Revises provisions relating to governmental administration. (BDR 18-1252)

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(Reprinted with amendments adopted on May 31, 2025)
FIRST REPRINT S.B. 507

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SENATE BILL NO. 507–COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

MAY 28, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Finance

SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to governmental
administration. (BDR 18-1252)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State: No.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

AN ACT relating to governmental administration; authorizing the
Office of Nevada Boards, Commissions and Councils
Standards of the Department of Business and Industry to
adopt regulations prescribing a fee for any service
provided by the Office to a professional or occupational
licensing board under the purview of the Office; removing
the Commission on Postsecondary Education of the
Employment Security Division of the Department of
Employment, Training and Rehabilitation from the
purview of the Office; revising provisions governing
technology fees imposed on each co mpensable trip by a
taxicab; authorizing a transportation network company
and a taxicab motor carrier or person who provides
electronic hailing services to a taxicab motor carrier to
enter into certain agreements ; setting forth certain
requirements for a t rip resulting from such an agreement;
and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law creates the Office of Nevada Boards, Commissions and Councils 1
Standards of the Department of Business and Industry and sets forth the powers and 2
duties of the Office. (NRS 232.8413, 232.8415) Existing law provides, with certain 3
exceptions, that all professional and occupational licensing boards created by the 4
Legislature are under the purview of the Office. (NRS 232.8415) Section 8 of this 5
bill removes the Commission on Postsecondary Education of the Employment 6
Security Division of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation 7
from the purview of the Office. 8

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Section 5 of this bill authorizes the Office to: (1) prescribe a fee to cover the 9
costs incurred by the Office for any service provided by the Office to a professional 10
or occupational licensing board under the purview of the Office; and (2) adopt such 11
procedures as the Office may deem appropriate for the billing or collection of such 12
fees from a professional or occupational licensing board to which such a service is 13
provided. Section 5 requires all money collected by the Office from such fees to be 14
deposited in the State Treasury for credit to the Office of Nevada Boards, 15
Commissions and Councils Standards Account, which is created by section 6 of 16
this bill. 17
Sections 3 and 4 of this bill define certain terms for the purposes of the 18
provisions of this bill and the p rovisions of existing law governing the Office. 19
Section 2 of this bill makes the definitions in sections 3 and 4 apply to the 20
provisions of this bill and the provisions of existing law governing the Office. 21
Section 7 of this bill makes a conforming change to apply the definitions applicable 22
to existing provisions governing the Department of Business and Industry to the 23
provisions of sections 2-6. 24
Existing law requires certain taxicab motor carrier s to charge, collect and remit 25
to the Nevada Transportation Authority a technology fee in amount set by the 26
Nevada Transportation Authority. (NRS 706.471) For a certificate holder who is 27
subject to an order of allocation by the Taxicab Authority, the amount of the 28
technology fee is required to be set by the Taxicab Authority and the fee is required 29
to be paid to the Taxicab Authority. (NRS 706.8826) Section 8.3 of this bill revises 30
provisions of existing law governing such a technology fee to specify that the 31
amount of the fee may be set by the Nevada Transportation Authority or the 32
Taxicab Authority, as applicable, and the fee must be paid to the appropriate, 33
applicable entity. 34
Existing law sets forth various requirements and restrictions governing the 35
operation of taxicab motor carriers. (Chapter 706 of NRS) Exist ing law also sets 36
forth requirements and restrictions governing the operation of transportation 37
network companies. (Chapter 706A of NRS) Section 8.7 of this bill authorizes a 38
transportation network company to enter into an agreement with a taxicab motor 39
carrier or a person that provides electronic hailing services for a taxicab motor 40
carrier for the carrier to receive from the company connections to potential 41
passengers through the digital network or software application services of the 42
company in exchange for a fee provided to the company. Under section 8.7, a trip 43
undertaken by a taxicab motor carrier as the result of a connection provided 44
pursuant to such an agreement is not subject to the provisions of existing law 45
governing transportation network compan ies. Rather, section 8.7 provides, with 46
certain exceptions, that such a trip is subject to the provisions of existing law 47
governing taxicab motor carriers. 48

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Chapter 232 of NRS is hereby amended by adding 1
thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2 to 6, inclusive, of this 2
act. 3
Sec. 2. As used in NRS 232.8413 and 232.8415 and sections 4
2 to 6, inclusive, of this act, unless th e context otherwise requires, 5
the words and terms defined in sections 3 and 4 of this act have 6
the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. 7

