Senate Resolution No. 8

Senate Resolution No. 8-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

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SENATE RESOLUTION--Inducting C. Coe Swobe 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, Senator Swobe served as a member of the Nevada Legislature from 1963 to 1974, 4 years in the Assembly and 8 years in the Senate, and served as both Senate and Assembly Minority Floor Leader during his tenure in the Nevada Legislature; and
Whereas, Senator Swobe sponsored and gained passage of a number of measures of considerable importance, including a measure increasing the number of Justices on the Supreme Court from three to five and a measure providing for the payment of educational expenses of students with hearing and visual handicaps who would otherwise not have access to special educational resources; and
Whereas, Senator Swobe was instrumental in creating the Compact between Nevada and California for the planning and protection of Lake Tahoe and the Lake Tahoe Basin, causing him to be known as "Nevada's Father of the Original Tahoe Regional Planning Compact"; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, That Senator C. Coe Swobe, a man known particularly for his vision and leadership in matters of state policy, is hereby inducted into the Senate Hall of Fame of the Legislature of the State of Nevada.
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