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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.549 - Federal, state or local assistance.

The Department may take any action necessary to obtain federal, state or local assistance for a transportation facility that it approves and may enter into any contracts required to receive such assistance. The Department shall make written findings of whether it serves the public purpose for all or a portion of the costs of the transportation facility to be paid, directly or indirectly, from the proceeds of a grant or loan made by the local, state or Federal Government, or any agency or instrumentality thereof.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2031)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.5501 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 408.5501 to 408.55029, inclusive, the words and terms defined in NRS 408.55011 to 408.55019, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 531)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.55016 - "Telecommunications facility" defined.

"Telecommunications facility" means any cable, line, fiber, wire, conduit, innerduct, access manhole, handhole, tower, hut, pedestal, pole, box, transmitting equipment, receiving equipment, power equipment or other equipment, system or device that is used to transmit, receive, produce or distribute a signal for telecommunications purposes via wireless, wireline, electronic or optical means.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 531)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.55017 - "Telecommunications provider" defined.

"Telecommunications provider" means a telecommunications provider:
1. As defined in NRS 704.027;
2. That meets Federal Communications Commission and industry carrier class service guidelines; or
3. That is a political subdivision that has statutory authority to provide telecommunications services.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 531)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.55021 - Longitudinal or wireless access not granted where safety, efficiency or convenience of use by traveling public compromised.

1. The Department shall not grant any longitudinal access or wireless access pursuant to NRS 408.5502 if such access would compromise the safe, efficient and convenient use of any road, route, highway or interstate in this State for the traveling public.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any longitudinal access or wireless access to a right-of-way granted by the Department pursuant to NRS 408.5502 does not abrogate, limit, supersede or otherwise affect such access granted or authorized pursuant to chapter 711 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 533)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.55022 - Costs of trenching and trench sharing to be proportionate and shared fairly among parties to agreement.

1. The Department shall provide for the proportionate sharing of costs between the Department and a telecommunications provider for joint trenching or trench sharing based on the amount of conduit innerduct space or excess conduit that is authorized in the agreement entered into pursuant to NRS 408.5502.
2. If two or more telecommunications providers are required to share a single trench, each provider in the trench must share the cost and benefits of the trench in a fair, reasonable, competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory manner.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 533)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.55023 - Monetary compensation must be deposited in State Highway Fund; in-kind compensation must be fairly valued by Department and used for statewide telecommunications purposes.

1. All monetary compensation collected by the Department pursuant to NRS 408.5502 and 408.55024 must be deposited in the State Highway Fund.
2. Any in-kind compensation received by the Department pursuant to NRS 408.5502 and 408.55024 must be used exclusively for statewide telecommunications purposes and may not be sold or leased in competition with telecommunications providers or Internet service providers. Fair and reasonable valuation of facilities owned by either the Department or a telecommunications provider offered as part of in-kind compensation must be determined by the Department and approved by the Council.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 533)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.55024 - Department may offer use of and access to spare conduit and related facilities to telecommunications provider: Requirements; compensation rates; duties of Department.

1. The Department may offer a telecommunications provider use of and access to its spare conduit and related facilities if the Department:
(a) Determines the spare conduit and related facilities are not and will not be needed for highway purposes;
(b) Receives fair compensation for the use of and access to the spare conduit and related facilities; and
(c) Offers such use and access in a competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory manner as to all similarly situated telecommunications providers.
2. The Department shall establish rates of compensation for the use of and access to its spare conduit to ensure that the Department receives fair compensation for the value of its underground installations of conduit and related facilities. The compensation must be fair and reasonable to both the Department and the telecommunications provider, and charged in a competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory manner to all similarly situated telecommunications providers.
3. Any compensation charged pursuant to this section must be set forth in an agreement entered into between the Department and the telecommunications provider.
4. The Department shall:
(a) Determine the annual compensation to be paid by each telecommunications provider for use of its conduit and related facilities based on the present value of the estimated, reasonable cost to the Department of trenching to place conduit, fiber and other related facilities; and
(b) Conduct an analysis every 5 years to determine if there are any changes in the value of its spare conduit and related facilities. If the Department determines that the value of its spare conduit or related facilities has changed, the Department must apply the new values to each agreement executed thereafter.
5. The Department may accept in-kind compensation for the use of and access to its spare conduit and related facilities in accordance with the valuation procedures set forth in subsection 2 of NRS 408.55025.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 533)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.55026 - Two or more telecommunications providers: Agreements must require shared obligation for compensation; joint and several liability; Department authorized to audit and review relevant records.

