Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish an electronic branch office consisting of an Internet website or software application through which documentation may be submitted and certain transactions may be conducted through electronic means. (NRS 481.055) Section 1 of this bill sets forth certain specific acts which may be conducted through such an electronic branch office. Existing law requires that if the Department establishes a program for the electronic submission and storage of documents, the Department allow only certain institutions and persons to apply for and participate in the program. (NRS 482.293) Existing law also authorizes the Department to waive the requirement of any required signature of a natural person on a document submitted by electronic means for those institutions and persons who comply with all of the requirements of the program. (NRS 482.294) Section 3 of this bill eliminates the limitations on persons who may participate in the program, thereby authorizing applications and participation by all persons. Section 4 of this bill eliminates references to the limited institutions and persons whose signatures may be waived for documents submitted electronically, providing for such waiver for any participant who complies with all requirements of the program. Existing law requires: (1) certain information to be contained on the face of a certificate of registration of a vehicle; and (2) certain information and forms to be contained on the face or reverse, as applicable, of a certificate of title of a vehicle. (NRS 482.245) Section 2 of this bill eliminates the requirements that such information and forms be contained specifically on the face or reverse of the applicable documents. Existing law requires, upon a transfer of the title to, or interest of an owner in, a vehicle, the person whose title or interest is to be transferred and the transferee to write their signatures with pen and ink, along with other information, upon the reverse side of the certificate of title. Existing law also exempts a wholesale vehicle auctioneer from this requirement if he or she stamps certain information on the certificate of title and certain other documents relating to the sale and transfer of the vehicle. (NRS 482.400) Section 5 of this bill: (1) eliminates the requirement of the use of pen and ink and the specification to write on the reverse side of the certificate, thereby authorizing electronic signatures; and (2) authorizes a wholesale vehicle auctioneer to stamp electronically the information required by these provisions. Sections 1.2 and 5.1 of this bill define the term “autocycle.” Sections 1.6 and 5.5 of this bill amend the definition of the term “motorcycle” to exclude autocycles. Sections 1.4 and 5.3 of this bill make conforming changes to indicate the proper placement of sections 1.2 and 5.1 in the Nevada Revised Statutes. Section 5.7 of this bill prohibits, with certain exceptions, a person from driving an autocycle upon an highway unless that person holds a driver's license. Existing law requires the driver and passengers of certain vehicles to wear protective headgear and certain other protective devices when those vehicles are being driven on a highway. (NRS 486.231) Section 5.9 of this bill provides that, when an autocycle is being driven on a highway, the driver and passengers are not required to wear protective headgear. Existing law: (1) requires the Department to design, prepare and issue special license plates for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles that are wholly powered by an electric motor; and (2) establishes the fees for those special license plates and their renewal. (NRS 482.3797) Section 4.5 of this bill: (1) requires the Department to design, prepare and issue special license plates for all vehicles that are wholly powered by an electric motor; and (2) reduces the fees for those special license plates and their renewal. Existing law authorizes the Department to appoint by contract any person as an agent of the Department to issue salvage titles and establishes certain requirements for the Department and proposed agent to enter into such an arrangement. (NRS 487.815) Section 5.93 of this bill defines such a person as a “salvage title agent.” Section 5.97 of this bill revises the requirements imposed on the Department and the proposed agent. Section 5.95 of this bill makes a conforming change to indicate the proper placement of section 5.93 in the Nevada Revised Statutes.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 481.055, 482.245, 482.293, 482.294, 482.400
Reprint 1: 481.055, 482.010, 482.070, 482.245, 482.293, 482.294, 482.3797, 482.400, 486.011, 486.041, 486.061, 486.231
Reprint 2: 481.055, 482.010, 482.070, 482.245, 482.293, 482.294, 482.3797, 482.400, 486.011, 486.041, 486.061, 486.231, 487.710, 487.815
As Enrolled: 481.055, 482.010, 482.070, 482.245, 482.293, 482.294, 482.3797, 482.400, 486.011, 486.041, 486.061, 486.231, 487.710, 487.815
BDR: 481.055, 482.245, 482.293, 482.294, 482.400