NRS706.88184. Authority required to authorize use of certain technology by certificate holders and to impose reasonable charge.

      1.  Upon application by a certificate holder, the Taxicab Authority shall authorize the certificate holder to use the computerized real-time data system for the purposes of offering cooperative dispatch and electronic hailing services for taxicabs to the public.

      2.  If two or more certificate holders apply to the Taxicab Authority to use the computerized real-time data system for the purposes set forth in subsection 1, the Taxicab Authority must establish, by regulation or order, rules providing for the use of the computerized real-time data system by two or more certificate holders for the purposes set forth in subsection 1.

      3.  The Taxicab Authority shall:

      (a) Authorize the certificate holders who are authorized to use the computerized real-time data system for the purposes set forth in subsection 1 to impose a reasonable charge for the use by a passenger of the computerized real-time data system. The charge:

             (1) Must be separate from any other rate, fare or charge for taxicab service;

             (2) Is not required to be uniform within a county; and

             (3) May be assessed in accordance with a schedule of charges based upon factors approved by the Taxicab Authority.

      (b) Establish, by regulation or order, requirements for the publication by certificate holders of the charge or the schedule of charges for the use by a passenger of the computerized real-time data system for the purposes set forth in subsection 1.

      4.  As used in this section, “computerized real-time data system” means the computerized real-time data system implemented by the Taxicab Authority pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 706.8825.

      (Added to NRS by 2013, 2532)