SB 382 — Revises provisions relating to vehicles. (BDR 43-316)

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382–SENATOR H ANSEN M ARCH 17, 2025 ____________ Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to vehicles.the registration of trailers.

authorizing autonomous vehicles to be equipped with certain marker lamps which indicate that an automated driving system is operating the autonomous vehicle;

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- *SB382_R2**SB382_R1* – 2 – ExistingTHE lawPEOPLE prescribesOF certainTHE requirementsSTATE withOF respectNEVADA, toREPRESENTED theIN registration,SENATE testingAND andASSEMBLY, operationDO ofENACT autonomousAS vehiclesFOLLOWS: in this State.

(Chapter 482A of NRS 482A.010-482A.220) Existing law prohibits certain autonomous vehicles from unless the autonomous vehicle is capable of operating in compliance with ther, applicable motor vehicle and traffic laws of this State and is equipped with certain equipment, including an indicator located inside of the autonomous vehicle which indicates when an automated driving system is operating the vehicle.

(NRS 482A.080) Section 5.7 of this bill authorizes any autonomous vehicle that is tested system marker lamps which:

(1) indicate to others outside of an autonomousiving vehicle that an automated driving system is operating the vehicle;

and (2) are equipped in accordance with certain nationally recognized standards applicable to such equipment.

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

(a) “Farm purposes” means the transportation of livestock, agricultural products or ranch or farm machinery or supplies to or from a ranch or farm except when in the operation of a common motormot(b) carrier“Trailer” does not include a full trailer or contractsemitrailer motorthat carrier.is registered pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 482.483.

- *SB382_R2* – 3 – (b) “Trailer” does not include a full trailer or semitrailer that is registered pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 482.483.

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(b) Collect the governmental services tax on the vehicle, as agent for the State and for the county where the applicant intends to - *SB382_R2* – 5 – base the vehicle for the period of registration, unless the vehicle is deemed to have no base.

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The - *SB382_R2* – 6 – governmental services tax paid pursuant to this subsection is nontransferable and nonrefundable.

An applicant who is unable to furnish information satisfactory to the Department that the applicant is entitled to a duplicate or substitute certificate of - *SB382_R1* – 6 – title pursuant to this subsection may obtain a new certificate of title pursuant to the provisions of NRS 482.2605.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection [8 or] 9 or 10 of NRS 482.260, credit must be allowed for the portion of the registration fee and - *SB382_R2* – 7 – governmental services tax attributable to the remainder of the current registration period.

An applicant who makes the election described in subsection 6 retains the current date of expiration for the registration of the - *SB382_R1* – 7 – applicable vehicle and is not, as a prerequisite to receiving duplicate number plates or substitute number plates or a substitute decal, required to:

The Department may limit by regulation the number of letters and numbers used, prohibit the use of inappropriate letters or combinations of letters and numbers and prohibit the transfer of - *SB382_R2* – 8 – personalized prestige license plates from one vehicle or trailer to another if such a transfer would result in an inappropriate use of letters or combination of letters and numbers.

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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 - *SB382_R1* – 9 – interest, the person may apply the unused portion of the credit to the registration of any other vehicle owned by the person.

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- *SB382_R1* – 10 – (b) The vehicle has been determined to be inoperable and the person does not transfer the registration to a different vehicle.

5.7.

NRS 482A.080 is hereby amended to read as follows:

482A.080 1.

An autonomous vehicle shall not be registered in this State unless the autonomous vehicle has affixed to it a label pursuant to 49 C.F.R.

§ 567.4.

2.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection [3,] 4, an autonomous vehicle shall not be tested or operated on a highway within this State with a human operator unless the autonomous vehicle is capable of operating in compliance with the applicable motor vehicle laws and traffic laws of this State, unless an exemption has been granted by the Department, and:

(a) If the autonomous vehicle is not a fully autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle is:

(1) Equipped with a means to engage and disengage the automated driving system which is easily accessible to the human operator of the autonomous vehicle;

(2) Equipped with an indicator located inside the autonomous vehicle which indicates when the automated driving system is operating the autonomous vehicle;

and (3) Equipped with a means to alert the human operator to take manual control of the autonomous vehicle if a failure of the automated driving system occurs which renders the automated driving system unable to perform the dynamic driving task relevant to its intended operational design domain;