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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706A - Transportation Network Companies › NRS 706A.200 - Provision of photograph of driver or limousine driver and license plate number of vehicle required before provision of transportation services or limousine services.

1. For each instance in which a driver, monitored autonomous vehicle provider or limousine driver provides transportation services or limousine services to a passenger, the transportation network company which connected the passenger to the driver, monitored autonomous vehicle provider or limousine driver shall provide to the passenger, before the passenger enters the motor vehicle of a driver, the monitored autonomous vehicle of a monitored autonomous vehicle provider or the limousine of a limousine driver, as applicable:
(a) A photograph of the driver or limousine driver who will provide the transportation services and the license plate number of the motor vehicle operated by the driver or limousine operated by the limousine driver; or
(b) The license plate number of the monitored autonomous vehicle operated by the monitored autonomous vehicle provider.
2. The information required by subsection 1 must be provided to the passenger:
(a) On an Internet website maintained by the company; or
(b) Within the digital network or software application service of the company.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1405; A 2021, 2251, 3758)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706A - Transportation Network Companies › NRS 706A.210 - Transmission of receipt to passenger; contents of receipt.

A transportation network company which connected a passenger to a driver, monitored autonomous vehicle provider or limousine driver when providing limousine services shall, within a reasonable period following the provision of transportation services or limousine services by the driver, monitored autonomous vehicle provider or limousine driver to the passenger, transmit to the passenger an electronic receipt, which must include, without limitation:
1. A description of the point of origin and the destination of the transportation services or limousine services;
2. The total time for which transportation services or limousine services were provided;
3. The total distance traveled; and
4. An itemization of the fare, if any, charged for the transportation services or limousine services.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1406; A 2021, 2251, 3758)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706A - Transportation Network Companies › NRS 706A.230 - Records maintained by company: Period of maintenance; contents; inspection; confidentiality.

1. A transportation network company shall maintain the following records relating to the business of the company for a period of at least 3 years after the date on which the record is created:
(a) Trip records;
(b) Driver records and vehicle inspection records;
(c) Monitored autonomous vehicle provider records and monitored autonomous vehicle inspection records;
(d) Records of each complaint and the resolution of each complaint; and
(e) Records of each accident or other incident that involved a driver or monitored autonomous vehicle provider and was reported to the transportation network company.
2. Each transportation network company shall make its records available for inspection by the Authority upon request and only as necessary for the Authority to investigate complaints. This subsection does not require a company to make any proprietary information available to the Authority. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, any records provided to the Authority are confidential and must not be disclosed other than to employees of the Authority.
3. The Authority shall disclose to the Secretary of State the name of each driver and monitored autonomous vehicle provider and such other information as the Secretary of State determines necessary to enforce the provisions of chapter 76 of NRS. If the Secretary of State obtains any confidential information pursuant to this subsection, the Secretary of State, and any employee of the Secretary of State engaged in the administration of chapter 76 of NRS or charged with the custody of any records or files relating to the administration of chapter 76 of NRS, shall maintain the confidentiality of that information in the same manner and to the same extent as provided by law for the Authority.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1406; A 2017, 4185; 2021, 3759)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706A - Transportation Network Companies › NRS 706A.240 - Accounts of business transactions maintained by companies; provision of annual report to Authority; regulations.

1. Each transportation network company shall:
(a) Keep uniform and detailed accounts of all business transacted in this State and provide such accounts to the Authority upon request;
(b) On or before May 15 of each year, provide an annual report to the Authority regarding all business conducted by the company in this State during the preceding calendar year; and
(c) Provide the information determined by the Authority to be necessary to verify the collection of money owed to the State.
2. The Authority shall adopt regulations setting forth the form and contents of the information required to be provided pursuant to subsection 1.
3. If the Authority determines that a transportation network company has failed to include information in its accounts or report required pursuant to subsection 1, the Authority shall notify the company to provide such information. A company which receives a notice pursuant to this subsection shall provide the specified information within 15 days after receipt of such a notice.
4. All information required to be provided pursuant to this section must be signed by an officer or agent of, or other person authorized by, the transportation network company under oath.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1406)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706A - Transportation Network Companies › NRS 706A.250 - Prohibition against disclosure of personally identifiable information of passengers; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a transportation network company shall not disclose to any person the personally identifiable information of a passenger who received services from the company unless:
(a) The disclosure is otherwise required by law;
(b) The company determines that disclosure is required to protect or defend the terms of use of the services or to investigate violations of those terms of use; or
(c) The passenger consents to the disclosure.
2. A transportation network company may disclose to a driver, monitored autonomous vehicle provider or limousine driver when providing limousine services the name and telephone number of a passenger for the purposes of facilitating correct identification of the passenger and facilitating communication between the driver, monitored autonomous vehicle provider or limousine driver and the passenger.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1408: A 2021, 2251, 3759)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706A - Transportation Network Companies › NRS 706A.260 - Provision of contact information of Authority by company; creation of system to receive and address consumer complaints required.

