NAC482A.120. Certificate identifying authorized geographic locations: Issuance; request to add locations; required to be carried in vehicle at all times and surrendered to peace officer upon demand.

     1. When the Department issues a license pursuant to NAC 482A.110, the Department will issue a certificate to the licensee which identifies the geographic locations where the Department authorizes the licensee to test autonomous vehicles.

     2. A licensee may submit a request to the Department to add one or more geographic locations where the licensee may test autonomous vehicles after a certificate is issued. To obtain approval for an additional geographic location, the licensee must establish to the satisfaction of the Department that the autonomous vehicles of the licensee are capable of being driven in the conditions of the proposed geographic location in compliance with the traffic laws and other laws applicable to drivers and motor vehicles operated in this State.

     3. If the Department approves an additional geographic location where a licensee may test autonomous vehicles pursuant to subsection 2, the Department will issue a new certificate to the licensee indicating the geographic locations where the licensee is authorized to test its autonomous vehicles.

     4. A licensee shall ensure that the certificate provided by the Department pursuant to this section which identifies the geographic locations where the licensee may test autonomous vehicles is carried in the autonomous vehicle at all times that it is being tested. Upon demand of a peace officer, the operator of an autonomous vehicle of a licensee that is being tested must surrender the certificate to the officer.

     (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Motor Veh. by R084-11, 2-15-2012, eff. 3-1-2012)