2015 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 706 - Motor Carriers
NRS 706.8834 - Maximum period of use of vehicle as taxicab; condition of vehicle acquired for use as taxicab; extension of period for hybrid electric vehicle.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if a vehicle acquired for use as a taxicab by a certificate holder pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 3 has been in operation as a taxicab for 67 months based on the date it was originally placed into operation as a taxicab, the certificate holder:
(a) Shall remove the vehicle from operation as a taxicab; and
(b) Shall not permit the vehicle to be used as a taxicab in the operations of the certificate holder at any time thereafter.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if a vehicle acquired for use as a taxicab by a certificate holder pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 3 has been in operation as a taxicab for 55 months based on the date it was originally placed into operation as a taxicab, the certificate holder:
(a) Shall remove the vehicle from operation as a taxicab; and
(b) Shall not permit the vehicle to be used as a taxicab in the operations of the certificate holder at any time thereafter.
3. Any vehicle which a certificate holder acquires for use as a taxicab must:
(a) Be new; or
(b) Register not more than 30,000 miles on the odometer.
4. If a hybrid electric vehicle, as defined in 40 C.F.R. § 86.1702-99, is acquired for use as a taxicab by a certificate holder, the period of operation as a taxicab specified in subsections 1 and 2 shall be extended for an additional 24 months for that vehicle.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1243; A 1975, 1325; 1987, 392; 1991, 1963; 1997, 852; 2005, 270; 2009, 751)
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