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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.250 - Intoxication and other violations of duties; penalties.

1. Any person employed upon any railway as engineer, motorman, gripman, conductor, switch tender, fireman, bridge tender, flagger or signaler, or having charge of stations, starting, regulating or running trains upon a railway, who shall be intoxicated while engaged in the discharge of any such duties, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
2. Every engineer, motorman, gripman, conductor, brakeman, switch tender, train dispatcher or other officer, agent or servant of any railway company, who shall be guilty of any willful violation or omission of his or her duty as such officer, agent or servant, by which human life or safety shall be endangered, for which no punishment is specially prescribed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[Part 1911 C&P § 318; RL § 6583; NCL § 10266] + [1911 C&P § 320; RL § 6585; NCL § 10268]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.260 - "Common carrier" defined.

As used in NRS 705.260 to 705.340, inclusive, "common carrier" shall include the receiver or receivers or other persons or corporations charged with the duty of management and operation of the business of a common carrier.
[7:213:1937; 1931 NCL § 6357.17]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.270 - Liability for injury to or death of employee.

Every common carrier by railroad in the State of Nevada shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while the person is employed by such carrier in or about the transporting or handling of any freight, property, passengers, engine, locomotive or other vehicle upon the tracks of such carrier, or, in case of the death of such employee, to the employee’s personal representative for the benefit of the surviving spouse, children, parents or dependents of such employee, for such injury or death resulting in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents or employees of such employer, or by reason of any defect or insufficiency due to the employer’s negligence.
[1:213:1937; 1931 NCL § 6357.11]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.280 - Contributory negligence of employee not to bar recovery; diminution of damages by jury; violation by employer of safety statute.

In all actions brought after March 30, 1937, against any such common carrier under or by virtue of any of the provisions of NRS 705.260 to 705.340, inclusive, to recover damages for personal injury to the employee, or where such injuries have resulted in the employee’s death, the fact that the employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee; but no such employee who may be injured or killed shall be held to have been guilty of contributory negligence in any case where the violation by such employer of any state or federal statute enacted for the safety of employees contributed to the injury or death of such employee.
[2:213:1937; 1931 NCL § 6357.12]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.290 - Risk of employment not assumed where injury or death results from negligence of employer’s officers or employees or defect in equipment.

In any action brought against any common carrier under or by virtue of any of the provisions of NRS 705.260 to 705.340, inclusive, to recover damages for injuries to, or the death of, any of its employees, such employee shall not be held to have assumed the risks of such employment in any case where such injury or death resulted in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents or employees of such common carrier, or by reason of any defect or insufficiency, due to its negligence, in its cars, engines, appliances, machinery, track, roadbed, works, boats, wharves or other equipment.
[3:213:1937; 1931 NCL § 6357.13]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.300 - Question of causation for jury’s determination.

In any action brought against any such common carrier under or by virtue of any of the provisions of NRS 705.260 to 705.340, inclusive, to recover damages for injury to, or the death of, any of its employees, the question as to whether the negligence or violation of law claimed to have caused or contributed to the injury or death of such employee did in substance cause or contribute to such injury or death, and the question as to whether such negligence or violation of law was the proximate cause of such injury or death, shall, in all cases, be for the determination of the jury.
[4:213:1937; 1931 NCL § 6357.14]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.310 - Fact of injury or death presumptive evidence of want of care by employer.

In all actions brought after March 30, 1937, against any such common carrier under or by virtue of any of the provisions of NRS 705.260 to 705.340, inclusive, to recover damages for personal injury to the employee, or where such injuries have resulted in the employee’s death, the fact of any such injury or death occurring to such employee and arising out of and in the course of such employment shall be presumptive evidence of the want of reasonable skill and care on the part of such carrier, and the carrier’s agents, servants and employees in reference to such injury or death, unless and until rebutted.
[5:213:1937; 1931 NCL § 6357.15]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.320 - Contract or regulation of employer exempting employer from liability void; setoff by employer in action.

