Senate Resolution No. 7

Senate Resolution No. 7-Senators Raggio, Titus, Adler, Augustine, Coffin, Jacobsen, James, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, O'Connell, O'Donnell, Porter, Rawson, Regan, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

May 13, 1997
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Read and adopted

SUMMARY--Inducts Keith Ashworth into Senate Hall of Fame. (BDR R-1625)

EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.

SENATE RESOLUTION--Inducting Keith Ashworth into the Senate Hall of Fame.

Whereas, The Senate of the Legislature of the State of Nevada has established a Senate Hall of Fame whose members are selected by leadership from those past Senators who have served with distinction; and
Whereas, Certain past state Senators have distinguished themselves with their exemplary contributions to the State of Nevada; and
Whereas, Keith Ashworth served as a member of the Nevada Legislature from 1967 to 1984, 10 years in the Assembly and 8 years in the Senate, representing Clark County; and
Whereas, During his service as a legislator, Senator Ashworth served as Speaker of the Assembly, Chairman of the Legislative Commission, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Chairman of the Western Conference of the Council of State Governments and chairman of various standing committees of the Senate and Assembly; and
Whereas, Senator Ashworth sponsored and gained passage of a number of important bills, including "The Nevada Ethics in Government Law," which created the Nevada Ethics Commission and established a statewide Code of Ethical Standards; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, That Senator Keith Ashworth, a prominent and effective leader in the Nevada Legislature and his community, is hereby inducted into the Senate Hall of Fame of the Legislature of the State of Nevada.