Advisory Board on Automotive Affairs: Creation; members; expenses; terms; meetings; proposal of regulations.
1. As used in this section:
(a) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Insurance.
(b) “Department” means the Department of Motor Vehicles.
2. The Advisory Board on Automotive Affairs, consisting of seven members appointed by the Governor, is hereby created within the Division of Insurance of the Department of Business and Industry.
3. The Governor shall appoint to the Board one representative of:
(a) The Commissioner;
(b) The Department;
(c) Licensed operators of body shops;
(d) Licensed automobile wreckers;
(e) Insurers of motor vehicles;
(f) Automobile manufacturers; and
(g) The general public.
4. After the initial terms, each member of the Board serves a term of 4 years.
Ê The members of the Board shall annually elect from among their number a Chairman and a Vice Chairman. The Commissioner shall provide secretarial services for the Board.
5. The Board shall meet regularly at least twice each year and may meet at other times upon the call of the Chairman. Each member of the Board is entitled to the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally.
6. Not less than 30 days before the adoption by the Commissioner or the Department of any regulation pursuant to subsection 7 or otherwise relating to the operation of body shops or automobile wreckers, the Commissioner or the Director, as appropriate, shall submit the proposed regulation to the Board for its review and comment.
7. The Commissioner and the Department, jointly, shall adopt and the Board may propose, pursuant to NRS 233B.100, regulations to the appropriate agency concerning:
(a) The use of new or used parts for the repair of motor vehicles and parts that are not manufactured by the manufacturers of the motor vehicles for which they are used.
(b) The survey methodology that may be used by an insurer to ascertain prevailing charges for the repair of a motor vehicle.
(c) The preferred use of a business which repairs motor vehicles by an insurer of motor vehicles.
Last modified: February 25, 2006