484B.593 - Restrictions on use of controlled-access highway; penalty. - Nevada Statutes

484B.593  Restrictions on use of controlled-access highway; penalty.

      1.  The Department of Transportation or a local authority, after considering the advice of the Nevada Bicycle Advisory Board, may with respect to any controlled-access highway under its jurisdiction:

      (a) Require a permit for the use of the highway by pedestrians, bicycles or other nonmotorized traffic or by any person operating a power cycle; or

      (b) If it determines that the use of the highway for such a purpose would not be safe, prohibit the use of the highway by pedestrians, bicycles or other nonmotorized traffic.

      2.  Any person who violates any prohibition or restriction enacted pursuant to subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

      (Added to NRS by 1969, 1500; A 1979, 1804; 1987, 1103; 1991, 2229; 2009, 398)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.313)