THE EIGHTH DAY
Carson City (Monday), February 8, 1999
Assembly called to order at 11:08 a.m.
Mr. Speaker presiding.
Roll called.
All present except Assemblyman Marvel, who was excused.
Prayer by the Chaplain, Lt. John Van Cleef.
Heavenly Father, we come before You today and ask that You guide and bless these men and women who have been sent here by the people of Nevada, and who have been ordained by You to govern this great State. Grant them Your wisdom to rule, and may their decisions direct us to the center of Your will. In Your Son's Name I pray. Amen.
Pledge of allegiance to the Flag.
Assemblyman Perkins moved that further reading of the Journal be dispensed with, and the Speaker and Chief Clerk be authorized to make the necessary corrections and additions.
Motion carried.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Government Affairs, to which were referred Assembly Bills Nos. 101, 124, has had the same under consideration, and begs leave to report the same back with the recommendation: Do pass.
Douglas A. Bache, Chairman
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred Assembly Bill No. 24, has had the same under consideration, and begs leave to report the same back with the recommendation: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Bernard Anderson, Chairman
MESSAGES FROM THE Senate
Senate Chamber, Carson City, February 5, 1999
To the Honorable the Assembly:
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the Senate on this day passed Senate Bills Nos. 6, 24.
Mary Jo Mongelli
MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES
Assemblyman Perkins moved that the following person be accepted as accredited press representatives, and that she be assigned space at the press table in the Assembly chambers and allowed the use of appropriate broadcasting facilities: Ande Engleman.
Motion carried.
Assemblywoman Giunchigliani moved that Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 7 be taken from the Chief Clerk's desk and placed on the Resolution File.
Motion carried.
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 7.
Assemblywoman Giunchigliani moved the adoption of the resolution.
Remarks by Assemblywoman Giunchigliani.
Resolution adopted.
INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING AND REFERENCE
By Assemblymen de Braga, Gustavson, Koivisto, Chowning, Price, Manendo, Freeman, Anderson, Angle, McClain, Bache, Giunchigliani, Arberry and Williams:
Assembly Bill No. 153—AN ACT relating to compensation; excluding certain sports officials from the payment of unemployment compensation; excluding certain sports officials from the payment of workers’ compensation; excluding certain sports officials from participation in the public employees’ retirement system; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman de Braga moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
Senate Bill No. 6.
Assemblyman Perkins moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
Senate Bill No. 24.
Assemblyman Perkins moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES
Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 2.
Resolution read.
The following amendment was proposed by the Committee on Judiciary:
Amendment No. 5.
Amend the resolution, page 2, line 18, by deleting “uniform” and inserting “effective”.
Amend the resolution, page 2, line 26, by deleting “uniform” and inserting “effective”.
Amend the preamble of the resolution, page 1, by deleting lines 3 and 4 and inserting:
“ “State of Nevada, Judicial Branch of Government, Administrative Oversight of the State Court System”; and”.
Assemblyman Anderson moved the adoption of the amendment.
Remarks by Assemblyman Anderson.
Amendment adopted.
Resolution ordered reprinted, engrossed and to Resolution File.
Mr. Speaker announced that if there were no objections, the Assembly would recess subject to the call of the Chair.
Motion carried.
Assembly in recess at 11:31 a.m.
ASSEMBLY IN SESSION
At 12:34 p.m.
Mr. Speaker presiding.
Quorum present.
INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING AND REFERENCE
By Assemblymen Buckley, Carpenter, Ohrenschall, Leslie, Gustavson, Koivisto, Angle, McClain, Claborn, Collins, Nolan, Manendo and Anderson:
Assembly Bill No. 154—AN ACT relating to family law; revising the provisions relating to the assignment of certain cases in family court; requiring the chief judge to assign certain cases in family court that involve the same parties or children to the same department; requiring a party who files the initial pleading in family court to provide certain information concerning other cases in family court; allowing parties in divorce actions to make offers of judgment concerning property rights; and providingother matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Buckley moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Dini, Perkins, Collins, McClain, Koivisto, Manendo, Ohrenschall, Leslie, Anderson, Buckley, Evans, Hettrick, Humke, Nolan, Parks, Cegavske, Williams, Beers and Segerblom:
Assembly Bill No. 155—AN ACT relating to public safety; requiring a person to report certain hazards and criminal offenses to appropriate authorities under certain circumstances; requiring a person to provide reasonable aid or assistance to others under certain circumstances; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Buckley moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Koivisto, Freeman, Giunchigliani, Buckley, Segerblom, Chowning, Bache, Manendo, Ohrenschall, McClain, Price, Parks, Mortenson, Collins, Claborn and Parnell:
Assembly Bill No. 156—AN ACT relating to mobile home parks; creating the mobile home commission within the manufactured housing division of the department of business and industry; prescribing the powers and duties of the commission; prohibiting a landlord of a mobile home park from increasing rent for the second or subsequent time within certain period unless the increase is approved by the commission; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Perkins moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Koivisto, Berman, Chowning, Mortenson, Claborn, McClain, Freeman, Giunchigliani, Bache, Parks, Segerblom and Manendo:
Assembly Bill No. 157—AN ACT relating to traffic laws; prohibiting certain persons from riding in the bed of a pickup truck or within a camper shell or slide-in camper; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Buckley moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Dini, Perkins, Evans, Anderson, Thomas, Parks, Bache, Segerblom, Neighbors, de Braga, Manendo, Carpenter, Koivisto, Williams, Chowning, Giunchigliani, Gibbons, Leslie, Nolan and Buckley:
Assembly Bill No. 158—AN ACT relating to children; requiring the notification of certain persons who apply to receive the placement of a child regarding the status of their application; creating a board to expedite and limiting the periods for certain procedures involved in proceedings for the placement of children; making various changes regarding the appointment and duties of a guardian ad litem for certain children in protective custody; authorizing the involvement of various persons interested in certain proceedings for the placement of children; providing a preference for the placement of siblings together; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Buckley moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Gibbons, Chowning, Hettrick, Ohrenschall, Dini, Bache, Gustavson, Freeman, Tiffany, de Braga, Mortenson, Cegavske, McClain, Claborn, Beers, Anderson, Goldwater, Lee, Neighbors, Segerblom, Carpenter, Nolan, Leslie and Thomas:
Assembly Bill No. 159—AN ACT relating to insurance; prohibiting a person from collecting as the beneficiary the proceeds of a policy of life insurance of a decedent if he committed voluntary manslaughter or conspired to commit the murder of the decedent; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Gibbons moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
MESSAGES FROM THE Senate
Senate Chamber, Carson City, February 8, 1999
To the Honorable the Assembly:
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the Senate on this day passed Senate Joint Resolution No. 4.
