707.375 - State and local entities prohibited from regulating use of certain telephonic devices by persons operating motor vehicles. - Nevada Statutes

707.375  State and local entities prohibited from regulating use of certain telephonic devices by persons operating motor vehicles.

      1.  An agency, board, commission or political subdivision of this State, including, without limitation, any agency, board, commission or governing body of a local government, shall not regulate the use of a telephonic device by a person who is operating a motor vehicle.

      2.  As used in subsection 1, “telephonic device” means a cellular phone, satellite phone, portable phone or any other similar electronic device that is handheld and designed or used to communicate with a person.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 1251)