Existing law authorizes special license plates and registration certificates to be issued to residents of Nevada for antique motor vehicles that qualify as Old Timer vehicles, classic rods or classic vehicles. (NRS 482.381, 482.3814, 482.3816) Existing law provides that such vehicles are exempt from certain regulations governing exhaust emissions, fuel evaporative emissions and visible emissions of smoke from certain engines if the owner of the vehicle certifies to the Department of Motor Vehicles that the vehicle was not driven more than 5,000 miles during the immediately preceding year. (NRS 445B.760) Sections 1, 3 and 4 of this bill provide that such motor vehicles must not be used for general transportation, defined as being driven more than 5,000 miles during the immediately preceding year, but may be used for club activities, exhibitions, tours, parades or similar activities and for such other uses as are necessary for the operation and maintenance of the vehicle. Sections 1, 3 and 4 provide that such motor vehicles not used for general transportation are exempt from the provisions governing the control of emissions from engines and that, if the owner of such a motor vehicle elects to use the motor vehicle for general transportation, he or she: (1) shall not be issued special license plates or a registration certificate; and (2) must comply with the provisions governing the control of emissions from engines. Existing law requires that such vehicles being used for general transportation and required to comply with the provisions governing the control of emissions from engines which fail the emissions test shall not be issued the special license plates for a period of 90 days after failing the emissions test. (NRS 482.2655) Sections 1, 3 and 4 provide that this 90-day period is an exception to the prohibition for issuing a special license plate to a vehicle that is used for general transportation. Sections 1, 3 and 4 require for the issuance of special license plates and a registration certificate for an Old Timer vehicle, classic rod or classic vehicle that the motor vehicle must have proof satisfactory to the Department that the vehicle is covered by insurance that: (1) is designed or designated specifically for classic or antique vehicles; or (2) includes an endorsement that is designed or designated specifically for classic or antique vehicles. Existing law provides that an approved inspector is a person who is licensed by the Department to inspect motor vehicles and devices for the control of pollution for an authorized station or authorized inspection station. (NRS 445B.705) Existing law requires the Department, in cooperation with the State Environmental Commission, to adopt regulations which provide for any fee, bond or insurance which is necessary to carry out the provisions governing the control of emissions from engines. (NRS 445B.785) Existing regulations establish a $25 fee for the initial issuance and biennial renewal of an inspector's license. If an inspector who has paid the $25 fee wishes to be licensed at one or more locations in addition to the location for which the initial license was issued, existing regulations provide that the fee for the issuance and biennial renewal of an inspector's license for each additional location is $10. (NAC 445B.499) Section 7 of this bill caps the fee for the issuance and renewal of an inspector's license for each additional location at $2. Existing law requires the State Environmental Commission, in cooperation with the Department and any local air pollution control agency, to adopt regulations for the control of emissions from motor vehicles in areas designated by the Commission that are in any county whose population is 100,000 or more (currently Clark and Washoe Counties). (NRS 445B.770) Existing law also authorizes the Commission to exempt designated classes of motor vehicles, including classes based upon the year of manufacture of motor vehicles, from having to comply with the emissions standards. (NRS 445B.825) Existing regulations exempt new motor vehicles from compliance with emissions standards until the third registration of the vehicle, which is the first 2 years of the life of the motor vehicle. (NAC 445B.592) Section 9 of this bill exempts new motor vehicles from the test of emissions conducted by the Department until the fourth registration of the vehicle, which is the first 3 years of the life of the motor vehicle, and requires the Department to conduct the test annually after the fourth registration of the motor vehicle. Finally, section 9 makes a technical change to reference a federal regulation relating to the exemption afforded to hybrid electric vehicles. Sections 5 and 8 of this bill make conforming changes. Existing law requires certain fees to be paid to the Department and accounted for in the Pollution Control Account where a program governing the control of emissions from engines is commenced. Existing law requires a fee of $6 for each form issued to a fleet station. (NRS 445B.830) Existing law authorizes the Commission, in a county whose population is 100,000 or more (currently Clark and Washoe Counties) to adopt regulations to establish a voluntary program of electronic monitoring of emission information from certain vehicles. Existing law requires the Department to charge an annual fee of $6 for each vehicle electronically monitored in such a manner. (NRS 445B.767) Section 5.5 of this bill instead requires the Department to charge an annual fee that is equal in amount to the fee for each form issued to a fleet station. Existing law requires a board of county commissioners, if the board is authorized to impose an additional fee for each form certifying emission control compliance, to ensure that 2 percent of any such fee is retained as a commission by the authorized station or authorized inspection station that performs the inspection pursuant to which the form certifying emission control compliance is issued. (NRS 445B.834) Section 10.5 of this bill authorizes the board of county commissioners for a county whose population is 100,000 or more (currently Clark and Washoe Counties) to impose by ordinance an additional fee for each form certifying emission control compliance. Section 10.5 requires a board that imposes such an additional fee to notify the Department for the purposes of collecting and distributing the fee. Section 10.3 of this bill requires the Department: (1) upon receiving such a notification, to collect the additional fee on behalf of the county; (2) to account separately for the additional fee in the Pollution Control Account; and (3) to make quarterly distributions to each applicable county of money equal to the amount of the additional fees that were collected on behalf of the county. Section 10.5 provides that, if such an additional fee is imposed, the board shall use the money received from the additional fee to support the programs of local air pollution control agencies to reduce emissions from a motor vehicle with at least 50 percent of such money being used to support the programs of local air pollution control agencies to reduce emissions from a motor vehicle for the benefit of historically underserved communities. Section 10.5 additionally removes a requirement that a board of county commissioners ensure that 2 percent of any such fee is retained as a commission by the authorized station or authorized inspection station that performs the inspection pursuant to which the form certifying emission control compliance is issued.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 482.381, 482.3812, 482.3814, 482.3816, 482.461, 445B.775, 445B.785, 445B.798, 445B.825, 445B.830, 482.2655
Reprint 1: 482.381, 482.3814, 482.3816, 482.461, 445B.767, 445B.775, 445B.785, 445B.798, 445B.825, 445B.830
Reprint 2: 482.381, 482.3814, 482.3816, 482.461, 445B.767, 445B.775, 445B.785, 445B.798, 445B.825, 445B.834
Reprint 3: 482.381, 482.3814, 482.3816, 482.461, 445B.767, 445B.785, 445B.798, 445B.825, 445B.830, 445B.834
As Enrolled: 482.381, 482.3814, 482.3816, 482.461, 445B.767, 445B.785, 445B.798, 445B.825, 445B.830, 445B.834