Any contract, rule, regulation or stratagem whatsoever the purpose or intent of which shall be to enable any common carrier to exempt itself from any liability created by NRS 705.260 to 705.340, inclusive, shall to that extent be void; but in any action brought against any such common carrier under or by virtue of any of the provisions of NRS 705.260 to 705.340, inclusive, such carrier may set off therein any sum it has contributed or paid to any insurance, relief benefit or indemnity that may have been paid to the injured employee, or the person entitled thereto on account of the injury or death for which such action was brought.
[6:213:1937; 1931 NCL § 6357.16]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.330 - Survival of right of action.

Any right of action given by NRS 705.260 to 705.340, inclusive, to an employee suffering injury shall survive to the employee’s personal representative, for the benefit of the surviving spouse and children of such employee, and, if none, then of such employee’s parents, and, if none, then of the next of kin dependent upon such employee; but in such cases there shall be only one recovery for the same injury.
[8:213:1937; 1931 NCL § 6357.18]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.350 - Liability to passenger for personal injury; violation by passenger of printed regulations or verbal instructions.

In case any passenger on any railroad shall be injured on the platform of a car, or any baggage, wood, gravel or freight car, in violation of the printed regulations of the company, posted up at the time in a conspicuous place inside of its passenger cars then in the train, or in violation of verbal instructions given by any officer of the train, such company shall not be liable for the injury if the company, at the time, furnished room inside of its passenger cars sufficient for the accommodation of its passengers.
[9(e):177:1925; added 1945, 196; 1943 NCL § 1608.05]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.360 - Headlights on locomotive; penalty.

1. Every company, corporation lessee, manager or receiver, owning or operating a railroad in this state, shall equip, maintain, use and display at night upon each locomotive being operated in road service in this state an electric or other headlight of at least 1,500 candle power, measured without the aid of a reflector. Any electric headlight which will pick up and distinguish a person dressed in dark clothes upon a dark, clear night at a distance of 1,000 feet is deemed the equivalent of a 1,500 candle power headlight measured without the aid of a reflector.
2. This section does not apply to:
(a) Locomotive engines regularly used in switching cars or trains.
(b) Railroads not maintaining regular night train schedules.
(c) Locomotives going to or returning from repair shops when ordered in for repairs.
3. Any railroad company, or the receiver or lessee thereof, which violates the provisions of this section is liable to the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada for a penalty of not more than $1,000 for each violation.
[1:32:1913; A 1915, 148; 1919 RL p. 2978; NCL § 6332] + [3:32:1913; 1919 RL p. 2979; NCL § 6333]—(NRS A 1967, 660; 1979, 200; 1981, 1679; 1997, 1922)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.370 - Emergency first-aid kits: Contents prescribed by Commission; reports when used or missing; penalties.

1. Each railroad company or corporation or its receiver, owning or operating any railroad within this state, shall equip and maintain in each of its passenger trains, cabooses, locomotives, motors or diesel engines used in the propelling of trains or switching of cars an emergency first-aid kit whose contents must be those prescribed by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada. Each passenger train and each caboose must be equipped with at least one stretcher. All of the contents of the emergency first-aid kits, except the stretchers, must be stored on each passenger train, caboose, locomotive, motor or diesel engine, in a clean, sanitary and sterile container and in an accessible place at all times, which places, including the storage places of stretchers, must be plainly designated.
2. The employee of any railroad company or corporation or its receiver, having charge of any passenger train, caboose, locomotive, motor or diesel engine, shall as soon as possible report in writing to the office or officer designated by the company, corporation or receiver for the purpose, whenever any of the emergency first-aid kit has been used or has been found missing. The emergency first-aid kit must only be used to render first medical or surgical aid to injured passengers, employees or other injured persons requiring first aid.
3. Any railroad company or corporation or its receiver, which refuses, neglects or fails to comply with the provisions of this section is liable for a penalty to the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada of $25 for each failure to equip a passenger train, caboose, locomotive or motor or diesel engine with the emergency first-aid kit specified in subsection 1.
4. Any person who removes, carries away from its proper place or uses any emergency first-aid kit provided in this section, except for the purpose of administering first aid in the event of injury to any passenger, employee or other person shall be fined not more than $500.
[1:139:1949; 1943 NCL § 6326.01] + [2:139:1949; 1943 NCL § 6326.02] + [3:139:1949; 1943 NCL § 6326.03] + [4:139:1949; 1943 NCL § 6326.04] + [5:139:1949; 1943 NCL § 6326.05]—(NRS A 1965, 544; 1967, 660; 1979, 200; 1981, 1680; 1985, 318; 1997, 1922)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.380 - Windshield made of safety glass, electric headlamps, wiper and other equipment required on motor car used for transporting employees; penalty.

