2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 43 PUBLIC SAFETY; VEHICLES; WATERCRAFT
Chapter 490 Off-Highway Vehicles
NRS 490.069 Fund for Off-Highway Vehicles: Creation; use of money in Fund. [Effective 1 year after the date the Interim Finance Committee issues a notice to the Department of Motor Vehicles that adequate money is available to begin registering off-highway vehicles or on July 1, 2011, whichever is sooner, and expires by limitation on July 1, 2011, if such notice is not given before that date.]

NRS 490.069 Fund for Off-Highway Vehicles: Creation; use of money in Fund. [Effective 1 year after the date the Interim Finance Committee issues a notice to the Department of Motor Vehicles that adequate money is available to begin registering off-highway vehicles or on July 1, 2011, whichever is sooner, and expires by limitation on July 1, 2011, if such notice is not given before that date.]

1. The Fund for Off-Highway Vehicles is hereby created in the State Treasury as a revolving fund. The Commission shall administer the Fund. Any money remaining in the Fund at the end of a fiscal year does not revert to the State General Fund, and the balance in the Fund must be carried forward.

2. During the period beginning on the effective date of this section and ending 1 year after that date, money in the Fund may only be used by the Commission for the reasonable administrative costs of the Commission and to inform the public of the requirements of this chapter.

3. On or after the expiration of the period specified in subsection 2, money in the Fund may only be used by the Commission as follows:

(a) Not more than 5 percent of the money that is in the Fund as of January 1 of each year may be used for the reasonable administrative costs of the Fund.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, 20 percent of any money in the Fund as of January 1 of each year that is not used pursuant to paragraph (a) must be used for law enforcement, as recommended by the Office of Criminal Justice Assistance of the Department of Public Safety, or its successor, and any remaining portion of that money may be used as follows:

(1) Sixty percent of the money may be used for projects relating to:

(I) Studies or planning for trails and facilities for use by owners and operators of off-highway vehicles. Money received pursuant to this sub-subparagraph may be used to prepare environmental assessments and environmental impact studies that are required pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.

(II) The mapping and signing of those trails and facilities.

(III) The acquisition of land for those trails and facilities.

(IV) The enhancement and maintenance of those trails and facilities.

(V) The construction of those trails and facilities.

(VI) The restoration of areas that have been damaged by the use of off-highway vehicles.

(2) Fifteen percent of the money may be used for safety training and education relating to off-highway vehicles.

4. If money is used for the projects described in paragraph (b) of subsection 3, not more than 30 percent of such money may be allocated to any one category of projects described in subparagraph (1) of that paragraph.

(Added to NRS by 2009, 3081, effective 1 year after the date the Interim Finance Committee issues a notice to the Department of Motor Vehicles that adequate money is available to begin registering off-highway vehicles or on July 1, 2011, whichever is sooner, and expires by limitation on July 1, 2011, if such notice is not given before that date)

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