SB 181 — Provides for the issuance of special license plates indicating support for Nevada State University. (BDR 43-787)

and - *SB181_R1* – 6 – (b) The number assigned pursuant to paragraph (a) is not assigned to a vehicle registered pursuant to this chapter or chapter 706 of NRS.

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482.274license 1.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 subsection 3 of NRS 482.483 is not required to have displayed upon it the month and year the registration expires.

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 subsection 3 of NRS 482.483 is not required to have displayed upon it the month and year the registration expires.

A person may submit an application support for an organization only if:intended to generate financial (a) For an organization which is not a specialgovernmental licenseentity, platethe thatorganization is intendedestablished as a nonprofit charitable organization which provides services to generatethe financialcommunity supportrelating forto anpublic organizationhealth, onlyeducation if:or general welfare;

(a)(b) For an organization which is not a governmental entity, the organization isonly establisheduses asthe afinancial nonprofitsupport charitablegenerated organizationby whichthe providesspecial serviceslicense toplate thefor communitycharitable purposes relating to public health, education or general welfare;

(b) For an organization which is a governmental entity, the organization only uses the financial support generated by the special - *SB181_R1* – 7 – license plate for charitable purposes relating to public health, education or general welfare;

- 83rd Session (2025) – 7 – (e) The organization is nondiscriminatory;

An application submitted to the Department pursuant to subsectionsub(a) 1:Must be on a form prescribed and furnished by the Department;

(a) Must be on a form prescribed and furnished by the Department;

(e) Must be accompanied by a surety bond posted with the Department in the amount of $5,000, except that if the special license plate being requested is one of the type described in subsection 3 of NRS 482.367008, the application must be accompanied by a surety bond posted with the Department in the amount of $20,000;

(f) Must, if the organization is a charitable organization, not including a governmental entity whose budget is included in the executive budget, include a budget prepared by or for the charitable organization which includes, without limitation, the proposed - *SB181_R1* – 8 – operating and administrative expenses of the charitable organization;

3.- 83rd Session (2025) – 8 – submitted pursuant to this section but the Department has not yet designed, prepared or issued the plate, the applicant shall amend the application with updated information when any of the following events take place:

If an application for a special license plate has been submitted pursuant to this section but the Department has not yet designed, prepared or issued the plate, the applicant shall amend the application with updated information when any of the following events take place:

 The updated information described in this subsection must be submitted to the Department within 90 days after the relevantrelevante change takes place, unless the applicant has received notice that the special license plate is on an agenda to be heard at a public meeting of the Department held pursuant to subsection 4, in which case the updated information must be submitted to the Department within 48 hours after the applicant receives such notice.

(a) An application for the design, preparation and issuance of a special license plate that is submitted to the Department pursuant to sub(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1;6, an application for the design, preparation and issuance of a special license plate that has been authorized by an act of the Legislature after January 1, 2007.

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-The *SB181_R1* – 9 –  In determining whether to approve such an application, the Department shall consider,- without83rd limitation,Session whether(2025) it– would9 be– appropriateapplication andwas feasiblereceived forby the DepartmentDepartment.cal toorder design,in preparewhich and issue the particular5. special license plate.

The Department shall consider each application in the chronological order in which the application was received by the Department.

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The Department may design and prepare a special license platepla(a) requestedDetermines pursuantthat tothe subsectionapplication 1for ifthat theplate Department:complies with subsection 2;

(a) Determines that the application for that plate complies with subsection 2;

A person may request that personalized prestige license plates issued pursuant to NRS 482.3667 be combined with a special license plate issued pursuant to this section if that person pays the fees for personalized prestige license plates in addition to the fees for the special license plate.

and - *SB181_R1* – 10 – (b) The charitable organization for which the special license plate is intended to generate financial support, if any.

10.- 83rd Session (2025) – 10 – plate pursuant to this section, if the Department determines not to use the design or colors suggested pursuant to paragraph (g) of subsection 2, the Department shall notify the person who requested the special license plate pursuant to subsection 1.

After making a determination to issue a special license plate pursuant to this section, if the Department determines not to use the design or colors suggested pursuant to paragraph (g) of subsection 2, the Department shall notify the person who requested the special license plate pursuant to subsection 1.

and (b) Notify:(1) The person who requested the special license plate pursuant to subsection 1;

(1) The person who requested the special license plate pursuant to subsection 1;

(a) Approve the design of and the colors to be used in the special license plate;

or of and the colors to be used in the (b) Submit suggestions to revise the design of or colors to be used in the special license plate.

 If the person who requested the special license plate pursuant to subsection 1 and the charitable organization for which the special license plate is intended to generate financial support, if any, fail to respond within 30 days after receiving the design of and the colors to be used in the special license plate, the person and charitable organization shall be deemed to approve the design of and the colors - *SB181_R1*83rd Session (2025) – 11 – regulations to becarry usedout inthis thesubsection.The specialDepartment licensemay plate.adopt 13.

The Department may adopt regulations to carry out this subsection.

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or (c) If it is determined that at least 1,000 special license plates have been issued pursuant to the assessment of the viability of the design of the special license plate conducted pursuant to NRS 482.367008, except that if the special license plate is one of the type described in subsection 3 of NRS 482.367008, the Department must promptly release the surety bond posted pursuant to subsection 2 if it is determined that at least 3,000 special license plates have been issued pursuant to the assessment of the viability of the design of the special license plate conducted pursuant to NRS 482.367008.

