SB359
AN ACT relating to vehicles; revising provisions governing a hearing to contest the determination set forth in a civil infraction citation; authorizing a court to consolidate a criminal complaint for a misdemeanor offense and a civil infraction under certain circumstances; prescribing requirements for a consolidated hearing; clarifying that certain traffic and related offenses may be charged as misdemeanors if committed in conjunction with driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance; requiring those offenses to be reduced to civil infractions if the charge of driving under the influence is dismissed unless an exception applies; revising provisions governing the reduction of certain moving traffic violations to nonmoving violations; authorizing a board of county commissioners to impose a civil penalty in lieu of a criminal penalty for the violation of a county ordinance under certain circumstances; clarifying the locations to which certain statutory duties of a driver involved in a crash apply; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to vehicles; revising provisions governing a hearing to contest the determination set forth in a civil infraction citation; authorizing a court to consolidate a criminal complaint for a misdemeanor offense and a civil infraction under certain circumstances; prescribing requirements for a consolidated hearing; clarifying that certain traffic and related offenses may be charged as misdemeanors if committed in conjunction with driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance; requiring those offenses to be reduced to civil infractions if the charge of driving under the influence is dismissed unless an exception applies; revising provisions governing the reduction of certain moving traffic violations to nonmoving violations; authorizing a board of county commissioners to impose a civil penalty in lieu of a criminal penalty for the violation of a county ordinance under certain circumstances; clarifying the locations to which certain statutory duties of a driver involved in a crash apply; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Introduction Date
Monday, March 17, 2025
Primary Sponsor
Senate Committee on Judiciary
Public exhibits
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Auditor findings
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recusal 0 · QPQ 0
AN ACT relating to vehicles; revising provisions governing a hearing to contest the determination set forth in a civil i
Existing law establishes the procedures for a hearing at which a person may contest whether the person committed a violation set forth in a civil infraction citation. (NRS 484A.7041) Section 1 of this bill makes certain rules of evidence applicable to the adjudication of contested cases under the Nevada Administrative Procedure Act applicable to any such hearing. Section 4 of this bill replaces a requirement that, before any such hearing, the person must post a bond equal to the amount of the full payment of the monetary penalty, administrative assessment and any fees specified in the civil infraction citation with a requirement that the person must post a bond of not more than that amount. Section 4 also: (1) authorizes counsel to appear on behalf of a person who requests a hearing; and (2) provides that if counsel appears, the person is not required to attend the hearing and is deemed to have stipulated to his or her identity as the recipient of the civil infraction citation. Finally, section 4 requires a court to dismiss a civil infraction citation if the peace officer who issued the citation does not appear at the hearing or submit a written statement, unless sufficient evidence is otherwise presented to establish the infraction. Under existing law, if a person is arrested for a misdemeanor offense arising out of the same facts and circumstances as certain violations of law that are punishable as civil infractions, the offense and the civil infraction may be included in t
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