Carson City (Tuesday),February 9, 1999
Assembly called to order at 11:09 a.m.
Mr. Speaker presiding.
Roll called.
All present except Assemblyman Marvel, who was excused.
Prayer by the Chaplain, Lt. John Van Cleef.
Gracious Lord, we pray this day that You will guide and bless the men and women of this great Assembly, that they will enact laws that please You for the glory of Your name, the preservation of our liberty, and the well being of this people. In Jesus 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 Education, to which was referred Assembly Bill No. 2, has had the same under consideration, and begs leave to report the same back with the recommendation: Do pass.
Wendell P. Williams, Chairman
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was referred Assembly Bill No. 73; Assembly Joint Resolution No. 5, has had the same under consideration, and begs leave to report the same back with the recommendation: Do pass.
Vivian L. Freeman, Chairman
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred Assembly Bill No. 25, has had the same under consideration, and begs leave to report the same back with the recommendation: Do pass.
Bernard Anderson, Chairman
MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES
Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 2.
Assemblywoman Leslie moved the adoption of the resolution.
Remarks by Assemblywoman Leslie.
Resolution adopted, as amended.
INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING AND REFERENCE
By Assemblymen Chowning, Cegavske, Gustavson, Segerblom, Ohrenschall, Von Tobel, Parks, Neighbors, de Braga, Koivisto, McClain, Lee, Humke, Brower, Giunchigliani, Manendo, Nolan, Hettrick, Mortenson, Claborn, Angle, Tiffany, Dini, Arberry, Williams, Gibbons, Leslie, Berman, Beers, Evans, Perkins, Anderson, Bache, Parnell, Freeman, Goldwater, Thomas, Price, Collins and Buckley:
Assembly Bill No. 160—AN ACT relating to fireworks; authorizing the state fire marshal to adopt regulations regarding the types of fireworks that a local government may authorize for public use; requiring regulations and ordinances adopted by certain governmental entities to be as restrictive as the regulations adopted by the state fire marshal; imposing civil liability under certain circumstances for the storage or use of fireworks; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Chowning moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By Assemblywoman Von Tobel:
Assembly Bill No. 161—AN ACT relating to state parks; requiring the registrar of voters of Clark County to include on the ballot for the next general election an advisory question of whether the Floyd Lamb State Park should be renamed the Tule Springs State Park; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Von Tobel moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Elections, Procedures, and Ethics.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Berman, Ohrenschall, Chowning, Freeman, Segerblom, Cegavske, Williams, Tiffany, Evans, Giunchigliani, Buckley, de Braga, McClain, Von Tobel, Angle and Koivisto:
Assembly Bill No. 162—AN ACT relating to health insurance; requiring certain policies of health insurance to include coverage for services related to the diagnosis, treatment and management of osteoporosis; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Berman moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Berman, Ohrenschall, Chowning, Freeman, Segerblom, Cegavske, Williams, Tiffany, Evans, Giunchigliani, Buckley, de Braga, McClain, Von Tobel, Angle and Koivisto:
Assembly Bill No. 163—AN ACT relating to health insurance; requiring certain policies of health insurance to include coverage for annual mammograms for certain women under 40 years of age; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Berman moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Anderson, Williams, Arberry, de Braga, Lee, Segerblom, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Chowning, Price, Manendo, Neighbors, Claborn, McClain, Bache and Freeman; Senator Schneider:
Assembly Bill No. 164—AN ACT relating to public employees; requiring the same rates and coverage for group insurance for officers, employees and retired employees of certain participating public agencies as are established for state employees; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Anderson moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By Assemblywoman Angle (by request):
Assembly Bill No. 165—AN ACT relating to juveniles; requiring the court to order a child who injures another person, or the parent or guardian of the child, to provide restitution for medical expenses or to perform community service; revising the provisions governing the inspection of photographs of children; revising the provisions regarding certain evidentiary testing of children; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Angle moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Hettrick, Cegavske, Nolan, Brower, Berman, Gustavson, Beers, Humke, Carpenter, Tiffany, Von Tobel, Angle, Lee, Gibbons, Chowning, Manendo, Ohrenschall, Collins, Koivisto, Parks, Arberry, Williams, Buckley, Freeman, Mortenson, Perkins, Price, Anderson, Goldwater, Leslie, Dini, Evans, McClain, de Braga, Marvel, Thomas, Neighbors, Segerblom, Parnell and Claborn:
Assembly Bill No. 166—AN ACT relating to dangerous weapons; expanding the locations into which a permittee may carry a concealed firearm; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Hettrick moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Hettrick, Beers, Goldwater, Cegavske, Chowning, Parks, de Braga, Price, Dini, Perkins and Giunchigliani:
Assembly Bill No. 167—AN ACT relating to residential facilities for groups; revising the definition of “residential facilities for groups”; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Hettrick moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Government Affairs:
Assembly Bill No. 168—AN ACT relating to electricity; extending the statutory deadline by which customers may begin obtaining potentially competitive services relating to the provision of electrical service from an alternative seller; extending the deadline for certain contingent reporting; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Bache moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By Assemblywoman Tiffany:
Assembly Bill No. 169—AN ACT relating to elections; authorizing an elector to provide certain information as an alternative to providing certain forms of identification when he registers to vote; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Tiffany moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Elections, Procedures, and Ethics.