Each transportation network company shall:
1. Provide notice of the contact information of the Authority on an Internet website maintained by the company or within the digital network or software application service of the company; and
2. Create a system to receive and address complaints from consumers which is available during normal business hours in this State.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1408)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706A - Transportation Network Companies › NRS 706A.270 - Companies required to report information to Authority relating to crashes involving drivers or monitored autonomous vehicle providers; Authority required to submit annual report concerning such information and sufficiency of insurance coverage limits to Legislature.

1. Each transportation network company shall provide to the Authority reports containing information relating to motor vehicle crashes involving drivers or monitored autonomous vehicle providers affiliated with the company which occurred in this State while the driver or monitored autonomous vehicle provider was providing transportation services or logged into the digital network or software application service of the company and available to receive requests for transportation services. The reports required by this subsection must contain the information identified in subsection 2 and be submitted:
(a) For all crashes that occurred during the first 6 months that the company operates within this State, on or before the date 7 months after the company was issued a permit.
(b) For all crashes that occurred during the first 12 months that the company operates within this State, on or before the date 13 months after the company was issued a permit.
2. The reports submitted pursuant to subsection 1 must include, for the period of time specified in subsection 1:
(a) The number of motor vehicle crashes which occurred in this State involving such a driver or monitored autonomous vehicle provider;
(b) The highest, lowest and average amount paid for bodily injury or death to one or more persons that occurred as a result of such a crash; and
(c) The highest, lowest and average amount paid for damage to property that occurred as a result of such a crash.
3. The Authority shall collect the reports submitted by transportation network companies pursuant to subsection 1 and determine whether the limits of coverage required pursuant to NRS 690B.470 are sufficient. The Authority shall submit a report stating whether the limits of coverage required pursuant to NRS 690B.470 are sufficient and containing the information, in an aggregated format which does not reveal the identity of any person, submitted by transportation network companies pursuant to subsection 1 since the last report of the Authority pursuant to this subsection:
(a) To the Legislative Commission on or before December 1 of each odd-numbered year.
(b) To the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Nevada Legislature on or before December 1 of each even-numbered year.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1409; A 2021, 3759)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706A - Transportation Network Companies › NRS 706A.280 - Prohibited acts by drivers and monitored autonomous vehicle providers.

1. A driver or monitored autonomous vehicle provider shall not solicit or accept a passenger or provide transportation services to any person unless the person has arranged for the transportation services through the digital network or software application service of the transportation network company.
2. With respect to a passenger’s destination, a driver or monitored autonomous vehicle provider shall not:
(a) Deceive or attempt to deceive any passenger who rides or desires to ride in the driver’s motor vehicle or the monitored autonomous vehicle provider’s monitored autonomous vehicle.
(b) Convey or attempt to convey any passenger to a destination other than the one directed by the passenger.
(c) Take a longer route to the passenger’s destination than is necessary, unless specifically requested to do so by the passenger.
(d) Fail to comply with the reasonable and lawful requests of the passenger as to speed of travel and route to be taken.
3. A driver or monitored autonomous vehicle provider shall not, at the time the driver or monitored autonomous vehicle provider picks up a passenger, refuse or neglect to provide transportation services to any orderly passenger unless the driver or monitored autonomous vehicle provider can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Authority that:
(a) For a driver, the driver has good reason to fear for the driver’s personal safety;
(b) For a monitored autonomous vehicle provider, the monitored autonomous vehicle provider or monitored autonomous vehicle monitor has good reason to fear for the personal safety of the monitor in the monitored autonomous vehicle picking up the person requesting transportation services; or
(c) The driver or monitored autonomous vehicle provider is prohibited by law or regulation from carrying the person requesting transportation services.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1407; A 2021, 3760)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706A - Transportation Network Companies › NRS 706A.290 - Drivers prohibited from consuming, using or being under influence of intoxicating liquor or controlled substance; company to provide notice of prohibition; submission and receipt of complaints of suspected violation; suspension and investigation of drivers; termination of agreement; records of complaints.

