A.B. 111
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ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 111–ASSEMBLYMEMBER HIBBETTS
PREFILED JANUARY 23, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure
SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to certain traffic
violations. (BDR 43-161)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: Increases or Newly
Provides for Term of Imprisonment in County or City
Jail or Detention Facility.
Effect on the State: No.
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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to public safety; changing certain traffic violations
from civil infractions to misdemeanors; providing
penalties; and providing other matters properly relating
thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law provides that a violation of any provision of existing law relating 1
to any traffic law or ordinance is a civil infraction unless a criminal penalty is 2
prescribed for the violation by a specific statute. (NRS 481.015) Existing law 3
prohibits certain acts involving driving a vehicle upon a divided highway and 4
provides that such violations are punishable as civil infractions. (NRS 484B.227) 5
This bill makes such violations punishable as misdemeanors. 6
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. NRS 484B.227 is hereby amended to read as 1
follows: 2
484B.227 1. Every vehicle driven upon a divided highway 3
must be driven only upon the right-hand roadway and must not be 4
driven over, across or within any dividing space, barrier or section 5
or make any left turn, semicircular turn or U-turn, except through an 6
opening in the barrier or dividing section or space or at a crossover 7
or intersection established by a public authority. 8
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2. A person who violates any provision of this section is guilty 1
of a misdemeanor. 2
3. A person who violates any provision of this section may be 3
subject to any additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130 or 4
484B.135. 5
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