NRS706.8834. Maximum period of use of vehicle as taxicab; condition of vehicle acquired for use as taxicab; extension of period for hybrid electric vehicle.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if a vehicle acquired for use as a taxicab by a certificate holder pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 3 has been in operation as a taxicab for 67 months based on the date it was originally placed into operation as a taxicab, the certificate holder:

      (a) Shall remove the vehicle from operation as a taxicab; and

      (b) Shall not permit the vehicle to be used as a taxicab in the operations of the certificate holder at any time thereafter.

      2.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if a vehicle acquired for use as a taxicab by a certificate holder pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 3 has been in operation as a taxicab for 55 months based on the date it was originally placed into operation as a taxicab, the certificate holder:

      (a) Shall remove the vehicle from operation as a taxicab; and

      (b) Shall not permit the vehicle to be used as a taxicab in the operations of the certificate holder at any time thereafter.

      3.  Any vehicle which a certificate holder acquires for use as a taxicab must:

      (a) Be new; or

      (b) Register not more than 30,000 miles on the odometer.

      4.  If a hybrid electric vehicle, as defined in 40 C.F.R. § 86.1702-99, is acquired for use as a taxicab by a certificate holder, the period of operation as a taxicab specified in subsections 1 and 2 shall be extended for an additional 24 months for that vehicle.

      (Added to NRS by 1969, 1243; A 1975, 1325; 1987, 392; 1991, 1963; 1997, 852; 2005, 270; 2009, 751)