Nevada SB 154: Revises provisions relating to health care. (BDR 15-54)

Bill Text

S.B. 154
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SENATE BILL NO. 154–SENATORS BUCK AND STONE

PREFILED JANUARY 31, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure

SUMMARY—Prohibits the Department of Motor Vehicles from
charging certain fees for the issuance of a Real ID-
compliant driver’s license, commercial driver’s
license or identification card. (BDR 43-575)

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

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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 identification; prohibiting the Department of
Motor Vehicles from charging a fee to replace a driver’s
license, commercial driver’s license or identification card
that is not a Real ID with a driver’s license, commercial
driver’s license or identification card that is a Real ID
during certain transactions; prohibiting the Department
from charging an additional fee for the issuance of a Real
ID during certain transactions; and providing other
matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing federal law prohibits, with certain exceptions, a federal agency, on or 1
after May 7, 2025, from accepting for any official purpose a driver’s license, 2
commercial driver’s license or identification card unless such license or card: (1) is 3
issued by a state that has been determined by the United States Department of 4
Homeland Security to be in full compliance with the requirements of the Real ID 5
Act of 2005; and (2) meets the standards established by the federal regulations 6
adopted pursuant to that Act. (Pub.L.No. 109-13, 6 C.F.R. § 37.5) Official purposes 7
for which a Real ID-compliant driver’s license or identification card is required 8
include accessing federal facilities, boarding federally regulated commercial 9
aircraft and entering nuclear power plants. (6 C.F.R. §§ 37.3, 37.5) 10
Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to charge and collect 11
fees for certain transactions relating to drivers’ licenses, commercial drivers’ 12
licenses and identification cards, including, without limitation, a fee to change 13
certain information on such a license or card. (NRS 483.410, 483.820, 483.910) 14
Sections 2-4 of this bill prohibit the Department of Motor Vehicles from charging a 15
fee to change a driver’s license, commercial driver’s license or identification card 16
that is not a Real ID to a driver’s license, commercial driver’s license or 17

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identification card that is a Real ID, if no other change is requested or required. 18
Sections 2-4 also prohibit the Department from charging, during any other 19
transaction which requires the issuance of a driver’s license, commercial driver’s 20
license or identification card, any fee for the issuance of a Real ID that is in 21
addition to the fee charged for the underlying transaction. 22
Section 1 of this bill requires the Department to submit an annual report to the 23
Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the 24
Legislature regarding the issuance by the Department of Real ID-compliant drivers’ 25
licenses, commercial drivers’ licenses and identification cards during the previous 26
fiscal year. 27

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

Section 1. Chapter 483 of NRS is hereby amended by adding 1
thereto a new section to read as follows: 2
1. On or before October 1 of each year, the Department shall: 3
(a) Prepare a report which includes: 4
(1) The number of Real IDs issued by the Department 5
during the immediately preceding fiscal year to persons who did 6
not previously have a Real ID. 7
(2) The total cost to the Department to issue Real IDs 8
during the immediately preceding fiscal year which was not 9
covered by fees charged to applicants. 10
(3) The sources of money used to cover the costs described 11
in subparagraph (2). 12
(b) Submit the report to the Governor and to the Director of 13
the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Legislature. 14
2. As used in this section, “Real ID” means a driver’s license, 15
commercial driver’s license or identification card which is issued 16
pursuant to the standards established by 6 C.F.R. Part 37, 17
Subparts A to E, inclusive, and which contains a security mark 18
approved by the United States Department of Homeland Security 19
in accordance with 6 C.F.R. § 37.17. 20
Sec. 2. NRS 483.410 is hereby amended to read as follows: 21
483.410 1. Except as otherwise provided in [subsection] 22
subsections 6 and 8 and NRS 483.330 and 483.417, for every 23
driver’s license, including a motorcycle driver’s license, issued and 24
service performed, the following fees must be charged: 25
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An original or renewal license issued to a person 27
65 years of age or older ............................................ $13.50 28
An original or renewal license issued to any 29
person less than 65 years of age whi