NRS484C.470. Penalties for tampering with or driving without device; probation and suspension of sentence prohibited; plea bargaining restricted.

      1.  A person required to install a device pursuant to NRS 484C.460 shall not operate a motor vehicle without a device or tamper with the device.

      2.  A person who violates any provision of subsection 1:

      (a) Must have his or her driving privilege revoked in the manner set forth in subsection 4 of NRS 483.460; and

      (b) Shall be:

             (1) Punished by imprisonment in jail for not less than 30 days nor more than 6 months; or

             (2) Sentenced to a term of not less than 60 days in residential confinement nor more than 6 months, and by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000.

Ê No person who is punished pursuant to this section may be granted probation, and no sentence imposed for such a violation may be suspended. No prosecutor may dismiss a charge of such a violation in exchange for a plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill or nolo contendere to a lesser charge or for any other reason unless, in the judgment of the attorney, the charge is not supported by probable cause or cannot be proved at trial.

      (Added to NRS by 1989, 1738; A 1997, 3371; 2003, 1495; 2007, 1458)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.3945)