NRS706.8836. Taximeters.

      1.  A certificate holder shall equip each of the certificate holder’s taxicabs with a taximeter and shall make provisions when installing the taximeter to allow sealing by the Administrator.

      2.  The Administrator shall approve the types of taximeters which may be used on a taxicab. All taximeters must conform to a 2-percent plus or minus tolerance on the fare recording, must be equipped with a signal device plainly visible from outside of the taxicab, must be equipped with a device which records fares and is plainly visible to the passenger and must register upon plainly visible counters the following items:

      (a) Total miles;

      (b) Paid miles;

      (c) Number of units;

      (d) Number of trips; and

      (e) Number of extra passengers or extra charges.

      3.  The Administrator shall inspect each taximeter before its use in a taxicab and shall, if the taximeter conforms to the standards specified in subsection 2, seal the taximeter.

      4.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, a taximeter may be sealed by:

      (a) Affixing a physical security seal to each access point of the taximeter; or

      (b) Using an electronic security seal that is encrypted and protected by an audited authentication and authorization mechanism for each user that is accessible only by the Administrator.

      5.  The Administrator may require that each taximeter be sealed by an electronic security seal that is encrypted and protected by an audited authentication and authorization mechanism for each user that is accessible only by the Administrator if the Administrator:

      (a) Makes a finding that the technology for the sealing method is commercially available and will reduce the costs to the Taxicab Authority for inspecting taximeters; and

      (b) Provides notice to each certificate holder at least 12 months before requiring the use of the sealing method.

      6.  The Administrator may reinspect the taximeter at any reasonable time.

      7.  For the purposes of this section, “sealing” means prohibiting access to the elements of the taximeter used to calculate the items specified in subsection 2 by anyone other than the Administrator.

      (Added to NRS by 1969, 1244; A 1991, 1964; 2011, 2687)