1. If the Department enters into an agreement with two or more telecommunications providers, a consortium or other entity whose members, partners or other participants are two or more telecommunications providers, or, if the Department requires two or more telecommunications providers to share a single trench, the agreements entered into pursuant to NRS 408.5502 or 408.55024 must require that the telecommunications providers share the obligation of compensating the Department on a fair, reasonable and equitable basis, taking into consideration the proportionate uses and benefits to be derived by each telecommunications provider from the trench, conduits and other telecommunications facilities installed under the agreements.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not prevent the Department from requiring every participating telecommunications provider from bearing joint and several liability for the obligations owed to the Department under the agreements.
3. Any agreement requiring two or more telecommunications providers to share the obligation of compensating the Department must provide the Department the right to review and audit the records and contracts of and among the participating providers to ensure compliance with subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 535)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.55027 - Existing policies and procedures relating to utilities in rights-of-way not altered; factors Department may consider to determine insurance requirements; authority of Department to determine or dictate placement of telecommunications facilities; compliance with certain federal laws required.

1. The requirements set forth in NRS 408.5501 to 408.55029, inclusive, do not alter existing policies and procedures relating to other utility facilities within a right-of-way or for accommodating utility facilities or other facilities under the control of the Department.
2. The Department may consider the financial and technical qualifications of a telecommunications provider when determining specific insurance requirements for contractors authorized to enter a right-of-way to construct, install, inspect, test, maintain or repair telecommunications facilities with longitudinal access or wireless access to the right-of-way.
3. If the Department authorizes longitudinal access, wireless access or the use of and access to conduit or related facilities of the Department for construction and installation of a telecommunications facility, the Department may require an approved telecommunications provider to install the telecommunications facility in the same general location as similar facilities already in place, coordinate their planning and work with other contractors performing work in the same geographic area, install in a joint trench when two or more telecommunications providers are performing installations at the same time and equitably share costs between such providers.
4. The placement, installation, maintenance, repair, use, operation, replacement and removal of telecommunications facilities with longitudinal access or wireless access to a right-of-way or that use or access conduit or related facilities of the Department must be accommodated only when in compliance with NRS 408.423 and any regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.
5. Access to a right-of-way must be administered in compliance with the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Public Law 104-104, 110 Stat. 56-161, as amended.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 535)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.55028 - Telecommunications Advisory Council: Creation; members; meetings; compensation; duties.

1. The Telecommunications Advisory Council is hereby created.
2. The Council consists of seven members appointed by the Governor. The Governor shall appoint to the Council:
(a) One member from the Office of Science, Innovation and Technology in the Office of the Governor;
(b) One member from the Department of Transportation;
(c) One member from the Department of Education;
(d) One member from the Nevada Office of Rural Health;
(e) One member from the Department of Public Safety;
(f) One member from the Nevada System of Higher Education; and
(g) One member from the Office of the Chief Information Officer within the Office of the Governor.
3. The member appointed from the Office of Science, Innovation and Technology in the Office of the Governor shall serve as the Chair of the Council.
4. The Council shall meet as necessary at the call of the Chair.
5. The Director of the Office of Science, Innovation and Technology in the Office of the Governor shall provide staff support to the Council.
6. A majority of the members of the Council constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
7. The members of the Council receive no compensation for their services, but are entitled to be reimbursed for all travel and other expenses actually and necessarily incurred by them in the performance of their duties, within the limits of money available to the Council.
8. The members of the Council may request assistance from technical advisors as the Council deems necessary.
9. The Council shall:
(a) Provide information, advice, strategic plans, priorities and recommendations to assist the Department in administering access to rights-of-way to telecommunications providers for statewide telecommunications purposes;
(b) Assist the Department in valuing in-kind compensation pursuant to NRS 408.5501 to 408.55029, inclusive, and approve or deny any valuation thereof;
(c) Seek input from telecommunications providers and the public relating to broadband access;
(d) Coordinate and exchange information with other entities of this State and its political subdivisions relating to technology and telecommunications;
(e) Approve or deny any agreement between the Department and a telecommunications provider proposed pursuant to NRS 408.5502, if the Council finds that the agreement is competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory; and
(f) Provide other assistance as requested by the Department.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 536; A 2023, 3582)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.55029 - Regulations.