1. It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator of a railroad running through or within the boundaries of the State of Nevada and engaged in the business of common carrier to operate for or transport its employees in a motorcar which is not equipped with a transparent safety glass windshield sufficient in width and height reasonably to protect such employees. Such car shall also be equipped with an electric headlamp of sufficient candle power as to make any obstruction, landmark, warning sign or grade crossing on such railroad visible at a distance of 300 feet in advance of such car under ordinary atmospheric conditions. Such car shall also be equipped with two electric lights on the rear end thereof with sufficient candle power as to be visible at a distance of 300 feet under ordinary atmospheric conditions. Such car shall also be equipped with a suitable device that will remove rain, snow and sleet from the windshield while the car is moving, and the windshield shall be so devised that the driver or operator of the car can start or stop the windshield wiper while the driver or operator is driving the car.
2. Any owner or operator of a railroad running through or within this state as a common carrier of persons or property or both, for compensation, who either operates for its employees, or who furnishes to its employees, for their transportation to or from the place or places where they are required to labor, a rail track motorcar that has not been fully equipped as required by subsection 1 shall be fined not more than $500 for each offense. Each day or part of a day it operates or furnishes each of such rail track motorcars not so equipped as provided in subsection 1 to its employees for operation to or from the place or places where they are required to work shall constitute a separate offense.
[1:179:1953] + [2:179:1953]—(NRS A 1967, 661)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.415 - Requirements for certain railroads transporting freight; exception.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, any Class I freight railroad, Class I railroad or Class II railroad for transporting freight which operates a train or locomotive in this State, and any officer of such a railroad, shall ensure that the train or locomotive contains a crew of not less than two persons.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to a train or locomotive engaged in helper or hostling services.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Class I freight railroad" has the meaning ascribed to it in 40 C.F.R. § 1033.901.
(b) "Class I railroad" has the meaning ascribed to it in 40 C.F.R. § 1033.901.
(c) "Class II railroad" has the meaning ascribed to it in 40 C.F.R. § 1033.901.
(d) "Helper services" includes connecting a locomotive to the front or back of a train to assist the train in ascending or descending a grade.
(e) "Hostling services" includes moving a train or locomotive a short distance in a railroad yard.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 341)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.420 - Civil penalties.

Any railroad or officer of a railroad who violates the provisions of NRS 705.415 is liable to the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada for a civil penalty of:
1. Not less than $5,000 for the first violation;
2. Not more than $10,000 for the second violation within 3 years of the first violation; and
3. Not more than $25,000 for a third and any subsequent violation within 3 years of the first violation.
[7:74:1913; 1919 RL p. 2977; NCL § 6324]—(NRS A 1979, 201; 1981, 1680; 1985, 1014; 1997, 1923; 2019, 342)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.421 - Department of Transportation to develop state plan for service by rail.

The Department of Transportation:
1. Shall develop, in conjunction with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, a state plan for rail service; and
2. May carry out the plan, including projects to:
(a) Preserve rail lines;
(b) Rehabilitate rail lines to improve service; and
(c) Restore or improve freight service on rail lines which are potentially subject to abandonment.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 562; A 1987, 736; 1997, 1923)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.423 - Power of Department of Transportation to accept money, enter into agreements and act as agent for county or city.

1. The Department of Transportation may:
(a) Apply for and accept federal, state, local and private money to develop the state plan for rail service and to carry it out; and
(b) Enter into compacts, contracts and agreements with other states or groups of states, the Federal Government, railroad corporations, users of railroads or other persons if the Director of the Department of Transportation determines that the compacts, contracts and agreements are consistent with the state plan for rail service and are necessary for the preservation or restoration of rail freight service which is vital to the State,
but no state money may be expended to carry out the plan and no compact, contract or agreement may require the expenditure of state money unless previously authorized by the Legislature.
2. The Department of Transportation may serve as agent for any county or city upon the request of the governing body of the county or city in applying for and accepting money from public and private sources for railroad purposes and in carrying out any of the statutory powers of the county or city with respect to railroads.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 562)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.425 - State program for preservation of lines of railroad on which service has been discontinued: Establishment; admission of lines to program; allowance for taxes on property admitted.

