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- 83rd Session (2025)
Assembly Bill No. 361–Assemblymember Hunt
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AN ACT relating to transportation; requiring a regional
transportation commission in certain counties to take certain
actions to mitigate safety risks to transit operators; and
providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law provides that in any county for all or part of which a streets and
highways plan has been adopted as a part of the master plan by the county or
regional planni ng commission, the board of county commissioners may by
ordinance create a regional transportation commission. A commission may perform
certain duties prescribed by law, such as operating a system of public transportation
within its area of jurisdiction an d using streets, roads, highways and other public
rights-of-way for public transportation. (NRS 277A.170, 277A.270) Section 1 of
this bill requires a regional transportation commission in a county whose population
is 100,000 or more (currently Clark and Wa shoe Counties) to: (1) take certain
actions to mitigate safety risks to transit operators, including, without limitation,
installing and maintaining appropriate infrastructure and technology designed to
mitigate safety risks to transit operators such as th e use of barriers, panic buttons
and other technology; and (2) install and maintain appropriate signage informing
the public about the criminal penalties for certain crimes committed against transit
operators or the public.
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. Chapter 277A of NRS is hereby amended by
adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. In a county whose population is 100,000 or more, a
commission shall:
(a) Install and maintain appropriate infrastructure and
technology designed to mitigate safety risks to transit operators,
including, without limitation, the use of:
(1) Barriers to restrict the unwanted entry of passengers
and unauthorized persons and objects into the workstation of a
transit operator; and
(2) Panic buttons and other technology designed to mitigate
safety risks to transit operators.
(b) Install and maintain appropriate signage informing the
public about the criminal penalties for crimes committed against
transit operator s or the public, including, without limitation, the
criminal penalties for:
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(1) Assault of a transit operator pursuant to NRS 200.471;
and
(2) Battery of a transit operator pursuant to NRS 200.481.
2. As used in this section, “transit operator” means a person
who holds a commercial driver’s license issued pursuant to NRS
483.900 to 483.940, inclusive, and who operates a bus or other
vehicle:
(a) As part of a public mass transportation system; and
(b) For which the person is required to hold a comme rcial
driver’s license issued pursuant to NRS 483.900 to 483.940,
inclusive, to operate the bus or other vehicle.
Sec. 2. (Deleted by amendment.)
Sec. 3. The provisions of NRS 354.599 do not apply to any
additional expenses of a local government that are related to the
provisions of this act.
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