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2	2	(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 21, 2025)
3	3	FIRST REPRINT S.B. 180
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7	7	SENATE BILL NO. 180–SENATOR FLORES
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9	9	PREFILED FEBRUARY 3, 2025
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12	12	Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure
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14	14	SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to motor carriers.
15	15	(BDR 58-963)
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17	17	FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
18	18	Effect on the State: Yes.
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22	22	EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
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25	25	AN ACT relating to motor carriers; establishing the minimum
26	26	amount of insurance against liability of which the Nevada
27	27	Transportation Authority of the Department of Business
28	28	and Industry and the Department of Motor Vehicles must
29	29	require certain motor carriers to file evidence, bond or
30	30	surety; and providing other matters properly relating
31	31	thereto.
32	32	Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
33	33	Existing law authorizes the Nevada Transportation Authority of the Department 1
34	34	of Business and Industry and the Department of Motor Vehicles to require certain 2
35	35	motor carriers to file with the Authority or the Department, as applicable, in a form 3
36	36	required and approved by the Authority or the Department a liability insurance 4
37	37	policy, or a certificate of insurance in lieu thereof, or a bond of a surety company, 5
38	38	or other surety, in such reasonable sum as the Authority or the Department may 6
39	39	deem necessary to protect adequately the interests of the public. (NRS 706.291) 7
40	40	This bill requires the Authority or the Department to require the filing of such a 8
41	41	policy, certificate, bond or other surety, in an amount not less than a certain 9
42	42	minimum amount, by: (1) every fully regulated carrier which is subject to 10
43	43	regulation by the Authority and authorized to transport only freight; and (2) every 11
44	44	other common and contract motor carrier and every private carrier which is subject 12
45	45	to regulation by the Department and authorized to transport intrastate-only freight 13
46	46	by vehicles with a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of 26,000 pounds or 14
47	47	more. Under this bill, the minimum amount of such a policy, certificate, bond 15
48	48	or other surety is required to be: (1) on or after January 1, 2026, $1,000,000; (2) on 16
49	49	or after January 1, 2028, $1,250,000; and (3) on or after January 1, 2030, 17
50	50	$1,500,000. 18
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57	57	THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
58	58	SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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60	60	Section 1. NRS 706.291 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1
61	61	706.291 1. [The] Except as otherwise provided in this 2
62	62	subsection, the Authority shall require every fully regulated carrier 3
63	63	and every operator of a tow car, within such time and in such 4
64	64	amounts as the Authority may designate, to file with the Authority 5
65	65	in a form required and approved by the Authority a liability 6
66	66	insurance policy, or a certificate of insurance in lieu thereof, or a 7
67	67	bond of a surety company, or other surety, in such reasonable sum 8
68	68	as the Authority may deem necessary to protect adequately the 9
69	69	interests of the public. The Authority shall require every fully 10
70	70	regulated carrier which is authorized to transport only freight to 11
71	71	file with the Authority in a form required and approved by the 12
72	72	Authority a liability insurance policy, or a certificate of insurance 13
73	73	in lieu thereof, or a bond of a surety company, or other surety: 14
74	74	(a) On or after January 1, 2026, in an amount not less than 15
75	75	$1,000,000; 16
76	76	(b) On or after January 1, 2028, in an amount not less than 17
77	77	$1,250,000; and 18
78	78	(c) On or after January 1, 2030, in an amount not less than 19
79	79	$1,500,000. 20
80	80	2. [The] Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the 21
81	81	Department shall require every other common and contract motor 22
82	82	carrier and every private carrier, within such time and in such 23
83	83	amounts as the Department may designate, to file with the 24
84	84	Department in a form required and approved by the Department a 25
85	85	liability insurance policy, or a certificate of insurance in lieu thereof, 26
86	86	a bond of a surety company, or other surety, in such reasonable sum 27
87	87	as the Department may deem necessary to protect adequately the 28
88	88	interests of the public. In determining the amount of liability 29
89	89	insurance or other surety required of a carrier pursuant to this 30
90	90	subsection, the Department shall [create] : 31
91	91	(a) Create a separate category for vehicles with a 32
92	92	manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of less than 26,000 33
93	93	pounds and impose a lesser requirement with respect to such 34
94	94	vehicles [.] ; and 35
95	95	(b) Require every other common and contract motor carrier 36
96	96	and every private carrier which is authorized to transport 37
97	97	intrastate-only freight by the category of vehicles with a 38
98	98	manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of 26,000 pounds or 39
99	99	more to file with the Department in a form required and approved 40
100	100	by the Department a liability insurance policy, or a certificate of 41
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105	105	insurance in lieu thereof, or a bond of a surety company, or other 1
106	106	surety: 2
107	107	(1) On or after January 1, 2026, in an amount not less than 3
108	108	$1,000,000; 4
109	109	(2) On or after January 1, 2028, in an amount not less than 5
110	110	$1,250,000; and 6
111	111	(3) On or after January 1, 2030, in an amount not less than 7
112	112	$1,500,000. 8
113	113	3. The liability insurance policy or certificate, policy or bond 9
114	114	of a surety company or other surety must bind the obligors 10
115	115	thereunder to pay the compensation for injuries to persons or for 11
116	116	loss or damage to property resulting from the negligent operation of 12
117	117	the carrier. 13
118	118	4. The Authority and the Department may jointly prescribe by 14
119	119	regulation the respective amounts and forms required by subsections 15
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121	121	Sec. 2. This act becomes effective: 17
122	122	1. Upon passage and approval for the purpose of adopting any 18
123	123	regulations and performing any other preparatory administrative 19
124	124	tasks that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act; and 20
125	125	2. On October 1, 2025, for all other purposes. 21
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