1. A state program for the physical preservation, in place, of property of lines of railroad, while service on such lines is discontinued, is hereby established to provide an alternative to actual abandonment.
2. The Department of Transportation shall determine whether a line of railroad is eligible for admission to the program. A rail line may be admitted if:
(a) The Surface Transportation Board has approved the line for abandonment or discontinuance of service or the Department of Transportation has determined that the line is potentially subject to abandonment;
(b) The owners, operators and users of the line, the Department of Transportation and all counties and cities affected have agreed to the admission of the line to the program; and
(c) The owners and operators of the line agree to suspend service on the line for 5 years without removing or disposing of any of the trackage or other operating rail properties of the line, as an alternative to abandonment, to permit consideration by interested parties of means of preventing the ultimate abandonment of the line.
3. At the end of 5 years the Department of Transportation may grant an extension, admitting the line of railroad to the program for not more than 5 additional years, if, in the judgment of the Director of the Department of Transportation:
(a) The line is still potentially subject to abandonment; and
(b) The extension will facilitate the restoration of service on the line.
4. The owner of a line of railroad which has been admitted to the program is entitled to an allowance for taxes on the trackage and other operating rail properties of the line admitted. The Department of Transportation shall provide to the Department of Taxation all information requested by the Department of Taxation to carry out the system of allowances for taxes on the operating property of lines admitted to the program.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 562; A 1997, 1631)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.427 - Contract for acquisition and operation of track and other property of lines of railroad.

The Department of Transportation may contract for the acquisition, by lease or purchase, and operation of trackage and other rail properties of lines of railroad which:
1. The Surface Transportation Board has approved for abandonment or discontinuance of service; or
2. The Director of the Department of Transportation has determined to be potentially subject to abandonment,
for the purpose of maintaining existing freight service or providing for such service in the future, but no such contract may require the expenditure of state money unless previously authorized by the Legislature.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 563; A 1997, 1632)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.428 - Contract for construction, improvement or rehabilitation of track and other property of lines of railroad.

The Department of Transportation may contract for the construction, improvement or rehabilitation of the trackage and other rail properties of any rail line, but no such contract may require the expenditure of state money unless previously authorized by the Legislature.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 563)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.4291 - Legislative declaration. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Super Speed Ground Transportation System connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed, or on the date all borrowing made pursuant to NRS 705.42955 is retired, whichever is later.]

The Legislature finds and declares that:
1. Passage of NRS 705.4291 to 705.4296, inclusive, is a declaration of legislative intent that the States of California and Nevada jointly consider and, if justified, pursue the development of a Super Speed Ground Transportation System connecting southern California with southern Nevada.
2. The System will:
(a) Provide economic benefits to both southern California and southern Nevada.
(b) Reduce reliance on gasoline- and diesel-fueled engines and encourage the use of alternative energy sources.
(c) Reduce congestion on Interstate Highway No. 15 between southern California and Las Vegas.
(d) Provide a working example for a transportation system that could play an essential role in the development of future commuter service in the Los Angeles Basin and the Las Vegas Valley.
(e) Provide quick and convenient transportation service for residents and visitors in southern California and southern Nevada.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1357; A 1991, 177; 2001, 560; 2003, 5, 6)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.4292 - Definitions. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Super Speed Ground Transportation System connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed, or on the date all borrowing made pursuant to NRS 705.42955 is retired, whichever is later.]

As used in NRS 705.4291 to 705.4296, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Commission" means the California-Nevada Super Speed Ground Transportation Commission.
2. "Southern California" means the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino.
3. "Super Speed Ground Transportation System" means a system that:
(a) Is capable of sustained speeds of at least 240 miles per hour;
(b) Uses magnetic levitation technology;
(c) Carries primarily passengers; and
(d) Operates on a grade-separated, dedicated guideway.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1357; A 1991, 176, 177; 2001, 560; 2003, 5, 6, 1171)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.4293 - California-Nevada Super Speed Ground Transportation Commission: Creation; membership; terms and reappointment of members; Chair. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Super Speed Ground Transportation System connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed, or on the date all borrowing made pursuant to NRS 705.42955 is retired, whichever is later.]

