Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue personalized prestige license plates and certain special license plates associated with military or public service. (NRS 482.3667, 482.3757-482.3787) Sections 1-7 of this bill provide that a person may request personalized prestige license plates be combined with certain special license plates associated with military or public service. Existing law provides an exemption from the payment of any parking fees, including, without limitation, those collected through parking meters, charged by the State or any political subdivision or other public body within the State, other than the United States, to a vehicle that displays certain special license plates associated with military service that are issued to a person who has suffered a qualifying service-connected disability and receives compensation from the United States for the disability. (NRS 482.3765, 482.3775, 482.378, 482.3783) Sections 3 and 5-7 of this bill expand this exemption to any vehicle that displays such special license plates, regardless of whether the person to whom the plates were issued has suffered a qualifying service-connected disability. Under existing law: (1) each family member of a person killed in the line of duty while on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States is entitled to specially designed license plates which indicate that the person is a family member of a person killed in the line of duty while on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States; and (2) each family member of a person who died as a result of injuries sustained while on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States is entitled to specially designed license plates which indicate that the person is a family member of a person who died as a result of injuries sustained while on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States. (NRS 482.3785, 482.3787) Sections 8 and 10 of this bill provide that a vehicle on which such specially designed license plates are displayed is exempt from the payment of any parking fees, including, without limitation, those collected through parking meters, charged by the State or any political subdivision or other public body within the State, other than the United States. This is consistent with provisions that exempt from the payment of parking fees certain veterans with certain specially designed license plates. (NRS 482.3765-482.3783) Sections 1, 9 and 11 of this bill also impose a criminal penalty against a person who: (1) makes a false statement on an application for certain specially designed license plates that he or she is a family member of a person killed in the line of duty or who died as a result of injuries sustained while on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States or was killed in the line of duty while serving as a peace officer and awarded posthumously the Medal of Honor, or equivalent thereof; or (2) submits false, fraudulent or misleading evidence in connection with such an application.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 482.3757, 482.376, 482.3765, 482.377, 482.3775, 482.378, 482.3783, 482.3785, 482.3787
Reprint 1: 482.3757, 482.376, 482.3765, 482.377, 482.3775, 482.378, 482.3783, 482.3785, 482.3787
As Enrolled: 482.3757, 482.376, 482.3765, 482.377, 482.3775, 482.378, 482.3783, 482.3785, 482.3787
BDR: 482.3757, 482.376, 482.3765, 482.377, 482.3775, 482.378, 482.3783, 482.3785, 482.3787