Existing law authorizes a law enforcement officer to remove, or cause to be removed, a vehicle or part of a vehicle found on the highway to a place of safekeeping under certain circumstances. (NRS 484B.443) Section 1 of this bill authorizes a law enforcement officer to take such action if the person driving or in actual physical control of the vehicle is issued a citation for reckless driving. Section 3 of this bill provides that the provisions of law requiring a tow car operator to allow the owner, or agent of the owner, of a motor vehicle that has been connected to a tow car to obtain the release of the vehicle at the point of origination of the towing do not apply if the towing was requested by a law enforcement officer pursuant to the amendatory provisions of section 1. Existing law makes it unlawful for a person to drive a vehicle in an unauthorized trick driving display or to facilitate an unauthorized trick driving display on a public highway. (NRS 484B.653) Section 2 of this bill additionally prohibits a person from driving a vehicle in an unauthorized trick driving display or facilitating an unauthorized trick driving display on premises to which the public has access. Existing law provides that an owner of real property may not have a vehicle towed from a residential complex solely because the registration of the vehicle is expired. (NRS 706.4477) Section 3.1 of this bill: (1) prohibits an operator from charging any fee or cost for the towing of a vehicle solely because the registration of the vehicle is expired; and (2) provides that the towing of such a vehicle by an operator is a violation subject to certain penalties. Existing law further requires the owner of a vehicle that has been towed to pay a hardship tariff, instead of the normal rate, for the cost of removal and storage of the vehicle if: (1) the vehicle was towed from a residential complex at the request of a person other than the owner of the vehicle or the owner's authorized agent because the vehicle was not registered in this State or any other state; and (2) the owner is unable to pay the normal rate for reasons outside of the owner's control. (NRS 706.4477) Section 3.1 removes the requirement for the owner of a vehicle to pay a hardship tariff under these circumstances and instead requires an operator of a tow car to consider charging a lower rate for the removal and storage of a motor vehicle if the owner is unable to pay the normal rate for reasons outside of the owner's control. Section 3.1 requires an operator of a tow car to display a written notice in his or her place of business: (1) regarding the requirement for the operator to consider charging a lower rate; and (2) containing a telephone number for the Authority where a person may report certain alleged violations of law. Existing law requires each fully regulated carrier, operator of a tow car and common or contract motor carrier regulated by the Nevada Transportation Authority to furnish an annual report to the Authority in the form and detail required by the Authority. (NRS 706.167) Section 2.9 of this bill requires the annual report submitted by the operator of a tow car to include the number of times that the operator deviated from the otherwise applicable schedule or tariff to charge a lower rate during the calendar year. Existing law prohibits a person, in exchange for compensation, from soliciting a tort victim to employ, hire or retain any attorney at law at the scene of a traffic crash that may result in a civil action or at a county or city jail or detention facility. Existing law authorizes a tort victim to void any contract, agreement or obligation that is made, obtained, procured or incurred in violation of this prohibition. (NRS 7.045) Section 3.9 of this bill: (1) further prohibits a person from soliciting a tort victim at any medical facility or other location where a provider of health care performs health care services or within 72 hours after the time that the tort occurred; and (2) prohibits such solicitations regardless of whether the solicitation is in exchange for compensation. Section 3.9 provides that any contract, agreement or obligation made, obtained, procured or incurred in violation of the prohibition against such solicitations is void. Section 3.9 establishes certain amounts which may be obtained from a civil action brought for a prohibited solicitation and revises the applicable criminal penalties.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 484B.443, 484B.653, 706.4469
Reprint 1: 484B.443, 484B.653, 706.011, 706.286, 706.4463, 706.4469, 706.4483, 706.756, 706.781
Reprint 2: 484B.443, 484B.653, 706.167, 706.4469, 706.4477
Reprint 3: 484B.443, 484B.653, 706.167, 706.4469, 706.4477, 7.045
As Enrolled: 484B.443, 484B.653, 706.167, 706.4469, 706.4477, 7.045
BDR: 484B.443, 484B.653, 706.4469