The Department shall adopt:
1. Regulations that:
(a) Govern the installation, operation and maintenance of a telecommunications facility by a telecommunications provider which has been granted longitudinal access or wireless access to a right-of-way pursuant to NRS 408.5502;
(b) Specify the procedures for the Department to enter into an agreement with a telecommunications provider to be granted longitudinal access or wireless access to a right-of-way;
(c) Establish a methodology for valuing a right-of-way, excess conduit or related transportation facilities;
(d) Provide for the relocation or removal of a telecommunications facility if:
(1) The Department needs to make any necessary changes to any road, route, highway or interstate;
(2) An agreement between the Department and a telecommunications provider expires; or
(3) A telecommunications provider breaches its agreement with the Department;
(e) Provide a process for a telecommunications provider to apply for longitudinal access or wireless access within open right-of-way segments; and
(f) Establish a schedule of rates of compensation for longitudinal access or wireless access granted pursuant to NRS 408.5502; and
2. Any other regulations deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 408.5501 to 408.55029, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 537)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.551 - "Center" defined.

As used in NRS 408.551 to 408.567, inclusive, "center" means a facility, including, without limitation, a safety rest area, to provide information to members of the traveling public, concerning accommodations, food, fuel and recreation, through an attendant or some other means of communication.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 891; A 2011, 1959; 2013, 3378)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.553 - Designation of locations for signs and centers.

1. The Director may designate appropriate locations for the construction of centers and the erection and maintenance of directional and informational signs within the right-of-way.
2. The signs or centers may be erected or constructed, sponsored, operated or maintained by:
(a) The Department;
(b) A city, county or other governmental agency, under contract with the Department; or
(c) A private person under contract with the Department, if the person has been authorized by the Director, with approval of the Board, to enter into such a contract.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 891; A 2013, 3378)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.557 - Regulations.

1. The Director shall adopt regulations:
(a) Governing the size, shape, lighting and other characteristics of a sign to be erected at a location designated pursuant to NRS 408.553;
(b) Authorizing the use of trademarks and symbols identifying an individual enterprise on a sign erected at the location;
(c) Fixing the qualifications of a person or governmental agency to erect or construct, operate, sponsor or maintain a center or sign and of an enterprise to be identified on a directional or informational sign;
(d) Fixing reasonable fees, based upon the market value as determined by the Department, for:
(1) Authorizing the use of trademarks and symbols identifying an individual enterprise on a directional or informational sign; and
(2) Providing:
(I) Information concerning commercial attractions; and
(II) Items designed to promote tourism in this State; and
(e) Otherwise necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 408.551 to 408.567, inclusive.
2. The regulations adopted by the Director pursuant to subsection 1 must be consistent with the provisions of 23 U.S.C. §§ 111 and 131.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 891; A 1999, 1260; 2011, 1959; 2013, 3378)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.559 - Development and review of plan.

The Department shall develop a plan, in cooperation with the Commission on Tourism, to carry out the provisions of NRS 408.551 to 408.567, inclusive. The plan must take into consideration such factors as:
1. Economic development in this state.
2. Availability of money for the purposes of NRS 408.551 to 408.567, inclusive.
3. Population in a particular area.
4. Proposed highway construction.
5. Need for information.
The Department and the Commission shall review the plan at least once each year and revise it until the provisions of NRS 408.551 to 408.567, inclusive, have been uniformly put into effect throughout the State.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 891; A 2011, 1960)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.561 - Toll-free telephone system for public accommodations; apportionment of costs.

