1. 1. An autonomous vehicle network company shall not engage in business in this State unless the company holds a valid permit issued by the Authority pursuant to this chapter.
2. 2. The Authority is authorized and empowered to regulate, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, all autonomous vehicle network companies who operate or wish to operate within this State. The Authority shall not apply any provision of chapter 706 of NRS to an autonomous vehicle network company who operates, or a fully autonomous vehicle operated by a company, within the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.

3. 3. A person who is regulated pursuant to chapter 706 of NRS and who holds a valid permit issued pursuant to subsection 1 may apply to the Authority for a permit to use autonomous vehicles to provide transportation services. A person who holds a permit to use autonomous vehicles to provide transportation services:

   1. (a) May combine the operations of an autonomous vehicle network company and a business regulated pursuant to chapter 706 of NRS; and
   2. (b) Must comply with all requirements of this chapter and chapter 706 of NRS which apply to such combined operations.
4. 4. Nothing in this chapter prohibits a company from collaborating to provide transportation services with any other person authorized to provide such services pursuant to this chapter or chapter 706 or 706A of NRS.

(Added to NRS by 2017, 4472)