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Sec. 3. “Deputy Director” means the Deputy Director of the 1
Office. 2
Sec. 4. “Office” means the Office of Nevada Boards, 3
Commissions and Councils Standards of the Department created 4
by NRS 232.8413. 5
Sec. 5. 1. The Office may, by regulation: 6
(a) Prescribe a fee to cover the costs incurred by the Office for 7
any service provided by the Office to a professional or 8
occupational licensing board under the purview of the Office 9
pursuant to NRS 232.8415; and 10
(b) Adopt such procedures as the Office may d eem appropriate 11
for the billing or collection of such fees from a professional or 12
occupational licensing board to which such a service is provided. 13
2. Any money the Office receives pursuant to this section 14
must be deposited in the State Treasury for credit to the Account. 15
3. As used in this section, “Account” means the Office of 16
Nevada Boards, Commissions and Councils Standards Account 17
created by section 6 of this act. 18
Sec. 6. 1. The Office of Nevada Boards, Commissio ns and 19
Councils Standards Account is hereby created in the State General 20
Fund. The Account must be administered by the Deputy Director 21
and money in the Account may be expended only to carry out the 22
provisions of NRS 232.8413 and 232.8415 and sections 2 to 6, 23
inclusive, of this act. 24
2. The interest and income earned on the money in the 25
Account, after deducting applicable charges, must be credited to 26
the Account. 27
3. Any money in the Account and any unexpended 28
appropriations made to the Account from the State General Fund 29
remaining at the end of a fiscal year do not revert to the State 30
General Fund, and the balance in the Account must be carried 31
forward to the next fiscal year. 32
4. The Deputy Director may apply for and accept any gift, 33
grant, donation or appropriation for deposit in the Account. 34
Sec. 7. NRS 232.505 is hereby amended to read as follows: 35
232.505 As used in NRS 232.505 to 232.866, inclusive, and 36
sections 2 to 6, inclusive, of this act, unless the context requires 37
otherwise: 38
1. “Department” means the Department of Business and 39
Industry. 40
2. “Director” means the Director of the Department. 41
Sec. 8. NRS 232.8415 is hereby amended to read as follows: 42
232.8415 1. The Office [of Nevada Boards, Commissions 43
and Councils Standards] shall be responsible for: 44
(a) Centralized administration; 45

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(b) A uniform set of standards for investigations, licensing 1
and discipline, including, without limitation, separating the roles and 2
responsibilities for occupational licensure from the roles and 3
responsibilities for occupational discipline; 4
(c) A uniform set of standards for internal controls; 5
(d) A uniform set of standards for legal representation; 6
(e) A consistent set of structural standards for boards and 7
commissions; 8
(f) Transparency and consumer protection; and 9
(g) Efficacy and efficiency. 10
2. To the extent permitted by the Nevada Constitution and 11
federal law, all professional and occupational licensing boa rds 12
created by the Legislature shall be under the purview of the Office, 13
including, without limitation: 14
(a) The Nevada State Board of Accountancy created by 15
NRS 628.035. 16
(b) The Board of Examiners for Alcohol, Drug and Gambling 17
Counselors created by NRS 641C.150. 18
(c) The State Board of Architecture, Interior Design and 19
Residential Design created by NRS 623.050. 20
(d) The Board of Athletic Trainers created by NRS 640B.170. 21
(e) The State Barbers’ Health and Sanitation Board created by 22
NRS 643.020. 23
(f) The Board of Applied Behavior Analysis created by 24
NRS 641D.200. 25
(g) The Chiropractic Physicians’ Board of Nevada created by 26
NRS 634.020. 27
(h) The State Contractors’ Board created by NRS 624.040. 28
(i) The Commission on Construction Education created by 29
NRS 624.570. 30
(j) The State Board of Cosmetology created by NRS 644A.200. 31
(k) The Certified Court Reporters’ Board of Nevada created by 32
NRS 656.040. 33
(l) The Board of Dental Examiners of Nevada created by 34
NRS 631.120. 35
(m) The Committee on Dental Hygiene an d Dental Therapy 36
created by NRS 631.205. 37
(n) The State Board of Professional Engineers and Land 38
Surveyors created by NRS 625.100. 39
(o) The Nevada Funeral and Cemetery Services Board created 40
by NRS 642.020. 41
(p) The Nevada Board of Homeopathic Medical Exam iners 42
created pursuant to NRS 630A.100. 43
(q) The State Board of Landscape Architecture created by 44
NRS 623A.080. 45