1. The Department may establish at centers a toll-free telephone system for members of the traveling public to make reservations at hotels, motels, campgrounds and other places of public accommodation. The cost of this system, reduced pursuant to subsection 2 if applicable, must be apportioned among the hotels, motels, campgrounds and other businesses that participate in the system.
2. If the Department uses the telephone system established pursuant to subsection 1 as a method for members of the public to report fires, accidents, motor vehicle crashes or other emergencies or to receive information concerning the conditions for driving on certain highways, the Department shall pay a proportionate share of the cost of the system.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 892; A 2015, 1672)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.562 - Director’s recommendations for programs: Approval by Board; funding.

The Director may recommend to the Board, for its approval, programs to provide information to the traveling public to be paid from such money as is available for this purpose pursuant to NRS 408.567.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1959)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.563 - Agreements with governmental agencies or others.

The Department may contract or enter into other agreements with governmental agencies in this state or an adjoining state or with private persons to study various systems of providing information to the traveling public and to erect or construct, sponsor, operate or maintain signs and centers which provide such information to the traveling public.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 892: A 2013, 3379)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.567 - Account for Systems of Providing Information to the Traveling Public: Creation; sources; use.

1. Money received by the Department from:
(a) Fees for:
(1) Authorizing the use of trademarks and symbols identifying an individual enterprise on a directional or informational sign; and
(2) Providing:
(I) Information concerning commercial attractions; and
(II) Items designed to promote tourism in this State;
(b) Participants in a telephone system established to reserve accommodations for travelers; and
(c) Appropriations made by the Legislature for the purposes of NRS 408.551 to 408.567, inclusive,
must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Account for Systems of Providing Information to the Traveling Public in the State Highway Fund, which is hereby created.
2. Money in the Account must only be used to carry out the provisions of NRS 408.551 to 408.567, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 892; A 1999, 1261; 2011, 1960; 2013, 3379)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.569 - System of communication to report emergencies and to obtain information concerning conditions for driving authorized along certain frequently traveled highways.

The Department may establish along one or more frequently traveled highways of this state a system of communication for members of the general public to report fires, accidents, motor vehicle crashes or other emergencies and to receive information concerning the conditions for driving on certain highways.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2338; A 2001, 2700; 2015, 1673; 2021, 41)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.571 - Educational program: Duty of Department to develop; content.

1. The Department shall develop an educational program concerning bicycle and pedestrian safety which must be:
(a) Suitable for children and adults; and
(b) Developed by a person who is trained in the techniques of bicycle and pedestrian safety.
2. The program must be designed to:
(a) Aid bicyclists in improving their riding skills;
(b) Inform bicyclists and pedestrians of applicable traffic laws and encourage observance of those laws; and
(c) Promote bicycle and pedestrian safety.
3. As used in this section, "bicycle" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 484A.025 and includes an electric bicycle as defined in NRS 484B.017.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 2516; A 2021, 1745)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.573 - Nevada Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board: Creation; appointment, terms and compensation of members.

1. The Nevada Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board, consisting of 14 members appointed by the Governor, is hereby created.
2. The Governor shall appoint to the Advisory Board:
(a) Seven members who reside in various geographical areas of this State, of which:
(1) One member must be less than 21 years of age at the time of his or her appointment.
(2) One member must be representative of an organization in this State interested in environmental issues.
(3) One member must be representative of an organization in this State interested in the promotion of bicycling or walking.
(4) One member must be representative of an organization in this State involved in training persons in the safe use of bicycles or pedestrian safety.
(5) One member must own or manage a business for the sale or repair of bicycles or equipment used by pedestrians.
(6) Two members must be representative of the public at large.
(b) One member who is a representative of the Department of Education.
(c) One member who is a representative of the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(d) One member who is a representative of the Division of State Parks of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(e) One member who is a representative of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services.
(f) One member who is a representative of the Planning Division of the Department of Transportation.
(g) One member who is a representative of the Department of Public Safety.
(h) One member who is a representative of the Commission on Tourism.
3. After the initial terms, the term of each member of the Advisory Board appointed pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 2 is 2 years. The remaining members serve at the pleasure of the Governor.
4. Members of the Advisory Board must serve in that capacity without compensation, except that necessary travel and per diem expenses may be reimbursed, not to exceed the amounts provided for state officers and employees generally, to the extent that money is made available for that purpose.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 2516)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.577 - Nevada Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Advisory Board: Duties; gifts, grants and donations; Department to provide secretarial services.