Mary Jo Mongelli
MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES
Senate Joint Resolution No. 4.
Assemblyman Perkins moved that all rules be suspended, reading so far had considered first reading, rules further suspended, resolution declared an emergency measure under the Constitution and placed on third reading and final passage.
Motion carried unanimously.
Assemblyman Perkins moved that the Assembly recess subject to the call of the Chair.
Motion carried.
Assembly in recess at 1:00 p.m.
ASSEMBLY IN SESSION
At 1:23 p.m.
Mr. Speaker presiding.
Quorum present.
GENERAL FILE AND THIRD READING
Senate Joint Resolution No. 4.
The following amendment was proposed by Assemblyman Dini:
Amendment No. 10
Amend the bill as a whole by adding the following assemblymen as joint sponsors:
Assemblymen Arberry, Beers, Brower, Dini, Goldwater, Leslie, Marvel, Nolan and Parnell.
Assemblyman Perkins moved the adoption of the amendment.
Remarks by Assemblymen Perkins, Giunchigliani, Mortenson and Anderson.
Amendment adopted.
Resolution ordered reprinted, engrossed, and to third reading.
Assemblyman Perkins moved that reprinting of Senate Joint Resolution No. 4 be dispensed with and it be placed on the General File.
Motion carried.
Senate Joint Resolution No. 4.
Resolution read.
Remarks by Assemblymen Perkins, Gibbons and Bache.
Assemblyman Anderson requested that the following remarks be entered in the Journal.
Assemblyman Perkins:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is a resolution, as you can read, that urges Congress not to enact the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1999. That particular act sites the interim storage here in Nevada and it also revokes all the suitability measures that have been in place for Yucca Mountain, thus far. So, any of the environmental impacts or other scientific reasons that Yucca Mountain may not be a suitable site are thus taken away by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1999. This resolution will just further proclaim Nevada’s opposition to that storage in our state. Thank you.
Assemblywoman Gibbons:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 45, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1999, causes me, and many of you, a lot of grief here in Nevada, particularly our children and our families. I think it is important that people in Washington realize that we are people and that we care about the future of our state and the future of our children. With 109 reactors around the country, storage sites that will be transferred to Nevada are such a great risk for other states. Also, with the possibility of us being in a high earthquake area, it is important that we get those “pencil-necked geeks” up there to figure it out and not come here and light up our kids at night. And that’s all I have to say. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Assemblyman Bache:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Senate Joint Resolution No. 4 is consistent with what we did in the 1995 Legislative Session when we adopted Assembly Joint Resolution No. 26, I believe, where we urged Congress not to place nuclear waste either on an interim or long term storage basis in Nevada. We encourage them to kill this act so that they can retain storage at the current facilities. Thank you.
Roll call on Senate Joint Resolution No. 4:
Yeas—41.
Nays—None.
Excused––Marvel.
Senate Joint Resolution No. 4 having received a constitutional majority, Mr. Speaker declared it passed, as amended.
Resolution ordered transmitted to the Senate.
Assemblyman Perkins moved that all rules be suspended and that the resolution be immediately transmitted to the Senate.
Remarks by Assemblyman Perkins.
Motion carried unanimously.
GUESTS EXTENDED PRIVILEGE OF ASSEMBLY FLOOR
On request of Assemblywoman Gibbons, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Michael Hopkins.
On request of Assemblyman Goldwater, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Janice Schrader and Ed Oryem.
On request of Assemblyman Neighbors, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Geneva Neuhauser.
On request of Assemblyman Parks, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Mitch Cain.
On request of Assemblywoman Parnell, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Arlene Lawson and Dave Lawson.
Assemblyman Perkins moved that the Assembly adjourn until Tuesday, February 9, 1999, at 11:00 a.m.
Motion carried.
Assembly adjourned at 1:36 p.m.
Approved: Joseph E. Dini, Jr.
Attest: Jacqueline Sneddon