1. A driver is prohibited from consuming, using or being under the influence of any intoxicating liquor or controlled substance during any period in which the driver is providing transportation services on behalf of the transportation network company and any period in which the driver is logged into the digital network or software application service of the transportation network company and available to receive requests for transportation services but is not providing transportation services.
2. Each transportation network company shall:
(a) Provide notice of the provisions of subsection 1:
(1) On an Internet website maintained by the company; or
(2) Within the digital network or software application service of the company; and
(b) Provide for the submission to the company of a complaint by a passenger who reasonably believes that a driver is operating a motor vehicle in violation of the provisions of subsection 1.
3. Upon receipt of a complaint submitted by a passenger who reasonably believes that a driver is operating a motor vehicle in violation of the provisions of subsection 1, a transportation network company shall immediately suspend the access of the driver to the digital network or software application service of the company and conduct an investigation of the complaint. The company shall not allow the driver to access the digital network or software application service of the company or provide transportation services in affiliation with the company until after the investigation is concluded.
4. If a transportation network company determines, pursuant to an investigation conducted pursuant to subsection 3, that a driver has violated the provisions of subsection 1, the company shall terminate the agreement entered into with the driver and shall not allow the driver to access the digital network or software application service of the company.
5. Each transportation network company shall maintain a record of each complaint described in subsection 3 and received by the company for a period of not less than 3 years after the date on which the complaint is received. The record must include, without limitation, the name of the driver, the date on which the complaint was received, a summary of the investigation conducted by the company and the results of the investigation.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1407)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706A - Transportation Network Companies › NRS 706A.300 - Suspension or revocation of permit by Authority; administrative fine; person who violates provision of chapter not subject to criminal penalty.

1. If the Authority determines that a transportation network company, driver or monitored autonomous vehicle provider has violated the terms of a permit issued pursuant to this chapter or any provision of this chapter or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto, the Authority may, depending on whether the violation was committed by the company, the driver, both the company and the driver or both the company and the monitored autonomous vehicle provider:
(a) If the Authority determines that the violation is willful and endangers public safety, suspend or revoke the permit issued to the transportation network company;
(b) If the Authority determines that the violation is willful and endangers public safety, impose against the transportation network company an administrative fine in an amount not to exceed $100,000 per violation;
(c) Prohibit a person from operating as a driver or monitored autonomous vehicle provider; or
(d) Impose any combination of the penalties provided in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c).
2. To determine the amount of an administrative fine imposed pursuant to paragraph (b) or (d) of subsection 1, the Authority shall consider:
(a) The size of the transportation network company;
(b) The severity of the violation;
(c) Any good faith efforts by the transportation network company to remedy the violation;
(d) The history of previous violations by the transportation network company; and
(e) Any other factor that the Authority determines to be relevant.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 193.151, a person who violates any provision of this chapter is not subject to any criminal penalty for such a violation.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1408; A 2021, 3761)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706B - Autonomous Vehicle Network Companies › NRS 706B.050 - "Transportation services" defined.

"Transportation services" means the transportation of one or more passengers between points chosen by the passenger or passengers using a fully autonomous vehicle. The term includes only the period beginning when a company accepts a request to provide transportation for one or more passengers using a fully autonomous vehicle and ending when all of the passengers fully disembark from the fully autonomous vehicle.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4472)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706B - Autonomous Vehicle Network Companies › NRS 706B.060 - Provisions of chapter not applicable to certain persons.

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to:
1. Common motor carriers or contract motor carriers that are providing transportation services pursuant to a contract with the Department of Health and Human Services entered into pursuant to NRS 422.27495.
2. A person who provides a method to enable persons who are interested in sharing expenses for transportation to a destination, commonly known as carpooling, to connect with each other, regardless of whether a fee is charged by the person who provides the method.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4472)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706B - Autonomous Vehicle Network Companies › NRS 706B.070 - Applicability of laws governing motor vehicles to persons regulated under chapter; exemptions from provisions of chapter 704, 706 and 706A of NRS.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the provisions of this chapter do not exempt any person from any law governing the operation of a motor vehicle upon the highways of this State.
2. An autonomous vehicle network company which holds a valid permit issued by the Authority pursuant to this chapter and each fully autonomous vehicle operated by such a company are exempt from:
(a) The provisions of chapter 704 of NRS relating to public utilities; and
(b) The provisions of chapters 706 and 706A of NRS,
to the extent that the services provided by the company are within the scope of the permit.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4472)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706B - Autonomous Vehicle Network Companies › NRS 706B.110 - Permit required for companies; Authority authorized to regulate companies; inapplicability of chapter 706 of NRS to companies; use of autonomous vehicles by person regulated under chapter 706 of NRS to provide transportation services; companies not prohibited from collaborating to provide transportation services with certain other persons.

