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Dealers
must also provide a written warranty to correct any
defect in a component or system of the engine or drive
train for between two days or 100 miles and 30 days or
1,000 miles depending on the vehicle's odometer reading
at time of sale.
Driver education: Drivers under age 18 must
complete a course in driver's education and 50 hours of
parent/guardian certified experience in driving with an
instruction permit under AB 404. This provision is
effective October 1, 1998.
The bill exempts those between 16 and 18 from the
driver's education requirement if the public school in
which the licensee is enrolled is in a county of less
than 35,000 population or in a city or town with less
than 25,000 population and the public school does not
offer driver's education.
Speeding fines: The penalty for a speed violation
in a construction zone is doubled when workers are
present under AB 456 (Committee on Judiciary). The
maximum penalty is a $1,000 fine and six month's jail
time or 120 hours of community service work. The bill
also requires a notice of the zone be posted at the
beginning and end of such a zone.
DUI: Known as the "zero tolerance law," AB 584
(Committee on Judiciary) provides for an immediate 90-day
suspension of the driver's license or permit of a person
under the age of 21 when driving with a blood alcohol
level of 0.02 or greater.
Nevada's Supreme Court has interpreted that state's DUI
law to preclude out-of-state DUI convictions from being
counted. For example, a person with four California DUI
convictions who for the first time is convicted for DUI
in Nevada would be considered a first-time offender.
AB 241 is intended to clarify that an out-of-state DUI
conviction counts as a DUI conviction under Nevada law as
it relates to persons eligible for entering a drug and
alcohol treatment program and receiving a deferred
sentence. The goal is to stop serious offenders from
being accepted into a treatment program and receiving a
lesser sentence.
New car deadline: When a new car is purchased, it
must be registered with the DMV in ten rather than twenty
days under AB 131 (Committee on Transportation). The bill
also requires new car dealers, rather than buyers, to
collect and submit to the DMV the fee for a certificate
of title.
Drug offenses: AB 176 ; a court must suspend or
delay a minor's driving license for 90 days to two years
for possession, use, selling, or purchasing of drugs
(controlled substances) or alcoholic beverages.
Speeding fines: The fine for a person driving in
excess of the posted speed limit by not more than 5 mph,
except in a county with a population of 100,000 or more,
is limited to $25 by Senate Bill 137 (Rhoads, R-Elko).
Any such violation is not recorded as a moving violation
with the DMV, so can have no effect on insurance rates.
Classic Cars: Owners of certain older cars and of
five or more cars benefit under SB 430 (Washington,
R-Reno). The bill exempts restored vehicles with "old
timer," "street rod," "classic rod," or "classic vehicle"
special license plates from emissions standards and
testing. However, it does require the state's
environmental agency to set criteria for condition and
functioning of the restored vehicles and authorizes them
to require an evaluation conducted at an authorized
inspection station. The bill also reduces the $33 per car
registration fee for each fifth and subsequent car
registered to a person.
Unpaid tickets: Under current law, the DMV is
required not to renew a vehicle registration when unpaid
parking tickets exist. Formerly, a person could pay his
fine plus an additional DMV fee at the time of renewal at
a DMV office.
Under SB
366 (Committee on Transportation), the fine must be paid
to the local authority before registration renewal.
Proof of insurance: Nevada law provides for
cancellation of a vehicle's registration unless proof of
insurance exists. The recently instituted system of
insurance verification ran into problems which are
addressed by AB 36 (Carpenter, R-Elko).
Among the provisions is elimination of the $50
reinstatement fee for erroneous registration
cancellation, provision for greater accuracy when the DMV
matches its information with an insurer's information,
and authorization for an owner's insurance agent, as well
as an insurer's home office, to verify insurance.
Under the old system, when a motorist was advised by the
DMV that the state was unable to verify insurance, the
owner had 10 days to return insurance information to the
DMV. That time limit is doubled to 20 days under the new
law. And it allows an additional 15 days when a second
notice from DMV is received. In addition, the owner of a
dormant vehicle must cancel the vehicle's registration
before canceling the insurance.
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