1. The Nevada Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board shall:
(a) At its first meeting and annually thereafter, elect a Chair from among its members.
(b) Meet regularly at least once each calendar quarter and may meet at other times upon the call of the Chair.
(c) Promote programs and facilities for the safe use of bicycles and pedestrian safety in this State.
(d) Advise appropriate agencies of the State on policies, programs and facilities for the safe use of bicycles and pedestrian safety.
2. The Advisory Board may apply for any available grants and accept and use any gifts, grants or donations to aid the Advisory Board in carrying out its duties.
3. The Department shall provide secretarial services to the Advisory Board.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 2517)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.601 - Permits to solicit charitable contributions while standing on median strip of highway or sidewalk adjacent to highway.

1. In addition to any necessary county or city permit, a person shall not solicit contributions while standing on the median strip of any highway or the sidewalk adjacent to the highway within the jurisdiction of the Department without a permit to do so issued by the Director.
2. The Director shall establish standards for the issuance of permits to charitable organizations which allow the holders to solicit charitable contributions for the respective organization while standing on the median strip of any highway or the sidewalk adjacent to the highway within the jurisdiction of the Department. The Director shall expeditiously consider each application for such a permit. The application must be accompanied by evidence that a county or city has issued a permit to the organization for solicitation within its jurisdiction during the same period requested in the application. The Director may reasonably limit the time, place and manner of the requested solicitation to preserve public safety.
3. The charitable organization:
(a) Shall indemnify the State of Nevada against any injury to any person or property during the solicitation which arises from or is incident to the act of solicitation; and
(b) Is liable for any injury to any person or property during the solicitation which arises from the negligence of the soliciting agent.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Charitable organization" means an organization which:
(1) The Secretary of the Treasury has determined is an exempt organization pursuant to the provisions of section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code; and
(2) Holds a current certificate of organization or is currently qualified by the Secretary of State to do business in this state.
(b) "Highway" means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way maintained by a public authority when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular traffic. The term does not include a freeway.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 143)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.656 - Creation; deposits; use; administration.

1. The Wildlife Crossings Account is hereby created in the State General Fund. The Director shall administer the Account. The Account is a continuing account without reversion.
2. Any proceeds from the issuance of bonds or other securities for the Account must be deposited in the State Treasury for credit to the Account.
3. The Director may accept gifts, grants and bequests of money from any public or private source. The money must be deposited in the State Treasury for credit to the Account.
4. Money in the Account must be used by the Department for the design, construction, identification, restoration and protection of wildlife crossings and other related highway features to improve wildlife permeability in this State, which may include, without limitation:
(a) Matching any federal money for a project to design, construct, identify, restore or protect wildlife crossings and other related highway features;
(b) Conducting studies on wildlife crossings and other related highway features;
(c) Designing or constructing wildlife crossings and other related highway features;
(d) Planning related to wildlife crossings and other related highway features;
(e) Staffing needs related to the design, construction, identification, restoration and protection of wildlife crossings and other related highway features; and
(f) Carrying out the provisions of NRS 408.651 to 408.676, inclusive, in cooperation with the Department of Wildlife.
5. In administering the Account, the Department shall consult with the Department of Wildlife to:
(a) Identify locations where key wildlife habitat, wildlife migration corridors and highways intersect;
(b) Identify and implement strategies to avoid, minimize and mitigate wildlife-vehicle collisions; and
(c) Prioritize areas to implement projects for wildlife crossings or other related highway features to improve permeability for wildlife while maintaining highway user safety.
6. All claims against the Account must be paid as other claims against the State are paid.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1541)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.661 - Inventory of connectivity needs; publication of inventory and list of certain transportation projects.