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(r) The Board of Examiners for Marriage and Family Therapists 1
and Clinical Professional Counselors created by NRS 641A.090. 2
(s) The Board of Massage Therapy created by NRS 640C.150. 3
(t) The Board of Medical Examiners created pursuant to 4
NRS 630.050. 5
(u) The State Board of Nursing created by NRS 632.020. 6
(v) The Advisory Committee on Nursing Assistants and 7
Medication Aides created by NRS 632.072. 8
(w) The Board of Occupational Therapy created by 9
NRS 640A.080. 10
(x) The Board of Dispensing Opticians created by NRS 637.030. 11
(y) The Nevada State Board of Optometry created by 12
NRS 636.030. 13
(z) The State Board of Oriental Medicine created by 14
NRS 634A.030. 15
(aa) The State Board of Osteopathic Medicine created pursuant 16
to NRS 633.181. 17
(bb) [The Commission on Postsecondary Education created by 18
NRS 394.383. 19
(cc)] The State Board of Pharmacy created by NRS 639.020. 20
[(dd)] (cc) The Nevada Physical Therapy Board created by 21
NRS 640.030. 22
[(ee)] (dd) The State Board of Podiatry created by 23
NRS 635.020. 24
[(ff)] (ee) The Private Investigator’s Licensing Board created by 25
NRS 648.020. 26
[(gg)] (ff) The Board of Psychological Examiners created by 27
NRS 641.030. 28
[(hh)] (gg) The Board of Environmental Health Specialists 29
created by NRS 625A.030. 30
[(ii)] (hh) The Board of Examiners for Social Workers created 31
pursuant to NRS 641B.100. 32
[(jj)] (ii) The Speech -Language Pathology, Audiology and 33
Hearing Aid Dispensing Board created by NRS 637B.100. 34
[(kk)] (jj) The Nevada State Board of Veterinary Medical 35
Examiners created by NRS 638.020. 36
Sec. 8.3. NRS 706.471 is hereby amended to read as follows: 37
706.471 1. Each taxicab motor carrier shall, before 38
commencing the operation defined in NRS 706.126 and annually 39
thereafter, pay to the Nevada Transportation Authority for each 40
taxicab which it operates, including each taxicab it leases pursuant 41
to NRS 706.473, an an nual fee of not more than $75 as determined 42
by a regulation of the Nevada Transportation Authority. 43
2. The annual fee provided in this section must be paid on or 44
before January 1 of each year. 45

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3. The annual fee must be reduced one -twelfth for each mont h 1
which has elapsed since the beginning of the calendar year in which 2
operation is begun. 3
4. In addition to the annual fee provided in subsection 1, each 4
taxicab motor carrier shall: 5
(a) Charge and collect a technology fee in an amount set by the 6
Nevada Transportation Authority or the Taxicab Authority, as 7
applicable, for each compensable trip by a taxicab which it operates, 8
including each taxicab it leases pursuant to NRS 706.473; and 9
(b) Remit to the Nevada Transportation Authority [,] or the 10
Taxicab Authority, as applicable, not later than the 10th day of each 11
month, all fees collected by the operator pursuant to this subsection 12
for the immediately preceding month. 13
 The fee charged pursuant to this subsection may only be charged 14
within a county whose population is 700,000 or more, and may be 15
added to the passenger fare charged as indicated on the taximeter. 16
5. Any person who fails to pay any fee on or before the date 17
provided in this section shall pay a penalty of 10 percent of the 18
amount of the fee plus interest on the amount of the fee at the rate of 19
1 percent per month or fraction of a month from the date the fee is 20
due until the date of payment. 21
Sec. 8.7. Chapter 706A of NRS is hereby amended by adding 22
thereto a new section to read as follows: 23
1. A transportation network company may enter into an 24
agreement with a taxicab motor carrier or a person that provides 25
electronic hailing services for a taxicab motor carrier for the 26
carrier to receive from the company co nnections to potential 27
passengers through the digital network or software application 28
services of the company in exchange for a fee provided to the 29
company. 30
2. A trip undertaken by a taxicab motor carrier as a result of 31
a connection provided by a compan y pursuant to an agreement 32
entered into pursuant to subsection 1 is not subject to the 33
provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted pursuant 34
thereto and the taxicab driver does not constitute a driver for the 35
purposes of this chapter. 36
3. A trip described in subsection 1 is subject to all applicable 37
provisions of chapter 706 of NRS and the regulations adopted 38
pursuant thereto, except that: 39
(a) The passenger fare charged for the trip may deviate from 40
the passenger fare determined by the taximeter in the taxicab if 41
the passenger requested the trip using the digital network or 42
software application service of the company and an estimate of the 43
passenger fare for the trip was disclosed within the digital network 44

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or software application service of the company before the 1
commencement of the trip. 2
(b) The passenger fare charged for the trip may deviate from 3
schedules and tariffs filed by the taxicab motor carrier with the 4
Authority pursuant to NRS 706.321 and instead be based on the 5
rates charged by the company. 6
(c) The trip is not subject to any requirement established by the 7
regulations adopted pursuant to chapter 706 of NRS which 8
require the receipt provided to the passenger to include the 9
amount of the fare as indicated on the taximeter. 10
(d) The t axicab driver is not required to comply with any 11
restrictions established by the regulations adopted pursuant to 12
chapter 706 of NRS which restrict the geographic area that the 13
taxicab driver may serve. 14
4. As used in this section: 15
(a) “Taxicab motor car rier” has the meaning ascribed to it in 16
NRS 706.126. 17
(b) “Taximeter” has the meaning ascribed to it in 18
NRS 706.8817. 19
Sec. 9. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval. 20

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