1. There is hereby created the California-Nevada Super Speed Ground Transportation Commission as a separate legal entity. The governing body of the Commission consists of:
(a) The members from California appointed pursuant to the law of California and the bylaws of the Commission.
(b) The same number of members from Nevada as are from California, appointed by the Governor of Nevada.
2. The members from Nevada serve for terms of 4 years and may be reappointed at the pleasure of the Governor.
3. The Commission shall elect one of its members as Chair.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1357; A 1991, 176, 177; 2001, 560; 2003, 5, 6, 1172)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.42935 - Designation of Commission as agency of State of Nevada for certain purposes. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Super Speed Ground Transportation System connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed, or on the date all borrowing made pursuant to NRS 705.42955 is retired, whichever is later.]

The Commission is hereby designated as an agency of the State of Nevada for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of NRS 705.4291 to 705.4296, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1171)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.4295 - Power of Commission to incorporate in Nevada or California; admissibility of proceedings, records and acts of Commission; immunity from liability for members, agents and employees of Commission. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Super Speed Ground Transportation System connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed, or on the date all borrowing made pursuant to NRS 705.42955 is retired, whichever is later.]

1. The Commission may incorporate under the general incorporation laws of either this state or the State of California, whichever the Commission determines to be in its best interests. Copies of its proceedings, records and acts, when authenticated, are admissible in evidence in all courts of either State and are prima facie evidence of the truth of all statements therein.
2. The members of the Commission and its agents and employees are not liable for any damages that result from any act or omission in the performance of their duties or the exercise of their powers pursuant to NRS 705.4291 to 705.4296, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1358; A 1991, 177; 2001, 560; 2003, 5, 6)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.4296 - Governor to issue proclamation when System completed. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Super Speed Ground Transportation System connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed, or on the date all borrowing made pursuant to NRS 705.42955 is retired, whichever is later.]

The Governor shall declare, by public proclamation on the date of completion of the Super Speed Ground Transportation System connecting southern California with Southern Nevada, that the System has been completed.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 176; A 2003, 6)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.430 - Penalty for unlawful failure to ring bell or sound whistle at crossing; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, every engineer driving a locomotive on any railway who fails to ring the bell or sound the whistle or horn upon the locomotive or to cause the bell, whistle or horn to be rung or sounded at least 80 rods from any place where the railway crosses a traveled road or street that is customarily used by the public for the purpose of travel, or who fails to continue the ringing of the bell or the sounding of the whistle or horn until the locomotive has crossed the road or street, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply in any quiet zone established pursuant to regulations of the Federal Railroad Administration of the United States Department of Transportation.
3. As used in this section, "quiet zone" has the meaning ascribed to it in 49 C.F.R. § 222.9.
[1911 C&P § 319; RL § 6584; NCL § 10267]—(NRS A 2011, 1626)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.440 - Illegal rates and charges; penalty.

Any individual, company or corporation operating any railroad in this state, and every agent of such company or corporation who violates or attempts to violate, or suffers or permits to be done any act, matter or thing in violation of any of the provisions of any statute of this state, which prescribes or regulates the charges which may be made and collected by any individual, company or corporation operating any railroad in this state, for the transportation of either persons or property, and for which no other penalty is provided, shall upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of $2,000.
[1911 C&P § 472; RL § 6737; NCL § 10421]—(NRS A 1959, 184)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.450 - Penalty for willful obstruction or delay of train.

Every person who shall willfully obstruct, hinder or delay the passage of any car lawfully operated upon any railway shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 321; RL § 6586; NCL § 10269]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.460 - Penalty for unlawful obstruction or destruction of track, equipment or devices.