On or before September 1 of each fiscal year, the Department shall compile a list of each special license plate the Department, during the immediately preceding fiscal year, designed and prepared pursuant to subsection 7 or issued pursuant to subsectionor 8.charitable organization for which the special license platee cause generates or would generate financial support, and the intended use to which the financial support is being put or would be put.

The list must set forth, for each such plate, the cause or charitable organization for which the special license plate generates or would generate financial support, and the intended use to which the financial support is being put or would be put.

- 83rd Session (2025) – 12 – (2) The list compiled pursuant to subsection 15 for the immediately preceding fiscal year;

- *SB181_R1* – 12 – (3) Any special license plates that the Department will no longer issue pursuant to NRS 482.367008;

(4) The results of any activities conducted pursuant to NRS 482.38272 to 482.38279, inclusive;

andands conducted pursuant to NRS (5) Any actions taken by the Department pursuant to subsections 4 and 5 of NRS 482.38279;

and (c) Except for a license plate that is issued pursuant to NRS 482.3746, 482.3751, 482.3752, 482.3757, 482.3783, 482.3785, 482.3787, 482.37901, 482.37902, 482.37906, 482.37907, 482.3791, 482.3794, 482.37941 or 482.3817, or section 1 of this act, a license plate that is approved by the Legislature after July 1, 2005.

3.- 83rd Session (2025) – 13 – subsection 2, the Department may issue not more than five separate designs of special license plates in excess of the limit set forth in that subsection.

In addition to the special license plates described in subsection 2, the Department may issue not more than five separate designs of special license plates in excess of the limit set forth in that subsection.

- *SB181_R1* – 13 – (a) The Department must approve the design, preparation and issuance of the special plates as described in NRS 482.367002;

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.

or (b)3, Inless thethan case3,000,of of special license plates described in subsection 3, less than 3,000,  the Director shall provide notice of that fact in the manner described in subsection 6.

(b)- If83rd theSession special(2025) license– plate14 does– not generate financial support for a cause or charitable organization, to an entity which is involved in promoting the activity, place or other matter that is depicted on the plate.

If, on December 31 of the same year in which notice was provided pursuant to subsections 5 and 6, the total number of validly - *SB181_R1* – 14 – registered motor vehicles to which a particular design of special license plate is affixed is:

Such an order does not require existing holders of that particular design of special license plate to surrender their plates to the Department and doesdoeSec. not prohibit those holders from renewing those plates.

Sec.8.rohiNRS 482.36705 is hereby amended to read as follows:

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NRS 482.36705 is hereby amended to read as follows:

(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 license plate not be designed, prepared or issued by the Department unless the Department approves the application for the authorized plate pursuant to NRS 482.367002.

(d) In addition to the requirements set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c), if a new special license plate is authorized by an act of the Legislature after July 1, 2021, the Legislature will direct that the license plate not be designed, prepared or issued by the Department unless the organization meeting the requirements described in - 83rd Session (2025) – 15 – subsection 1 of NRS 482.367002 submits suggestions for the design of and colors to be used in the special license plate within 180 days after the authorization of the special license plate.

The provisions of subsections 10, 11 and 12 of NRS 482.367002 apply to suggestions submittedsub2. pursuant to this paragraph.

2.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, 482.37901, 482.37902, 482.37906, 482.37907, 482.3791, 482.3794, 482.37941 or 482.3817 [.] 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, - *SB181_R1* – 15 – 482.37901, 482.37902, 482.37906, 482.37907, 482.3791, 482.3794, 482.37941 or 482.3817 [.] or section 1 of this act.

Sec.482.399 1.RS 48Upon the transfer of the ownership of or interest in any vehicle by any holder of a valid registration, or upon destruction of the vehicle, the registration expires.

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NRS 482.399 is hereby amended to read as follows:

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Upon the transfer of the ownership of or interest in any vehicle by any holder of a valid registration, or upon destruction of the vehicle, the registration expires.

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 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 - 83rd Session (2025) – 16 – governmental services tax paid on all vehicles from which he or she is transferring ownership or interest.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.294, an application for transfer of registration must be made in person, if practicable, to any office or agent of the Department or to a registered dealer, and the license plate or plates may not be used upon a second vehicle until registration of thatthatlates vehicle is complete.

In computing the governmental services tax, the Department, its agent or the registered dealer shall credit the portion of the tax paid on the first vehicle attributable to the remainder of - *SB181_R1* – 16 – the current registration period or calendar year on a pro rata monthly basis against the tax due on the second vehicle or on any other vehicle of which the person is the registered owner.

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 the current calendar year or registration period on a pro rata basis against the registration fee due on the vehicle to which registration is transferred.

The Department shall not reissue the- surrendered83rd Session (2025) – 17 – period.rendered plate or plates until the next succeeding licensing period.7.

7.If application for transfer of registration is not made within 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.

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.

- *SB181_R1* – 17 – (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;

or (b) If the person does not qualify for a refund in accordance with the provisions of subsection 9, issue to the person a credit in thetheth amount 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.

For the purposes of this subsection, the termter(a) “extenuatingThe circumstances”person meanshas circumstancesrecently wherein:relinquished his or her driver’s license and has sold or otherwise disposed of his or her vehicle.

(a) The person has recently relinquished his or her driver’s license and has sold or otherwise disposed of his or her vehicle.

- 83rd Session (2025) – 18 – (d) Any other event occurs which the Department, by regulation, has defined to constitute an “extenuating circumstance” for the purposes of this subsection.

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 - *SB181_R1* – 18 – 2.

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

(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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