1. An autonomous vehicle network company shall not engage in business in this State unless the company holds a valid permit issued by the Authority pursuant to this chapter.
2. The Authority is authorized and empowered to regulate, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, all autonomous vehicle network companies who operate or wish to operate within this State. The Authority shall not apply any provision of chapter 706 of NRS to an autonomous vehicle network company who operates, or a fully autonomous vehicle operated by a company, within the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
3. A person who is regulated pursuant to chapter 706 of NRS and who holds a valid permit issued pursuant to subsection 1 may apply to the Authority for a permit to use autonomous vehicles to provide transportation services. A person who holds a permit to use autonomous vehicles to provide transportation services:
(a) May combine the operations of an autonomous vehicle network company and a business regulated pursuant to chapter 706 of NRS; and
(b) Must comply with all requirements of this chapter and chapter 706 of NRS which apply to such combined operations.
4. Nothing in this chapter prohibits a company from collaborating to provide transportation services with any other person authorized to provide such services pursuant to this chapter or chapter 706 or 706A of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4472)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706B - Autonomous Vehicle Network Companies › NRS 706B.120 - Submission of application for permit.

A person who desires to operate an autonomous vehicle network company in this State must submit to the Authority an application for the issuance of a permit to operate an autonomous vehicle network company. The application must be in the form required by the Authority and must include such information as the Authority, by regulation, determines is necessary to prove the person meets the requirements of this chapter for the issuance of a permit.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4473)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706B - Autonomous Vehicle Network Companies › NRS 706B.130 - Issuance and scope of permit.

1. Upon receipt of a completed application and upon a determination by the Authority that an applicant meets the requirements for the issuance of a permit to operate an autonomous vehicle network company, the Authority shall issue to the applicant within 30 days a permit to operate an autonomous vehicle network company in this State.
2. In accordance with the provisions of this chapter, a permit issued pursuant to this section:
(a) Authorizes an autonomous vehicle network company to use a dispatch center, software application or other digital means to connect passengers to a fully autonomous vehicle which can provide transportation services to the passenger.
(b) Does not authorize an autonomous vehicle network company to engage in any activity otherwise regulated pursuant to chapter 706 or 706A of NRS other than the activity authorized by this chapter.
3. Nothing in this chapter prohibits the issuance of a permit to operate an autonomous vehicle network company to a person who is regulated pursuant to chapter 706 or 706A of NRS if the person submits an application pursuant to NRS 706B.120 and meets the requirements for the issuance of a permit.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4473)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706B - Autonomous Vehicle Network Companies › NRS 706B.140 - Fee; annual assessment.

1. The Authority shall charge and collect a fee, in an amount established by the Authority by regulation, from each applicant for a permit to operate an autonomous vehicle network company in this State. The fee required by this subsection is not refundable. The Authority shall not issue a permit to operate an autonomous vehicle network company in this State unless the applicant has paid the fee required by this subsection.
2. For each year after the year in which the Authority issues a permit to an autonomous vehicle network company, the Authority shall levy and collect an annual assessment from the autonomous vehicle network company at a rate determined by the Authority based on the gross operating revenue derived from the intrastate operations of the autonomous vehicle network company in this State.
3. The annual assessment levied and collected by the Authority pursuant to subsection 2 must be used by the Authority for the regulation of autonomous vehicle network companies.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4473)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706B - Autonomous Vehicle Network Companies › NRS 706B.160 - Company authorized to charge fare for transportation services; disclosure of rates; provision of estimate; payment; additional charges to passengers with disabilities prohibited; regulations establishing maximum fare during emergencies.

