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1. “School bus” means every motor vehicle owned by or under the control of a public or governmental agency or aprivate school and regularly operated for the transportation of children to or from school or a school activity or privatelyowned and regularly operated for compensation for the transportation of children to or from school or a school activity.2. “School bus” does not include a passenger car operated under a contract to transport children to and from school, acommon carrier or commercial vehicle under the jurisdiction of the Surface Transportation Board or the TransportationServices Authority when such a vehicle is operated in the regular conduct of its business in interstate or intrastatecommerce within the State of Nevada.SECTION 483.170 “Street” defined. “Street” means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publiclymaintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.SECTION 483.180 “Suspension” defined. “Suspension” means that the licensee’s privilege to drive a vehicle istemporarily withdrawn.SECTION 483.190 “Vehicle” defined. “Vehicle” means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is ormay be transported or drawn upon a public highway, except:1. Devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks; and2. Electric personal assistive mobility devices as defined in SECTION 482.029.Issuance, Expiration and RenewalSECTION 483.240 Exemptions from licensing. The following persons are exempt from license under the provisions ofSECTION 483.010 to 483.630, inclusive:1. Any person while driving a motor vehicle in the service of the Armed Forces.2. Any person while driving any road machine, farm tractor or implement of husbandry temporarily operated or movedon a highway.3. A nonresident who is at least 16 years of age and who has in his immediate possession a valid license issued to himin his home state or country may drive a motor vehicle in this State of the type or class he may operate in his home state orcountry.4. Any nonresident who is at least 18 years of age, whose home state or country does not require the licensing ofdrivers, may drive a motor vehicle for a period of not more than 90 days in any calendar year, if the motor vehicle driven isduly registered in the home state or country of such nonresident.5. A nonresident on active duty in the Armed Forces who has a valid license issued by his home state and suchnonresident’s spouse or dependent child who has a valid license issued by such state.6. Any person on active duty in the Armed Forces who has a valid license issued in a foreign country by the ArmedForces may drive a motor vehicle for a period of not more than 45 days from the date of his return to the United States.SECTION 483.245 License issued by this State required when person becomes resident; issuance; reciprocalagreements with other states.1. When a person becomes a resident of Nevada as defined in this chapter he must, within 30 days, obtain a Nevadadriver’s license as a prerequisite to driving any motor vehicle in the State of Nevada.2. Where a person who applies for a license has a valid driver’s license from a state which has requirements forissuance of drivers’ licenses comparable to those of the State of Nevada, the Department may issue a Nevada license underthe same terms and conditions applicable to a renewal of a license in this State.3. In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the Director is authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements withappropriate officials of other states concerning the licensing of drivers of motor vehicles.SECTION 483.2525 Drivers who are 16 or 17 years of age: Violation of restriction on transporting certainpassengers during initial period of licensure not primary offense; issuance of citations.1. A peace officer shall not stop a motor vehicle for the sole purpose of determining whether the driver is violating aprovision of the NRS. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a citation may be issued for a violation of NRS483.2523 only if the violation is discovered when the vehicle is halted or its driver is arrested for another alleged violationor offense.Ely Shoshone Tribe Traffic CodesESTC-483Adopted 7/17/2007Amended 4/28/2008 by Resolution No. 2008-EST-23 Page 4
2. A peace officer shall not issue a citation to a person for operating a motor vehicle in violation of NRS 483.2523 ifthe person provides satisfactory evidence that the person has held the driver’s license for the period required pursuant to theNRS.SECTION 483.350 License to be carried and surrendered upon demand; limitation on conviction. Every licenseeshall have his driver’s license in his immediate possession at all times when driving a motor vehicle and shall manuallysurrender the license for examination, upon demand, to a justice of the peace, a peace officer, or a deputy of theDepartment. However, no person charged with violating this section shall be convicted if he produces in court or the officeof the arresting officer a driver’s license theretofore issued to him and valid at the time of the demand. Failure to surrenderis guilty of a Category D offense.SECTION 483.360 Restricted license; procedure for suspension or revocation; penalty.It is a Category D offense for any person to drive a motor vehicle in any manner in violation of the restrictions imposed ina restricted license issued to him.SECTION 483.390 Notice of change of address or name. Whenever any person after applying for or receiving adriver’s license moves from the address named in the application or in the license issued to him, or when the name of alicensee is changed, that person shall within 30 days thereafter notify the Department of his new and old addresses, or ofsuch former and new names, and of the number of any license then held by him. Failure to comply is guilty of a CategoryD offense.ViolationsSECTION 483.530 Unlawful uses of license; prohibited acts related to provision of false information or commissionof fraud in connection with application for license or identification card; penalties.1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, it is a Category D offense for any person:(a) To display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in his possession any cancelled, revoked, suspended, fictitious,fraudulently altered or fraudulently obtained driver’s license;(b) To alter, forge, substitute, counterfeit or use an unvalidated driver’s license;(c) To lend his driver’s license to any other person or knowingly permit the use thereof by another;(d) To display or represent as one’s own any driver’s license not issued to him;(e) To fail or refuse to surrender to the Department, a peace officer or a court upon lawful demand any driver’s licensewhich has been suspended, revoked or cancelled;(f) To permit any unlawful use of a driver’s license issued to him;(g) To do any act forbidden, or fail to perform any act required, by SECTION 483.010 to 483.630, inclusive; or(h) To photograph, photostat, duplicate or in any way reproduce any driver’s license or facsimile thereof in such amanner that it could be mistaken for a valid license, or to display or have in his possession any such photograph, photostat,duplicate, reproduction or facsimile unless authorized by this chapter.SECTION 483.550 Driving without valid license.1. It is unlawful for any person to drive a motor vehicle upon a public street or highway on this Reservation withoutbeing the holder of a valid driver’s license, and shall be a Category D offense.SECTION 483.560 Driving while license cancelled, revoked or suspended; probation, suspended sentences and pleabargaining prohibited; exception; penalties.1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, any person who drives a motor vehicle on a highway or on premises towhich the public has access at a time when his driver’s license has been cancelled, revoked or suspended is guilty of aCategory D offense.2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if the license of the person was suspended, revoked or restrictedbecause of:(a) A violation of SECTION 484.379, 484.3795;(b) A homicide resulting from driving or being in actual physical control of a vehicle while under the influence ofintoxicating liquor or a controlled substance or resulting from any other conduct prohibited by SECTION 484.379,484.3795, or 484.37955 orEly Shoshone Tribe Traffic CodesESTC-483Adopted 7/17/2007Amended 4/28/2008 by Resolution No. 2008-EST-23 Page 5
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