  8. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 598.) To printer.

  9. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. To committee.

  10. From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.

  11. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 540.) To printer.

  12. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 408.) To printer.

  13. From printer. To committee.

  14. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. To printer.

Sponsors

  • Assembly Committee on Natural Resources · Primary

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