SB53
AN ACT relating to highways; requiring the Department of Transportation to create an electronic system for local governments to report road conditions under certain circumstances; authorizing a city, county, regional transportation commission, the Department or any other public authority to notify a navigation provider regarding certain road conditions; requiring a navigation provider to take certain actions after receiving such a notification; revising provisions relating to the Advisory Committee on Traffic Safety; requiring the Director of the Department to adopt regulations; providing a civil penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to highways; requiring the Department of Transportation to create an electronic system for local governments to report road conditions under certain circumstances; authorizing a city, county, regional transportation commission, the Department or any other public authority to notify a navigation provider regarding certain road conditions; requiring a navigation provider to take certain actions after receiving such a notification; revising provisions relating to the Advisory Committee on Traffic Safety; requiring the Director of the Department to adopt regulations; providing a civil penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Introduction Date
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Primary Sponsor
Senate Committee on Growth and Infrastructure
Public exhibits
2
Support 0 · Opp 0 · Neutral 1
Auditor findings
0
recusal 0 · QPQ 0
AN ACT relating to highways; requiring the Department of Transportation to create an electronic system for local governm
Existing law regulates trade practices and other commercial activities in this State. (Title 52 of NRS) Section 6 of this bill authorizes a city, county, regional transportation commission, the Department of Transportation or any other public authority to transmit a written or electronic notification to a navigation provider concerning a current or anticipated road condition, such as a road closure, road hazard, lane closure, construction project, accident or other road condition impacting a highway under the jurisdiction of the entity providing the notification. Section 6 requires a navigation provider who receives such a notification to incorporate the road condition information contained within the notification into the real-time data concerning traffic and road closures that is used by the navigation provider to provide turn-by-turn directions to end users of its navigation application within 48 hours after receiving the notification, with certain exceptions. If a navigation provider fails to incorporate the road condition information into the real-time data concerning traffic and road closures used to provide turn-by-turn directions to end users within the time prescribed, section 6 provides for a civil penalty of $500 to be imposed against the navigation provider for each day that the navigation provider fails to incorporate the road condition information until: (1) the provider incorporates the road condition information; or (2) the road condition ceases to exist or is
NELIS exhibits (2 on file)
Neutral (1)
- Joe Harrington — NDOT (Testimony)
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