1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 244A.810 and 244A.860, a local governmental entity shall not:

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 482C.350

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • 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.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.

(a) Impose any tax or fee on:

(1) Any peer-to-peer car sharing program operating within the scope of a valid license issued pursuant to NRS 482C.295;

(2) Any shared vehicle driver;

(3) Any shared vehicle owner; or

(4) Any shared vehicle.

(b) Require:

(1) A peer-to-peer car sharing program operating within the scope of a valid license issued pursuant to NRS 482C.295 to obtain from the local government any certificate, license or permit to operate as a peer-to-peer car sharing program; or

(2) A shared vehicle owner who makes a shared vehicle available through a peer-to-peer car sharing program to obtain from the local government any certificate, license or permit to make the shared vehicle available through a peer-to-peer car sharing program.

(c) Impose any other requirement on a peer-to-peer car sharing program, shared vehicle owner or shared vehicle driver which is not of general applicability to all similarly situated persons or entities within the jurisdiction of the local government.

2.  Nothing in this section shall be construed to:

(a) Prohibit a local government from requiring a peer-to-peer car sharing program, or a shared vehicle owner operating as a corporation, limited partnership or limited-liability company through which the shared vehicle owner shares a vehicle using a peer-to-peer car sharing program, to obtain from the local government a business license or to pay any business license fee in the same manner that is generally applicable to any other business that operates within the jurisdiction of the local government.

(b) Prohibit an airport or its governing body from requiring a peer-to-peer car sharing program or shared vehicle owner to:

(1) Obtain a permit or certification to operate at the airport;

(2) Pay a fee to operate at the airport; or

(3) Comply with any other requirement to operate at the airport.

(c) Exempt a shared vehicle from any tax imposed pursuant to NRS 354.705, 371.043 or 371.045.

3.  Nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt a peer-to-peer car sharing program from the requirement to obtain a state business license pursuant to chapter 76 of NRS.