1. In accordance with the provisions of this chapter, an autonomous vehicle network company which holds a valid permit issued by the Authority pursuant to this chapter may charge a fare for transportation services.
2. If a fare is charged for transportation services provided to passengers, the company must disclose the rates charged by the company and the method by which the amount of a fare is calculated:
(a) On an Internet website maintained by the company; or
(b) Within the software application or other digital means used by the company to connect passengers to fully autonomous vehicles.
3. If a fare is charged for transportation services provided to passengers, the company must offer to each passenger the option to receive, before the passenger enters the fully autonomous vehicle of the company, an estimate of the amount of the fare that will be charged to the passenger.
4. An autonomous vehicle network company may accept payment of a fare only electronically. An autonomous vehicle network company shall not solicit or accept cash as payment of a fare.
5. An autonomous vehicle network company shall not impose any additional charge for providing transportation services to a person with a physical disability because of the disability.
6. The Authority may adopt regulations establishing a maximum fare that may be charged during an emergency, as defined in NRS 414.0345.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4474)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706B - Autonomous Vehicle Network Companies › NRS 706B.170 - Company prohibited from connecting fully autonomous vehicle to passenger under certain circumstances; inspection of fully autonomous vehicle.

1. An autonomous vehicle network company shall not connect a fully autonomous vehicle to a potential passenger if the fully autonomous vehicle is not in compliance with the requirements of chapter 482A of NRS.
2. An autonomous vehicle network company shall inspect or cause to be inspected every fully autonomous vehicle used to provide transportation services before using the fully autonomous vehicle to provide transportation services and not less than once each year thereafter.
3. The inspection required by subsection 2 must ensure the proper functioning and safety of the fully autonomous vehicle pursuant to chapter 482A of NRS and any applicable federal law or regulation.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4474)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706B - Autonomous Vehicle Network Companies › NRS 706B.180 - Adoption of policy prohibiting discrimination; accommodations for passenger who requires wheelchair-accessible fully autonomous vehicle.

1. An autonomous vehicle network company shall adopt a policy which prohibits discrimination against a passenger or potential passenger on account of national origin, religion, age, disability, sex, race, color, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.
2. An autonomous vehicle network company shall provide to each passenger an opportunity to indicate whether the passenger requires transportation in a fully autonomous vehicle that is wheelchair accessible. If the company cannot provide the passenger with transportation services in a fully autonomous vehicle that is wheelchair accessible, the company must direct the passenger to an alternative provider or means of transportation that is wheelchair accessible, if available.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4474)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706B - Autonomous Vehicle Network Companies › NRS 706B.190 - Provision of license plate number of fully autonomous vehicle required before provision of transportation services.

For each instance in which an autonomous vehicle network company uses a fully autonomous vehicle to provide transportation services to a passenger, the company shall provide to the passenger, before the passenger enters the fully autonomous vehicle, the license plate number of the fully autonomous vehicle. The information required by this section must be provided to the passenger:
1. On an Internet website maintained by the company; or
2. Within the software application or other digital means used by the company to connect passengers to fully autonomous vehicles.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4475)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706B - Autonomous Vehicle Network Companies › NRS 706B.200 - Transmission of receipt to passenger; contents of receipt.

An autonomous vehicle network company which connected a passenger to a fully autonomous vehicle shall, within a reasonable period following the provision of transportation services to the passenger, transmit to the passenger an electronic receipt, which must include, without limitation:
1. A description of the point of origin and the destination of the transportation services;
2. The total time for which transportation services were provided;
3. The total distance traveled; and
4. An itemization of the fare, if any, charged for the transportation services.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4475)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706B - Autonomous Vehicle Network Companies › NRS 706B.220 - Records maintained by company: Period of maintenance; contents; inspection; confidentiality.

1. An autonomous vehicle network company shall maintain the following records relating to the business of the company for a period of at least 3 years after the date on which the record is created:
(a) Trip records;
(b) Vehicle inspection records;
(c) Records of each complaint and the resolution of each complaint; and
(d) Records of each accident or other incident that involved a fully autonomous vehicle and was reported to the company.
2. Each autonomous vehicle network company shall make its records available for inspection by the Authority upon request and only as necessary for the Authority to investigate complaints. This subsection does not require a company to make any proprietary information available to the Authority. Any records provided to the Authority are confidential and must not be disclosed other than to employees of the Authority.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4475)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706B - Autonomous Vehicle Network Companies › NRS 706B.230 - Accounts of business transactions maintained by companies; provision of annual report to Authority; regulations.

