AB545 - Increases certain fees relating to emissions testing. (BDR 40-1150)

- 83rd Session (2025) Assembly Bill No. 545–Committee on Ways and Means CHAPTER.......... AN ACT relating to emissions testing; increasing certain fees relating to forms certifying emission control compliance; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel’s Digest: Existing law requires the State Environmental Commission, in cooperation with the Department of Motor Vehicles and any local air pollution control agency, to adopt regulations for the control of emissions from motor vehicles in areas designated by the Commission that are in any county whose population is 100,000 or more (currently Clark and Washoe Counties). (NRS 445B.770) In such areas, existing law imposes: (1) a fee of $150 for a set of 25 forms certifying emission control compliance; and (2) a fee of $6 per form issued to a fleet station. (NRS 445B.830) Additionally, existing law imposes a fee for the first issuance of certain special license plates to vehicles exempted from provisions relating to the control of emissions from motor vehicles, which fee is required to be equal to the fee for a form certifying emission control compliance. (NRS 482.381, 482.3812, 482.3814, 482.3816) This bill increases the fee: (1) for each set of 25 forms certifying emission control compliance from $150 to $175; and (2) for each form certifying emission control compliance issued to a fleet station from $6 to $7. Accordingly, this bill also increases the fee for the first issuance of certain special license plates which is tied to the fee for a form certifying emission control compliance. EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. NRS 445B.830 is hereby amended to read as follows: 445B.830 1. In areas of the State where and when a program is commenced pursuant to NRS 445B.770 to 445B.815, inclusive, the following fees must be paid to the Department of Motor Vehicles and accounted for in the Pollution Control Account, which is hereby created in the State General Fund: (a) For the issuance and annual renewal of a license for an authorized inspection station, authorized station or fleet station ............................................................................... $25 (b) For each set of 25 forms certifying emission control compliance ............................................................... [150] 175 (c) For each form issued to a fleet station .............................. [6] 7 2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, and after deduction of the amounts distributed pursuant to subsections 4 and 7, money in the Pollution Control Account may, pursuant to legislative appropriation or with the approval of the Interim Finance – 2 – - 83rd Session (2025) Committee, be expended by the following agencies in the following order of priority: (a) The Department of Motor Vehicles to carry out the provisions of NRS 445B.770 to 445B.845, inclusive. (b) The State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (c) The State Department of Agriculture to carry out the provisions of NRS 590.010 to 590.150, inclusive. (d) Local air pollution control agencies in nonattainment or maintenance areas for an air pollutant for which air quality criteria have been issued pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 7408, for programs related to the improvement of the quality of the air. (e) The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency to carry out the provisions of NRS 277.200 with respect to the preservation and improvement of air quality in the Lake Tahoe Basin. 3. The Department of Motor Vehicles may prescribe by regulation routine fees for inspection at the prevailing shop labor rate, including, without limitation, maximum charges for those fees, and for the posting of those fees in a conspicuous place at an authorized inspection station or authorized station. 4. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall make quarterly distributions of money in the Pollution Control Account to local air pollution control agencies in nonattainment or maintenance areas for an air pollutant for which air quality criteria have been issued pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 7408. The distributions of money made to agencies in a county pursuant to this subsection must be made from an amount of money in the Pollution Control Account that is equal to one-sixth of the amount received for each form issued in the county pursuant to subsection 1. 5. Each local air pollution control agency that receives money pursuant to subsections 4, 6 and 7 shall, not later than 45 days after the end of the fiscal year in which the money is received, submit to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Interim Finance Committee a report on the use of the money received. 6. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall make annual distributions of excess money in the Pollution Control Account to local air pollution control agencies in nonattainment or maintenance areas for an air pollutant for which air quality criteria have been issued pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 7408, for programs related to the improvement of the quality of the air. The distributions of excess money made to local air pollution control agencies in a county pursuant to this subsection must be made in an amount – 3 – - 83rd Session (2025) proportionate to the number of forms issued in the county pursuant to subsection 1. As used in this subsection, “excess money” means the money in excess of $1,000,000 remaining in the Pollution Control Account at the end of the fiscal year, after deduction of the amounts distributed pursuant to subsections 4 and 7 and any disbursements made from the Account pursuant to subsection 2. 7. If a board of county commissioners imposes an additional fee pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 445B.834, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall: (a) Upon receiving the notification pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 445B.834, collect the additional fee on behalf of the county and account separately for money from the additional fee in the Pollution Control Account; and (b) Make quarterly distributions of the money in the Pollution Control Account attributable to each county whose board of county commissioners imposed the additional fee. The distributions made pursuant to this paragraph must be equal to the amount of money collected on behalf of the county pursuant to the additional fee imposed by the board of county commissioners of the county. 8. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall provide for the creation of an advisory committee consisting of representatives of state and local agencies involved in the control of emissions from motor vehicles. The committee shall: (a) Establish goals and objectives for the program for control of emissions from motor vehicles; (b) Identify areas where funding should be made available; and (c) Review and make recommendations concerning regulations adopted pursuant to NRS 445B.770. Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025. 20 ~~~~~ 25