THE NINETY-SECOND DAY
Carson City (Monday), May 3, 1999
Assembly called to order at 11:25 a.m.
Mr. Speaker presiding.
Roll called.
All present except Assemblyman Nolan, who was excused.
Prayer by the Chaplain, Pastor Louie Locke.
Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, before You had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. We call upon Your mighty Name on behalf of our nation and the people of our state. I pray for Your blessing on the members of this Assembly. Grant each one wisdom and understanding. Also, Lord, watch over and bless each of their families. In the Name of the Most High God, we 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 Judiciary, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 479, has had the same under consideration, and begs leave to report the same back with the recommendation: Do pass, and place on Consent Calendar.
Bernard Anderson, Chairman
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Transportation, to which were referred Senate Bills Nos. 267, 339, 379, 490, has had the same under consideration, and begs leave to report the same back with the recommendation: Do pass.
Vonne S. Chowning, Chairman
MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES
Assemblyman Anderson moved that Senate Bill No. 57 be taken from the General File and re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Motion carried.
MESSAGES FROM THE Senate
Senate Chamber, Carson City, April 30, 1999
To the Honorable the Assembly:
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the Senate on this day adopted Assembly Concurrent Resolutions Nos. 24, 56, 57, 58.
Also, I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the Senate on this day passed, as amended, Senate Bill No. 37.
Mary Jo Mongelli
Assistant Secretary of the Senate
MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES
By Assemblymen Segerblom, Anderson, Angle, Arberry, Bache, Beers, Berman, Brower, Buckley, Carpenter, Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Dini, Evans, Freeman, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Gustavson, Hettrick, Humke, Koivisto, Lee, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Neighbors, Nolan, Ohrenschall, Parks, Parnell, Perkins, Price, Thomas, Tiffany, Von Tobel and Williams; Senators Porter, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Coffin, Jacobsen, James, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, O'Connell, O'Donnell, Raggio, Rawson, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Titus, Townsend, Washington and Wiener:
Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 59—Memorializing former Assemblyman R. Guild Gray.
Whereas, On March 23, 1998, the residents of the State of Nevada were saddened by the passing of poet, historian, educator and former Assemblyman R. Guild Gray; and
Whereas, R. Guild Gray was born in Peoria, Illinois, on September 2, 1911, and grew up near Reno where his parents settled in 1913; and
Whereas, The formal education of R. Guild Gray took place in the elementary and secondary schools in Reno, the University of Nevada, Stanford University, University of Southern California and the College of the Pacific, but his lifelong love of Nevada and understanding of life came from the education he received roaming the deserts and mountains of this state; and
Whereas, R. Guild Gray was superintendent of the Las Vegas Union School District No. 2 from 1953 to 1956 before becoming superintendent of the newly consolidated Clark County School District, a position he held until 1961; and
Whereas, R. Guild Gray was elected to the Nevada Assembly in 1963 and served until 1966, including the Special Sessions of 1964, 1965 and 1966, during which time he was a member of the committees on Building and Construction, Education, Elections, Public Health and Public Morals, and Taxation; and
Whereas, The business world knew R. Guild Gray as a savings and loan executive but many people, especially the students at the Gray Elementary School in Las Vegas which was named in his honor, knew him as a reservoir of knowledge of Nevada history and lore; and
Whereas, The deep passion R. Guild Gray had for Nevada became apparent to the world in the books he authored, including The Treble V, a story containing the history and legends of cattle ranchers in northeastern Nevada, and Nature Sings, a collection of Gray’s poetry and photographs of the Great Basin filled with his reflections on life and death; and
Whereas, R. Guild Gray is survived by his daughter, Irmalee Ross, and his son, Gary Gray, both of Las Vegas and his sister, Juanita Jensen of Reno; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate Concurring, That the members of the 70th session of the Nevada Legislature express their deepest sympathy to the family of R. Guild Gray including his children, Irmalee Ross and Gary Gray, his sister, Juanita Jensen, his grandchildren and his great-grandchild; and be it further
Resolved, That the love of Nevada expressed in numerous ways by R. Guild Gray throughout his life may live on in the hearts of those who knew him and those who continue to be inspired and taught by his published works; and be it further
Resolved, That the residents of Nevada hold the memory of R. Guild Gray as someone he described in a poem from Nature Sings:
Blessed
Are those who sing at daily toil,
Who find a joy in tasks begun,
Who know their sunlit paths will end
With pride in goodly works well done.
And be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and transmit a copy of this resolution to the children of R. Guild Gray, Irmalee Ross and Gary Gray, his sister, Juanita Jensen, and the R. Guild Gray Elementary School.
Assemblywoman Segerblom moved the adoption of the resolution.
Remarks by Assemblymen Segerblom, Goldwater, Carpenter, Cegavske and Giunchigliani.
