481.048 - Division of Compliance Enforcement: Appointment and duties of investigators. [Effective until 1 year after the date the Interim Finance Committee issues a notice to the Department of Motor V
481.048 Division of Compliance Enforcement: Appointment and duties of investigators. [Effective 1 year after the date the Interim Finance Committee issues a notice to the Department of Motor Vehicles that adequate money is available to begin registering off-highway vehicles or on July 1, 2011, whichever is sooner, and expires by limitation on July 1, 2011, if such notice is not given before that date.]
1. The Director shall appoint, within the limits of legislative appropriations, investigators for the Division of Compliance Enforcement.
2. The duties of the investigators are to travel the State and:
(a) Act as investigators in the enforcement of the provisions of chapters 482, 487 and 490 of NRS, NRS 108.265 to 108.367, inclusive, and 108.440 to 108.500, inclusive, as those sections pertain to motor vehicles, trailers, motorcycles, recreational vehicles and semitrailers, as defined in chapter 482 of NRS, and off-highway vehicles, as defined in NRS 490.060.
(b) Act as advisers to any business licensed by the Department in connection with any problems arising under the provisions of chapters 108, 482, 483, 487 and 490 of NRS.
(c) Advise and assist personnel of the Nevada Highway Patrol in the enforcement of traffic laws and motor vehicle registration laws as they pertain to any business licensed by the Department.
(d) Act as investigators in the enforcement of the provisions of NRS 483.700 to 483.780, inclusive, relating to the licensing of schools and instructors for training drivers.
(e) Exercise their police powers in the enforcement of the laws of this State to prevent acts of fraud or other abuses in connection with the provision of services offered to the public by the Department.
(f) Perform such other duties as may be imposed by the Director.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 1277; A 1971, 2081; 1973, 90, 1072, 1584; 1975, 1198; 1977, 1348; 1979, 1222; 1983, 1241; 1985, 431, 1931; 1993, 2536; 1999, 3571; 2001, 2545; 2007, 3198; 2009, 3077, effective 1 year after the date the Interim Finance Committee issues a notice to the Department of Motor Vehicles that adequate money is available to begin registering off-highway vehicles or on July 1, 2011, whichever is sooner, and expires by limitation on July 1, 2011, if such notice is not given before that date)