1. The Department shall, in consultation with the Department of Wildlife, develop an inventory of connectivity needs on the state highway system where the implementation of wildlife crossings and other related highway features will improve permeability for wildlife, reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions or enhance wildlife connectivity. The inventory may include, without limitation, projects and needs previously identified by the Department, other state agencies, tribal governments and local governments.
2. Not later than December 1, 2023, the Department shall publish:
(a) The inventory required pursuant to subsection 1; and
(b) A list of any funded transportation projects that implemented wildlife crossings or other related highway features to improve permeability for wildlife or addressed wildlife connectivity needs.
3. The Department shall update the inventory and list required to be published pursuant to subsection 2 at least once every 2 years.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1542)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.666 - Standards and specifications for incorporation of wildlife crossings and related features into highway design and construction.

The Director shall review the standards and specifications for the design and construction of highways in this State to determine the standards and specifications necessary for incorporating wildlife crossings and other related highway features to improve permeability for wildlife in the design and construction of highways in this State.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1542)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities › NRS 408.671 - Consultation with grazing permit holders and certain landowners.

In carrying out the provisions of NRS 408.651 to 408.676, inclusive, the Department and the Department of Wildlife shall consult with holders of grazing permits and private landowners of land adjacent to any location identified for the possible implementation of wildlife crossings and related highway features to avoid or mitigate any impacts on livestock management or uses of private land.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1542)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 410 - Beautification of Highways › NRS 410.030 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the words and terms defined in NRS 410.040 to 410.090, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 559; A 1973, 212; 1979, 1783)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 410 - Beautification of Highways › NRS 410.040 - "Automotive graveyard" defined.

"Automotive graveyard" means any establishment or place of business which is maintained, used or operated for storing, keeping, processing, buying or selling wrecked, abandoned, scrapped, ruined or dismantled motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 559)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 410 - Beautification of Highways › NRS 410.060 - "Interstate highway" defined.

"Interstate highway" means a portion of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways located within this State as officially designated pursuant to the provisions of Title 23 of the United States Code.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 559; A 2005, 76)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 410 - Beautification of Highways › NRS 410.070 - "Junk" defined.

"Junk" means old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber debris, waste or junked, dismantled or wrecked or abandoned motor vehicles, or parts thereof, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material, and all other secondhand used or castoff articles or material of any kind.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 559)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 410 - Beautification of Highways › NRS 410.080 - "Junkyard" defined.

"Junkyard" means an establishment or place of business which is maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping, processing, buying, or selling junk, or for the maintenance or operation of an automobile graveyard or scrap metal processing facility, and the terms shall include garbage dumps and sanitary fills.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 560)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 410 - Beautification of Highways › NRS 410.095 - Declaration of legislative intent.

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:
1. The establishment, use and maintenance of outdoor junkyards in areas adjacent to the interstate and primary highway systems of this state should be controlled in order to promote the safety and recreational value of public travel, to protect the public investment in such highways, and to preserve the natural beauty of areas adjacent to such highways.
2. It is the intent of the Legislature to:
(a) Provide for the state control of outdoor junkyards as required by 23 U.S.C. § 136.
(b) Establish by the provisions of NRS 410.095 to 410.210, inclusive, minimum standards with respect to the regulation of outdoor junkyards.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 559)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 410 - Beautification of Highways › NRS 410.097 - Federal reimbursement prerequisite to continued effectiveness of NRS 410.095 to 410.210, inclusive.

NRS 410.095 to 410.210, inclusive, shall remain effective only so long as federal-aid highway funds are apportioned to the State of Nevada and the Federal Government reimburses the State in accordance with 23 U.S.C. § 136 for its share of landscaping and screening costs and compensation required for the relocation, removal or disposal of junkyards.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 559)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 410 - Beautification of Highways › NRS 410.100 - Permit required for establishment and operation of junkyard at certain locations.

A person shall not, after January 1, 1972, establish a junkyard any portion of which is within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main-traveled way of the interstate or primary highway system, or continue to operate and maintain a junkyard in existence on December 31, 1971, in such a location, without obtaining from the Director the permit provided for in NRS 410.110.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 560; A 1979, 1784)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 410 - Beautification of Highways › NRS 410.110 - Permit: Fee; disposition of proceeds.

