AB526 - Directs the Department of Motor Vehicles to cease using certain electronic systems for appointments. (BDR S-1090)

A.B. 526 - *AB526* ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 526–COMMITTEE ON GROWTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE MARCH 24, 2025 ____________ Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure SUMMARY—Directs the Department of Motor Vehicles to cease using certain electronic systems for appointments. (BDR S-1090) FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No. Effect on the State: Yes. ~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. AN ACT relating to the Department of Motor Vehicles; directing the Department of Motor Vehicles to cease using certain existing electronic systems relating to appointments for document preparation services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel’s Digest: Existing law establishes requirements for the registration and practice of a 1 person as a document preparation service. (Chapter 240A of NRS) Existing law 2 requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to maintain certain public service 3 windows or locations dedicated to serving document preparation services 4 conducting transactions on behalf of clients. (NRS 481.062) This bill requires the 5 Department to immediately cease the use of any existing electronic system of the 6 Department for the scheduling or granting of appointments for document 7 preparation services that: (1) denies or limits the ability of a document preparation 8 service to schedule or receive an appointment based solely on certain factors related 9 to the longevity of the document preparation service; or (2) grants certain document 10 preparation services more favorable or expansive access to appointments or the 11 ability to schedule appointments for reasons unrelated to misconduct. 12 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. 1. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall 1 immediately cease the use of any existing electronic system of the 2 – 2 – - *AB526* Department for the scheduling or granting of appointments for 1 document preparation services that: 2 (a) Denies or limits the ability of a document preparation service 3 to schedule or receive an appointment with the Department based 4 solely on: 5 (1) The point in time at which the service began conducting 6 transactions with the Department on behalf of clients; or 7 (2) The duration of time that the service has been conducting 8 transactions with the Department on behalf of clients in comparison 9 with the duration of time that other document preparation services 10 have been conducting such transactions with the Department; or 11 (b) Grants certain document preparation services more favorable 12 or expansive access to appointments or the ability to schedule 13 appointments than is available to other document preparation 14 services for reasons unrelated to misconduct by the document 15 preparation service. 16 2. As used in this section, “document preparation service” 17 means a document preparation service registered pursuant to chapter 18 240A of NRS. 19 Sec. 2. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval. 20 H