A person who willfully and maliciously places any obstruction on the track of any railroad in this State, or tears up or removes any part or portion of a railroad, or destroys, deranges, misplaces or injures any rail, switch, block or other signaling device, culvert, viaduct, bridge, car, tender or engine, or willfully and maliciously does or attempts to do any of those things, or any other act or thing, whereby the life and limb of a person may be endangered, is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
[1911 C&P § 483; RL § 6748; NCL § 10430]—(NRS A 1979, 1495; 1995, 1321)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.480 - Tampering with railroad property; penalty.

1. It is unlawful for any person without authority to:
(a) Willfully uncouple or detach any locomotive, tender or any car of any railroad train, either when standing or in motion on any track of any railroad.
(b) Take off the brake of any railroad car, tender or train.
(c) Put in motion any locomotive, tender, car or train.
2. It is unlawful for any person to:
(a) Throw any stone, rock, missile, or any substance at any railroad train, car, locomotive or tender, or any part of any train.
(b) Wrongfully injure, deface or damage the same or any part thereof.
3. Any person violating any provision of this section is guilty of a public offense, as prescribed in NRS 193.155, proportionate to the value of the property damaged, and in no event less than a misdemeanor.
[Part 1911 C&P § 484; A 1941, 276; 1931 NCL § 10431]—(NRS A 1967, 662; 1979, 158)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.610 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 705.610 to 705.700, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 705.650, 705.660 and 705.665 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2444)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.650 - "Monorail" defined.

"Monorail" means a system to transport passengers that is installed and operated on an exclusive fixed guideway. The term:
1. Includes associated passenger stations, power propulsion systems, lots for parking motor vehicles, workshops and other land and structures.
2. Does not include a system to transport passengers between two end points with no intermediate stops.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2444)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.680 - Installation and operation authorized in county whose population is 700,000 or more; authority of owner or operator.

A person may install and operate a monorail, and perform any work or borrow money preparatory or incident thereto, in a county whose population is 700,000 or more. The owner or operator may:
1. Establish the frequency of service and schedules of operation;
2. Establish the fares to be charged; and
3. Charge and collect fares from passengers.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2444; A 2011, 1312)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.690 - Monorail is not public utility within meaning of chapter 704 of NRS; Department of Transportation, county and city authorized to assist in installation, operation and financing.

1. A monorail is not a public utility within the meaning of chapter 704 of NRS.
2. The Department of Transportation, the county in which a monorail is located or proposed to be located and a city within that county may exercise a power it holds related to transportation to facilitate the installation and operation of a monorail, and may contribute to or assist in the financing of the monorail.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2444; A 2023, 35th Special Session, 50)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.695 - County or city authorized to grant franchise or enter into agreement for installation and operation; franchise or agreement with county or city required before beginning construction; franchise or agreement dispenses with permit otherwise required by county or city.

1. A county whose population is 700,000 or more, and a city within such a county, may adopt an ordinance, in accordance with the provisions of NRS 705.700, to grant franchises for the installation and operation of monorails within the unincorporated area of the county and incorporated area of the city, respectively.
2. Before beginning construction of a monorail in a city or in the unincorporated area of a county that has adopted a franchising ordinance, the owner shall apply for a franchise. If the city or county has no such ordinance, the owner may enter into an agreement with the city or county that complies with the provisions of NRS 705.700. Before the city or county may enter into such an agreement, it must provide notice and a public hearing regarding the proposed agreement in the same manner as for an ordinance proposed to be adopted by the city or county under circumstances other than in an emergency.
3. The granting of a franchise or making of an agreement under subsection 2 dispenses with any permit otherwise required by the city or county. The city or county may, at the request of the owner, designate an officer or agency to cooperate with the owner to facilitate the installation and operation of the monorail.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2444; A 2011, 1312)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.700 - Requirements for agreement or ordinance granting franchise for installation and operation.

