1.  A commission may adopt a policy for a Complete Streets Program and may plan and carry out projects as a part of a Complete Streets Program. To the extent practicable, the projects must integrate bicycle lanes and bicycle routes, facilities and signs into all plans, designs, construction and maintenance of roads.

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 277A.285

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

2.  Any money received by a commission pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 482.1825 must be used solely for the execution of projects as a part of a Complete Streets Program.

3.  A commission must not cause or allow any portion of the Complete Streets Fund created pursuant to NRS 277A.240 to be used for a purpose other than those set forth in this section.

4.  As used in this section, ‘Complete Streets Program’ means a program for the retrofitting of streets or highways that are under the jurisdiction of the commission for the primary purpose of adding or significantly repairing facilities which provide street or highway access considering all users of all ages and abilities, including, without limitation, pedestrians, bicycle riders, movers of commercial goods, persons with disabilities, vehicles for public transportation and their passengers, older adults, children and motorists. The term includes the operation of a public transit system as part of a Complete Streets Program, but the term does not include the purchase of vehicles or other hardware for a public transit system.

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