Resolution adopted unanimously.
Assemblyman Perkins moved that all rules be suspended and that Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 59 be immediately transmitted to the Senate.
Motion carried unanimously.
In compliance with a notice given on a previous day, Assemblyman Gustavson moved that the vote whereby Senate Bill No. 67 was refused passage be reconsidered.
Remarks by Assemblyman Gustavson.
Motion lost.
By Assemblymen McClain, Anderson, Angle, Arberry, Bache, Beers, Berman, Brower, Buckley, Carpenter, Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Dini, Evans, Freeman, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Gustavson, Hettrick, Humke, Koivisto, Lee, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, Mortenson, Neighbors, Nolan, Ohrenschall, Parks, Parnell, Perkins, Price, Segerblom, Thomas, Tiffany, Von Tobel and Williams:
Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 60—Urging the State Board of Education, the boards of trustees of school districts and certain educational personnel to consider the unique needs of children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Assemblywoman McClain moved that the resolution be referred to the Committee on Education.
Motion carried.
MESSAGES FROM THE Senate
Senate Chamber, Carson City, May 3, 1999
To the Honorable the Assembly:
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the Senate on this day adopted Senate
Concurrent Resolution No. 37.
Mary Jo Mongelli
Assistant Secretary of the Senate
MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 37.
Assemblywoman Segerblom moved the adoption of the resolution.
Remarks by Assemblywoman Segerblom.
Motion carried.
INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING AND REFERENCE
Senate Bill No. 37.
Assemblyman Perkins moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
SECOND READING AND AMENDMENT
Assembly Bill No. 370.
Bill read second time.
The following amendment was proposed by the Committee on Ways and Means:
Amendment No. 747.
Amend section 1, page 1, line 5, by deleting “$328” and inserting “$327.20”.
Amend section 1, page 1, line 6, by deleting “$367” and inserting “$368.75”.
Amend sec. 2, page 1, line 11, by deleting “$185” and inserting “$183.59”.
Amend sec. 2, page 1, line 12, by deleting “$207” and inserting “$208.92”.
Assemblyman Arberry moved the adoption of the amendment.
Remarks by Assemblyman Arberry.
Amendment adopted.
Bill ordered reprinted, engrossed and to third reading.
Senate Bill No. 484.
Bill read second time and ordered to third reading.
MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES
Assemblywoman Buckley moved that Senate Bill No. 56 be taken from the General File and placed on the Chief Clerk's desk.
Remarks by Assemblywoman Buckley.
Motion carried.
general file and third reading
Senate Bill No. 54.
Bill read third time.
Remarks by Assemblywoman Evans.
Roll call on Senate Bill No. 54:
Yeas—41.
Nays—None.
Excused—Nolan.
Senate Bill No. 54 having received a constitutional majority, Mr. Speaker declared it passed, as amended.
Bill ordered transmitted to the Senate.
Senate Bill No. 64.
Bill read third time.
Remarks by Assemblywoman Buckley.
Roll call on Senate Bill No. 64:
Yeas—41.
Nays—None.
Excused—Nolan.
Senate Bill No. 64 having received a constitutional majority, Mr. Speaker declared it passed, as amended.
Bill ordered transmitted to the Senate.
Senate Bill No. 487.
Bill read third time.
Remarks by Assemblymen Bache and Chowning.
Roll call on Senate Bill No. 487:
Yeas—41.
Nays—None.
Excused—Nolan.
Senate Bill No. 487 having received a constitutional majority, Mr. Speaker declared it passed.
Bill ordered transmitted to the Senate.
Senate Bill No. 510.
Bill read third time.
Remarks by Assemblyman Bache.
Roll call on Senate Bill No. 510:
Yeas—38.
Nays—Angle, Gustavson, Price—3.
Excused—Nolan.
Senate Bill No. 510 having received a constitutional majority, Mr. Speaker declared it passed.
Bill ordered transmitted to the Senate.
GUESTS EXTENDED PRIVILEGE OF ASSEMBLY FLOOR
On request of Assemblyman Collins, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Irwin Bronstein.
On request of Assemblywoman Leslie, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Denise Everett.
On request of Assemblyman Price, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Michael Richardson.
On request of Assemblywoman Segerblom, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to John Milburn, Christine Milburn, Gerald Czerwinski, Monika Czerwinski, Elmer Marshall, Jo Marshall, Doug Bradford, Irmalee Ross, Ian Ross, Mark Ross, Gary Gray, Steven Gray, Juanita Jensen and Oscar Jensen.
Assemblyman Perkins moved that the Assembly adjourn until Wednesday, May 5, 1999, at 11:00 a.m.
Motion carried.
Assembly adjourned at 12:10 p.m.
Approved: Joseph E. Dini, Jr.
Attest: Jacqueline Sneddon