An ordinance or agreement authorized pursuant to NRS 705.695:
1. Must provide standards for construction and may incorporate existing uniform codes.
2. May include requirements for licensing and zoning, and any other restrictions upon the construction and operation of a monorail.
3. Must include provisions:
(a) Addressing the compatibility of a proposed monorail for connection with a system of transportation operated on a public fixed guideway.
(b) Requiring the owner or operator and any private entity that desires to connect its system of transportation with a monorail to cooperate in such a manner as to provide for the compatibility of passenger stations for such a connection pursuant to terms and conditions that:
(1) Address the effect of that compatibility on the plans of the owner for the owner’s capital investment and provide for a reasonable and equitable allocation of that investment;
(2) Provide for a reasonable and equitable allocation of the costs to operate and maintain the monorail; and
(3) Mitigate any other effects on the owner or operator resulting from the provision of that compatibility.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2445)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.800 - Legislative declaration. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Nevada High-Speed Rail System connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed, or on the date all borrowing made pursuant to NRS 705.890 is retired, whichever is later.]

The Legislature finds and declares that:
1. The passage of NRS 705.800 to 705.900, inclusive, is a declaration of legislative intent that the State of Nevada pursue the implementation of the Nevada High-Speed Rail System connecting southern California with southern Nevada.
2. The System will:
(a) Provide economic benefits to both southern California and southern Nevada.
(b) Reduce reliance on gasoline- and diesel-fueled engines and encourage the use of alternative energy sources.
(c) Reduce congestion on Interstate Highway No. 15 between southern California and Las Vegas.
(d) Provide a working example for a transportation system that could play an essential role in the development of future commuter and high-speed rail service in the Los Angeles Basin and the Las Vegas Valley.
(e) Provide quick and convenient transportation service for residents and visitors in southern California and southern Nevada.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1263)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.810 - Definitions. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Nevada High-Speed Rail System connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed, or on the date all borrowing made pursuant to NRS 705.890 is retired, whichever is later.]

As used in NRS 705.800 to 705.900, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 705.820, 705.830 and 705.840 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1263)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.820 - Authority" defined. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Nevada High-Speed Rail System connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed, or on the date all borrowing made pursuant to NRS 705.890 is retired, whichever is later.]

"Authority" means the Nevada High-Speed Rail Authority created by NRS 705.850.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1263)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.830 - Nevada High-Speed Rail System" defined. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Nevada High-Speed Rail System connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed, or on the date all borrowing made pursuant to NRS 705.890 is retired, whichever is later.]

"Nevada High-Speed Rail System" means a high-speed passenger rail system that:
1. Is capable of sustained speeds of at least 150 miles per hour or the speed established by the United States Department of Transportation and the Federal Railroad Administration’s plans and policies for high-speed rail express services;
2. Carries primarily passengers between southern Nevada and southern California;
3. Operates on dedicated and exclusive standard gauge tracks for the purpose of high-speed rail service;
4. Allows for interoperability with existing and planned rail systems; and
5. Is certified or authorized by the Surface Transportation Board of the United States Department of Transportation as an interstate passenger railroad to construct and operate its route between southern Nevada and southern California.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1263)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.840 - Southern California" defined. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Nevada High-Speed Rail System connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed, or on the date all borrowing made pursuant to NRS 705.890 is retired, whichever is later.]

"Southern California" means the counties of Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1263)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.850 - Authority: Creation; membership; terms. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Nevada High-Speed Rail System connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed, or on the date all borrowing made pursuant to NRS 705.890 is retired, whichever is later.]

1. There is hereby created the Nevada High-Speed Rail Authority as a separate legal entity. The governing body of the Authority consists of five members appointed by the Governor. The members must be residents of the State of Nevada and must be appointed based upon their knowledge, expertise or experience in the areas of rail transportation and high-speed rail services.
2. After their initial terms, the members serve for terms of 4 years and may be reappointed at the pleasure of the Governor.
3. The Authority shall elect one of its members as Chair.
4. The members of the Authority serve without compensation but are entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally while engaged in the official business of the Authority.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1263)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.860 - Purpose of Authority. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Nevada High-Speed Rail System connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed, or on the date all borrowing made pursuant to NRS 705.890 is retired, whichever is later.]

The Authority is hereby designated as an agency of the State of Nevada for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of NRS 705.800 to 705.900, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1264)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.870 - Selection of franchisee by Authority; criteria; rights and duties of franchisee. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Nevada High-Speed Rail System connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed, or on the date all borrowing made pursuant to NRS 705.890 is retired, whichever is later.]

