1. The Department of Transportation shall approve an application for a permit pursuant to the provisions of subsection 5 of NRS 484D.615. The permit must be carried and displayed in such a manner as the Department determines on every combination so operating. The permit issued may be transferred from one combination to another, under such conditions as the Department may by regulation prescribe, but must not be transferred from one person or operator to another without prior approval of the Department. The permit may be used only on motor vehicles regularly licensed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 482.482.

2. The annual fee for each permit for a combination of vehicles is $60 for each 1,000 pounds or fraction thereof of gross weight in excess of 80,000 pounds. The fee must be reduced one-twelfth for each month that has elapsed since the beginning of each registration cycle rounded to the nearest dollar, but must not be less than $50. The annual fee for each permit for a combination of vehicles not exceeding 80,000 pounds is $10. The fee required pursuant to this subsection is in addition to all other fees required by the provisions of this chapter. The Department of Transportation shall adopt regulations establishing registration cycles for permits issued pursuant to this section and establishing procedures for assigning a person applying for a permit pursuant to this section to a particular registration cycle.

3. Any person operating a combination of vehicles licensed pursuant to the provisions of subsection 2 who is apprehended operating a combination in excess of the gross weight for which the fee in subsection 2 has been paid is, in addition to all other penalties provided by law, liable for the difference between the fee for the load being carried and the fee paid, for the full licensing period.

4. Any person apprehended operating a combination of vehicles without having complied with the provisions of this section and NRS 484D.615 is, in addition to all other penalties provided by law, liable for the payment of the fee which would be due pursuant to the provisions of subsection 2 for the balance of the registration cycle for the gross load being carried at the time of apprehension.

5. The holder of an original permit may, upon surrendering the permit to the Department or upon delivering to the Department a signed and notarized statement that the permit was lost or stolen and such other documentation as the Department may require, apply to the Department:

(a) For a refund of an amount equal to that portion of the fees paid for the permit that is attributable, on a pro rata monthly basis, to the remainder of the registration cycle; or

(b) To have that amount credited against excise taxes due pursuant to the provisions of chapter 366 of NRS.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 707; A 1979, 1817; 1981, 667; 1983, 1629; 1985, 1845; 1987, 609; 1989, 271, 1411; 1995, 315; 1997, 323; 2003, 406; 2011, 1666)