NV Rev Stat § 706.8818 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 706 - Motor Carriers|NRS 706.8818 - Appointment, number, terms, qualifications and compensation of members; principal office; regulations; authority to issue administrative citation to a driver for a transportation network company.

  1. The Taxicab Authority, consisting of five members appointed by the Governor, is hereby created. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 232A.020, the term of each member is 3 years and no member may serve for more than 6 years. No more than three members may be members of the same political party, and no elected officer of the State or any political subdivision is eligible for appointment.  2. Each member of the Taxicab Authority is entitled to receive a salary of not more than $80, as fixed by the Authority, for each day actually employed on work of the Authority.  3. While engaged in the business of the Taxicab Authority, each member and employee of the Authority is entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally.  4. The Taxicab Authority shall maintain its principal office in the county or area of the State where it performs most of its regulatory activity.  5. The Taxicab Authority may adopt appropriate regulations for the administration and enforcement of NRS 706.881 to 706.885, inclusive, and, as it may deem necessary, for the conduct of the taxicab business and for the qualifications of and the issuance of permits to taxicab drivers, not inconsistent with the provisions of NRS 706.881 to 706.885, inclusive. The regulations may include different provisions to allow for differences among the counties to which NRS 706.881 to 706.885, inclusive, apply. Local law enforcement agencies and the Nevada Highway Patrol, upon request of the Authority, may assist in enforcing the provisions of NRS 706.881 to 706.885, inclusive, and regulations adopted pursuant thereto.  6. Except to the extent of any inconsistency with the provisions of NRS 706.881 to 706.885, inclusive, every regulation and order issued by the Nevada Transportation Authority remains effective in a county to which those sections apply until modified or rescinded by the Taxicab Authority, and must be enforced by the Taxicab Authority.  7. The Taxicab Authority may issue a written administrative citation to a person who is a driver for a transportation network company during any period in which the person provides transportation services pursuant to chapter 706A of NRS in a county where the Taxicab Authority has jurisdiction pursuant to NRS 706.881 as follows:  (a) The enforcement jurisdiction of the Taxicab Authority over a person who is a driver for a transportation network company is limited to enforcement of the provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 706A.280, except that such jurisdiction does not include enforcement of any violation or other matter which requires the Taxicab Authority to review or investigate the digital network or software application service of the transportation network company through which the driver is connected to potential passengers.  (b) A written administrative citation issued by the Taxicab Authority to a person who is a driver for a transportation network company must be adjudicated by the Nevada Transportation Authority pursuant to the provisions of chapter 706A of NRS.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 1240; A 1971, 582; 1973, 564; 1977, 100, 1264; 1979, 936; 1981, 1996, 2052; 1987, 1317; 1989, 1722; 1997, 1955; 2003, 1403; 2017, 3830)