1. The Authority shall, subject to the provisions of subsection 2, select a franchisee for the construction and operation of a high-speed rail system, to be commonly known as the Nevada High-Speed Rail System, principally following the route of Interstate Highway No. 15 between Las Vegas, Nevada, and a point in southern California.
2. The Authority shall select a franchisee as required by subsection 1 based on criteria which must include, without limitation:
(a) The extent to which environmental studies have been completed by or on behalf of a potential franchisee;
(b) Confirmation by a potential franchisee of the level of private investment that has been made or committed for the Nevada High-Speed Rail System;
(c) A review of the readiness of a potential franchisee for the Nevada High-Speed Rail System to engage in construction of that System; and
(d) Pending or completed permit applications to implement the Nevada High-Speed Rail System.
3. A franchisee selected pursuant to this section may, with the assistance of the Authority:
(a) Acquire or gain control or use of land for rights-of-way, stations and ancillary uses through purchase, gift, lease, use permit or easement.
(b) Conduct engineering and other studies related to the selection and acquisition of rights-of-way, including, without limitation, environmental impact studies, socioeconomic impact studies and financial feasibility studies. All local, state and federal environmental requirements must be met by the franchisee.
(c) Accept grants, gifts, fees and allocations from Nevada or its political subdivisions, the Federal Government, foreign governments and any private source.
(d) Issue debt, but this debt does not constitute an obligation of the State of Nevada, or any of its political subdivisions.
(e) Hire such staff and any consultants as deemed appropriate.
(f) Obtain all necessary permits and certificates from governmental entities in California and Nevada, recognizing the preemptive federal authority of the Surface Transportation Board of the United States Department of Transportation over interstate passenger railroads.
(g) Negotiate, enter into and execute all necessary local, regional and state governmental agreements to allow for the construction and implementation of the Nevada High-Speed Rail System.
4. The franchisee selected pursuant to this section must coordinate the implementation of the Nevada High-Speed Rail System with all governmental entities that have jurisdiction over the System, including, without limitation, the relevant counties and the Department of Transportation.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1264)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.880 - Incorporation of Authority; immunity from liability. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Nevada High-Speed Rail System connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed, or on the date all borrowing made pursuant to NRS 705.890 is retired, whichever is later.]

1. The Authority may incorporate under the general incorporation laws of either this State or the State of California, whichever the Authority determines to be in its best interests. Copies of its proceedings, records and acts, when authenticated, are admissible in evidence in all courts of either state and are prima facie evidence of the truth of all statements therein.
2. The members of the Authority and its agents and employees are not liable for any damages that result from any act or omission in the performance of their duties or the exercise of their powers pursuant to NRS 705.800 to 705.900, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1264)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 705 - Railroads and Monorails › NRS 705.900 - Declaration of completion by Governor. [Expires by limitation 1 year after the date on which the Governor declares by public proclamation that the Nevada High-Speed Rail System connecting southern California with southern Nevada has been completed, or on the date all borrowing made pursuant to NRS 705.890 is retired, whichever is later.]

The Governor shall declare, by public proclamation on the date of completion of the Nevada High-Speed Rail System connecting southern California with southern Nevada, that the System has been completed.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1266)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706 - Motor Carriers › NRS 706.011 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 706.011 to 706.791, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 706.013 to 706.146, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 687; A 1983, 538; 1985, 1843; 1987, 1757, 2255; 1989, 210, 1786, 1787; 1993, 2650; 1995, 1512, 2612; 1997, 1930, 2669; 1999, 492, 1962; 2003, 3208; 2005, 942, 1353, 1930; 2007, 2052; 2009, 468; 2011, 1400, 2654, 3658; 2013, 284, 657, 1037, 2005, 2046, 2158, 2179, 2533; 2015, 1463, 2596; 2017, 2160, 4479; 2019, 2961; 2021, 1026)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 706 - Motor Carriers › NRS 706.013 - "Advertise" defined.

"Advertise" means the commercial use of any medium, including, but not limited to, the radio or television, or a newspaper, magazine, directory, sign or other printed matter, by a common or contract motor carrier to bring the services of the carrier to the attention of members of the general public.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 210; A 1997, 1543)