1. Each autonomous vehicle network company shall:
(a) Keep uniform and detailed accounts of all business transacted in this State and provide such accounts to the Authority upon request;
(b) On or before May 15 of each year, provide an annual report to the Authority regarding all business conducted by the company in this State during the preceding calendar year; and
(c) Provide the information determined by the Authority to be necessary to verify the collection of money owed to the State.
2. The Authority shall adopt regulations setting forth the form and contents of the information required to be provided pursuant to subsection 1.
3. If the Authority determines that an autonomous vehicle network company has failed to include information in its accounts or the report required pursuant to subsection 1, the Authority shall notify the company to provide such information. A company which receives a notice pursuant to this subsection shall provide the specified information within 15 days after receipt of such a notice.
4. All information required to be provided pursuant to this section must be signed by an officer or agent of, or other person authorized by, the autonomous vehicle network company under oath.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4475)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706B - Autonomous Vehicle Network Companies › NRS 706B.240 - Prohibition against disclosure of personally identifiable information of passengers; exceptions.

An autonomous vehicle network company shall not disclose to any person the personally identifiable information of a passenger who received services from the company unless:
1. The disclosure is otherwise required by law;
2. The company determines that disclosure is required to protect or defend the terms of use of the services or to investigate violations of those terms of use; or
3. The passenger consents to the disclosure.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4476)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706B - Autonomous Vehicle Network Companies › NRS 706B.250 - Provision of contact information of Authority by company; creation of system to receive and address consumer complaints required.

Each autonomous vehicle network company shall:
1. Provide notice of the contact information of the Authority on an Internet website maintained by the company or within the software application or other digital means used by the company to connect passengers to fully autonomous vehicles; and
2. Create a system to receive and address complaints from consumers which is available during normal business hours in this State.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4476)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706B - Autonomous Vehicle Network Companies › NRS 706B.260 - Companies required to report information to Authority relating to crashes involving fully autonomous vehicles; confidentiality of records; Authority required to submit annual report concerning such information and sufficiency of insurance coverage limits to Legislature.

1. Each autonomous vehicle network company shall provide to the Authority reports containing information relating to motor vehicle crashes which occurred in this State while a fully autonomous vehicle was providing transportation services. The reports required by this subsection must contain the information identified in subsection 2 and be submitted:
(a) For all crashes that occurred during the first 6 months that the company operates within this State, not later than 7 months after the date the company was issued a permit.
(b) For all crashes that occurred during the first 12 months that the company operates within this State, not later than 13 months after the date the company was issued a permit.
2. The reports submitted pursuant to subsection 1 must include, for the period of time specified in subsection 1:
(a) The number of motor vehicle crashes which occurred in this State involving such a fully autonomous vehicle;
(b) The highest, lowest and average amount paid for bodily injury or death to one or more persons that occurred as a result of such a crash; and
(c) The highest, lowest and average amount paid for damage to property that occurred as a result of such a crash.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, any records provided to the Authority are confidential and must not be disclosed other than to employees of the Authority. The Authority shall collect the reports submitted by autonomous vehicle network companies pursuant to subsection 1 and determine whether the limits of coverage required pursuant to NRS 706B.300 are sufficient. The Authority shall submit a report stating whether the limits of coverage required pursuant to NRS 706B.300 are sufficient and containing the information, in an aggregated format which does not reveal the identity of any person, submitted by autonomous vehicle network companies pursuant to subsection 1 since the last report of the Authority pursuant to this subsection:
(a) To the Legislative Commission on or before December 1 of each odd-numbered year.
(b) To the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Legislature on or before December 1 of each even-numbered year.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4476)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706B - Autonomous Vehicle Network Companies › NRS 706B.270 - Prohibited acts by companies relating to passenger’s destination.

1. With respect to a passenger’s destination when using a fully autonomous vehicle provided by the company, an autonomous vehicle network company shall not:
(a) Deceive or attempt to deceive any passenger who rides or desires to ride in the vehicle.
(b) Convey or attempt to convey any passenger to a destination other than the one directed by the passenger.
(c) Take a longer route to the passenger’s destination than is necessary, unless specifically requested to do so by the passenger.
2. The Authority shall not consider any action taken by a fully autonomous vehicle which is consistent with its operational design domain, as defined in NRS 482A.046, or technological capabilities as a violation of subsection 1.
3. As used in this section, "longer route to the passenger’s destination" means any route other than that which would result in the lowest fare to the passenger.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4477)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706B - Autonomous Vehicle Network Companies › NRS 706B.280 - Suspension or revocation of permit by Authority; administrative fine; person who violates provision of chapter not subject to criminal penalty.