The Director shall collect a fee of $10 for the issuance of a permit for the establishment, maintenance and operation of a junkyard any portion of which is within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main-traveled way of an interstate or primary highway. The proceeds from such fees must be deposited with the State Treasurer and credited to the State Highway Fund in the State Treasury.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 560; A 1979, 1784)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 410 - Beautification of Highways › NRS 410.120 - Permit: Conditions for issuance.

No permit may be granted for the establishment, maintenance or operation of a junkyard any portion of which is within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of an interstate or primary highway, except the following:
1. Those which are screened by natural objects, plantings, fences, or other appropriate aesthetic means, so as not to be visible from the main-traveled way, or otherwise hidden from sight;
2. Those located within areas which are zoned for industrial use under authority of state or local law or ordinance;
3. Those located in areas which, although not zoned by authority of state or local law or ordinance, are actually used for industrial purposes as determined from actual land uses and defined by regulations prescribed by the Director and approved by the Secretary of Transportation; and
4. Those which are not visible from the main-traveled way.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 560; A 1979, 1784)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 410 - Beautification of Highways › NRS 410.130 - Screening of certain junkyards: Requirement.

Any junkyard lawfully in existence on April 15, 1971, any portion of which is within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of an interstate or primary highway, and visible from the main-traveled way, shall be screened, if feasible, by the Department at locations on the highway right-of-way or in areas acquired for such purposes outside the right-of-way so as not to be visible from the main-traveled way of such highways.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 560)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 410 - Beautification of Highways › NRS 410.140 - Screening of certain junkyards: Regulations.

The Director may prescribe regulations governing the location, planting, materials used, construction and maintenance, in the screening or fencing required by NRS 410.095 to 410.210, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 560; A 1979, 1784)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 410 - Beautification of Highways › NRS 410.150 - Removal, relocation or disposal of junkyard.

Whenever the Director determines that the topography of the land adjoining the highway will not permit adequate screening of such junkyards or the screening of such junkyards would not be economically feasible, the Director may require the relocation, removal or disposal of the junkyard, by negotiation or condemnation; but any junkyard in existence on April 15, 1971, which does not conform to the requirements of NRS 410.095 to 410.210, inclusive, and which the Director finds, as a practical matter, cannot be screened is required to be relocated, removed or disposed of no later than July 1, 1973.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 560; A 1979, 1784)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 410 - Beautification of Highways › NRS 410.170 - Compensation for removal, relocation or disposal of junkyard.

Just compensation shall be paid by the Department to the owners of junkyards which must be relocated, removed or disposed of pursuant to NRS 410.095 to 410.210, inclusive, and which fall into the following categories:
1. Those lawfully in existence on April 15, 1971; and
2. Those lawfully established on or after April 15, 1971.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 561)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 410 - Beautification of Highways › NRS 410.180 - Payment of costs.

The cost of screening, relocation, removal or disposal of any junkyard shall be paid by the State from the State Highway Fund, provided a proportionate part of such cost shall be reimbursable from federal funds in accordance with 23 U.S.C. § 136.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 561)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 410 - Beautification of Highways › NRS 410.190 - Regulations to be consistent with federal laws and standards.

The Director shall prescribe and enforce regulations governing the establishment, screening, relocation, removal or disposal of junkyards as provided in NRS 410.095 to 410.210, inclusive, consistent with the provisions of 23 U.S.C. § 136 and the national standards promulgated thereunder by the Secretary of Transportation.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 561; A 1979, 1785)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 410 - Beautification of Highways › NRS 410.200 - Regulatory powers of local government unimpaired.

The governing body of any incorporated city or county may enact ordinances, including, but not limited to, land use or zoning ordinances, imposing restrictions on junkyards equal to or greater than those imposed by the provisions of NRS 410.095 to 410.210, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 561)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 410 - Beautification of Highways › NRS 410.210 - Violation constitutes public nuisance; abatement; recovery of costs.

