Nevada school districts may use bus cameras to enforce stopping rules

School district boards may approve cameras on district-owned buses to enforce school bus stopping rules. The permission covers buses owned by the school district. Districts must arrange for a traffic enforcement agency with authority in the area to review recorded evidence. An officer must confirm a violation before a ticket is issued. Drivers must stop for buses stopped for students with flashing red lights. Exceptions apply when the bus is on the other roadway of a divided highway or a traffic officer controls traffic. The campaign starts when the district first puts the system into use. The district must announce the date when recorded violations become enforceable.

An officer who confirms a recorded violation must have a civil ticket mailed to the vehicle's registered owner. The registered owner is presumed to have been driving. The ticket must include an image or access to it and explain how to challenge that assumption. Owners can challenge the driver assumption with a sworn statement giving the name and address of the person controlling the vehicle or stating it was stolen. A theft claim needs supporting evidence. Local authorities set fines at no less than the applicable school bus passing fine. Recorded images can be used as evidence without further proof that they are authentic. Owners may challenge assumptions that the bus had required equipment and was stopped for students with flashing red lights. An officer who personally witnesses a violation may issue a traffic ticket. The same violation cannot also receive a camera-based civil ticket. Recipients must pay or request a hearing within 90 calendar days after the ticket is issued.

Bus camera systems must avoid recording vehicle occupants where practical, and recorded images must be destroyed by set deadlines. These rules cover photographs and other recorded images produced by school bus enforcement cameras. A ticket cannot be dismissed just because an image includes people inside the vehicle. For ticketed images, the deletion clock starts when full payment is submitted, the court dismisses the ticket, or the court finds a violation and sets penalties.

School districts must use collected camera-ticket fines for cameras, student transportation safety, or enforcement costs and report annually to the Legislature. Collected fines go to the district where the violation occurred. Districts using cameras must report ticket counts, revenue, and data on whether violations declined. Allowed spending includes paying vendors to install, operate, or maintain the cameras. Reports are due on or before January 31 each year and cover the previous year. The law took effect July 1, 2025.