Existing law requires the owner of a trailer that is to be operated on the highways of this State to register the trailer for a period of either 1 year or 3 years with the Department of Motor Vehicles and pay to the Department certain fees and a governmental services tax, the amount of which is based on the value of the trailer. (NRS 371.030, 371.040, 482.205, 482.206, 482.2065) Section 1 of this bill authorizes a person who owns a trailer that is primarily used for farm purposes to instead register the trailer for a period of 5 years. Section 1 requires a person who registers a trailer for a 5-year period to pay upon registration all applicable fees and taxes which the person would pay if the trailer was registered for 1 year and then renewed for 4 consecutive years, and section 3 of this bill requires the trailer to be taxed, for purposes of the governmental services tax, for a period of 5 years. Sections 4.5 and 5.5 of this bill make conforming changes to refer to provisions that have been renumbered in section 3. Section 1.5 of this bill requires the expiration date of a license plate or substitute decal on a trailer that is registered for a 5-year period, upon a transfer of the registration, to be advanced for 5 years. Section 5 of this bill makes a conforming change to indicate that a personalized prestige license plate issued for a trailer registered for a 5-year period is valid for and renewable after 5 years, rather than 12 months. Existing law prescribes certain requirements with respect to the registration, testing and operation of autonomous vehicles in this State. (Chapter 482A of NRS 482A.010-482A.220) Existing law prohibits certain autonomous vehicles from being 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 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 or operated within this State to be equipped with one or more automated driving system marker lamps which: (1) indicate to others outside of an autonomous 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.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 482.206, 482.2065, 482.260, 482.274, 482.3667, 482.375, 482.3824, 482.483, 371.040, 482.0435
Reprint 1: 482.206, 482.260, 482.285, 482.3667, 482.399
Reprint 2: 482.206, 482.260, 482.285, 482.3667, 482.399, 482A.080
BDR: 482.206, 482.2065, 482.260, 482.274, 482.3667, 482.375, 482.3824, 482.483, 371.040, 482.0435