1. If the Authority determines that an autonomous vehicle network company has violated the terms of a permit issued pursuant to this chapter or any other provision of this chapter or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto, the Authority may, depending on whether the violation was committed by the company or a fully autonomous vehicle used by the company, or both:
(a) If the Authority determines that the violation is willful and endangers public safety in a manner unrelated to the provisions of chapter 482A of NRS, suspend or revoke the permit issued to the company;
(b) If the Authority determines that the violation is willful and endangers public safety in a manner unrelated to the provisions of chapter 482A of NRS, impose against the company an administrative fine in an amount not to exceed $100,000 per violation; or
(c) Impose any combination of the penalties provided in paragraphs (a) and (b).
2. To determine the amount of an administrative fine imposed pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection 1, the Authority shall consider:
(a) The size of the company;
(b) The severity of the violation;
(c) Any good faith efforts by the company to remedy the violation;
(d) The history of previous violations by the company; and
(e) Any other factor that the Authority determines to be relevant.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 193.151, a person who violates any provision of this chapter is not subject to any criminal penalty for such a violation.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4477)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706B - Autonomous Vehicle Network Companies › NRS 706B.290 - Restrictions on regulation of companies and fully autonomous vehicles by local governmental entities; exceptions; provisions of chapter do not exempt person from requirement to obtain state business license.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a local governmental entity shall not:
(a) Impose any tax or fee on an autonomous vehicle network company operating within the scope of a valid permit issued by the Authority pursuant to this chapter or a fully autonomous vehicle used by such a company to provide transportation services.
(b) Require an autonomous vehicle network company operating within the scope of a valid permit issued by the Authority pursuant to this chapter to obtain from the local government any certificate, license or permit to operate within that scope.
(c) Impose any other requirement upon an autonomous vehicle network company which is not of general applicability to all persons who operate a motor vehicle within the jurisdiction of the local government.
2. Nothing in this section:
(a) Prohibits a local governmental entity from requiring an autonomous vehicle network company to obtain from the local government a business license or to pay any business license fee in the same manner that is generally applicable to any other business that operates within the jurisdiction of the local government.
(b) Prohibits an airport or its governing body from requiring an autonomous vehicle network company to:
(1) Obtain a permit or certification to operate at the airport;
(2) Pay a fee to operate at the airport; or
(3) Comply with any other requirement to operate at the airport.
(c) Exempts a fully autonomous vehicle used by a company from any tax imposed pursuant to NRS 354.705, 371.043 or 371.045.
3. The provisions of this chapter do not exempt any person from the requirement to obtain a state business license issued pursuant to chapter 76 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4477)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706B - Autonomous Vehicle Network Companies › NRS 706B.300 - Company required to maintain insurance.

Each autonomous vehicle network company shall maintain insurance provided by an insurance company licensed by the Division of Insurance of the Department of Business and Industry and approved to do business in this State or a broker licensed pursuant to chapter 685A of NRS, procured directly from a nonadmitted insurer, as defined in NRS 685A.0375, or a program of self-insurance which meets criteria established by the Authority in an amount of $1,500,000 or more for bodily injury to or death of one or more persons and injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident or motor vehicle crash that occurs while providing transportation services using a fully autonomous vehicle pursuant to this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4478)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 707 - Telecommunications › NRS 707.230 - Authorization.

Any person or persons, company, association or corporation, desiring to do so, may construct and maintain, or, if already constructed, may maintain, or, if partially constructed, may complete and maintain, within this state, a telephone line or lines by complying with NRS 707.240.
[1:17:1866; B § 3490; BH § 915; C § 1045; RL § 4624; NCL § 7666]—(NRS A 2013, 1952)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 707 - Telecommunications › NRS 707.240 - Certificate required to be filed with and recorded by Secretary of State; contents; fees.