Motion carried.
By Assemblyman Nolan:
Assembly Bill No. 170—AN ACT relating to the legislature; providing for a supplemental allowance to certain legislators who maintain temporary quarters in Carson City during a legislative session; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Nolan moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Elections, Procedures, and Ethics.
Motion carried.
By Assemblyman de Braga:
Assembly Bill No. 171—AN ACT making an appropriation to White Pine County for expenses related to the trial of Thomas Coleman; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman de Braga moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Ohrenschall, Lee, Chowning, Claborn, Carpenter, Neighbors, Manendo, Price, Collins, Parks, Giunchigliani, Williams, Arberry, Anderson, Bache, Koivisto, McClain, Mortenson, de Braga, Humke, Berman, Segerblom and Gibbons:
Assembly Bill No. 172—AN ACT relating to health care; requiring a managed care organization to cover certain services provided to a person at a hospital after he receives emergency services; requiring a pharmacy to fill a prescription for a drug by its brand name upon request; and providing matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Ohrenschall moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining:
Assembly Bill No. 173—AN ACT relating to hazardous materials; revising the designation of highly hazardous substances for the purposes of regulating facilities where such substances are produced, used, stored or handled; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman de Braga moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Taxation:
Assembly Bill No. 174—AN ACT relating to Douglas County; authorizing the board of county commissioners of the county to impose a local sales and use tax for libraries, airports, facilities and services for senior citizens and parks and recreational programs and facilities; authorizing the board to issue bonds and other securities to fund libraries, airports and facilities and services for senior citizens; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Goldwater moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Taxation.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Ways and Means:
Assembly Bill No. 175—AN ACT making an appropriation to restore the balance in the reserve for statutory contingency account; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Arberry moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Ways and Means:
Assembly Bill No. 176—AN ACT relating to state financial administration; making appropriations to the benefit services fund from the state general fund and the state highway fund; requiring an assessment of certain state agencies for deposit in the benefit services fund; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Arberry moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Ways and Means:
Assembly Bill No. 177—AN ACT making an appropriation to restore the balance in the stale claims account; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Arberry moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Motion carried.
MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES
By Assemblymen Williams, Anderson, Bache, Arberry, Leslie, Manendo, Buckley, McClain, Collins, Chowning, Ohrenschall, de Braga, Segerblom, Giunchigliani, Parks and Price:
Assembly Joint Resolution No. 6—Proposing to amend the Constitution of the State of Nevada to grant the right to vote to a person who has been or may be convicted of a felony and has been lawfully released from incarceration for that offense.
Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of Nevada, Jointly, That section 1 of article 2 of the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended to read as follows:
Section 1. 1. All citizens of the United States , [(] not laboring under the disabilities named in this constitution , [)] of the age of eighteen years and upwards, who [shall] have actually, and not constructively, resided in the state six months, and in the district or county thirty days next preceding any election, [shall be] are entitled to vote for all officers [that] who now or hereafter may be elected by the people, and upon all questions submitted to the electors at such election . [; provided, that no]
2. The following persons are not entitled to the privilege of an elector:
(a) A person who has been or may be convicted of treason [or felony] in any state or territory of the United States, unless restored to his civil rights . [, and no]
(b) A person who has been or may be convicted of a felony in any state or territory of the United States, unless he has been:
(1) Lawfully released from all obligations of incarceration and restitution for that offense; or
(2) Restored to his civil rights.
(c) An idiot or insane person . [shall be entitled to the privilege of an elector.]
3. There shall be no denial of the elective franchise at any election on account of sex.
4. The legislature may provide by law the conditions under which a citizen of the United States who does not have the status of an elector in another state and who does not meet the residence requirements of this section may vote in this state for President and Vice President of the United States.
Assemblyman Williams moved that the resolution be referred to the Committee on Constitutional Amendments.
Motion carried.
Assemblyman Arberry moved that the Assembly recess subject to the call of the Chair.
Motion carried.
Assembly in recess at 11:26 a.m.
ASSEMBLY IN SESSION
At 11:40 a.m.
Mr. Speaker presiding.
Quorum present.
SECOND READING AND AMENDMENT
Assembly Bill No 24.
Bill read second time.
The following amendment was proposed by the Committee on Judiciary:
Amendment No. 9.
Amend section 1, page 1, by deleting lines 11 through 13 and inserting:
“for the use of the card.”.
Assemblyman Anderson moved the adoption of the amendment.
Remarks by Assemblyman Anderson.
Amendment adopted.
Bill ordered reprinted, engrossed and to third reading.
Assembly Bill No. 101.
Bill read second time and ordered to third reading.
Assembly Bill No. 124.
Bill read second time and ordered to third reading.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Signing of Bills and Resolutions
There being no objections, the Speaker and Chief Clerk signed Senate Joint Resolution No. 4.
GUESTS EXTENDED PRIVILEGE OF ASSEMBLY FLOOR
On request of Assemblywoman Angle, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to T. J. Ott.
Assemblyman Perkins moved that the Assembly adjourn until Wednesday, February 10, 1999, at 11:00 a.m.
Motion carried.
Assembly adjourned at 11:53 a.m.
Approved: Joseph E. Dini, Jr.
Attest: Jacqueline Sneddon