Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 706A - Transportation Network Companies
NRS 706A.310 - Restrictions on regulation of companies, drivers, monitored autonomous vehicle providers, limousine motor carriers, limousine drivers and vehicles by local governmental entities; exceptions; provisions of chapter do not exempt person f...

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a local governmental entity shall not:
(a) Impose any tax or fee on:
(1) A transportation network company operating within the scope of a valid permit issued by the Authority pursuant to this chapter;
(2) A driver who has entered into an agreement with a transportation network company described in subparagraph (1) or a vehicle operated by such a driver or for transportation services provided by such a driver;
(3) A monitored autonomous vehicle provider who has entered into an agreement with a transportation network company described in subparagraph (1) or a monitored autonomous vehicle operated by such a monitored autonomous vehicle provider or for transportation services provided by such a monitored autonomous vehicle provider; or
(4) A limousine motor carrier that has entered into an contract with such a company pursuant to NRS 706A.163 for the provision of limousine services or a vehicle operated by a limousine driver when providing limousine services or limousine services provided by such a limousine driver.
(b) Require a transportation network company operating within the scope of a valid permit issued by the Authority pursuant to this chapter to obtain from the local government any certificate, license or permit to operate within that scope or require a driver or monitored autonomous vehicle provider who has entered into an agreement with such a company, a limousine motor carrier that has entered into a contract with a transportation network company pursuant to NRS 706A.163 or a limousine driver when providing limousine services to obtain from the local government any certificate, license or permit to provide transportation services or limousine services.
(c) Impose any other requirement upon a transportation network company, driver, monitored autonomous vehicle provider, a limousine motor carrier that has entered into a contract with a transportation network company pursuant to NRS 706A.163 or a limousine driver when providing limousine services which is not of general applicability to all persons who operate a motor vehicle within the jurisdiction of the local government.
2. Nothing in this section:
(a) Prohibits a local governmental entity from requiring a transportation network company, a driver, monitored autonomous vehicle provider, a limousine motor carrier that has entered into a contract with a transportation network company pursuant to NRS 706A.163 or a limousine driver who provides limousine services 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) Prohibits an airport or its governing body from requiring a transportation network company, a driver, monitored autonomous vehicle provider, a limousine motor carrier that has entered into a contract with a transportation network company pursuant to NRS 706A.163 or a limousine driver who provides limousine services 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) Exempts a vehicle operated by a driver, monitored autonomous vehicle provider, a limousine motor carrier that has entered into a contract with a transportation network company pursuant to NRS 706A.163 or a limousine driver who provides limousine services from any tax imposed pursuant to NRS 354.705, 371.043 or 371.045.
3. The provisions of this chapter do not exempt any person from the requirement to obtain a state business license issued pursuant to chapter 76 of NRS. A transportation network company shall notify each driver and monitored autonomous vehicle provider of the requirement to obtain a state business license issued pursuant to chapter 76 of NRS and the penalties for failing to obtain a state business license.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1409; A 2021, 2251, 3761)