1. Any junkyard or automobile graveyard established after April 15, 1971, which violates the provisions of NRS 410.095 to 410.210, inclusive, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and the Director shall abate any such junkyard or automobile graveyard which is not removed or screened prior to the expiration of 30 days after personal service of notice of such violation and demand for removal or screening upon the landowner and the owner or the owner’s agents of such junkyard or automobile graveyard.
2. Abatement by the Department of such junkyard or automobile graveyard on the failure of such owners to comply with such notice and demand gives the Department a right of action to recover the expense of such abatement, cost and expenses of suit.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 561; A 1979, 1785)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 410 - Beautification of Highways › NRS 410.220 - Declaration of legislative intent.

1. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:
(a) The erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising signs, displays and devices, in areas adjacent to the rights-of-way of the interstate highway system and the primary highway system within this state, is a legitimate commercial use of private property adjacent to roads and highways and that regulation and control or removal of such outdoor advertising is necessary to the system of state highways declared essential by NRS 408.100.
(b) The erection and maintenance of such advertising in such locations must be regulated:
(1) To prevent unreasonable distraction of operators of motor vehicles, confusion with regard to traffic lights, signs or signals and other interference with the effectiveness of traffic regulations;
(2) To promote the safety, convenience and enjoyment of travel on the state highways in this state;
(3) To attract tourists and promote the prosperity, economic well-being and general welfare of the State;
(4) For the protection of the public investment in the state highways; and
(5) To preserve and enhance the natural scenic beauty and aesthetic features of the highways and adjacent areas.
(c) All outdoor advertising which does not conform to the requirements of NRS 410.220 to 410.410, inclusive, is contrary to the public safety, health and general welfare of the people of this state.
(d) The removal of signs adjacent to the rights-of-way of the interstate or primary highway system within this state which provide directional information about goods and services in the interest of the traveling public and which:
(1) Were erected in conformance with the laws of the State of Nevada and subsequently became nonconforming under the requirements of 23 U.S.C. § 131; and
(2) Were in existence on May 6, 1976,
could create substantial economic hardships in defined hardship areas within the State of Nevada.
2. It is the intent of the Legislature in NRS 410.220 to 410.410, inclusive, to provide a statutory basis for regulation of outdoor advertising consistent with the public policy declared by the Congress of the United States in areas adjacent to the interstate and primary highway systems.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1325; A 1977, 564)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 410 - Beautification of Highways › NRS 410.230 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 410.220 to 410.410, inclusive, the words and terms defined in NRS 410.250 to 410.310, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1326; A 1973, 212; 1979, 1785; 2005, 982)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 410 - Beautification of Highways › NRS 410.250 - "Information centers" defined.

"Information centers" means areas or sites established and maintained at safety rest areas for the purpose of informing the traveling public of places of interest within the State and providing such other information as the director of the Department of Transportation may consider desirable.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1326; A 1979, 1785)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 410 - Beautification of Highways › NRS 410.270 - "Outdoor advertising," "outdoor advertising sign, display or device" and "sign, display or device" defined.

1. "Outdoor advertising," "outdoor advertising sign, display or device" and "sign, display or device" mean any outdoor sign, display, device, light, figure, painting, drawing, message, plaque, poster, billboard or other thing which is designed, intended or used to advertise or inform, any part of the advertising or information contents of which is visible from any place on the main-traveled way of the interstate or primary highway systems.
2. The terms do not include a sign that is required to be erected and maintained in a gaming enterprise district pursuant to NRS 463.3092.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1326; A 1997, 1712)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 410 - Beautification of Highways › NRS 410.300 - "Unzoned commercial or industrial area" defined.

"Unzoned commercial or industrial area" means an area which, although not zoned by authority of state or local law, ordinance or regulation, is actually used for commercial or industrial purposes as determined and defined by criteria embodied in the written agreement between the Secretary of Transportation and the Board.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1327; A 1989, 1311)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 410 - Beautification of Highways › NRS 410.305 - "Urban area" defined.

"Urban area" means an urbanized area, or in the case of an urbanized area encompassing more than one state, that part of the urbanized area in each such state, or an urban place, as designated by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce, having a population of 5,000 or more and not within any urbanized area, within boundaries to be fixed by responsible state and local officials in cooperation with each other, subject to approval by the Secretary of Transportation of the United States. Such boundaries shall, as a minimum, encompass the entire urban place designated by the Bureau of the Census.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1179)