1. The person or persons, or the president or the managing agent of the company, association or corporation mentioned in NRS 707.230, shall make, sign and acknowledge, before some person authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, a certificate in writing setting forth:
(a) The name or names of the person or persons, company, association or corporation (as the case may be) by whom the line is to be operated.
(b) The names of the points or places constituting the termini of the line within this state.
(c) A general description of the route of the line.
2. The certificate shall be filed and recorded in the Office of the Secretary of State, for which such person or persons, company, association or corporation shall pay the Secretary of State, for deposit in the General Fund, the sum of $5, and also 25 cents for each folio contained in the certificate.
3. The record of the certificates shall give constructive notice to all persons of the matter therein contained. The work of constructing such line, if not already commenced or completed within 30 days after the filing of the certificate aforesaid, shall be continued, with all reasonable dispatch, until completed.
[2:17:1866; B § 3491; BH § 916; C § 1046; RL § 4625; NCL § 7667]—(NRS A 1959, 222)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 707 - Telecommunications › NRS 707.250 - Construction, operation and maintenance of lines over public and private lands.

The person or persons, company, association or corporation named in the certificate (provided for in NRS 707.240), and their assigns may construct, or if constructed, maintain, or if partially constructed, complete and maintain, their telephone line described in their certificate, filed as provided in NRS 707.240, over and through any public or private lands, and along or across any streets, alleys, roads, highways or streams within this state, provided they do not obstruct the same.
[3:17:1866; B § 3492; BH § 917; C § 1047; RL § 4626; NCL § 7668]—(NRS A 2013, 1952)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 707 - Telecommunications › NRS 707.280 - Right-of-way for line: Procedure for appraisal and compensation for private land; appeal.

1. Any person or the person’s assigns, who are constructing, or who have already constructed, or who may propose to construct, a telephone line as provided in NRS 707.230 to 707.280, inclusive, have the right-of-way for the line and so much land as may be necessary to construct and maintain the line, and for this purpose may enter upon private lands along the line described in the certificate for the purpose of examining and surveying them.
2. Where the lands cannot be obtained by the consent of the owner or possessor thereof, so much of the land as may be necessary for the construction of the line may be appropriated by the person or the person’s assigns (as the case may be), after making compensation therefor, as follows. The person or the person’s agent shall select one appraiser, and the owner or possessor shall select one, and the two so selected shall select a third. The three shall appraise the lands sought to be appropriated, after having been first sworn, before a person authorized by law to administer oaths, to make a true appraisement thereof, according to the best of their knowledge and belief.
3. If the person or the person’s agent tenders to the owner or possessor the appraised value of the lands, appraised as provided in subsection 2, the person or agent may proceed in the construction, or, if constructed, in the use of the line over the land so appraised, and may maintain the line over and upon the land, and at all times enter upon the land and pass over all adjoining lands for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and repairing the telephone line, notwithstanding the tender may be refused. The tender must always be kept good by the person or the person’s agent.
4. An appeal may be taken by either party, from the finding of the appraisers, to the district court of the county within which the land so appraised is situated at any time within 3 months after the appraisement.
[6:17:1866; B § 3495; BH § 920; C § 1050; RL § 4629; NCL § 7671]—(NRS A 1985, 1223; 2013, 1953)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 707 - Telecommunications › NRS 707.300 - Applicability of NRS 707.230 to 707.280, inclusive.

All persons or corporations owning and operating telephone lines in this state are entitled to all the rights and privileges and are subject to all the restrictions and responsibilities provided in NRS 707.230 to 707.280, inclusive.
[1:23:1897; A 1905, 151; RL § 4631; NCL § 7680]—(NRS A 1999, 809; 2013, 1953)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 707 - Telecommunications › NRS 707.340 - Public utility furnishing telephone service required to assist peace officers in tracing certain callers; immunity for good faith reliance; limitations concerning wiretapping.

1. Every public utility furnishing telephone service in this state shall provide any lawful assistance requested by a sheriff or the sheriff’s deputy, or chief of police or police officer, in tracing a person who uses:
(a) The 911 emergency telephone number or other emergency telephone service.
(b) Obscene language, representations or suggestions in addressing a person by telephone, or addresses to the person any threat to inflict injury to the person or property of the person addressed, when the request is made in writing to the public utility.
2. Good faith reliance by the public utility on such a request constitutes a complete defense to any civil or criminal suit against the public utility on account of assistance rendered by the utility in responding to the request.
3. The provisions of subsection 1 do not permit wiretapping, which may be engaged in only pursuant to the provisions of NRS 179.410 to 179.515, inclusive, and 704.195.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 856; A 1973, 1750; 1989, 658; 1991, 59)